Groovi Tuesday 12 and a winner

Good Evening!

Busy day, busy couple of days, but I'm here now.

The project for this week didn't really want to be photographed, but I did get a half decent close up of the frilly bit.

The frill was on one of the new arrival plates designed by Linda Williams.

I used a couple of the newer perforating tools, Lozenge and Teardrop. I'm still building my confidence with multi needle tools, but I'm getting there.

I also promised to tell you who won the black and white FIF card.

The winner, as drawn out of the hat (plastic bag more like it, but hat sounds posh) 

Barbara W from Worcestershire

Congrats Barbara and thank you for all your lovely comments.

Ok, gotta go, husband is on his way home from work so I better go and wash my many coffee cups, otherwise he will think I've done no work all day, shhhh!

Maria x

Groovi Tuesday 11

Happy Tuesday to you!

Time for another Groovi project then.

I thought I'd show you one of the projects I did on telly the other week...

I wanted to do a sampler piece to practice various techniques on a smaller less intimidating  scale.

So there's some gentle white work, geo pattern with perforating grid, and some perforating and cutting.

Plates used are Tina's Fun Collection

And the new Mini Starter kit

Thanks for popping in, have a good one!

Maria x

Groovi Tuesday 10

Good Morning and thanks for popping in.

The weeks are flying by aren't they, week 10 of Groovi Tuesday already.

I think the Unicorn and Dragon plates are great for kids, with nice bright colours, especially with the Indian Summer papers.

I coloured this one with Pergacolour pens, more vibrant than pencils.

And I even used up one of my many many many many paper scraps, just use a decorative edge punch and away you go.

That's it for today, Lots of work to do, and then I am being taken somewhere (no idea where) to see something (no idea what)????? 

Dress code, a nice frock.

Never a dull moment with Pete, wouldn't change him a bit!

Maria x

Groovi Tuesday 9

Good Morning, thanks for popping in.

My project today is a 'white' piece, no colouring in.

I used Linda's Butterfly plate

Time was not my friend when using this beautiful plate, so I just did a single layer piece. I also used one of the new Pergamano tools, the semi star tool is used around the ribboned band,then I embossed around the perforations. I'm not very confident with the new tools yet-remember i'm not a traditional parcher, so much practice needed, and more hours in the day!

That's all for today, hope to see you soon!

Maria x

Groovi Tuesday 8

Hello! Bit late on parade today, needed to finish off my prep for telly tomorrow and pack everything i need.

So quick Groovi post, so i can go get a cuppa and wash my hair-not at the same time...

I used the Dragon plate first, then added the landscape bits behind.

This is the first time iv'e used that particular backing paper from the Northern Lights pad, so I was very happy it worked well, nice and bright.

The red in the sky was a happy (ish) accident, I was blending the blue sky with Dorso Oil on tissue and managed to smear a bit from one of the dragon wings, can you see it at the tip of the wing? so I added some more red to make it look like it was deliberate, I think its called blagging it...

I think this would be a good one for a child as its bright and colourful.

Thanks for popping in!

Maybe you can watch my telly shows on Hochanda tomorrow, 12 noon and 4pm.

Maria x

Groovi Tuesday 7

Hello, thanks for popping in for Groovi Tuesday.

I thought I would show you one of my samples using the brand new lace grids.

This one is George. The rose is from Jayne's Roses, I wanted it all peachy coloured, my favourite!

Lots of work in this, I don't work fast with lace work but I love it.

 Lace work wasnt particularly one of the techniques I was trying to learn when I had the idea for the Groovi system back in September 2014, I just envisioned beautiful line art etched on acrylic plates to make the tracing part achievable, so its lovely to see how everything has blossomed and developed since Clarity launched my lightbulb moment in 2015.

Thanks again for popping in!

Maria x

Groovi Tuesday 6

Hello, thanks for popping in, I appreciate it!

Groovi Tuesday then, I couldn't decide what to show you, so I thought id show you a couple of projects, because I can...

This one was created using Tina's Flower Burst plate and the Bold Straight perforating grid.

And this is one I demonstrated on Hochanda a while ago, I love anything with bunnies/hares, this also incorporates Tina's Doodle plates too.

Plenty of perforating and cutting on this one, the more I do it the more I like it!

Ok thats it for today, hope you can come back soon.

Maria x

Groovi Tuesday 5

Good Morning!

Busy one again today, finishng off my tv prep for tomorrow and doing samples for other upcoming shows.

So before i forget, ill show you my offering for Groovi Tuesday...

I used Linda's Baby Necessities plate, its a great plate because the composition is already done for you, but you can just pick out bits, the lacy bottom is quite cool and very transferable. 

I coloured with Perga Colour markers for brighter colour.

Ok thats it from me for today.

Don't forget there will be a brand new Youtube Tuesday from Claritystamp today, be sure to check it out.

Groovi Tuesday 4

Hi, thanks for stopping by for Groovi Tuesday.

I have allsorts to show you but i thought id go for something right up to date.

The Fairy plates from the one day special on Hochanda were quite lovely.

The size is just perfect to sit in a frame created with the Queen lace plates.

I wanted to do a nice soft sample, whitework but not bright white.

And then just some soft pinky tones behind from designer paper.

Thanks for taking the time to look!

Maria x

Groovi Tuesday 3

Good Morning and thanks for joining me for another Groovi Tuesday.

Here's what i have for you today...

Not tricky at all this one.

I used Linda's Cosmos and Lace plate for the border, I picot cut the edges but not inside the border, i've done that on other projects but i wanted to keep this one simple, especially because the Birds in a Tree design is so very pretty already.

I coloured with my Pergaliner pencils and backed the piece with a piece of paper from the Northern Lights pad.

Hope you like it!

Before you go, just a little reminder its also YouTube Tuesday, and I have seen the project that Barbara has done for today-OH MY DAYS!!! Go and see, honestly.

OK, gotta go, hope to see you again soon.

Maria x

The Earth has Music...

Hello!

Just a quick bloggy post while i'm having a cuppa between tv shows, i'm back on Hochanda at 4pm and will be demonstrating these two cards...

I love easel cards, not made one in ages, so really looking forward to showing you how to make this one.

And a nice clean and simple Groovi card, i really liked how this turned out too.

A big shout out to the Clarity design team for all the fabulous samples, so many stunners!

The Dies are available here

Groovi is here

Right, back into the studio to tidy up, hope you can join me at 4pm.

Maria x

New Year, New Blog...

Happy New Year to you! I hope 2019 brings you everything you need.

So is this a new years resolution? to get blogging again? Actually no, the timing is coincidental, I have missed blogging, but its an absolute pain in the neck when you only have ipad and iphone, you just get to grips with a blogging App then the creator either changes it or gets rid of it. Then you try to change your personal details on your account, like if you get married, and its a whole new trail of red tape, so in the end I just gave up.

Sooo, I asked Santa for a little ole laptop, and guess what I got! Thank you Santa, you're the best.

To save lots of faffing around, I decided to say goodbye to the old blog and start fresh, so here I am with my first post.

I made this card using the following Groovi plates, hopefully ive managed to link to everything on the Claritystamp website.
Art Nouveau poppies plate
Victoria Lace grid, there are other designs too.

I modified my design a little so I could incorporate the little flower bud into the grid design, the size was just right.
The card is 7 inch square, but the lace grids can be created small or large quite easily, depending on your project.

Ok well thats it for now, I still have lots of background stuff to do to the blog as I get to grips to it again, thanks for popping in, hope you'll come back soon.

Maria