Penny Black - Dawn Heald

Happy Halloween,

Morning everyone and hope you are 

all going to be doing something scary this

weekend!!

Don't over indulge in the sweeties though!!

We are continuing our Penny Black

theme today and Dawn is here with us

to show you her lovely card!

Dawn says.....

Here's a card for this week.

I've made a simple card as this Penny Black 

stamp is so beautiful and versatile, think 

decoupage for the flowers etc. The butterfly

 and banner I cut out and used on its own. 

So to show this I focused on the colouring, 

using Autumnal colours and a little bit 

different to the normal way after seeing

 Gee Assam do this. A great artist.

Stamp image in brown Memento 

ink. Colour with alcohol pens. 

Layer onto coloured card with some 

ribbon sandwiched in and job done. 

However, look at the colouring. 

No blending at all.

Start with your lightest colour and let dry.

 Then with your next colour go all over

 your first layer but leave some showing 

and move through your colours

 to the darkest in the same way.

It does take time and thinking at first 

but is easy to do without worrying about 

 blending yet still producing

 a great finished look. 

This was my first attempt and I hope to

 improve with practice. Do have a try.

Enjoy x

Dawn, it is absolutely beautiful!

I would find it very hard not to blend these

pens but this really works!!

Products Dawn used -

Penny Black Stamps - Collage of Wishes 

 Memento Ink - Espresso Truffle

Alcohol Pens - I used Pro Markers

Ribbon

Stamping Card

Kraft Card

Ok, well as you know it is the last 

day of October today so tomorrow

I'll be back with the next two

words for the Calendar Challenge!

See you then,

Jane x

Penny Black - Neil Walker

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all well!

Another week nearly over and another month 

nearly over too!

Don't forget to get your October Calendar

Challenge projects in soon as November

starts on Sunday!!

This week we are featuring Penny Black.

A company that have been around forever,

I think some of my first stamps around

20 years ago were Penny Black!

Still got some too and they look like new.

But then I am a bit fussy about keeping

my stamps clean!

Neil is here today to show us

what he has been up to

making a lovely double page

layout.....

Stick the labels onto white card and cut out

 leaving a border.

Arrange your photos and labels onto your
 layout until happy. Glue in place.

Add some liquid glass along the edges and 
use a brush to pull it out a bit.

Sprinkle dry stickles over and leave to dry.

 Brush away the excess.

Take the Tando Creative word and paint it white.

Use the Tando Creative Snowflake mask

 and the white paint with Cut and Dry

 Foam to add some detail.

Die Cut the Penny Black tags, add ribbon and

 glue in place.

Add detail to the images with Liquid Pearls.

The finished layout....

Fabulous Neil, thank you.

I must do some more scrapbooking myself, 

always nice to look back on, our

memories are very important.

Here is what Neil used -

Penny Black Dies - Flower Tags

Penny Black Sticker Sheet - Starry Night

Coredinations 12 x 12 Card 

Mixed Media Speciality Clear Liquid Glass

Mixed Media Paint - Titanium White

A4 Stamping Card 

Stickles Dry Fine Glitter - Stardust

From stash -

Snowflake Stencil

I'll be back tomorrow with

another project, see you then.

Jane x

Weekly Challenge Winner

Morning all,

Another week here on the blog and the last 

week of October, so don't forget to get

your October Calendar entries in 

this week!

So, it is Tuesday again and that 

means Mr Random Generator has 

been called in to do his stuff!!

Your challenge was a good luck

project for Sandy and Ian 

for their new venture!

Fabulous entries as always folks,

thank you!

So who has he picked......

....... no 9 .......

KIM

Congratulations Kim on being our winner 

this week.

Please contact me at

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

so that I can send you your prize voucher.

Thank you all so much for your lovely 
Good Luck cards and wishes!
We look forward to the online business
becoming bigger and better with
lots of new products to tempt us!
Haha!!

See you soon,

Jane x

Weekly Challenge

Hi everyone,

It's Sunday again and a new

challenge is calling....

well it has got to be.....hasn't it!

Yes.....

Halloween

What else could it have been?

So anything witchy, spooky,

pumpkiny anything you like that

'screams' Halloween!!

I can't wait to see what you are going 

to do with this one.

Perhaps there should be a bag of 

sweets as a prize?

Nah, only joking, it will be a £10

gift voucher!

So, as usual you have one week, the link 

will close at midnight on Sunday 

1st November.

You can enter as many times as you 

like, via the link or send your pictures to me at

janecraftbarn@gmail.com 

The winner will be announced on Tuesday

3rd November.

Gosh, this means you only have one

more week to get your October Calendar

project entered into the Challenge!

Where is this year going?

See you soon,

Jane x 

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Halloween Week - Dawn Heald

Happy Weekend everyone,

What are you all up to I wonder??

Getting ready for Half Term?

Can't believe that has come around 

so soon!

Is it tonight the clocks go back??

Yay an extra hour in bed!

Ok, our last post of the week is from

Dawn.  This is an amazing card

for you!!

Dawn says....

I've made a diamond top fold card. 

These are simpler to make than at first look.

 Once you've made one it's easy going. 

