Buttons, Bows & Brads Class

This is my next A.C. Moore workshop targeting beginners to the craft. A Jeannette Lynton design (Close to My Heart founder), I am using this as a design piece for our second beginner's workshop. During this workshop, participants will work with buttons, bows and brads of their preference, discuss various attachment procedures and usage, and complete two pages. Journaling should be prepared in advance. In this case, I typed my notes on vellum and adhered it using vellum tape.

I will bring my Sizzix Big Shot and Shadow dies should participants wish to duplicate my design. Sticker alphabets also work.

The workshop is scheduled for Wednesday evening, December 16 from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. at A.C. Moore's in Dover, Delaware. Workshop cost is $15.

We will be using some of the following techniques:

· Working from a sketch

· Basic layout

· Titling and Journaling

· Layering

· Embellishing

Layout Materials

q 12 x 12 Base Cardstock (2) I used white as a background.

q 12” x 12” Plain Cardstock (4) I used four different shades of blue

q 8.5” x 11” Vellum (1)

Photo Suggestions

q 7” x 5”

q 4” x 6” (2)

q 4” x 4” (2)

q 6” x 4” (2)

Supplies

q Small Post-it Notes (for labeling your cut pieces)

q Brads, color coordinated with your paper

q Adhesive of choice (Tombows or Dittos are available at AC Moore)

q 4 pieces of 12” x 12” color-coordinated cardstock

q 2 pieces of neutral (white or cream) cardstock to complement colored cardstock

q Vellum for journaling (Journal entry should be prepared prior to class)

q Vellum adhesive (AC Moore has an excellent vellum tape available)

q Brads, color coordinated with your paper

q Letters for titling (If you prefer a different style than in above layout)

q Pop dots

q Needle and thread to coordinate with button

q Mini dots

Journaling

q 7.5” x 2.75” space is recommended. .5” x 2.75” space is recommended. (Vellum is for this)

Equipment

q 12x12 cutter

q Decorative cutting blade – if you want to add a decorative element at the bottom of your journaling column on the left page and the circle on page 2, then you will need a cutting blade for your particular project.

q 12 x 12 self-healing mat

q Ruler

q Scissors

q 2-inch circle punch

q Piercing tool

q Bone folder or embossing tool

AC Moore Expand It Class -- More Pix to the Page

While this could certainly be a two-page layout, I chose two one-page layouts with different themes to demonstrate these techniques. Feel free to coordinate or not. The products I used are listed below. You should select products and stamps that support your own designs and tastes.

I am scheduled to teach this workshop at AC Moore in Dover on Wednesday, November 11 from noon to 2 P.M. We will be using some of the following techniques:

• Booklet Design and Construction
• Paper Folding
• Masking/Stenciling
• Chalking
  

Layout Materials
To Fly Is To Serve:

• 3 pieces of cardstock – 2 patterned and one neutral (white or cream)
• Coordinating ribbon
  

First Home:

• 3 pieces of cardstock
• Country Fair by American Crafts (house print on one side, solid color on the other.
• Bark PPR 9012
• Sun Yellow PPR 9081
  

Photo Suggestions
To Fly Is To Serve

• 4” x 6” (1)
• 4” x 5” (1)
• 4” x 2.75 (5)
• 1.75” x 2.75” (1) (Optional)
• 2.75” x 2.75” (1) (Optional)
  
  

First Home

• 3” x 3” (5)
  

Supplies

• Stazon Teal Blue Solvent Ink
• Colorbox Pigment Ink, Chestnut
• Glue Dots Pop Up Dots
• Adhesive of choice
• Archival Fine-tip pen
• Stamp & Stencils
• Heidi Grace Everyday Alpha Clear
• Inkadinkado 9773 Curly Q Alphabet
• Tim Holtz Mask: Timeworks
  

Equipment

• 12x12 cutter
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Stamping blocks

50-Card Christmas Workshop

When I saw these cards on one of the Close To My Heart (CTMH) bulletin boards and realized that you could make 50 cards from half a level 2 paper pack, I knew this was an incredible holiday workshop. Unlike the one I saw, I've added a few extra elements to the project. Instead of two basic stamp sets, I used four. Instead of 4" x 5.5" cards, I purchased quality card bases at 4.5" x 5.5 inches. So I created a "ribbon" effect by adding a half-inch strip and crimping it. In the first set of four cards you see, I used CTMH's Angel Sent cards featuring for sweet cherubs (A1099). Visit my website at http://dianecook.myctmy.com for more art. I'll be posting more later today or tomorrow. My workshop is at my home and is slated for Saturday, October 3 from 9 AM to 5 PM. Sign-up deadline is September 15, 2009. For more details, email me at dcookwrites@cookworkshop.com and I'll add you to my newsletter mailing list.

Awesome Albums

These two albums brought me into the home stretch at CKC (I signed up for seven workshops in one day) I was surprised that I wasn't totally brain dead by the end. Does that mean that I'm getting better? Of course, I filled the 5"x7" files with pictures of Baby Brayden . . . now I need to add Brayden's big brother, Parker, into the mix. I'm working on his whole, entire, just only him scrapbook.

While I haven't included all the workshops and scrapbooking pages, I have presented a good representation of this most efficient approach to CKC. My travelmate, Melissa Fulgham, wants us to add the late night crop event to the weekend, but we'll have to wait and see. I already have one other major convention on my calendar (in June 2010, I think) and I would love to return to the Great American Scrapbooking Convention in Chantilly again. However, with the demise of Memory Makers Scrapbooking Magazine, I don't know what that does to the convention.

Regardless, I've thoroughly enjoyed the learning experiences that the convetions provided this year. What a blessing.