January PTC: Anything Goes

The prompt for the January PTC swap over on Clarity Mini Makes and ATCs is Anything Goes so I decided to make one with a New Year theme.

January ATC: Anything Goes

The prompt for the Clarity Mini Makes and ATCs swap for January is Anything Goes, so I decided to use some of my alcohol ink backgrounds made with a gel press in a workshop with Barbara Gray.

Rescuing A Gel Print

 I wanted a quick project and decided to see what I could make out of a gel print that I made at the Clarity 2025 summer retreat.  There were lots of flaws, so I decided to use sections only following a tip by Barbara Gray.

It's Cold Outside: A Tag

The prompt over on Try It On Tuesday is It's Cold Outside, so I thought this wintery tag would fit the bill. 

Canvas Board Tree Aperture Art

For my final sample using the Tree Aperture stamps from Clarity Crafts, I worked on copy paper and attached it to a 6" x 6" canvas board.

WOYWW 866/86: New Year, New Challenge

Welcome to the weekly sharing of desks which is WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?), the brainchild of Julia, who kindly entrusted it to me to continue after the first 15 years of togetherness.  Please feel free to link up your desk and visit others' - we are a friendly bunch.  Welcome to the first edition for 2026. 

My desk shows my Christmas present from my younger sister, the only problem I have now is finding an online tutorial for left handers.  Mum tried showing me on Friday but as she is right handed I struggled to follow other than creating a chain.  I am excited to try all the patterns so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Happy New Year.

History.

Landscape.

Opposites.

Favourite animals.

The scariest thing.

As you can see, I am keeping up with my #dailyatc2026 challenge.  I decided to carry on using the daily prompts over on 365 days of drawing prompts and other art but using Clarity stamps and stickers.  So far, so good.

Eva was supposed to be coming over yesterday for a craft session in the shed but she is snowed in at present (my former school has had the first two days of the new year as snow days too).  

Eon Solar have been out to see what's what as my solar batter has been idle since Saturday and has four red lights.  Was talked through a reset on the phone on Monday but still no change.  I do still have power to the house although not much from the solar panels as they are still largely covered in snow.  They have now put things onto a winter setting and the battery is being charged from the grid while the panels are not providing enough charge.

While I am getting to grips with crochet I have finally started a project that I bought the wool for over three years ago.  I will probably only manage 3-4 rows a day so this is a long term project but at least I have made a start.

Hope you are all safe and warm.  I am getting into a routine of visiting desks on a Friday when I go over to Mum's.  Wishing Neet well and hoping she is back home soon as I am not sure whether she is still in hospital or not.

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

Warhol Inspired Tree Aperture Card

Once again I used a brayer to ink up these gorgeous Tree Aperture stamps from Clarity Crafts, stamps which gave a more even application of ink.  I went for a Warhol look.