I've included a photo of how to and tried

 to explain best I can. So do have a go.

 It's one of my favourites to make

 and little equipment needed.

You can mark with pencil lines but just

 scoring lines from measurements

 is sufficient.

Take A4 piece of card. (21cm across)

Position with short edge at

 top in portrait position.

Across top and bottom short edge 

measure 10.5cm and join up lines

 with ruler and scorer.

From top measure down 10.5cm on 

each long edge. Join up marks

From the last mark made on both long 

edges.  Measure down 7.6cm and mark.

Next, go to your score lines where they 

meet like a cross shape and from this 

point measure down the centre line and 

mark 3.5cm.

Next place one end of your ruler on

 the 7.5cm mark and swing it up to the

 3.5cm mark and score line between

 the two marks. 

The picture shows the way to fold. But 

basically the cross shape  is mountain folds

 and the slanted V shape are valley folds.

 To make card you then push up from 

the bottom and fold the top over 

this as you push.

Stamp and colour Wiz stamp. Die cut 

spiders and Web and attaching card.

 Add some black glitter on webs to finish.

Wow, love this, it's a long time

since i made one of these shaped cards...

must do it again as it looks so nice!!

Products used -

Stamping Bella Wiz Stamp

Impression Obsession - Spider and Web die

Lavinia Stamps - Mini Leaf 

Stickles - Black Glitter

Alcohol Pens

Black and White Card

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Thank you Dawn,

I'll be back tomorrow with 

our new challenge!

See you then,

Jane x

Halloween Week - Kathy Byrne

Hellooooo,

Oh my goodness

what a treat we have for you today!

Kathy Byrne is here with us to 

show you one of her fabulous mini albums!

I have been doing her album 

classes this year and I am

absolutely loving them.
You really will love this......

This is how to make it -

Take a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock
and score at 6".  Rotate and score
at 3 3/4", 4", 7 3/4" and 8".

Cut 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" (depending on how 
deep you want your pocket) off top left side
 section. (Save this piece to create flap on 
lower right hand section). 
Cut away sections shown in picture.

Score a 1/4" gusset on the bottom flap to 
create space for photo and journalling 
tags in the pocket.
Fold and sharply crease all score lines.

Fold album together before you start to 
decorate. You might have to cut a little 
off the top to make the cover flush with 
the body of the album.

From A4 cardstock cut two hinges 5 3/4"
x 1" and in the landscape position, 
score at 1/2".
Using wet glue, adhere the hinges to 
the edge of both sides of the left 
centre flap.  Fold over and adhere to the
opposite side creating a pocket with 
gusset.

Decorate the back of the pocket page 
at the base of the album before 
attaching the pocket.

Carefully apply a thin line of wet glue 
to three sided of the pocket and attach to
the page with the opening facing
in to the fold.

Decorate and embellish!!

Now you know why I have been joining in 
with these classes......the albums 
just get more and more amazing!!


Materials if you want to have a go -

12" x 12" Cardstock
A4 Cardstock in same colour
Halloween papers or 6 1/2" square pad
Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue
Ribbon

I do hope you try this, let us know 
with pics if you do!!

See you tomorrow,

Jane x


  

Halloween Week - Neil Walker

Good morning everyone,

Hope you are all good.

Autumn is here and don't the trees look

 lovely?  I had to go out to a shopping

centre yesterday with a trip along the 

'wonderful' M25. The sun was shining 

and the trees were in their Autumn colours 

and looked absolutely beautiful!

Wish I could have stopped to take some 

photos but that is a big no no!!

Probably would have got arrested!!

So, what does Autumn, October and 

longer evenings mean.....

Halloween

Yes it is almost that time of year and

we are going to bring you some 

Halloween projects to get you in

the mood!

Today we have Neil, with his

brilliant project....

 Paint the cat with Carbon Black Fluid 

Acrylic.

Ink the stamp with Versamark.

Press stamp onto figure. You won't get a clear

 image so don't expect too much!

Cover with clear UTEE and heat.

Highlight with Treasure Gold to bring out

 the texture.

Add suitable embellishment and your

 black cat is ready to take centre stage 

in your Halloween tableau.

Neil, you never stop amazing me

with your projects!

Would never have thought to stamp

a cat!! And it looks amazing!

This is what you will need if you

want to have a go...

Paper Mache Cat Figurine

Mixed Media Paint - Carbon Black

Cosmic Shimmer Ultra Thick 

Embossing Crystals

Treasure Gold - Emerald

Treasure Gold - Royal Amethyst

Impression Obsession Cover a Card

Stamp - Halloween

Versamark Ink

Thank you Neil.

I'll be back tomorrow with 

another spooky project!

Jane x

Weekly Challenge Winner

Morning all,

Welcome to a new week here on 

the blog and a new winner to be

announced!

Last week our challenge was Light

and we had 22 entries!

Thank you to all who entered, it is 

always interesting to see your 

entries.  They are always so inspiring 

and so different.

So over to Mr Random Generator

who has made his choice....

.....and the winner is.....

...no 16... 

Clare

Congratulations Clare, please contact me on

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

so that I can send you your prize!

Thanks again to everyone who 

entered.

See you soon,

Jane x