If you love butterlies and flowers.....

Hi everyone

If you love butterflies and flowers, you'll love the new Chocolate Baroque stamps we have at J&C Creations.  Currently, they are not for sale on our website but are on display and for sale at our warehouse.  This is because we take them to Craft Shows.  Our next show is this Sunday 30th June  Sincerely Yours in Portsmouth where Julie will be demonstrating these beautiful stamps.

  If you have any questions about them or their availability, give us a call on 01622 862302 or email us at enquiries@jandccreations.co.uk.

Here are just a few of the stamp sets we have

You might also like Cling-A-Ling cushion mount.

Judging by the 5* reviews it has, it is flexible, easy to cut and easy to use

 

Finally, now  that Summer is here, some of you will be wondering how to keep the children entertained during the Holidays.  We are now taking bookings for our Summer Workshops for Children.  Further information can be found HERE

Sue

A masking in the Jungle!

Hi Everyone

Sue Here

My last post of the week on masking and this time I have given it a jungle theme.

I firstly die cut some Tim Holtz tattered florals and leaves out of old envelopes and stuck these onto the Ranger 12 ins. tag.  I have chosen the colours of peeled paint  and evergreen bough distress stains inked over the die cuts.

I then put picket fence distress stain in areas on the tag to give it a 'foggy' look and rubbed this in with my finger.  I then left it to dry for 30 mins then with a  peeled paint re-inker I painted over the raised flowers and leaves which gave it the effects you can see, underneath some of the die cuts is picket fence, which gives the re-inker an eery look.  I like it!

I then went around the edge of the tag in black soot distress ink.

I then got a countryside mask and put versamark through it with a piece of cut and dry foam and then sprinkled WOW ebony embossing powder over this.  Don't forget if you miss any areas you can always go back with an embossing pen and colour in the missing areas.  I then heat set.

Finally adding some embellishments from Tim Holtz, a charm from an old bracelet, a sentiment from Penny Black 'Salutations' and ribbon.

All highlighted items can be purchased from J & C Creations.

Hope you have enjoyed masking this week.

Thrifty Thursday - Bottling it up!

Hi Everyone

Sue Here

This week myself and Nat are masking to our hearts content!  My version of masking is through stencils.  I have to say I L-O-V-E stencil masks and try to incorporate them in most of my projects.

They are usually around £3.99 for one but there are many uses for them- just go onto You Tube and see.

Today I have made a bottle cover out of  a cover from a glossy brochure. I Used a template from the house of Zandra but you can always use a piece of A4 cardstock and your hougie board.

My cover has 6 sides. I then cut 6 smaller pieces of card to use as toppers on each side of the cover.   Firstly I painted each strip with an acrylic light blue paint.  Then used a circle mask and dashes mask to put distress ink on the strips. I then took a butterfly mask and inked vintage photo distress stains through with a piece of cut and dry foam,  I then glued them onto the cover with Cosmic Shimmer Glue.

I then punched a hole in either side of the wrap around cover and used ribbon to tie them together.

Hope you enjoy using your masks this week and really have a play with them ....Sue

12 Tags of 2013 ... March!

Good Morning!

Blimey this year is going fast! I can't believe it's time for me to share my version of the MARCH Tag by Tim Holtz already! For those of you that are new to what this is it's called the 12 Tags of 2013 where Tim Holtz creates a tag each month for everyone to create their own version of! At the end of each month Tim chooses 12 people who shared their interpretation to win a prize! I even managed to be one of those 12 for the December version!

 Also don't worry if you don't have all the same products that he has used, your tag doesn't have to be exactly the same as it's all down to how you interpret it and give it your own twist!

Here is what Tim's Tag looks like this month ...

You can find a Step - by - Step on how to create each month's tag over on his blog. 

Just click HERE to go straight to it!

Here is MY version ...

