Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got in from our visit with Jayne. Yes, we did have a good talk, and a good laugh, and a good hug. She was visibly worn out when we left, but I think she thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the lovely artwork that the Clarity team made with her art. “I want to look at every single one,” she said. And we did. She was really, genuinely chuffed. We spent a few happy…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in today. Wednesday’s blog is where we consider matters of the soul. Well, today I want to talk to you about Jayne. Lovely Jayne Nestorenko. We spent a brilliant day with her and her good friend Helene a couple of weeks ago. She’s not well at all, and is clearly in a lot of pain. But oh boy! Did we have a laugh. She always did have a dry sense of humour! And Helene? Well,…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I have to tell you, I have had the most splendid day at work. Just excellent. Bit late getting out of the door, but hey! What’s new? I want to ask you to bear with us if you are waiting on your Gray Friday Sale order. We have been going like the clappers, but the Jayne Nestorenko stamp sales caught us by surprise, and those big frames are slowing down production considerably. Please be…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. I’m in between TV shows here at HOCHANDA, So thought I’d just come and chat to you and show you step-by-step of the Bauble card I made this morning. Choose one of the Jayne Nestorenko Winter Scenes Unmounted Stamp Sets and remove all of the other stamps on the thick acetate. Re-position the scene of your choice into the middle of the acetate making sure that you curve it. This picture shows the scene…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in! What a busy day!! I do enjoy working at HOCHANDA; they are just such lovely people. Just a quick recap of what I did on telly at 2pm. It’s one of those ones which hinges on the sequence, so here it is again: Spread pink ink on the round petite with your brayer. Set the ink side face down in the top lefthand corner of a sheet of our stencil card. and lift to reveal…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. No step by step today, I’m afraid. Have done enough for one day, finishing up the TV prep in readiness for tomorrow and the day after. And the ol’ neck is starting to twitch, so that tells me it’s time to stop. Here’s a little pic of one of my faves… Jayne Nestorenko’s Winter Scene Stamps To be honest, the stamping demos are a piece of cake compared to the parchment for me! But…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Busy day today. Wurka and Hollick were getting on my pip too, which always makes for daft role-plays in my head. In the end, I had to give them a talking to: “Look!” I said, “Fact is fact, and belief is belief. They are not the same thing! But the more you insist on believing your fiction, the more likely it is to come true!’” Maybe we can talk about that next Wednesday? TV Sunday,…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Got a really cool one for you today. It’s a pure background technique, but very very easy and so so effective. Ready? Yupo Paper. Load a little yellow alcohol ink onto a felt applicator and smear away. Load another felt with dark blue alchol ink, and smear away again. Load yet another felt with dark green alchol ink, and smear away yet again! Now fill in the blanks: Load ………… ………….. ……………. with ……………,…
Hi there. Sunny Wednesday here in the south-east of England. Our Groovi Worldwide Facebook page is alive! So many visitors, so much art! Amazing what happens when we have a common ground and a safe, warm meeting place, isn’t it? Yesterday I was stencil happy, and playing with Colour Burst water-colour powders. I had trimmed the art just before mounting it on black, and was just about to bin the scraps, the trimmed slivers, when a little voice said NO…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. As promised, this week I am looking at all the things you bought in the sale last week, and trying to provide you with some ideas and inspiration. Last Tuesday we sold out of the Colour Burst Powders very quickly. Nonetheless, here’s a little play session, which might give you a new idea or two… Our dear friend Mel drew this stencil a while ago now, together with a number of other seed heads…