The Song Challenge

The Song Challenge

Happy Sunday!

This month's challenge

reflects the changing season

Autumn is upon us and the

turning leaves form a 

kaleidoscope of colour 

on the ground

Obviously, the song had

to be 

Autumn Leaves

The falling leaves
Drift by my window.
The falling leaves of red and gold.
I see your lips,
the summer kisses,
the sunburned hands I used to hold.

Since you went away
the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter song
 But I miss you most of all my darling 
When autumn leaves start to fall

Since you went away
the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter song
 But I miss you most of all my darling 
When autumn leaves start to fall

I like this one best performed

by Eric Clapton 

BUT

There have been many other

artists who have recorded this

timeless classic

So, autumn leaves it is

however you may wish to

depict them

Here's Karen Gist's coaster:

Please enter your projects via the

link.  This closes on 5th November

at 11.55pm.  Should the link close

early then do please email your

project to me at

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will be pleased to put it

up for you

"Till Tomorrow

Mickie xx

An InLinkz Link-up

Paper Mash Up

Paper Mash Up

Hi Everyone!

All the little darlings must have

started or gone back to school by

now and the bigger darlings off

to Uni......................  You'll be

wondering what to do with

yourselves!

Well, how about something to

make you smile every time you

use it?

Here's Karen Gist with a really

gorgeous makeover for that tray...

.........

"I have had this blank tray knocking around

 my craft room for years wondering how

 to decorate it! When Mickie gave me 

the prompt I thought it was perfect 

for it...using up those bits of

 pretty papers that we crafters dare 

not throw away! 

Firstly I covered the tray with a coat of gesso.

 Then I tore my papers into pieces so that the 

'white' edges were on the right sides.

Using Fresco Chalk Paint I painted the 

inside edge in Smurf. 

Cutting some of the papers so that I had 

some straight edges I started glueing them

 onto the bottom of the tray using a 

thin PVA glue.

With the torn edges you don't get so many

 lumpy bits and you can see that I wanted 

the white edges to show as a contrast.

I had some paper left over so I made 

some coasters as well!

 I always cover the bottoms of my coasters 

with felt to give more insulation.

Back to the tray:

The edges were painted in Fresco Tango and, 

when dry, I doodled some spots around. 

The sides and bottom of the tray have been 

painted with Guacamole. 

When its all dry add a few thin coats of satin varnish.

All ready to go! A cheerful tray for my 

morning cuppa!!!!"

Materials Used:

Wooden Tray

PaperArtsy Fresco Paints

Paint Brushes

PVA Glue

Papers from your stash

Thank you for such a cheery

project Karen and to make matching

coasters is pure crafty genius! 

Winter is coming and this tray

 would cheer up any gloomy day!  

Come to think of it, I have one of

those wooden trays on my desk that

I've never done anything with other

than use it as a general dumping ground

for junk!  Like everyone else I also have a

tonne of papers I just cannot part with

................  anyone see a plan here?!!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Fabricated

Fabricated

Hallo Everyone!

I'm quite excited to have

Karen Gist here today with

another of her fabulous

creations so without further

ado, over to you Karen:

"Hi, I have chosen to decorate the Cotton

 Carrier Bag for this project. 

What a fantastic bag this is!!! 

Its made of sturdy cotton, 

is a good size and has a zip...I love it!!!!

To start - stamp the sunflower from the 

PaperArtsy set ELB24 on some scrap paper

and cut in half.

 Enlarge it by using a photocopier or your 

scanner software and print out. 

Now trace the image onto your bag. 

I chose the sunflower but you could 

use any stamped image this way.

Paint your image. 

You can see by my photo that these 

Starlight Paints are super shimmery! 

They have a lovely consistency for fabric too.

Punch shapes into some fairly stiff card

 to use as a stencil. 

I used a Woodware scalloped circle but you 

could use any shape you fancy.

Dab paint through the circles randomly

 over the rest of the bag.

Add some other circles by dipping a bottle top

 into the paint. 

Heat set all the paint using an iron then doodle 

around all the shapes using waterproof pens. 

(I used Uniballs for this)

Sew some ribbon and braid across the top of the bag 

and add buttons to the small circles and

 large buttons to the handles. 

Tie a length of ribbon to the zip pull and you are done!

Supplies used:

Cotton Carrier Bag

PaperArtsy Stamps

Starlight Textlle Paint

Ribbons & Buttons

Karen your bag is just

right for the summer.

Thank you very much for

a lovely project

I'm going to have to make one 

of these - I can just hear people

asking me where I bought it

Hmmmm..... pocket money opportunity?.....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Quirky Birds

Quirky Birds

Hallo Everyone!

It's the last topic for April.

We start the month with

All Fools Day and it seems

fitting to be ending it with a

laugh, a giggle or a smile

and these quirky little birds

from Joggles fit the bill

perfectly.

Karen Gist is with us today

with a super little wall

hanging:

"Using an old credit card spread some PaperArtsy 

Spanish Mulberry and Smurf across a 

Tando Creative Coaster.

Add some smudges using a scrunched up

paper towel and some white acrylic.

Stamp the Joggles Quirky Birdy #2, 

colour in with Derwent Inktense pencils 

and cut out.

Doodle a wiggly line around the edge 

of the coaster and colour in using the same 

colours as above.

Stamp the Funny Bones stamp onto 

tissue paper using Stazon and when dry carefully 

tear around it. 

Add to the coaster using matte medium.

Attach the bird and some wire and beads."

Materials used:

Joggles Quirky Birdy No2

Tando Creative Coaster

PaperArtsy Fresco Paints

Derwent Inktense pencils

Oh that is such a fun piece

of Home decor Karen, thank you

so much for starting the week

with a bit of fun

Good to laugh out loud isn't 

it Everyone?  Makes the whole

world seem a brighter place....

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

Boxing Clever

Boxing Clever

Hallo Everyone!

Are you all ready for the

long holiday weekend?

I'm hoping for good weather,

long walks along the prom

with my camera and maybe

a leisurely trip into the

countryside to see whats 

occurring.  On the other hand

if the weather is not up to

scratch then I might just

do some painting and...

no, not decorating!  Crafting!!

Karen Gist is here today

along with some Zinsky

cuties:

"I just love these and so wanted to 

use them on this project! 

Stamp, colour and cut out the figures

adding a few extra heads. 

I used Copics to colour them.

To make some background paper paint

 some PaperArtsy Smurf and Sugar Plum 

onto white card, adding water to help it blend. 

When dry stencil some white hearts on top 

and doodle around them with a white pen

Glue each cubbie together (they make up very easily) 

Then paint them inside and out.

Glue the boxes together and doodle 

with a white pen to add some definition. 

Add some of the background papers to the 'solid' boxes.

Attach the figures, using the heads to show 

peeping around from the back. 

I then added a made up quote."

Supplies:

Tando Cubbeys

PaperArtsy Zinsky Stamps

Fresco Paints

Adhesive

Thank you Karen - a super,

smiley, project!  And you are

right; Crazy friends are good

for the soul - I love all of mine!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx