Nonnie's Musings

Vintage Card Class in May

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Thursday night, May 19th 6:00-8:30 pm
Sunday afternoon, May 22nd 1-3:30 pm

OK, a little steam punky, a little odd...the inside is my current fav Wendy Vecchi stamp....
¨She was a stylish, with a little bit of attitude¨

A new technique, easy, but adds a lot of depth to a project

When you cannot find the right old vintage photo...make your own!

This is my graduation card this year....could be used for many occasions or ¨just because!¨

OK, Jessica is going to yell at me for this one.....cute ATC...BAD, BAD photo!

you get the idea though....

hope you can join us!!

All the floral twist cards...

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Class at Scrapbooks, Too on Wednesday, May 11th and at VIP Scrapbooks on Saturday, June 11. Hope to see you there!

AI with a Floral Twist....

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OK, the color is a little rough...I finished the samples at 9 at night and rushed them over to the store, without taking any pics. OOPS...so Allie kindly took a picture with her i phone ...you can at least get the idea!

Iris (see post below), big red and yellow dahlia with a brand new technique, the purple one on Ten Second Studio metal...fun way to play, the daffodil because it was cheery and flowers and butterflies...perfect for summer. One card is stamped with a Mother´s Day sentiment, but I will bring birthday, thinking of you and other assorted greetings!

And I have added a class...in addition to Sunday, May 1st from 12:30-2:30 and Tuesday, May 3rd from 6:00-8:00pm, it will be offered on Wednesday, May 11th from 10:30-12:30 for those of you who prefer weekdays.

Stop by the store and see the sample board to see the cards in real life...I think you will like them!

Sneak peek...

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Alcohol Inks with a Floral Twist....all flowers....big, small, bright, pastel, realistic, whimsical....a veritable garden of cards! Sunday, May 1st 12:30-2:30 and Tuesday, May 3rd, 6:00-8:00 pm. Check back this week...as I finish the sample I will post them! Looking forward to seeing you....hope you can join us!

Vintage Card Class

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with a touch of Steam Punk tossed in!

4 cards and a tag....

First the SteamPunk! I couldn´t resist - somehow the new Graphic 45 and the Ten Seconds Studio just called for a little humor. Don´t like the heart? You could put a bird in your cage...no problemo!

Little hard to see, but the tag uses the large Book Cover stamp as well as the new fleur de lis movers and shapers. I am often asked ¨why tags?¨ ¨what am I supposed to do with it?¨ ok, here is my why...it is a nice surface to work on, it is a good size, there is a lot of freedom in working on them ...you do not have a big investment in them so it is easy to experiment and see what you come up with! what do yo do with them? lots of different things....use them as bookmarks, use them as an element on a scrapbook page - put journaling on them if you wish, make them the focal point of a card, swap them with other tag fans, use them as a gift tag, mount a themed group on a canvas, just collect them....you get the idea...whatever you want to do!

Needless to say, when I say this stamp set i fell head over heels for it. He had me at Paris. Or perhaps the butterflies....there are lots of color ways you could go here, but I love the warmth of the wild honey....

Dusty Concord remains one of my favs and I love the backwards script stamps....we will do the embossing folder trick with these cool stamps and make the fluffy flower. I will admit to being addicted to the tissue flower. Ever since I learned how to make them about a month ago, they are showing up on everything I make!

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And always it seems, a little sewing theme. We will make the little needle book and you can write secret messages in it! The ric rac is Vintage...the spool is from the 40´s or the 50´s and I have so much I can share! Good chance to try the resist and glassine papers if you haven´t had the chance yet.

Hoping you can join us for the inky goodness....

Sunday, April 17th from 12:30-3:00 or Tuesday, April 19th from 6:00-8:30 pm.

And the winner is....

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Jessica!!!

I think I will save the postage and bring your treats to the next class you take!!!
Thanks to everyone who follows this blog!

Thank you! Anniversary Party!

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OK, it has come to my attention that I have been teaching and blogging for over a year now, so I should throw a party! As many of you know, remembering to blog and posting pictures are a challenge for me...which is a problem when you are blogging about artsie things where pics are key! Well, I am always trying to improve and one of these days I will have it all figured out! In the mean time I am going to give away a little blog candy to one of my followers. Lots of you tell me you check out my blog, but you don´t actually follow it. That needs to change, so I am resorting to blog candy...LOL...hey, whatever works.

Here is a picture of what one of my followers will win....let´s make this quick...anyone who becomes a follower by next Sunday night, April 3rd, will be eligible to win. Ok, you can´t tell by the picture what you are winning??? Let me spell it out...Dusty Concord Distress Ink, Re-inker and Stain, 12 #8 tags, 6 of Tim´s new little hangers, about 10 yards of red and white bakers twine and about 20 yards of brown and white bakers twine, and a stamp. Yes, a stamp. To be more precise, a Stampers Anonymous butterfly stamp. It is a couple of years old but it does coordinate nicely with Mr. Holtz´s new butterfly stamps...I somehow ended up with two of them and I think I should share the wealth.

Tag Tuesday March 22, 2011

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Thank you Louise for doing the Tag Tuesday challenge - it was the only challenge I ever participated in and although I rarely had time to do it I often checked what everyone else was doing and really enjoyed it! And thank you to Rebecca for taking it over at Blog Challenge Garden. To help make sure the new challenge gets off to a good start I decided I had better participate! So here is a spring tag...

Let´s see if I can remember what I did....since I did half yesterday and half today, I am not sure I will get it all, but I will try....and now that I look at it, I am not sure there is any stamping on it, although there is a lot of paint and ink...LOL...please forgive me....I tried!

First, I covered the tag with Spun Sugar Distress Stain and edged in copper paint. I then trimmed the flowers from a cocktail napkin and applied them to the tag with wax (which actually ended up coating the whole tag by the time I was done). I attached a butterfly I punched from a scrap with the Martha Stewart Monarch punch and a dragonfly and a copper Spring piece from the new K&Co collection. It is finished off with a snippet of silk ribbon. Thanks for visiting and I love comments if you have the time! And you might want to check out my Anniversary post, also from today. ¨I´m just sayin´¨ as Wendy would say....

Vintage Card Class - April

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Here is one of the cards....2 new stamps, 1 new die and 1 old die, and a pair of fun techniques!

