Cute Friday: Victoria Case

Hi,
First of all, I wanted to thank you for your lovely comments. They are really appreciated!
A few more Victoria Case samples for you. We know you really liked Ria's samples with the snowman the other day.
You can find the Victoria Case stamps HERE.
Oh, and don't forget our first monthly competition on Monday ! You don't want to miss out ;)
Have a nice weekend everyone!
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Bonjour,
Tout d'abord, je voulais vous remercier pour les gentils commentaires que vous laissez. Nous apprécions énormément!
Voici d'autres cartes faites avec les tampons Victoria Case faites par Ria. Nous savons que vous avez bien aimé les cartes de Ria avec le bonhomme de neige Victoria Case l'autre jour.
Oh, et n'oubliez pas notre première compétition lundi prochain!!
Bon week-end à toutes!

Double good-news!

hi,
Those of you who receive our newsletter will already know that but we are now able to sell the Stamping Bella stamps online and we are now also their exclusive UK retailer; And when I say "Stamping Bella", I also mean the Kettos, Lulus etc...

The second good news is that our order arrived today ! I have been busy putting them all online for you asap: over 150 stamps for you to choose from, including all the newest stamps: the Green Bean Baby.

Off course, we have a lovely sample for you made by Kay Carley. More to come soon!
Thanks for popping by!
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Bonjour,
Celles qui reçoivent la news le savent déjà mais nous pouvons maintenant vendre les tampons Stamping Bella en ligne. Et nous sommes également leur vendeur exclusif au UK. Et quand je dis Stamping Bella, c'est aussi, les Ketto, Lulu etc..

La deuxième bonne nouvelle, c'est que notre commande est arrivée aujourd'hui , et que tous les tampons sont maintenant en ligne (plus de 150!) y compris les nouveautés dont les Green Bean Baby.

Bien sûr, nous avons une jolie carte à vous montrer aussi faite par Kay Carley.

Merci d'etre passés, et à bientôt.

Stamping Bella: Kenya Ketto

Black flourish – AOD58 Fancy Flourishes
Copic Markers
Prima flowers
Versamark inkpad

Colour your day Wednesday: green

Hi,
As part of our different themes on this blog, we have decided to introduce a new one: the colours. We have asked our Crafty Owls to design cards based on a specific colour. Green must have inspired them as I already have 3 for today.
Hope you like them...
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Bonjour,
Nous essayons de poster les réas de ce blog en fonction d'un thème, et nous en avons commencé un nouveau: les couleurs. Nous avons demandé à nos tites Chouettes Créatives de faire des cartes (ou autre) en fonction d'une couleur spécifique. Le vert a dû les inspirer, j'ai déjà 3 cartes à vous montrer.
J'espère que vous les aimerez.

by Michelle

To make this card, Michelle used:
Aspect of Designs: Funky Flowers
Distress inks
Adirondak inks
Versacolour inks
Stazon inks
Embellishments: Metal Nail Heads

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by Kay

To make this card, Kay used:
Stampavie/Sarah Kay: Spring Blossoms
AOD58 Fancy Flourishes stamp sheet
Brilliance inkpads – Starlite Black, Graphite Black
Copic Ciaos
Smooth white card
Basic Grey 12x12 background papers – Wisteria Gazebo and Porcelain Arabella

by Michelle:

To make this card, Michelle used:
CI-234 - Birds and branches
CI-207 - leaves and flowers background stamps
Adirondack Ink Pad (earthtone) lettuce
Adirondack Ink Pad (earthtone) caramel
Adirondack Ink Pad Bright Sunshine Yellow
Versafine ink pad - black

Alter it Monday

Hello,
Hope you all had a great weekend. Today we are talking about "altering" (I sound like a teacher in front of her class on Monday morning, don't I ? LOL). Our talented Crafty Owls (i.e the DT ladies) were given, in their last DT packs a little metal tin to alter. I must admit that I was blown away when they sent me the pictures of the finished project. What do you think ?? Please let them know in a comment below. Talk soon and thanks for popping by.
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Bonjour,
J'espère que vous avez passé un bon week-end. Aujourd'hui, on va parler d'objets altérés (j'ai l'impression d'être une instit devant sa classe un lundi matinLOL). Notre talentueuse Design Team a fait des merveilles avec les petites boîtes que nous leur avons envoyées dans leur paquet surprise. Je suis restée bouche-bée devant les superbes réas qu'elles nous ont renvoyées!. Et vous, qu'en pensez-vous?? N'hésitez pas à nous le dire dans un commentaire ci-dessous. Bonne journée et à bientôt

