Alpha/Dictionary Challenge

Alpha/Dictionary challenge

Good morning all!

In the UK we put the clocks back to Greenwich 

Mean Time which technically means we get an 

hour longer in the evening for crafting

So, it is Sunday and this means it is

Challenge Day!!

Today we have the new letter for the

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge...............

and the letter is....................

U

Karen has added to her tray with

another super project...

You have two weeks to upload

as many entries as you like via the link

If you can't use the link, email your pics to me at

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

and  will add them for you

The link will be open until midnight on

13 November 2016 

and the winner will be chosen the

following Tuesday

Good luck everyone!

Mickie xx

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Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016

Hi everyone,

An extra special post for you today, thought I 

must show you what Neil has been 

doing for this new Challenge!!

Neil says......

I started out making 26 little books each from

 a single sheet of Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock

 cut to 30 x 30 cm. Marking out into quarters.

 Then starting from the bottom you cut the

 3 blocks left and right side lines Leaving to

 top block uncut. The middle line gets cut from

 the top down the 3 blocks.

 When cut and folded it looks something like this.

 and I then glued where needed to complete

 my page inners.

One colourful pile of inners.

I cut thin greyboard to size and embossed it

 before gluing on the inners to create my covers.

 Now we're ready to go....

First letter - B = Bohemian.
I inked up the cover with Distress ink.

Stamped inside and glued my defintion in place.

Then had fun illustrating the adjectives and nouns.

So, how about that for another idea for you??

I'm looking forward to watching this one grow.

Thank you for sharing this with us Neil!

I'll be back tomorrow,

Jane x

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016

Good Morning all,

Welcome to the first day of our 
Challenge for 2016, the.....

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge

I think, judging by your comments that
a lot of you remember this from before, in 
2013.  It was very popular then and hope it
will be again.  Unfortunately if you look back
at the old posts, you will find many of the original
pictures are missing and I can't get them back. 

So, to recap, we will go through the 
whole alphabet, one letter every two weeks.
To keep you on your toes, we will not 
be completing the challenge in alphabetical 
order.  Ha ha!!

The DT will be playing along so I 
will bring you some pictures from them too.

If you want to have a go, then this is 
what you'll need to do......

If you want to use a Dictionary, then pick
something beginning with the letter of the week
and start playing!
Or you can use Tags/ATC's but they must show
the letter or word and the dictionary definition.
Please keep to whatever you choose for the whole 
Challenge, so no switching from Tag to 
Dictionary, to ATC etc, etc
You could also make pages for your Art Journal
if you prefer.

A new letter will be posted every two weeks
and you can enter via the usual link or
send your pics to me at
janecraftbarn@gmail.com 
and I will add them for you.

Mr Random Generator will be called in to
choose the winner every fortnight and they
will receive a £10 prize voucher.

You can enter as many times and for our
followers outside the UK, please feel free
to use your own language, it doesn't have to be
in English!

So, let's get started.....

Your first letter is going to be

B

pick something beginning with the letter
B and start playing along.
Just remember please that you MUST
include the letter/word AND the 
definition.

The link will be open for two weeks,
closing at midnight on Sunday 24th
January.  The next letter will also be 
announced on that day.

This is something Karen made with 
the letter B in our last challenge -
Blackberry

and Dawn -
Ballpoint Pen

Dawn has also added Butterflies

Here is one from Karen 

Ok, hope that you understand all 
my rules/instructions!
Not many rules as I want as many of you to 
join in as possible!

And don't forget there will be a prize at the 
end for a lucky winner who has completed and uploaded
every letter.  As before, everyone who finishes will 
be entered and Sandy, the DT and I will pick
a winner to win a special prize!

So off you go and cracking, can't
wait to see what you come up with!

Jane x


Just popping in to add some lovely pics here....

Anne O 

And this one, I have to tell you is from
little Eva in France who is 5 years old!
Bonjour and welcome Eva!!

And another.....

Su Ward



Jane x

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Alpha/Dictionary Challenge for 2016

Our Challenge for 2016

Morning all,

It's almost time to start our Challenge for 2016.

If you remember, I asked you to look out

for a dictionary, one you wouldn't mind 

altering!

Some of you will remember a similar challenge from 

a few years ago.  It was so popular

that we decided to run it again!

If you haven't got your dictionary yet, don't

forget to check out those charity

shops and secondhand stores.  You'll 

probably pick one up for not too many pennies!

Having said that, if you don't want to use a

dictionary, then we have called it the

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge

so that you can use other elements if you wish.

Altering perhaps....Tags, ATC's, Dominoes or

maybe even a Journal.  It must be obvious

that you have used the stated letter and

included its definition.

The Challenge will last the whole year

and will be posted every two weeks so

that every letter will be covered.

Just to keep you on your toes.....

it will not be in alphabetical order!!!

Ha ha....no getting ahead!

We will be starting on Sunday 10th
so do come and join us then!

See you soon,

Jane x

ALPHA DICTIONARY CHALLENGE - LETTER N

Hi everyone, 
Week 22...... end of October... two more months to go and this wonderful Altered Dictionary adventure will end. I am still amazed at those who have kept going week after week since day one. Well done. 

We are started to work on the new challenge with the DT backstage, and I'm really excited about it as I'm sure you will love it as much, if not even more, as this current challenge. 
But, I'm not going to tell you more for the time being (I like teasing).

In the meantime, here's your new letter. 

LETTER N

Here are the samples from the DT

Gio chose number/numero

 and Karen went for the yummy Nectarine

Looking forward to seeing your pages. 

