Hello there! Thanks for popping in. Wednesday’s Blog is something new, so how about a brand new FABULOUS STENCIL! Launched here today. Nope, as soon as Jim handed it to me, I got lost in the whimsy world of hares and full moons. Well done Jim! Let’s get started. First, attach the new winter tree stencil to a 7″x7″ piece of our white Gelli Card with low-tack masking tape. The ink pads I have used are Meadow Adirondack Broken China Distress…
Hello there, Thanks for stopping by. Welcome to YOUTUBE TUESDAY! Here’s a very simple How-to use Perfect Pearls (Mica Powders) with a Detail Claritystamp and preserve the detail. I have chosen our very delicate, new lacey Swallows large swallow Small Swallow to show you how to preserve the detail when working with metallic powders on glossy card. There are 2 sets of Mica powders on our website: Set 1 and Set 2 I went with three colours from the first…
Happy Monday! Monday’s blog is Trees and Flowers, and since we have just had the busiest Clarity weekend EVER in Catterick (well, since Crowborough Open Days earlier in the year!) I hope you will forgive me for just uploading the card I did on TV recently. I gave away every card I made over the weekend! But what a super time and what a fabulous welcome up north! Two days of smiling, friendly guests. Visitors came from as far away as…
Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. Sunday’s Blog a step by step and typically Gray. This is pretty typically a Gray piece, methinks… What think you? Let’s start with a blank piece of Gelli Card, Build a panel with low-tack masking tape. Using stencil brushes and Stream, Juniper and Stonewashed, Fill the panel with those colours. Stamp the fabulous branch in Black archival into the aperture, before removing the masking tape. It should look like this now…. Time to add…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Saturday’s Blog a new technique, so let’s take a look. This is just a simple way of creating a lovely, colourful background in a specific shape. Read on….. Stamp our lovely Garden Heart stamp in black on a piece of copy paper, and cut out the heart. If you do this carefully, you can use both parts…. Position the aperture heart over a piece of white Gelli Card, and dust through the heart-hole with …
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well, we’re up in North Yorkshire today, all revved up to go to Catterick for the set-up of our WEEKEND of CLARITY OPEN DAYS What a glorious day for it! I say I say I say!! Heather and Elaine are twittering away in the kitchen, all ready for the off. Young Chloe has just surfaced, too. So I will keep this short and sweet. The doors for our…
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by on this Thursday. Thursday’s blog is always blue, right? Well, today is September 11th. So I want to pay tribute to all those poor souls who lost their lives in New York on September 11th, 2001. And all their families and friends, who will be remembering, re-suffering, re-feeling. How do you ever come to terms with that? I spent some time making a piece of artwork for them. So I spent the same time deep…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Wednesday’s blog is something new, so here’s a new super Toucan stamp from the weekend, and …. the mask! Here’s my stash of cling film Claritycard which I made using Eggplant Adirondack and Peach Bellini Adirondack mostly…. Pick one and stamp the lovely Toucans in Black Adirondack. At the bottom of this post, I will insert the Clarity YouTube I did a while back on the clingfilm technique – just in case you aren’t…
Happy You Tube Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by. Here’s a quickie, showing off one of our new stencils. This beautiful Chinese Lantern Stencil has been around a while: But here’s a new development, and those of us who have gone to great lengths to separate out one or two of the pods in the past – a new stencil with just 2 pods!! You see, we do listen! Presenting the Lantern Pods So without further ado, let’s just have a…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Rather late I’m afraid, but I decided to switch off from Clarity and crafting for a few hours, and just be a housewife. Isn’t it ironic? I have had such a delightful day, cleaning and hoovering and doing laundry! Many of you would argue that the woman’s lost it. I would argue that creating nice clean dwelling is pleasant, too. But. Monday’s Blog is Trees and Flowers. On the TV show yesterday, we launched…