Art Journaling 303

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This week! Tuesday midday, 11:30-1:30 and Saturday, 10:30-12:30. We will stitch our cover, make UTEE charms and embellishments and have an introduction to wax. If you missed the second session, you are certainly welcome to this session, just make sure you have done anything you need to do to your pages before binding (like die cutting or punching them!) so that you can finish the structure of the book.

Alcohol Inks with a Twist of Easter

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OK, you need to use your imagination a little on this one.....imagine the pink printed piece is adhered to a square yellow card base! Paper by We ´r Memory and stamps by Stampendous.

Sorry the glare is a little bright, but it was tricky catching the shred in the basket....and guess which Tim Holtz Sizzix die this is! Punch by Martha, Stamps by Stampendous and paper by We ´r memory.

A new Sizzix embossing folder...some liquid pearls...and a lot of purple ink....

polka dots are always fun....stamps by Stampendous, paper by We ´r Memory

Tim Holtz stamps....and an unknown egg stamp...

Class on Thursday night, April 6th from 6:00-8:00 and Sunday, April 3rd from 12:30-2:30.

Friends Canvas

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This 9x12 canvas was designed to feature a 4x6 or 5x7 photo of you and your best friends....or your sisters....or even your family. I will bring a stamp that says sisters and one that says family in addition to the friends stamp.

Here is a close up of the butterfly which I seem to have been using a lot lately...

And here is a close up of the dress form, mini mini mini rosette, angel wings, et. al. I must have been die happy the day I made this! I count 6 on this canvas!

Things to bring to class: Tea dye or vintage photo distress ink and a blending tool, juniper and gold paint dabbers, your photo(s) and your scissors and beacons of course!

Class will be held in both Bloomington and Rochester! At Scrapbooks Too on Thursday, April 14th from 6:00-8:30 and Sunday, April 10th from 12:30-3:00. At VIP Scrapbooks on Sunday, March 27th from 11:00-2:00.

Stains and Washes

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Messy, messy class...bring gloves if you want to protect your hands when we play with the washes!

ATC challenge

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Ellen Huston has a fun ATC challenge going...here are a few of my recent ones...with stamp and paper credits - when possible! (That means if I remember!)

Wendy Vecchi/Studio 490 Stamps and Making Memories Paper

Tim Holtz Stamps - on a tag, cut down to ATC size

Wendy Vecchi/Studio 490 Stamps

Wendy Vecchi/Studio 490 Stamps

Tim Holtz Stamps and My Mind´s Eye Paper

Alcohol Inks with a Twist of Valentineś

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This might be one of my all time favorite cards although I am pretty sure the photo does not do it justice - LOL!

Not quite done...but here are the first two...watch for the other 3 on Tuesday morning!

Vintage Card Class

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A few new techniques, a valentine or two, and some inky goodness....2 of them based on Mr. Holtz´s 2010 12 Tags of Christmas....but now with a non Christmas theme! The printed paper is Cosmo Cricket - just love this line! I hope you can join me on Thursday, January 27th or Sunday January 30th at Scrapbooks Too or on Sunday, January 23rd at VIP Scrapbooks in Rochester!

This design based on one of the 2010 Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas and tweaked just a bit, makes a nice card....or mount it on a piece of chipboard for a little decor...

Valentine goodness....hard to see, but the pocket holds about 6 little valentines which we will stamp and or emboss....then you could write notes to your sweetie on the back of them....or not...next time maybe I will remember to take photos of ALL the pieces....LOL.

I did remember the inside of that card...gold embossed with a Tim Holtz Valentine stamp.

Based on a tag, but a love twist....simple, but a card a guy might like...and the inside has a little more stamping:

And finally, the bird design from Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas modified to fit a card and a mini rosette...just love those!

Santa

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did

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me
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Christmas
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year.

Maybe next year. So I continue to struggle with the point and shoot and turning off the flash and the glare from the metallics in these cards. I think I have to take a class or something soon! In the meantime, here are bad pics of the great cards in this week´s Alcohol Inks with a Twist of Winter Class. They are beautiful in real life, the pics just do not capture it very well. At least you can get a sense of where we are going on this newest adventure. And there are several new techniques in this class, so join us on Thursday, the 12th from 10:30-12:30 or 6-8 pm or Sunday, the 16th from 12:30-2:30. Or in Rochester on Sunday, January 23rd from noon-2.

ok, you are wondering what this has to do with winter....well, I would like to spend my winter in Paris....and the colors fit in with this group!

fun new technique on these snowflakes....

try them on a new material...

have taught this technique in an advanced embossing class, but not an AI class....

these two techniques are from the Tim Holtz 2010 12 tags of Christmas series....adapted for a winter, rather than Christmas card. would make a fun birthday or blizzard card. Maybe we should start sending cards everytime there is a snow emergency!!

hope to see you there!

meant to post

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earlier today - Happy New Year! All decade long I have enjoyed interesting dates and today´s certainly qualifies: 1/1/11. Also, I have a new card class to upload and the calender to update....but that will wait until Sunday night! I hope this year is your best ever....

December Point of View

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OK, I finally gave in and used an Eiffel Tower stamp. This fun one is a wood mount by Hampton Arts and is included in the price of the class. Class is WEDNESDAY, December 15th at 10:30 am and 6:30 pm. A few comments and the inks I used...

Based on a card that I was fortunate enough to have published in Take Ten....uses Sepia Archival Ink, Vintage Photo Distress, Gold Paint Dabber and Sunflower Sparkle Perfect Pearls Mist.

The new Cosmo Cricket paper and a check out those peeps....Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Tea Dye and Sepia Archival Ink. Yes, if you have the bird trio stamp from a past class, bring it along. I will have one there to use if you don´t have it.

What is not to love about this new Cosmo Cricket collection?? Straight jet black archival ink...simple, yet effective.

OK, bring along a brayer if you have one....we will play with dye inks...and gloss paper....and a little Versamark and clear embossing powder. I used greens, blues and purples and will have them there, but bring your own if you want to see what you can come up with using ink you already own.

OK. photo fairy failed me...this is my favorite card and you wouldn´t know why to look at this picture! My Mind´s Eye Lost and Found paper, a tag, and Twinkling H20ś make magic. I have about 5 colors but feel free to bring your own if you want to try something besides pink. Just about anything works well with the timeless black and white. I will bring pink, purple, green and blue.

7 Gypsies Christmas Tray Class

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Make a Christmas themed 7 Gypsies Tray using Girls Paperie paper, stamps and die cuts. It holds 1 4x6 photo and 2 wallet size photos, although you could easily rearrange it to include 2 4x6 photos. Traditional reds and greens make it a good gift for that hard to shop for person on your Christmas list. Feel free to bring your pictures to class so you can walk out with a finished project.

