FUN NOVEMBER CLASSES

 

Who doesn't want an adorable sign hanging in their 

home craft studio or on their studio door? 

 This one is purrrrfect for anyone's studio. 

You will be able to choose your own colors to match your studio. 

We will be creating with the round gelly plate from Stampendous,

 Tim Holtz stencils, burlap, & chipboard.

 Canvas, 5x7 photo, ribbon, chipboard and all paints supplied.

 Just bring in your brushes or pencils or anything

 you would like to add to your canvas to make it yours.
This class will be Saturday, Nov 28, at 10:00 a.m.

Cost: $25

 Please bring paint brushes, brayer,

 palate knife, & basic tool kit to class

 along with special items you want to put on your canvas.

 All other supplies are provided.

 

Make a day of it and stay for this class at 

2:00 p.m. on the same day. 

 Make this cute canvas full of fun techniques using stamp blocks, 

paints, stamps, & stickles. 

It will be a great addition to your Christmas decor or a great gift.
Cost: $25 

All materials provided.

 

I'm hoping to be able to attend.

I hope you will join us, too.

It will be a great way to recover

from the black Friday craziness!

 

 

 

SUPER POPULAR FROM STAMPENDOUS

 

More in the Creative Palettes by Stampendous:

Rectangles, which includes some great texture stamps, 

 and Rounds, which includes some fabulous

bubble wrap stamps!

These stamps also came in from Stampendous.

However, the feather stamps and the lower left background stamp

flew out the door at the crop on Saturday.

Fun new stuff and Nanci was already 

creating a tag using one of the feather stamps!

TAG-TASTIC TAG CLASS

Here is a sneak peek of one of the tags we will

make on Saturday.

We will be using one of the new Stampendous

feather stamps

PLUS

Nanci is going to teach us a new technique!

Another of the beautiful tags that

Nanci will teach us how to make

on Saturday, February 14th.

The supply list for the class is:

Stencils you will need are:

Rays

Stripes

Splatter

Inks you will need are:

Walnut

Antique Linen

Wild Honey

Salty Ocean

Mowed Lawn

Tumbled Glass

Barn Red

Fired Brick

Remember that you need to sign up 

in advance for the class so that

Nanci can get the correct number of kits made.

So, if you haven't called the store yet,

call NOW!

You don't want to miss this class and

new technique.

MIXING IT UP WITH JEN STARR

 

We all had a blast mixing it up with Jen Starr (far right).

Some of us were able to share our finished (or almost finished) canvases,

but some were wet and couldn't be shared with you.

Ann and Pam decided to share their inky hands!

 

Sharon was working hard on some of the techniques we learned

during the day.

Cat caught me working so hard on my technique that my hand was a blur!  LOL!

 Everyone gathered around Jen as she demonstrated various techniques using

products from Viva Decor, Art Anthology, Ranger, Stampendous, and Crafter's Workshop as well

as acrylic paints and various other mediums.

 

We all loved the class with Jen!

Can't wait for her next visit to Texas!!!

SUNDAY INSPIRATION

 

Check out this cool canvas wall hanging that Cat made using this:

 

 the Creative Palette by Stampendous.  

She will now tell you how she made that fabulous wall hanging:

 

Step 1 was to cover the Creative Palette with all the colors of paint I wanted to use.

 I made blobs, swirly lines and whatever.

Then I laid the canvas board down on the Creative Palette and squished it to get this 3D look. I just kept moving the palette until I had the canvas covered like I wanted.

Then I laid a paper towel down on the Creative Palette and rolled it with the brayer until it soaked up as much paint as possible. When I pulled it off I had this bit of fun.

 Decided to try it with the Hazel & Ruby Stencil Masks.

 I let the paint dry completely then I added my Hazel & Ruby Stencil Masks. After getting them placed like I wanted I went over the entire canvas with the white paint in a very thin coat. I peeled off the stencil masks and you could see the fun colors underneath.

I took that paper towel and tore it around the edges removing all the white. Then I fan folded it and tied it in the middle with twine & burlap. I frayed a burlap piece to place underneath it.

 I then made two flowers from canvas by cutting a long strip and then cutting it in small strips almost to the edge. Add adhesive and roll the piece to make the flower. I then added some spray mist to them. I layered all of these pieces as you see in the pic. 

I added a piece of burlap ribbon to the top. I used those pieces I tore off the paper towel and scrunched up in the middle of the burlap ribbon.

 

I then added the Graphic 45 butterflies to the burlap ribbon and one down into the fronds of the canvas flower. I added bling to them for their bodies. I also added some small bling to the letters in places for an accent.

There you have it!

Cat's instructions for making your own fabulous wall hanging.

I hope this inspires you to play with paint and the Creative Palette.
 

 

 

MEMORIES FROM OUR CROP AROUND THE CLOCK EVENT

Thanks to my computer guru son, my computer is working again.  For some unknown reason, the synaptic pad (mouse on a laptop) has quit working.  So, I thought my computer was freezing and it was only the fact that the mouse wasn't working.  WHEW!  Easy, inexpensive fix - just get a regular mouse and use it!  YEAH!!!!!

 The second day of our "Cropping Around the Clock" began with me teaching this layout featuring Bazzill cardstock and Little Yellow Bicycle paper.

Then Nanci taught a tag class to all of the attendees.  Some of us take Nanci's tag classes every month, but to others this was a new experience.

Everyone loved the beautiful colors she used on this tag.

