Hello there! Bonjour! I have to tell you, usually, I am always alone when I blog. But this week, mais non! I’ve got Melanie Turner on my right (human spellchecker), Paul Church on my left, and Dave Roe strumming his guitar! So. What did we do today? Well, it rained chats et chiens, so we got arty. I tried to get a space at the table, but alas! There was so much equipment sur le table, I was relegated to the window sill….
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Well, here we are in France, having a fine old time! Today has been a very arty day! But the sun was shining! So while our dedicated Clarity Crafters beavered away indoors, I enjoyed the afternoon sitting outside in the sunshine, with lovely Lily among the flowers. Dress needs a little designer touch… So stamp Lily on a Post-It and cut the dress out. Mask her off, Cover up her underskirt, and add some flowers,…
Bonjour from France! Greetings from Bretagne, where the Clarity Design team are having a retreat treat! Here we are, after a rather gruelling drive through torrential rain. Stair-rods. Loosely translated, Il plurt bowcoop !!!! Trying to maintain a convoy with this lot was nothing short of ridiculous! We hadn’t gone 500 yards – nay, metres – outside Calais, and I got the first distress call from Car No. 3 (out of 5), “We’ve lost you!” 250 Km later, they caught…
Hello there! Thank you for stopping by this You Tube Tuesday! I hope you like this one. It is very, very simple. I used our 7″ x 7″ Town Stencil and not one but two Gelli Plates! the 6″ x 6″ and the 8″ x 10″ She must be kidding! I hear you say. Two Gelli Plates?! What is she thinking?! Well, I did a great deal of thinking before I figured this method out, and when you watch it,…
Good Morning Bank Holiday Monday! Many thanks if you watched the TV show yesterday; I thoroughly enjoyed working with Nigel. He is such a nice guy. So Monday’s blog is trees and flowers, and yesterday we sped at breakneck speed through a very neat scene-building exercise; so this morning, let’s take it more slowly… I’m going to ask Nige to join me for a little Questions and Answers Session… Nigel: So what are we going to be using? The Woodland Stencil…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Oh boy have we been busy!!! Our New Stencil Club has certainly been well received. If you haven’t heard about it, read all about it on the website! Since we’ve had a right old Gelli Plate and Stencil week of it here, I thought, with it being Bank Holiday Weekend and all that, we could take a little trip down the more traditional Picture-building canal today. Ingredients: A5 Clarity card black Adirondack low tack masking tape…
Hello there! Saturday’s blog a new technique. Now let me see… Why don’t we take that Chessboard Stencil I made you a couple of days ago, and put a different spin on it – literally. We will need: A 6″ x 6″ Gelli plate the Gelli card that fits Golden Open Acrylic Paynes Grey (coming very soon) Golden Open Acrylic Quinacridone Gold (we’ll have it in a week or so) Brayer (Special Sale this month) Wheelie Men Stencil Butterscotch Adirondack Watering…
Hello there. Thanks for dropping in! Let me brighten this otherwise gloomy looking Friday with some pretty good news. Last Friday, we talked about the New Designs Club, where it started and how it has grown over the years. Thousands of you enjoy this monthly dose of Clarity stamp-art. Well, today marks a new milestone. It occurred to me that stencil work is so very different to the art of stamping. Stencils are very diverse, and lend themselves to so…
Hello there! Second post of the day! Sorry to drag you back here, but it had to be done! Our Chess game today has spurred me on to design guess what?! no – not a Cheeseboard stencil ! But you’re warm…. YES!! a Chessboard Stencil ! much, much easier. Built in perspective. Now I just have to learn to embed it on the website and add the link! (Or ask Jim….) …..a little while later…. YAY! education, education, education. She now knows how…
Hi there! Happy May Day! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is something blue isn’t it. So let’s take a look at another one of the very clever Wheelie Stencils: The Chess Pieces Chess. Great game. I just had to have a play….. Here are the ingredients: Chess Wheelie Stencil (with the positive and negatives elements) Art Journaling Stampset A4 Theuva Card E-Bosser Stencil Brushes Stormy Sky Distress Pad Slate Adirondack Low-tack masking tape Lay out the chess pieces, large…