Two Weekly Challenge Winner

Morning all,

Welcome to a new week here on 

The Craft Barn Blog!

I can't believe how quickly the weeks 

are flying by....it is nearly April 

already!!

Well, you know that Tuesday means

Challenge Winner Day...yay!!

And who will be our latest winner 

I wonder?  Your mission was to

create a project using circles as a

background.  As usual you have been 

brilliantly creative and we've had lots

of amazing entries.  It always amazes

me how good you are to take the trouble 

to enter and I wish there could be 

more winners!

Mr Random Thingy has done his job

and this time he has picked....

........no 21.......

Julia

Congratulations Julia

on being our latest winner!

Please contact me at

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

so that I can send you your prize voucher.

Thanks again to all those who entered.

See you soon,

Jane x

Two Weekly Challenge

Helloooo,

Good morning to you all!

Hope Storm Katie's not been

too unkind to us so far, I have a day 

planned in the garden finishing off the base 

for my new cabin coming tomorrow,

 so hope we don't get too wet!! Or

blown away!  Haha, if I'm not back

here tomorrow with the winners post

then you know I am.....gone with the 

wind!

Right, let's get down to the important

stuff....our new Challenge.

I'm thinking as it's been Easter, I'm

not going to say eggs or the word

Easter, that would be too obvious!

How about Rabbit, yes there has 

to be a rabbit and there has to be an

Oval somewhere, wherever you like

but the two items must be there!

That's not too hard is it?

No I think not!

Well you must know the rules by now,

as many entries as you like, you have

almost two weeks, today being Monday.

Entry via the link where possible, it will close

at midnight on Sunday 10th April.

If you can't use the link then send

your pics to me at

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

The winner will be picked by Random 

Generator and announced on 

Tuesday 12th April.  There will be a

£10 voucher as a prize!

That's all for today folks,

see you tomorrow with our latest 

winner!

Jane x  

An InLinkz Link-up

Easter - Dawn Heald

Morning all,

Happy Easter!!

Hope you are all having a good, restful
time.  Pity about the weather but we
wouldn't expect anything else!

Dawn is here today to show
you her really lovely Easter card.

Dawn says -

Hi crafty friends, Happy Easter and hope

 you have a lovely long weekend. Today's

 card is simple but shows the versatility of 

our day to day Crafting supplies. I try

 to use these to fit in with holidays, 

celebrations and special occasions rather

 than purchase a lot of specific items that

 would only rarely be used. That's just

 my way. I hope this gives you some

 ideas or inspiration and to look at 
what you do have, to go with some new treats!

To make this card....

Ink the edges of a card blank and stick a

 base of pattern paper to this, also
 with inked edges.

Next cut or die cut an oval shape. Stamp

 the PaperArtsy circles all over, colour 

with Distress crayons, by applying colour 

directly and blend with water brush.  Stamp,
colour, cut out the bird in same way.

Attach ribbon across the middle of your egg.

 Then on the reverse of the oval egg stick 
ribbon around the edge, pleating as you go.

Attach to you card with double thickness

 of foam pads. Same with bird.

Simple, none specific stash that shows

 the occasion. I hope. Lol!

This is so pretty, love the soft colours
used and perfect for Easter!!
Thank you Dawn!

Products used -

PaperArtsy JOFY 31 Stamp Set

PaperArtsy E3 Darcy EM02 Mini Stamp

Tim Holtz Distress Crayons 

Radiant Neon 4 Inks - Warm Set

Perfect Prints Paper Pad 

Ranger Archival Ink - Tree Branch

From own stash - Ribbon, 

Scallop Edged Card Blank

I will be back tomorrow with the 
Two Week Challenge.
This is the only time it will be delayed,
it's not going to be on Mondays!!

Jane x

Easter - Neil Walker

Morning all,

Hope you are enjoying your Easter

weekend although the forecast is not

too good!  Typical Bank Holiday

weekend weather!

Neil is with us this morning to

show us his clean and simple 

Easter cards!  I absolutely love

this and the stamp, just

beautiful!

Neil says....

Clean and simple to the max this week.

 Simply fold a piece of A5 white card 

in half. Stamp the heart onto the front using

 Jet Black Archival ink. 

 Use a black pen and

 write the verse along the top and bottom

 of the card. Use the pen and a

 ruler to add your border. 
I think these make a simple, heartfelt Easter

 card for someone special.

The verse is so appropriate for Easter

and I do like Black and white. 

Simple but striking!

Thank you Neil.

What did Neil use -

Honey Doo Crafts Stamp - Hearts a Flutter

White Stamping Card

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Ok, slight change of plan for this

weekend only, Dawn will be with you 

tomorrow and her Easter project and 

Monday will be the Two Week

Challenge!

See you tomorrow,

Jane x

Easter....

Good morning,

Happy Easter everyone, does that

mean we can eat as much chocolate 

as we want??

Yay!!

Well, I'm sorry to say we are running 

a day late here on the blog so I

shall be back with our Easter

posts tomorrow!!

See you then,

Jane x

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016 Winner

Hellooo,

Tuesday is here again and that can only

mean one thing.......winner!!

Whoop Whoop

Goodness you are certainly giving our

Random Generator something to 

think about......36 brilliant

entries!!  Thank you to all who entered!

