Hello there! Well, it’s friday, and very, very early. TODAY IS THE BIG DAY: The First Clarity Open Day Oh boy, do I hope it goes well! We had a long day, getting the hall ready… It always looks a bit daunting when you start, with a huge empty space, and a huge full van…. Jayne was feeling queezy after blowing up all the balloons, but always puts on a brave face. Sam just propped her up. Grace hauled tables…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by! We are chasing our tails here today, getting ready for the Clarity Open Days tomorrow and Saturday. What a super team I have. You should see it all going on here. From the Hi-Viz Jackets for the Car-Park attendants, to Raffle Prizes and Welcome Signs; from Special Show Offers to Brand New Stencils – there is a real buzz of excitement. So I will just focus for an hour on the blogging, because not only…
Happy Wednesday Day 3 of our Gelli Plate diet! I do hope you are enjoying what is being served so far. Today, I thought I would go back to the fantastic Golden Open Paint, although this technique you could do with dye-based inks too – it just wouldn’t be as vibrant. So let’s take a look. This trick very straight forward. I have used the large 8″ x 10″ plate (special offers on all our Gelli Plates this Gelli Week)…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. It’s YouTube Tuesday here at Clarity, and this week we are celebrating the Gelli Plate. In fact, every day here, on this little ol’ blog, I am serving you a little ol’ treat on a Gelli Plate. I want to show you how different paints and inks work. So yesterday, we dished up Golden Open Acrylics, a rare and rather special kind of slow-drying acrylic paint. Absolutely fantastic, if you ask me. The finished…
Hello there! Thank you so much for stopping by! Sorry I’m a little late this morning; blame the M25 up to Heathrow last night. At one point, there were 8 lanes, 4 in either direction, in total gridlock. And I was looking longingly at the homeward bound side, thinking, “Great, whenever I get to Terminal 3, and pick up my baby, I can turn around, and join the back of that lot!” The only consolation was that Virgin Atlantic were backed up…
Hello ! Sunday greetings! Many, many thanks for all the best wishes for my brother Steve. He is doing great, and I am sure that very soon, the scar on his neck will just be his second smile, as a friend so nicely put it. While he was in hospital, I made a piece of artwork which kind of depicted what was going through my head at the time. See if you like it. And even if you think it’s…
Hello there! Thanks for popping in. I know there’s a lot going on today, what with it being Saturday, the World Cup and all that jazz! So I’ll keep it quick and simple. When you go to clean dye-based inks off your Clarity Blending Mat or your Craft Sheet in future, just lightly spritz it with water, and then literally blot and wipe it with a sheet of the Gelli Card. Here’s a brilliant background made in just that way: Isn’t it…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by! This is so weird… I have just finished writing my first step-by-step GERMAN blog. And then flicked channels, to chat to you. Isn’t this technology astounding? I mean, to be able to sit in the comfort of my little house in front of a screen, and write to people all over the world. Can we have a show of hands in a minute where you are? Mostly we will be Brits in this room,…
Hello there! Thank you for stopping by today. Thursday’s blog is something blue, so here’s one I rustled up last night – and I kid you not: it took less than 5 minutes. We won’t speak about the 2 hours prior to the breakthrough, where I was seriously considering knocking the whole crafting lark on the head! You know how it is; nothing, but NOTHING is working. And what you have managed to cobble together looks like something the dog…
Hello Sunny Wednesday! Hope all is well? I’m afraid I wrote a blog yesterday, but it has flown away. Don’t you hate it when that happens? I spent a merry hour, sitting in Redhill Hospital composing THE most delightful blog, and went to post it this morning, and it’s gone. It’s binandunangon! I’m sure you’ll agree, there is nowt more frustrating than trying to retrace one’s steps, so I am just going to accept that the sole purpose of the writing…