INGREDIENTS -

Tim Holtz 'Butterfly' Movers & Shapers Die

Magnolia Sentiment Stamp

Magnolia Grass Die & Butterfly Paper

Tim Holtz Distress Core'dinations

Tim Holtz Metal Flowers Idea-ology

Seam Binding Ribbon, Flower Charm, Cheesecloth & Dew Drops

Ranger Glossy Accents & Liquid Pearls - Daffodil 

INKS USED -

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Distress Stain - Tattered Rose, Peeled Paint & Broken China

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Distress Paint - Bundled Sage, Spun Sugar, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint & Broken China

Thanks for popping by, I hope you will give it a go yourselves!

HAPPY CRAFTING!
NATALIE

XXX

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Thrifty Thursday - Butterfly Mannequin

Hi Everyone

Sue Here

This week we have asked to do something different with Spellbinders and I can think of nothing more satisfying than altering a mannequin.

I purchased this from next in the sale last year for £3.  I firstly painted the stand with black gesso and the torso in white gesso.  I then used PVA glue and attached Tim Holtz Tissue paper to the torso.  I then painted it in pink acrylic paint and whilst wet flicked mica powder in pink purple and brown on the paint and rubbed it in.

I then die cut 2 x Heartfelt Creation Decorative Lace Border from Tim Holtz backing papers and cut this in half, the bottom bit I put around the edge of the torso and the upper bit I put around the waist and neck area of the mannequin.

I then used the pink Tim Holtz backing papers and die cut scrolls from spellbinder frosty forms, die d lites fantastic fourish 1, and jewel flowers and flourishes, adding dots of glue over the flourishes and adding pink glitter.

I then die cut a butterfly from the spellbinders wonderful wings and added versamark with WOW Pink Glitz embossing powder.  I punched out some small flowers and added them to the torso, ribbon around the waist and used a diamante brad both front and back.

A gorgeous addition to a girls bedroom

Sue   

Technique Tuesday - Expandable Craftables!

Hi Everyone

Sue Here

Today we are looking at Spellbinder Expandable Patterns. These are fab dies and have intricate patterns on them which allows you to make elongated die cuts.  I have chosen  - Botanical Swirls.  Further 'How to's' can be found at the Spellbinder website.  Just follow these links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01_ZNjWGjoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITiwZE9Q7Uk

Firstly I diecut the spellbinder wings, the expandable, the spellbinder heart, embossed an m bossabilities on white cardstock for the background and had a flower die for a corner piece.

I then used distress ink in peacock feathers and black soot on the embossed white card.  The expandable patters I die cut out of glossy black card.






I then diecut a spellbinder heart shape in black card which had already been embossed and added a lacy edge in black gingham.

I then cut a butterfly from the spellbinder set and inked up in versamark and used WOW nice ice blue embossing powder on the top.

I then glued it all together with Comic Shimmer Acrylic glue.

Happy crafting and if I saw you at the NEC this week hope you had a wonderful time!

Sue

Scrapbook Sunday

Hi Everyone

Sue Here

Today I'm showing you another passion of mine - scrapbooking.  This is such a lovely way to keep memories of loved ones and certain stories alive on what you did, where you went, what the picture means to you.

You can incorporate all you stamps. embossing, die cutting, knitting, crocheting (need I go on) into your pages. I won't go into all the science of it at present, just enjoy making the memories.  Choose colours that compliment each other

This photo was taken of my daughter at a wedding we were at earlier this year. It was a lovely day and she looked stunning(well I would say that wouldn't I!).

First take a 12 x 12 ins piece of card (mine is white).  The I cut to 10 x 10 ins piece of backing paper with a gray scroll on it. I then added the banner in black from the spellbinder labels and tags and added different black and white backing papers as the flags.

I then chose another grey/black and pink backing paper and made this a rectangle, adding a spellbinder circle to the back of it.

I then cut a flower from another piece of backing paper and stuck this down the right hand side of the page.

I then took some white, pink and design backing papers.  On the white card I stamped and embossed in WOW ebony embossing powder the Heartfelt Creations Tattered Background stamps and on the pink the Heartfelt Creations Shabby Chic Lace stamp again stamping in versamark and WOW ebony embossing powder.

