Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Hallo Everyone!

Well we've made it to

the end of the poem!

Here is the final verse:

Chill December brings the sleet,

Blazing fire and Christmas treat

And here is the last canvas

by Claire Jackson:

The closing date for your projects

will be Christmas Eve just before

the man in the red suit pops down

your chimney i.e 11.55pm

Look forward to seeing your entries

remember you can enter as many

times as you like via the link

"Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Hi Everyone!

It's time for the November

challenge and here is

the verse:

Dull November brings the blast

Then the leaves go whirling past

Here is Claire Jackson's canvas:

As always, you can enter as many 

times as you like via the link.

You have until not quite midnight

on 26th November when the link is

set to close.

However, ........... should the link close early

or you are unable to use it, then do, please,

send your project to me and I will be

happy to put it up for you.

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Hi Everyone!

The year continues to fly by

and we've landed momentarily

in October!  Already?  I hear

you cry.........

On the plus side nature has

bedecked the land in glorious

shades of red, green, yellow

and brown covered by 

deep blue skies.........

Here is Claire Jackson's

canvas for October:

The rhyme is:

Fresh October brings the pheasant

Then to gather nuts is pleasant

Make of all that what you will and

upload your work via the link.  If

the link isn't working then do

email your project to me and I

will put it up for you

The link closes at 11:55pm on

22nd October

Look forward to visiting with

you

'Till tomorrow

Mickie

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Happy Sunday Everyone!

How are you?  We're all fine

here.  In fact, no change really

we have two days of hot summer

and a week of cooler, wetter,

windier weather but that's just

so we can keep up with the 

chores!  Haha!

So time for the next verse in

our Twelve Month Challenge.  This 

time the verse is:

Warm September brings the fruit

Sportsmen then begin to shoot

and this is what Claire Jackson

made of it:

So, let's see what you guys make

of it - I'm sure you're relieved to

see there are no flowers mentioned!

The reference to sportsmen shooting

is that the Grouse season starts on

what is termed in the UK as 

The Glorious Twelth but that is

by the bye

Of course should you wish to picture a

shoot that is up to you

Look forward to seeing your pictures

As always, upload via the link and if

that isn't working please email them

to me at mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

Closing date is 24th September at 23.55pm

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx



Maggie and Raewyn have had to email
their entries to me and I am pleased to
put them both up.

Here's Maggie's:

and here's Raewyn's:
(regulars will know that
Raewyn always adds the
equivalent verse for her
side of the world so I'm
showing that too!)

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Hallo Everyone!

It is the first Sunday of the month

and time for the latest challenge

using Sarah Coleridge's poem

This month's couplet is:

August brings the sheaves of corn,

Then the harvest home is borne.

Time was the fields would

be full of haystacks

but these have morphed 

into cotton reels!  

Or so it seems....!

Here is another 

Claire Jackson

canvas to set the

creative juices flowing:

As always you can enter as

many times as you like via

the link.  

If you can't use the link then

please email your project to

me at

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

Each entry must show

the verse and the challenge is

to include a tractor

You have three weeks in which

to enter and the link will close

at 11.55pm on 27th August

Have fun everyone and I look 

forward to visiting with you.....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx


Here is Kay's entry:

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Was it a long lazy lie in today

or croissants in the garden with

honey and a big pot of coffee?

Always think there is something

nicely decadent about breakfast

in the garden...........

So, back to earth and on with the

Challenge!

Time for the next verse of

Sara Coleridge's poem:

Hot July brings cooling showers,

Apricots and gillyflowers.

and here is Claire Jackson's canvas

for July:

All you have to do is take your

inspiration from the poem to

make a card, journal page, postcard.

whatever takes your fancy and 

include on it somewhere the

verse for July...........and

just for the fun of it a

gillyflower.

Then upload your project via

the link or if that isn't working

send it to me, along with your

blog link, at

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will add it for you.

The link closes at midnight on

23rd July

Good luck and as always, I'm

looking forward to visiting!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Hi There!

