Howdi! Thanks for dropping in. Well here’s where we say goodbye to San Francisco, – it’s been great fun spending time with Mark – and HELLO OPEN ROAD! First stop Yosemite. The weather is a bit ropey apparently, but hey! The last time I was in Yosemite, I was driving a 40ft RV along a cliff edge in a storm. Mark was not even a year old. I remember it well. In fact, what I remember most clearly was my dear…
Hello there, Thanks from popping in! Bit slow out of the starting blocks today, so it’s nice to just make a pretty card for you. Monday’s blog is flowers and trees, right? So let’s use that wonderful new silk bouquet stamp and the new Wedding line sentiments: Stamped in black Archival on large Gelli Card Coloured in with Spectrum Aqua pens. We stock these now; they’re fab. Here you can see they’re lovely for simply colouring in. Essential Kit. Good…
Happy Bank Holiday Monday! The suns shining in through the window, the bluebells are a-ringing in the woods, but I just wanted to share a quick step-by step with you from yesterday’s TV show. It’s using the new Shepherd’s Purse stamps, which Mandy drew for us. They are so lovely to use! Weed or flower? Apparently it’s a weed, but one man’s weed is another man’s flower. Cut a 7″ x 7″ piece of Gelli Card back to 6″ x 6″…
Hi there! Thank you for popping in, and thank you also if you took the time to watch and support the Claritystamp TV show this morning ! Wasn’t Dean great?! I nearly lost it with the squeaky table1 And Sam’s meat and 2 veg just about finished me off! Well, here’s the step by step I promised you yesterday, using the super Birdhouse Stamp Set. We sold out so quickly, didn’t we?! But the strategy worked, and I was able…
Hello there!Glad you dropped in. Been a lovely day! Thoroughly enjoyed the company of my dear friend Debby Berry. Hence the rather tardy blog. But what is this life all about if I can’t spend a day with a good friend? So here’s a quickie that I did for one of the US TV shows last week, using our wonderful Garden Birds. Apparently, Debby, being American, watched the shows and this demo, and only counted me say tits once! Right….
Hello there. So glad you popped in. I have been pottering in the garden this morning, just tidying up. It’s very pleasant, isn’t it, to potter. It’s not something I have done much of, but I’m thinking I may just make some more time for pottering. Anyway, here’s that step-by-step artwork I promised you yesterday. I used the Deerscape stamp. Let me show you the stamp set: We call it the Meadowdance Stamps Set, after the little children These are…
Hi there. Thanks for dropping in this Sunday. Have been really looking forward to getting back up here in my little art den, and doing something. Anything! Isn’t it amazing how being creative, getting with your hands becomes such a part of you? I have missed my daily art fix! I invested in a very VERY expensive pair of scissors whilst in Germany too, so I want to try them out… I had a really brilliant cheap little pair for about…
Hi there, Thanks for stopping by. Saturday’s blog a new technique. Well today I thought it might be cool to tackle a panel, but focus on the background rather than the stamped image. Haven’t got long to play, but would like to wish you all a very happy Easter Weekend, so here’s a quick and easy offering. Let’s take a look… On 7″ x 7″ Gelli Card, let’s make a panel using low tack masking tape. Saturate the whole panel…
Hi there!Thanks for stopping by. Bit drizzums out there today, so let’s do some artwork instead I say!! Yesterday I really enjoyed stretching myself, and trying something new with card stitching. Found a nice home for it in the inglenook, too. But today I really must have a tidy up in here …. It’s reached that beyond-a-joke stage again. Strictly speaking, I could keep going in this mess for weeks, but we are supposed to be filming the next reel…
Hi there. So glad you dropped in. I have had such a good afternoon. Saturday’s blog a new technique, right? Well, I had decided that today was the day. Today was the day I got my old Pfaff sewing machine out, after at least a decade, and added a few stitches and strands to my artwork. What do you think? Since Karen Hayselden has been on the Design Team, I have become very aware of how safe my art still…