Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there.Thanks for stopping by. The lovely Maria is on Hochanda today: SKY 663 (24/7)     FREEVIEW 85 (6AM-7PM)     FREESAT 817 (24/7) 12 noon (available on Rewind via the Hochanda website)  and again at 4pm with some beautiful  NEW fine line stamps designed by Linda Williams. There are so many elements to the stamps, perfect for mixing and matching – completely interchangeable. Available as a bundle HERE at a very special price or as individual stamp sets Dream Birthday Friends Let’s have a look at some artwork…

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Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. What’s today? Tuesday. YouTube Tuesday then! Here’s a quick How To on Scrapaperart As always, there is a 20% discount offer on the products used in the video. Each week’s offers last a week, until next week’s video in fact!  Included in this week’s offers: Canvas Boards – All A-sizes Viva Decor Flat Brush Viva Decor Découpage  Adhesive Sheets All current offers on our website can be found here. One other thing I must…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. So what’s next on the Clarity Calendar, you ask. 1. Well, there’s a BIG NEW TING on the horizon, which we will be launching on HOCHANDA on Sunday 6th May  (which happens to be my Dad’s birthday).  Weally weally special…. 2. Port Sunlight the week after, on May 12th. 3. The Detling Craft Show the week after, on Sat/Sun 19/20 May (HOCHANDA DRIVE THIS ONE) 4. And then, the Highlight of the Clarity calendar:…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Bit late. Ally Pally break down and drive home takes as long as it takes. And whilst we had fun and a laugh, it still is very knackering! What a smashing bunch of people to work with though. Here we have 3 key players at Clarity.  On the left is our diamond Jayne. She is head of TV fulfillment. You order anything from Hochanda – her department dispatches.  Then centrestage, we have lovely Lisa….

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just got in from Ally Pally. What a day! It was packed! In all the many years we have done that show,  it has never been so busy. And we had a much bigger stand this time too!! So Dave has shot out to get the curry, and my job is to lay the table, heat the plates and blog! So it’s a quickie!! How about a limerick? We haven’t had a limerick competition…

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Hi there. Just go in the door after setting up for the Exhibition this weekend at Ally pally. Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well I want to talk about Maya Angelou today. She would have been 90 years old this week. She was my shero.  She made me laugh, cry, think and learn. What an inspirational woman, eh?  All woman, that woman. I was sitting in the Glide Church in San Francisco many moons ago, when I lived there,…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Thursday’s blog is always blue, right? Well I thought I would step by step that calamity of a demo from TV on Sunday. You know the one – when the paint stuck to the Gelplate and the print wouldn’t shift.  Ah well. It happens to the best of us! And what can you do on LIVE TV except keep on truckin?? I did figure out something though – alcohol ink definitely dries the Gel…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Very happy to be a crafter today! Why? Well, Alexa made me think this morning. Gosh, I thought.  She recognises my voice, she answers my requests and she even tells me jokes. Every now and then, Siri pipes up with  “Sorry, I didn’t quite catch that”. It’s all around us. AI. And we thought it would never happen, didn’t we? Well, I did. Not in my lifetime, I said.  When I was at university,…

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Hi there, Thanks for popping in. You Tube Tuesday, and thanks Maria, for showing us a neat little trick using the Gel Press Petites and inks,  plus our lovely Butterfly Stamp rounds. Butterfly rounds Autumn Rounds Very interesting. I love the way she uses the Wink of Stella Pen to blend the water colour pens – adds a real subtle shimmer. Apologies for the blurt of music midstream; we are working on it! As always on Tuesdays, there is 20%…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Well, we had a feeling these might go fast – but not THAT fast!!! the Flowers & Lace Bundle They sold out on TV by 10am this morning, despite a great quantity, plus another large follow up order. WELL DONE LINDA! GREAT JOB!!!! Here are some of the wonderful samples created by our Groovi Team. Absolutely splendid! by Glynis Whitehead by Jane Telford by Karen Jackson  by Amanda Williams by Sheila Bradley by Gail…

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