Hope you are having a good

day wherever you are - bit

blustery here but otherwise

it is going to be a good one.....

Of course it is a Challenge Day

and here is Claire Jackson's

artwork to inspire you

The couplet this month from

Sarah Coleridge's poem is:

May brings flocks of pretty lambs

Skipping by their fleecy dams

You have until midnight on 

28th May to enter as many times

as you like via the link

If you cannot use the link then

please email your work to me

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will be happy to post it 

for you

Don't forget to include the verse

somewhere on your work

As always, I look forward to

visiting with you

'till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge 

Hallo All!

Bet you thought I'd forgotten about 

the challenge!  Well, not completely

as you see.  Must be all this unaccustomed 

sunshine.  My apologies to you all

Without further ado, here is Claire's

beautiful canvas for April:

The rhyme is:

April brings the primrose sweet,

Scatters daisies at our feet.

The challenge will be to

add a Primrose or a Daisy
and don't forget to show
the rhyme somewhere too

You have until 23rd April to

add your project 

 via the link

If  you cannot use the link 

please email your project to me

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will add it for you

Look forward to seeing

all your super projects

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Hi there!

This month we have moved on 

a day to Monday for the Month

Challenge.  Be assured it is for

this month only.

So what do we have in store?

'Tis the wind; the wicked wind....
The rhyme is:

March brings breezes loud and shrill
Stirs the dancing daffodil

Claire has provided us with

another of her beautiful inspiration

pieces:

The challenge for this month will be to

include a mad hare and I think a daffodil

would also be in order - see if you 

could make it dance.  The image conjured

up by the phrase "dancing daffodils" has

always made me smile........

So, mad hares and dancing daffodils to be

included and the rhyme must also be shown

on your picture.   

You have until midnight on 

26th March to add your entries via the link.

You can enter as many times as you like.  

As always if you are unable to use the link

then do email your project to me and I will 

add it for you.

My email is mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

So looking forward to visiting with you

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Hallo Everyone!

It is the first Sunday of the month

and that means it is a Challenge Day!

Yayyyy!

As you know, the challenge is based

on Sara Coleridge's poem:  The Months.

This month's verse, which must be included
in your project, is:

February brings the rain,

Thaws the frozen lake again

Here is Claire Jackson's

February canvas:

And the challenge is ...........

you must include a heart and a cherub

Remember your project can take any form you like
and must include the verse

and 

a heart and a cherub

You have until midnight on 26th February

to enter as many times as you like

via the link

If you are unable to use the link then

please email your project to me and

I will put it up for you

Have fun and I look forward to seeing
your lovely projects

'Till Tuesday

Mickie xx

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Twelve Month Challenge

Twelve Month Challenge

Happy New Year 

to you all!!

Hope it is a good day wherever

you are.  It is  miserable and wet

down here on the coast and a bit

chilly with it too.

However, let us not get despondent,

it is Challenge Day after all so we

shall continue to celebrate...........

Hurrah!!

This Challenge is based on 

Sara Coleridge's poem:

The Months 

Your project can take whatever

form you like - Postcard, ATC,

Tag, Journal Page, etc, etc

You have three weeks in which

to complete your project

You may enter as many times

as you like via the link

The winner will be chosen by

the Random Generator on the

following Tuesday

The rhyme for the particular

month must be shown 

There will always be a challenge

and this must be included

So, let's get started.  The rhyme is

January brings the snow

makes our feet and fingers glow

Claire Jackson will be providing us

with a beautiful canvas each month:

And the Challenge is...............

 you must include a bird in a wellington boot

If you are unable to use the link

please email your project to me at

mickiecraftbarn@gmail.com

and I will add it for you

Have fun and I look forward to

seeing all your lovely projects

The link closes at midnight

on 22 January 2017

'Til Tuesday

Mickie xx

I have received a couple of entries from
The Curator, who is unable to use the link
and so here they are:

These will be the last two numbers on the list

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