Northern Winter Cards, with Maresa

Northern Winter Cards, with Maresa

In this class we will be making all occasion cards that can be customized to suit any occasion, but will be especially suited to masculine birthdays etc. [I will be providing a variety of stamps for you to choose from.]  

We will be creating our own backgrounds, with emphasis on masking and resists. This technique can be easily reproduced using any colour scheme of you wish, and will be a great addition to your crafting arsenal.

Call the store at 250.769.1257 to register.

Date: Friday February 26, 2016 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Sunday March 6, 2016 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

Cost: $25.00

**KITS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS CLASS.**

Supplies to bring:

- Basic tool kit, including
- pop dots [both 1/16" and ⅛" thick recommended]
- adhesive FOAM tape, or 3mm white fun foam [available for purchase at the store]
- paper trimmer, to cut fun foam
- Mono Multi glue [or a clear-drying brand]
- Fine tip glue pen or Ranger Multi-Medium Matte
- scissors
- tweezers
- Scotch tape
- lots of baby wipes and paper towels

Recommended to bring:  [These are items that IF you should have them, please bring them.  I will have supplies to share with the class, but having your own is always a time-saver.]

- non-stick craft mat

- Silver Stickles and a "clear" Stickles of your choice

- an opaque white pen

- Tim Holtz Distress Inks:  Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord, Broken China, and Tumbled Glass 

- 4 ink blending tools w/ foams, or 1 ink blending took w/ 4 foams

- Memento Ink: Elderberry
- adhesive pick-up square

February Stack A Stash, with Bonnie

February Stack A Stash, with Bonnie

On the last Sunday of each month, we teach a card class called Stack A Stash. Each month you will make two all occasion cards [theme to be determined by the instructor] and two Christmas cards. This is such a great way to start your stash of cards, and have them on-hand when an occasion arises.

This month you will be creating two Christmas cards, and two friendship cards.  I will bring various sentiment stamps for you to select from. We will be doing some water colouring with distress inks as well as some 3D flower shaping.

Call the store at 250-769-1257 to register.

Date: Sunday February 28, 2016

10:00 am - 12:00 pm [2 seats available]

or

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm [3 seats available]

Cost: $22.00

Kits available; shipping $3.50 if applicable

Supplies to bring to class:

Basic tool kit

Tweezers

Glossy accents

Non stick craft mat

Ink blending tool with clean foam

Water brush or small paint brush and small water container

Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Weathered Wood, Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy (I will bring mine to class for student use)

Suggested to bring to class IF YOU HAVE:

McGill flower shaping kit and mat

Clear star gel pen

Snow writer

Water based markers i.e.: Tim Holtz - Scattered Straw, Tea Die, Iced Spruce, Weathered Wood or colours of your choice

The largest acrylic stamping block you have to use as a pallette

Wedding/Anniversary Explosion Box Class, with Denica

Wedding/Anniversary Explosion Box Class, with Denica

If you have any weddings or anniversaries this year, you will want to make this gorgeous gift explosion box! 

The box comes with everything needed to decorate the inside, or leave it blank and add photos of the lovely couple for a personal touch.

We will be creating a lovely paper rose and using a ton of fun dies including the new MFT Tag builder 5 and the MFT Mini stitched scalloped squares!

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016

Time: 10 am -1 pm

Cost: $32.00

There are no kits available for this class

Supplies needed:

• Basic tool kit including tweezers and detail scissors
• non-stick craft mat
• wet adhesive (Tombo Mono Multi recommended)
• Ranger Multi Medium Matte with a fine tip applicator ( if you have it, we will be gluing lots of tiny pieces)
• Glossy Accents
• Antique Linen distress ink pad and blending tool with foam (mini pad is okay)
• Sookwang or Be Creative tape: 5 mm
• Thin foam dots: small and regular
• Wink of Stella pen: clear
• "clear" Stickles

Supplies recommended to bring:

• McGill flower shaping tool kit ( I will bring one to class, but if you have your own it would be a time saver)

ABC's of Scrapbooking, with Hazel

ABC's of Scrapbooking, with Hazel

Do you want to get your precious photos out of the shoe box or off your computer? For those of you who want to get started, this class covers some of the basic techniques required. During this class you'll create a 2 page spread while learning how to crop and mat your photos. Please bring 8 to 10 photos of one event or subject to class.

Date:  Thursday, February 18th, 2016

Time:  10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Cost: $20.00

Sweet Sentiments, with Maresa

Sweet Sentiments, with Maresa

Valentine's Day is right around the corner! If you need a card to give to your sweetheart, one of these would be perfect; however, you can easily make all-occasion or friendship cards by swapping out the sentiments. [There will be a assortment of greetings to choose from.]

We will be covering numerous quick and easy techniques to create texture and dimension on cards, including a shaker card.We will be using oodles of new product, awesome new paper, and tons of new dies, including the adorable scallop dies from My Favorite Things.

If you can't attend class you can always order a kit, as I'll be including a photo tutorial on how to make a shaker card with the usual card assembly instructions. 

Date: Sunday January 24, 2016 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Friday February 5, 2016 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 

Supplies to bring:

- Basic tool kit, including
- pop dots [both 1/16" and ⅛" thick recommended]

- adhesive FOAM tape, or 3mm fun foam

- paper trimmer, to cut fun foam [if you are using that]
- Mono Multi glue [or a clear-drying brand]
- Fine tip glue pen or Ranger Multi-Medium Matte

- Glossy Accents
- scissors

- tweezers