The Craft Barn Xmas Challenge

Morning! OMG we have had loads more snow overnight, we thought we were getting a bit of a thaw yesterday but I did notice we had more ice later on yesterday night so now it’s even more dangerous as fresh snow has fallen on top. It’s a bit of a nightmare now, I am honestly going stir crazy….

Well enough of that! and on to the new Challenge over at The Craft Barn Blog – Fancy making a Xmas Embellishment then pop over and check it out and there is a fabby prize to be won too! Click on the picture to take you directly to the Challenge.

The DT ladies have been busy squirreling away making gorgeous samples to whet your appetite and Isa made this gorgeous logo using our samples.

Well folks I’m off to battle the elements and catch my BUS AGAIN!!

The Craft Barn Find The Owl – Final Day and Free P & P

Wheee! Free Festive P & P over at The Craft Barn until 20th December and for Euro zone 1 customers there’s free postage on internet orders over £15 and for other destinations it’s free postage for internet orders above £40, how great is that, just in time to get your festive stash well and truly stocked up

If you have been taking part in Find The Owl Competition over at The Craft Barn Blog then this is the last day and you should have 5 letters and 5 numbers to make a word. So if you’ve got your word then you could win this fantastic prize

Sir Tim’s new Alpha Die Cut – Chip Block:

I also altered this wooden heart also from The Craft Barn, Sandy has loads of gorgeous wooden items begging to be altered.

I used gesso, acrylic paints, paint dabbers, embossing powders, crackle paints,  Xmas Rub on, punches and Bo Bunny papers, available also from The Craft Barn.

Well I have typists cramp!!! LOl after all that news, so off to have a dust around and defurr the fur pit!! LOL

Keep It Simple, Snow and Craft Barn Competition

Evening peeps from a snowy Scotland, just take a look at my garden this morning!

Bloomin’ awful had to get two buses to work last week and same again tomorrow, I can’t get my car out of the garage not that I’d even try driving in this!! Grrrr!! Please let it be over soon! I need shopping!!!

So on to this week’s Keep It Simple Challenge which is all about Joy…

One more thing to mention over at The Craft Barn Blog we are having a “Find The Owl” Competition starting December 1st for 5 days.

So pop over and check it out and find out what you have to do. There will be a prize of course….

Craft Barn Cards, Competition and Some Pictures!

Long Post Alert!!!

Afternoon from a wet and windy Scotland, boy has the weather changed. Just popping on quickly in between the Tennis – Vamos Rafa!!!! LOL

Here are a couple of cards using my new DT pack from The Craft Barn.

I used this cute Stamping Bella Stamp called “Chloe the Coffee Mug Girl”, Sandy has an amazing range of Stamping Bellas available HERE.

I decoupaged the mug and coloured her with Pro Markers.

Added some glitter hearts and a rub on. In the corner I used these Personal Impressions Flourishes 1 also available at The Craft Barn HERE.

These stamps are just the cutest they are by Personal Impressions from their Nitwit Collection called Noah’s Ark, wonderful to colour.

 

I also used my new best friends Martha Stewart Glitters in Bubble Gum, they are just gorgeous. I sprinkled some around the Noah’s Ark lettering but you can’t see it so good in the picture but it IS lovely and sparkly. I finished off with BAby Rub Ons and some pink pearls.

If you haven’t visited the Craft BArn do hop over and check it out, they stock some great stuff.

Now on to the Craft Barn Blog Competition. Fancy winning a £30 Goody Bag then all you have to do is make a shaped card.

The competition runs until midnight on July 15th.

Click HERE for all the  entry details.

Well I thought I’d share some Garden Photos, it’s great to finally have one after years of living in a flat and I have really enjoyed getting down and dirty in the mud!!!LOL. My mum is a green finger lady so has helped me a lot with what to buy as regards to plants and shrubs.

I also have some feathered friends but they are eating me out of house and home. They have gone through 8 fat balls and a suet slab in a day and a half. There have been fights, pecking and feathers flying!! What HAVE I started!! It’s beginning to look like a scene from Alfred Hitchcocks The Birds!!! LOL

FREE P & P AND COMPETITION!

Well we have some great stuff going on at The Craft Barn firstly FREE P & P for the bank holiday, Yup! from 8pm tonight until midnight on Monday P & P is free for all UK orders placed on line and also there is Free P & P for Europe Zones 1 and 2 for orders over £15.00. I’m sure you will be able to make good use of the free P & P as there are some yummy new goodies in stock including the latest Crafty Individual stamps and some new Stamping Bella Stamps. Emma has teamed up with Mo Manning and together they have come up with the cutest childhood stamps so do check them out

There is also a Bank Holiday Quiz online and you could win a £30 gift voucher – Whee great prize ladies. So hop on over to the Craft Barn Blog.

All you have to do is answer (all) questions on the answer form,

find the mystery word and then email your comleted answer sheet back to us at competition@thecraftbarn.co.uk

Please make sure you write QUIZ in the subject line of your email,

entries must be received by 5pm on Monday 31st

You can download the quiz form by clicking HERE

You can also take part in the shop - there are forms for you there and then

simply hand in your completed answer sheet at the counter.

Give it a go and you could be holding that voucher in your crafty paws!!

