Happy Saturday! Advent Day No 6. I am so chuffed and excited to present you with this artwork! It’s so different for me, but sooooo easy!! Sam Crowe flew down from oop Norf this week, to help give me the kickstart I needed, just show me a few tricks – and before you could say clean your brushes, I was away. So today’s the day that we begin a new Journey: Canvas for Clarity. Let me show you what I…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Advent Day No. 4 and it’s Thursday’s Blue Blog. So I thought I’d showcase Madonna and some fabulous embossing glitters. So off to the cupboard to find Madonna. Well God bless my daughter Grace, because last time she was home she organised my stencils into folders. Just take a look at this… At the front there are mini graphics of all the stencils in this particular folder, so I can flick straight to the…
Happy December 1st! Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will join me in celebrating the advent of Christmas. 24 days. I decided to look up advent. It comes from the latin word meaning coming. So what we are celebrating in effect, is the coming of the Lord, one day at a time, in the lead up to Christmas. Monday’s blog is trees and flowers, so let’s launch our Clarity advent with a little Christmas tree and greeting, and some…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping and and supporting the daily blog. Thursday blog is always blue, right? So I decided to have a play with my hares. (That sounds awful!) Ready? First we need a dramatic background. Here’s one I did earlier, using an 8″ x 10″ Gelli Plate, Process Magenta acrylic paint (pink) Process Cyan acrylic paint (blue) and one of our stencils: The Tangle Stencil I cut round a cup to make this huge moon mask! You can…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by on this dreary, leaves-falling-off-the-trees Wednesday! Wednesday’s blog is something new. So here’s a brand new stencil, hot off the press. I had a lot of work this morning – catch up and all that jazz. So I really REALLY enjoyed stepping away from the business side of the business and turning my attention to the blog. Introducing the new Maple leaf Stencil. Place the 6″ x 6″ Gelli Plate on the 7″ x 7″…
Hello again!Thank you for popping in. YouTube Tuesday recommences next week, the first Tuesday in December. But today, I thought I’d roll back the hours with a piece of artwork which I did years ago on the telly. It’s pretty basic. The ideas are good, but oh boy! Have I moved forward! Just take a look at this! A5 Claritycard used. Make a border around the edge using low-tack masking tape. Wrap a thin elastic band around your Speedball brayer, …
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by on the sunny Monday morning here in England. Got back from España late last night, but it’s good to be back in the groove. Thought I’d get back to arty crafty blogging. So Monday’s blog is Trees and Flowers, right? Well the colours in the garden hit me this morning! What a difference a week can make. When we left, it was still mostly green, with a whisper of red. Ten days later? The ginkgo…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Saturday’s Blog a New Technique. To who? To you? To me? So just a quickie, an old favourite, a demo using the corset and Angelina Fibres. So many of you have seen this technique. But there will be loads of readers who have never even heard of Angelina Fibres, or Fusible Fibres, let alone know what to do with them! Ingredients: Corset + Feminine leg Claritystamps Black Archival Pink Angelina Fibres Wisteria Angelina Fibres Iron Riser…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by today. It’s CLARITY YOU TUBE TUESDAY! You may recall (I will never forget) that last week, we launched You Tube Tuesday. There was some hilarity and a mild meltdown, whilst I struggled to get revved up, but I would say that this week is much improved! Amazing what a couple of new cameras and personal focus can do! The video is longer, too. We decided to keep it in real time, and not speed…
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…