Club Kid's Valentine Project, with Hazel

Club Kid's Valentine Project, with Hazel

This class comes just in time for Valentines Day. You'll want to use these pieces for those special people in your life! They are created from BoBunny crush stripe
papers and co-ordinating solids. Embellishments are Cricut cut-outs, buttons, yarn, bling, Glossy Accents & Diamond Dust. Chocolate treats included.
Please bring adhesives & mini-glue dots if you have them.
Please register in advance.

Adults are welcome.

Date: Wednesday February 9, 2011 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Thursday February 10, 2011 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Cost: $15.00

Friendship is Tweet, with Charmagne

Friendship is Tweet, with Charmagne

I don't know about you but I've been experiencing the winter blahs in my paper crafting. I am longing for spring flowers and warm sunshine! What better way to cure those winter blues but play with October Afternoon's Homemaker paper line and Stampendous's Tweet Friends stamps! Add a little sugar (beads) and some ink and we've got four fabulous cards to give to your family and friends.

Date: Sunday, February 6, 2010
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost: $22

Supplies to bring:

• Distress ink in brown (I used Walnut Stain of course!)
• Blending tool and extra foam
• Craft sheet (if you have it)
• Colouring medium of your choice (Copics used on sample)
• Glue dots and Pop dots

Parisian Anthology Love Cards, with Charmagne

Parisian Anthology Love Cards, with Charmagne

This beautiful trio of cards are the card maker's version of the "Alter Everything" layout challenge. Come and alter everything on these versatile cards that can be given out for Valentine's Day or saved for a rainy one. We will be inking, spritzing and alcohol ink dying embellishments to change their original look. Add some stamping, flower rolling and glossy accenting and you've got one heck of a class!

Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $18

Supplies Needed:

• blending tool and extra foams
• craft mat
• mini mister
• glossy accents if you have it
• double sided adhesive, glue dots, pop dots
• Distress Inks in Walnut Stain, Milled Lavendar & Faded Jean (if you have it)
• fine detail scissors

Hugs & Hearts Cards, with Bonnie

Hugs & Hearts Cards, with Bonnie

Cards for the “loved ones” in your life. A delightful tic-tac-toe game card, suspension card and eyelet card will be sure to impress them. Magnets, ribbon, punches and eyelets complete these beauties! See you there!

Date: Saturday, January 22
12:30 – 3:30 pm
Cost: $18.00

Supplies to bring:

Basic tool kit
Pop dots
Tweezers
Liquid Glue, clear drying - like Mono Multi

Recommended to bring if you have:

Non-stick craft mat
Ink blending tool
Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Frayed Burlap
Crop-o-dile

January Crop Night, with Hazel

January Crop Night, with Hazel

CROP NIGHT! ! ! ! January 2011Ladies, come and join us for our first monthly crop night of 2011.

We will be starting at 4:00 p.m. and going until to midnight.

Join your friends for a great scrapbooking evening.

The fee will be $15.00.

Memories & More will be providing pizza & drinks .

Come and join us for a creative, fun event.
Please pre-register and pre-pay.Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 4:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight

Cost: $15.00

Valentine's Sweets & Treats, with Charmagne

Valentine's Sweets & Treats, with Charmagne

I know many of us spend lots of time and energy on our significant others and children around Valentine's Day. This class is all about honouring our friendships that we so carefully nurture through the years. These fantastic little treats are to show our friends how much we cherish and love them! Each treat is completely different...a candy box, a covered chocolate bar and a card/chocolate combination! Come and play with tea dyed cheesecloth, ribbon, tulle, distress inks and vintage buttons. What's not to love about that! Candy included!

Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011
Time: 6:30 p.m - 9:30 p.m.

Cost: $25

Supplies Needed:

• Distress Inks in Tea Dye and Tattered Rose (if you have it)
• blending tool and sponges
• craft sheet (if you have it)
• glue dots, double sided tape
• exacto knife and cutting mat
• bone folder

Be Mine, with Maresa

Be Mine, with Maresa

The vibrant colours in the new Be Mine paper from Echo Park are inspiring! Come to class and create four Valentines Day cards that have a slightly vintage feel. These cards are loaded with embellishments and extra detailing that make them lush and lovely.

