Barbara Gray Blog

Ho Ho Ho! Well friends, you asked and we listened. Here is the brand new LARGER A5 version of the ALL Christmas sentiment stamps. We made a set of ALL Christmas A6 sentiments a few weekes ago, and several customers put in a request for the same but larger. Et voila! Happy to oblige… Here’s a look at the existing Large A5 Statement Sentiments. General purpose, multi occasion. Remember these? We designed frames and embedders to fit them. Of course,…

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Hi there Here’s a super simple Christmas offering: nothing elaborate or expensive. Just a great snowflake and sentiments stencil set. These are absolutely brilliant for inky arty printing and gel plate work. CLICK HERE As I write this, we are in the south of Spain, having spent the day in Sevilla. One word best describes today: SCORCHIO!!!! Yes, the Plaza de Espana was amazing. Yes, the Cathedral is awe inspiring. Yes, the Alcazar was so beautiful, it stopped me in…

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Hi there ’Twas the night before Christmas again?? Hahaha. Well actually we’ve got another 94 days to go yet, so let’s embrace the space! Yesterday we looked at Twas the Night in Parchment – today let’s shine a light on our Groovi Twas the Night range. Here’s a little video you may enjoy. Grace has narrated the verses for you . It’s very lovely art. How ironic that our darling Grace would be why this whole Twas the Night collection…

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Hi there For me personally, this is the set that personifies Christmas for me. Twas the Night. Remember this collection of illustrated verses? The poem was actually written over 100 years ago, by Clement-Clarke Moore. Most of us know it. The poem is very dear to my heart, mostly because dear Grace used to read it to us on Christmas Eve, when she was a nipper. So, over a period of many years, I drew around several of the verses,…

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Hi there. Shining a light on a Clarity Classic today, folks! These super silhouette stamps have been reworked to create fabulous 2-way overlay blocks. The upper images fit beautifully into the lower block stamps. They work well independently, but they are wonderful together. Just like Dave and me. We are enjoying a little holiday with friends in Spain at the moment. Ronda yesterday; Gibraltar today! Hardly a Christmas vibe at 80 in the shade! But back to these beauties… See?…

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Ho Ho Ho!! Here we go! 100 days to Christmas! 🎄 Today marks the start of our 100 Day Countdown to Christmas, and over the next 100 days we’ll be sharing a little festive inspiration every day. Now, before anybody panics at the thought of Christmas being only 100 days away — we’ve got time! 😂 We’re going to pace ourselves. Some days there’ll be a little Christmas card-making idea, sometimes a product or technique to inspire you, perhaps a…

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