The Craft Barn: May 2016

Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016 Winner

Helloooo,

It's me again,

hope you are all good!

You know what today is....

Winners Day!!!!

What a lovely lot of entries we had too,

26 in total, thank you to all of

those who joined in!

So, I have got Mr Random Generator

to do his stuff and he has picked....

...no 20...

Claire

Congratulations Claire, please contact me at

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

so that I can send you your prize.

Thank you everyone who entered,

we can't do these challenges without

you!

So that is it for today, I'll

be back in a few days.

Jane x

Sunday, 29 May 2016

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016

Happy Sunday everyone,

Hope you are enjoying a nice relaxing

Bank holiday Weekend!

Challenge Day is here again and I'm sure you

are all raring to go for the next letter

to add to your entries!

I can't believe how many of you are

playing along, thank you and it's

great to have you with us. What a

lovely little family we are!!

So what is the next letter to be....

The DT have had their say and .....

the next letter is......

You'll be glad to know there is no twist!

And definitely no pesky dragonflies...

ha ha although i might have to add them

again later in the year just to annoy some

of you!!!!!!

Nah I wouldn't be so cruel!

This is Karen's tree, to add to
her tray. Can't wait to see all
of them together!

You must know the rules by now, you

have two weeks and the link will close

at midnight on Sunday 12th June.

Entry via the link where possible but

if not then send your pics to me at

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will add them for you.
The winner will be picked by
Random Generator and announced on
Tuesday 14th June.
There is a £10 voucher up for grabs.

Your project must contain a word
beginning with the letter T. It must also
contain somewhere, the definition of the
word you have picked and either be
the definition as per dictionary or
one you have made up.

All clear??

Ok, enjoy the rest of your weekend
and I'll see you with some super
projects later in the week!

Jane x

An InLinkz Link-up

Saturday, 28 May 2016

Impression Obsession - Neil Walker

Good Morning,

Here we are again and it's the weekend!
Whoop whoop!!
Hope everyone has a good one.

Neil is with us today to show you
what he has been up to with
his Impression Obsession Stamps....

Neil says -

A quick and simple "Snail Mail" set!

Jazz up a selection of A5 paper using a
torn scrap of paper as a mask and Archival ink.

Use a post it note to mask off the address
area onto envelopes

I made a selection using 2 sheets of paper per
envelope This is Ornate Floral

Circles and swirls

Map

Take A4 card. Cut two slits as seen for the

writing paper to fit through and rub your

Archival ink pad over the surface. Repeat

with green ink.

Take another piece of card, cut two sets

of slits for the envelope and colour as this one.

Colour two more piece of card the same way.
Ink up the stamp with Coffee ink and stamp.
Ink the centre of the stamp with black
ink and ink as seen.
Use double side tape to adhere one front to
one back sandwiching a piece of ribbon in between
for a tie. Repeat with the other pieces.

Use decorative tape to join the two pieces
together leaving a gap to accommodate
the addition of the stationary.

Add your envelopes and writing paper
and you are done!

Neil used -

Impression Obsession - Cover a Card - Map

Impression Obsession - Cover a Card - Ornate Floral

Impression Obsession - Cover a Card - Toile

Archival ink - Coffee

Archival Ink - Jet Black
Archival Ink - Olive
Archival Ink - Orange Blossom
300g Smooth stamping Card
Organza Ribbon
Decorative Tape
Stix 2 Ultra Clear Tape 6mm

This is really nice Neil and would make
a lovely gift!
Thank you, don't forget to let us know
what you think!

I'll see you tomorrow for Challenge Day.

Jane x

Friday, 27 May 2016

Impression Obsession - Dawn Heald

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all well, are getting

ready for the Bank Holiday weekend?

Hope you have something nice planned!!

Well, this week we are featuring an

old favourite....

Impression Obsession stamps.

It is always nice to go back over products

which we haven't used for a while!

Dawn is going to kick off the posts this week...

Dawn says -

This week I've made simple but striking

pictures. They can be used as cards or

wall art. I've used one for a card and

two ready for frames. I'd got the idea

from a painted canvas art seen a long time

ago on an Internet search and it stuck

with me. I knew I wanted to take a colouring

in pattern approach and when looking

through the fabulous range of Impression

Obsession stamps the light bulb went ping,
on not off.

To make something like this,

Trim white card to size you want. Stamp

the Cover A Card stamps as shown. If

repeat stamping like I did don't worry if

the join isn't perfect, just go in with

a fine pen and join up the stamped background lines.

Next using the stamps and masks to

make silhouettes.

stamp the air balloon image right over

the background stamp.

Using the stencil, draw around the images.

If you really want to you could mask

these images before stamping the background.

However I didn't as I was happy if any lines

did show through. But they didn't.

Next up colour the images you want as

silhouettes with black pencil, then black

alcohol marker, then go over again with

black pencil and finish by rubbing over with

a paper stump. This will leave a dense

black smooth silhouette.

Then colour in the background with colours.

I coloured first with pen then over again

with pencils. Doing this really made

the background bright and vibrant.

Trim if necessary and mount onto white and

then black card or onto a white A5 card blank.

