Infusions - Neil Walker

Morning all,

Hope you are all well,

the weekend is nearly upon us yet

again!

This week we are going to look at

the most lovely little bottles 

of magic!
What are they called....
Infusions 
and you can check them out here.

Neil is here to show us what he has 
been up to...

I had these two pieces of embossed card from
 a previous project. They were the perfect choice 
to experiment with the powders.

As you can imagine, at first I wondered if these
 were going to be any different than Brushos.
 Well, they work and react very similarly as I
 thought. However, I have to say that I love the
 effect of the walnut that is a part of the Infusions!

I added these to a couple of tags and trimmed to fit.

I used DecoArt Crackle paste to add some
 texture to the edges through a layering stencil.

Yes, it looks a bit messy but I left it to dry.

When dry I sprinkled some Infusions over.

A spritz of water to spread. When dry I
 added some shimmer with Starlight paint in Topaz.

My finished tags, along with a couple of other
 trial pieces.

Wow, these look amazing!!

Think I'm going to have to treat myself 

to some of these little bottles of magic!

The little bottles themselves are so cute!!

Ha ha must be a girly thing!!

So, if you want to have a go, this

is what Neil used -

Ranger Manila Tag No 8

PaperArtsy Infusions - Complete Set of 12

Mixed Media Black Modeling Paste

Imagination Crafts Stencil - Fossil

Mixed Media White Crackle Paste

Tim Holtz Layered Stencil - Flourish

Starlight Paint - Topaz

Ribbon and Metal Charm from Stash

I'll be back tomorrow with another 

project for you!

Jane x

A little reminder..... Neil Walker

Hi everyone,

Well those April showers are 

certainly here.....hope it's not going to

be too bad for the weekend as I have

some work going on in the garden!!

Trying to lay concrete in the rain is not 

the best!!

I have been looking back at the fab

projects that the DT have 

brought you over the last year and

I thought this one from Neil

might inspire those of you who like

to get all painty!!  Haha that's

a new word I think!

Neil said....

I'm going in search of adventure......through the looking glass

 and into the Kingdom of hearts.......

Inspired by Alice's adventures through the looking glass I had

 fun making my mirror "gateway to Wonderland" adventures 

on this journal page.

I started by adding a couple of card elements from the Tando

 Top Hat kit and some nailhead stickers to the Tando frame

Then everything was painted gold with DecoArt Media Gold paint.

 Once it had been given a coat of gold I mixed some Transparent

 Red Iron Oxide Fluid Acrylic to the gold and mixed it with

 some water. This was painted loosely over the frame and

 then dabbed off to give a more mottled finish.

A piece of thin card cut to size creates the mirror.

To create the faded figure stamp or draw a suitable shape onto 

the card in black. Paint the whole piece with the Media Silver

 Metallic paint. Use a damp tissue or towel to scrub back the

 area over the image. Repaint around the revealed shape to

 bring back the solid silver colour around the image.

Paint a couple of hearts on both sides using Quinacridone 
Red Fluid Acrylic

While wet dunk into a pile of Clear UTEE

Heat emboss using a pair of tweezers for safety.

Trim some slits into the "mirror" and slide the hearts in place 

so they appear to disappear into the surface.....

Attach to a suitable journal page, add your writing to finish.

Thanks Neil,

Don't you love the mirror....got to try that!

This is what you'll need -

Tando Creative - Frames - Large Rectangle

Tando Creative - Mad Hatters Top Hat

Mixed Media Acrylic Paint - Gold

Mixed Media Acrylic Paint - Transparent Red Iron Oxide

Mixed Media Paint - Silver

Mixed Media Paint - Quinacridone Red

Cosmic Shimmer Ultra Thick Embossing Crystals - Clear

Thank you for joining us today, don't forget to let us 

know what you think!  We do like to see your comments.

Tomorrow is Challenge Day, the next
letter for The Alpha/Dictionary
Challenge, so see you then...

Jane x

Green - Neil Walker

Morning all,

The weekend is here again!

Hope you all have something excited

planned!

It's our second day featuring Green

and oh my goodness what a fabulous 

project we have here for you from Neil!!

This is amazing, you are going to love it!

Neil has made for us....

An altered letter rack in shades of green!

Cut three pieces of card to fit inside the letter

 rack and apply texture sand through the mask,

Vary your placement to create three different

 pieces.

Apply texture sand to the letter rack.

Leave everything to dry thoroughly.

Use Fluid Acrylic to add colour to the rack and 

the textured card.

Add washes of Transparent Red and Yellow Iron

 Oxide to add age and depth.

Stamp the map image onto white tissue

Apply to the inside areas of the rack with

 Faux Finishing Medium

The finished rack.

Add a bit of metallic highlights with Treasure

 Copper.

Add further detail using Liquid Pearls to finish.

