Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Is it Tuesday already? How time flies when you get older! Today Rosie is in the driver’s seat again, answering a few questions around tracing Groovi line art and simple whitework.  This time, there are not one but two little videos: one demonstrating the Groovi tools Vs Pergamano embossing tools, one demonstrating the Pergamano shader tools.  I watched the first one with interest, because Rosie used a much larger than usual ball tool for her line…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I looked across, and what did I see? A family of magpies staring back at me. So majestic, beautiful, bold and haughty! It was clear from their pose they were cheeky – no – naughty! But see one alone, and I stop as do you, and starting searching the trees for his mate number two. Because one is for Sorrow, Two is for Joy, Three for a girl Four for a boy. Five for silver, Six for…

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Hi there. Sunny Sunday here in the south. Our Mel (aka artist extraordinaire and great mate) is coming over later for a walk, so as promised a mini gallery of loveliness, showcasing the Lace borders & corners and the Groovi netting plates, which are old but gold. Actually, let me rephrase that. Nothing Groovi can be old – we only launched it two and a half years ago! My oh my, how far we have come since then. I had…

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Hi there, Thanks for popping in. I was having a sort out the other day, and came across a little file of Groovi plays and experimental pieces, which Paul and I did when we first started out on the Groovi trail. Basic maybe, but we were pretty chuffed! They were all done using the Lace borders, and there was one using a netting plate too… Simple square frames, Different corner options on the frames, Nested lace frames, Different shaped frames,…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in.  I am feeling so well. Just had a real belly laugh watching back over a couple of funny videos we took during Christmas, when the kids were home. It was the one with Dave playing Mouthtrap which did it for me.  It wasn’t even that he looked ridiculous and that nobody could understand him. It was his infectious laughter.  What I love about him is he is game for anything – well, within reason. And…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. The day ran away with me today. There we were, merrily recording Youtube videos.. it was going so well! Then I got a call asking where my project for the April issue of Cardmaking & Papercraft is – I am a regular contributor to that magazine – have been for years. Zut alors! Shucks. Dang. Blast and Shitndeedee. I completely spaced it.  Grrr…. SO. Quick change of horses, and she’s galloped off in another…

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Hi there. Thanks for joining me! You Tube Tuesday is back today. Rosie is at the helm on this one, and I have to say –  I really enjoyed this snappy little video! As always on You Tube Tuesday, there’s a 20% sale on the Groovi Guard and all 3 sizes of the Picot V Multi-Needle tools which Rosie used in the video. Groovi Guard 20% OFF    Pergamano Picot V Tools 20% OFF CLICK HERE for this weeks 20% OFF…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got in from the studios.  Had a couple of key meetings with a couple of key players up at Hochanda, then left our Paul up there to finish off. And he did! SOLD OUT!! So thank you! Thank you to him for all his help and support. Thank you to the Clarity Design Team for such superb samples. Thank you to HOCHANDA for such a great selling platform. And thank you to you…

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Hi there. Hope you were able to join me today on HOCHANDA Loved doing the stampshow again. Like putting on a comfortable pair of slippers that was. Thanks to Dee and the team for all their lovely artwork. So glad you like the Designer stamping card and the petite Word Chains. What a welcome addition to the stash they are! Cream crackered now though. And I can’t stop. Time to clear the counter and set up for the 6pm Groovi…

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