Sunday, December 5th from 12:30-3:30 and Thursday, December 9th 10:30-1:30 and 6:00-9:00.

Stop by the shop to see the 3-D goodness of this fun project.

Alcohol Inks with a Twist of Christmas

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A few new techniques, some gorgeous colors....Thursday, December 2nd, at both 10:30 am-12:30 and 6:30-8:30 pm and Saturday morning, December 4th from 10:30 to 12:30. And I will be teaching this class at VIP in Rochester on Wednesday, December 8th!

Poinsettia....

a little Christmas joy using the new Tim Holtz die cut

a little stamping and coloring with Alcohol Inks....

AI and paint....on acryllic....

and finally, a little Christmas plaid....using Tim Holtz Christmas stamps!

Join us for some fun, some new techniques and 5 more Holiday cards for your stash!

Fun project, photo glitch

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live and learn...I should have taken the picture without the plastic in the window....but by the time I went to take the picture the whole back was glued on and I was not going to try and unbeacon it. So this is a tease...stop by Scrapbooks Too and take a look. It is a class on December 14th, both day and evening. The price of the class includes most of the trinkets - ust not the stamp or the candle, but it would be a great way to display some treasured Christmas ornaments or mementos.

Sneak peek...

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Yes, there will be an Alcohol Inks with a Twist of Christmas....coming soon to a scrapbook store near you! Here is one of the cards...I will have the others for you to see at this week´s Twist of Thanksgiving class and I will post them after Saturday´s class. There are a few spots left in each of the three classes this week. The Twist of Christmas classes will be on Thursday, December 2nd and Saturday, December 4th. They are elegant, fast cards, easy to reproduce if you need to make lots of cards! Check back for a look at all of them. And check the post on October 24th if you need a look at the Thanksgiving cards.

Bo Bunny Mini Album

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This book features the 2010 Bo Bunny Noel collection and was designed to fit on the 7 gypsies display stand. There are 14 pages with great paper, beautiful ribbon and a little stamping fun. This is the cover - stop in the store to see the whole book. Class is on Tuesday, November 30th and Saturday, December 4th. It would be lovely displayed in your home or would make a great gift. All you have to do is add photos and some journaling - the photo mats are all done for you.

Tim Holtz Vintage Christmas Cards

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These vintage cards all feature the 2010 Tim Holtz Christmas stamps and dies, lots of fiber and trinkets and a fun ribbon rose technique. I took the photos late in the day and they look a little washed out - stop in the store and see the details! It is a three hour class - some of these techniques take some time to do properly! 5 cards in all and we will use the new perfect pearls spray. Class is Tuesday, December 7 and Saturday, December 11th.

November Point of View

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A little Christmas fun...glitter, glaze pens, twinkling h2o´s, distress inks and of course - jet black archival! If you have jet black archival, versamark, vintage photo distress ink, red and green memento markers or red and green glaze pens, bring them along! The twinkling H2Oś I used were in the purple, blue and green families, but if you have some you love, bring them along...the tag could be made many ways. We will make 3 Christmas cards, a New Year card and 3 little Christmas tags. The class fee includes the WOOD mounted Impression Obsession tree stamp, so no need to bring a block! Class is Thursday, November 18th at 10:30 and at 6:30 - hope you can join us!

This card unfolds and reveals the stamped panel on the inside.

Colors are a little washed out here - it uses the BoBunny lavender. lime and aqua paper and is quite pretty!

Alcohol Inks with a Twist of Thanksgiving

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OK, here we go...Thursday, November 11th and Saturday, November 13th. I realized I changed the stamped part of the burgundy card just above...gold embossed pops a little more, and I am missing one of the images but I will take another photo and get it posted. Three new techniques here for those of you who have taken the other alcohol ink classes I have taught. And if you do not need this many Thanksgiving cards, they would all make great Birthday cards and I will bring some birthday stamps along as well.

Point of View: October

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Here are the five cards for Point of View this Thursday. To stamp the Unity tree stamp I used, brown and green markers (memento, but any dye markers will do, pool and stream paint dabbers, versamark and black detail embossing powder, jet black archival, tea dye and vintage photo distress ink and a blending tool for the vintage. For the leaves I used distress inks, reinkers and perfect pearls in an assortment of fall colors - just about any would work. Think peeled paint, rusty hinge, any of the browns, yellows or oranges - with blending tools! I will have everything at class, but if you want to work faster, bring along what you have in your stash and off we will go. Class is Thursday night from 6:30-8:30.

Dream Canvas at VIP in Rochester

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I am teaching the Dream Canvas class at VIP Scrapbookingś new store in Rochester on Sunday, October 17th from 12:30 -3:30. You will learn to work on canvas, make a grungepaper rose and have some inky fun! Class size is limited so sign up now!

Crafty Secrets Halloween Card Class

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A little stamping + new Sizzix dies + vintage Crafty Secrets images + the brand new Girls Paperie Toil and Trouble Paper = Halloween Fun!

Class on Monday, October 18th, 1-3 and 6:30-8:30 for just $20!

Halloween Pumkin Dude

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This little guy is next weekś class - and while we will make him using a glitter pumpkin you can easily adopt this idea to real pumpkins of any size. You will leave class with the hat pattern and the measurements for his cuff. This size sits on a stamped tag with a little Happy Halloween sign, but you could customize him many ways. Class is Thursday, October 14 from 1-3 or 6:30-8:30.

Halloween Tray Class

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I am not sure the photo does this justice, but you get the idea! The tray has lots of dimension, is all in black, orange and white - with a touch of copper! Fun home decor or a great gift. Easy places to add a couple of photos if you want to highlight your own trick or treaters! The class is next Sunday, October 10th and is also being offered on Monday the 11th. It is 3 hours - Sunday 12:30-3:30 and Monday 10:30-1:30 or 6:30-9:30. Don´t forget to bring your adhesive!!

This week...

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Alcohol Inks with a Twist of Autumn sold out the first time so I am teaching it again on Thursday, October 7th from 1-3 or 6:30-8:30. Fun cards for Halloween, Thanksgiving or even birthdays....join us for some inky goodness! I somehow never took pictures of the individual cards so this is the photo from the store newsletter - stop in and see the samples if you are interested!