Fabulous Neil, if you want to have a go,

this is what'll you need -

Wooden Shapes - Letter Rack

Mixed Media Texture Sand Paste

Tim Holtz - Layered Stencil - Clockwork

Mixed Media Fluid Acrylic Paints

White Tissue Paper

Archival Ink - Jet Black

DecoArt Faux Finishing Medium

Treasure Gold - Copper 

Liquid Pearls

Well that's all for today, I'll

be back tomorrow with our next letter

for The Alpha/Dictionary Challenge!

Oooooh wonder what it will be this time?

Jane x

Clean and Simple - Neil Walker

Happy weekend everyone,

Gosh, another month almost gone,

where do the days go?

It's nice to see the afternoons are a bit 

longer until we change the clocks, that is!

Well, back to Clean and Simple,

Neil is with us today....

Ink up your stamp by sliding it over the

 surface rather than tapping it. This gives

 a more faded look. Tap the ink pad on

 one area of the stamp to give a darker tone.

Stamp onto white card. You can see

 the darker area where more ink

 was applied in the bottom corner.

Trim and matt the card onto brown

 card and mount onto the card blank.

Take a suitable chipboard letter and

 paint with co ordinating colours. Add

 a gloss layer with glaze or UTEE and

 attached to the card as seen.

There you have it. A clean and simple

 yet striking card.

And it is really Beautiful Neil,

thank you!  I do like

Clean and Simple, it should be nice and

quick but I think it takes longer sometimes

hovering over the card, trying so hard not

to add something else!!

This is what Neil used -

8 x 8 Square Cards and Envelopes

Impression Obsession - Cover a Card Swirls and Stars

Archival Ink - Coffee

300g Coloured Card - China White

300g Coloured Card - Coffee

Tando Creative Word - Beautiful

DecoArt Mixed Media Fluid Acrylics

DecoArt Triple Thick Gloss Glaze

Stix2 Fingerlift Double Sided Tape 5 - 10 mm

I'll be back tomorrow with another 

Challenge, got to have a 

think about what it's going to be!

Hmmmm, I wonder....

Jane x

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016

 Morning all,

It's Sunday again and time to announce 

our next letter in the 

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016!

But before we do I have a special post

for you today from Dawn who 

is showing you how she made her

last entry for the Challenge.....

The Letter was F and there had to be

a heart included!

Dawn says -

My fish here is all loved up. An altered 

dictionary page.

Prepare pages by gluing some together and 

painting with white gesso.



Then spread Media Texture Sand Paste through
stencils. Leafy at the bottom and random circles 

above. Paint small spaces with crackle paint.

 Leave to dry. Use green Fresco Paints

 to colour texture.

Colour page with watercolour paints and

 Brushos in sea colours. Dry.

Replace stencil at bottom and rub over
gold gilding wax on leafy parts.

Dab white paint onto circles.

Using Darcy small stamps, stamp script

 randomly across pages and dotted circles

 around textured circles using Stazon Inks.

Flick white paint across pages.

Take orange, red and yellow acrylic paints,

 drop bits around a piece of card. Spread around 

with a pallet knife or spreader. Dry. Then

 stamp a fish and cut out and Punch and hand

 cut some hearts. Stamp the hearts with script stamp. 

Glue all to pages.

Finish with Yellow and Star Dust
Stickles Glitter glue.

Products used -

Decoart Media Texture Sand Paste
Decoart White Crackle Paint

Lindsay Mason Zendoodles Fish Stamps 

Imagination Crafts Bay Leaf Stencil

Tando Circles Mask 

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints

Paperartsy Darcy Eclectica Stamps

Stazon Inks - Black, Teal, Midnight Blue

Koh I Noor Watercolours

Brushos 

Woodware Heart Punch

Stickles Glitter Glue - Yellow, Star Dust

So on to our next letter!
It's Karen Gist's turn and she
has chosen L

This is the latest addition to her tray -

And Neil is continuing with his books -

And Dawn's pics too....

So what will you do?

You should know the rules by now!
You have two weeks, the link will close
at midnight on Sunday 6th March.  Entry
via the link where possible, if not email me
janecraftbarn@gmail.com
and I will add them for you!
I am changing the rules slightly here, you
need to pick a word beginning with the
chosen letter and add a definition
to your entry.  I have decided it need not
be the actual dictionary definition but
a definition of some sort!!  This might
prove interesting and amusing!!
The winner will be picked by
Random Generator and will receive
a £10 voucher.  The winner will be
announced on Tuesday 8th March.

I just want to add here that this is
your blog and challenges not just mine, so
anytime you have any suggestions, please
don't hesitate to email me and let me know.
I'm always open to ideas!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, four
of us are at Birmingham today to
see all the exciting new products that
are being launched so hopefully there
will some new things for you to
play with soon!

Jane x

Just popping in to add this pic
for Eva...I will give her a number
when the link closes.

36. Eva

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