Tag Class on August 20 at 10:00am

Tag class 

$20 

August 20th 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Contact Nonnie at link at the right if you want to join the class

Please bring to class:

• craft mat, 
• scissors, 
• heat gun, 
• adhesive (including pop dots), 
• craft pick, 
• rub on applicator, 
• sanding tool, 
• sprayer, 
• edge distressor, 
• brown distress ink and 
• blending tool,   

In addition to that list, I used the following that you can bring if you have them - I will provide them if you do not.

Distress Stains:  

• Stormy Sky or Iced Spruce and 
• Tumbled Glass and 
• Mowed Lawn or Shabby Shutters.  

Distress Inks: 

• Walnut Stain and Brushed Corduroy 

Distress Paints

• Peeled Paint and 
• Antique Ivory and 
• Candied Apple 

Directions Location:  Quality Inn & Suites 1950 Rahncliff Court Eagan, MN  55122 Phone is 651-681-9266 Take 35E to the Cliff Road exit.  Go west; the first stoplight is Rahncliff Road.  Turn left there and turn left onto Rahncliff Court.  Circle around until you see the hotel. OR Take Cedar Avenue to the Cliff Road exit.  Go east.  The 1st stoplight is Nicols Road.  The second or third stoplight is Rahncliff Road.  Turn right there and turn left onto Rahncliff Court.  Circle around until you see the hotel. We will be meeting in the Cedar Room which is on the first floor of the Hotel, just to the right after you enter the front door.

Tag Class on July 30 at 10:30am

Tag class 

$20 

July 30th 10:15 am - 12:15 pm

Contact Nonnie at link at the right if you want to join the class

Please bring to class:

• design ruler, 
• craft knife, 
• craft pick, 
• scissors, 
• paper distresser, 
• waterbrushes:  detailer and flat, 
• distress marker spritzer, 
• mini ink blending tool, 
• craft sheet, heat tool, 
• water mister 
• and adhesive.

I used the following distress products which you might want to bring if you have them.  

distress markers: 

• peeled paint, 
• pine needles, 
• black soot, 
• fired brick, 
• festive berries, 
• pumice stone, 
• hickory smoke, 
• broken china, 
• tumbled glass, 
• wild honey, 
• squeezed lemonade, 
• vintage photo, 
• tea dye, 
• faded jeans, 
• salty ocean, 
• mowed lawn, 

distress ink:  

• walnut stain or vintage photo, 
• mermaid lagoon or broken china, 
• distress micro glaze or collage glaze.

Directions Location:  Quality Inn & Suites 1950 Rahncliff Court Eagan, MN  55122 Phone is 651-681-9266 Take 35E to the Cliff Road exit.  Go west; the first stoplight is Rahncliff Road.  Turn left there and turn left onto Rahncliff Court.  Circle around until you see the hotel. OR Take Cedar Avenue to the Cliff Road exit.  Go east.  The 1st stoplight is Nicols Road.  The second or third stoplight is Rahncliff Road.  Turn right there and turn left onto Rahncliff Court.  Circle around until you see the hotel. We will be meeting in the Cedar Room which is on the first floor of the Hotel, just to the right after you enter the front door.

November 21st Page class

Page class, $20
November 21st 9 am - 11 am

I have space for a 5x7 photo from Thanksgiving, 2015. The supply list is the same as the tag class list without the markers, and with two additions: Tarnished Brass Distress Paint and Black Soot Distress Spray (or Dylusions black spray) .

Please bring to class: craft mat, scissors, heat gun, adhesives (including pop dots, a glue stick and something to adhere the believe word- glue pen, micro dots, xyron?), craft pick, water mister, dark brown distress ink and a blending tool, purple distress ink and a blending tool, white paint, watercolor brush (fine tip), remnant rub tool or a stylus, and if you want, your marker spritzer and a dark brown distress marker. Probably gloves. Part of it is very messy. Even I wore gloves.

I used the following distress spray colors: Iced Spruce and Vintage Photo (or any brown) and Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet. Also Tarnished Brass Distress Paint and Black Soot Distress Spray (or Dylusions black spray) .

