Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Rounded up both kids at Gatwick. Fog caused some delays, but it was fine. Took a photo of the parking bay where I’d left the car, but still managed to confuse blue car park with red car park. Along with a whole herd of others, I might add! Lots of laughter in and out of the lifts. Now there’s a leg of lamb roasting nicely, Grace and her lovely lad Nick are napping in…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Well, I have blitzed the house from top to bottom in anticipation of the kids’ arrival tomorrow. It always gets worse before it gets better though, eh! The tree is a real beaut – especially now it is lit and dressed. I did have to go and buy SOFT WHITE LIGHTS though. Last year, Dave got some which you would be more likely to see around a pothole in the road than on a…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time we had two beautiful black labs, called Dutchie and Duke. They were the most beautiful dogs, and they loved each other very much. In fact, when they were young lovers, they had a litter of 8 beautiful puppies too. 5 black labs and 3 yellow! You can imagine our surprise when the little blondies slipped out! Dutchie…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Today I thought I would showcase some of the beautiful cards created by the design team for Maria’s TV shows yesterday on Hochanda. If you missed watching the shows live, you can visit the HOCHANDA website and watch them on Rewind. or Click HERE for the 1pm Show Click HERE for the 5pm Show There are 10 Brand New Open Numbers A6 Baby Plates. Available as a collection for a special price of £39.98 (saving £9.92) or individually at £4.99 …
Ho Ho Ho! Thanks for popping in. Are you all set for Christmas? Tree all lit up and lovely? Made all your cards? Sent them all? Bought all your presents? Wrapped them and put them under the tree? Sent gifts and cards to friends abroad in good time? Well hoo blimmin ray! I can add a big fat NOPE to every one of those. Here in Barbieland, things aren’t going quite as planned. What happened to the week in between…
How about a trad stamping scene using Jayne’s wonderful Winter Scene stamps? Let’s use the coated Claritycard, A5. Run lowtack tape around the edges for a frame and add a large moon mask. Load your brayer with Blue Chase Artistry ink and roll the sky into place. Add some more Blue Chase Artistry ink to your blending mat and ink up the stamp directly from the mat. This will give you a more subtle image. Good idea, especially when working…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in today. It’s been a cold, wet day here. Attended the funeral of a dear friend’s Mum. It was actually – dare I say it – a lovely funeral, followed by an excellent afternoon. Ran out of hours in the day for getting arty today, but then I remembered a superb piece of artwork which another Barbara – Barbara Lancaster – created for the TV show. It didn’t get shown on telly because the camera…
Hi there! Sunny Sunday down here! Went to Brighton for the day and had a lovely mooch through the lanes with Dave. Got a couple of gifts and soaked up the atmosphere. If you’ve never been to Brighton, put it on your Places-to-visit list. It is fabulous. SO ARTY!!!!! I’ve come away wanting to get out my sewing machine, start painting, get into mixed media and buy a kiln! Anyway… Here’s a quick step-by-step i did last week, showing off…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. It’s been a good Saturday here. I have cleaned the house from top to bottom. Boring for some – enjoyable for me, but that’s primarily down to the fact that I don’t do it very often! (The housework that is!) I had planned on putting up some decorations, but upon closer inspection, the place was looking pretty skanky. So I decided to give it a White Tornado blitz before throwing Christmas at it! Now…
Ho ho ho! Thanks for dropping in! Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well, here’s what I would call a super day off…. After yesterday’s bumper to bumper traffic fiasco up to Coventry and back, (which incidentally, was worth every single minute) I decided to get up at the crack of sparrows, beat the traffic and get over to my parents’ place in Gillingham before the M25 woke up. Brilliant plan; shot over to the Medway towns in no time….