Alcohol Inks with a Twist of Autumn

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Class is being offered again on Thursday, October 7th from 1 to 3 pm or 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Still looking for a picture - LOL - bring a scissors and adhesive!

Point of View

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Thursday, September 23
1-3 pm or 6:30-8:30 pm

We will use one stamp to create 5 widely different cards...practice learning to see your stamps in different ways for maximum rubber mileage. The class price includes the wood mounted stamp.

Class Update

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The Life is a Journey class is sold out for the Saturday session but there are still a few spots in the Sunday sessions class. And please, if you are already signed up, add a small circle punch to your list - 1/2 to 7/8¨ would be fine. Thank you to all of you who have signed up - it will be a fun day!!

Simon Says Challenge #2: Wendy Vecchi Style

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OK, famous Wendy rose, Wendy Happiness stamp, Wendy details: black glaze pen dots, copper paint on the edges, script stamp on the flower and leaves...on Lost and Found paper with a couple of Tim embellishments and stamps thrown in for good measure...just my mood today....have fun everybody....

Simon Says Challenge #1: Wings

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This tag is called ¨The Birds and the Bees¨. OK, they both have wings. The bee is a Tim Holtz stamp and the bird is of course from the TH cage sizzix die. The background is Gold Smooch Spritz, the ink is jet black archival and the birds are cut from a cosmetic package - lovely, thick glossy black paper. I hand cut a little necktie for Mr. Bird and Ms. Bird is wearing pearls from Kaisercraft. Thatś it - sort of off in a different direction but that is where my mind was wandering on this hot August day...

Tag Tuesday Challenge August 10: Crowns

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OK, crowns. I happen to have a little bag of sequin crowns on my desk I had picked up at Joannś for $1 to use in a mini book I am making for my niece who starts kindergarten in two weeks. She would not like lime green - LOL - just the pink and purple pul-leeeze! Didn´t know what I would do with the green when this week´s challenge popped up. Voila! The background is various glimmer mists - whenever I have leftover on my craft mat I run tags through it - often mixing several colors on tags. Cat is from Lost Coast designs, flourish is an old wood mount with no ID, pink glitter on bottom is chunky german glass glitter. This is what the cats at my house think they look like. No doubt. Thanks for a fun challenge Louise!

OK - a little note here - I have a rule that I do NOT look at anyone elseś tag (except Louise´s of course) until I have mine finished and posted - no undo influence, etc. So after I posted, I went to the beginning of the list and started looking. The juxtaposition of Tracy Mś tag and mine is the reason I love this challenge...the extremely different interpretations on any given day....thatś all.

Life is a Journey...

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and this is a book about it. Hereś what I know...women scrap about their children, their travels, their heritage, their families....just about everyone but themselves. So this is a book about you...where you´ve been, where you are now and a page or two for where you are going next....

It has a vintage/shabby chic feel and lots of room for journaling. There is plenty of stamping and a few new tricks. I will show you a simple binding method that you can use on any size book. It is made using the Lost and Found collection of paper and oodles of tags. yes, oodles. There is ribbon and trim - both vintage and new. A charm or bead on every page....and buttons, brads and idea-ology elements. Each page has a theme and i will provide you a list of journaling questions if you are stumped. When you sign up for the class you will receive a supply list and a list of the eighteen pages. If you want, you can bring your photos and place them on the pages as we go. This is an intermediate class - you need to know how to stamp & emboss and the basics of using distress ink in order to keep up! As always, I hope you put your own spin on the pages...there will be lots of options for that! It will be a fun, fast paced day and I hope you can join us.

Here is a peak at part of one of the pages...your favorite color. You will start with white ribbon and flowers and make them any color your heart desires...and go from there. Picture ideas...things in your favorite color, how you have used it in your life, you wearing it...any thing at all. Journaling ideas...what your favorite color was when you were a little girl, when you were a teenager, why it is your favorite color, what other colors you love, what color do you hate and never use...I could go on and on...and that is just about color! You get the idea...and there are 17 other pages to fill up.

Short of ideas? Can´t think of what you would say about yourself? There are already lots of interesting women signed up for the class - they are happy to share and not afraid to offer their ideas and opinions - so you will be inspired!

The class is being offered twice - an all day session on Saturday, August 28th from 9 am to 6 pm OR in a two part format on two Sunday afternoons in September, the 12th and the 26th. Some people prefer to work all day and get it done and some people max out after about 5 hours and would rather split it up in to two days. Hopefully one of these options fits in your calender. UPDATE: the August 28th class is sold out although there are some spots left in the Sunday sessions. If you are already signed up, would you please add a small circle punch to your supply list - any one that is one half to seven/eighths inch in diameter will work. It will work a little better if everyone has their own....thanks!

Grunge Roses Class

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This fun class is all about the flowers!! We will make grungepaper roses ala Wendy Vecchi as well as other flowers. You will make 3 grunge roses of different sizes so you get lots of practice. We will use the Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die to make grungepaper flowers swhich we will cover with dictionary paper for that vintage look and use another izzix die to make little teeny paper roses.

ATC Class

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My bad. Sorry I haven´t updated the blog for a while - ok, a month. I get busy creating and forget the tech side. The picture is of an ATC I made for the ATC class next week. It was a little hard to make samples because the point of this class is to be very freewheeling. ATC stands for Artist Trading Card and they are meant to be traded, never sold. They are always 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches and they can be done in any media you want. I will show you how to work with the little Inkssentials metal frames and Idea-ology fragments but the real point is just to make ATCś. I will have lots of papers, some trim, eyelets, brads, buttosns and of course lots of stamps. And inks, paints, glitter and embossing powders. The stamps in the picture are from the new Tim Holtz Halloween stamps. Bring along any fun embellishments or papers you want to use. Looking forward to some inky goodness....

Star Seashell Book

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This is an August class to wrap up the summer. It has a seashell theme and a quote about the sea on the cover. You may of course make a custom cover and call it Cruise 2010 or the name of your favorite lake. Or it could just be a dream book. After we make the star book we will put together the 5 spreads and the cover. The back of the pages could hold extra pics or journaling. Let us take a look....

The book from above....

The book as displayed...it is meant to be left open and standing on a bookshelf or a coffee table...or anywhere you have a little space. The book is 7¨ tall and each page is 5¨ (although the internal page is 6" wide).

The first spread....embossed on the left.

The second spread. Big chip board shell has a fun paint technique on it.

Love how the stamp on the left matches the paper in the middle spread.

