Update from J & C Creations

Hi Everyone

Just to let you know that there are lots of new products on the new and improved J & C Creations Website.  I know you're thinking how can we improve on perfection.......well we have!  Take a trip by clicking on the above picture to be transported.  Don't worry if you have never purchased anything before from the site, there is a step by step guide and if you don't have a debit or credit card again don't worry you can pay by cheque - follow the simple instructions. 

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March Challenge is upon Us!!

Thanks to everyone who entered our Challenge last month, we had some fab entries. 

And the winner of the £20 J & C Gift Voucher  who was chosen at random from the February entries is

No 6 - Cindy

Could you please e-mail Jenny at  jenny@jandccreations.co.uk with your Snail Mail Address.

Our Top Three from February are:

No 1 - Rachel Fisher

No 7 - Kanda

No 5 -  Mel

Thank you for your wonderful creations, can you grab the Top 3 Banner and add it to your sidebar and show it off!

AND FOR OUR PRIZE THIS MONTH WE ARE SPONSORED BY  Jennie & Denise from J & C Creations who are offering a fabulous £20 Voucher to spend on the website

The Design Team  will be posting some fabulous creations on the J & C Creations blog to inspire you over the coming month.  The website features lots of crafty products and the blog is easily linked for you to purchase items seen in the projects.  Click the logo to the side of the post to be transported to crafty heaven!

The Challenge title this month is EASTER.  It can be a card, project or altered art, religious or otherwise depicting what Easter means to you.  It's your interpretation of the title.

To enter this months challenge, please post your entry on your blog and use the InLinkz box at the bottom of the competition blog post to provide a direct link to your project. The rules are that we only require 1 item which can be purchased from J & C Creations to be featured on your project.  Please include this on your blog post. The Challenge will close at 6pm on the 12th April.

As always, could we ask a huge favour please; could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead. Please, pretty please, it’s ever so easy to do  and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear. Also, can we remind you nicely that it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking.

Sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the moment, but please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Here is some inspiration to get you started on this month’s Challenge, we will be posting more inspiration throughout  March.

 March Challenge - Easter - Rocky

 

Products used:

Penny Black - Bunny Friends

Archival Ink - Coffee

Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn

Double sided tape

Green Gingham Ribbon

Watercolour pencils

Items in yellow are available from J&C Creations.

Making your own mini egg container is a personal touch and it helps stretch one pack of eggs a little further.

March Challenge - Easter - Tracey Anne
 
I couldn't resist the chance to play with my Brand new Heartfelt Creations paper pack 'Vintage Floret Collection.' and the beautiful corner die also from Heartfelt Creations, 'Decorative Blossom Corner.'
Aren't they just fabulous!!!
So here's a card with it as the background and again in some of the Easter eggs and the main sentiment

HAPPY EASTER FOLKS XX

Items used

Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret Collection Paper Pack

Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations Die 'Decorative Blossom Corner'

Spellbinders die Floral Doily motif Die

Tim Holts Distressing ink 'Crushed Olive'

Marianne basket Die

Easter Egg stamp

Glitter 

All items highlighted can be purchased from J and C Creations


March Challenge - Easter - Pauline
 

Items from J&C Creations:

6x6 blank white card

Coconut card

Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink pad

Penny Black wooden stamp – Easter Joy! (1936K)

Pink, green and yellow card

Doodlebug Design 12x12 paper – Birthday Girl Stripe

Small flower punch

Adhesive gems

Marianne Creatables dies Ivy Set (LR0206), Tiny Flowers 2 (LR0249) and the bird from Fence Set (LR0205)

March Challenge - Easter - Natalie

INGREDIENTS -

Tim Holtz -'Easter Blueprints' Stamp Set

Penny Black Sentiment Stamp

Archival Ink - Coffee

Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade & Shabby Shutters

Dew Drops, Ranger Glossy Accents & PVA Glue

White & Kraft Cardstock

Happy Crafting!

NATALIE

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February Challenge is upon us!

Thanks to everyone who entered our Challenge last month, we had some fab entries. 

And the winner of the £20 J & C Gift Voucher  who was chosen at random from the January entries  is

No 19 - Lisa T

Could you please e-mail Jenny at  jenny@jandccreations.co.uk with your Snail Mail Address.

