Good Morning! Thanks for stopping by. It’s the crack of sparrows here, but I am loving this time of the day; may just have to make a habit of getting up in the wee small hours – even after the retreats are over. I regret to say that today is the last day of all the workshops. All the days have been enjoyable, and the guests delightful. I do hope that they all enjoyed it, and got what they came…
Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. Well, it’s Wednesday, and Wednesday’s Blog is something new. To who? To me? To you? I bet there is somebody reading this who has never thought of doing this dress-me-up trick. Hands up and leave a message below if it’s you! Yesterday at the Crowborough Retreat, we had a Gelli Plate session in the afternoon, and I said that for this blog, I would use a scrap that went wrong – or should I…
Hello there. Thank you for stopping by. It‘s very early Tuesday morning, and so yes, where’s the You Tube? I hear you ask. Well, here at base, we decided to take the month of August off, so that Jim, bless him, can take a break. He needs one! So, while he is showing Mark, my lad, the ropes, because we think that a job shared is a job halved, and let’s face it, Jim could do with a day in…
Hiya! Well I am writing this blog Sunday evening, so I sure know how this little fella feels! Not really. Monday morning, and a new group of lovely Clarity friends will be piling into the rugby club at Crowborough! I’m really looking forward to the next 4 days. After a busy, enjoyable TV show with Martyn, I spent far too long stuck in traffic, trying to get to my parents for lunch. The accidents on both the M11 and the…
Happy Sunday! By the time you read this blog, I will probably already be on the way to my parents house for lunch, after the TV show! Hopefully, it will have gone well, and the new stamps and stencils will have been well received. Here’s a little number made with Grunge Paste A spreader and a very cool lady stencil. Hunted around for a funky, inky background, and found one. (Thanks Dee!!!) The colours used are all Distress pads: Mustard…
Hello Fellow Crafters! Thanks for dropping by. Running late again, but better late than never, eh! Do you ever get the feeling you may have bitten off more than you can chew? Well, it’s sticking in my throat right now, and whereas I usually plough through my workload quite happily, one day at a time, I am down to one hour at a time right now! Here’s a beautiful stencil which is in a pack of 5 on TV tomorrow….
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Friday’s Blog a private peek? Well enter the private world of Barbara Gray at your peril! This is what’s left of the last garage that upset her! This is what she makes her friends do at 9 in the evening, when they pop in for coffee… “The workshop stuff for next week needs sorting, Paul; won’t take 10 minutes…” she said. She found him whimpering in the big box at midnight. Mind you, she…
Good morning! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is something blue, so I thought I would combine a couple of sets of colouring pencils which sport this colour, Primaries Marine with a look at one of the stamp sets being showcased this coming Sunday on Create & Craft at 9am. It’s pretty spectacular. Let’s break it down. Stamp the funky flowers in Black Archival on our white square Gelli Card. Run a length of low-tack masking tape along the base,…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Wednesday’s blog is something new, so rather than bombard you with more new stencils and stamps, I thought I would revisit an old but beautiful stamp, and apply a new combination of colours, and a rather new application to it. The Dandelion Fairy is very, very lovely… So here’s a delicate application, which I think sits well with her. Cut a piece of Cut n Dry felt to fit the stamp. Stamp the image…
Good Morning! Thanks for stopping by. Here is a technique which folks really enjoyed at a retreat last week. We are going to do this together at another workshop next week too, so if you are joining me then, you have choices: watch now, so you have an idea where we’re headed. don’t watch now, and keep it a surprise. watch now and practice all week. watch now with the sound turned down watch now with your eyes closed. Life…