Cute week on TCB Blog!!

Hi folks,

                     Christmas is getting nearer and I still haven't even made my Christmas

cards yet!!  Think I had better get cracking!!

 

Well, this week over on TCB Blog, it is cute week.

I love cute so it wasn't hard for me.

It is also my calendar week ....so cute, calendar and keeping

it simple.....

 

 

 

 

The little girl is coloured with Copics,

she is so sweet!!!

 

 

 

Pop on over to the The Craft Barn Blog to see how it was made!!

Hope you like it!!

Jane x
 

 

Materials used

Ranger Manilla Tag #10

Distress Inks - Shaded Lilac, Pickled Raspberry, Peacock Feathers

Stampavie - Lilou Abeille

Memento Ink - Black Tuxedo

Copics - E0000, 000,00,11, 31, 33, 35

RV02, 06, 09, 10

B0000, 00, 02, 06

YR21, 23

Stickles - Crystal

Organza Ribbon

And the all important offer from The Craft Barn...

'Remember that we offer free postage on all UK orders

from now until December 24th.

For EU destinations postage is free over £30 and

for everywhere else postage is free on orders over £50'

 

 

Something for under a fiver????

Helloooo,

 

Our task for this week over on TCB Blog was to make a gift

costing less than £5.00!!! 

 

Hmmmm not always easy.  We all have plenty of stash

to use up but what to do?????

 

I decided on a little project that is nice and easy,costs little,

but makes a very useful gift......

 

A set of little notecards and envelopes.....

 

 





 

I left mine plain but you could add any greetings

you wanted!!

 

If you click here you will see how I made them!!

 

 

Hope you like them,



 

Jane x

Materials used -

 



                               3 x A 4 sheets of card @ £0.45 each

Hopscotch papers - Puddle and Classic @ £0.90 each

Organza Ribbon @ £0.20

Several sheets of Photocopier paper

                           And the special offer this week on The Craft Barn website:

Each order of £ 25 or more will get a pack of free Tando Minis

added to their parcel.

 

Simply Saturday......

Hi folks,

 It is my turn over on TCB blog, today and I have kept it really simple, 

sounds easy but really really difficult.  You so want to keep going!!!!!

 

This week is my turn for a calendar tag, using Craft Individuals

and also keeping it clean and simple.......hard!!!!

 

 

When to say, that is it .....no more!!

 

 

 So, if you want to know how it was made......

you know where to go!!

Click here.

 

See you soon,

 

 

Jane x

Materials used -

 

Ranger Manilla Tags #10

Memento Inks - Rose Bud, Lilac Posies

Crafty Individuals Stamp - CI-175

Copics - YG25, Y21

Ribbons

Cor'dinations cardstock

and The Craft Barn OFFER.......

This week again we have a prize draw feature across the blog, newsletter, Facebook and Twitter

Three vouchers are up for grabs: £25, £20 and £15.

It’s easy to enter, simply place an order on line with us. Everyone who places an order between 23rd November and December 1st will automatically be entered into the draw and at the close three lucky people will be drawn at random to win the vouchers.

 

Good Luck!!

A special gift!!!!

Hello bloggers,

Today I have a special post!!

Our task this week was gifts and I had a special little person in mind!!!

 

My gift is a frame for a certain little boy's room!!

Can you guess his name????

 

 

Ha ha!!!!!!

 

 

He is a very special little man!!!

 

If you want to know how it was made....you know where to go!!

The Craft Barn Blog!!

 

 

See you soon,

 

Jane x

 

Materials used -

Artemio frame 50 x 20

Papier mache letters 10 cm x 5

Americana Acrylic Paint - Baby Blue

Craft Creations -Gingham Pale Blue

Tando Creative Small Travel

Silver Brilliance ink

Ribbons

And the offer this week over at The Craft Barn.....

This week we have a prize draw feature across the blog, newsletter, Facebook and Twitter

Three vouchers are up for grabs: £25, £20 and £15.

It’s easy to enter, simply place an order on line with us. Everyone who places an order between 9th and 15th November will automatically be entered into the draw and at the close three lucky people will be drawn at random to win the vouchers

 

So what is stopping you??????? 

Keeping it Simple......

Hi everyone,

I am trying to keep it simple, do you know how hard that is???

To leave areas not touched......you have to sit

 on your hands!!

 

Anyway I shall be trying to keep it simple

for a few weeks.......aaagh!!!!

 

 

Well, this week has been Candle week over on TCB Blog

and I am closing the week with

my candle/calendar project.

 

 

 

 

I decided to combine both items to make a calendar candle!!

Please, if you do make a project like this, make sure you

tell the recipient NOT to set light to the candle, just keep it as

some thing pretty to look at!!

 

 

As you can see the flower has been decoupaged.

If you pop over to the blog now, you will see how I

made it!