Directions

Location: 

GrandStay Hotel & Conference Center

7083 153rd Street West
Apple Valley, MN  55124
Phone is 952-953-6111

It is 1.5 miles from the Silver Bullet Studios.  Take County Rd 42 to Galaxie (between Cedar and Johnny Cake Ridge Road) and go south on Galaxie 4 blocks to 153rd, turn right (west) and there is the hotel.

We will be meeting in the Hotel's Board Room which is on the first floor of the Hotel, not the Conference Center.  Enter the hotel, walk past the breakfast area towards the check-in lobby and turn right down the hallway.  We are in a room on the left, just past the ice and vending machines.

November 21 Tag class

November 21st 11 am -1 pm

Tag class, $20

Please bring to class:  craft mat, scissors, heat gun, adhesives (including pop dots, a glue stick and something to adhere the believe word- glue pen, micro dots, xyron?), craft pick, water mister, dark brown distress ink and a blending tool, purple distress ink and a blending tool, white paint, watercolor brush (fine tip), remnant rub tool or a stylus, and if you want, your marker spritzer and a dark brown distress marker.  Probably gloves.  Part of it is very messy.  Even I wore gloves.
 

I used the following distress spray colors:   Iced Spruce and Vintage Photo (or any brown) and Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet.  On to the marker list!  I will name the Distress marker colors I used, but you can use Tombow or Stampin' Up markers too.  Spiced marmalade, ripe persimmon, rusty hinge, wild honey, mustard seed, crushed olive (or shabby shutters), peeled paint, forest moss, gathered twigs (or any of the dark browns), vintage photo, hickory smoke, pumice stone, festive berries, blueprint sketch, wilted violet, tumbled glass and pine needles.  

Directions

Location: 

GrandStay Hotel & Conference Center

7083 153rd Street West
Apple Valley, MN  55124
Phone is 952-953-6111

It is 1.5 miles from the Silver Bullet Studios.  Take County Rd 42 to Galaxie (between Cedar and Johnny Cake Ridge Road) and go south on Galaxie 4 blocks to 153rd, turn right (west) and there is the hotel.

We will be meeting in the Hotel's Board Room which is on the first floor of the Hotel, not the Conference Center.  Enter the hotel, walk past the breakfast area towards the check-in lobby and turn right down the hallway.  We are in a room on the left, just past the ice and vending machines.

Vacation Page

Don't forget classes tomorrow, September 26! See previous blog posts for details.

Enter the September stamping challenge on this blog!  See this blog post for details.  Winners picked randomly.

Now, onto the art...

This page has a background of acrylic paints that are mixed and blended with water.  The final layer is Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist applied through a stencil to give a slight watery shimmer to the page.  The starfish, sand dollar and seahorses were covered with distress embossing powder and real sand to get a great, rough texture.  The netting comes from Michael's, sold in a bag near the sea shells and glass baubles used for home decor.  The whole page is a nummy mixture of different textures and complimentary color!

Seashell and Travel Cards

I love seashell cards because they can be used for almost any occasion so I like to have a few on hand at all times.  Travel cards are great for bon voyage wishes or to send to people who just like to dream!

Detail gold embossing powder on black paper makes a quick card!

Alcohol inks with vintage mahogany embossing powder and Frantage mix on top of Graphic 45 paper and a brown card base.

Alcohol inks used with a stencil and a stamp, with detail gold embossing powder.

Alcohol inks - tricky part is that you paint with them on the paper, and then stamp, so it is not exact!

Stamped on water color paper and colored with distress markers and a water color brush. 

Aug 29 TH Tag class

Tag class, $20
August 29th 9 am -11 am

This tag takes a long time - lots of drying - so we need to start right at 9:00!
 

On Tim's tag he used a guy from the Lost Relatives pack but I gave mine away the last time he used these cards so we are going with this sassy lady. More appropriate for us anyway!

Please bring to class:

• craft mat, 
• scissors, 
• heat gun, 
• adhesive including pop dots, 
• craft pick, 
• and sanding block.

If you have it, please bring

• white gesso, 
• multi-medium (gloss or matte) 
• and a brush.  