CHRISTINE

To make this tin, Christine used:
Tiny Tin
Ranger Alcohol inks: Watermelon, lemonade, pink sherbet, sailboat blue, willow
blending felt and blending solution

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DAWN

To make her tin, Dawn used:
Her Tiny Tin
Used hand made paper, clear embossing powder,
Gold paint dabber and gold glimmer mist, gold acrylic paint
Beadazzles and beads
Flowers and leaves

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MICHELLE

To make her tin, Michelle used:
Metal Leaf: Gold
Judikins Diamond Glaze
Sakura Quickie Glue pen
Detail embossing powder: gold
Inkadinkado: An affair of the heart
Ribbons
Scrap bits patterned paper
Spray adhesive

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Beatrice's (Katzelkraft) classes

Hi,
As you know (if you receive our newsletter or check the classes on the website), Beatrice.. Mrs Katzelkraft herself... is coming from France in February to teach two classes at the Barn!
Lucky you is all I can say !!! I've had the chance to have a couple of inky play with Bea when I was still in England, and I ALWAYS learnt something new!! she is amazing!
So little nosey thing as I am, I asked her to show me some pics of what she had made for the classes.. and I thought I would teaaaase by showing you some sneakies on this blog...

On the Saturday (27th Feb), you will make a book of tag with tons of techniques. So if you ever wanted to try out the techniques you saw Beatrice demo during the Extravaganzas (and other techniques too), now is your chance!! But be prepared to get very inky !! But that's all the fun, right?







On the Sunday (28th Feb), you will create a wonderful hand made book using Katzelkraft stamps with more of Beatrice's inky techniques!!
I so wish I was there to attend the class!!






There are A FEW spaces left and now I have posted this, they won't be there for long, I'm sure.
So don't wait! You can call the Barn @ 03142 836 398 to book :)

Christmas might be over but...

... winter is not... well, definitely not where I am!!! with temperatures wayyyyyy below the 0°c.

When I was going through the DT cards, I saw those three cards that Ria made before Christmas. Although those have been made specifically for Christmas, I thought that they could also be used as birthday cards for those born in January or beginning of February...

So here you are, a bit of snowy, wintry inspiration for your winter birthday cards... Enjoy!

Ria used the Victoria Case "Lil snowman" stamp

Winners... monthly competition ..... and new DT member

Hello, Thank you so much to those who have posted a link on their blog. Your support is much appreciated. So today, we will annouce who won the vouchers, but also introduce a new DT member and talk about something new on this blog: a monthly competition!

Merci à toutes celles qui ont mis un lien sur leur blog ce que nous apprécions énormément.
Aujourd'hui, nous allons vous annoncer les gagnantes, vous présenter une nouvelle recrue pour la DT et parler d'une autre nouveauté sur ce blog: un concours mensuel...

So the winners are - les gagnantes sont:

LISA
http://lisascraftworld.blogspot.com/

FIONA
http://madeinamuddle.blogspot.com/

MONI
http://moni-ustvarja.blogspot.com/


Congratulations!!
you have all won a £10 voucher

Please get in touch with your full name and email address and I will send you the voucher code

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NEW DT MEMBER

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We are happy to welcome

MICHELLE
(Midnight Crafter)

I'm sure you will love her beautiful and elegant work
Here's a sample she made for us


To make this sample, Michelle used:
CI-182 - Craft Individual big swirl
CI-230 - Birds postcard
Tim Holtz Distress Inks :
Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Frayed Burlap
Versafine: Black

Isn't it gooooorgeous ???


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MONTHLY COMPETITION

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As several of you have suggested or asked if there would be competitions going on, we have agreed on a monthly competition. I won't say anymore for the time being, but all I can say is that it will be on the 1st of each month and there will be more vouchers to win ;)...

Comme plusieurs l'ont suggéré et/ou demandé, nous allons faire un concours mensuel sur ce nouveau blog, le 1er de chaque mois. Il y aura bien sûr d'autres bons d'achats à gagner. Je n'en dis pas plus pour le moment, rendez-vous le 1er février!

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Are you a cat person ?

hello,

So, are you a cat or a dog person ? Well, I'm sure you won't be able to resist those adorable Crafty Individuals stamps anyway.

And how about making a matching bookmark to go with your card. A perfect little gift for book lovers too ;)

Here's a few samples that Kiki and I made. Hope you like them.

