Barbara Gray Blog

Thursday’s Blog is always Blue. So here is a charming little rabbit,  basking in the moonlight, gazing at the stars in the deep blue sky. Actually, the M25 is over the hill, and he’s counting white vans! This is a real step by step, so here goes… You will need: A6 Claritycard The 4 remountable Bunny-Set with grass Bunny masks F164 Grass Speedball Brayer Blending Mat Denim Adirondack Ink Pad Lettuce Adirondack Ink Pad Black Adirondack Ink Pad White pen for the flowers Pastel Promarkers…

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Hello, and thanks for popping in! In yesterday’s blog, I showed you a picture postcard of the wonderful farm we used to rent,  right up until the kids left home actually.  And whilst reading all the lovely, uplifting, encouraging comments, I was reminded by my friend Linda Page, that I did actually draw a cottage-stamp which was inspired by our home. You can see the similarities, although the stamp was obviously subject to artist’s license! I moved the front door…

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Hello there. Well, it’s Tuesday yet again, so I thought I would put my nostalgic hat on take a look back. I am not a person who dwells in the past much; there is far too much going on in the present for me to be losing precious time mulling over what’s been and gone! But on Tuesdays, it does the soul good to check the road we’ve travelled. As you may or may not know, last week it was…

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Monday Monday! Trees and Flowers. Thought I would introduce you to a lovely set of brand new Clarity flower stencils today.  Especially since there’s a Stencil Sale on ALL stencils until midnight tonight! Honesty Stencil                 Pods Stencil Seed Heads Stencil            Poppies Stencil I took the Seed Heads Stencil and played with it.  Here are my findings. I used White Square Card 7″x 7″ Seed Head Stencil 7″ x 7″…

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It’s Sunday, and it’s time for a project on what to do when you get fingerprints all over your lovely work! I suppose the key is  KEEP GOING!! I used: The Magical Toadstools A5 Claritycard Espresso Adirondack Lettuce Adirondack Mushroom Adirondack Promarkers White fineline Pen Versamark Pen Detail Clear Powder Heat Gun Clarity Moon Masks Water Speedball Brayer Blending Mat Here goes… Stamp the Toadstools in Espresso on Claritycard. Colour in with Promarkers. Add the white dots. Colour the whole…

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Hello and happy weekend! So here, we are, Saturday.  Saturday’s blog a New Technique.  No TV Classroom for another 2 months yet!  April 3rd is the first official TV Lesson. Do you miss the Lessons? Or more importantly,  do you miss the homework? The challenges? Are you ready for this then?  Let’s turn the tables.  Let’s play a game. Let’s win a prize!  I have made a piece of artwork, which I hope you will like.  I am going to…

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Hi there. I have got some very cool news  which I would like to share with you. The latest Craft Award Winners were announced yesterday…. I have been awarded  Runner-up  PRESENTER I have also been awarded Winner  OVERALL DESIGNER And. For the fourth year running  Claritystamp have been awarded  BEST RUBBER STAMP RANGE THAT’s THE ONE !!!! When you are a Stamp Company,  which award do you hope to win?! This one makes my heart sing. It’s the one which…

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Hello there! Thursday’s blog is always Blue, so here is a young lady called Laurel. I know she looks as if she’s running for her life! She is a great source of amusement at work in the picking department. Whenever you mention Laurel, all the guys throw their arms in the air! I think she is excellent actually! (Apart from the fact that I drew her!), She is ideal for highlighting something. You just position the Sentiment or gift or…

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Wednesday’s Blog is something new, so a perfect day to introduce not only a new Stencil to you, but also a neat way for using up all the Gelli Plate papers we have been creating! If you are into the Gelli Plate as I am, you will have a prize stash of paper prints, which are way too lovely to throw away, but what to do with them? Paper collage backgrounds.  This is the first time I have made a paper…

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Hi there, I hope that you are happy and healthy? Enjoying this daily blog? I cannot believe how much I enjoy writing it! Seriously! It is so therapeutic, to be able to switch off from Work-work, and disappear into Blogland alone. It gives me so much pleasure preparing the artwork and setting it all up!  And here’s the best headache cure ever!  Zentangle. Or Filigraphy. Or Doodles. Whatever you want to call it. There are some copyright issues round the…

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