Barbara Gray Blog

Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. Just a very quick lesson on How to use Clarity StampStamps. These are going to be on the Clarity Christmas show on Thursday in the afternoon, but whether I get to demo them is another thing. So I just wanted to show them off here, because in my opinion, they have to rank in the Top 10 Best Ideas Clarity ever had! Let’s make a quick tag. Well not that quick, unless you buy…

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Good Morning Monday Crafters! Thanks for stopping by.  Monday’s blog is trees & flowers, right? So here’s a quickie, using an inky splosh  on our square white Gelli  Plate Card as a starting place. Distress pads used here: Mustard Seed Peeled Paint Spiced Marmalade. Daubed on with a Clarity Brush, then spritzed lightly with water. mmmm….where is she going with this? if she knew, she would be the first to tell you! Right. Get some trees out and stamp them…

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Hello and Happy Sunday! Thanks for stopping by.  Excited to welcome you into my new artroom. It’s a little sparse and the keyboard taps are echoing as I type,  but the roof is on, the lights are on, the internet is connected –  what more can I ask?  I’ve got a stash of this and that, and the money plant came upstairs with me.  It’s needs some proper space to breath – just like me. Incredibly, this huge plant started…

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Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. It’s the weekend,  YAY!!!! but I am meeting up with Dee at work, to prep for the TV Shows next week. NOT SO YAY!!!! But hey! This too shall pass, one day at a time… Here’s a 6″ x 6″ Gelli Plate remnant,  which I dolled up with a funky leaf or two.  See what you think. Remember this sorry looking print, which we converted to a respectable Friendship Card, using a young girl called…

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Hello there! Thanks for popping in.  I’m afraid I am running a little late again today, but that’s okay. The last few weeks have been so busy in Retreat Zone, I haven’t really looked up, except to say, “Are you still with me?” or “Everybody happy?” or “OK, so let’s move on…” Yesterday was the last day, so it was very strange this morning to wake up when I woke up, instead of 5am! Needless to say, it was gone…

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Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. Well, it’s Wednesday,  and Wednesday’s Blog is something new. To who? To me? To you?  I bet there is somebody reading this who has never thought of doing this dress-me-up trick. Hands up and leave a message below if it’s you! Yesterday at the Crowborough Retreat,  we had a Gelli Plate session in the afternoon,  and I said that for this blog, I would use a scrap that went wrong – or should I…

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Hello there. Thank you for stopping by. It‘s very early Tuesday morning, and so yes,  where’s the You Tube? I hear you ask. Well, here at base, we decided to take the month of August off, so that Jim, bless him, can take a break. He needs one! So, while he is showing Mark, my lad, the ropes, because we think that a job shared is a job halved, and let’s face it, Jim could do with a day in…

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Hiya! Well I am writing this blog Sunday evening,  so I sure know how this little fella feels! Not really. Monday morning, and a new group of lovely Clarity friends will be piling into the rugby club at Crowborough! I’m really looking forward to the next 4 days. After a busy, enjoyable TV show with Martyn, I spent far too long stuck in traffic, trying to get to my parents for lunch. The accidents on both the M11 and the…

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