Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Well all you Stampers out there!  This is YOUR day! Ink pads.  Adirondacks. Distress Ink pads. Artistry Ink Pads.Versamagic. Deluxe! Yep. We are certainly having an Ink Pad Sale today!  A 25% off sale FIRST : ADIRONDACK (pronounced addy-ron-dack) These were discontinued a while ago, but we bought everything Ranger had left, because I rate them very highly. The dilemma is this:  when they are gone, we cannot replenish our stock. So invest! Adirondack…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Right here we are, back in the comfort zone, back in the comfy slippers zone! Or are we?? Bottled ink today.  Alcohol Ink and Distress Ink, plus a couple of other must haves. If you like making your own backgrounds, creating your own diluted coloured spritzers, liquid ink – then today’s the day you have been waiting for! The Alcohol inks are what I used on Yupo Paper to design those Paper and Parchment…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Well well well! I had been wondering why our websales had gone to sleep during the last couple of weeks –  YOU WERE WAITING, WEREN’T YOU ?!?!??! BLIMEY !! You found your way back to it yesterday though! The Blitz Sale went off with a bang on the Pencils, Pens & Sundry. That one is still going until midnight tonight, if you want to scroll back to yesterday’s bloggy offers. Lots has sold out,…

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Hi there! Thanks for joining me. This week, in the lead up to GRAY FRIDAY,  we’re having a very special, not to be repeated,  24 hour Bloggy Blitz Sale. I have picked a selection of cool crafty products which are worth having in your stash, and have reduced them greatly in price. For 24 hours only though! Today I am offering up a selection of colouring pens and pencils.  We have a limited stock on these.  So when they’re gone…

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Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Working this afternoon, getting our ducks in a row for next week, if you’ll pardon the expression… Forgive me for not blogging a step by step or anything arty for the next few days (although I’m really excited to tell you about my arty morning. Very messy – but oh what a result) PAINT NEEDED. LOTSNLOTSAPAINT!  But the next week here is going to be our CLARITY SALE WEEK. Pretty chilly outside, but here at…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Saturday’s blog a new technique, right? Thought I’d get my brayer out.  It’s been a while…. Time to get the comfy slippers on again. This may be one of the oldest tricks in my toolbox, but who’s to say it isn’t new to somebody ?! Hands up if you haven’t seen me do this before??? There MUST be somebody! Okay, let’s start… Stamp the church onto our Coated Claritycard using a black Archival ink…

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Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Went to Brighton yesterday, to spend some time with Dave and mel, and go listen to Chris Wood, the folk singer,  at the Komedia Club. What a BRILLIANT time we had. Mel is such a character. Great company. Very interesting woman. One in a million. We were sitting in the front row of the little studio, right in front of the stage. When Chris Woods came on stage, he was having a banter about his…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Remember a couple of days ago I invited you to guess the recipe for this artwork? Sorry, no winners today, I’m afraid. So the £20 gift voucher goes back in the pot for next time, and I shall just show you quickly, because ironically, the clock is ticking, and we’re off out to Brighton this afternoon! Right. Ready, steady go! Large 8″ x 10″ Gelpress plate on large Megamount. Lay the pocket watch stencil…

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Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Do you ever think to yourself, “I’m getting too old for this lark” ? I do! But then I give myself a kick up the proverbial,  a good talking to – and get on with it! Keep on truckin’ ! One of the things about Clarity and all those who sail in her is that we actually DO move with the times at most levels. Let’s consider the NEC. I did that show in the…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Here’s a Groovi step by step which Paul did on TV recently, using one of the beautiful new Autumn Round plates,  illustrated by our Mel. Autumn Rounds Simply emboss a portion of the image on this yellow landscape from the Shenandoah Parchment – as much as you want –  and leave the rest behind. Here’s a flash of the paper pad: Here’s a top tip which Paul demonstrated on the TV: By embossing one…

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