Baby Cards using Outlines stamps The Paper Tree August 17th

If your friends and family are like mine, you need baby cards! Not only the welcome baby kind but some for showers and the "unexpected news" too. If you like Outlines, you’ll love this class. If you are not familiar with this stamp company this will be a great introduction! We’ll make four baby themed cards using the newest Outlines stamps. We’ll start out simple with a green & yellow Onesie and progress to an Outlines collage incorporating windows and Amuse bling. Please bring a pair of long bladed scissors, foam tape or pop dots and your favorite detail scissors.

Report from the Summer Trade Show

I returned late last night from the Summer CHA Trade show in Chicago, WOW! I talked to lots of folks, got tons of new ideas, located some fabulous new art products and connected with some of the most talented designers in the papercrafting world. Watch for all the fun new projects to start showing up on my fall calss schedules.

Mark Montano, author of "The Big Ass Book of Crafts" (www.amazon.com/Big-Ass-Book-Crafts-Mark-Montano/dp/1416937854 - 240k - ) and one of the designers from HGTV's "While you Were Out", had a "Craft Challenge". Yours truly got chosen to compete and ...took second place! We had 10 minutes to transform a cheap wooden picturte frame into something crafty. I love a challenge and got right to work with acryllic paints, paper flowers and a bit of patterned paper. It was crazy good fun and I was honored to be invited to compete.

Wonderful Watercolors

Using Watercolor crayons we’ll explore direct to paper and direct to rubber techniques. We’ll use Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists color neutral ribbon to use as an embellishment (Tiger Lily and Orange Daisies cards)

We’ll discuss color development and using watercolor pencils to add depth to twinkling H2Os on the Dahlia and Tulip cards.

We’ll put it all together (Glimmer Mists, Twinkling H2Os) and add some Fantasy Film when we make the Hydrangea card.

There will be several interior verses available for you to customize your card for a birthday, anniversary or whatever...

Sympathy Cards

Create four sympathy cards using different techniques on each. You learn to emboss on vellum, create a background with chalk inks, emboss pigment ink and create a small watercolor piece of art with Twinkling H2Os. We all need to have sympathy cards in our stash. Come out for a fun class where you’ll get to play with some of the hottest new products.

Aquatic Sphere

This is an 18" circle done with layers of Stamp Zia products, bleach, alcohol markers and other fun things. This will be one of the two projects you'll make in the Zia Projects class.

Some samples made from the Stamp Zia products

Have I mentioned
how much I LOVE these products? They are so much fun and produce such beautiful art.
Check out the class schedules to the right and let's get playing with
these amazing products and stamps!

My heart is beating fast!

The GIANT order from Stamp Zia just arrived and I am overwhelmed and thrilled all at the same time! These products make the most amazing pieces of art. Until I can get some samples made and posted take a peek at her web site http://www.stampzia.com/. Her art is beautiful and so easy to do. (It's all about layering and having the right products to work with) Keep an eye on the blog, samples and classes will be posted soon!

Fun with Chipboard Classes 6/28 & 7/3

This class will give you loads of ways to use chipboard in your designs and will introduce you to an array of Ranger products. I LOVE Ranger and all their fun stuff!

Summer: We’ll use Ranger’s crackle paint and distress ink to change a blah chipboard letter to WOW! Then we’ll embellish with Circuit die cut letters, tags and ribbons.

Mod Flowers: We’ll start with naked chipboard and after adding Ranger Acrylic paints and Art Glitter we’ll have sparkly fun flowers. We’ll use color dusting to achieve the clouds and some great may Arts ribbon for the stems.

Clipboard: How cute is this? Rob & Bob Studios tiny clipboards pair with flocked pink paper and yummy Strano Designs ribbon to create an easy, cute card that is sure to be treasured by the recipient!

Daisies: Naked chipboard gets some direct to paper pigment ink and a dash of distress ink. You are sure to use this technique over and over in your projects. Ribbon daisies, a corner punch and layered interior complete this feminine note card.

Freestyle: I’ll have chalk inks, glossy paper and Cosmo Cricket’s new Blackboard out for you. You will each create a card of your own design (of course I’m available to help!) we’ll use Lyra pencils and Tatter Angels Glimmer Mist to dress up the Blackboard and make our own backgrounds by applying the chalk inks to glossy paper. Fun, fun, fun and a time to unleash your own creative side!