I then die cut 2 small spellbinder circles and added card candy in silver on the top.  I then die cut 2 x butterflies from the Grand Shapabilities - wonderful wings in different backing papers.  The butterfly at the bottom of the page was cut in plain black card then stamped in versamark with Heartfelt Creations Tattered Collage Stamp  background stamp and embossed with WOW white embossing powder.

The small flowers butterfly and dragonfly are punches.I finished off with black card candy in the bottom left corner.

Hope to bring you more scrapbooking techniques in the coming weeks. 

Take care, Sue

Technique Tuesday - A Touch of Parisian Elegance!

Hi Everyone

Sue here

I have started off this week with a really simple technique with napkins. You can apply this technique to tissue paper as well, but napkins are in every department store and garden centre and come in umpteen colours and pictures.

These napkins I purchased from the Harrogate show(5 for £1) and are 3 ply (which means 3 layers).  On your projects you only need the first layer with all the colour and pictures on.  However if you are cutting items out, only separate the layers once you have cut the pattern out as the paper is very delicate and will tear. 

I started with the napkin and tag and you usually find that the pattern is repeated 4 times at least, flowers will be all over the napkin and so you will get at least 4 cards or projects out of 1 napkin.

Take your backing card (whatever colour you like, I chose white) and put PVA or bookbinding glue over this piece of card. Separate the layers and place the 1st layer of the napkin over the glue and gently press down. The napkin should be slightly bigger than the cardstock underneath and if you find that it isn't, you can add another layer over the top. 

This was the case with the words PARIS, the napkin did not reach up to the top of the tag so I glued the word at the top of the tag.   It doesn't matter if you find a few crinkles in it as this adds to the effect.  Leave to one side to dry.  If you are cutting out flowers follow these instructions and once glued onto card, leave to dry then cut  them out.  You can decoupage them quite successfully.

You can add layer upon layer for different effects as the paper is slightly transparent and use your crackle accents for further effects.

Once dry, sand around the end of the card and the napkin surplus will come off.  I then went around the edge with black soot distress ink.

If you sand the napkin and add distress inks on top you can make it a really distressed project.




I then die cut spellbinder picot edge circle in burgundy card matching the napkin background followed by a marianne creatable butterfly LRO115 in silver card. 






I then inked these up with black soot distress ink and glued both onto the front of the tag with cosmic shimmer acrylic glue.

Simple Elegance

Sue

Distress Stains - A Butterfly Tag!

Good Morning!

This week the Design Team are focusing on Distress Stains! If you aren't already familiar with these they are basically the liquid form of Distress Inks by Tim Holtz. Perfect for creating quick coloured backgrounds on tags which is exactly what I used them for on today's creation! This would be great for any beginner crafter to try as it's a lot easier than it looks :)

To create this tag swipe a selection of stains over a blank tag, spritz with water and dry with a heat gun. Using the Picket Fence Distress Stains swipe over a script style background stamp, press onto the tag and also heat set. Next ink up a butterfly stamp with two shades of Distress Ink and cover with with clear embossing powder then heat. I think this gives a great effect and makes the butterflies stand out just that little bit more :) Embellish the tag with a selection of flowers, charms and ribbon.

(I forgot to add the Picket Fence Distress Stain to the photo, oops!)

INGREDIENTS FROM J&C CREATIONS -

Distress Stains - Bundled Sage, Worn Lipstick, Crushed Olive & Picket Fence

Distress Inks - Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick & Peeled Paint

Clear Embossing Powder

Heat It Tool

OTHER INGREDIENTS -

Tim Holtz Stamp Set 'Papillon'

Paper Flowers

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Gem Clip

Butterfly Charms, Seam Binding Ribbon & Pink Dew Drops

I hope you will enjoy looking at all this week's creations using Distress Stains!

HAPPY CRAFTING!

XXX