Hi there
Busy Monday at Clarity! After a very successful Sunday show yesterday, and a brilliant response to our new Clarity Stamp pens, it was heads down and get them orders filled today!
Thing is, once we get home and eat, Dave and I are pretty much done in. That’s it for today. I really ought to take down the Christmas decorations this evening – bad luck n all that jazz – maybe later on, after I’ve let me tea go down!
I did a number of quick and simple demos yesterday, but I do want to show the small lilac and blue wreaths in a step by step here, which I didn’t do LIVE, so you get a close up build up of how easy it is to use those stamp pens and those fabulous little floral stamps that Jazz designed. Also, it really ties in with what we talked about this afternoon, about the small art, the mini makes, and the new Clarity Crafts Mini Makes & ATCs Facebook group. Check it out. Loads of people joined today, so clearly we struck a chord.
We’ll have a little competition, too, so pay attention! Hahaha
Step 1. First, pick your card size, to limit the size of your wreath, then draw around something round with a pencil. I started out with a 3.5 inch square piece of stencil card.
Next step. Mount a little flower on a stamp pen, and decided what colour you want to print it. Ink it up in the ink pad, then stamp it two or three times around the pencil circle. First or second generation ink is good.
Pick another stamp, another colour, load your stamp pen, and add a few more blooms around the pencil line. Don’t worry about overlapping either; Overlapping is good! If the colour is too dark for your taste, but you like the tone, then blot on a Spot-on Sponge before you plant on the pencil line. Gives you a different shade of the same tone.
Same again. Different colour, pick some foliage this time. Blend colours to give variations too.
More flowers and a different colour again, methinks…ah yes. A flash of pink.
Still a few gaps to fill. Pick yet another colour and another flower…
And so it goes on. Pick your flowers, pick your colours – mount the mini stamps on your stamp pens – and build your wreath. It’s that simple!
When the ink is dry, rub out the pencil circle guide. Done. And the thing is, you can always add more tiny elements if you fancy, or if you think your wreath needs balancing.
All in all, a smashing yet super simple idea, which is appealing to the young and young at heart, to clean and tidy crafters, to messy mixed media artists. It just refreshingly pleasant to do. And there are SO MANY ALTERNATIVES TO WREATHS!! Watch this space…
Right. Competition time. Fancy a £20 Gift Voucher? If you want to be in a draw to win a Clarity Gift Voucher, then finish the limerick below! Hahaha. Oh it’s been a while since we had a limerick competition!
Ready?
There once was a fella called Keith
Who wanted to make a big wreath...
Now copy those first two lines below - then finish the limerick, It has a rhythm, remember?
There once was a fella called Keith
la la la la la la la la
Who wanted to make a big wreath...
la la la la la la la la
now your turn:
la la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la la la la la.
Come on! We all need a good laugh. Best one on the laughometer wins the voucher!
Time to tackle those decs. Did somebody mention a cuppa?
Love always
Barb x x x