Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there! Just a quickie, to recap the coloured Grunge Paste technique from Sunday’s TV show. Several people wanted to see that part again, so let’s take a closer look, shall we… So what was used? The A5 Ploughed Fields Stencil The Remountable Plough Claritystamp Set A5 Theuva card Butterscotch Adirondack Lettuce Adirondack Grunge paste Green Spreading tool Light Olive Acrylic Paint Low-tack stencil tape Stencil Brushes Potting Soil Archival Ink pad Spectrum Noir Pencils Nature Attach the stencil to…

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Hello there, and thank you for joining me on this lovely You Tube Tuesday in sunny Kent, the garden of England! Why am I mentioning our whereabouts?  Well, during the past few weeks, we have noticed a veritable surge in YouTube viewers from all over the world!  USA, Germany, France, Australia – the list goes on. But how exciting is that? So if you are from other climes, do please leave a message;  we think it’s brilliant that you are…

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Hi there.  Thanks for stopping by. What a busy weekend it was! Here are a couple of Stamp sets which were showcased yesterday on TV. Julie Owens kindly helped me out with this extra demo if I needed it. It’s a really neat way of making use of scrap inky paper. Let’s take a look… Here you can see what looks like a blurry, inky mess! Which is what it is! But let’s take a closer look, firstly how we…

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Happy Sunday! Thanks for popping in. If you’re reading this in the morning,  I’m probably hopping about like a loony in the studio, getting ready for the TV show at 9am.  If you’re reading this in the afternoon,  I’m probably fast asleep in the car on the way home, or on the sofa! Either way, the show must go on – as must Sunday’s blog ! Sometimes, I am so busy running the business (and jet setting!)   that I miss…

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Hello! Hope you are enjoying your weekend? Dee and I were working on the TV demos this week, and agreed that it would be a good idea to showcase one of the beautiful new horse stamps on TV, and blog the other one today. So here’s what you need: The Trojan Horse A6 Double-sided adhesive sheet Heat-resistant acetate Versamark Ink Pad Detail Black embossing powder Heatgun Gilding Flakes Gold Gilding Flakes Variegated Copper Gilding Flakes Silvery Moon Special Offer Set of 3…

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Hello there! Thanks for popping in on this Friday. Friday’s Blog a private peek? I feel this blog has been nothing but private for ages! What, with Bretagne-France and the Design Team, a family reunion at My Auntie Esther’s 70th in Beaconsfield. All the cousins. (So which one’s my brother?) My parents, Uncle Kevin and Auntie Esther. and then Mark’s graduation in California ! All squeezed in between the 6th and the 26th,  whilst trying to juggle a busy, not so…

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Hello there. This afternoon, I heard that Dr Maya Angelou died today. She was my Shero. For me, she was utterly amazing. I loved her, and I loved what she gave the world. But although she is gone, she lives on in me  – and millions of others. and as if she knew, my good friend Debby sent a heart  to welcome us home from San Francisco. So I stopped what I was doing today,  which was largely scrambling to catch…

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Hello! Back in Blighty. What’s with the weather?  I turn my back for a week, and bam! Wain Wain Wain… So we had the best time ever in San Francisco. I love that city! It’s a vibrant, colourful, creative place. But there is always something which does not sit well with me in most urban areas. You can close your eyes to the poverty line if you want to,  but I for one could never.  Not when I lived there,…

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Hi there. Thanks for stopping by on  YouTUBE Tuesday! I thought today would be good for a little revision exercise on how to use the Letterbox Kit, a sublime little Stamp set which helps you write just about  ANY word, name or place your heart could desire! While we’re jet-setting all over the world, let’s stop in on a castle in Scotland: Ailean Donan Castle, in the western Highlands. And may I just add, that if you decide to buy the…

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Hello there! Well what an experience we have had here in San Fran! To see Mark in his gown waving,  Then with a spring in his stride and happy to the core… What a University St. Mary’s is!  And what a lucky lad he is to have been here for 4 years! But all good things have to come to an end, and back to Blighty we must… He is coming home via Brazil (worldcup trip, to round up a…

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