Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been busy working on a Magazine project, and getting ahead of Monday, and thought I would lay down the step by step for the Woodland Animals Project I showed you the other day. So this is how it works…. Drip some alcohol ink on the 8″ x 10″ Gelpress plate, which is mounted on one of our megamounts. Then spread the ink out over the plate with a brayer. I think we’ll have a…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Week off? So is this how it works? The minute you give yourself permission to relax, you lose all your get up and go? Dearie me! Should have just kept on truckin’ !  Never mind. Back to work proper on Monday,  so I will be full of beans again then… Friday’s blog a private peek, right? What were YOU doing 28 years ago today? I know what I was doing! And the event which…

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Hi there. Thanks for joining me. Finally came upstairs to my little artroom to play today. I’ve had a rare week off, of sorts, and actually had time to go for a meander through Pinterest. Do you ever do that?  I start off looking at amazing Alcohol ink art, and end up reading a recipe for carrot cheesecake! I love doing that. Just roaming through Pinterest, soaking up the creativity. Every now and then I see something which sticks, something…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Wednesday’s blog – when we speak of why we craft – not just what we craft.  I’m supposed to be having a week off, having overdone it at the NEC, but it’s not that easy for this old bird to switch off. Been thinking about it. It isn’t a control issue. I’ve gone over that in my head. It isn’t an inability to delegate – I am very, very good at that. It’s not…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Beautiful sunny day here in the garden. Perfect day for planting a row of trees, in fact. The new neighbour (city boy moves out to the country) recently decided to cut down all the lovely old trees on his side of the fence, to make way for the 2-storey extension with balcony that he intends to build.  So a nice young man, a tree specialist who Farmer Dave has employed, is planting a fresh row…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie today, to show off these beautiful little Groovi Plates, which we have copied over from the stamps…. funky foliage The stamps? Oh they are divine. Illustrated by our good friend Mel: click here to investigate.. Anyway, yesterday, Paul Church – Mr Perga Man – also one of the best blokes you will ever meet in all your days – introduced these two lovely new Groovi Plates at the NEC on live…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie from the NEC COR BLIMEY! WERE WE BUSY TODAY!!! Mind you, could have done without all the shoplifting. Pisses me right off. And it’s not just little amounts. Hundreds. Here’s one little haul of a thief who got caught and arrested… There were several others caught and arrested. Some we just made them pay for what they had tried to steal. One was a modest £230 at the till. Unbelievable, isn’t…

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Hi there!Greetings from the NEC. We have had the BEST day! And I don’t mean financially, although you can rest assured our loyalandlovely customers spent a small fortune with us – as they do. The Clarity Crew – that’s us – was on full-on demo duty! Rosie was running back to back FREE Make & Takes all day. Linda did her first LIVE TV stream with a live audience – and did brilliantly. Paul and Heather were in the Groovi…

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Hi there. Blogging at the stand this evening! NEC FREE WIFI!!! Just wanted to share a few pics with you from here. Isn’t it amazing how you can build a little Clarity world within another world, starting with nothing but boxes, crates and a vision, a full day…  – with the help of a few good friends… And within 24 hours, there they are! All your other friends, come to hang out!! Linda entertained the parching troop – well Maggie!!!…

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