 

Hope you have a good weekend, I am teaching

at The Barn today, Copic Christmas all day!!!!

Yay, colouring all day, can it get any better??????

 

See you next week,

 

 

Jane x

Materials used -
 

Candle

Tissue paper

Copics - Y38, RV63, RV66, YG25, YG63

Kanban Stamps - Poinsettias

Anitas Calendar Tabs

Memento ink - Tuxedo Black

 

Christmas is coming........

Well, there is just no getting away from it......

Christmas is getting nearer!!!!

This week over on TCBBlog we have been looking at

Advent Calendars!

 

I have been playing with a wooden item, paint and paper....

can it get any better???????

 



It doesn't take as long to do as you might think.....

 



 

so if you fancy having a go.....pop over to the blog and

see how easy it is to make!!!!!

 

See you soon,

 

Enjoy your Halloween, and don't eat too many sweeties!!!!!!

 

 

Jane x 

Advent chest with 25 drawers

Advent calendar

Eco Green paints - White and Sky Blue

Bazzill cardstock

Craft Creations paper - Blue Stripes on Ice Blue

Tando Numbers

Felt - White

PVA glue

Marianne D Creatables - Snowflake 1

Ribbon - Blue, White and Silver

                                     The special offer this week -

Order any advent calendar from 

The Craft Barn website,

                                               and get a
                 Tando mini advent calendar number set free

It will be added to your parcel.

A new week!!!!

Hi everyone,

Gosh a new week again on The Craft Barn Blog and this week we

 have been playing with tapes - washi and masking!!!!

I had great fun with this and got to use the lovely Dylusions Ink Sprays!!! 

 

It is also my turn for a calendar tag.......

 

 



You will have to pop over to the blog to see how I made this!!!!

 

 

Hope you like it!!!

 

See you soon,

 

 

Jane x

 

Materials used -

Ranger Manilla Tags #10

Glue Dots Masking Tape

Dylusions Ink Sprays - Vibrant Turquoise, Lemon Zest, Bubblegum Pink

Dylusion Stamps - Further around the Edge

Anitas Calendar Tabs

Bazzill

Tando Mask - Leaves

Tando Grab Bag - Butterfly

Gesso

Archival Ink - Magenta Hue

Black Wire

Organza Ribbon

 

And the special offer over at The Craft Barn website -

20% off the Glue Dots masking tape

Enter the code TAPE20 at checkout





Crafty Individuals

Morning everyone,

Just popping by to let you know what has been happening

 on The Craft Barn Blog this week!

 

We have all been working with the latest Crafty Individuals

masks and dies which are beautiful!!

 

 

I made a card with this lovely die

and adapted it with punches to give the Christmas effect!!

 

 

If you pop over to the Blog, you will see how I made it!!!!

 

See you soon,

 

 

Jane x

 

Materials used -

 

Crafty Individuals- Victoria and Albert Swirl Cutting Die

Spellbinders - Labels 10

Distress Inks - Barn Door

Bazzill - Green, brown and red

Woodware Punch - Mini - leaf and daisy

Copics

Iridescent Glitter

And the special offer over at The Craft Barn this week -

20% off selected Crafty Individuals stamps.

From CI-017 to CI-250 included

use code CRAFTY20 at checkout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week on TCB Blog!!!!

Hi everyone,

Hasn't it turned cooler!!! Autumn is here!!!

Still haven't turned on the heating but have lit the log burning stove

a couple of times........bliss and the dogs love cooking themselves in front of it!!!!

 

Anyway, this week on TCB Blog is Oil Pastels,

something I haven't used for many years!!!

It is my week to do the calendar page......

 

 

 



 

Head on over to The Craft Barn blog to see how I made it..... 

 

  

See you soon,

  

Jane x

 



Materials used -

Faber Castell oil pastels -

Cobalt Blue, Light Cobalt Turquoise, Light Flesh, Dark Flesh, Light Purple, Purple Violet

Tim Holtz #10 Manilla Tags

Coredinations cardstock

Anita's Calendar Tabs

Artemio Paper Flowers

Dylusions Ink Spray - Bubblegum Pink

Sansodor

Sizzix Sizzlits Set - Decorative Flourishes

Pink Organza Ribbon

Flat backed Pearls

 

 

The special offer this week at The Craft Barn -

 

10% off the Faber-Castell set of 36 oil pastels

enter the code PASTEL10 at checkout

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dylusions on TCB Blog!!

Hello everyone,

 

When I saw that I had to use Dylusions products for this week,

I didn't really know much about them.  Now I am

absolutely hooked.......I love them, love them, love them!!!!!!!

 

The stamps are so quirky and the sentiments are just great,

I am looking forward to using them more!!

 

 

This is the first part of my adventure in Art Journaling......

Head over to TCBblog to see how I made it!!