Crafty Individuals stamps: CI-229 CI-235 CI-020
Basic Grey papers
encre versamagic - wheat - pretty petunia

tampons Crafty Individuals : CI-229 CI-235 CI-020

encre versamagic - wheat - pretty petunia

classic scalloped rectangle Nestabilities

Martha Stewart punch - Monarch butterfly

Stamps Crafty Individuals CI-222 + CI-248

Inks: Versamagic

Vintage... Shabby

Hello,

Hope you had a really nice weekend.. maybe crafting a bit ... made a few cards?

Today we are focusing on the very popular shabby/vintage styles with some superb samples from Kiki and Poupette;

Kiki shows you through her samples a very quick and easy way to make 3 stunning cards, following the same style, but using different colours.

Thanks for popping by.

Basic Grey 6 x6 Paper Pad
CI-021 - Beauty
CI-017 - Script
CI-238 - Four vintage ladies
Brilliance Dew Drop ink pad - pea orchid
Distress Ink pad brushed corduroy
Versafine ink pad - vintage sepia
Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder: daisies

Kiki says:

I made a background with Tattered Angels masks + glimmer mist Vintage pink + glimmer mist gold as well as cosmic shimmer mist plum twist which I trimmed and punched to add it to the left side of each card. (6,5 cm de large par 14 cm)

I embossed 3 white cards 9,5 x 14 cm with the Crafts too Daisy embossing folder

Punch martha stewart doily lace

The 3 images are from Crafty Individuals - picture book people and places 2

Flowers: Prima

Cute Friday: Paws-fur-a-moment

hello,

Cute Friday today... with the sweet stamps Paws-fur-a-moment.

Ria has made quite a few samples with those, so here's a few for you to admire.

Paws for a moment sitting kitty
Basic Grey Indian Summer
Self-adhesive rhinestones
Nestabilities square and scalloped square
Copic markers

Paws for a moment kitty with flowers
Basic Grey Indian Summer
Self-adhesive rhinestones
Nestabilities
Copic markers

Paws for a moment kitty with flowers

Win a voucher ** new blog celebration**

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Hellooooo!

We can't start a new blog without some kind of celebration and something for you to win, can we?.

There will be a £10 voucher
for 3 lucky winners to win!

All you have to do is to write on your blog (real post, not side bar ;) ) using the image below to mention the new blog and the prizes to win.

Once this is done, come and post your link in a comment here to let us know.

Draw will be next Wednesday 13th January
Winners will be announced on Thursday 14th January

And don't forget, our online sale starts tomorrow!!! Don't miss out!!
Have a great weekend!

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Bonjour!

Nous ne pouvons pas commencer un nouveau blog sans le fêter, non ??

Il y a trois bons d'achat de £10 à gagner

Tout ce que vous avez à faire, c'est de poster un message sur votre blog avec l'image ci-dessous pour parler de notre nouveau blog et des bons d'achat à gagner!
Une fois cela fait, ajoutez le lien de votre article dans un commentaire ci-dessous pour nous le faire savoir.

Tirage au sort mercredi prochain, 13 janvier !!
Le nom des gagnant(s) sera publié Jeudi 14 janvier

Et n'oubliez pas que nos soldes en ligne commencent demain!!

Bonne chance et bon week-end!

Thanks for reading

:D

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Welcome to our new blog

Hi!

Welcome to our new blog. We hope you will like it here.

Our previous blog remains open so you still can check all the samples we have updated so far.

But from now on, our news and the DT samples will be posted here!


JANUARY SALE

The Craft Barn website sale starts

Saturday 9th January for one week!

www.thecraftbarn.com


Don't miss out!!!

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Altering anyone?

Hello,

As many of you know, we have a wide and very popular altering section in the shop and online.

Our team has been busy inking, painting, embossing those little (or not so little) wooden and papier mâché items we sell.

Here's a few samples for you created by Christine and Poupette

PaperArtsy Egg and Nog 10
Ferro texture paint– silver
Precious metal paint – Azure blue and Emerald green
gems and beads and jewellery earring pin
Grunge Paper
Green flock
Ranger Distress Crackle paint – Rock Candy
Plain Chipboard arch

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Sample by Poupette

Papier maché single letters
Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber: cranberry
Ranger Archival Ink pad Jet Black
Glimmer Mist- irridescent gold
Craftwork Cards Card Candy - Sherbet Pips
Prima Say it in pearls and Say it in studs
Inkadinkado: Gem stone cats

Crafts too embossing folder: daisy

Sample by Christine

Alterable heart wooden photo frame

Inkadinkadoo Stamps -Gemstone flowers

Clear embossing powder

ranger distress ink - black soot

Prima pearls and crystals