Hello there. Thanks for stopping by. Today is a very special day. Jane Crosby was a remarkable woman and a dear friend to many of us. Craft was a lifeline to Jane, and her uplifting, courageous approach to her circumstances is inspirational. If you have the time, go to her blog. It will open your eyes. It will make you laugh. It will make you cry. Jane Crosby’s Blog http://spainjane.net/ Jane and I founded this Inspiration Day together, to celebrate and…
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by. You may remember in November last year, Dave and I went to Spain, to spend some time with my dear friend Jane. This is she… Jane spent most of her life crafting. It was certainly a lifeline when she became ill. When we talked on the phone, after Jane had made the decision to let go and let God, I quickly figured out that one of the things that made her sad was that…
Happy Monday! Thanks for stopping by. Monday’s blog is Flowers and trees, so I shall kill two birds with one stone (if you’ll pardon the expression) and finish that project I asked you kindly to guess the end of. Remember the lovely round one? So many of you emailed in your step by steps – it was fab. But one lady really nailed it. And I mean down to the colour Distress Pens used! So here is the complete project,…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for watching the Clarity TV shows if you did. Just got in, had some pilchards on toast, and now I just thought I’d close the day by step by stepping that red heart piece I whizzed through today. Forgive me if I write fast; Mr Selfridge is on and I really must catch up! Harry has got it all going on! Anyway, from the beginning. Nothing worse than turning on the telly…
Hi there! Better late than never, eh! Well, it’s Saturday evening, we really should have left for Peterborough by now, but I wanted to blog before we go. So I came upstairs to make a card, and right at the last hurdle, completely hashed it. Don’t you hate it when that happens? And it was going so well, too! “Oh drat!” I said, (or words to that effect). So rather than lose my hair over it, because let’s face it,…
Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. Friday’s blog a private peek, so here’s a poem I wrote last week. If I had a penny for every time I have heard “I could never do that”. So here’s a rhyming thought for the doubters, FOR YOU. AND YOU. AND YOU. The things I make with pens and ink Aren’t anything like as hard as you think! Just have a go, just do as I do, And after a while it will…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Just looked at the clock. 6.30 already! Where did that day go?? Everything’s a bit topsy turvy today. Got 4 demos to prep for the SUnday afternoon show. Spent way too long on one demo, which I will never be able to complete in 10 minutes on the show, and now I’ve got to cram the rest. Silly girl. No, really. 5 hours work for a 10 minute demo? Now I’ve got to do a…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. I’ve been working on the demos for the Sunday TV Shows today. I am so lucky to have this lovely art-room to work in. What a difference to have a whole room to myself. I spent many a happy year on the dining-room table though! Let me rephrase that… Thought I’d whet your arty appetite here, Wednesday’s blog is something new, after all. Really liking the new Tree stamps which are coming up on…
Hi there. You Tube Tuesday! Here’s another cool clip from another one of our DVDs. The Double DVD No. 5. Over 6 hours! Now to many of you, this technique may well be Oh so yesterday! But I am very aware that there are always newcomers to the Clarity Crafting field, and so for those good people, we are revisiting a few old favourites. I never watch my old DVDs ; why would I? So it’s quite interesting to…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. What a luxury it is to be able to write this blog on a proper Mac! Having cobbled together blogs every day for weeks from 7,000 miles away on an Ipad, and 7 or 8 hours behind you, it is great to be back in real time, in sync so to speak! So back to the grindstone, eh. Monday’s blog is Flowers and Trees, so here’s a very simple card, made with our ultra…