Our Top Three from January are:

No 5 - Rachel

No 11 - Denise and Furballs

No 10 -  Susan

Thank you for your wonderful creations, can you grab the Top 3 Banner and add it to your sidebar and show it off!

AND FOR OUR PRIZE THIS MONTH WE ARE SPONSORED BY  Jennie & Denise from J & C Creations who are offering a fabulous £20 Voucher to spend on the website

The Design Team  will be posting some fabulous creations on the J & C Creations blog to inspire you over the coming month.  The website features lots of crafty products and the blog is easily linked for you to purchase items seen in the projects.  Click the logo to the side of the post to be transported to crafty heaven!

The Challenge title this month is INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP.  It can be between humans and/or animals.  It's your interpretation of the title.

To enter this months challenge, please post your entry on your blog and use the InLinkz box at the bottom of the competition blog post to provide a direct link to your project. The rules are that we only require 1 item which can be purchased from J & C Creations to be featured on your project.  Please include this on your blog post. The Challenge will close at 6pm on the 12th March.

As always, could we ask a huge favour please; could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead. Please, pretty please, it’s ever so easy to do  and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear. Also, can we remind you nicely that it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking.

Sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the moment, but please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Here is some inspiration to get you started on this month’s Challenge, we will be posting more inspiration throughout  February.

Tracey Anne
Here's my inspiration for the February Challenge 'International Friendship Month' Not the first time this stamp has been out as it is such a cutie I trend to use it a lot for  friendship and/or lovers cards.

 Items used:

Penny Black 'Furry Embrace' Stamp

The stamp Barn Friendship Sentiment' Stamp ( WOR123G) 

decorative Square die 

Marianne flower and swirl die( from Straight frame set)

Pearl embellishments 

patterned papers

Spellbinders labels17
Gold Peel offs
Alcohol pens to colours

Colours used for the little pussies were LG1, LG3, LG4, F2,NR2, NR3, Swing Seat NR3 ,NR5, Flowers LY2,LY4 and DG3, LG2, LG4 .
 All highlighted items can be found over at the J and C Creations website

Rocky

Items Used:

Stamp - Penny Black set - Hugs

Spellbinders - Blossoms Two & Foliage

Embossing Folder - Garden Lattice

Distress Inks - Bundled Sage/Tumbled Glass/Wild Honey/Rusty Hinge/Scattered Straw

Archival Ink - Coffee

Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder - Clear

This Penny Black set is great for friends, anniversary, Mother's Day and even Valentines, it has so many cute stamps in one set. The flowers are also cut with the Blossoms die set and snipped to give petals.

Sue

Items used from J & C Creations:

Penny Black stamp

Spellbinder Label 21

Heartfelt Creations Decorative Butterfly Corner 

Distress Pens

Patterned backing papers

Flower and pearls
sentiment from the internet:
Need a smile, text me - Need a laugh, call me - Need a hug, come see me - Need love, you've already got me.

Link your project here:

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Welcome, Crafty People!

Thanks to everyone who entered our Challenges last year, we had some stunning entries. 

Sorry we have been away for a month but we are back full of crafty inspiration and your talent. What a combination!

And the winner of the £20 J & C Gift Voucher  who was chosen at random from the  November entries  is

No 13 - Pamela

Could you please e-mail Jenny at  jenny@jandccreations.co.uk with your Snail Mail Address.

Our Top Three from November are:

No 8 - Sam

No 11 - Celine

No 19 -  Joyce

Thank you for your wonderful creations, can you grab the Top 3 Banner and add it to your sidebar and show it off!

AND FOR OUR PRIZE THIS MONTH WE ARE SPONSORED BY  Jennie & Denise from J & C Creations who are offering a fabulous £20 Voucher to spend on the website

The Design Team  will be posting some fabulous creations on the J & C Creations blog to inspire you over the coming months.  The website features lots of crafty products and the blog is easily linked for you to purchase items seen in the projects.  We have Sues Technique Tuesday and Thrifty Thursday, Jacquis Friday Master Class, Natalie showing us the 12 tags of 2013 from Tim Holts and a whole lot more.  The team will also be showing off their talents throughout the month, so do come and visit us.  Click the logo to the side of the post to be transported to crafty heaven!

