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Its Wednesday and I hope you have joined me from the WOYWW site here

On my desk today the fruits of a wonderful weekend retreat with Clarity  I attended the Clarity Stamp retreat in Perth run by the inspirational Pauline Steven (Clarity's  North Tutor)  What an exiting and worthwhile two days 10 till 4 each day with a lunch break (on the run because no one really wanted to stop for more time than it took to swallow a wee bit the lovely buffet lunch). So a full 12 hours crafting learning such techniques as Jacobs Coat, Bouncing Brayer, Reflective stamping, Masking to stamp, Stamping and fabric painting on a cotton bag and how to make and decorate a gift bag from a plain envelope. Since the retreat included dinner and  overnight accommodation the craft chatter went on into the evening.   If you pop back over the next few days I hope to show more pictures and share more of the weekend with you. My head is still buzzing with ideas

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Clarity inspired

After reading Barbara Grays blog yesterday see here I just could not wait to try the double stencil

technique but as I did not have those stencils (ordering them asap) I made do with what I had.

I used the bubbles and spray stencils with shabby shutters, squeezed lemon and mustard seed

distress inks and an ivory promarker to outline the spray.

I love the soft diffused look it has created and cannot wait to try with other stencils when they arrive.

Thanks for looking

Toni x