 

 

Don't forget to pop into The Craft Barn if you can Saturday, come

and be inspired for Christmas!!!!

 

See you soon....

 

 

Jane x

 



Materials used -

Artcoe Cartridge Book - A5 long

Dylusions Ink Spray - Bubblegum Pink, Vibrant Turquoise

Dylusions Stamps - Quintessential Quotes, Background Love

HobbyArt Stamp - Sparkles

Dylusions Stencil - Let it Snow

Crafters Workshop Template - Harlequin

Black Pigma Micron Pen

White Sakura Pen

Here is the offer over at The Craft Barn website

 

Our special offer this week: 20% off the following stamps

Curious Corrin - Ruby rainbow - Doollally Dorris - Love struck Lucy

Tallulah Tripp - Dependable Dotty - Traveling Travis - Pondering Petunia

Enter code DYLUSIONS20 at checkout

 

My new toy!!!

Hellooooo,

 

Thought I would show you a picture of my new toy......

 

 

 

 

Aaaaaahhhh aren't they luverly!!!

 

They weren't actually due to arrive for a couple of weeks yet, so what an

unexpected surprise!!!!!

 

The colours are not new but one of the nibs is different......

no chisel nib but a fine nib instead!!

Great for colouring small areas!!

They are a limited edition of 3000 and celebrate their 25th anniversary!

 

 

If you around The Craft Barn on Saturday, I shall have them with me,

I'm demoing Copics and Kanban Xmas stamps!

 

See you soon,

 

 

Jane x

 



A new Challenge for you!!

Hi everyone,

 

How are you all??

Did you know it is only 85 sleeps until Christmas!!!

That is scary!!!!  Where has this year gone????

 

Today is the start of a new challenge over on TCBblog!!!

 

 

Here is a little clue.....

 

Dare you miss it??????  Pop over to the blog now

 and find out all about it!!!

 

See you soon,

 

 

Jane x

 



Vellum Week

Hello again,

Over on The Craft Barn Blog we are playing with Vellum.

It is also my week to make a Calendar project.

 

This week is January and I thought Vellum would be perfect for some

die-cut snowflakes.....

 

 

 

 

Pop on over there now to see how it was made!!!

Hope you like it, be back soon!!

Jane x 

 

Materials I used -

Ranger Manilla Tag No.10

The Crafters Workshop template - Flurries

Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire

Marianne Design Creatables: Snowflake 1 and Snowflake 2

Ribbons

Anitas Calendar Tabs

Coredinations

Adhesive gems

The Special off at The Craft Barn this week..... 

"You will see during this vellum week that Isa'sArt is using the metal tools on her vellum

(Pergamano style), so we are offering 10% off a couple of tool kits so you can have a go at this technique.

Use the code VELLUM10 at checkout"

A new Challenge on TCB blog!!!

Hi everyone,

Hope you are having a good weekend, hasn't the weather changed today!!

I think it has rained here all day!!!

 

So, what is happening over on  The Craft Barn Blog.......

......a new challenge coming soon!!!

 

Head over there now to check out the details.....

 

 

And don't forget to look and see what the DT are doing over this

coming week!

 

 

See you soon with my next project.

 

 

Jane x

 

My new Journey.......

Hi everyone......

 

Just thought I'd let you know that I embarking on a new journey......

in the art world.........

 

 

Yes, I have just discovered Art Journalling...... a bit different

to what I have been doing for a while!!

 

Wow....I am totally hooked, loving getting messy!!!!!!

 

Watch this space.....

 

 

See you soon,

 

 

Jane x

 

 



Hellooooo,

 

Gosh where has this last week gone?????

Summer has finally arrived and it has been sooo hot these last few days.

Saturday, I spent a few hours at The Barn with my Grand Calibur as we

were showing the different die-cutting machines available.

When I left and went to my car, it was boiling and lovely to put the roof down

and drive home topless..........ha ha !!!!

 

Anyway, this week on The Craft Barn blog we are looking at die-cutting.....

 

I have been plaing with the Pop'n'Cuts dies which are so

nice to work with...... 

and the inside......

 

This is the other card......

 



 

and the inside .....

 

 



If you head on over to the blog here you will see how I made them and what else

I was playing with!!!!!!!!



See you soon,

 

 

Jane x

 

 



Materials I used -

Sizzix Pop'n'Cuts Base and Insert Die: Horizontal A2

Pop'n'Cuts Insert Hello

Sizzlets Hello Set and Love Set

Bigz Die Owl #2 and Hedgehog

Big z Die Tattered Florals

Coredinations

Bazzill Dots

Magenta Papers - Tea Garden and Peace

Hobby Art Stamps - Sentiments Set

First Edition Paper Pad - Dreamcatcher

and the special offer  -

Our special off this week

Spend £30 on Sizzix products between Sept 10th and 17th and get a £5 voucher back

(you will find it in your parcel)