The Craft Barn WISHING WELL

Hi, 
Who, better than you, could tell us what YOU would like to see on this blog. What kind of samples?
Are there products that we sell that you would like us to use on samples? A specific colour scheme? Something altered? Your favourite stamps? A technique explained on this blog maybe?


This could be a *new way* to see things, a fun challenge for our talented DT, and a satisfaction for you to see how a specific product/stamp etc... can be used. 

We won't be able to make every wish come true as the DT does not own *everything* we sell (I bet they wished though lol), but we can give it a try. 


So all you have to do to leave a message in a comment below saying "I wish the DT could use.... " or "I wish we could see samples using.....".

Of course, if you want your wish to come true, you'll have to close your eyes and believe in it really hard LOL. We all know it does not work otherwise. And you never know.......... there might be something to win too.... 

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Bonjour,
Qui de mieux que VOUS pour nous dire ce que vous voulez voir sur ce blog? Quelle carte? Quel objet altéré? Une technique particulière? Un tampon spécifique?


Ceci pourrait être une nouvelle manière de voir les choses, un challenge sympa pour notre talentueuse DT, et une satisfaction pour vous, lecteur qui pourrez découvrir des exemples utilisant tel ou tel produit.


Bien sûr, on ne pourra pas réaliser tous les souhaits, les membres de la DT n'ont pas *tous* les produits que l'on vend en magasin (je suis sûre qu'elles aimeraient bien pourtant lol), mais nous ferons de notre mieux.


Tout ce que vous avez à faire, c'est de laisser un message dans un commentaire ci-dessous disant: "mon voeu est de voir la DT utiliser.....".
Bien sûr, comme tous les voeux, si vous voulez que ça marche, il faut fermer les yeux et y croire très fort lol.
Mais on ne sait jamais..... si votre voeux se réalise, il y aura peut-être quelque chose à gagner.... ;)

Colour your day Wednesday: grey

hi,
It's been a while since I have done a "colour your day" post.
The colour choice might surprise you a bit as it is "grey". Not the "colour" everyone turns too, but the whole point of this blog is to give you inspiration, all kind of inspiration, with all products and colours, especially what you don't see much elsewhere.
So here are the beautiful samples made by our talented Poupette and Michelle. Hope you like them.

 To make this card, Poupette used:

 little claire stamp: "are we there yet?"
grey cardstock
copic markers

  To make this card, Poupette used:

Stamping Bella - clickabella
Martha Stewart edger punch: Doily lace
Martha Stewart large punch: Lace heart **NEW**
bazzil : grey , black
copic markers
Petaloo flowers
Craftwork Cards - oh my word and sweet sentiments
Indentz embossing folders - swirls

 To make this card, Michelle used:

Inks Adirondack Lake Mist, Pebble (on sale -25%)

Versafine ink

Distress ink Black soot

 To make this card, Michelle used:

Stamps - My Paper World. Crown Lion WIngs
Detail embossing powder: gold
Detail embossing powder: black
Crystals: 3mm round clear

Thanks for visiting

:o)

Viva Decor - PaperSoft Colours

Hi,
PaperSoft colours: if you have not tried those yet, you **have** to. No kidding. They are by far my favourite products of the moment (yes me, the ink addict). Much easier to apply than inks, those paints are just amazing!!
If you are lucky enough to live close the Barn, check out Jane Collman's class on August 15th: there is an all-day Masterclass waiting for you. Don't miss out!


Ok, down to the samples I have for you today. The first one was made by Jane for the June Extravaganza, and as I have seen this one "in the flesh", I can tell you that the picture doesn't do it justice, it is beautiful !! 

To make this card, Jane used: 

White card
My Paperworld Background clear stamps
Papersoft Colors in Aprict and Walnut Brown
Crafty Individuals image
Martha Stewart punches

Paper Pen - Opal for flower centres

To make this card, Jane used:

 White card
My Paperworld Borders stamp set
Papersoft colour Light Carmine Red and Light Moss GreenA touch of gold Cosmic Shimmer Mica powder
Paper pen - Light Carmine Red

There are also some lovely stamps in the My PaperWorld range, and they are such good value too. Check them out here.
Here's a couple of samples made by Chris and Ria using those stamps.

