Upcoming Autumn and Christmas Classes!

Hello crafters! Before I get to it, I would just like to thank everyone who looked, commented here or my FB page, and viewed my last post and video...my cup runneth over. WOW...Truly thank you! Okay...Today, I have photos of the new classes I'll be teaching for the upcoming holidays. I am also teaching some older classes as well. I will be in the Houston area, at The Croppin Bug in La Marque, and Dallas area, at The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie. Check my calendar for specific dates and projects if you are interested. These will be my last public classes of the year. Thanks so very much for looking.  

An Autumn Trio of Distress Crayon Tags

 We will play with lots of techniques using Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons, and Tim Sizzix dies and Idea-ology, as well as some Wendy Vecchi goodies.

Ranger Mediums Technique Class

We will play with almost every Ranger wet medium, and create 12 tags to reference for future use, filled with techniques. 

Oh Snow Good Christmas Hanging

There will be lots of playing with Tim's Found Relatives and ephemera to make this snowy hanging, and we will learn a few techniques along the way.  Students will have their choice of seven images and ephemera.

Do You Want To Paint A Snowman? Mixed Media Canvas

This class will be super fun, as we play with all of Dina Wakley's Media from Ranger, and some Tim goodies too, to make this huge 16x20 inch 3D canvas. There will be lots of customization as well.

If you can join me in any of these or the older classes, I promise a day of learning and fun. Thanks again for looking!

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

The Croppin Bug

Happy April everyone! Thanks for all the comments back in March. I had several posts...shocking I know...last month, and I appreciate all the love! I'm just back from the Houston area where I taught at the Croppin Bug, located in La Marque. Here are a few pics of the journey...and I do mean a journey...18 hours of driving there and back...but it was gorgeous all along the way since it's bluebonnet time. The only bad part was there was tons of traffic in the Houston area, and a car threw up a rock at me, and put a quarter sized star in my windshield! The words that came out of my mouth would shame a sailor...sorry Mom! Other than that, it was a great trip. Thanks for having me out Croppin Bugs!!!

My first class was an altered Birchbox...you know the make up and toiletry kit of the month club...that we altered using Tim's Distress Mosaic Kit. Gotta use up the trash. I always kit on the floor...lots of space.

The calm before the storm on Friday afternoon.

All of the ladies boxes came out beautifully, and everyone was happy despite all the hard work.

Then Friday night, we had Make N Takes. I did a 15 minute class using Tim's new Collage Mediums, Distress Crayons, Distress Brushes, Ephemera, and Wendy's background stamps and Ranger Archival Inks. We barely made the 15 minute times up!!!

I had lots of samples of the technique to show them, and everyone made beautiful tags.

Saturday afternoon, I drove out to Galveston...I had never been before...to see if I could get a good picture of the Bolivar Lighthouse, which was the subject of the next class I was teaching. Galveston is a beautiful place, despite the greenish water. There are tons of old antique shops and lots of places I needed more time to shop at.

That black pencil in the distance is the lighthouse. I would have had to take a ferry to get there, so this is the closest I could get.

 

Saturday night, I ate by the water at a famous local eatery called Top Water Grill. It was yummy!!!

Then Sunday, it was time for the lighthouse mixed media class using all of Dina's Media line. This was the first painting type class the Bug has had, so everyone was a little timid.

Here is the canvas.

Despite their trepidation, everyone had a wonderful time, and made beautiful paintings! It was such fun, and such lovely ladies!

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Upcoming Classes!

I'm off again...this time to the Houston area to teach at the first annual Croppin' Around the Clock at The Croppin' Bug in La Marque. I'm teaching two classes, using tons of Ranger goodness from Tim, Dina, and Wendy...and a little Maya Road, both of which are almost sold out, so that is so nice. Call the store for more information if you are interested.

Class 1: An Altered Mosaic Birchbox

Class 2: Bolivar Lighthouse Mixed Media Canvas (16x20)

 

I'm also doing a Make N Take using Tim's new Distress Crayons and Collage Mediums. I'll snap some photos and post them on my Facebook page. Stay tuned. 

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!