This butterfly is much prettier in real life...it is alcohol inks on a piece of transparency and it is quite shimmery...but hard to photograph!

The last spread...perfect pearls...you didn´t think I would do this and not use Perfect Pearls! They look like seashells.

The cover when the book is closed and tied. That little panel is the one that can be customized to say whatever you would like. Hope you can join me for class... it will be fun! August 12th and 22nd at Scrapbooks Too.

Tag Tuesday Challenge #58: Summer

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OK, I finished this a week ago but have had trouble getting new camera batteries to take a picture of it -LOL. So the background is peeled paint and broken china distress ink. Seashells are stamped in olive archival ink and Beach is stamped in black pigment ink and then traced over with a black glaze pen. The piece of shell paper is edged in Stampendous Sand embossing powder - which really does look like sand in real life. The beach stamp is from Impressions Obsession and the shells are a lot of unmounted stamps I have collected over time.

I have been published...

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for the second time, but as big a thrill as the first time! Someone in a class told me she had seen my cards in Take Ten; I did not know if she meant last summers issue or the new one. I went online and in the little preview they run for the magazine I could see one of the cards I had submitted so I knew it was true. Like a total geek I checked the bookstore everyday for over a week before they finally had a copy and I could see it for real. I contacted Stampington and they sent me out a copy which arrived on Saturday with a sweet message!! There are 3 cards and one of the details in the back. Not sure how good the images are but I will try and post them here...if you have the magazine they are on page 14, 22 and 28...and Stampington photography is always excellent. Tomorrow I will find all the stamp credits and post the ones I do not remember off the top of my head.

The arc de Triomphe is an Oxford Impressions.

The mannequin is from Lost Coast designs and the Thanks is an old Stampin´ Up.

The changed the directions on this one to say computer print the sentimentS when it should have been the singular. The ¨even cowgirls get the blues¨ is part of that cool stamp. I did print the ¨Hang in there...¨ on my computer before I inked and distressed it. The little copper stars are way cooler then this pic...they are just chipboard painted and inked but they look like real old hammered copper.

Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Card Class III

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Three cards and a sign - Wendy Style!

Here is a the detail on the sign....you can make the dress and the flower any color you would like...blue, red, pink, purple, orange, green...just about anything but white, black or yellow...they just don´t work on the grungepaper with the stamping.

This looks a little fuzzy in the picture but it is cute...could be a birthday card, just a Hi card...whatever you need.

This is a vintage sewing look - love the little spool of thread. Last but not least another sewing theme - we will start with white tissue paper and end up with these little mini sewing patterns. I love these stamp sets and you will to! Class is July 15 from 1-3:30 and 6-8:30 and Sunday July 18th from noon until 2:30. Hope to see you there!

The Mist Class

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This is a technique class - we will make tags with labels on what we did so you can remember it later - LOL. We will use Glimmer Mist, Glimmer Mist Chalkboard, Smooch Spritz, Perfect Pearls and Perfect Pearls mixed with dye reinkers. Had trouble getting the look you want with your glitz? We will apply it many different ways and I will share all the tips I have picked up on using these products. July 22 from 1-3 and 6-8 as well as July 24 from 1-3. If you do not like your hands getting inky be sure and bring rubber gloves....there is nothing neat and tidy about these products!

Intro to Embossing Folders

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This is an intro class for those who want to learn the basics of embossing - try embossing folders from both Cuttlebug and Sizzix. Learn the basics of highlighting. If you have a Big Shot, Cuttlebug or Texture Boutique bring it along to class so you can follow right along! The class is on July 14th from 1-3 or 6-8 and again on Saturday the 24th from 10-12.

Tag Tuesday Challenge #55: Favorites

2010-06-13T21:58:00.005-05:00

This week the challenge was to use a few of our favorites - and I somehow carved out time to do it this morning - and I love the tag - then I realized my camera was in the glove compartment of my friend Mary´s car and she is out of state until Tuesday. So here is a scan, although it does not show the color to the best effect. I just worked for so long on it - and had so much fun - that I couldn´t not post it! Sorry about the poor image...maybe when my camera returns I will take a photo and repost. In the meantime...here are a few of my favorites!

Favorites:

Paris
Purple (Glimmer Mist in this case)
Pearl Embossing Powder (Silver)
Punches (the three little fleur de lis)
Prima Flowers
Pearls and Bling
(Purple) Chunky Glass Glitter
Pretty Fibers - Fringe and Wide Ribbon in this case
Pewter (or copper or gold or any!) Brads
and the Practical - Pop Dots

(and faves that did not make this tag - distress inks, pears, cars, blues, greens and pinks, perfect pearls and paints....maybe next week they will make it on to a tag!)

and you know, I am looking at the scan and it looks like the top ribbon is crepe paper streamers or something but it is really beautiful 2¨ wide purple/silver/pink ribbon. Oh well, I made some art just for me - not for a class or a gift or anything - just for me!! Thanks Louise - if it weren´t for the challenges I might not take the time to play!!

The Return of Alcohol Inks 101!

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There have been many requests to repeat this class so it will be offered again in June - twice! It will be taught on Thursday, June 10th at 6pm and again on Sunday, June 13th at noon. On Sunday afternoon I will teach it from 12 to 2 and follow it with Alcohol Inks 202 from 3 to 5 so you could take both in one day if you missed them in the first go around. We will do 3 different techniques (with different inks which give you widely different results) and make 4 cards. The four cards are pictured below.

The stamp is a Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 stamp.

The stamps are also by Wendy Vecchi, Studio 490.

The blue and green card has Tim Holtz stamps.

The black and metallic card, which is more beautiful in real life, features a finely detailed stamp by Stampers Anonymous.

I hope you can join us for the inky fun!

Alcohol Inks 202 Returns!

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These are the four cards for the Alcohol Inks 202 Class on Sunday, June 13 (3-5pm) and Thursday, June 17 (6-8pm). The techniques are all different from the Alcohol Ink 101 Class. I apologize for the quality of the photos - I'm still trying to figure out this digital camera thing - love the technology, hate the technology! I have listed the colors of Alcohol Inks used for each card.

The flourish/leaf is a Studio 490 Stamp and the flower is a Teresa Collins stamp. Both are from Stampers Anonymous. The inks are Sailboat Blue, Silver, Purple Twilight and Bottle.

This is actually a black card with the panels matted in pink and then onto the card. Again, it is a Studio 490 stamp. The monoprint is done in Terra Cotta, Red Pepper, Wild Plum and gold.

