Saturday was busy!

Saturday was busy!

Hi there! Greetings from the NEC day 3!  Another busy day, Lots of new faces and so many enquiring minds! Either watching intently at my Gelprint stencil inky end…. Getting in the groove with Jo at the make n takes at the other end…. Or a little parchment lesson from our Paul… All in all a very good day. Wearing down now though, Although we just had a dream of an evening. I shall tell you all about it tomorrow,…

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My best friend……

My best friend……

Hiya! Greetings from the NEC! Another  super busy day, filled with arty crafters, familiar faces and much fun. It was almost time to call it a day, when these two lovely Welsh ladies,  Anne and Jan with a plan, came by and rounded off the day nicely with a giggle and a banter. The signal here is no good, so I will have to keep it short and sweet again. Here’s a little demo I did at some point today,…

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Poinsettia – the first red flash of Christmas

Poinsettia – the first red flash of Christmas

Hi there! Sorry, but the signal here is dire. So this blog is going to be short n sweet.    After a long day 1 at the NEC, I really am struggling to stay awake! It was fun though, and great to see so many familair faces. Very quiet I must say. Although we were kept hopping on the Clarity Stand, the hall was much reduced in size and very uncrowded compared to usual. So how about a super simple,…

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Stand C10 NEC to Ground Control! We have lift off!

Stand C10 NEC to Ground Control! We have lift off!

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…

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Rule book? What rule book?

Rule book? What rule book?

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…

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Rule book? What rule book?

Rule book? What rule book?

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…

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Jayne’s Pine Branches – Superb

Jayne’s Pine Branches – Superb

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….

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The Holly and the Ivy….

The Holly and the Ivy….

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…

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Owls and Lace – a winning combination….

Owls and Lace – a winning combination….

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…

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Eeek! There’s a spider in the Corner!

Eeek! There’s a spider in the Corner!

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…

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