What a difference a day makes! One minute we’re squinting in the hot midday sun. The next we are huddled around the fire, wondering whether the little hire car will get us out of here! Nothing else for it. Start clearing a path! Here we see a man on a mission: to clear a path to the car! Got a way to go yet! Go on Dave! The kettle’s on… -6 and actually very very beautiful. The silence is almost…
Hi there! Friday’s blog a private peek right? Today we leave New Mexico and return to Blighty. Happy to be returning home. Sorry to be leaving this home. So what do you do when you are feeling glum? How do you cheer yourself up? Let me let you into a little secret. When I get a touch of the lows, I let Lucille Ball perk me up. Remember her? I have the complete I Love Lucy Set! She cracks me…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. It’s snowing here in Mountainair today! So let’s snuggle up indoors and get crafting! I’ve been admiring the birds here in New Mexico all week, so here’s a super stamp set which comes unmounted and complete with masks now: The Garden Birds. I remember when we had some Blue Tit fun on telly with Nigel….saucy boy! So here are both the bird set and the blossom branch set, which go together perfectly. Let’s make a…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Wedenesday’s blog is something new, and here is a Stamp duet which will give you many hours of fun. It is such a cool set! The stamps work well alone, but when you layer them up and use them together, you will be impressed! Let me show you how they work. I mounted mine on Clarity handles, and then numbered them. 1 and 2. I also wiped the blue indexing off with Blending Solution….
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by on You Tube Tuesday. Several new Clarity visitors and customers have asked me how our clever Letterbox Kit works, so I thought it might be cool to extract a project from my latest DVD and load it here. Thanks Jim for doing a grand job! The letterbox set really was a stroke of genius. So simple and yet so very effective. We have the numbers and symbols set to go with it now too….
Howdi Thanks for stopping by! Spent a lovely day with Dave in Santa Fé yesterday. Strolled around for hours. Found a great fresh organic Café for breakfast, called Pascuals. Talk about sensory overload! Check this out: The artwork was fantastical and vibrant, The murals were superb, Everywhere you looked, there was another unique artefact Even hidden in the walls! It was a really delightful place. The food? Ah yes, the food was excellent. Best omelette I’ve ever eaten. You wouldn’t…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by! Am feeling the benefits of the sun here in New Mexico. We went for a walk up the road to the Indian ruins of El Quarai yesterday. The sun was amazingly warm, not a cloud in the sky – and yet the snow crunched underfoot. The birds – mainly bluebirds actually – swooped around us, and a couple of jet black crows observed us from a distance. It certainly is the Land of Enchantment….
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. We’re soaking in the sun at 7,000 feet here in New Mexico. The snow is slowly melting, but it was still -9c last night! Here’s a demo I did on US TV this week. The new Createandcraft Television channel can be found on DISH221 , DirectTV85/222. And ROKU. Or you can go to their US website, createandcraft.com and they will tell you times and options. Let’s use one of our landscape stencils and attach…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Writing to you all the way from America, so thought I would show off another one of those fabulous scenic stamps which we launched over here on US TV. This one reminds me so much of the steps leading down to the beaches in Carmel, California. We lived there when the kids were small, and I spent many a happy hour on the beach with them. Those were magical times! Sealions, pelicans – yep,…
Hello there! Having left the massive urban sprawl that is Los Angeles, we got on a small plane and came to tuck ourselves away in the vast Rocky mountains of New Mexico. Quite a temperature drop when you come up 7,000 feet! But Thursday’s blog is always blue, and I wanted to share these skies with you! We are up on a plateau, although you would never know it except that your ears pop as you climb. There is a…