Weekly Challenge

Helloooo,

Sunday is here again and it's time 

to announce another Weekly Challenge!

You do seem to be enjoying the Challenges 

and it is great to see your entries.  Please

keep them coming!

So what shall we have for this week??

I think you can guess.....

well, come on, it's got to be 

Animals

what else could it be??

So yes, I'm going to give you one word...

Animal(s)

What you do is up to you....

Stamps, Die cuts, Inks, Pens.........

You know the rules, one week for as many

entries as you like.  Entry via the link

if possible otherwise email your pic to me 

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

The link will close at midnight 6th September.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday 
8th September and will receive a £10 
gift voucher.  As always Mr Random Generator
will pick out the winner!

Don't forget September is with us on Tuesday 
so if you haven't entered your August
Calendar project yet, you had better get 
your skates on..... where did that saying come 
from I wonder??

I'll see you Tuesday!

Jane x

An InLinkz Link-up

Animal magic - Rachel Snook

Happy Weekend everyone,

Gosh where are the weeks going??

Enjoy your Bank holiday weekend,

hope you are doing something special!

Don't forget to get your August Calendar

picture to the link by midnight Monday,

September is with us on Tuesday.

Goodness that means the school holidays

are nearly over!

Well, today is our last post for Animal Magic,

Rachel is here with us to show you

her project!

Paint the two large bodies of the owl on

both sides using Chalk Paint.

The body part with the ears, paint with Nougat

on both sides.

Cover one side of each of the nose sections

with Versamark Ink and coat with the
Mahogany Glitter Embossing Powder.
Use heat gun to set and repeat process if
necessary to get even coverage.

Using Versamark Ink, coverthe eyes and coat
with Aurora Viola Black Embossing Powder.
Heat set.
The colour will look black but when it catches the
light it will give a violet shine.
When cool, colour around the edges of the
eyes with black ink to cover the edges.
Using a cocktail stick and a tiny amount of
Chalk Paint add the whites to both eyes.

Paint the wooden peg with Nougat Paint and
set aside to dry.

Take the parts of the owl that will form the face

and wings, using Versamark Ink and Seasonings

Embossing Enamel, cover both wings twice to ensure

a smooth coverage.

Repeat a third time but while you are melting

the powder and it is still movable,

take a cocktail stick and feather

slightly through the enamel, you will find this

brings some of the darker colour out, thus

giving the illusion of feathers!

Leave to cool.

Add a thin coat of Gold Interference Paint

to the larger back section of the owl and to the 

top section on the face.  This will highlight 

the bird.  Using your finger add a little of the 

paint onto the nose section.  This will add 

dimensional shine to the Mahogany Embossing 

Glitter.

Attach the features of the owl with Pinflair 

glue or other strong adhesive.  Leave to set.

Line the peg up between the large sections of the

owls and glue. Allow the glue to dry.

Add the two top parts of the bird,

lining up as required and allow to set.

You now have an owl peg!!

Instead of a peg you could cut the owl shape

from magnetic sheet to make 2 magnets.

Wow, thank you Rachel, how nice is that??

If you want to have a go, this is what

you'll need -

Tando Creative Owl

Embossing Powders -

Stampendous Frantage Seasonings

Cosmic Shimmer - Aurora Viola Black

Stampendous Mahogany Vintage Tinsel 

PaperArtsy Paint - Chalk, Nougat

DecoArt Interference Paint - Gold

Versamark Ink

Wooden Clothes Peg
Cocktail Sticks
Paint Brushes

So that is it for another week,
I shall be back tomorrow with our 
new Weekly Challenge.
What do you think it is going to be??

Jane x 

Animal Magic - Dawn Heald

Good morning all,

Welcome do day two of our

Animal Magic posts.

Today we have Dawn.

Dawn says ....

Hi all, well when given our topic for this week 

it just had to be cats for me. Our family

 includes four adopted house cats who we 

love dearly even with their own quirks and 

funny ways. This stamp set is fabulous. You

 can do so much with them, colour, paper piece,

 zentangle inside the outlines and they are a 

really good size so easy to cut out. They come 

looking all demure with eyelids closed, I've

 drawn in the eyes and whiskers!

To make this card -

I sprayed some Irresistible Texture Sprays in 

purples, red and pink on a craft mat and smooched

 some white card into it and lifted straight up.

 This dried with fabulous colour and texture. 

Then I stamped my cats on to this, drew some

 eyes and whiskers and cut out.

For the base card - masking off with a

 strip of paper,

 I laid the circles stencil on top and lightly sprayed 

through Pear Tart Irresistible texture spray. When

 dry I put the stencil back on and applied Squeezed

 Lemonade Distress ink.

 And inking the strip

 area too which I then stamped across with

 the paw print stamp with green Stazon. I

 wiped over with some kitchen roll to remove

 any ink from the sprayed areas.