Both of these are Tim Holtz stamps from Stampers Anonymous. The Eiffel Tower is stamped in jet black Archival ink and the Paris is stamped in olive Archival ink. The gradated agate technique is done in Bottle, Meadow, Lettuce and Citrus.

The ATC card is a Tim Holtz stamp and the Thank You is a Studio 490 stamp, both from Stampers Anonymous. The crow border is by Lost Coast Designs. The acetate is colored with Sunshine Yellow, Bottle, Sailboat Blue and Shell Pink. The backgound is Bottle, Sailboat Blue and the Sunshine Yellow.

Class on Sunday, May 23

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If you are coming to the Wendy Vecchi class on Sunday and you have any on the following inks (or the close substitute listed) please bring them to class along with your blending tools. It will save lots of time if those of you who own the inks bring them to ink your sign. Short list:
Tumbled glass (or broken china)
Crushed olive (or shabby shutters)
Peeled paint (no real substitute, sorry)
Vintage photo (or your favorite distress brown)

If you do not have them, do not worry, I will have them there; it just goes faster if some of you have your own.

Also, scissors and adhesive - whatever you want for card assembling and a strong liquid adhesive like Beaconś 3 in 1 craft glue for the rose. Looking forward to seeing you all...

Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Card Class II

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The saying is: then the little bird said...

you could leave the inside blank or stamp any greeting!!

The title is a little inaccurate...we will only make three cards but we will make this little sign embellished with a grunge rose...yes, we will make the grunge rose. All the items use the stamps on two Wendy Vecchi sets: Let Your Art Have Wings and Rose Art II. The cards feature the new My Minds Eye Sophie paper...just love the colors in this line and the vintage vibe.

Live life & be content is the message on this one...but feel free to stamp any of the other sayings or a Happy Birthday or Get Well.

This card uses on of the new Sizzix Tim Holtz altered embossing folders. Adds nice depth to the card!

Color Matches

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A number of people have asked which colors of Bazzill cardstock I am using with the pink, blue and grey TIm Holtz Vintage Shabby Stack. Here is what I am using for the pinks: Emma, Sweetheart and Juneberry. For the blues, Starmist and Arctic. My favorite grey with this group is Smokey. And with the Retro Grunge stack I am using a lot of cajun (orangish brown) and celery.

Mother's Day Mini Book

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This little shabby chic book is a $10 class! It will 8 photos. I stamped a friendship quote on the front of the book, but you could easily write Mom, Happy Motherś Day or your Motherś name. It would also be a good gift for any friend or sister who likes pink. Bring your photos to class if you want to finish the book at the end. You should bring scissors, adhesive and pink dye or chalk ink. I recommend Distress Worn Lipstick or Spun Sugar if you have them with a blending tool. It is a 90 minute class and any child who can stamp could finish this project. A great way to get started scrapbooking.

Heartfelt and Spellbinders II

2010-05-02T16:47:00.008-05:00

These are the four cards for the Heartfelt Class. Spring and summer colors. I stamped Happy Birthday on one and Hello on another, but feel free to bring your own sentiment stamps if you prefer a different message. Please remember to bring a scissors and adhesive. The class is Thursday night May 13th at 6 pm and again on Sunday May 23td at 3:00 pm.

Tag Tuesday Challenge #49: Glitter

2010-04-30T09:11:00.004-05:00

LOL - I must have read this on Tuesday and subconsciously had it in my brain when I started working on an entirely different project yesterday making tags for a class. Then this morning I stopped by Louise´ s blog to see who had posted and realized that I had made a glitter tag yesterday. So here it is...color is a little off, but you get the idea. The background is 3 blue and 3 distress inks, the glitter is art insitute (blue on the top and green in the background), the wings are actually silver embossing powder then stamped with the scroll and embossed again with blue glass embossing powder, the purple crown is UTE and for some reason it called out for ball fringe on the bottom. And oh yes, it is a Sizzix die. It reminded me of my daughter so the ¨Drama Queen¨ got added on the bottom.

Tim Holtz Cards for Card Class II

2010-04-30T08:50:00.009-05:00

OK, I'll be the first to admit that these 4 are very different in nature. The tag is TIm Holtz style I think. We will do a cool distressing technique with dictionary paper and masking tape. The next one....

uses the bitty grunge set and is just plain fun - and fast!!

Le papillion might have different (coordinating) color antenna - they are made using a common household item... and finally my favorite I think (at least today) is the Bee card - very regal and a much brighter yellow than the photo shows. OK, I get a nice clear picture but the color is bad. One of these days it is all going to come together. The big bee on the ribbon is fun to make - it starts with a little sizzlets die. The class is Wednesday night June 2nd at 6 and Sunday June 6th at noon. Hope to see you there.

There is

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fun blog candy at http://mymindseyecreations.blogspot.com check it out!

Tag- Tuesday Challenge #47

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is Inspire Me! I was working on making some samples for a card class and this stamp summed it up the best for me: ¨Dance for yourself, if someone understands good. If not, then no matter, go right on doing what you love.¨ It is stamped on the ticket, although that is a little hard to see in the picture. This is my first post for Tag Tuesday Challenge, ok, my first post for any challenge, but I´ve been reading Kard Krazy by Lousie for quite a while now and enjoy it tremendously. Decided it was time to jump in the pool instead of just sitting on the edge watching....

The edge is misted with Rusty Hinge and Sunflower Sparkle Perfect Pearls and is much blingier than appears in the photo. The inspiration quote is stamped on the back of a ticket.

Two fun classes this week - April 10th and 25th...

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The Wendy Vecchi card class is offered on both Monday the 18th (1 and 6pm) and Sunday the 25th at noon. See the pictures on the April post for the details. Also on Sunday afternoon, I will teach the second Tim Holtz Dies and Tips class. We will use the Caged Bird, Keys and the Brackets edge die. We´ll use that to make a minibook with a chipboard back and 2 sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock.

The papers are from the new Tim Holtz paper stack.

Here are the photos of the other two projects!

The birdcage in gold with a canary...

We will experiment with three different techniques to get a metal finish on the keys. They are a little messy but tons of fun!

The class is from 3 to 5 on Sunday afternoon. If you have a blue distress ink you prefer please bring it and a blending tool to class to ink the edges of your mini book. It would be a great little gift for Mother´s Day or a friend´s birthday. Bring your photos if you want to finish it on Sunday - the book will hold eight - you might need to trim them! I hope you can join us!

This week' s classes...

