Wednesday, February 29, 2012

New SEI and New dates for classes

New SEI Field Notes and Vanilla Sunshine



































































New Fancy Pants including the great Brag Books!














































Daytime classes with Lisa (and our other talented teachers) have been a big hit.  Lisa had a full house today for her Copic 101.  We scheduled two more daytime classes with Lisa.


Thursday March 15th  11 AM -12:30 PM












































Saturday April 7th  1-3 PM

Ready for Spring Cards with Laura
  
Join Laura for 3 beautiful cards filled with loads of techniques, like stamping on acetate and Copic coloring on Acetate.  $26
Copics: R20 (Blush) and R21 (Sardonix) or R20 and R30 (Pale Yellowish Pink)
            YG93, YG95, YG23, YG17
             N1, T1, or W1 (just one)
             Colorless blender
  
Trimmer, Sharp scissors, white pen, Pencil, Ruler, Eraser, Liquid adhesive (my favorite is Tombo Mono Multi liquid glue, actually, this is the only adhesive I use),  Foam adhesive.



Wednesday April 11th  11-1 PM
Copic 101
$22 or $39 with 3 markers

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Hi Everyone,


We have lots of new things in store for you.  First off, Happy Leap Day!















































Wacky Wednesday and Thursday cards.
It's a Hero Arts week this week.  Cindy created this pretty pink flower card and Lisa Halstead made two fun cards.  Just $2 each





We have a great selection of custom Ravens papers.





March Calendar is here!




Demo Day March 17th  11-4 PM

Join us for 16 great projects all just $2 each. The extra seats have really cut down on the lines.  If you haven't seen our new set up, you should be pleasantly surprised.  We will have a variety of cards and layouts for you to create. We do the cutting and you do the gluing. Just drop in anytime after 11 AM and purchase tickets at the front counter for however many Demos you want to create. We provide glue sticks so if you prefer tape, please bring a labeled tape runner. If you get to the store by 3PM, you should have enough time to do all the demos or get kits to go.
  
If you complete 6 demos, you will receive a coupon for 10% off your purchases for the day (not including special orders or other sale special offers).



Vanessa made this cute butterfly filled card.  
















































Beth will be making this pretty Easter card.
















































Jonsey will be using Flower Soft for the bunnies tails and using Distess ink to water color the bunnies.




Tuesday March 27th  6-8 PM
Jonsey's painting with Liquid Pearls Cards
Joonsey will be teaching this fun easy technique for coloring your stamped images in a different way.   You will be making four springy cards using the new Memory Box cards.  In addition to your basic tool kit, please bring paint brushes Size 3 and 6 round brushes, or water brushes.  
Students should wear an old shirt or bring something to cover their clothes, as we will be using some splashy watercolor techniques!    Fee $23




























We are so excited to have one of the creators of Magenta stamp company come visit us.






Nathalie Métivier started in her childhood to draw and exhibit her work. With her sister Hélène and Daniel, her brother-in-law, she helped, 20 years ago, to create Magenta Rubber Stamps. One of her many tasks is to be part of the creative team. She drew many of the images as well as she invented the "direct-to-paper" and the “Ghost” coloring techniques. In addition, she is a certified Ranger instructor. She appeared several times on Carol Duvall Show as well as on Magenta's own videos. She is co-author with Leslie Conron Carola of the books Magenta Style Paper Magic and Magenta Style Paper Enchantments. Most of all, she likes to share ideas and techniques with others.


Wednesday March 28th  11-2 PM
Flowers and Butterflies Magenta Style   Fee $35Alcohol inks, Distress inks and colored pencils combined with Magenta stamps and chipboards are the products and techniques experimented to create these three unique cards.   Please bring your basic tool kit and Colored Pencils, Pencil sharpener, paint brush, Glossy Accents, Scissors and Adhesive.  If you have favorite colors of Alcohol inks and the alcohol ink tool, please bring them.
 We will be ordering the stamps needed for this class on Thursday.  Here is Magenta's Website so you can check out some of their beautiful products.  

Saturday, February 25, 2012

New Bazzill Patterned Papers

Hi Everyone,

The wait is over, The bag Lady Bags are here!


We received a large Bazzill order in today.  Usually that just means lots of cardstock, which we did get a lot of, but we got a whole lot more.  







































































Jill got all crafty and decorated the new cigar box from Jenny Bollin.   She used the new This and That line from Echo Park.  The line had the perfect vintage feel to go with her cigar box idea.


































































Thursday March 22nd  11-1 PM
Ready for Spring Cards with Laura

Join Laura for 3 beautiful cards filled with loads of techniques, like stamping on acetate and Copic coloring on Acetate.  $25

Copics: R20 (Blush) and R21 (Sardonix) or R20 and R30 (Pale Yellowish Pink)
            YG93, YG95, YG23, YG17
             N1, T1, or W1 (just one)
             Colorless blender

Trimmer, Sharp scissors, Pencil, Ruler, White Pen,Eraser, Liquid adhesive (my favorite is Tombo Mono Multi liquid glue, actually, this is the only adhesive I use),  Foam adhesive.




Thursday, February 23, 2012

New Copic Coloring Guide



Copic Coloring Guide Level 2
Take your Copic coloring to the next level!

With the popularity of Copic markers rising at an astonishing rate, well-known instructors Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker have created the next step in the Coloring Guide series.Copic Coloring Guide Level 2: Nature is an informative, educational book that crafters of all skill levels will find essential to expanding their Copic coloring skills.
Step-by-step tutorials are included for...

  • Coloring in black and white
  • Grounding your images
  • Shading with gray
  • Coloring water and sky
  • Giving real-life color to images like plants, trees, flowers and animals
  • Advanced blending techniques
Also inlcuded are tips for working with digital images and a variety of eye-catching card designs to inspire you! A special CD with all of the hand-drawn images used in the tutorial section is also included. Whether beginner, intermediate or advanced, you are sure to enjoy the information and projects included in this book. 64 pages.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Demo Day Rewind, New Northwood Rubber Stamps, Little Yellow Bicycle & more

Demo Day Rewind
All day Wednesday and Thursday
If you missed Demo Day, you can join us all day Wedenesday and Thursday for our Demo Day rewind.  We will have most of the great projects from Demo Day available for you to make.  Just $2 each. We even made a couple of more fun cards for you to create.  This one is from Memory Box using the brand new stamps. 
















































Here is a fun twist on a get well card using the get well set from Paper Smooches.
















































Fun new line from Little Yellow Bicycle, Saturdays.




































































































New Northwood Rubber Stamps Board.  We always keep our eyes open for new stamp companies, especially with sample cards.  


































Wednesday March 7th  6-8 PM
Ravens Tissue Box with Alice
Join Alice for this fun Tissue box holder that is a perfect gift for your Ravens Fan.  There is even room to add photos.  $23
















































































































































Sunday March 18th  1-3 PM

Join Lisa Hetrick for a mash up of glitter technique, copic blending AND mixed media all


 rolled into one "Cherries on Top" of a canvas class.  Fee $27


































































































Saturday March 24th  1-3:30   (Only 1 seat left in this session)


Saturday April 14th   1-3:30 


Quilt Cards with Tina


You will learn some simple but complicated looking quilting techniques using some of the


 latest papers in the store.  You will make 2 of each card.  Fee $26






Tuesday April 3rd  1-3 PM




Join Beth for some embossing fun with beautiful Copic coloring to top it off.  You will also


 learn a fun technique with your embossing folders.  Fee $25