Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Well, it’s all go here at HOCHANDA today. What an amazing Twas The Night reception! After a very busy afternoon session (thank you for joining me!), at 6pm  we are presenting our first collection of ROUND Fresh Cut Dies. I have to say, these are superb. I could spend all my days simply cutting these out and slipping a lovely designer paper or card in behind them. Drawn by our dear Melanie, these designs…

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Hi there! Good of you to drop in. Big day tomorrow for us on telly, so I do hope you have time to tune in to HOCHANDA, 2-4pm From 2-4pm I shall be showcasing a collection of Claritystamps which are very dear to my heart. I drew them myself – A FEW AT A TIME, AND OVER MANY YEARS!!! Twas the Night before Christmas. Years ago, when Grace and Mark were just toddlers, I  – like many parents – used…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Had another chuckle reading through all your tea guesses yesterday! I think I will hold the winner till tomorrow. Savour it, so to speak…Do go into yesterday’s blog and have some fun. Meanwhile, back in Clarityworld, Paul and I are revving up for the Sunday and Monday TV shows on HOCHANDA. Finally, I have finished the Twas the Night set! The final 5 are complete. I do hope you like them. I’ll show you…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. A huge THANK YOU to Paul for steering this ‘ere blog whilst I was in Germany. The internet in the hotel we stayed in on the North Sea was pretty bleak. So I used it as a reason to step away from the plate for a few days and regroup. We visited Jever on our travels, a lovely little town where my parents met way back when. And there we chanced upon a delightful…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I bet you thought you had seen the last of me! Well I thought I would carry on with the blog today, so that Barbara has a chance to catch up with a few things. So, today the lovely Maria brings you another YouTube video tutorial on how to make quick and easy card. I must say that I really, really, really like what Maria has done – I think I need to get…

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Hey there. Thanks for popping in. Well yesterday’s Caption Competition sure generated some interest! I had a good chuckle to myself reading the comments! On Wednesday I will get Debs and Lisa to choose a winner so you still have time to enter. Well the naughty step is looking a little empty this morning, so before Barbara and Dave return, I thought I would be naughty one last time! (well for today anyway!) You have been loving the Jayne Nestorenko…

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Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. Well, I am not sure what the weather is like with you today, but down here in Tunbridge Wells, it is torrential rain! What a difference 24hrs can make! So my plans for having a day out and about were put on hold until the nice weather returns. Instead, I attempted a bit of the dreaded “housework” (apologies for the bad language!!!) Well when I say attempted, what I mean is, that I looked…

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Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. It would seem that lots of us have had some rain over the past 24 hours which has helped to bring the temperature down a bit and given the gardens a much needed watering. Despite the rain and the strong breeze down here in Kent, the temperature is still 26 degrees. Apart from our usual TV shows coming up next month, the next big event on the Clarity Calendar is the Leyburn Open Day…

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Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. I don’t know about you, but the week has flown by! This time last week we were in full flow of the last 2 days of the Annual Clarity Retreats. One of my favourite projects was the Floral Friends 3-Way Overlay Stamps, as demonstrated by Barbara in this week’s YouTube Tuesday (see below)  In today’s Follow Up Friday video, Barbara shows another technique using the 3-Way Overlay Stamps  Okay, so it is…

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