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Friday, 23 October 2015

Halloween Week - Kathy Byrne

Hellooooo,

Oh my goodness

what a treat we have for you today!

Kathy Byrne is here with us to

show you one of her fabulous mini albums!

I have been doing her album

classes this year and I am

absolutely loving them.
You really will love this......

This is how to make it -

Take a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock
and score at 6". Rotate and score
at 3 3/4", 4", 7 3/4" and 8".

Cut 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" (depending on how
deep you want your pocket) off top left side
section. (Save this piece to create flap on
lower right hand section).
Cut away sections shown in picture.

Score a 1/4" gusset on the bottom flap to
create space for photo and journalling
tags in the pocket.
Fold and sharply crease all score lines.

Fold album together before you start to
decorate. You might have to cut a little
off the top to make the cover flush with
the body of the album.

From A4 cardstock cut two hinges 5 3/4"
x 1" and in the landscape position,
score at 1/2".
Using wet glue, adhere the hinges to
the edge of both sides of the left
centre flap. Fold over and adhere to the
opposite side creating a pocket with
gusset.

Decorate the back of the pocket page
at the base of the album before
attaching the pocket.

Carefully apply a thin line of wet glue
to three sided of the pocket and attach to
the page with the opening facing
in to the fold.

Decorate and embellish!!

Now you know why I have been joining in
with these classes......the albums
just get more and more amazing!!

Materials if you want to have a go -

12" x 12" Cardstock
A4 Cardstock in same colour
Halloween papers or 6 1/2" square pad
Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue
Ribbon

I do hope you try this, let us know
with pics if you do!!

See you tomorrow,

Jane x

Friday, 19 June 2015

Punch Board - Elizabeth Hammond

Morning all,

Hope you are having a nice warm, sunny week wherever

you are!

I'm hoping summer is arriving here in the UK at last but

who knows could be snowing here tomorrow!!!

Hope not.

Ok today we are bringing another fabulous project using

Punch Boards by our guest designer

Elizabeth Hammond,

those of you who visit the shop or phone will, I'm sure

have spoken to her!

Elizabeth has created a beautiful gift bag for you -

To make Elizabeth's bag.....

Cut the Maja Design Paper to 6" x 12" to make the base of the
Gift Bag and follow the instructions printed on the Punch Board
to make the medium sized bag...

Punch holes along the top of the bag using the reverse side of
the board so you can create the handles....

Crease the score lines with the score tool and use Stix2
ultra clear tape to stick the bag together....

Using the Sue Wilson Camelia dies, cut the two layers of the
flowers in different colours from Coredinations card.....

Layer and glue the flowers together in coordinating colours, then
shape the flowers using the handle of your scissors
or a shaping tool....

Cut some leaves in the two shades of Coredinations card.
Layer and shape them in the same way as the flowers.

Arrange the flowers and leaves on both sides of the bag and
stick with tacky glue.....

Thread the ribbon through the holes and cut to the length of
the handles you require.....

Finished !!

Isn't that just lovely, wouldn't you be over the moon to
receive that, no matter what the gift was inside!

This is what Elizabeth used -

We are Memory Keepers Punch Board - Gift Bag
Maja Design 12 x 12 Nyvan - A Dockside in Bloom
Coredinations 12 x 12 -
Buttercup, Amaryllis, Purple Moon, Blue Lilac,
Persimmon, Apple Green, Celery Stick
Organza Ribbon 7mm -
Gold Beige, Baby Blue, Baby Pink, Lavender
Sue Wilson Dies -
Camelia Flowers - Open Petals, Complete Petals
Stix2 Ultra Clear Tape - 12mm
Cosmic Shimmer PVA Glue - Dries Clear
Paper Trimmer
Scissors
Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

Thanks to our Guest Designer Elizabeth!

Ok, I'll be back tomorrow with another
project, this time from Neil!

See you then,

Jane x

Friday, 8 May 2015

Mission Accomplished - Heidi Green

Morning all,

Welcome to day two of our Mission Accomplished week.

Today we have a lovely project from our Guest Designer
Heidi Green.

Heidi is a tutor and demonstrator here at The Craft Barn

and has been working in the shop so I'm sure the 'locals'

have met her!!

This is what Heidi has made for us....

Commemorative Fold Card

And this is how Heidi made it.....

Card Instructions :

(1) Cut an oblong of black card to measure : 30cms x 10cms.

(2) Score card at 10cms and 20cms, fold edges well.

(3) Cut three squares of red card : 9.5cms x 9.5cms, stick

onto black card.

(4) Using white card, die cut three shapes.

(5) Stamp small poppy stamp around edges of all three,

colour in.

(6) Stamp up larger elements as shown including sentiment

to central piece.

(7) Edge all white card with 'Festive Berries' ink pad.

(8) Onto white card, stamp up six large poppies and three small

poppies, colour in and cut out.

(9) Stamp out the two 'Remember' stamps, cut out and

edge with ink pad.

(10) Stick image shapes down onto card centrally.