The Challenge title this month is SOMETHING OLD AND SOMETHING NEW.  So you need to dust off your oldest crafty stash and your newest finds and combine them together.

To enter this months challenge, please post your entry on your blog and use the InLinkz box at the bottom of the competition blog post to provide a direct link to your project. The rules have slightly changed in as much that we only require 1 item which can be purchased from J & C Creations to be featured on your project.  Please include this on your blog post. The Challenge will close at 6pm on the 12th February.

As always, could we ask a huge favour please; could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead. Please, pretty please, it’s ever so easy to do  and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear. Also, can we remind you nicely that it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking.

Sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the moment, but please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Here is some inspiration to get you started on this month’s Challenge, we will be posting more inspiration throughout  January.

  January Challenge Georgina

Here is one of my cards that I have made in 2013 !! Couldn't wait to get started, hopefully this will be a good year for everyone.

Products used for Something Old:

Music sheet backing card from old card stock

Black organza flowers

Spellbinder die (labels Twenty) from J & C Creations

Tim Holtz distress pens from J & C Creations

Products used for Something New:

Digital Stamp from Saturated Canary

Spellbinders (Floral Flourishes) from J & C Creations

Bow Maker

Red Ribbon

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  January Challenge - Natalie!

Hello!

Here is my card for this month's challenge over at the Challenge Blog!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas & New Year!

Natalie

xxx

Something New - Penny Black Cling Stamp 'Kisses 40-097'

Something Old - Penny Black Sentiment Stamp 'Love You 2843B'

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  January Challenge - Pauline

Items used:

Heartfelt Creations Delicate Asters (HCD 726) 

Memento Bamboo Leaves

FabScraps Heritage Pink Floral (C38 007A)

EK Success edger punch Arch Scallop

Spellbinders D-Lites Fantastic Flourish Two (S2-009)

Pink ribbon

Glitter

Gems

Small flower

Tiny pink beads

Method:

Die cut 6 flowers from the cryogen paper with each of the 4 flower dies.  Die cut 2 leaves. 

Curl all the petals of the flowers inwards and then assemble inside each other starting with the largest and ending with the smallest.

Colour the leaves using the Bamboo Leaves dye ink.

Die cut 3 pink flowers using the smallest die and assemble together, glue inside the flower and add some of the pink sprig embellishment to the middle.

Using green card, die cut a flourish using the D-Lites die.

I have used a strip of double-sided tape to adhere the glitter.

Assemble the card as in the photo.
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  January Challenge - Sue

 Penny Black - Ladybug 'n Hedgehog
Distress ink in Walnut Stain - SomethingNew

Bitty Spellbinder flowers - Something New

Button - Something Old

Spellbinder  Label 5

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January Challenge - Nat

Something Old - Penny Black stamp & ribbon

Something New - Spellbinders 'Labels 25' & leaf charm

Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret stamps and dies  -  Something Old

Gilding Flakes  -  Something New

Best of Luck.
Please leave your link here

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NOVEMBER CHALLENGE–FLORAL DELIGHTS

 

Thanks to everyone who entered our October Challenge we had some stunning entries.  We had a really hard time choosing Top 3 again this month the entries where of such a high Quality. 

The winner of the £20 J & C Gift Voucher  who was chosen at random  is

No 16 – Sue Bearhouse

could you please e-mail Jacqui at www.jacqueline_dennis@btinternet.com with your Snail Mail Address.

And Our Top Three are|:

No 1 – Brigit

No 11 – Deborah A

No 10 – Jane

Thank you for your fabulous creations girls, can you grab the Top 3 Banner and add it to your sidebar

 

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This months challenge is

FLORAL DELIGHTS – We would like to see flowers on your card whether Backing Paper, Stamp or embellishments.

 

Remember you do not have to use J & C Creations Products on your card this is an open Challenge 

 

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR 2  GUEST DESIGNERS TO JOIN US FOR THE NEXT 3 MONTHS IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED JUST ADD GDT AFTER YOUR NAME ON YOUR ENTRY.

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AND FOR OUR PRIZE THIS MONTH WE ARE AGAIN SPONSORED BY

Jennie & Denise from J & C Creations Who are offering a fabulous

£20 Voucher To spend on the website..

