YouTube Tuesday, and a neat Gelli Plate Technique.

YouTube Tuesday, and a neat Gelli Plate Technique.

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…

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Get your Summer dresses out!

Get your Summer dresses out!

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…

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We’re still flying high down town!!!

We’re still flying high down town!!!

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…

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Saturday. Gelli Plate scraps Rock!!!!

Saturday. Gelli Plate scraps Rock!!!!

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…

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Hampton Court with my Mum. Inspirational.

Hampton Court with my Mum. Inspirational.

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…

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Blue Panel, Blue Tit!

Blue Panel, Blue Tit!

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…

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Introducing the NEW Houses of Stars Stencil. And its friends…

Introducing the NEW Houses of Stars Stencil. And its friends…

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,…

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Patience is a virtue…

Patience is a virtue…

Hello there, Happy YouTube Tuesday! Thank you for stopping by. Here’s a very simple, effective technique for creating fabulous backgrounds. All you need is cling film. And a little patience…. Items Used: Cling Film Speedball Brayer A5 Clarity Card  Adirondack Dye Ink Pad Mountain Rose Adirondack Dye Ink Pad Eggplant Clarity Bending Mat Boy & Birds Clear Claritystamp Clean Out A Corner Clear Claritystamp  Copy Paper Hope you enjoyed this little arty session! much love,

Mini Baubles, served on a Gelli Bed of Pine Branches

Mini Baubles, served on a Gelli Bed of Pine Branches

Hello there, on this sunny Monday in July! Thank you for stopping by. Monday’s blog is tree and flowers, so let’s use the new Christmas baubles and take another look at how that clever acrylic megamount turns the Gelli Plate into a stamp! I did this on the TV show yesterday morning, but not everybody was watching, eh! Ingredients: I used a neat new bauble kit : Stamp some baubles on Theuva Card, using Black Archival. Stamp the little hanging…

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Introducing some pretty neat dolls…

Introducing some pretty neat dolls…

Happy Sunday! Well, it’s TV Sunday for me, so by the time you read this, I will either already be off the hook, or still on the hook! So here’s a little card showcasing a set of super Navajo Dolls  (great price this weekend; 40% discount + an additional 10% for our Club members) Attach the round Aperture Stencil to the square Gelli Card. These Framer shape stencils are very cool to use. They give you a simple starting place…

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