Good morning Friday! Day 1 at the NEC. Stand all lovely, Staff all lovely… The very lovely and talented Maria Simms, The wonderful Jayne; she who knits tits. Notice Dave on the phone…. Oh! There he is, on the phone again… Ah, Heather, our angel with the kneepads. And gorgeous Chloe, Jayne the tit-knitter’s daughter. And so the scene is set. The stencils, the stamps, the fabulous samples. 9.29 am. The crowd is waiting patiently for the bell to ring….
Oh boy! Thank you for stopping by. Thursday’s a Blue Blog, and it’s NEC Thursday! This is historically one of the busiest days of the year for us, so whilst you are reading this blog, spare a thought for us, pedalling like loonies in Birmingham! Large Landscape Claritystamp Set of 5 insert stamps Claritycard A6 Clarity Blending Mat Speedball Brayer Wild Plum Adirondack Stonewashed Adirondack Deep impression powder, or SEA SALT!!! Black Adirondack Ink Pad or Black Archival White fine line pen …
Hello there. Thank you for stopping by! Wednesday’s Blog is something new, so how about a stencil which is probably new to you, and a technique which is definitely new to me?! Jo Rice ran this one by me, and I just had to have a go! It’s really easy and very effective. I used Black Card Craft Notions Glue Our Poppy Stencil Variegated Copper Gilding Flakes (Don’t look now, but there’s a special offer at the end!) Sponge Finger…
E It’s Tuesday already!!!! Whoever is winding the clocks up and making them go faster, pack it in !! Anyway, Tuesday’s Blog with a little twist today. As you know, I was another year older last week, and I would like to thank my friends who made it a very special 55. So after a rather manic few days, chasing up to do the Harrogate show, I spent THE most pleasant morning today, enjoying each of the cards and greetings friends…
Hello there! It’s early Monday morning, day after the Harrogate Show, and I feel as though I’ve been lifting weights all weekend! The tops of my arms!! No Bingo Wings here, that’s for sure. Now if I can just clutch a brayer with my derrière, we could sort that area out too. Now there’s a picture…. So moving on swiftly, Monday’s blog is Trees and Flowers; here’s a super Frame stamp combined with a set of useful little flowers. I…
Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. We’re up in Yorkshire at the Harrogate Craftshow this weekend. Brilliant day Saturday. One day done, one day to go. So here’s a little Duckie flockie I rustled up some time ago. Hope you like it! I used Small Duck Medium Duck Large Duck Duck verse Barb’s Sunday Blog Special Offer: All 3 ducks and the verse should cost £22.49 How about £12? That’s about HALF PRICE! Trouble is I can’t change the…
Hello There! Happy Saturday! Thought I’d just show you a neat birthday card, using our Claritycard and a resist technique. You need: The Matrix Feather Stamp Birthdays are a feather stamp A5 Claritycard A4 Clarity Paper Versamark Ink Pad Peeled Paint Distress Pad Weathered Wood Distress Pad Old Paper Distress Pad Black Adirondack or Black Soot Distress Pad Speedball Brayer Blending Mat Stamp the Matrix Feather randomly over the Claritycard using Versamark. Be sure to remove the blue indexing ink from the…
OH BOY!!!! I am sooooo chuffed. I am so NOT a techy. But if we are going to launch You Tube videos on this blog, then I really did have to figure out just HOW to embed them. What’s more, I figured it out all by myself. With the little help of a You Tube Tutorial…. How ironic that I can find out about You Tube on You Tube! And therein lies the secret, and I believe also, the POWER…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is always blue, so here’s a Scottish Castle: Eilean Donan Castle, to be precise… I used: Castle stamp Denim Adirondack Sepia Archival Cobalt Archival Clarity Blending Mat A6 Clarity Card Ink up the castle in Denim and blot it lightly on copy paper before you stamp it carefully directly onto the blending mat. Lay the Clarity card down onto the wet image, and transfer the image by rubbing the back. Well, I’ve seen…
Hello there! Welcome to Wednesday’s blog Let’s try a new stencil and a beautiful blue tit! I used The large Garden Bird aka Tit “A bird does not sing” by Maya Angelou Mask for the bird White Square card NEW Tangle Stencil 7×7 Black Archival Ink pad Worn Lipstick Distress Pad Weathered Wood Distress Pad Tumbled Glass Distress Pad Dusty Concord Distress Pad Slate Adirondack Stencil Brushes Low tack masking tape Clarity Blending Mat Stamp the bird in black Archival,…