Let's see who our newest winner is....

........no 26......

ionabunny

Congratulations ionabunny,
please email me at
janecraftbarn@gmail.com
so that i can send you your prize.

Thanks to everyone who entered!
As usual your pics were amazing!

See you soon,

Jane x 

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016

 

Happy Sunday everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend!

It's Sunday and that means Challenge Day

and this time it is The Alpha/Dictionary

Challenge!

Time for a new letter me thinks!

I have been getting our DT to pick

the letters and today it is Neil's

turn and he has gone for the letter....

G

So that is what we are going for, the 

letter G with no twists but be prepared for 

some twists coming up soon!!

Karen has added this lovely Giraffe

to her tray!

and this to be added to Neil's book..

So what will you go for?

Garden, Gloves, Gold....

oooh the list is endless and I'd love to know

how you choose what word you decide on!

The rules -

Ok, Sandy and I have had a chat about the

rules, originally, we said that you needed 

to add into your project, the dictionary

definition.  This is how the challenge was 

run last time.  I had a few enquiries about

changing it slightly to include a fun or different

definition rather than the dictionary definition,

 just so that it gave a bit of variety 

 from last time for those who have already

taken part.

I thought this might be a fun way of just

 changing the rules slightly.  Sandy has agreed

so for those of you who want to use your own 

definition, that is fine!  Go for it!

You have two weeks, the link will close 

at midnight on Sunday 3rd April.

Entries via the link or send your pics to

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

and as many entries as you like!

The winner will be announced on Tuesday 

5th April and will be picked by 

Random Generator!

So pick your G word and go for it!!

See you soon,

Jane x

Adding this pic...

35. Eva

An InLinkz Link-up

Green - Neil Walker

Morning all,

The weekend is here again!

Hope you all have something excited

planned!

It's our second day featuring Green

and oh my goodness what a fabulous 

project we have here for you from Neil!!

This is amazing, you are going to love it!

Neil has made for us....

An altered letter rack in shades of green!

Cut three pieces of card to fit inside the letter

 rack and apply texture sand through the mask,

Vary your placement to create three different

 pieces.

Apply texture sand to the letter rack.

Leave everything to dry thoroughly.

Use Fluid Acrylic to add colour to the rack and 

the textured card.

Add washes of Transparent Red and Yellow Iron

 Oxide to add age and depth.

Stamp the map image onto white tissue

Apply to the inside areas of the rack with

 Faux Finishing Medium

The finished rack.

Add a bit of metallic highlights with Treasure

 Copper.

Add further detail using Liquid Pearls to finish.

Fabulous Neil, if you want to have a go,

this is what'll you need -

Wooden Shapes - Letter Rack

Mixed Media Texture Sand Paste

Tim Holtz - Layered Stencil - Clockwork

Mixed Media Fluid Acrylic Paints

White Tissue Paper

Archival Ink - Jet Black

DecoArt Faux Finishing Medium

Treasure Gold - Copper 

Liquid Pearls

Well that's all for today, I'll

be back tomorrow with our next letter

for The Alpha/Dictionary Challenge!

Oooooh wonder what it will be this time?

Jane x

Green - Dawn Heald

Helloooo,

How are you all?

Well I expect you all know that 17th March

is St Patrick's Day.

Rather that get the DT to do something 

for that 'day' which I'm sure we've done before,

we gave them the colour green.

Not a colour that I would normally consider

to be in my comfort zone.  

Today we start with Dawn.

Dawn says.....

I've decided to go all out green in my 

handmade art journal. This page is a

 few book pages glued together to make

 a sturdy page. It may bring me some

 luck as I think I could do with some.

To make this page.....

I painted all over with various Fresco Finish

 paints. Using just the one brush and

 not drying until I'd finished painting.

Next up I used the Eclectica Stamps with

 paint to stamp randomly over the page.

Then used grey Stazon for the single round

stamp and black Stazon around the page edges.

Next I made some four leaf clovers by

 punching some hearts and edging with

 Pistachio Distress Ink then gluing to the 

centre of a punched circle. Then hand

 cut some strips for stems.

I glued these to my page and added my

 journal words. Finished off with lime green

 Stickles Glitter Glue.

What a clever way to use your punch!

This is what Dawn used -

PaperArtsy Eclectica Ellen Vargo E06
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints - greens and Snowflake
Woodware - Large Scallop Heart Punch
Stazon Midi Inks - Grey, Black
Stickles Glitter Glue - Lime Green 
Black Pigma Micron Pen

Thank you Dawn, hope this has inspired

you to get those punches out and

have a play!

See you tomorrow,

Jane x

Two Week Challenge Winner

Good morning all,

It's Tuesday and that can only mean 

one thing....

Winners Day!

Wow, 37 beautiful entries this

time, you have been busy!

Your entries are all amazing, 

thank you!

Mr Random Generator has been 

called on to do what he does best

he picked .......

.......no 13.......

unlucky for some but not for....

Katrina Bufton

Congratulations Katrina, please

contact me at 

janecraftbarn@gmail.com 

so that I can send you your voucher!

Thanks everyone for entering!

See you soon,

Jane x