Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Once again, a very special occasion, which merits a special mention. This evening, at 6pm. Paul, our lovely Churchy, will be showcasing a collection of the finest Groovi plates, designed by a very talented parchment artist, and member of the Groovi Family: Josie Davidson. You’ve heard the name many times I’m sure. Josie has been creating wonderful art work for Clarity and Groovi almost since the parchy beginning ! This set of clever designs…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in on Day 3 of our BLOG BLITZ SALE. Calling all stampers today! This is definitely aimed at the stampers among us. This is where I would spend most of my pennies, methinks. Scrolling down, yes! How far we have come with ink pads since I started stamping in the early 90’s! Sheesh! We had 4  colours: red, blue, green and black. They weren’t raised pads either , so large stamps just weren’t usable. I…

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Hi there.Thanks for popping in.YouTube Tuesday AND a Blitz Sale at the same time! So much action!!But I must tell you, our Becca at work has done such a cracking job of this here Youtube,I really thought it would be inappropriate to just tag it on a sale blog.No, no, no. Respect where due. So she shall have her own Blog launch!Until you do a Youtube, you cannot know how hard it actually is. And this young woman has knocked it…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Well well well! This is just like last year! We had been wondering why our webshop had been so quiet for the last few days. It went from record-breaking busy to dead as a dodo almost overnight! I had a feeling you were making a list of things to get in the sale – and I WAS RIGHT, WASN’T I?!?!? The lights certainly went back on yesterday! Thank you so much for coming to the…

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Hi there! Thanks for joining me. Well, here goes… This week, in the lead up to GRAY FRIDAY, we’re having a very special 24 hour Bloggy Blitz Sale. We have picked a selection of very cool, crafty products which are worth having in your stash, and have reduced them greatly in price. But only for 24 hours! When the clocks strikes 8am, I will post the blog – and the blitzy sale of the day will commence! Today I am…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. After a superb couple of days with my dearest mate Anita, talk talk talking, gas gas gassing, yack yack yacking, it’s time to get back in the Clarity saddle and gear up for next week. In case you aren’t aware, GRAY FRIDAY is on the horizon… The website is like a ghost town today… tumbleweed is rolling across the road… everybody’s hanging on for the showdown at noon… or in our case 8am tomorrow…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just a quick blog today, to show off a couple of our new Christmassy Heart Dies, which you may have seen on Hochanda a couple of weeks ago. I launched them at the NEC, if I’m not mistaken. We’ve had them as stencils for years, Deer and Heart aperture stencils and they make brilliant dies, too. Deer Heart Aperture Die Dove Heart Aperture Die One of the things we figured out recently was that…

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Hi there, Thanks for popping in today. Having a day off, and spending it with my dear friend Anita, so am off the Clarity radar for a day. A pamper day at the Spa Hotel! Wowee! It’s not something I do, if you know what I mean, but the kind team at work gave me a voucher for my birthday, so I’m doin’ it! And Neet loves all that hot pebbles and massage stuff, so I thought I’d treat her…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. After a day of recording German and English Youtubes parallel, I decided it was time to have a little play with stamps and paint and stuff….. you know how it goes. Downtime it’s called. So this is what I came up with. Ready? Hang on to your hollyhocks! It goes a bit woowah towards the end! This scrap copy paper was sitting on the top of the scrap pile. Like like like the colours…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Wednesday’s blog. When we look inside, right? Well, I came home after 3 weeks of galavanting around, full of new resolve to slow down – and what happens? I do a 10 hour day at the office, then drive over to Mum and Dads in rush hour traffic (via the M25 aka OCP Orbital Car Park), hang out with them till midnight – and then drive home again! Sheesh!! However. I enjoyed every minute…

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