NOTE: I will be bringing extra word stamps to class so that you can choose to make them more "lovey-dovey", or a bit more generic, depending on who you need to give them to. :)

Date: Thursday January 20, 2011 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday January 26, 2011 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. FULL
Cost: $25.00

Supplies to bring:

Basic tool kit
Pop dots

Recommended to bring:

Non-stick craft mat
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pumice Stone or Frayed Burlap
Ink blending tool
Scotch tape

ABC's of Stamping, with Maresa

ABC's of Stamping, with Maresa

Rubber stamping is hot, hot, hot! Many crafters are discovering how versatile and fun cardmaking can be, but with so much product available on the market it is often confusing to know what will do what.

Come to class and get a crash-course on the basics, and learn about different inks, types of stamps, heat embossing and much more.

NOTE: There will be many handouts available to class participants.

Date: Friday January 14, 2011 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $20.00

Supplies to bring:

Nothing. :)

Flowers For All Occasions, with Maresa

Flowers For All Occasions, with Maresa

With such dreary weather happening outside the windows, the lovely warm feelings that Basic Grey's new Marjolaine paper invoke is just what a creative soul needs.

This class features many new products, such as stamps from Hero Arts, embossing folders from Basic Grey, felt, Sizzix dies, EK punches.... my-oh-my, the list just goes on! If all the fun products don't cinch it for you, how about I further entice you with a new inking technique? :)

Dates: Tuesday January 18, 2011 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. FULL
Thursday January 27, 2011 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. ONLY 2 SEATS LEFT
Cost: $22.00

Supplies to bring:

Basic tool kit
Pop dots
Scissors, sharp and suitable for detail cutting

Recommended to bring:

Non-stick craft sheet
Ink blending tool
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Frayed Burlap
Scotch tape
Score-Pal, Score-Buddy or Score Board

If you have, bring:

Tim Holtz Distress Inks Stormy Sky, Weathered Wood, Shabby Shutters

ABC's of Copic Markers, with Maresa

ABC's of Copic Markers, with Maresa

Copic markers are all the craze, and here's your chance to learn all about them. This is a workshop-style class where you will learn the basic colour techniques of Copics, as well as paper and ink selection, colouring techniques, blending techniques and refilling your pens. You will also be exploring advanced techniques that you can use with these pens, like how to colour direct ink onto rubber, airbrushing, blender solution techniques, mixed media, and more!

Tons of handouts will be emailed to class registrants. [And this is a good thing! You will be learning so much in this class that information will be leaking out of your head by class end. ;)]

Maresa is a certified Copic Marker designer.

Date: Friday January 7, 2011 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Cost: $30.00

Supplies: None are required, however if you have your own Copic Markers, please feel free to bring them. [Clearly labeling your pens is recommended.]

Valentines, with Annette

Valentines, with Annette

In this class, you will be introduced to an exciting new product and an exciting new technique. The product is Shimmer Sheetz (which comes in a variety of colours). While we will be working with a Valentine theme, you will be able to use this technique for any occasion and find new ways to use your embossing folders and glitter. In addition, we will be exploring a variation of the pop-up card. Be sure to pop by the store to view as the pictures do not do the cards justice!

Additional Date Added: Wednesday, January 19th, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Date: Wednesday, January 12, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Saturday, January 15, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Sunday, January 16, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Cost: $25.00

Supplies:

- Basic Kit (including ScorPal)
- Glitter mad and soft brush
-stylus (as for dry embossing)
-corner rounder punch
-Versamark ink pad

- these supplies will be available to you, but if you have them, it will mean no wait time for you and there is no expectation that you share.

Alter Everything Layout, with Charmagne!

Alter Everything Layout, with Charmagne!

The new year is always full of promises, resolutions and fresh starts. So here's an idea I have for 2011! Each month I will be doing a layout that challenges us paper crafters to think "outside of the box." These layouts will include new techniques and products, perhaps things that you haven't tried before! So here's the first Challenge layout of 2011! This challenge is all about altering...every item used in fact! We will play with Pink Paislee's Anthology line, Ranger Distress inks, Winter Frost Stamps, Perfect Pearls, Diamond Dust and so much more. Make 2011 your most creative year yet!

Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
New Date Added: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost: $15

Supplies needed for class:

• blending tool
• adhesive, pop dots and clear drying glue
• Ranger distress inks in walnut stain, milled lavendar, faded jean (if you have them)
• Mini Mister
• Craft sheet
• Glossy Accents (if you have it)