Hello! Good weekend? What fabulous weather! When the sun’s shining, England is a beautiful country, isn’t it! And this weekend I was so busy having fun with friends and family, blogging took a back seat! But here’s an old favourite of mine: Madeleine. Never fails to look good! Even if you’re pushed for time, she always looks great! Stamped her in Black Archival, and heat embossed her with Detail Clear Powder. Now we have raised the line-art, we can fill…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by on this beautiful sunny Sunday. What glorious weather it is here in Kent! It’s my Aunty Esther’s 70th birthday, and the family is having lunch together to celebrate. So I can’t stop long! Always running around from one place to the next it seems. Life certainly moves fast! Last week, when we drove back from France, as soon as we hit Dover I noticed a marked increase in the volume of traffic! More…
Hi there! It’s Saturday, it’s sunny here and it’s STENCIL SALE AT CLARITY!! But before you dash off to the Website, do take a look at what I rustled up yesterday. Having had a day of business meetings and business suits, I wanted to escape, and create something really arty and obscure. Just to remember the primary purpose of Clarity. ART But with so much to do and so little time, I reached for my stash of Gelli Plate prints;…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by; Friday’s blog a private peek, so let’s step outside the kitchen door and say hello to our new friend, Grace. She was sitting in a shop in Josselin, Bretagne, and she just had to come home with us. The moment I saw her, I fell in love with her. Which is why she is named after my daughter, Grace. The moment I saw her, I fell in love with her, too. So she has…
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by. After all that arty mixed media work in France, I thought it would be nice to come back down to earth. Or not! Let’s start with a blank white piece of card. A very good place to start… Make a border with Low-tack masking tape. Add the bunting mask from the Roof-tops mask Add the Roof-tops themselves along the baseline. And add a moon, too. Brayer some Stormy Sky over your Clarity Blending Mat,…
Hi there! Wednesday’s Blog is something New… Well, as many of you know, we went to France with the Clarity Team for a week. It was fabulous. I couldn’t have wished for a better crew to go with! Back in Blighty now, and back to work and reality. But between you and me, aside from chilling with the team, I did set myself a task; I wanted to get more comfortable working on canvas, and make a start on mixed…
Hello there! Thank you for stopping by on You Tube Tuesday. How ironic that I should be sitting in possibly the most fascinating secret garden ever. It’s 6 am, the birds are twittering away and the sun is rising over this ancient woodland. It’s as if this is the only place in the world right now. Actually, sadly, it’s time to leave our magical retreat in Bretagne and our friends Elizabeth and Alain. But in the words of Arnie, “We’ll be back”…
Hello Monday! Thanks for stopping by. Monday’s blog is Trees and Flowers, so here is a very quick card made very quickly ! I hope I can be forgiven for whistling through this one, but yesterday was just a lovely lazy crazy day, and before you could say “don’t forget to write your blog”, I had forgotten. So here’s a scrap of copy paper, on which I had cleaned my brayer. Maybe it was too much sun, (NOT!) but I could see…
Happy Sunday! Oh boy have we just had the funniest evening ever! We played out a Who Dunnit Murder Mystery, so we each dressed up and took on a role. From Madame Edith La Grande Butte (moi) Pia Fedora Oily Carte Nicole La Grande Butte Kirk Ramson III Seamus O’Hack Pierre Paysanski to Otto von Pinkelwürst (aka Speelchecker) and others… I haven’t laughed so much in years. For three hours we went round the room, establishing our defences and interrogating each…
Hello there Thanks for popping in! Here we are Day 3 in France, and having a fine old time. Today we went to Hennebont and had a little mooch, The sun was out when we got back, so we have been walking and talking non-stop! While the others are over the way in the big house, making art and eating chocolate brownies, I thought I would slope off to our little house (sleeps 4) to have a little chat to you,…