Hi there Thanks for popping in. It’s A family week for the Grays! First my brother Steve married lovely Sheila yesterday in Rochester. Beautiful, quiet and very private affair… Then tomorrow it’s our Dad’s 85th birthday! Here we see both Mr Grays – and all three Mrs Grays! Very cool So I made a card for Dad when I got in from work today. 85 years ago, just before the war, he was born in London. Willesden. Northwest. So I…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. If you are a Groovi Parcher, you may recall these beautiful Nested Lace Borders and Corners Groovi Plates: Then we went round the bend, from straight to round – really cool: Well. It gets better. Tonight we’re launching a superb collection of Fresh Cut Lace Nested Dies – and I’m telling you – THEY ARE A GAME CHANGER! Five nested Lace dies. And the scrap is every bit as good as the lace! Paul…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. We have added a wonderful table top printing press to our ever-growing collection of printing presses… and what a joy!!! This one is called A Little Thumper – and blimey!! Is he heavy! I’m talking about the printing press, not Dave, cheeky!! Proper imperial mission getting this one in the log cabin! (The Press girls, the press!!). But you can always trust a farmer to work it out! Give that man a wheelbarrow –…
Hi there Happy May Bank Holiday Weekend! I hope you’re enjoying your time, whatever you are doing. I’ve been doing a little pottery and cleaning… more pottery though!!! It was a finishing day. Had to wax my bottoms before I can do any glazing… TV tomorrow – Create and Craft for 2 hours from 3 to 5pm. We’ve split the show into 2 for starters: first hour STAMPS. Beautiful stamps designed by Tina Cox and myself, which many of you…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just a quick blog to let you know that there’s a Groovi-Pergamano Sale starting at 6pm this evening, with up to 50% off many hundreds of parchy products! Watch the little video below for details…. Here’s a little Groovi Gallery, just to whet your whistle… There you go! Happy May Bank Holiday ! Love and Hugs Barb xxx
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Beautiful sunny Sunday here in the Southeast. Pottery this morning, and back in the Clarity saddle this afternoon. Did you get a chance to watch our Clarity Mixed Media Friday TV show on the new Create & Craft? I was showcasing our lovely Blockprint stamps. I really like them. There’s something very arty, edgy and earthy about them. I think also that they can be whatever the occasion begs: vibrant and bright, soft and…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. I’m all set for tomorrow’s Mixed Media Shows on TV, and this time we have designed a collection of what I consider to be fabulously arty stamps. I was showing Paul what I had come up with demowise, and he said “Cor. They look as though they’ve been printed on textile. Then we’ve hit the spot! Because that was exactly what I was aiming for: bold, almost naive prints which look like block prints,…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Happy Bank Holiday Monday! Thought I’d have a proper sort out in my artroom this morning, in readiness for the working week ahead, and in the very first box I found a set of ClarityCraft StampClub back issues. The words on the stamp of the month hit me between the eyes! And what’s more, the older I get, the longer my list of things to do – and the more pertinent those words are…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Easter greetings to you and your family. I hope that the sun is shining wherever you are, and you are having a calm and pleasant weekend. Couldn‘t sleep, even after walking our socks off around London yesterday. That old washing machine head was up with the lark, and there was nothing for it, but to get up with it, and distract it. And what does a crafter do? Make art. We went to a…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. I’ve packed my little Pergamano bag, and I’m all set and ready to get in the groove with anybody who wants to get to grips with parchment craft! We’re off up to the new Create & Craft TV Channel tomorrow very early, to start what will be the first lesson in a series of 6. We’re taking it from the top too, from the beginning. So many new parchers have joined us during the…