Oh What A Night!

Well the Clarity Retreat Treat is sadly coming to an end, but I have had the most fantastic time ever! It is great being around so many creative people, all sharing, crafting, laughing, and generally having lots of fun together!

During the day, whilst some of the ladies went off to the local market to do some shopping and sightseeing, I decided to stay behind and take a few more pics of the surroundings:

Saturday night, was one of the most funniest nights I have had in a long time, my stomach is still aching from laughing so much!  The lovely Jayne from the Clarity Office brought along a Murder Mystery Game whereby some of us had to dress up as our characters, luckily I was Seamus O'Shack a drunken reporter - so I had my camera, notepad and lots of empty bottles!!!!!!

Here are some pics from the evening:

We spent nearly 3 hours playing the game and just as we were about to start guessing who the murderer was, someone innocently asked, does murderer know who they are for Kelly from the Telly to shout out "Yes....Noooooooooooooooooooooo"

After a very long lie in this morning, which is very rare for me (I didn't wake up until 9.30!) it was time to get back to being creative and make a few more pieces of art and finish off a few bits I had started earlier in the week:

All of the above uses various stamps from Clarity Stamp HERE and the Gelli Plate, which I now love! The Peacock is a Tattered Lace Die!

Happy Crafting!

Paul x

Another day in paradise!

So, after a relaxing day of chilling and not really doing anything, I decided to join the Crafty Madness in the main house

There was so much going on, it was hard to decide what to play with! However, I decided to settle for the Gelli Plate. I have had my Gelli since they became available at Clarity Stamp but not really had a chance to play. So I settled down next a few Gelli experts, Mandy, Sazz, Kelly & Maria for some expert tuition. This was my first attempt

Not impressed!

However with lots of encouragement, advice and more acrylic paint, the confidence built. Here are a few of the better samples:

Then it was time to get a bit more adventurous and add a few Clarity Stamps into the mix

I would not say that I am addicted, but I had a great time playing and experimenting and will make more of an effort when I get back to the UK to have another play.

Clarity have a great starter kit which is available HERE

It was a great day and I learnt so much  - it is amazing how much creativeness and  talent was crammed into the room.

Here are a few more samples made using a custom ink pad which Maria showed me how to make:

Well it was a long and tiring day and Barbara caught me on camera and Blogged about it HERE

Happy Crafting!

Paul x