Card sample for the store

I am having such fun making samples for the store.  Here is my latest one using a whole lot of products on one card!

Sizzix die

Sizzix die: Bell Jar by Tim Holtz

Kaizercraft stamp

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Martha Stewart punch.

Vintage Telephone die Card

Belinda has been working on interesting ways to use your dies.

Here she has die cut two telephones.  Printed "lift receiver up!" on her PC and cut it out to stick inside the back of the card.  Then she stuck a pice of card stock inside the reciever on both ends to fill the holes and the front of the card where she has pop dotted the dial by putting a small piece of card stock behind where we used to write the number to fill the gap and placed the sticky foam dots there to raise it up.

Then she stuck the two telephones together just at the base of the phone and the two ends of the reciever.  Cut the receiver off the phone and glued a slim long piece of card stock into the handle which will fit inside the body of the phone when the card is closed.  She did not glue the sides of the body of thephone closed so it is easier to get the card in and out.

The speach buble is available in store and she used a personal stamp to write the happy birthday.

Card done!

Latest samples

Sorry for the absence of updates on our blog, but we have been keeping you posted on our latest activities via Face Book, but we realise not everyone is on Face Book, so we are going to try to update here more frequently.

Belinda has been very busy making samples to inspire you on how to use our latest products that have just arrived...These 4 cards use Martha Stewart round the page punches, Tim Holtz color core paper and some Sizzix dies.  Quite a few have sold and we have re-ordered, so give us a week or so to update you on their arrival.

Alison will be on leave next week from returning on Monday 15th July, but Shanaaz will be in store to help you with your purchases.

UPCOMING CLASSES:
Belinda will be running a FREE demo from 10 till 12 on Saturday 13 July
Carolyn is teaching a card class on the 20th July
Nicki is teaching cards on the 27th July

email belinda@acorncrafts.co.za to book your spot.

Hope to see you in store and at classes soon!

Belinda and Alison

Using Distress Paints

Belinda has been playing with this new invention by none other than Tim Holtz...He has managed to combine Distress inks and paint dabbers and come up with Distress Paint.

It is water soluble while wet, but permanent when dry.  This means you can blend and "wick" (marble) it while it is still wet and add water to make it wick more, but layer up other products on top of the dry paint and it won't budge and re-wet or come off.

It sticks to wood, paper, metal and fabric.  It stamps beautifully and is fully washable when dry.

Only half the key hole was covered in paint to show the shiny metal surface and the lazer cut cogs were covered completely

This was book paper covered in diluted Distress paint.

Fabric dipped into diluted Paint on the craft sheet.

Here is how Belinda created the hanging above:

Dab the paint onto the surface and spray lightly with water while it is still wet. (Do not drown it!)  You can pick up and tilt the item till you are happy with the marbling or move the paint with your fingers or a brush.  It is best to dry the paint at this stage with a heat tool or it can over blend.

This is the paint while it is wet.  

This is the paint when it was dry.

Gorjuss tutorial

Hi there

We have just received our stock of these stamps and Belinda has wasted no time in playing with them!

Here is a tutorial to inspire you on how to use the new Gorjuss stamps.

First stamp out your images onto plain white card stock using black Archival ink so it does not smudge later.  For the one dress you can stamp the image onto patterned paper and cut it out as shown above.

Using any medium of your choice, you can colour outside the lines as you are going to cut the images out.  This helps in two ways, one, you don't have to be too meticulous in your colouring and this saves time, two, if you are not great at cutting fine detail, at least there will not be any white showing!

Once you have coloured and cut them out,put them on pop dots and place them on your background.  Here they are all in the same stamped frame, just coloured with different inks to match their paper.

The armchair is from a set of die cuts on our sale stand and the 

You can use any medium to colour in with, there is no right or wrong, just have fun and be creative in your combinations.

Belinda and Alison

Public holiday Dates to diarise

Hi there

We will be closed for the Public holiday 21 March and the Saturday 23 March.

We will also be closed for the Easter long week-end from the Friday 29th to Monday 1st April Re-opening on Tuesday 2 April.

Saturday 27 April is another Public Holiday and we will be closed then too...

We are telling you this now so that you can plan your shopping spree and have all the stash you need for the various holidays when you will hopefully have time to create something wonderful!

Card Class with Carolyn Leih

These cards are a lovely mixture of men's and ladies cards and so useful to have ready to give when you next have a friends birthday to attend, or even to pop into their post box.

Class is R100 on Saturday 2 March from 9 till 1pm with Carolyn Leih.  Please call the shop to book as we only have 2 spaces left.

The samples are in store for you to view.

Belinda and Alison.

Double page class 23 Feb

Here is the layout Belinda will be teaching on Saturday 23 Feb from 9am to 12pm for R150.

The photos are std jumbos, 2x landscape and 2x portrait.

You can also do any title you like as you get a full sticker sheet and use an alphabet die.

9 Feb Card Class

This is part of what we will be doing in the Card class on 9 Feb from 9am to 12 for R100.

Please call the store to book on 021 705 2451

The gift box can be used to put anything from chocolates, clothes to home made treats in as it is almost the size of a scrapbook page and 2cm deep.

January SALE

We are celebrating the new year with a SALE!  Starting Monday 14 January at 9am!  The sale stuff is all on one display as you walk into our store and then the Christmas Paper is now all R5 and we have just received a fabulous stack of My Minds Eye double sided paper at an incredible R5 each too!

Not to be out done a lot of our Valentines paper is also R5 each...yes Valentines is a mere month away!

These bunches of flowers are R7 each

Belinda is busy planning the class calendar and it will be up on the schedule shortly, but in the mean time...

Saturday 19 Jan is a Card class (yes Valentines will feature here!)
Saturday 26 Jan is a double page Scrapbook page
Saturday 2 Feb is a Canvas class
Saturday 9 Feb is a Card class

Prices and projects are still being finalised, but at least you can start planning your creative time.

Thanks for the visit

Belinda and Alison