Hi there! Well here we are at the NEC. Boxes agogo.. Certainly the longest stand we’ve ever had!! It’s crazy!!! Mostly because we are running FREE Groovi Make & Takes at one end, so be sure to come and sign up. 30 minutes and you will leave with something nice…. Maria will see to that! I shall be up the other end pedalling away. Yep. I shall be at the stampy inky end. The girl has Lace too! 8 hours…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thought I would share a little moment of Clarity with you today… Many of you will have watched the TV shows this weekend. Did you see the One Day Special, where we launched that amazing compendium of Groovi Plates designed by Linda Williams? The Build-a-wreath Collection (also available individually) If so, you will have also seen me change the traditional white Groovi lines to black…. And so so simply too. Basically, all I did…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thought I would share a little moment of Clarity with you today… Many of you will have watched the TV shows this weekend. Did you see the One Day Special, where we launched that amazing compendium of Groovi Plates designed by Linda Williams? The Build-a-wreath Collection (also available individually) If so, you will have also seen me change the traditional white Groovi lines to black…. And so so simply too. Basically, all I did…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie, something I did very quickly on telly yesterday, using Jayne’s wonderful Poinsettia Stamp Set. This is so quick, blink and you’ll miss it. Stamp pine branch in corner using Library Green Archival once. Add a couple of little berry bits. Place a square Post-It. Repeat the stamping in the other corner. Piece of cake. Load Stencil brush with same ink, and dust across the other two corners. Back and forth. Sorted….
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Just in case you didn’t get to watch the 2pm show today, I was working with the beautiful new Christmas floral stamps by Jayne Nestorenko. I’m hoping to get to see her next week. Hoping to visit her while we’re up at the NEC. So let’s do a very traditional kind of stamp art – just as Jayne would like it… Big frame first… Do you know how many times I have to stamp…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I’ve been busy blitzing the house today. It certainly needed it. There’s something very rewarding about leaving housework to the point where it looks like it’s been burgled though. Firstly, you see a really significant result instantly. Just by folding the mountain of clothes and thereby creating a clear pathway through the bedroom! And there’s nothing like a Dysson vacuum cleaner for actually SEEING the benefits through the window. Quite worrying really…. But that’ll…
Helloooo… Do come in. I know it’s rather spooky. Amazing what you can do with our Town stencil, a dose of Grunge Paste and a bit of acrylic paint… The sequence is worth noting. 1.Cover the card with paint by walking the brayer all over, left to right mostly. 2. Drag some Grunge paste through a portion of the stencil, in from the bottom, letting it fade as it gets to the rooftops. 3. Once the paste has set, walk…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Thursday’s blog is always blue, right? Well, here’s a fab little card which was very kindly given to me by Chris M. I have been walking past it every day for weeks, because it was perched by the door to the artroom. And today it beckoned to me, as I was wading through treacle trying to prep for Sunday TV. “Use me!” it called, “Use me for inspiration!” Chris used the House Martin from…
Hi there! Thanks for joining me here today. Blimey – the calendars flew out today! Signed 100 last night. Sold 100 overnight! Thank you. Been busy prepping the Sunday TV shows. One hour done – six to go. Ugh. Was thinking about a little cat nap. I read in the Guardian this week that according to research, a 30 minute power nap gives you renewed energy. Did they actually pay somebody to tell them that ??? The bit that was…
YAY!!!! The new calendars for next year have come back from the printers !Am I excited? I’ll say ! They look soooo lovely this year. Most of the artwork has been blogged by myself during the course of this year or last. Each month sports a seasonally appropriate piece of artwork, with the step by step project overleaf. For example, for February, I chose one of my favourite canvases from this year… …and on the back of that month it shows…