Good Morning Bank Holiday Monday! Many thanks if you watched the TV show yesterday; I thoroughly enjoyed working with Nigel. He is such a nice guy. So Monday’s blog is trees and flowers, and yesterday we sped at breakneck speed through a very neat scene-building exercise; so this morning, let’s take it more slowly… I’m going to ask Nige to join me for a little Questions and Answers Session… Nigel: So what are we going to be using? The Woodland Stencil…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Oh boy have we been busy!!! Our New Stencil Club has certainly been well received. If you haven’t heard about it, read all about it on the website! Since we’ve had a right old Gelli Plate and Stencil week of it here, I thought, with it being Bank Holiday Weekend and all that, we could take a little trip down the more traditional Picture-building canal today. Ingredients: A5 Clarity card black Adirondack low tack masking tape…
Hello there! Saturday’s blog a new technique. Now let me see… Why don’t we take that Chessboard Stencil I made you a couple of days ago, and put a different spin on it – literally. We will need: A 6″ x 6″ Gelli plate the Gelli card that fits Golden Open Acrylic Paynes Grey (coming very soon) Golden Open Acrylic Quinacridone Gold (we’ll have it in a week or so) Brayer (Special Sale this month) Wheelie Men Stencil Butterscotch Adirondack Watering…
Hello there. Thanks for dropping in! Let me brighten this otherwise gloomy looking Friday with some pretty good news. Last Friday, we talked about the New Designs Club, where it started and how it has grown over the years. Thousands of you enjoy this monthly dose of Clarity stamp-art. Well, today marks a new milestone. It occurred to me that stencil work is so very different to the art of stamping. Stencils are very diverse, and lend themselves to so…
Hello there! Second post of the day! Sorry to drag you back here, but it had to be done! Our Chess game today has spurred me on to design guess what?! no – not a Cheeseboard stencil ! But you’re warm…. YES!! a Chessboard Stencil ! much, much easier. Built in perspective. Now I just have to learn to embed it on the website and add the link! (Or ask Jim….) …..a little while later…. YAY! education, education, education. She now knows how…
Hi there! Happy May Day! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is something blue isn’t it. So let’s take a look at another one of the very clever Wheelie Stencils: The Chess Pieces Chess. Great game. I just had to have a play….. Here are the ingredients: Chess Wheelie Stencil (with the positive and negatives elements) Art Journaling Stampset A4 Theuva Card E-Bosser Stencil Brushes Stormy Sky Distress Pad Slate Adirondack Low-tack masking tape Lay out the chess pieces, large…
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by! Wednesday’s blog is something new, right? So how about we get our large 8″x10″Gelli Plate out, use some Golden Open Acrylics (Deluxe) and a fab new 7″x 7″ Sunset stencil I’m right into seeing things in backgrounds just lately. And the Gelli Plate gives me plenty of opportunity! Like staring at the clouds and looking for animals… What can you see? Keep looking…. Anyway, let’s take a look at how we made the background. Piece…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by on You Tube Tuesday! Last Week’s Gelli Plate Video was so well received! Thank you for appreciating our efforts! Remember I asked you to send in some homework, showing your results? Well, hats off. Respect. Take a look at this…. Karen Brookes Sarah Stacey Jocelyn can’t find artist’s name… can’t find artist’s name… can’t find artist’s name… Rachel Diane Green Hilary Thorogood Hilary Thorogood Angela Simpson Carol Simons Alison (Alimecca) Julie Little Donna Brooks See…
Good Monday morning y’all! Sorry I’m a little late, but had such a good Sunday that Monday rolled round way too fast! One thing we did was watch the new Lone Ranger film, which stars Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger. Well worth watching, although I spent a good portion of the film outside the living-room door with my hands over my ears, asking Dave whether it was safe to come back in! Is it…
Happy Sunday! Thanks for stopping by. A couple of ladies called this week, requesting a how-to-use-the-new-Wheelie-stencils blog, so here’s one using the Branch and Leaves Wheelie stencil It’s pretty clever. Wheelie wheelie clever, in fact! Take a closer look; 6 different leaves, 3 different sizes. And 4 different branches/twiggies to dress. Word Chain Special Memories Library Green Archival Ink Pad Coffee Archival Ink Pad A Gelli Plate background piece Make-up sponges. It really doesn’t get any easier than this! Simply dial…