Tim Holtz inspiration

 

Tim posts a new tag on the 1st of every month.  Junes tag is full of lovely ideas.  For his step out photos of how to make his tag, click here.

Below is the tag Belinda made using the same techniques, but changing it up to suit her stamps.

Two ways to use one die

Belinda has created two different cards using the Tim Holtz Brick wall die as a base.

The first one she die cut acetate with the Brick wall die and then inked through the die cut to get the base of the card.  She then used her old Sizzix dies to make the rest of the embelishments and the Martha Stewart 5 blade scissors to make the grass.

 On the second card she die cut the paper with the Brick wall die and used double sided tape over the whole base of the card to keep the little bricks from falling out and then added the Couture Creations window on top.  The lace was added between a layer of packaging from the die itself and foam tape.  The roses were hand cut and rolled.

 

Scrapbooking using a Sticker Sheet

Alison has done this page using only a sticker sheet for your inspiration as well as the card below.

 The sticker sheet above is the one she used and then there is a matching alphabet one below that you could incorporate.

Land Ahoy!

Here is the first card Belinda has made for you this year.

She used the Tim Holtz embossing folder as a background which she inked with walnut stain, peeled paint and chipped saphire Distress inks.  Stamped (with archival ink) the Prima set of the ship, compas and anchor onto white cardstock, cut it out and inked it.

 

She did the same with the "Explore" bingo stamp from the set by Kaisercraft.  The ships sails were first covered with Glossy accents and left to dry, before the background colours were added.  On the small stamped compass, Belinda added glossy accents after she had inked it to add dimention.  She then pop dotted all the cut out stamps onto the embossed background, glued the front onto a kraft card and added some bakers twine as a final toutch of colour together with the shiny anchor at the top of the card.

These stamps and embossing folders, etc are currently available in store.

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

Last Class for the year

This is the last class for the year taken by Alison

on Saturday 15 December 2012 from 9 to 12 for R150

School Holiday Program

For those of you wanting to plan your holiday schedule already...here is our schedule for December:

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM from 1pm to 4pm:

Monday 10 Dec:  Multi media Canvas - R100

Tuesday 11 Dec:  Card Class - R100

Wednesday 12 Dec:  Mini Album - beach theme - R120

Thursday 13 Dec: 2 mug tray - R100

Friday 14 Dec: 12"x12"  page a month Calendar for 2013 - R150

This is the Beach themed mini album for Wednesdays Class

Upcoming classes

Just a quick note to say we have a new teacher joining us on Saturday 24 November for a 4 hour card class.  Her name is Carolyn Leih and here are the projects you will make between 9am and 1pm.

Then on Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December Belinda Basson will be doing a Techniques page as per the picture below.  The cost for this class will be R150

Scrapbook page for Saturday 10 November's class

Hi there

Here is the page Belinda Basson teaching on Saturday 10 November from 9am to 12pm.  It costs R150 and if you have girls you can order the pink kit.

Here is the BLUE version (the paper will be a bit different as I could not get stock of what I used in this one...)

Here is the same layout with different photos to show you how versatile it is!

Please phone the shop on 021 705 2451 to book your spot!

Belinda and Alison

Card Class 9 November

We will be running our first card class this coming Friday 9 November from 9am to 12pm for R100.  These are the cards we will be making using: stamps, punches, sticky backed foil,die cuts and stencils.

you will need to bring your own glue and glossy accents, the rest will be provided for you or in your kit.

There are 3 Christmas Cards and 3 others, one of which is a man's card.

We have a new direct line: 021 7052451 which you can call to book you place.

New Stock

Lazer cut Chipboard is now in stock.  These are fabulous when coloured with Distress Inks or acrylic paints and really pop when you add glossy accents over the top.

These Nesting dies are what I used to make the Christmas card samples in the shop.

Ticket strips with wording for cards and some cut outs of Happy Birthday and Thanks wording have also been delivered.

Stencils are fabulous for doing backgrounds on pages or cards and Distress Inks or Colour Wash sprays work brilliantly with these.

Pop in when you have a moment to come see what else has arrived.

Belinda and Alison