Nanci quickly created the tag....

it took us all a LOT longer to create our tags!  LOL!

 Cat got to create one of the tags - isn't it beautiful!!!

After another layout class, Cat taught everyone some mixed media techniques using the "Creative Palette" by Stampendous.  Check out those bright colors!

She showed us how to use a paper towel with the Creative Palette and then use it on our project.

Vickie and Patrice were having a great time chair dancing to the music!

Kourtneigh arrived Saturday all decked out in a poodle skirt she made for our "Crop around the Clock" event.

She even came up with a new use for the 45's that Patrice gave us.  LOVE that pony tail holder!

Patrice arrived on Saturday wearing this cool jacket of her son's.  LOVE it!

Everyone enjoyed the root beer/coke floats.  Brought back lots of memories.  It had been years since many of us had enjoyed one of these frozen treats.

We all had a fantastic time and look forward to the next 2 day event!

SPRINGTIME FUN

 

Yesterday was the first day of spring and the weather is

DELIGHTFUL!

There is going to be some more cool weather, but LOTS of 

beautiful, springtime weather too!

 

Don't you just love this wreath Cat made?!

Take a wreath form cut out of chipboard from Rayz Lazer, 

add the gorgeous double sided Promise Collection from Authentique Paper, 

 a bunny cut out by Rayz Lazer 

 (add Stampendous Frantage goodies, a little paint, pom pom tail, & a googly eye), 

burlap flower from Canvas Corp with a Bazzill Basics Paper bling center, 

that infamous Easter grass & a few plastic eggs wrapped in white lace 

and you get a happy springy Easter door hanging.

 This is the weekend for our 

Crop Around the Clock event.

There was a last minute cancellation if you

would like to join in on the fun.

Call Cat and grab the spot so you can

CROP!

CROP!

CROP!

AROUND

THE 

CLOCK

TONIGHT!

(until midnight, really, and 

from 10-8 tomorrow)

MIXED MEDIA FUN

Have you tried mixed media yet?  

Messy, no rules, and just plain fun!

There is a group on Facebook called Journal 52.

You are given a prompt each week and you create a page for what that prompt means to you.

One of the prompts "A Simple Place" and this is what  Cat created for this prompt.  She used all kinds of inks, a stencil, some shredded cardboard, canvas...all kinds of fun stuff!  Lots of colors and textures used on these  fun pages.

 

This is Sharon Leonard's pages for "A Simple Place".  Cat and Sharon are both VERY artistic!

I LOVE these pages!

 

Check out Valerie's pages for "A Simple Place".  If you know Valerie, this is SO her and absolutely FABULOUS!

 

This is my page for "A Simple Place", my back yard.  I had lots of fun using the different kinds of mediums, especially the Stampendous embossing enamels and mica fragments across the bottom.

As you can see, everyone's pages are COMPLETELY different from each other.

And all kinds of products are used:

Viva Decor products

Distress inks, paints, markers, stains

Watercolor paints

Twinkling H20's

Acrylic Paints

Spray Inks - Dylusions and Tattered Angels

Stampendous products:  Embossing enamels, fragments, glitter

Faber Castell Products:  Markers, Gelatos, watercolor pencils, colored pencils

Stencils of all kinds

Masks

Stamps of all kinds and brands

Sharpies

Copics

Mod Podge

USE YOUR STASH

AND

HAVE FUN!

 

 

WOW...YOU BETTER HURRY!

Cat took an altered art class at CHA from Nathalie Kalback and had a blast.  

Guess what came in at the store today!

The Creative Palette "Gelly Plates" that Nathalie used in her altered art projects! 

 There are great instructions and photos on the back that show how to use them.  

I picked mine up today and can't wait to use it!  

Also got all of her new stamps & each set comes with a stencil! 

 The pic of the included stencil is in the upper right corner.

 Each stamp set has a different stencil. 

Check out the big splat stencil that comes with these fun stamps.  AWESOME!!!

This is the stamp set that Cat used in class and had so much fun using.  

All of these stamp sets are literally FLYING out of the store.

Cat ordered more of the Gelly Plates than she did the stamps, so there are plenty of those.

But, if you see a stamp set you want, you better hurry....

or you may have to wait for the

REORDER!!!

ART JOURNAL MEMORIES

Our day with Jen Starr ended with an Art Journal Class.  We made an album cover out of chipboard and paper shipping tape.  We covered it with Gesso (a thick white paint) and then used various paints and mediums along with lace, cheesecloth, tissue paper, doily, ribbon and buttons to make a variation of the cover pictured above.  Check out what everyone did:

Another item that we also learned we could add into the mix were the mica fragments and glass glitter By Stampendous.  Love how that makes it sparkle!

On this one,, the mica fragments and glass glitter are in a row above the lace  Beautiful colors!

An art journal is all about learning to play and experiment with new techniques.

Love the vibrant blues, purples and the splash of gold on this journal cover.

I've got my eye on you!  LOL!  Love that beautiful blue eye and butterfly on this cover.

So many beautiful shades of brown, green, and teal on this cover.

Simple gradient colors on this cover.

After we finished the cover, Jen taught us numerous techniques to use when making our pages.  Plus, we learned how to bind our new art journal.  

What a fabulous time everyone had learning how to use all of the different mediums.  Everyone left with their minds filled with ideas and their arms full of fabulous projects. We all had a fantastic time and hope that Jen can come play with us again.