AJ challenge 2 winner

Hi,
First of all apologies for the delay in announcing the winner.
I had to swim my way through the pages and pages of faxes to find the blog again. It's this time of the year, after the Birmingham show when I have TONS of new stuff to put online (wait until you see what's coming ;)) and I am VERY busy.
Anyway... winner....
Lots of lovely entries again this time, I hope you enjoyed this second Art Journal challenge. Do you want another one?

So for this AJ challenge #2, the winner is.... 

Sue the iron

Congratulations Sue!

Please get in touch with your snail mail address and we'll send you your prize ASAP

See you soon, 

Gift week: clock

Hello everyone, 
Here's our second masculine piece this week, which would make a fantastic gift. Neil used a Tando octagonal printers tray as the base for a clock and mounted it into a small canvas.


Doesn't this look fab?

Materials

Tando Octagonal printers tray

Tando key

Sizzix weathered clock die

Embossing folder - Workshop

Clock mechanism

Sanding block

Rub n buff - autumn gold

Distress stain - walnut, vintage photo, fired brick.

Idea ology muse tokens

Gift week: pencil box

Hi, 
I promised a couple of masculine project, here's the first one. Linda has (eaten the beans and) altered a tin to give it a great masculine look.
What do you think? 
Let us know in a comment below...

A gift for Him!

I like up-cycling ... it always feels good to make something from almost nothing! For gift week here on the Craft Barn Blog I decided to cater for the men in our lives with this Steampunkish Pen Holder. Of course ... you can decorate a bean tin any way you like ... so if you want a girlie one ... the sky is the limit!

The first step is of course to eat the beans then wash the tin out and thoroughly dry it ... we don't want a rusty pen holder! I used round nose pliers to crimp around the inside top too ... get rid of any nasty sharp edges ... although ... you could line it! Cut a piece of paper 10.25cm by 25cm and add colour or additional stamping as desired. I used Tim Holtz Stamps and both Coffee and Jet Black Archival because it gives a more layered look.

Attach the paper to the bean tin. I use Ranger Glue n' Seal to both adhere and seal the paper ... that way ... the design will never get spoiled by inky fingers!

Place some Humungo Tape to Copper TSS Metal and die cut some shapes. I used Tim's Gadget Gears and stamped them with Black Stazon before attaching randomly to the tin.

Colour the Tando Cogs grab bag using Fired Brick Distress Ink and stamp using Jet Black Archival. Glue some of the cogs to a Tando Compass ... also coloured and stamped and build up a small focal point. I added a few Idea-Ology game spinners and a metal cog at this point too. 

Now attach all these pieces to your tin. I used Silicon glue to stick heavier dimensional pieces ... but Claudine Hellmuth's Multi Matte Medium will also work if you do a side at a time.

Linda used:-

Tim Holtz Stamps: Steampunk

Sizzix Gadget Gear Die

Copper Ten Seconds Studio Metal

Humungo Tape

Jet Black Stazon

Jet Black and Coffee Archival

Fired Brick Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Crowded Attic Stack

Tando Cogs Grab Bag

Tando small Compass

Silicone Glue

Glossy Accents

Ranger Glue n'Seal

See you tomorrow