Hats - Neil Walker

Happy weekend,

Yes, it is Saturday again, the

week has flown by again!

A pretty sad start to the New Year too,

we've already lost David Bowie 

and Alan Rickman.....not liking

2016 so far!  

Neil is here with us today and I've

been trying sooooo hard not to say 

this, but sorry.....I've got to....

'Hat's off' to Neil for his post today!!

Ha ha, sorry!

As I seem to have acquired a selection of

 hats over the last twelve months I thought

 I'd create a simple layout using photos of 

my hats out and about. I grabbed a piece of

 embossed cardstock from my stash and

 spritzed the page with a selection of 

Dylusions inks to reveal the design.

To border the page I used Black Soot Distress

 ink and my Winged Pattern mask to add

 another layer round the edges.

I printed and mounted my pictures onto

 black card and added a couple of metal

 embellishments to the page.

I used screw head brads to attach them.

Lastly I wrote onto the pictures.

The finished layout. I added a scrap piece

 of textured card to the top left (An ATC

 gone wrong !) to round off the design

 and to which I will add my journalling later.

This is what Neil used -

12 x 12 paper - from stash
Dylusions Ink Spray - London Blue
Dylusions Ink Spray - Cut Grass
Dylusions Ink Spray - Calypso Teal

Tando Masks -Neil Walker - Winged Pattern
Distress Ink - Black Soot
300g Coloured Card - Black
Assorted Metal Shape Embellishments
Woodware Imitation Screw Head Brads 

So that's Neil's hats, love the 
scrapbook layout. Just makes our 
photos so much more interesting.

I'll be back with our first 
Weekly Challenge of the year......
any ideas what it will be???

Jane x

Design a Christmas Jumper - Neil Walker

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all well and looking 

forward to the festivities, not 

long now!!

This week we asked the DT to

Design a Christmas Jumper

as this year there has been a lot

regarding Christmas knitwear!

I couldn't wear a jumper for five minutes

with my hot flushes!  Ha ha!

So starting with Neil.....

Neil says -

A fun simple festive card. I've kept mine 

simple but I think it could be a fun project

 to get children decorating cards for

 friends and family.

Begin by drawing a jumper onto a card blank.

Line up the Stencil into the centre of the jumper.

Add festive colour using Festive Berries

 Distress ink.

 Line up the pattern and fill in the rest of

 the jumper as needed.

Cut out the jumper and edge with ink.

Add some festive bling with Liquid Pearls.

To finish, raid your button box for tiny buttons 

and glue in place.

The finished card.

What a fun card and as Neil said, a great 
project for the kids to get involved with!

This is what Neil used -

6 x 6 Cards and Envelopes
Tim Holtz Layered Stencil - Holiday Knit
Distress Ink - Festive Berries
Liquid Pearl - Ruby
Liquid Pearl - Platinum
Liquid Pearl - Ivy Green

From Stash - Mini buttons

So that is our first Christmas Jumper, 

see you tomorrow for the next....

Jane x

Animal Magic - Neil Walker

Helloooo,

Good morning to you all, hope you are all

having a fabulous summer!!

What are we going to get next, I wonder?

Apparently there is a warning of Tornado's

at the weekend...unbelievable! 

Probably as likely as the scorching August 

they told us was coming......hello, still 

waiting!

So, this week we have three posts for you

from our DT.

We gave them two words....

Animal Magic

and today's  is what Neil created -

A superb Sketch Book cover 

Take white card, stencil and modelling paste.

Make a couple of the horses (you only need two, I  made
a couple of extras while I had the paste out).  
Sprinkle with Brusho's.

Spritz liberally with water to spread the colours.  Lift the

pages and allow the excess liquid to drip onto a 

spare piece of white card.  Put the horses to one side to

dry.  Scrunch the piece of spare card up and open up

and set to one side to dry.

When your spare piece is dry, tear off a strip 

 either side as seen and blend Hickory Smoke 

over the piece.

Stamp some random cogs to the piece in Coffee 

Archival ink.

Stick onto the A4 kraft sketch book.  Blend Hickory 

Smoke over the exposed covers and use the layering 

Stencil with a damp cloth to get a bit of interest.

Matt one of the horses onto black card and 

adhere to the front.  Cut one of the others out and

glue to the front as seen, wrapping it around 

the spine.

Blend Hickory Smoke over the horses.  Then, take

some Faux Finish Medium and cover everything with

a coat of seal.  Be aware that the moisture will react

with the Distress Ink and move around.  I like this as

it gives a lovely look and tone, in  my opinion.

The finished Sketch Book!

Wow, this looks amazing..... 

thank you Neil.

If you want to have a go, this is 

what Neil used -

Sweet Poppy Stencil - Mechanical Horse

White Smooth Stamping Card

Mixed Media Speciality  - White Modelling Paste

Brusho New Colours Assorted Set of 8

A4 Sketch Book

Viva Decor Stamp - Steampunk Gears Background

Archival Ink - Coffee

Stix2 Double Sided Ultra Sticky Tape 12mm

DecoArt Faux Finishing Medium

Distress Ink - June Edition - Hickory Smoke

Ok, that's all for today, 

I'll be back tomorrow!

Jane x

Clean and Simple - Dawn Heald

Hellooo,

Here we are again on The Craft Barn Blog, another week

 and it's nearly the weekend again!

This week we are looking at Clean and Simple!

This is great when you haven't got a lot of time and 

just want to make something quick and easy.

It is actually not as simple as it looks...... and it is very hard

to know exactly when to stop!!

Today we are featuring Dawn.

Dawn has been a bit poorly this week, so we

wish her well with her recovery!

Dawn says -

Clean and simple doesn't come naturally to me, there

 are many a talented crafter who pulls this style off perfectly.

 Me I like to get messy. So this hopefully fits the topic and

 I got messy too.

Lay the Sweet Poppy stencil onto the card blank and use 

low tack tape to secure in place.Take some embossing pastes,
 put them on your surface and mix any colours you want. 
I added some alcohol inks

 for blue and purple. Then simply apply through the stencil.

 Let dry naturally.

Use black pencil to watercolour around tree bottom.

Add some Stickles star dust glitter glue to highlight parts.

Stamp and cut out the Lavinia Cat stamp and then triple heat

 emboss with black powder. Glue under the tree.

I had some paste left over so made a couple quick cards

 similar ready to add the sentiment to when required.

Thank you Dawn, a lovely card and a great idea to
make several at the same time so you always have
a card when needed.

Products Dawn used -

Sweet Poppy Stencil - Butterfly Tree

Dreamweaver Embossing Paste - Yellow, Green, Red, Pearl

Alcohol Ink - Indigo and Purple Twilight.

Lavinia Stamps - Witches Cat 

Scallop Edge Card Blank

Stickles Glitter Glue - Stardust, Silver, Gold

Coloured card

Ok, I'll be back tomorrow with another project!

Jane x