Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there.Thanks for dropping in. Have had a super lazy day. Spent it in the company of a smashing guy called Charles; I shall tell you all about him tomorrow.But now it’s time for YOU TUBE TUESDAY. Having just showcased those beautiful 3-way overlay stamps on telly yesterday, I am delighted to see that this recording is up today. How appropriate.  Hope you enjoyed that little demo. I know I enjoyed making that particular little Christmas card!Here are all the things on offer…

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Hi there. Good of you to join me. Blogging in the car on the way home, so forgive the typos! No, I‘m not driving and writing simultaneously! Dave took the train up to Peterborough to bring me home. What a guy. My problem is driving after 2 full on days of live TV. I get as far as Cambridge, then the Adrenalin wears off and I start nodding off at the wheel. Even me singing at the top of my…

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Hi there. Good of you to join me. Can’t stop long. Only got an hour before I’m back on again! So what did you have for lunch? Something nice? A roast? Tell me – I dare you!!! I do hope you have time to watch the 6pm show this evening. I’m launching those lovely Bird designs, by our Mel and myself. This time they are not only in Die Format, but also in GROOVI, together with a delightful little spacer…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got carried away here! Was supposed to read through my TV notes one more time and make sure everything’s pack. So what do I do? Well, maybe I haven’t done enough demos to cover two hours. Maybe I should do a couple of quickies, just to CMA (cover my bottom). Three hours later, I’ve got everything back out of the boxes and am having a fine old Groovi time. But I did have…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. This will be a very short blog though, because I have had enough. And enough is enough for one day! Forgot to eat all day, kept ploughing on, head down. And before you know it, I’m dying for a pee, fed up, narky – and my neck is killing me. My fault entirely. At my age, I really should know better. But there you go. Just desperately trying to dash the TV  T’s and…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been working all day with Becca up here in my little art studio, getting revved up for the TV shows on Sunday. One more day’s prep tomorrow and then I reckon we are good to go! Really chuffed with a couple of the projects. There are so many though – I can’t imagine there’ll be time to get through them all! It’s no good. I have to show you one I did with the…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just got back from the Wednesday pottery class. Thoroughly enjoyed it, although at first, when the teacher said I was going to learn how to make a coil pot, I thought, “mmm. boring. I want to go on the wheeeeeel!” You can’t help the thoughts that come into your head, but like a well behaved class participant, I smiled and said, “that’s great.” Then she said i had to use the dark brown clay…

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Hi there.Thanks for popping in.Busy day. Long day. But productive day! One doesn’t mind pedalling if one can see the light ahead, eh.You Tube Tuesday, and Maria is here to show you a very lovely, easy to make card, using our Meadow grasses stamps. They are so versatile!Meadow Grasses Stamp Set  There’s actually a second stampset which goes with this set perfectly.PoppiesIn fact, I walk past a little canvas which I made a while ago every morning in the hallway…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Been prep prep prep prepping all day, getting set set set for the Telly show on Hochanda on Sunday. There‘s a lot of Groovi to do, and boy! There’s nothing worse than having a load to do and just not enough time to enjoy doing it. Acceptance is the key to my frustration today. I have to accept that parchment art takes as long as it takes, that I don’t have to  – nay!…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thought I’d show you another little trick I’ve worked out, using the picot dies today. Let’s say you have a plate which is not a standard shape, like the little bird spacer below, which is a little bonus plate on the 6pm show next Sunday. How do we use a picot die when the plate is smaller? Well, the rectangles nested die fits lengthways, just not depthwise. So that’s a start. Fresh Cut Rectangles…

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