Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Friday’s blog a private peek, so let’s go back to last weekend. Dave and I decided to take ourselves off to the city of London. We live right next door, yet we so seldom soak it up. So Dave booked the train tickets, which I have to say seemed very reasonable, and off we went! First stop the wonderful V&A. You could spend a month in there, and only scratch the surface of the…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. We were heading out the door last night to go home, weary and hungry, when I remembered I hadn’t done today’s blog! Thursday’s blog is something blue… Well the air was blue for a bit; does that count? So I dug out yet more mop-up scraps on Claritycard. I have loads! Now you may look at this lot, and wonder why it wasn’t binned back when. And I am here to tell you that…
Back again! So sorry. I almost forgot! Remember on Sunday? We had a little instructions and limerick competition? Thank you to everybody who joined in. You are such great sports! Well I have to say, the instructions were ALL spot on, and the limericks and poems just made my day. But who to choose? So I closed my eyes, and when I opened them again, this name jumped out at me… MAGGIE GRAY (and her husband, who is clearly a…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by on this YouTube Tuesday. It’s St Swithins Day too, which means if it rains today, it will rain for 40 days. Just looked out of the window, and yep. So it’s just as well we like to stay indoors and get arty!!! Here’s a simple stencil on Gelli Plate technique, using Dye based inks. Hope you like it! I have also showcased our new mounting solution for the Gelli Plate here. The Clarity Megamount is…
Happy Monday! Thank you for stopping by. The sun is shining, and it’s time to get those summer frocks out. Here’s a very simple, original little number, with lots of flounce and flower! I used the new Elegant Lady stencil to get the shape, the outline: Theuva Card used here. Please forgive the dark photos; I was doing this at twilight, and forgot to flick all the lights on! But you get the picture… So carefully travel around the inside…
Happy Sunday! Just a quickie from London. Tate Modern here we come! A happy post. And a chance to win a £20 Gift Voucher. Very very easy. Just write the instruction to the card! Name the colours used etc, the ink pads and the sequence. Then – and here’s the tricky bit – write a little poem. Or finish my limerick! A rhyme which befits the artwork. There once was a boy who could fly, He would soar with the…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. I can’t chat long; we are off up to London for a weekend. We live so close, and yet how seldom do we make the effort? When we are showing guests round mostly! But onwards with today’s project. Just a quickie, using scraps and a lovely stamp. The Garden Heart Mostly pictures, ready? Here’s a bunch of Buff Titanium acrylic copy paper scraps I have accumulated whilst cleaning my Gelli Plate. Pick one and…
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by! Friday’s Blog a Private peek, right? Well, today I would like to introduce you to my Mum. Her name is Hilma, and she is German. She has lived here in England for 55 years, and loves it here. But she still speaks perfect German, is a very German Hausfrau, and cooks very German food. When we are together, we jump back and forth, between the two languages. She and I went to Hampton Court…
Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. What day is it? Thursday? Blue Blog…. Okay, here goes. A very simple idea for a card, using: The Delicate Clarity Tree Branch stamp Friendship Wordchain No. 8 Small Blue Tit from the Blue Tit + Feeder set Miniature birds from the Birdhouse Kit. Spectrum Noir Colouring Pencils – Nature A5 Theuva Card Low-Tack masking Tape Stonewashed Adirondack Ink Pad Stream Adirondack Ink Pad Juniper Adirondack Ink Pad Our Stencil Brushes Black Archival Ink Pad Black Micron…
Hello there! Wednesdays Blog is something new, so here is a brand new, very lovely A5 Stencil, which Annie drew. I love it. Houses of Stars, it’s called. When I looked at the stencil, it was clear to me, that the plastic part of the stencil needed to be black. Solid black. So I set about figuring that out. Had a few runs at a few different ways, with varying degrees of success, and concluded that the best way forward,…