Hello there! Thank you so much for stopping by on this rainy Monday morning here in lovely England! I have to tell you. Every so often, a piece of artwork will cross my path which inspires me to want to copy it, to try it, to have a go. Sound familiar? Well, my friend Paul Church sent in a sample this week which just blew me away. It was created using torn strips of masking tape to make fields. Absolutely…
Happy Sunday to you! Thanks for stopping by. I’m on TV this morning, 9-11 Create & Craft, so let’s keep this blog short and sweet. Actually, this stamp kit will be on the show at a cool price I’m told! Check it out! I designed these little box montages years ago, but they do work well for little notelets, birthday cards, weddings, bonbonnieres – all sorts! And the Corner text stamp is another clever one. I’ll show you how to…
Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. Saturday’s blog is a new technique. So for who? For you? For me? I have been really enjoying playing with Grunge paste and stencils lately, so here’s a rather fab new stencil, which is being aired on TV tomorrow: Chinese Lanterns 7″ x 7″ Very easy step-by-step to follow. Tape the stencil to the white square card at the bottom of the stencil Deposit some Grunge Paste at the base of the design. I only…
Hello there! Thank you so much for dropping in on this lovely Friday in April. We had a little visitor to Clarity Towers yesterday: Please say a loud Aaaaahhhhhh and welcome our first Clarity Baby, Dorothy Jean. Annie gave birth to baby Dot 3 weeks ago on March 11th. Here’s Mum. Doesn’t she look radiant?! It was so nice to see them both, and we are sure that Dot will become a regular visitor! Oh yeah? From the mouths of babes……
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thursday’s Blog is always Blue, and I thought it was about time we got our Gelli Plates out again. Let’s see what I used: A small Gelli Plate 6″ x 6″ The Clarity Gelli Card 7″ x 7″ A Speedball Brayer Leafy Swirl Stencil Process Cyan Acrylic Paint Process Magenta Acrylic Paint Buff Titanium Acrylic Paint Centre the Gelli Plate on a sheet of the card; this will help no end when you go to…
X Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. After yesterday’s YOU TUBE TUESDAY, and all that hilarity with Clarity, let’s get arty with a brand new stencil and some rather lovely new stamps. I used: Woodland Stencil 7″x7″ there are 2 other 7″x7″ stencils which make up the set: Bullrushes Cottage Flyaway Boy with Birds Claritystamp Love is in the Air Claritystamp (watch TV on Sunday for the boy and the girl stamps) New Word Chain inc. Dream (watch TV on Sunday for the next…
Hello there! Good to see you again! Well, Tuesday’s Blog usually rolls back the hours, but today I actually want to launch our Clarity You Tube Channel. Not being able to go to Port Sunlight because of my pain in the neck, I sent Dave instead. This presented me with the opportunity to run a screen test etc. We came in on the weekend to film, when everything was quiet, the phones weren’t ringing, and the machines were all switched…
Hello there! Thank you for dropping in on this Monday. Monday’s Blog is Trees and flowers, so here’s one I did last night, after a lovely afternoon with Dave and my parents & bro. I have used the Trees & their Mantels, which was a lesson kit on TV last year. I had forgotten how fabulous this kit is! It is a remountable set of 4 naked trees and their leafy mantles, plus a long grassy base stamp, too. If…
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! I do hope you are having a good Sunday? My parents and brother are coming over for lunch, so I can’t stop long; potatoes to peel and all that jazz.. But I thought I would go back to an old favourite today: Alliums on Double-sided adhesive with Gilding Flakes. Here’s what I used: Allium 1 Allium 2 if you get these 2 large alliums, we will send the baby allium to you as a gift. xx Dankeschön…
Hello there! It’s Saturday, so it’s a new technique blog. Thought I’d get my little Gelli Plate out, and show you something so simple, but really, really effective. I used: The Large Tit/Garden Bird The Large Tit/Garden Bird Mask A5 Stripe Stencil 6″ x 6″ Gelli Plate 7″ x 7″ Gelli Plate Card Speedball Brayer Phthalic Blue Acrylic Paint Pistitachio Acrylic Paint Buff Tit anium Acrylic Paint (I need help!) Black Archival ink Pad Stonewashed Adirondack Denim Adirondack Butterscotch Adirondack Stamp the Blue Tit…