Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Tuesday’s Blog rolls back the hours, takes a look at the business aspect of crafting, and where Clarity came from. It’s also the day we open up a can of P’s. So are you sitting comfortably? Then let’s pick P for Pick. When my kids, Grace and Mark, were little, our living room used to look like a bomb had hit it most days. Toys EVERYWHERE! There was a Leggo table in the middle…
Good Monday morning! Monday’s Blog is Trees and Flowers, so here’s a lovely Flower stamp we didn’t get to show off yesterday on TV. Oh boy were we busy though! Thank you for watching. Freesias. What a fantastic work of God’s art . I am actually looking at a vase of lilac and white freesias in front of me here; the fragrance is wonderful. So let’s get started. A very simple exercise, using Parchment. I used: the Freesias Claritystamp The…
Hello there! Well, it is TV day on Create & Craft 9-11am, and I am hoping I will be able to do a demo for you with these lovely new Garden Birds of Mel’s. But if for whatever reason, I cannot show you my little birds on TV, I thought it would be good to do a step-by-step here, too, and take a really good close-up look at them. They are pretty special! I used: A large Garden Bird Small Garden Birds…
Happy Saturday! It’s a New Technique Blog today, and I am pretty chuffed with my first attempt at using paste through a stencil. Sometimes, having no clue about a new medium can be advantage, because you just have to figure it out. The first attempt didn’t go so well. Paper too thin. Too much Paste. Fiddled with it too much. Bindit… So the next time, I went with thicker card, less paste, and I worked fast. Result? Well, decided for yourselves…
Friday’s blog a private peek, so I am writing to you from a hotel in Munich. It’s a challenge piecing a blog together on an Ipad, but I so want to share this day with you! You know, how you have a plan, but then unexpected things keep cropping up? Well, when we arrived this Thursday morning, the plan was to go into the city and just enjoy the fruit & veg market in the centre. So that’s where we…
Hello there! Thank you for dropping by. I am in Germany today, gearing up for the lunchtime show tomorrow, so a quick and simple project is required here! Just because something is simple, doesn’t mean it isn’t appealing. Conversely, just because something it complex, doesn’t guarantee it will be beautiful either! Thursday’s Blog is always BLUE, so I rooted round in my stash of background papers and dug out a Gelli Card piece I made ages ago, using the 8×10 large…
Hello there! Thought I would take you on a trip down Memory Lane at the same time as making an arty piece today. Mel drew this brilliant Town stencil for us, and as soon as I saw it, I thought of Culross, up near the Forth Road Bridge, where my good friend Monica and I often went, when she lived in Bo’ness, over the river. What an enchanting place! Not so much the Grangemouth Oil Refinery in the background, but…
Hello there! Tuesday’s Blog rolls back the hours and takes a look behind the scenes. So today, I thought it would be interesting to tackle P for Purpose. Purpose as in, “if it serves no purpose, don’t do it.” Years ago, I used to spend many, many hours doing things that really served very little purpose. I think the best example I can think of is arranging pillows on the bed. God only knows how many hours I have spent…
Monday Monday! Thank you for stopping by. Well, Monday’s Blog is Trees and Flowers, remember? So here’s a quickie, using the very versatile Forest Ridge Claritystamp what else? Cream Card Tonto –the Lone Ranger The Rope Frame Mountain Rose Adirondack Pesto Adirondack Caramel Adirondack Blending Mat Blending Tool Black Archival Clarity Stencil Brushes Colouring Pencils This is a very simple exercise in building up a landscape. Stamp the Rope Frame in the centre, in Black Archival. Stamp the Forest Ridge in the centre…
Happy Sunday! What a difference a little sunshine makes! I had forgotten how good warm sun feels on the skin. So forgive me for blogging so late today, but we had such a pleasant, relaxed day with our friends yesterday, I’m afraid our daily blog got neglected. However! I was thinking about my little girl, Grace, when I woke up. Little girl? I think not! She is a very beautiful, accomplished young lady now, and many of you know her….