I also used

• a versamark pen, 
• distress paint - 2 colors
• black soot 
• and tarnished brass , 
• a black soot distress marker 
• and distress ink (big or small) in the following colors:   
• Blueprint Sketch, 
• Hickory Smoke, 
• Peeled Paint, 
• Salty Ocean 
• and Walnut Stain.

Directions

Location: 

GrandStay Hotel & Conference Center

7083 153rd Street West
Apple Valley, MN  55124
Phone is 952-953-6111

It is 1.5 miles from the Silver Bullet Studios.  Take County Rd 42 to Galaxie (between Cedar and Johnny Cake Ridge Road) and go south on Galaxie 4 blocks to 153rd, turn right (west) and there is the hotel.

We will be meeting in the Hotel's Board Room which is on the first floor of the Hotel, not the Conference Center.  Enter the hotel, walk past the breakfast area towards the check-in lobby and turn right down the hallway.  We are in a room on the left, just past the ice and vending machines.

June Tim Holtz Challenge

The Tim tag looks pretty close to the original that you can find here.  For the Christmas tag, I used the green ink pad we make to ink the Christmas background stamp - ran it horizontally across the words.  It was a good fast way to ink the stamp in multiple colors.

Mini book class on March 28

Mini Book Class: $25
1:30-3:30 pm

The book has lots of potential uses:   

• tell the story of your favorite pet(s), 
• make a quick book for a BFF's birthday, 
• document a day in your life - 2015 style, 
• keep a journal on a weekend get away, 
• tell any story of a one day event - birthday, anniversary, or any person.  

Your photos and words will personalize it!  

Please bring to class:  craft mat, scissors, heat gun, water mister, adhesive, craft pick brown distress ink and a blending tool, and mini stapler if you have it.  In addition to your basic supplies, please bring Cracked Pistachio distress paint and a pink crop-a-dial if you own one and a pencil.

 
 

If you can't make it to class but would like a kit,

please just let me know!

Here are a few pictures of the book which includes German Scrap, Tim Holtz Idea-ology pieces, fibers and lots of fun stamping! 

	This show the book standing up - there are lots of fun pages and envelopes to use as pockets!
Below are pictures of some of the page spreads.

Location: 
Grand Stay Hotel; Conference Center
7083 153rd Street West
Apple Valley, MN  55124
Phone is 952-953-6111

It is 1.5 miles from the Silver Bullet Studios.  Take County Rd 42 to Galaxie (between Cedar and Johnny Cake Ridge Road) and go south on Galaxie 4 blocks to 153rd, turn right (west) and there is the hotel.

We will be meeting in the Hotel's Board Room which is on the first floor - Enter in driveway between hotel and Dunn Bros. coffee.

Tag and Page Classes on March 28

Page class: $20

9-11 am on March 28
Please bring to class:  craft mat, scissors, heat gun, water mister, adhesive, craft pick brown distress ink and a blending tool, and mini stapler if you have it.  I used the following distress paint colors:   Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves and Tarnished Brass.

Tag class: $20

11 am - 1 pm on March 28

Please bring to class:  craft mat, scissors, heat gun, water mister, adhesive, craft pick brown distress ink and a blending tool, and mini stapler if you have it.

If you have them, bring the following: I used a Tim Holtz alphabet stencil called and a crafters workshop stencil with swirls made of dots as well as texture paste (any embossing paste will do).  I used the following distress paint colors:   abandoned coral, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade, cracked pistachio, broken china, picked raspberry, mowed lawn, evergreen bough and faded jeans.

Location: 
GrandStay Hotel; Conference Center
7083 153rd Street West
Apple Valley, MN  55124
Phone is 952-953-6111

It is 1.5 miles from the Silver Bullet Studios.  Take County Rd 42 to Galaxie (between Cedar and Johnny Cake Ridge Road) and go south on Galaxie 4 blocks to 153rd, turn right (west) and there is the hotel.

We will be meeting in the Hotel's Board Room which is on the first floor - Enter in driveway between hotel and Dunn Bros. coffee.

Friends Canvas

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.

Vintage Card Class

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!

Tag Tuesday Challenge #58: Summer

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...

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.