Hot Glue Gun Drips

I don't know what your hot glue guns are like but I must have tried every make/ brand on the market and they all seem to drip hot glue at some time or other. Then there is the added problem of the corded ones tipping over and the little pull out wire rest being less than useless, as soon as that electrical cord gets any sort of kink or bend it tipples. not good when you constantly have to put the glue gun down to stick stuff together.

The problem above teamed with not being able to find a new glue stick when you need it encouraged me to make a craft kit.

A Hot Glue Gun Stand and Glue Stick Storage kit

Easy to put together and great to decorate in you favourite colours or cover with patterned paper

No more hunting to find the glue sticks at a crucial point in gluing.

An acrylic plate to pop in so that when the glue drips you can take out the plate to peel off the cool glue

Problem solved and it looks great sitting on your work desk.

The acrylic plate sits right underneath the drippy bit.

On my Etsy shop now Jak Heath Designs

New Craft Kits

Its been an exciting few weeks, I turned a corner in my Etsy Shop and added some Craft Kits of my designs, I really wasn't going down that route but after many requests I thought that maybe I should.. So what are the kits? Well they are laser cut designs from 3mm MDF allowing the buyer to put their creative twist on the design.

below is the kits I have so far but adding more soon. 

I should show you how I coloured them..

This one I am going to send to Family in place of a card this year, a gorgeous decoration that they can uses year after year.

These are a set of 2 Winter Mittens and Christmas Bells

Both are Hanging decorations.

Love a Christmas Farm Truck with a Tree.

'Twas the night before Christmas. Christmas Mouse.

You can view them all here https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JakHeathDesigns 

Oh Baby

Is there anything more exciting than welcoming  a new baby to the family? Decorating the room is all part of the nesting process. This gorgeous SVG file is perfect for that

it could be done with an electronic cutter the like of Silhouette Cameo , Cricut Maker or ScanNCut for card making, scrapbook or a picture.

What ever you choose it would make a delightful gift for a new Mum to be.

Available now on my Etsy shop here 

Calling all with electronic cutters

Do you own an electronic cutter? Brother ScanNCut, Silhouette Cameo, Cricut Maker to name just a few, I make SVG cutting files that will work with your cutters. 

Something for a new home

A happy camper

 

Or maybe you are getting ready for the big event at the end of the year.

 

I have files for everyone.

Try me, made for crafters by a crafter.

 https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JakHeathDesigns 

New Etsy Shop

Its been a long time coming as I have always designed things to use in craft projects. Then I received a laser machine for my birthday this year and started designing again.

Creating SVG files that can be used on electronic cutting machines like a Silhouette Cameo, Scan N Cut and Cricut for paper crafts and also laser cutting machines to cut out designs in wood and acrylic.

So the idea was born and I have opened a shop (Jak Heath Designs) and my first designs are on there.

I will be adding more as I have so many ideas in my head.

Jak x

 

Engraving on Stainless Steel with the xTool

I was thinking that these stainless steel bottle openers would be great for gifting, I always find gifts for men are hard to find, I’m not saying that these are only for men as I think every household needs one of these at some time.

I think they turned out pretty good, the hardest part was thinking up the slogans but these could also be personalised to suit the receiver. Something like “ Dad you will always be Older Bud-Wiser” or “ David he is always flipping his lid” you get the idea.

Engraved Metal Business Cards

I have engraved these metal business cards using the XTool S1, I have added a star over the QR code to hide the details.

I love how these have turned out, I used a thick metal Anodised card which is more expensive but doesn’t bend so less likely to damage.

The beauty of these cards is that you only need one of them, you just allow your client, business associates to scan the QR code with their phone camera to get all of your contact details.

On my card I even added a picture to the back of it.

XTool S1 laser cutter Engraver

I was a lucky lady and was bought a laser cutter for my birthday, I wanted something that I could grow with so I opted for the 20W XTool S.

It has been so long, after changing careers I just hadn’t wanted to do any craft, or very little craft the odd crochet here and there and a bit of baking but that was about it.

I guess working as a florist was giving me the creativity that I needed.

Anyway, lets forward to my birthday gift, I’m sure not only I but also Chris will have a go with it as his model railway builds are bound to have things that he could cut out on it.

I started with engraving. Just playing and having a go.

Soon I moved on to a project so here is my first for my grand fur babies.

Somewhere to hang their leashes and collars.

I’ve also engraved a few metal business cards with QR codes so I’ll take some pictures of them soon maybe I’ll add a star over the top for security reasons.

 

Heart Iced Cookies

Continuing the iced cookies trying to master it, simple shapes like hearts and enjoying experimenting with the design.

These were fun, I managed to get the flow of the icing how I wanted it.

Much less lumpy and a better consistency.

Roses Leaves and dots made pretty cookies.

The trick was to work quickly before the icing started to set.

Pretty patterns by piping lines and dragging a needle through the piping.

Iced Cookies

I’ve watching in awa of some of the iced cookies that I have seen, at Christmas I made the Christmas cake  and decided to use a cookie mould, this was a Karen Davies mould, and I iced with royal icing to decorate, I loved how it turned out.

Obviously it is a learning curve but it was fun and we enjoyed snacking on the cookies before cutting into the cake.

Maybe it was a bit adventurous for my first but I enjoyed the process.

Remembrance Day Display

We always try to do a display at the Flower Shop and I loved making all of the pieces for Remembrance Day to put this one together.

So I started with Poppies making loads but unsure what they were for.

I thought maybe a wreath. It is also pretty lucky that my husband is a dab had at carpentry so I request a free standing cross and of course he obliged.

I needed rocks for around the base of the cross and mine started life as brown packaging paper which I painted then dry brushed to get the effect.

I had them drying all over my kitchen benches.

Once dry they were scrunched up and dry brushed with white paint which worked beautifully

I painted the wooded cross white and added the Lest We Forget and soldiers with black vinyl cut using my electronic cutter.

As you can see it all came together quite nicely.

I just needed to set the scene.

So here it all is in place in the Flower Shop

I added a camouflage net the wreath, some boots and army trousers.

I used up the extra paper poppies on our work bench.

All in all I’m really please how this has turned out.