Design of the Week – A Walk Through the Meadow Grasses

Design of the Week – A Walk Through the Meadow Grasses

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. It’s time for our weekly design salute. To celebrate being in business for 30 years this year, we focus on a popular design, with 30% off + Club discount for a week! This week I thought we might take a walk through the meadow grasses… These are my kind of build-a-scene stamps, but they also work beautifully as delicate centrepieces. Let’s take a look. Available in stamps… and also Groovi… Available HERE Here is…

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Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. On Friday evening, during our Moment of Clarity LIVE Craftalong on Youtube / Facebook LIVE, I rolled the brayer off onto a few little scraps. If you watched you may recall, I was telling you all about the misty Scottish highlands that I could see in the little scrap… So I thought I’d play the film right through to the end, so you too could see what I see! Simple step by step coming…

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Through the Season’s with Jazz & Tina

Through the Season’s with Jazz & Tina

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just got in from a little walk with Dave up on the Ashdown Forest. Early risers get to see the earth coming alive. Beautiful cloud formations, birds twittering and flitting through the greenwood, sheep and black angus cattle roaming free – and a carpet of gorse and heather everywhere. Bit dark over Will‘s Mum’s house! We got back to the car just before it started to sprinkle with rain. I never thought I would…

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IT’S A BRAW, BRICHT, MOONLICHT NICHT, THE NICHT.

IT’S A BRAW, BRICHT, MOONLICHT NICHT, THE NICHT.

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. It’s a waxing Crescent Moon tonight. Look out for it… During this Moonphase, the lit-up part of the Moon increases from a weeny sliver of 0.1% to 49.9%. Waxing means that it is growing, and crescent refers to the curved shape. Traditionally, the thinnest sliver of the Waxing Crescent Moon is considered the New Moon. And in case you were wondering, the next Full Moon is on 1st August. It is a Supermoon, also…

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A Moment of Clarity & Design of the Week

A Moment of Clarity & Design of the Week

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Hi there Thanks for popping in! Just gone 6pm. Is it too early to go to bed?? I could so easily hit the hay already, but then I’ll be wide awake and full of beans at midnight. I’ve drunk loads of water, I’ve taken a brisk walk to the post box, I’m pooped. Coffee maybe? Or a power nap for 20 minutes… what would YOU do?!? While I’m waiting to snap out of it, because This too shall pass, let…

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Sunday Serenity…

Sunday Serenity…

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Enjoying a little peace and tranquility here. I‘ve been cleaning the kitchen. Dave Bowie’s been keeping me company. I do like a bit of Dave Bowie on a Sunday morning. What a legend. So yes. I’ve been cleaning and singing and dancing actually! What do you like listening to when you’re doing the housework? When you get into Taoism, The Way, as we are trying to here, you learn that deep meditation resides in…

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Friday Night Craft Along

Friday Night Craft Along

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just to let you know, when you see Paul this evening running the craftalong instead of me, there’s nothing wrong at all, except that I am pretty wiped out after two busy days of TV, and Paul kindly offered to take the wheel this evening. I know to listen to my aching body nowadays, so I said “Thank you kindly Sir” without a moment’s hesitation, and handed over the keys! I hope you can…

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One Day Special – A trip to Japan…

One Day Special – A trip to Japan…

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie before I head out the door to TV Land. I wanted to show you what’s coming up at 6pm this evening on Create & Craft. I have a feeling these stamps and stencils will be very popular, so be sure to tune in if you can! Calling all SHACKERS! You may recognise the designs from our recent sessions in the SHAC. Two we created together, and the third I rustled up…

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Room with a View – Design of the Week

Room with a View – Design of the Week

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Calling all arty people, who like a classy design. I want to bring to your attention our Room with a View Collection, original art illustrated by our good friend Mel Turner herself. Thanks Mel, if you’re reading this! YOUR ARTWORK IS EPIC!! I honestly think these are so excellent! Whether you like minimalist elegance or grunge, these hit the spot every time. I‘m even turning them into Lino Cuts – and boy oh boy!…

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Easy Layouts.

Easy Layouts.

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. A while ago, we introduced a collection of clever layout plates, designed as an aid to composition when doing Groovi parchment work. They are brilliant! The whole idea/concept came from a design that lovely Linda Williams created for one of the Groovi Club issues… Available HERE I was so taken with the sample she made, I called her to find out how she had done it! The layout had been created by moving the…

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