Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Great day today. Very long but also very fruitful and constructive. Came home to test some delightful new stamps which lovely Linda Williams has designed, and well! I just had to see whether the lineart really was as fine as it looked… Oh yes. Splendid print on an inky scrap. This stamp collection is superb.  Wait till you see the rest of the collection – the feathers, the arrow and the peacock himself! Actually, these…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Back in Blighty again, and although I was sad to leave Gracie,  it was good to get back to Dave, too. I do love NEW YORK though. There’s a kind of strong, powerful energy surging through its streets, and I enjoy getting swept up in it.  And I find the New Yorkers very pleasant too. Now many years ago, back in the 90’s I remember feeling very intimidated, almost fearful, in New York. Yet…

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Hi there. Paul here,  stepping in for Barbara as she makes  her way home from The Big Apple! So today is You Tube Tuesday and we have not one, but two tutorials from the lovely Rosie. In the first video Rosie talks about our Groovi Grids. In the second video, Rosie shows us how we can make  our own patterns for the beautiful lacework. So don’t forget we have 20% off the following productsfrom midday today until midday next Tuesday….

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It’s been great hanging out with Grace. Boy! Have we talked! Got so many things sorted – both of us.  But let me tell you about Hamilton. We went to the Matinée yesterday, and it was without doubt the most exciting, powerful, gripping performance I have EVER been to. It wasn’t the original cast, but I have to tell you, this cast was spectacular. Can it actually get any better?  We laughed, we cried,…

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Hi there. Thanks for joining us here in New York today. The weather was a bit grim yesterday, raining cats and dogs. So it was a real challenge avoiding the spray of the cars. The streets are quite lowset, and the water fills them quickly. When heavy downpour meets poor drainage, the puddles are pretty impressive very fast.  So we got wet, but had a good laugh together. No luck on the wedding dress front I’m afraid. Some of them…

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Hi there. Greetings from FREEZING Manhattan! Grace and I are on a mission today… We need dresses for a special occasion. I made this last week on TV, using one of the new Art Nouveau stamps,  a 6×6 Gelpress plate on its megamount,a couple of Artistry ink pads and some lovely lace. To be honest, today’s not the kind of day to be stripping off and trying to squeeze your jetlagged, white, needs-to-lose-a-stone-before-the zip-will-close body into anything other than a pair of…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Greetings from New York. Just waiting for Grace to come to the hotel and then we’re going for lunch together. Can’t wait to see her and catch up. While I’m here in the Big Apple, I’ve left the guys back at base to rustle up this little video for you. I want to share something with you, which is very close to my heart. Something which a dear friend, Carron, put me onto, and…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Meeting in London today with the accountant.  All good and moving in the right direction it appears, so that’s a relief! You’d hate to pedal this hard and not move from the spot, wouldn’t you?! Was going to have a quiet weekend, doing the laundry,  but came to my senses, and am going to New York to check in on lovely Grace instead! Ironing, Grace. Grace, ironing…  See ya!!! Dave is holding the fort…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Was listening to Radio 4 last week, on the way over to mum and dad’s for breakfast; a woman was talking about breadboards, and how intrinsic they are in our homes.  So over breakfast we discussed this, how objects of next to no monetary value can hold such importance. And whilst we chatted, sitting on the table, centre stage, was this little basket. Not the bread board in our home, but the bread basket.  I…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. You Tube Tuesday today! And how about a quick and simple project using one of the Art Nouveau Stamps from our Sunday TV Show? There’s 20% off several things I used in the VT, so why not cruise over to claritystamp.com and check out the offers. I love these stamp plaques. They are a delight to work with. Here’s the new collection Here’s the first demo I did on Sunday too,  using another of the Art…

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