Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Apologies for the late show today; went to a very special lady’s very special birthday party today, and only just got in. Thanks Sheila! And congratulations! xxx Lately, we’ve been talking about firing up the Clarity YouTube Channel again. Did you know we have a substantial reference library of projects, ideas and inspiration? Thing is, when Groovi came along, we got SOSOSOSOSOSO busy, that Jim and I had to knock You Tube Tuesday on the…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It’s that time of year again. I hope you consider us worthy of being nominated again. Last year you nominated us for so many awards! Best Blog Best Stamps. Best New Product Best Overall Designer Best Workshops Best for Quality Favourite Craft Celebrity Best Colouring Book and many more. We received the Silver Finalist in every one above,  except the Colouring Book, which we won! It was lovely to receive the recognition. Thank you!…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Had a great day in London. Really excellent business meeting. More will be revealed…. In the meantime, I was playing with that Inca Gold Wax Paste yesterday, which both Maria and Rosie swear by. I decided to figure out how to use it myself. Well it IS very good, and I DO highly recommend it! Take a super duper Clarity Stencil designed by Mel, House Stencil INCLUDED  IN THE MEMBER’S HALF PRICE SALE…. and drag…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been spinning like a top here today. Not helped by constant interruption. You know when you really need to concentrate on something? When something really requires your undivided attention?  But the phone rings, the email pings, the doorbell dinglings, and it takes forever to get back to where you were on your train of thought. I am sure there are plenty of you who know exactly what I mean. Your focus is broken, and it takes…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got home after THE BEST DAY! You know those ones where everything just feels right,  goes right and is right? It’s like you go to push a door and it opens before you even touch it. Effortlessly. Almost as if there are hands unseen delving into our lives. So tomorrow our Maria is on TV with a rather splendid set of Groovi Plates:  The Twas the Night Collection. And the Universal framer is just…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Can’t stop long. Got to finish up the Groovi Parchment project for the retreat next week. Snip snip snip… I have been going backwards and forwards on it. Brand new plate. Brand new paper. It’ll be easy for some, trickier for others. Mind you. If I can do it, then it can’t be THAT hard! The happy news is that we have plenty of pretty advanced parchers mingled in next week’s groups – so…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Another glorious day here in the southeast. I was talking to my mate Linda Williams this morning. It’s raining in Wales apparently. Anyway, she has been writing a book about tools for months. Ooh! I say!  For the uninitiated, that could be misleading. I could write a novel about a few tools who’ve crossed my path over the years too. It might not be a bestseller, but it would be quite therapeutic I bet…

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Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Decided to check out the Member’s Sale today, and pick one of the stamps to blog. Choices, choices, choices… Stamps, Stencils, Groovi and other stuff too. 38 pages of it to be precise! Settled on the tall, funky Fairy Tree House, which was so exquisitely drawn by Mel a while ago. Very clever. Stamped it on an inky paper scrap I had lying around. It comes with a mask, too. Also very clever. Loaded…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Hot, or what ??? Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Paul and I ventured into the garage where all the workshop stash is today, to sort it out.  The last time we went in there was when we dumped last year’s gear – A YEAR AGO! Shameful… The thing is, we just fly from one job to the next, and I distinctly remember saying to Paul last summer after the retreats, “Right, Paul, this time…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. We have been gearing up for 2 lovely brand new Stamp Launches at work all week, and I decided to take a look at just how many NEW STAMP DESIGNS we have launched since January. Here are my findings: Woodland Collection of Outline Stamps & Miniatures including Masks sets available individually Designed by Barb and Jim             Wild Flowers                      …

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