73 Days To Christmas – SHAC Hippie Chicks & Calligraphy Girls
From Hippy Chicks to Calligraphy Girls and Strictly Dancing, discover how we adapt our original artwork for both stamping and parchment craft. Same designs, different possibilities!
84 Days To Christmas – Meet Our Brand New Retro Collection
84 days to Christmas! Meet our brand new Retro Collection, born in the SHAC and packed with fabulous people, patterns, papers and plenty of retro inspiration.
Dream Believe Hope
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Had a hankering to make something arty, after cleaning up the mess a certain cat with a dodgy leg made today (Grrrr. Little git. I know he’s bored because he can’t go outside yet, but I really hadn’t expected to spend half a day mopping up after him!). Want to know the best bit? He actually HID behind his brother when I came flying down the stairs to find him!! Honestly, it’s like having…
A Scrapart Print Step-by-Step
Hi there, Thanks for popping in! So glad you like those Chinese Lanterns we showcased today! Here’s a photo step by step of the afternoon canvas! When our Sam was on the telly the other week, I snaffled a couple of the painty copy paper prints she pulled on the day. What great backdrops they make! Can you see her Mixed Impressions Stamps in the prints? Here goes: Stamp with black Archival ink. Cover with the stencil and pad Versamark…
Introducing our new ClarityStamp Collection, and a project for you to try.
Happy Monday! Thanks for popping in. And thank you for watching and supporting us on HOCHANDA TV yesterday and today. I have loved it. Really. If you missed the shows, and you would like to have watched them, you can always play catch up on their website. Here is the demo I did last night, to launch our lovely new Woodland Stamp collection. I appreciate that several of our blog friends live in other countries, or simply don’t do TV!…
Tuesday and time for a little Reflection…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! And thanks to Paul for holding the Bloggy Fort in my absence yesterday. Got back from the Fatherland yesterday evening and was very happy to sleep in my own bed. The hotel room in Frankfurt was so blimming warm!! Windows open – City of sirens. Windows closed – Schvetty Barbie. Woke up this morning with this picture in my head, and decided to blog it. So here’s a simple step by step project for…
Big Tit – Small Canvas.
Hi there. Rainy Sunday, or what?! Thanks for popping in. First day off in a while, but what a brilliant week we had in Crowborough at the Retreats. I thought I would dig out a little canvas board today, a really little canvas board, a 4″ x 4″. If you are new to canvases, I think it is a good idea to start small. This is smaller than your average card, so no big shakes at all. And as we…
Walking the brayer step by step….
Hi there!Sorry its a bit late in the day, we stayed on in Port Sunlight to teach a workshop full of lovely ladies! As promised yesterday here are the step by step instructions on how to complete this neat piece of artwork Here is a list of ingredients: Blending Mat Brayer 7×7 Gelli Card Fresco Acrylic Paints – South Pacific, Blueberry, Zesty Zing & London Bus Remountable Tree Row & Mask Set Word Chain Set 8 Black Archival Ink Pad…
When in doubt, get your Garden birds out!
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….
Poldark and Dave; Dave and Poldark…
Hi there! Thanks for dropping in on the first day of the week. Didn’t do much work today – it all looked rather bleak. Four days of doing demos and service with a smile If you’d said I had to do Day 5, I would have run a mile! Perhaps we set our hopes too high, expected way too much; But all the time you wonder: have you lost your touch? Are they bored with what you do and what…