Next,  I die cut the largest heart and applied glue

 and gilding flakes. This was added to the 

card base with foam pads. Then I simply added

 my cats on top. I've stamped the sentiment

 inside -  'You're the cats whiskers'.

Aah how cute is that?
I'm loving the versatility of these 
Irresistible Texture Sprays!

Products Dawn used -

Woodware Clear Stamp - Mr and Mrs Cat

Sizzix Bigz Primitive Hearts Die 

Irresistible Texture Sprays - 

Pear Tart, Lady Bug, Lulu Lavender, Angel Pink, Sweet Plum. 

Imagination Crafts Stencil - Bubble

Indigo Blu Flitter Glue

Gilding Flakes

Stazon Ink - Olive Green, Jet black

Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade

Square Card Blank

From stash, black and white pens.

So that is our post for today,
I shall be back again tomorrow,

See you then,

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

Weekly Challenge Winner

Morning all,

Hope nobody is flooded out, what terrible

weather we are having.....

Can't believe how bad this summer is!

Wonder what we will get next....blizzards??

Ok, so it's Tuesday which means only

one thing....

Challenge Winner

Who will it be today?

Well Mr Random Generator has been busy,
he has picked.........

.........No 10........

Julye B

Congratulations Julye, please contact me at
janecraftbarn@gmail.com 

Thank you all for entering, I always
like looking at your pics!!

See you soon,

Jane x

Weekly Challenge

Morning all,

It's Sunday again!

Yes it's time for a new Weekly Challenge.

You are really rocking these Challenges.

We had a huge number of entries last week and 

as I write this we are already up to 8 and there 

is still time to enter!

So what will it be this time.....

well, I thought it would be nice to use 

something that we have featured last week, 

so I thought I would say Spray..... 

the rest is up to you!

Any kind of spray - ink, alcohol pens and

airbrush, watercolour markers, paint, 

whatever you feel like as

long as something has been sprayed!

This will be an interesting one!

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Ok you know the rules....

as many entries as you like, via the link if

possible but if not email them to me

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

You have one week, the link will close at

midnight on Sunday 30th August.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday

1st September.......eeek  September....no!!

Where is this year going?

Good luck everyone,

Jane x

An InLinkz Link-up

Irresistible - Dawn Heald

Happy Weekend everyone,

It's supposed to be a nice day today and do you know

why.......

cos I'm working all day in the shop!!

So come and say hi if you are in the area, we'd

love to see you.

So, today is our second day of Irresistible,

Dawn is here to show you what she has 

been up to.....

Hi all, what fun I've had using these sprays. Not

 just your ordinary colour spray, these leave you

 with translucent textured colour. You can just

 simply spray or use a stencil, flick them, make

 circle dome embellishments by unscrewing

 the lid and dabbing the end of the stick on

 craft mat. When dry they easily peel off

 ready to stick to your projects.

 

I wanted to try another way of using them.

 So I painted with them. I'm impressed.

 You can even paint texture into the areas

 coloured too. Embossing does push the

 colour away so paint a very thin layer

 then paint over again, it helps.

Lovely for colour washes and you can darken the

 colour by adding the colour liquid thicker in

 areas. So you can achieve tonal effects.

 Play around and you'll see their magical

 qualities. Also check out next week's project 

as I've used them again in another different way.

I've done an art journal page for this week's

 project. Working in the journal I made

 previously. Yes book pages, glued together.

 There is two as one was a practice!

Instructions -

Paint two coats of white gesso all over page. Stamp

 images and heat emboss with clear detail powder.

 Stamp bird onto plain paper and cut out to make

 a mask for later.

Paint main images with Irresistible Texture sprays.

Leave to dry.

Meanwhile add some more stamping without

 embossing and paint again with Irresistible Sprays.

I didn't have a yellow so mixed some paint with

 glossy accents. It worked to a degree but not as

 good or easy to work with as the spray colours are.

Finally mask off the bird, flick with colour from

 the bottles let dry then lightly add some distress

 ink to page. Wipe over page with kitchen roll or

 cloth to remove any ink from spray coloured

 areas. See they resist. Lol!

Wow, thanks Dawn, an amazing project!

There is more than one way to use these 

sprays!

This is what Dawn used -

Irresistible Texture Sprays - 

Pear Tart, Sweet Plum, Lulu Lavender, Angel Pink, Lady Bug.

Stampendous Stamp - Bird Gears

Stampendous Stamp - Kaffee Klatsch 

PaperArtsy Stamps - JOFY 36

PaperArtsy Stamps - Lin Brown 24 and 23

Stazon Inks 

Versafine Ink - Black Onyx 

Stampendous - Clear Detail Embossing Powder

White Gesso

Well, hope this inspires you to have a 

play over the weekend!

I'll be back tomorrow with our next 

Weekly Challenge.

Jane x