To make this card, Chris used

My Paperworld Stamps: Letters and embellishments

Ranger Distress Ink: Wild Honey, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo
Tim Holtz Dies: Tattered Florals, Elegant Flourishes
Martha Stewart Punch: Crown
Cosmic Shimmer Mist: Rich Gold
Viva Pearl Pen: Salmon
Tissue Paper

 To make this card, Ria used: 

MY Paperworld stamp Big corner elements, 

Stickles, 

Coloured with Copics and Airbrush, 

Finally, here are a few of the samples I made for my demos at the June Extravaganza using the PaperSoft colours and the Crafty Secrets Stamps

Thanks for visting

Isa

New Stamping Bella stamps

Hi, 
We received some new Stamping Bella stamps this week. 
There is a new collection in a brand new style called "I am". 
Emily has designed those (biiiig) stamps to use on art journals. But they will be stunning on cards and on scrapbook pages too!

Here's a few, but you can find more on our website: click here.

Here's a scrapbook page I made using Dandelion whisp

There are also some new Green Bean baby stamps. Here's a few but there are more online.

I don't have samples made with those specific stamps as they just arrived, but here's a few Stamping Bella Dt samples for you. 
Have a nice weekend !

 To make this card, Ria used:

Basic Grey Cappela paperpad

Stamping Bella Mo Manning rubber stamp: Ruby

Copic

Memento Ink

MS doily lace punch

Craftwork card candies

 To make this card, Chris used: 

Stamping Bella Green Bean Baby - Betty the book worm
Copic Markers
BasicGrey 6x6 pad green at heart
Nestability Labels 1

 To make this card Chris used:

Stamping Bella Green Bean Baby - Jackson the champion
Bazzil Card - limeade
White stamping card
Copic markers
Nestability plain and scallop circles
BasicGrey 6x6 pad - green at heart

We're back !

Hi

I don't want to turn this into an Oscar acceptance speech but it has been an emotional time over the last few days and I do want to say some thank yous.  First of all I want to say a big thank you to everyone for the wonderful messages of support and offers of help that we have had. they have been most welcome and truly appreciated.

Monday was a complete nightmare and something I never want to go through again, until it happens to you, you don't realise how quickly fires escalate so if you haven't got a smoke detector or you haven't tested it recently please, please, please do it now.   I must say the fire brigade were amazing  they arrived within 7 minutes and that certainly helped to get things under control quickly and they were extremely kind to us.  I know that when the smoke was pouring out from under the roof our neighbours were worried for their own properties and safety and we are very grateful that no-one was hurt and that the damage was not much worse.

I must also thank Chris from Browsers coffe shop who has put up with us all using her loo, making tea and coffee and running an extension cable to give us phone and internet access over the last few days.  She has been amazing

Ok so it's onwards and upwards now.  I am really pleased to be able to let you know that we are making progress!  All being well, we will have the electricity back on tomorrow morning and the shop will be open for business from about lunchtime. 

Classes are going ahead as usual as we have identified a suitable alternative venue until such time as the studio is fit to use. If you are booked onto a class simply  come to the shop to book in in the usual way and we will show you where to go for your class.

We look forward to seeing eveyone soon.

Sandy

Fire at the Craft Barn

We are sorry to have to report that we had a fire in our upstairs studio yesterday which has meant that we have had to temporarily close our bricks and mortar shop for at least the next couple of days whilst repairs are made to the building.  Luckily, no one was hurt.
Mail order and internet orders are still being processed as normal but we are experiencing a short delay on processing of orders.  Please bear with us, we are working really hard to minimise the disruption to all our customers.

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Nous sommes désolées de vous annoncer qu'il y a eu un incendie au Craft Barn, ce qui veut dire que nous avons dû fermer le magasin temporairement jusqu'à ce que les réparations les plus urgentes soient faites.
Les commandes internet sont toujours traitées mais avec un léger retard.
Merci de votre patience, nous ferons de notre mieux pour préparer vos commandes dans les plus brefs délais.

Dreamweaver winner

Hi, 

It's winner tiiiiiiime!!

So who won the Dreamweaver blog candy ???

Mr Random Generator said

And number 4 is.................

CLAIRE!!

Congratulations!! 

Please send your snail mail address and full name to Sandy 

and your parcel will leave shortly

Huge thanks to all those who entered.

See you soon for a new blog candy