Old McBarn & McBarn Card - 2 brandy new templates by Creations by AR!

 If you are looking for my WMS preview post - please scroll down one post!

I'm so excited to share two wonderful new templates Adela is releasing today over at Creations by AR. 

OLD McBARN: and  OLD McBARN CARD!     How cute are these!  These templates come in PDF, DXF and SVG formats. (PDF you can print and cut - DXF and SVG you can use with cutting machines)

On the left is Old McBarn Card (that fits in a regular A2 envelope!) and on the right is Old McBarn - a little box where the roof comes off!   I decided to make old barns like the kind I've seen sitting in fields on abandoned farms in New Hampshire or Maine.  I used the PDF files - printed them on kraft card stock and cut them out.

To make them look old -  I first painted the barn wall pieces with Picket Fence Ranger Crackle paint and the roof, doors and windows with Frayed Burlap Crackle Paint.

After the pieces dried,  I rubbed my Ranger Distress Antique Linen ink pad over the white pieces.  Then I rubbed  my Vintage Photo Distress ink pad over both the white pieces and the roof and window pieces.  This gives a great aged/distress look - just what I was hoping to achieve! 

Then I added die cut tissue paper grass inked with Photo Distress and pretty die cut flowers and punched ferns around all sides.  I added a brass brad door knob and a stamped rooster ready to wake everybody up with his cock-a-doodle do!  I adhered everything with ScorTape to be sure it held with the crackle paint and inked surface.

Here's a close up of the roof where you can see the crackle of the paint. And below is the box opened up. The box measures 3" long x 2 1/4" wide x 4" high

And here is my coordinating Old McBarn card -again I started with the template printed on Kraft card stock, using the same crackle paint and inking techniques for the distressed look.

Adela designed this card so there is a little 3D piece on the front -  you can open the barn doors and see inside. This card folds flat to mail.   I have a little rooster and the sentiment 'Good Morning' in my barn!

 And here is the inside of my card.  I carried the distressing onto all the surfaces. If I want to stamp or write something here to the recipient - I'll adhere a square of plain card stock.

And once again, a shot of the two template projects! (Please note:  the doors on the card do actually meet in the center - but they are still opened a bit after folding them to take the pic with them open!)  

Now the fun part!

You can win your choice of one of these new templates!

How?  Just leave a comment on each blog linked below - there will be ONE random winner chosen from EACH of our blogs - so you have 8 chances to win!.

I will post the winner from my blog right back here on Saturday.

Please check out the rest of the Design Teams inspiring barn creations!  and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win!

Adela Rossol:   http://cbyar.blogspot.com
Amy Park:   http://tethered2home.com

Julia Aston: you are here!  http://www.createwithjulia.blogspot.com

Lisa Somerville:   http://www.lisasomerville.com

Lyn Bernatovich: http://lynspaperpetunia.blogspot.com

Magdalena Cortez:   http://axesdesigns.blogspot.com

Patti J. Gilliam: http://www.cherisheachpreciousday.blogspot.com

Sue Kment:   http://suesstampingstuff.blogspot.com

Stamps:   Roosters & Good Morning sentiment from French Country set by Waltzingmouse

Paper:  Kraft, Rustic Cream, Harvest Gold, White, Simply Chartreuse - Papertrey Ink

Ink:  Ranger Distress - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo.

Accessories:  Fern and leaf punches - Martha Stewart, Primula Blooms Die - Memory Box, Punch a Bunch flower punch,  Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Picket Fence, Frayed Burlap.  ScorTape, brad - Bazzill Basics/Imaginisce, Scotch Quick Dry adhesive., grass die - My Favorite Things.