Julie: **New In** - and end to chasing embellishments around!

Hello again.

 

Do you use:

• small embellishments in your crafting?
• such as beads, buttons and brads?
• does trying to pick a single, particular, one out out of its container drive you insane?

Me too!

 

Which is why I've been enjoying using this:

Aside from having a fab name 'Embellie Gellie' is also really useful addition to your crafting tool kit.

 

The gel is a squidgy, tacky, substance, presented inside its own box [above] which you can use to easily pick up fiddly embellishments etc. You only need a small amount of it pressed on to the end of the stick provided and you're away.

 

This last week I put it to good use picking out the exact colour of tiny buttons I needed from a jar filled with all kinds of colours:

I also used it to winkle out the specific colour of brad I wanted ... after almost getting my fingers stuck in the jar [and very nearly throwing the jar across the room in frustration!].

But, for a less hysterical description of Embellie Gellie ... here's how the manufacturer, Scraperfect, describes it:

The quick pick-up tool for placing small embellishments:

Use a pearl-sized ball of Embellie Gellie on the wooden wand. So fast and E-Z!

• Pick up and precisely place small embellishments including gems & jewels, buttons, beads, sequins, charms, punched shapes, confetti and more
• Perfect tackiness means it’s strong enough to pick up charms, yet releases diecut letters with ease
• Better than tweezers! Easier to pickup flat items and will not mar, bend or “pop” embellishments
• Stable material does not dry out, soften or harden with time or temperature
• Environmentally-friendly minimal design and packaging contains a long-lasting supply of Gellie

But if you need a little more persuading ... I can honestly report that while it might sound fairly girlie [and yes, it does come in a pink glittery box!] ... it's also really useful for plenty of fiddly men-friendly hobbies too.

 

My other half has already pinched some from me to use in his scale-aeroplane modelling [where he has to pick up and glue together some very tiny parts!] and is equally as impressed by it as I am!

 

Embellie Gellie's part of the new range of practical supplies from Scraperfect which is now in stock in the 3DJean shop where some of the other items include the Best Glue Ever and the Best Cleaner Ever. [Those are the actual product names!]

 

See you again soon.

 

Julie

It's All About Hexagons

I've got back into scrapbooking , all I seemed to be make where cards. So I thought I would have a play with the lovely NOTEBOOKS OF THE HERBORISTE 12x12 papers.

 

 

I added some strips and cut up the Hexagon sheet from the range , then added them to the layout with 3d foam pads to give it some depth.

 

A little bit of Basic Grey to pull it all together and some photo's completed the look.

Jan: Sweetheart box

That time is almost upon us to tell the one we love that they are special. This year I thought I would treat my love to a little gift. Jean has some fab kraft card which is great for this sort of project. It is very thick and strong, what you would call construction card. It comes in an amazing range of colours. As it's a Valentine's Day project I've used the brick(red).

 I cut out the shapes using my nesties. They didn't cut out cleanly so I had to help them out with a craft knife but it was worth the effort.

 I've used Pion papers to decorate. The striped band and label are from "From my heart 2" and the butterflies and words are from the new Playtime range.  As for the filling ....well it had to be love hearts, unfortunately Jean is not stocking these...yet.

So what are you going to use your kraft card for?

Julie: Scrapbooking with speech bubbles

Hello again.

When you buy the 'Party Puffin' stamp from Alice Palace Designs then the Party Puffin him/herself comes like this, complete with speech bubble attached:

And yet, as cute as this is ... I reeeeallllly like speech bubbles and wanted to be able to use it independently of the bird image and so ...

... with the aid of a sharp pair of craft scissors I carefully separated the two making both stamps just that bit more versatile than before.  

 

And here's how I've put the newly freed speech bubble to use, on this scrapbook page:

For this page I stamped 3 of the bubbles on to various patterned papers and dotted them around on 3D foam pads:

For future pages I'll definitely use the speech bubbles to ... wait for it .... add some speech! But here I thought it would be fun just to use them as mini frames:

... into which I stamped words and shapes [from my own stamp stash]:

So next time you spot a multi-part stamp design why not see if it's worth snipping one element free to get two for the price of one?

Thanks for dropping in today.

Julie

Open The Box

...and look inside...

BOO!

 

I just love these little cupboards..

 

 

You can do all kinds of things with them... I've taken the shelf out of this one to make space for the head... he's simply a lump of paper clay with a car bulb stuck in the top, the face is stamped onto thin paper and stuck on. A peice of old wooden ruler is stuck to the drawer front and a row of bling added. If you're wondering what the wheels are made from it's a giant cotton reel.

You can find the little cupboards here. The Paperclay is out of stock at the moment...it's hard to get hold of but keep checking for stock updates.

 

Jan:It's a dog's life

When I saw this fab stamp it was love at first sight. I'm normally not a great animal lover. Don't get me wrong I like animals  but I've never had the desire to have a pet. But he is adorable, sitting there so calm and serene with a cute crown on his head....perfect. First project with the new Alice Palace stamps is a box for a friend's 50th Birthday

 I've also made a couple of cards

I've added colour by stamping the images onto coloured paper which is my favourite way of colouring. All stamps are available in the shop

Julie: Cardmaking with the 'Crowned Bunnies' Alice Palace stamp

Hello again + Happy New Year from me, Jean and all the 3DJean design team.

 

After the regular Christmas indulgences I've also indulged in a spot of much needed gentle post-festivities papercrafting!

 

I've been using the 'Crowned Bunnies' set from the new Crafty Individuals stamp range designed by Alice Palace to create some soft, simple and small any-occasion cards:

For all 3 designs I stamped the figure on to patterned paper so that I didn't have to start from an entirely blank base:



I wanted some of the swirly paper design to show through, but not particualry across the face, so I just moved the stamp around until I got the design over the main body:

Next, using Pro-Markers in pale pastel shades, I added a few little hints of colour to highlight the cheeks, ears, tail and feet:

Then finally I added Stickles glitter to the crowns because ... if you're going to go to the effort of wearing a crown ...it might as well sparkle!

Supplies available from the 3DJean shop:

• Crafty Individuals / Alice Palace - 'Crowned Bunnies' stamp set
• Stickles

Thanks for dropping in today. I'll be back here in 3 weeks time. Happy crafting!

 

Julie :-)