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Back in the summer we were lucky enough to go on holiday, camping in Yorkshire. While we were there I picked up a leaflet to Barnard Castle. I knew that name rang a bell, but at the time couldn’t remember why. I had taken a copy of Craft Stamper magazine with me on holiday and remembered why I knew the name Barnard Castle….Glenda Waterworth’s craft shop, Graphicus, of course!!! There was an address in the magazine for the shop but no directions. We had no technology with us as….camping! So I texted one of my forum buddies Glitter Monkey and she looked Graphicus up, online and found me directions, then texted them to me. (That’s what you call a dedicated crafting friend!) Thanks GM. {kiss}
Well after much begging, I pinched a day of our holiday to visit the shop. DH is a star like that, as long as he got a good look round Barnard Castle he was game. If you ever find yourself in the area, you HAVE to go to Graphicus!!!! It is superb, like a cross between Santa’s workshop and a TARDIS. Around every corner is more temptation and inspiration. I bought loads of stamps and as I now found out DH bought me some too, as well as a long desired pot of Black UTEE.
Some time ago I saw a brilliant tutorial on Glenda’s blog, about how to use rubber stamps with the UTEE, to create wonderful textured pieces. Ever since then I’ve been desperate to give it a go. I bought the stamp sheet she used in the demo back in the summer, when we went there but only had clear UTEE until now. Had a wonderful play the other day and here are the results.
Stampbord & Mat board with UTEE and Perfect Pearls.
The two outer pieces are Stampbord, the piece in the centre is a scrap piece of mat board. Mat board is the coloured card that is often used in picture framing. It makes a thinner lighter alternative for items you wish to use on cards you want to send in the post, and may wish to keep the weight/depth down a little. Not one for fiddling about with a little pot, I poured my UTEE into a larger container so I can just ‘dip’ my project in, and tap off the excess.
Links
Glenda Waterworth has produced tutorials on how to use UTEE with stampbord.
Here are some links to the original UTEE articles on her blog.
Product Links
Stampbord is available in the UK through Graphicus
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie
BTW The TARDIS, is a Doctor Who reference. Doctor Who is a UK television series. The Doctor travels time and space in what looks from the outside to be a 1960s Police Box. It is in fact his space ship and is bigger on the inside than the outside. The ship is known as a TARDIS meaning Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. The inside exists in a different dimension to the outside and this is how a much larger space can exist within a smaller one.
I’ve loved the show since before it had a budget and was cool to love it. So I am loud and proud of being a Dr Who fan 
. I should add a link to a site, so you can see what it’s all about for yourself. The official Doctor Who website. Try the What is Doctor Who video. David Tennant You rule!!!! and will be a hard act to follow.
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Regulars will recognize the image from the header, and originally I was going to go with just a 3D version of the header, but once the button is on other people’s websites I thought a bit more introduction was useful.
