Barbara Gray Blog

Hello there! It’s Saturday,  so it’s a new technique blog. Thought I’d get my little Gelli Plate out,  and show you something so simple,  but really, really effective. I used: The Large Tit/Garden Bird The Large Tit/Garden Bird Mask A5 Stripe Stencil 6″ x 6″ Gelli Plate 7″ x 7″ Gelli Plate Card Speedball Brayer Phthalic Blue Acrylic Paint Pistitachio Acrylic Paint Buff Tit anium Acrylic Paint (I need help!) Black Archival ink Pad Stonewashed Adirondack Denim Adirondack Butterscotch Adirondack Stamp the Blue Tit…

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Hello there! Friday’s blog a private peek… Just got in from a fab night out with the Pink Ladies! I got lucky at the NEC!  Carly from Creata was opposite us,  and she lent me her wonderful skirt and petticoats. Elastic waistband too… Been singing and bopping along at the Assembly Halls in Tunbridge Wells. It was hilarious! And so good, just to switch off and have a crack. I had forgotten how kookie Grease was! There was something really…

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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is always blue, isn’t it. Now, today I’m going to keep it short and sweet;  yesterday’s blog was like the Dead Sea Scrolls!  I could have knitted it faster! Literally!! So here’s one I did on TV a while ago, where I took a few elements from the Clarity Circus Set and then created a meaningful kind of Doodle/Zentangle pattern background. Several people have asked to see this one slowly and up…

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Hello there! Thank you for dropping in. Wednesday’s blog is something new, so I thought I’d introduce you to our  brand new 7″ x 7″ 350 micron  Cable-knit stencil and some GP Grunge Paste. Ingredients: Cable-knit Stencil Word Chain No. 1 (5 words: my art journal create diary) Manila Card Grunge Paste Perfect Pearls Blue Perfect Pearls Gold Latte Adirondack Ink pad Eggplant Adirondack Ink pad Black Archival Versamark Ink Pad Stencil Brushes Ready, steady, Knit! This stencil is great for…

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Tuesday’s Blog rolls back the hours…. Having just spent 5 days at the NEC, preceded by 3 days in Harrogate, exhibitions are clearly on the radar, so I thought I would take a trip down memory lane… Why? Well, as I was starting to whine about how tired I felt this morning,  a little voice reminded me what it used to be like,  and I remembered that looking through a little window into the past will usually right-size any winge…

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Good Morning Sunny Monday! Back home, after 5 days in a very loud, busy and windowless NEC. So very grateful to be sat at my window, with the warm sun and beautiful freesias, which a very kind lady gave me at the weekend.    Monday’s blog is Trees and Flowers, so let’s take a look.  This is a real masking challenge, but well worth trying. I have lost the photos in the middle for the trees masking, but we can…

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Hello there! Thanks for stopping by! As you know, we’re at the NEC this week; 4th day today.  Hall 11. Stand A12. Sold out of big tits early yesterday,  so Dave went back to Kent to replenish, and I am happy to say we can get them out again today!  We were in an Indian restaurant last night, singing One more Day to go, One more day of sorrow – One more day of this old place, We’ll be home…

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Hello again! Thanks for dropping by this Saturday! I am running out of steam here at yon NEC, so I have an idea. Here are the step by step pictures for a really cool stencil project. Help me out! Here are the ingredients: Apple of my Eye Stencil Tangle Stencil Add the rest and the instructions… Send your instructions to me at  barbaragray123@hotmail.com I will gratefully pick the most accurate, and send you  a £20 gift voucher! much love,

Good morning Friday! Day 1 at the NEC. Stand all lovely, Staff all lovely… The very lovely and talented Maria Simms, The wonderful Jayne; she who knits tits. Notice Dave on the phone…. Oh! There he is, on the phone again… Ah, Heather, our angel with the kneepads. And gorgeous Chloe, Jayne the tit-knitter’s daughter. And so the scene is set. The stencils, the stamps, the fabulous samples. 9.29 am. The crowd is waiting patiently for the bell to ring….

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Oh boy! Thank you for stopping by.  Thursday’s a Blue Blog, and it’s NEC Thursday!  This is historically one of the busiest days of the year for us, so whilst you are reading this blog, spare a thought for us, pedalling like loonies in Birmingham! Large Landscape Claritystamp  Set of 5 insert stamps Claritycard A6 Clarity Blending Mat Speedball Brayer Wild Plum Adirondack Stonewashed Adirondack Deep impression powder, or SEA SALT!!! Black Adirondack Ink Pad or Black Archival White fine line pen …

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