Have fun!

Izzy

ALPHA DICTIONARY CHALLENGE - LETTER L

Hi everyone, 

Week 21 for our Alpha Dictionary challenge... 

Challenge with a twist this fortnight. 

LETTER L

and there must be a WINDOW on your page/ ATC

The window can be an "opening one" like on Gio's page... or non opening like on Karen's... or a window stamp (but be creative)
I'm sure you will come up with brilliant ideas ;)

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 Gio chose Light / Luce

Karen chose Lemon for her fruit journal

Have fun!

Looking forward to seeing your pages.

Izzy 

ALPHA DICTIONARY CHALLENGE - LETTER J

Hi, 

Week 20 for our challenge!! And still going strong. 

New letter for this fortnight is:

LETTER J

That might be another one that won't have much choice of word...

We'll see... 

Looking forward to seeing your pages

Gio chose JAZZ

Karen chose JUNIPER

Have fun !

Izzy

Ho Ho Ho - Karen

 Hi, 
A little bit of "wow" today with this is gorgeous sample Karen made for us. I could really see this on my Christmas table. Truly beautiful. 
Can't wait to read what you will say about it. 
Karen used the Tando Creative 3D sleigh and PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints

I have made up the 3D Tando Creative Sleigh to kick start my Christmasing. Its a good size at 9" long by 7" high and is very sturdy. Also very easy to put together when you have decorated it! (Instructions come with it) 

Great for those teensy presents to go in, strong enough for nuts and pretty enough to use as a table decoration.

I chose to use PaperArsty Paints in Snowflake and Ice Blue for the colour scheme. First I painted all the outsides in Snowflake then spread some DecoArt Modelling Paste through a Tando Mask- Dotted Star. I also added some Tando Creative Snowflakes. When it was dry I went over with the Snowflake again this time dabbing a little Ice Blue around as well. The insides were then painted with Ice Blue with a little Snowflake dabbed around. For the runners I painted with Snowflake, added PaperArtsy Crackle then Ice Blue. When the pieces were dry I added little spots of Stickles in Crystal to the raised star shape. I always leave these to dry overnight!!! 

Some Treasure Silver was rubbed all around the edges and over the other raised bits then buffed with a cloth before putting the Sleigh together.

Tando Creative 3D Sleigh

Tando Creative Snowflakes

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints - Ice Blue and Snowflake

DecoArt Modelling Paste

Stickles Glitter Glue - Crystal

Treasure Gold - Silver

See you tomorrow

Letter Z winner and Wall of fame

Hi everyone, 
First of all, congratulations on submitting so many pages with a difficult letter. Not many words to choose from in most dictionaries you are using. 
We got quite a few zig-zags, zinnias and zebras... and some words I had never heard of LOL. 
So well done :)

Caught my daughter Melissa before she ran for school this morning and asked her to pick a number... 

So our winner this week is...

ANNIKA!

Congratulations!

Please get in touch with me to confirm your email address and I will send you the voucher code

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Now for the wall-of-famers

First we had a ZERO page by TwinkleToes 2Day's

A gorgeous Zeppelin page by Ella

Look at this background!

We have had a few zombies, but I really like Frea's one

Then onto the zips... 

we had this one by Eleni

 and this one by Cathy-Lynn

Congratulations to all of you. 

If you are listed above and don't have a badge/logo to add to your blog, please get in touch, and I will send you one ASAP. 

Once again, thank you all for your participations in our challenges. 

See you tomorrow


Izzy

ALPHA DICTIONARY CHALLENGE - LETTER G

Hi, 

Here's the new letter for the next 2 weeks... No twist this time... 

Feel free :D

Looking forward to seeing what word you will go for and your interpretation on your dictionary

LETTER G

Gio chose Gentleman

 Karen chose Grapefruit

And Sylvie went for Gardenia

Have fun!

Letter O winner and Wall of fame

Hi, 
Ooooop, I guess I forgot to finish this post last week. I had started, I promise.. but did not schedule it. 
When I tell you that everything was going wrong, I was not kidding!! 
(thanks for the lovely messages on Saturday by the way, I'm feeling better now. Still bruised but the pain is gone).

I had a real hard time choosing for the letter O. 
Here's how I proceed: I go and check/comment on all the entries and as I do so, I save my favourites. Then to do this post, I "reduce" the favourites to 5, right? 
Well, this time, my "favourite list" still had 20 entries! that's nearly half of all the entries. 
So I had to go from 20 to 5.... 
Please stop posting such good work each week, it's too hard to choose from. Just kidding :)
Keep it up, loving them all. 

Can't believe that we are in September already, which means that this challenge has been going on for 9 months already! And some of you have been keeping up each and every fortnight! Well done :)

So here's the voucher winner for the letter O. 
6:30 am here... a bit too early for my little human number generator, so I go with the Random one... 

And the winner is.....

Kiwi in Timbertown!!

Please get in touch and I will send you your voucher ASAP

Now for the Wall of Famers. 

We have newcomers, so I had to feature them today

Christina P from Greece (welcome :))

Lovely interpretation of the word OASIS

Shilpa from India (welcome :)) chose ONION

Carol from Kiwiland did this gorgeous OWL page

 Sara went for OCTOBER

Could have been Oak leaf too ;)

 Val chose ORIGAMI

Well done all of you! Whether you are a Wall of Famer or not. 

Looking forward to seeing your next page. 

For the newcomers, if you want a Wall of Fame logo for your blog, please email me and I will send it ASAP. 

See you soon,