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A new, very lovely landscape stencil….

2nd April 2014 Barbara Gray Comments 87 Comments

X Hello there! Thank you for stopping by. After yesterday’s YOU TUBE TUESDAY, and all that hilarity with Clarity, let’s get arty with a brand new stencil and some rather lovely new stamps. I used: Woodland Stencil 7″x7″ there are 2 other 7″x7″ stencils which make up the set: Bullrushes Cottage Flyaway Boy with Birds Claritystamp Love is in the Air Claritystamp (watch TV on Sunday for the boy and the girl stamps) New Word Chain inc. Dream (watch TV on Sunday for the next…

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A Silver Birch ‘neath the Shimmering Moon….

18th November 2013 Barbara Gray Comments 72 Comments

The Silver Birch. Of all the trees in the forest, isn’t it the one which stands out? Here’s a piece of artwork I did a while ago, using the Walter de la Mare Poem. But let me tell you how I found the verse. I didn’t. It was given to me. Years ago, I was doing a demo at a show somewhere, and there was a lady to my left in a wheelchair, watching intently, whilst I did this technique…

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An old new trick…written on the A1 in a jam.

2nd November 2013 Barbara Gray Comments 67 Comments

It’s round midnight, there has been yet another big accident up the road, so my trip to the TV studios is not going very well. 2 hours later, and we haven’t moved an inch. I overheard a truck driver outside just tell his mate we’re here till at least 4am. And all I can say is God help the poor souls at the front of this chaos. If I am a bit tired on telly tomorrow, I’m a bit tired…

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Thursday's Blog is always blue…

31st October 2013 Barbara Gray Comments 35 Comments

Here’s one Martyn and I did together in the Classroom on TV last time, using the Jigsaw Puzzle Stamp and the Winter Wonderland. Both sets are very versatile, and very popular! It’s never hard for me to find something blue; I guess blue is just bluetiful! Ready for a simple step-by-step? All you need is A5 Theuva Card Cobalt Archival Ink Pad Black Archival Ink Pad Versamark Ink Pad Cloudy Blue Adirondack Our fab Stencil Brushes! Clear Embossing Powder Heatgun…

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Tuesday's blog rolls back the hours….

22nd October 2013 Barbara Gray Comments 31 Comments

Hello there! Now I’ve established a blog theme plan for the week, it will be much easier to tackle! Tuesday’s blog rolls back the hours, so I thought we could take a look at one of the ways we can age our work, make it look older. We like to do that, don’t we! For this one, you will need; The Paris Collage ClarityStamp Set of Remountable Claritytags Old Paper Distress pad Black Archival Craft Scalpel C-thru ruler with steel…

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