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are Paint Dabber Techniques and Heartfelt Creations & Spellbinders. Celebrate your taxes being done and come take a class.

We will do 8 techniques in the paint dabber class and play with lots of colors! You will like the ease with which you apply these - and talk about minimizing the mess - WOW!! No brushes to clean - gotta love that!

The Heartfelt/Spellbinders cards are two styles really - elegant and fun. The fun is this flower pot card - the flowers slide out on a white and green card where you can stamp a greeting and/or handwrite your message.

The white background on this card is stamped and embossed in my favorite, Silver Pearl Embossing Powder, as are the flowers. The little accents are done with Stickles.

The third card is Black, Silver and White and gorgeous in its simplicity. Now if I could only find a picture of it!!!

just girlie fun...

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This is one of my favorite stamps...I bought it unmounted at the Madison stamp show from Lost Coast. I think you were supposed to cut it apart and have individual stamps, but I left it as one so I can stamp them in a row. When I need to stamp just one of them it is easy to ink it and go. Easier to wrestle with that than trying to line them all up. The stamped paper is mounted on a canvas about 4"x 8"x1¨which is stamped in polka dots on the sides. The handle is an old cupboard handle - nice because it is flat on the bottom and easy to mount. The little belt on the right is just needlepoint thread tied in a bow.

Family Canvas

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I made this canvas someime last year and brought it to the Distress 101 classes as a sample of how you can use Distress products for Scrapbooking as well as cards, tags, altered art and mixed media pieces.

In the Perfect Pearls class this week someone remembered that I had used the Perfect Pearls on the flowers on this canvas and asked if I would do a reminder here of what I did on the canvas. It is the Cosmo Cricket Love Notes Paper with an old french book page attached under the photo reproduction. All the Distress Products are Dusty Concord. The frame is stamped twice -slightly offset the second time and embossed with Distress Powder. The strip a third of the way up is Crackle Paint. The flowers are plain cream flowers sprayed with a mixture of Dusty Concord reinker, H20 and Sunflower Sparkle Perfect Pearls. The letters are pounced with a copper paint dabber. It is finished off with an Ideology philosophy tag.

Dream Canvas

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This is the canvas we did in the dream canvas class in February. It incorporates lots of things we´ve done in the techniques classes. It has Distress Inks blended on the rose, Perfect Pearls misted on the frame and rose, Distress Stickles on the butterfly, crackle paint on the vine and is edged with a gold Paint Dabber. The frame and vine were cut with Sizzix Dies, the grungepaper rose was made using a Studio 490 stamp and hand cut. The paper is from Cosmo Cricket and the dream stamp is a Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 stamp. The quote, script on the rose and script on the canvas edges were all stamped with Sepia Archival Ink. The entire thing was inspired by a Wendy Vecchi canvas design!

The most asked question of the week...

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How did you do this???

This is one of the samples I made for the Sizzix sample board featuring the new Tim Holtz Alterations dies. I think it's my favorite, but it has generated the most questions - no doubt. There have been all kinds of guesses about metal, alcohol inks, pigment inks, etc. Just about every time I've been in the store this week someone has wanted to talk about it. It was FAST and super easy....here are the steps:
1) Cut a 6¨ square piece of chipboard with the Scrollwork edge die.
2) Paint it with the Snowcap Paint Dabber.
3) Paint it again with the Pearl Paint Dabber. (I ¨pounced¨ both for texture.)
4) Stamp image in Jet Black Archival Ink.
5) Add black velvet ribbon and little gem on top of Eiffel Tower.
6) Spritz two white flowers with a mixture of Barn Door reinker and Pewter Perfect Pearls in a Mini Mister. When they are dry, stamp with french script stamp in Jet Black Archival Ink. Put pearl brad through flowers and adhere with pop dot.
7) Add year or saying in stickers on bottom left.
8) Punch holes for binder rings on left side.
Presto, you have a cover for a little book. I made one for myself, and cut the papers with the scrollwork edge too! I love how the edge dies cut through chipboard, grungeboard, stacks of paper, even felt.
Have fun playing with the edge dies!

More pics from the Wendy class on April 19th and 25th...

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These are two of the cards we will do in class. On the first card we'll use UTE on the bottle to give it a glass look. And yes, the flowers are cut with the Sizzix TH Alterations Tattered Florals die. The colors are muted turquoise and sunny yellow.

This card is alcohol inks....Purple Twilight, Wild Plum, Sailboat Blue and Silver in the background and Wild Plum, Watermelon and Shell Pink on the flower...with some Magenta stickles thrown in for good measure....a girl needs a little bling with her flowers! In the photo the card itself looks blue, but it is purple.

I've tried 3 times to photograph the other card - an I'll try again tomorrow. The fourth piece is the little sign in an earlier post, but here it is again so you don't have to hunt for it!

It will be fun and we'll do 2 techniques we have not done in any class to date! You'll be glad you signed on for this class!

And now, for a completely different look...

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I am also teaching card classes featuring Heartfelt Creations stamps and Spellbinders dies. The kind folks at Heartfelt have designed beautiful stamps meant to work with the Spellbinders dies. It makes it so easy to create elegant cards in a hurry. And fun cards. And beautiful scrapbook pages. We will start with cards using the Blossoms 1 dies. I used Silver Pearl embossing powder on the purple card and while it is beautiful in person it is a little hard to photograph. And I couldn't begin to figure out how to do it digitally - LOL! Stop in the store for a look! The Flower Pot card is fun - the flowers lift out on a little white and green tag where you can stamp your own greeting and write your message.

There is a third card...white, silver and pearls. The pictures I took aren't really publishable...but I'll try again on Wednesday and get it posted.

Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 card class

2010-04-03T21:48:00.004-05:00

I finished all four samples for the class on April 19th and 25th, but I only remembered to take a picture of one of them...LOL! Here it is and I'll snap pics of the other 3 when I'm at the store on Wednesday. Look for the rest of the photos on Wednesday night. In the meantime, here's a look at one of them - actually not a card - a little sign made using one of the new Tim Holtz dies. You could hang it somewhere or attach it to a minibook or even a card.

We will use both alcohol and distress inks in this class for four completely different looks. The stamp sets we'll use are Be Inspired...Make Art and Art Inspiration. Also known as the Plaid set and the cool little bottle set.

