Saturday, 5 March 2016

Share a Recipe - Dawn Heald



Morning all,

Yay, it's the weekend!
Do these weeks seem to be flying by
or is it me?
Hope you all have something fun 
planned for the next few days....oh
and of course for those in the UK 
it is Mothers Day tomorrow....
a day when all of us mum's do nothing
all day but get spoilt!  Yeah right,
washing, washing up, cooking etc,
hopefully I won't be cooking dinner!

Today, Dawn is here with her 
project for us....

Dawn says....
Hello Crafty friends, this week I've
 decorated a small notebook to write down
 recipes in. Small enough to fit in my
 handbag too so when I see a recipe in
 a magazine in a waiting room etc, I 
can jot it down, or when I see something
 on social media. If it works and tastes
 good, then it can go in my larger recipe
 book. I've kept it simple and flat so I can
 cover it with clear adhesive sheets to protect it.


To make this project - 
Gather your supplies. Paint the covers with 
a coat of Snowflake paint.


Then squeeze your Fresco Finish Paints 
 colours onto mat and use sponges to
 apply to notebook covers. Build up the
 layers drying between each colour. I 
sponged light to dark and repeated.


Next stamp Baking Sampler with Versafine
 ink and colour. I've used Inktense
 Pencils and a water brush.


Cut out around image.
Stick to front cover and go between the
 stamped lines with Stickles Glitter Glue.





Products used -

Mermaid, Caribbean Sea, Teresa Green, Granny Smith
Watercolour Card

This is beautiful Dawn and what a
lovely gift it would make.  a good
idea to keep it small so that you can have
it with you when shopping for those
necessary ingredients!!

So, that is it for today, see you
tomorrow for our next letter in the
Alpha/Dictionary Challenge!

Jane x



Friday, 4 March 2016

Share a Recipe - Neil Walker



Hi everyone,

How are you all??
It's nearly the weekend again and
we have snow on the way apparently?
Wonder if it will happen?

So what are we doing this week, well,
we said to the DT.....share a favourite
recipe!  Wasn't quite sure what we 
would get back!  Ha ha!!
We are starting with Neil who says....

I thought I'd share one of my favourite recipes
 with you today. This always takes me back
 to childhood Christmases and other special
 occasions when my mother would make
 batch after batch of these treats.

We are lucky enough to have a South African
 shop in the town where we live so I can get 
Tennis Biscuits. If not, you can substitute with
 something like Malted or Coconut cookies. 


Stamp an A4 piece of card with the cover a
 card stamp and coffee ink; randomly
 blocking to create a pattern.


Add further layers of interest using the 
same ink and the splatter stamps to fill the page


Use the Mask and Ground Espresso Distress
 Ink to create a border around the page.


Add a couple of painted and inked flowers
 along with some copper wire spirals to 
the bottom left corner.


Ink a couple of jars from Tando Creative, 
 some string and add to the page.


Write out your recipe in black pen and you 
are good to go. Kitchen here we come........




Wow this is lovely Neil, I've never heard of
Tennis biscuits before!
Think you need to make some for me!
Like this recipe though......

This is what Neil used -


From Stash
Chipboard Jars, string and copper wire

I wonder what Dawn is going to
show us?
We'll find out tomorrow!

Jane x

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Two Weekly Challenge Winner





Hellooooo,

So did anyone propose yesterday
as it is a Leap Year? 
How exciting, hope someone did! 
Have you watched the film Leap Year?
 A real chick flick but I love it!


Wow, 29 entries for the last 
Challenge, thank you to you all,
your entries as usual were amazing.
Who is to be our winner this
time?
Mr Random Generator has done 
what he has to do and.....

our winner is......


........no 27.......


Jane's Journal



Congratulations Jane, please email me at
janecraftbarn@gmail.com
so that I can send you your prize!

Thanks to everyone who entered, 
we can't do these challenges
without you!

See you soon,


Jane x