Products Dawn used -

Impression Obsession - Cover A Card - Wavy Lines

Impression Obsession - Cover A Card - Metal

Impression Obsession - Gary Robertson Balloon Shoe

Tando Andy Skinner Children Mask

Tim Holtz Perspective Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Watercolour Stamp Set

White Card

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Black Pen

Black Pro Marker

Coloured Pencils

What a fab background this makes!
So colourful.
Thank you Dawn,

Ok, I'll be back tomorrow with
another project.

Jane x

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Two Weekly Challenge Winner

Morning all,

Welcome to winners Tuesday!

Can't believe how quickly these weeks

are flying by and how often i am saying

this......but where does the time go??

So here we are again, it's Tuesday

and time to announce our latest winner!

Your task for this challenge was Sunshine,

16 fabulous entries, thank you.

Mr Random Generator has been put

to use again and this time he has picked...

....no 4....

Marianne's Craftroom

Congratulations Marianne, please contact me at

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

so that I can send you your prize!

Thank you all for entering and taking the

trouble to play along with our

challenges! we couldn't do it without you.

See you soon,

Jane x

Sunday, 22 May 2016

Two Weekly Challenge

Good morning everyone,

How are we all this morning?

Good I hope.

The Two Weekly Challenge is here with

us again already.

I really am running out of ideas!

I know how you like these challenges so

I've put my thinking cap on and......

........nothing!! Ha ha....

So what shall we have this time,

hmmmm the DT have been looking

at papers.....still nothing......

Um....so how about......your project

which can be anything, must contain

two different papers somewhere in it.

The papers can be made by yourself

or ready made papers. But there

must be two different papers used

somewhere.

Yes, that shouldn't be too hard

for you brilliant Challengers!

The rules.... well you have two weeks,

entry via the link which will close at

midnight on Sunday 5th June.

As many entries as you like but they must include

those two papers.

If you can't use the link send your pics to

janecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will add them for you.

The winner will be picked by Random

Generator and announced on Tuesday

7th June. A prize of a £10 voucher

will be up for grabs!

So off you go and weave your magic....

See you soon,

Jane x

An InLinkz Link-up

Saturday, 21 May 2016

Papers - Dawn Heald

Helloooo,

Happy weekend everyone,
wonder what you are all up to this
weekend!

Well, i have such a treat for you today,
I absolutely love this and I think you
will too.....

Dawn is here with us today to show
you what she has created
using papers!

Dawn says...

For our topic this week of Pattern Papers

I've made some European style beads.

I've wanted to make paper beads for ages

and this was the perfect reason to make some.

I watched some videos online on this and

they used purpose made bead ends, I've

swapped them for eyelets, and look just as

good. They are easy to make, just timely.

That said I'm super pleased with the finished

results. So do have a go. You can make them

without the bead ends and make normal

paper beads with smaller middle holes.

Just enjoy making. I did.

These instructions make 12 half inch

width beads and 3 3/4 inch beads using

6 x 6 inch papers. If using 12*12 inch

papers you'll just need one strip per

bead rather than two.

I've tried explaining the process in this tutorial

but it's one of those that can be difficult

to put into words so I hope the pictures help.

I did each step in batches. All the cutting,

then rolling all the beads, then glueing in

all the eyelets, then coating all the beads.

So how to make these -

You need something to wind your paper strips

around. A knitting needle the right size works

well. Or if like me you don't have one, then

you can make your own. I used a wooden

skewer and masking tape. Wrap the masking

tape around the skewer until you have the

correct width. A bit of trial and error along

the way by adding or taking away some

layers of masking tape.

Gather your supplies.

Cut your pattern papers into strips. For three
different papers, cut six strips, each half inch
wide. For one paper, cut five 3/4 inch wide strips.

Then cut three half inch strips and two
three quarter inch strips along the length
into half on the diagonal as shown.

As you will see the cut strips are straight on
one side and slanted on the other. To
correct this so you get a triangle to roll up, is
simple using your cutting mat. By lining the
cut strip as a triangle with the point in
the middle.
The other end will be slanted. Trim the
bottom straight.

Next it's time to roll up the papers to make the
beads. Start with a half inch strip wind it around
the skewer. When strip used up I pull it off the
skewer and check the eyelet fits into it. Glue
the end down. Then take the half cut strip
glue it down next to the rolled end of first
strip and continue to roll up, keeping the strip
central as you go. Glue down towards the end.

Next glue an eyelet into each end of paper
bead. Taking care not to fill the hole in.

To give the bead a glass like appearance.
Coat the bead with Versamark Ink, then clear
ultra thick embossing enamel and heat.

Repeat three times. I found it worked best
keeping the bead on the skewer throughout.
Rolling whilst heating helped keep the
melting powder even.

You can add another layer but it will pool
and drip off if not kept moving.

I sprinkled glitter in-between each layer on
the green beads. The powder melts and
includes the glitter. You could try adding
mica powder or gilding flakes too.

Now you'll have a lovely collection of beads
to use as you wish. I used them to make
a bracelet along with some glass beads.

Oh. My. Goodness
How amazing are these beads!!!!
I've got to have a go at this.

If you want to try these beads,

this is what Dawn used -

Bo Bunny Paper Pad

Layer Perfect Tool

Cosmic Shimmer Ultra Thick Embossing Crystals

Masking Tape

From own stash - wooden skewer, Memory Wire,
glass beads and charms

Hope you've enjoyed this post, don't
forget to let us know what you think.

See you tomorrow,

Jane x