Classes this week - April 7th, 8th and 10th

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This week there are two great classes at Scrapbooks, Too. Wednesday I am teaching a fun Technique Class - Perfect Pearls. We' ll use those magical little powders eight ways!! They add so much to both scrapbook pages and cards. This photo is of the board which is up in the store; it is a little hard to see the detail, but those are the eight things we will do in class.

Thursday I am teaching a card class featuring TWO of the new Tim Holtz stamp sets - Spring Spring and Movie Time. You'll find pictures of all four cards in a March post labeled Tim Holtz card class. Here's the White Rabbit one again - just cuz he's so fun! Saturday I will teach the Perfect Pearls class at 10 and the Tim Holtz card class at 1. Come make a day of it!!

Finally, Distress 303

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As promised, tinting photos, playing with paint dabbers and distress ink and a few final techniques. You might recognize the little girl crying with Santa from Tim Holtz´s the 12 Tags of Christmas this year. It was so cute I had to use it again. Feel free to bring a detailed stamp with you to class because we´ll create our own ink pads and while Iĺl have plenty of detail stamps there, you get to take the ink pad home and it helps if you have the matching stamp!! In the samples above it is the bird cage ATC stamp on the tag and the little cards.

The March Class dates are posted on the right; you don't need to have taken Distress 202 to take this class, and although taking Distress 101 would help, you can get by without it - these are pretty different uses of the inks. Would love to see you there - we´ll have fun!

Tim Holtz Cards for Card Class

2010-03-17T21:59:00.006-05:00

These are the cards and tag for the first Tim Holtz card class at Scrapbooks Too on Thursday, April 8th. We will be using the Spring Spring set and the At The Movies set.

I went with a bright spring tag to chase away those winter blues and a White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland for the Spring Spring set. The tag has an Ideology token, a grungepaper butterfly and a fun paint technique for the background. I snuck the clock stamp from the Going Somewhere onto the White Rabbit card along with a spinner and fastener. It needed a little movement!

The first card from the At the Movies set features Graphic45 paper, Ideology film strip and some Sizzix dies. I´ll show you how to attach the filmstrip to paper if it has been a challenge for you. It would be a beautiful Father´s Day card for an old movie buff, a great birthday card or a just because card for any film fan. The second card is bright and cheery in primary colors - would be a fun card for a kid who loves movies, a party invite or a cute gift holder for a pair of movie tickets! Itś not the typical distress look, but the stamps are so versatile and I wanted to show you another fun look!

I will have one set of stamps and inks there, but if you own them, please bring them so fewer people are sharing one set. A blending tool with foam pads and a basic class kit would also be a good idea! This is the Distress Ink list: Old Paper, Vintage Photo, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Stormy Sky, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint and Spiced Marmalade. I used Jet Black, Olive, Cobalt and Crimson Archival Ink. Even if you only have a few of the distress inks if you bring your own, it will save you and everyone else time!!

One more piece...

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Here's the final piece for the die/technique class...had to get a little stamping in there! One of these days I'll figure out the camera/scanner issue. This is embossed in gold pearl...quite beautiful, hard to see in the pic.

Yea! The Stamps are in - New Classes Added!

2010-03-11T18:40:00.006-06:00

The new Tim Holtz stamps arrived yesterday and the first class is scheduled for Thursday, April 8th at both 1pm and 6 pm. Also on Sunday the 11th! Wendy's stamps arrive tomorrow and the first class for that is Monday, April 19th at 1pm and 6pm. The weekend class is set for Sunday, April 24th. I'll be furiously making samples in the next few days and as soon as they are done, I'll get them posted.

In the meantime, I've added a techniques class using a few of the new Tim Holtz Sizzix dies. It will be on Sunday, March 21st at 1 pm. We'll do a little crackle painting, a new embossing technique and work with Claudine Hellmuth's studio multi-media. Here are pictures of what we'll create:
The butterfly with a couple of extra wings....

A grungepaper, dictionary page flower - made using multi-media.

A keyhole plate - maybe from an old dresser.....

And finally, a keyhole plate - perhaps from an old door....

A few new dies, some new techiniques, some fun....

Stay tuned for card class and Distress 303 samples!

Distress 101 and 202

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I'm teaching both Distress classes on Sunday...not quite back to back....I need a little break to rest my voice. We cover all the basic ink techniques in 101 and in 202 we practice the inking and add embossing, crackle paints and stickles! I don't have pics of the individual tags but here are two photos of the display boards for the classes.

You sort of get the idea. I'm not sure about the glare in the second photo, the flash was off, must be the sun reflecting off those #8 shipping tags! If we're lucky the last 6 new colors will be in stock by Sunday and we can try those too!

Intro to Stamping Class

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We are adding an "Intro to Stamping Class" called Rubber Room Basics. I'll explain the 3 types of stamps, 5 basic types of ink and we'll make 3 cards, a bookmark and a tag to learn about 10 basic techniques. Wow, all that in 2 hours! Here are photos of the projects we will complete.

Cat stamp from Lost Coast designs, word and background stamp from Studio 490 collection.
"D" stamp from Stampers Anonymous.

Sun Swirl stamp from Stampendous...this is a cheery card, just had trouble photographing it.

Bird stamps from 7 gypsies, crow border from Lost Coast and word stamp from Studio 490.

Last but not least, a little bookmark to practice stamping on vellum!

Stamps by Stampendous.

Prima Contest

2010-02-27T12:29:00.000-06:00

OK, I just started my blog yesterday and it's not really too developed, but this Prima giveaway is just too good not to post about. Here's the scoop:

Prima has something really big coming your way…....but we can’t reveal it just yet! We know you’re going to love it! And don’t worry-we promise to share the big news with you soon. It’s really hard not to spill the beans, but we are sworn to secrecy. So, in the meantime, we have an exciting opportunity for you to win BIG and it’s open to everyone! There are two fabulous prize baskets worth $100 up for grabs. Prima will choose one winner from the US and one International winner.

go here: http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2010/02/prima-has-something-really-big-coming-your-way-------but-we-cant-reveal-it-just-yet-we-know-youre-going-to-love-it.html#comments to see all the details. I think the link is supposed to look prettier, but I haven't figured that out yet and this will get you there... they have great giveaways...check it out!

Welcome to my blog....

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first post
first exhibit in a museum
february, 2010
a month to remember

My piece is in row 15, position 9 in the Minneapolis Institute of Art's Foot in the Door Exhibit. It's to the left of the big eye, right above the daisies in glass vase on a blue background. 5" x 7" gets a little lost in the 12" x 12" most people chose to work in. But I like this size!