Hi there Thanks for popping in. We love new things in the SHAC. New things to doodle, new things to colour in. Every year we introduce a new colouring subject. To start with we went with our Feathered friends, original art by our friend Mel Turner. We still have lots of these to go to – they aren’t done yet! Last year we introduced out Poppets by marina Fedotova. So pretty! For this year we have got some superb original…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. If I had to pick my favourite Freshcut die, I think it would be this one. There are some superb designs in our library now – check it out HERE – but I have to say, this one is it. Drawn by Mel Turner, we have got the same design in stamps, stencil and Groovi! We were quite late to the Die party, but when we arrived a couple of years ago, with our…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. We got some new Ranger Distress Oxide Ink and regular Distress Ink colours delivered last week: so I decided to take a look at one of them. Just one. Which one would YOU have gone for? I thought I’d compare the same colour in the two different inks, becasue they certainly differ in their application and even colour tone. The Distress Oxides are very chalky and opaque, whereas the regular Distress ink are more…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Stepped away from the Clarity treadmill for a day and took off for the coast, to blow away the cobwebs. Or should I say to blow away?! It feels like it’s time, to come out from the back of the COVID cave, and into the sunshine. It was a bright and beautiful, freezing cold and oh-so-windy day!! Here we see yours truly trying to walk forwards, but being pushed back by the wind! We…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. I hope you are able to tune into the Craftstore at 6pm this evening. Paul will be launching a new collection of our Doodle Dies – the rectangles and ovals. Sorry I wasn’t able to join in with the showcase – I love these dies!! But unfortunately, something came up, and I had to stay back at Clarity Towers. However. Paul is such an expert at paper engineering; he will do a brilliant job…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Thanks also for the very positive feedback about last Sunday’s TV show from 2-4pm. I guess the whole idea was to pour as many tips, tricks and crafty techniques into a 2-hour time-glass as we could. Hayley and I motored through the products and demos, didn’t we ! It is what the first Sunday of the month 2-4pm has been about for many many years. Don’t think I’ve missed many either! I started that…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Hope you made it to the SHAC this morning. We were putting the finishing touches to our Lettering doodle. We were looking at how to finish your work with gold leaf. FInishing is such a key part of the process, isn’t it. As I said, it can be the difference between homemade and hand made. WHich may or may not phase you personally. But the perfectionist in me cannot rest easy until the finishing…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. How about a little step by step project, showing off the new stamps I shall be showcasing tomorrow on The Craft Store, (soon to be renamed Create & Craft)? You may be familiar with these elegant little ladies. Originally, we had them as stencils… Then we turned them into excellent little cameos… and Groovi plates… And now they are also available as very delightful, stylish, great for so many occasions, stamps! All of the…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Went to London today. Had a business lunch at the Shard. Nice treat, but you really are up in the gods on the 32rd floor! To the average New Yorker, that’s probably not very high up, but to the average Brit, that’s up there for sure !! The view is spectacular, as is the food, although I almost lost my appetite with all the tax talk ! So I looked up the expression, up…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. After a full day of drawing, prepping for TV, doodling and making art, I am feeling happily tired, which just goes to prove that Art IS Therapy. Every time the little voice in my head said “You can’t do that”, or “they won’t like that”, I did it anyway, and was happy with what I had done. I think art and healing come from the same source actually. They seem to go hand in…