The Design Team  will also be posting some fabulous creations on the J & C Creations Designs to Inspire Blog featuring lots of Dies from Spellbinders, Marianne Dies ,also This month we are showcasing Dry and Heat Embossing Sue will have some brilliant Ideas to save you money on Thrifty Thursday and Jacquis Friday Master class this month is Colouring with Distress Inks, of course their will be the stunning work of Natalie with all her hints and tips,  so do come and visit us.

 

 

Here is some inspiration to get you started on this months Challenge, we will be posting more inspiration at the end of November

 

 

Sue

 

 

Rocky

Nat B

Pauline

Nat G

To enter this months challenge, please post your entry on your blog and use the InLinkz box at the bottom of the competition blog post to provide a direct link to your project. It is not necessary to use products available from J & C Creations on your entry, but those who do will be entered twice into the candy draw and all entries may be entered into other online blog challenges. The Challenges will close at 6pm on the 12th December

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October Challenge–Contemporary Christmas

September Challenge–Cute Christmas

To enter any challenge, please post your entry on your blog and use the InLinkz box at the bottom of the competition blog post to provide a direct link to your project. It is not necessary to use products available from J & C Creations on your entry, but those who do will be entered twice into the candy draw and all entries may be entered into other online blog challenges.  The Challenges will close at 6pm on the 12th November

And the winner of the £20 J & C Gift Voucher  who was chosen at random  is

No 23 – Pamela

could you please e-mail Jacqui at www.jacqueline_dennis@btinternet.com with your Snail Mail Address.

 

Our Top Three has been really difficult to choose this week but we have finally come up with the following:

 

No 5 – Lorraine B

 

No 16 – Brigit

 

No 37 – Donna

 

Thank you for your fabulous creations girls, can you grab the Top 3 Banner and add it to your sidebar

 

This months challenge is

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS

AND FOR OUR PRIZE THIS MONTH WE ARE AGAIN SPONSORED BY

Jennie & Denise from J & C Creations Who are offering a fabulous

 

 

 

£20 Voucher To spend on the website..

The Design Team  will also be posting some fabulous creations on the J & C Creations Designs to Inspire Blog featuring lots of Dies from Spellbinders and Marianne Dies  so do come and visit us.

Here is some inspiration to get you started

 

 

Nat B

 

 

 

 

Georgina

 

 

Rocky 

Pauline

Tracey Anne

Jacqui

Nat G

 
 
So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and  don’t forget if you get a sec to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please; could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead. Please, pretty please, it’s ever so easy to do  and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear. And also, can we remind you nicely that it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking.

Also just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the moment, but please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

This Challenge closes at 6pm on the 12th November

Best of Luck

From all at J & C Creations xx

Thank you for participating

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September Challenge–Cute Christmas

To enter any challenge, please post your entry on your blog and use the InLinkz box at the bottom of the competition blog post to provide a direct link to your project. It is not necessary to use products available from J & C Creations on your entry, but those who do will be entered twice into the candy draw and all entries may be entered into other online blog challenges.  The Challenges will close at 6pm on the 12th October

 

And the winner of the £20 J & C Gift Voucher  who was chosen at random  is

No 8 - Jayne

could you please e-mail Jacqui at www.jacqueline_dennis@btinternet.com with your Snail Mail Address.

This months challenge is

 

CUTE CHRISTMAS

 

 

AND FOR OUR PRIZE THIS MONTH WE ARE AGAIN SPONSORED BY

Jennie & Denise from J & C Creations Who are offering a fabulous

£20 Voucher To spend on the website..

The Design Team  will also be posting some fabulous creations on the J & C Creations Designs to Inspire Blog featuring lots of Penny Black Stamps and Wild Rose Studio Products with full tutorials during August./ September  so do come and visit.

Here is some inspiration to get you started.

 

 

Tracey Anne

 

 

 

 

Pauline

 

 

 

 

 

Sue

 

 

 

 

 

Rocky

 

 

 

 

Nat G

 

 

 

 

Nat B

 

 

 

 

 

Georgina

 

 

 

 

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and  don’t forget if you get a sec to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please; could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead. Please, pretty please, it’s ever so easy to do  and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear. And also, can we remind you nicely that it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking.

Also just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the moment, but please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

This Challenge closes at 6pm on the 12th October

Best of Luck

From all at J & C Creations xx

Thank you for participating

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