(11) Stick two large poppies together three times, place one in

each corner and one centrally.

(12) Add sentiments, poppies and pearls.

(13) Add glossy accents to large poppies and smaller placed

poppies, leave to dry.

Thank you Heidi, this is so nice...

'Lest we forget'

A very moving project. Reminds me of last year going

to see the poppies in London. Just Wonderful!

Products Heidi Used :

Hobby Art - CS075D Commemorative stamp set

Black, Red and white card stock

Versafine 'Onyx Black' ink pad

Distress Ink 'Festive Berries' ink pad

Promarker pens : Ruby and Crimson

Glossy Accents

White Pearls

From stash -

Labels Die

Ok, tomorrow we have a project from Dawn,

See you then,

Jane x

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Tando Week - Karen Gist

Morning everyone,

It's blue skies and sunny here in Surrey as I write this.

A bit different to the weather on the M1 and the M25 coming back from the Trade Show. Glad I wasn't the one driving!

The rain was so bad and traffic horrendous, blue lights flashing past

us and on the opposite side of the motorway but luckily no

accidents that we could see. Hope everyone got home safely.

I will tell you about the show another day.....

So, today we have a treat, Karen Gist who many of you will

remember as a member of our DT until recently has come back today as
a guest designer, kindly agreeing to do a project for us.

I'm not sure that she actually had much choice after I caught unawares!!

Look how cute this is......spring is in the air.....

Karen says ...."The very cute Tando bunnies are one of my favourites so

I just had to have a play with them on this card!

For the background cut a piece of watercolour paper 5 inches square then using watercolour paints colour a sky and some grass as shown.

You don't have to be precise as the stamping will cover most of it.

Using the Crafty Individual CI-226 stamps and black Stazon, stamp

the different flowers to mostly cover the grass. Add the butterflies.

Using watercolour paints again pick out a few flowers & the

butterflies with a little colour. Lightly gesso the larger running rabbits

from the Tando Mini Pack then when dry paint with Fresco Paints.

I used Irish Cream with a little Chocolate Pudding added to it.

Paint the tails in Chalk and add a little highlight to their ears and

dot their eyes with a black pen.

Cut a strip of white card and, using small alphabet stamps, stamp
a greeting. Glue this over the background and matt and
layer onto contrasting card before attaching to a card base".

Thank you Karen, this is really lovely!

If you would like to have a go, here is what Karen used -

Tando Creative Mini Rabbits
Crafty Individuals Stamp - CI-395 (similar to the one I used)
Alphabet Stamps
Watercolour paper
Koh-I-Noor Watercolour Paint
PaperArtsy Fresco Paints - Irish Cream, Chocolate Pudding
Stazon Ink - Black
Gesso

Well that's our first Tando project for the week.

See you tomorrow with another,

Jane x

Monday, 21 October 2013

Autumn leaves - Gay Peplow

Hi,
Very seasonal theme this week: Autumn leaves which the DT interpreted in a lot of different ways as you will see throughout the week.
Today we start with guest designer Gay Peplow who use a Dreamweaver stencil: Maple Branch.
These two cards will really show you two different ways to use a stencil. Looking at those two, would you have thought at first glance that they were made with the same stencil?

This card was sponged with distress inks through a Dreamweaver metal stencil and then highlighted by pencil around the design.

I added the veins because it needed more depth, they may not be anatomically correct, I guess I should have checked! I claim artistic license!

Gay used

Dreamweaver Stencil Maple Branch.

Distress inks: Barn Door, Mustard Seed and Peeled Paint.

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I spread ink over my craft mat with the Kaleidacolor ink pad and spritzed with water. With a long piece of white card I dragged it through the ink several times building colour as I went until the card was lightly covered with the colours. I dried thoroughly with my heat gun.

This card uses the same stencil as before but I inked through it with VersaMark ink directly with the ink pad onto my strip of coloured card and embossed with gold embossing powder. I stamped with the text stamp and added colour straight from the ink pad until I was happy with the depth and spread of colour. The corrugated cardboard was again coloured by directly using the ink pad and spritzing with water.

To add a little bling to my dark card I die cut the motif from gold holographic card and then sanded and inked that with StaZon and Copics. My strip of painted and coloured card was placed diagonally across the card and trimmed to fit, a little like a jigsaw, it was fun trying to make it all fit. The base was kraft card which if it didn't all fit on I was happy to leave with a gap, it all toned well with the gorgeous colours of the Creole ink pad.

Gay used

Dreamweaver Stencil Maple Branch.

Kaleidacolor Creole ink pad

Crafty Individuals Stamp CI 214

Docrafts Papermania Square Card Blanks 50 Recycled 300gsm

Gold Embossing Powder

Spellbinders Ironwork Motifs

StaZon Timber Brown

Copics

See you tomorrow

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Halloween week - Helen Chilton

Hi,
We don't have just one, but two guest designers this week, how cool is that?
The talented Helen Chilton was kind enough to share the card and step by step taught in a recent class. Lucky are those who attended the class, love this card!