Craft Barn Competition……

The Craft Barn Competition is now up and running  on the blog - it continues for the next 3 weeks and will help you to create a mini album using sketches designed by Isabelle, there will be samples for each page done by Isa, Chris, Poupette  and Sandy from The Craft BArn Blog DT. Join in and as well as making a mini album you can also win £30 of products.  Here is a little wotsit that you can put on your blog if you want to play along. OOh just think of all that lovely stash available to win!!

 

Here are the rules:

HOW DO I ENTER?

All you have to do is to make your own mini album following the sketches:
9 sketches in all
- 1 for the front cover (today)
- 8 more for the inner pages
- no sketch for the back cover. This will be up to you.
You can post your pages on your blog everyday, as you go along, or you can wait until you have made the whole mini album and post it on your blog then.
Whichever way you do it, the link you will give us (by May 15th) will have to be a post on your blog where we can see the **whole mini album** in one click. It will be much easier for us to check all the entries.

HOW TO USE THE SKETCHES?

Use the sketches as a 'starting point' for your pages. You can add more embellishments if you want, turn a photo if it looks nicer, use rub-ons instead of stamps for the backgrounds...  As long as each page looks like the sketch, it will work.
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We don't want you to miss out if you don't have a blog so you can still enter the competition without a blog but please follow these guidelines otherwise Isabelle will lose the will to live!

1. Send  ONE EMAIL with ALL pictures once you have completed your album to competition@thecraftbarn.com.  The subject of the email should be: Craft Barn competition + name - eg: Craft Barn competition-Fiona Smith
2/ Each picture must have the name of the person and page number, like "fionasmith-page 1" "fionasmith-page 2".
Pictures sent without the name and number can't be entered in the draw because we won't necessarily know whose are whose.
3/ The pictures we receive will be published online through a gallery managed by the Craft Barn.

Give it a go and you could win that lovely voucher!

Do check out the new stash over at The Craft Barn there is oodles of yummy stuff including the cute House Mouse Stamps, Bo Bunny Papers and the gorgeous Ranger “Ancient Gold” embossing powders and loads of Tim Holtz inks and paper pads..

Fancy Winning a Goody Bag????

Well now’s your chance!!

The Craft Barn Blog is giving away a £30 Goody Bag to one lucky winner, here are the rules:

GOODY BAG TO WIN: just become a follower...

Those of you who are already followers will know that we try to show you as many samples as we can here on the Craft Barn blog, this is a true source of inspiration for card makers, scrapbookers and "altering crafters" alike. There are also the competitions now with prizes to win. So if you don't want to miss any of that, why not become a follower?
To thank you for this, we have a £ 30  Goody bag to win. To enter, just sign up as a follower on The Craft Barn blog and add your name on Mr Linky. If you have already signed up as a follower, please don't forget to add your name to Mr Linky as we don't want you to miss out!
Feel free to take the little bag logo below and add it to your blog if you wish ;).
The winner will be announced in a couple of weeks. Good luck !

Remember to look out for this month’s competition too. You could win a fabby prize.

Craft Barn Latest!!!

Great news for The Craft Barn!!

They have only gone and won South of England best Independent Retailer at the Craft Awards !!

Well Done Sandy and Team - It is so deserved..

So to celebrate Sandy is having FREE P&P until midnight on Sunday on all UK online orders and also Europe Zone 1 on orders over £15.00.. AND they have some yummy new crafty stash in the shop including some of those delicious new Cuttlebug Folders!! So pop on over and have a browse.

Over at The Craft Barn Blog there is also some great stuff going on. There is a monthly sketch competition with a theme and this month there are THREE £15 vouchers up for grabs.... So fancy winning one?? Then follow this gorgeous sketch and follow the theme of LOVE.... HERE are all the details.

The competition closes on 28th Feb.

It's been a while since I did a layout so I thought it's be great to do one, bit rusty mind you but here are the Furries sharing a cuddly moment!!! It is actually 12 x 12 but looks smaller in the photo!!

Our snow has all gone - How long for who knows! Parents are away this weekend so have the house to myself she says skipping from room to room!~!~LOL

I think a relaxing weekend is called for and might squeak out a card if the Craft Mood takes me!!

I also have an entry date for my house move - 5th March - Yaaay!! Don't think I will move exactly on that date as I have a few things I want doing first but at least I can get organised.. EEEK not looking forward to doing it all again!!!

Have a great weekend peeps and hoping to come visit!!

Craft Barn Card..

Well I have done a bit of crafting and made this Baby card for the Craft Barn Blog, this is such a cute stamp.

Paper - Free with Magazine

Stamp - Stamposaurus

Pro Markers

Card Candy - Yellows and blues

New Baby Rub On

Flowers - Prima

Crystals and Pearls - Prima

CRAFT BARN SALE HAS STARTED!!!!

Morning from a ffffrosty Scotland, ice everywhere, who needs Dancing on Ice on TV!!!

Some Craft Barn News - The January Sale has started so hop on over and grab a bargain, loads of yummy goodies..

Also The Craft Barn Blog has moved over to Blogger from Wordpress and to celebrate there is a £10 voucher to win.

Be quick though it ends on the 13th January..

Click HERE for all the details!

Well I'm off to view a house today so fingers crossed!! but first I'm going to snag some bargains at the Craft Barn!!! EEEk!!

The Craft Barn Competition

Wow do you fancy becoming a Stamp Designer and Demonstrator????

Well this is the Competition for you!

The Craft Barn are searching for a new Stamp Designer to join the team.

So to find out all the details hop over to The Craft Barn Blog HERE.