Hi there! Thanks for popping in! And thanks to Paul for holding the Bloggy Fort in my absence yesterday. Got back from the Fatherland yesterday evening and was very happy to sleep in my own bed. The hotel room in Frankfurt was so blimming warm!! Windows open – City of sirens. Windows closed – Schvetty Barbie. Woke up this morning with this picture in my head, and decided to blog it. So here’s a simple step by step project for…
Greetings from a blustery Kent Paul here taking over the blog again whilst Barbara and Dave travel back from a busy few days in Frankfurt. Monday’s blog is all about trees and flowers, which reminded me of a photo I took the other day at the office. A proper Barbara Gray landscape! Anyway, I digress – I thought I would go back through the archives and find a step-by-step to keep you occupied! I came across this one using one…
Hello! Thanks for popping in. Sorry I’m a bit late tonight. It’s been a long old day at the Frankfurt Messe. Messe = Trade Fair. Mind you, there is a serious Frankfurt mess around the train station. Blimey, do they need to sort that out! I thought the open air urinals took the biscuit, but when you get feral packs of young men running wild, scoring drug deals in public and then scattering like cockroaches when you switch the light…
Hi! Thanks for popping in! Quick blog from Frankfurt. Had a couple of meetings in the morning, ran into a couple of friends, one in particular, which made my day! Here is our very own Rolfi! It was great to catch up and have a coffee together. even got to give an award to Golden Acrylic! (and you know how much I love Golden Acrylic!) What else? Made some great contacts. Happy to announce that we now have a European…
Hi there! Greetings from Frankfurt! Friday’s blog a private peek. We’re here for the Paperworld/Creative World Trade Show which begins tomorrow. Today was our day off, so we set out to explore Frankfurt. A metropolis by any other name; just like London – a real melting pot of all nationalities. Plenty of dodgy looking characters hanging round the Hauptbahnhof (Main train station), and a open-air urinal I decided NOT to blog about. (gasps in disbelief). The name of the hotel…
Hi there! well, the Big Day has arrived. The official launch of our NEW GROOVI® CLUB What with Stamps and Stencils, and now the new Groovi, there’s a lot to consider! Here’s a short video, to sum up the Clarity Club Scene now! Does that clarify things ? You should have been there when we were filming it! In the end, I suggested Jim do it, because at least he was still able to string a sentence together! In a nutshell…
Hi there! Mindful Wednesday today. The day when we look not so much at what we’re crafting, but WHY we’re crafting. Or not crafting, as the case may be. If I had a pound for every time somebody said to me, “I’ve got a brayer, but it’s still in the box” “I’ve got a Gelli Plate, but it’s still in the box” I could buy shares in those companies! Last Wednesday, we talked about CHALLENGE. About stretching ourselves by setting…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Things are definitely hotting up here at Clarity! What with the new Groovi Club ready to launch this week, the phones ringing off the hook, and the Frankfurt Trade Show this coming weekend, I have to say, I am all at sixes and sevens today. I think Paul’s beginning to wonder whether giving up his day job was such a good idea… And I haven’t even had a cup of tea yet !! This…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It’s actually Sunday evening, but we have a very very very very busy week ahead, so I thought I’d clear my head with a little art first…. Dave and I were having dinner earlier. Out of nowhere, Dave asked, “Could you stamp a reflection on Parchment by stamping on the back, so that it’s more faded?” “Yep” It’s time for stamps to meet Groovi, isn’t it? Dave certainly seems to think so! Maybe it was…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Paul’s on HOCHANDA TV today, at 10am, 2pm and 5pm. He has got some lovely demos lines up. In the meantime, I couldn’t resist using the new stamps which are being launched in a couple of Sunday’s time, on Sunday 7th February, when I’m back on HOCHANDA. They were sitting on the side, calling out to me to be used! So I did. You will understand as soon as you see them… So let’s…