Hello there. Thanks for stopping by. After all that arty mixed media work in France, I thought it would be nice to come back down to earth. Or not! Let’s start with a blank white piece of card. A very good place to start… Make a border with Low-tack masking tape. Add the bunting mask from the Roof-tops mask Add the Roof-tops themselves along the baseline. And add a moon, too. Brayer some Stormy Sky over your Clarity Blending Mat,…
Hi there! Wednesday’s Blog is something New… Well, as many of you know, we went to France with the Clarity Team for a week. It was fabulous. I couldn’t have wished for a better crew to go with! Back in Blighty now, and back to work and reality. But between you and me, aside from chilling with the team, I did set myself a task; I wanted to get more comfortable working on canvas, and make a start on mixed…
Hello there! Thank you for stopping by on You Tube Tuesday. How ironic that I should be sitting in possibly the most fascinating secret garden ever. It’s 6 am, the birds are twittering away and the sun is rising over this ancient woodland. It’s as if this is the only place in the world right now. Actually, sadly, it’s time to leave our magical retreat in Bretagne and our friends Elizabeth and Alain. But in the words of Arnie, “We’ll be back”…
Hello Monday! Thanks for stopping by. Monday’s blog is Trees and Flowers, so here is a very quick card made very quickly ! I hope I can be forgiven for whistling through this one, but yesterday was just a lovely lazy crazy day, and before you could say “don’t forget to write your blog”, I had forgotten. So here’s a scrap of copy paper, on which I had cleaned my brayer. Maybe it was too much sun, (NOT!) but I could see…
Happy Sunday! Oh boy have we just had the funniest evening ever! We played out a Who Dunnit Murder Mystery, so we each dressed up and took on a role. From Madame Edith La Grande Butte (moi) Pia Fedora Oily Carte Nicole La Grande Butte Kirk Ramson III Seamus O’Hack Pierre Paysanski to Otto von Pinkelwürst (aka Speelchecker) and others… I haven’t laughed so much in years. For three hours we went round the room, establishing our defences and interrogating each…
Hello there Thanks for popping in! Here we are Day 3 in France, and having a fine old time. Today we went to Hennebont and had a little mooch, The sun was out when we got back, so we have been walking and talking non-stop! While the others are over the way in the big house, making art and eating chocolate brownies, I thought I would slope off to our little house (sleeps 4) to have a little chat to you,…
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,…