Hi there, Thanks for popping in. How this week has flown! This time last week I was showcasing our lovely new About Town stampset. You know, the one we doodled together in the SHAC-Shack. In the set there are a carrot man and his dog, and a cat. See? These little figures clearly inspired clever Linda Spencer to create a wonderful kind of tribute to L.S. Lowry, that brilliant artist from the Industrial Northwest. Isn’t this brilliant? Lowry would have…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Delighted to tell you how brilliantly our Christmas Jumper Stamp Drive for Save the Children is going! One day in, and we, this little Clarity Community, have already raised a fantastic £1,951.42. Amazing!!!! Brilliant!!! And not finished till midnight Monday!! Blimey! Perhaps we’ll be able to send a cheque for over £2,000!! That’s epic, and that’s down to YOU. Even if you already have the stamps, you are buying them again, or you are…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Happy National Christmas Jumper Day! Did you know that this annual event started in 2012, and this particular National Day is dedicated to Save the Children. That’s right. It’s a Charity Drive to raise money for the Save the Children Fund. Paul was telling me that on one random Friday in December every year, people would go to work everywhere wearing Christmas Jumpers instead of suits, and then put at least a pound in…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been gutting my artroom today, clearing out, filing, putting back this year’s piles and piles of art and work and stamps and stuff, which I neglected to put away tidily as I went. It‘s not the way I roll. When I’m in the arty zone, chaos ensues. But it’s fine. Nothing that a couple of days won’t sort out. It’s quite thereapeutic, I have to say. No noise, no music, no radio, no nothing….
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just realised that there is a particularly lovely set of Clarity Christmas Stamps (and in Groovi too) which haven’t been out at all this year. That’s what happens when you have such a vast selection; there just aren’t enough opportunities to show everything off! I love these aperture stamps. 2017 or even earlier… Here’s a little how to I have dug out, to show you how they work. Cor! Here’s the leafy canvas too….
Hi there Thanks for popping in. When was the last time you bought a new outfit for going out? Been a while if you’re like me! Apart from TV shows and the SHACK Shac, nobody sees me! And even then, I could be wearing pyjama bottoms – you only ever see the top half! That said, I am glad and grateful to have those reasons for getting my make up on and making an effort most days. I honestly don’t…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just a quick demo on scrap showing how to use those fabulous Woodland masks which we were showcasing on HOCHANDA this morning. Hours of playtime…I just worked on a piece of painty scrap here. It’s that simple, no words required! Just follow the pictures! There you go. Ab Fab these are! I copied and pasted this from the 2018 Calendar! My oh my. How times have changed since then. CLICK HERE TO TREAT OURSELF!…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Busy day on HOCHANDA! The 6pm Birds on a Wire and Woodland Stamps are in full swing, so just a quickie before Paul goes back to the woods at 8pm!! What a wonderful set of stamps these are! More than any other collections, these will be the ones that will remind me of the SHAC-Shack in the future. I guess it’s because the Woods have been the only outdoors many of us have been…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Been working on the Christmas TV Show today. Every year we have a one hour TV show on Christmas Day. Don’t know exactly what time yet, but today was the day I put the new stamps through their paces. And I am VERY happy to tell you they have come out EXACTLY how I pictured them! So chuffed. There’s a Winterland Stampset, which I love. You know the one… Well, a few weeks ago,…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Nearly there. That sounds much more encouraging than not there yet, don’t you agree? You can look at everything from two different angles, can’t you. I try hard to look at things in a positive light. It doesn’t come naturally, especially when I’m tired. Hochanda TV prep for example. Nearly there. A few hours tomorrow, and then I’ll be good to go. Flipside: Didn’t manage to finish prep today, so will have to work…