She Who Stamps & Scraps

Art Journaling Class in Connecticut

(Susan S, Me, Evelyn, Judy (owner), Debbie, Alison, Susan, Cindy, Betsy)

What a great day at the Great American Stamp Store in Connecticut on Saturday! Seven women joined me for a whole day of journal play, and it was a lovely group. We took our time and made several pages using layers of stamps, paints, gesso, stencils, etc.  

This was an idea from one of my journals for the ladies to work with silhouettes:

I built the page up with layers of paint and inks, and used my  Xyron 5" Creative Station to adhere the magazine clipping of a silhouette:

Here are Besty and Evelyn working on their silhouette pages:

 And Debbie, done with her silhouette and prepping her next page:

Susan's fab silhouette and embedded tags pages:

And look what Cindy did with her embedded tags:

So cool how she fanned them in the center!  Here she is in person:

I'll be back at Great American Stamp Store in May, and hope to see you then!

Marjie

 

Classes at Great American Stamp Store (Jan & Feb)

 

A show of hands at the Great American Stamp Store in Westport, CT:

Aren't those inky fingers fabulous!?!?  I taught 14 people in two art journaling classes on Saturday, and we had a great time. Most people were new to art journaling and everyone came away wanting to do more of it.  I met so many creative people... it was a great day!  Here are some pics from the morning class:  

Me, Susan, Betsy, Patty, Debbie  

Amy from Plucking Daisies

Betsy from Just a Pharmgirl

Paula ~ brand new to art journaling, and totally hooked!

Suzanne (sorry your eyes are closed but your smile is as bright as your creations)

Debbie (such gorgeous pages ~ but check out her water misting bottle ~ we were scared!)

Evelyn (rocking out on Dyan's ghosting technique)

 

Me with Amy and Leslie

And some shots from the afternoon class:

Loretta, Maria, me, Alison, Kerry and Susan

  Alison (a member of the All Things Tim yahoo group!)

    Loretta (love those layers!)

Kerry (that tag positively glowed!)

I forgot to take a picture with Judy, the gracious and lovely owner of the Great American Stamp Store ~~ but I'll have another chance when I return to teach an all-day class on Saturday, February 23rd.  We'll spend the whole day creating pages that reflect your mood, style, and feelings.  We’ll work with layered pages, create spaces for hidden and private journaling, and learns ways to increase the appearance of depth and dimension in your book.

Seating is limited and several seats were booked on Saturday when those classes ended, so please call the store to register.  Thanks!

Wishing you a wonderful week with time to be creative, however you wish that to be...

Marjie 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Mixed Media & Scrapbooking at Michaels in Mohegan Lake, NY

Hello, friends. I'm happy to share that I've become a Certified Paper-ED™ Instructor for Michaels, and I will be teaching Mixed Media, Journaling, and Scrapbooking Classes at the Mohegan Lake, NY store. Michaels has a new curriculum of Paper-ED™ classes that focus on non-traditional scrapbooking, including Mixed Media.  

Additionally, the first Saturday of every month I'll host a 6-hour crop from 3pm-9pm. A crop is typically uninterrupted time for scrapbooking, but we're mixing it up and you're free to bring any kind of papercrafts project you wish, enjoy time meeting other crafters, and use the classroom tools at no additional charge.  

Classes are repeated throughout the month, and each one lasts two hours. I've prepped two classes so far - one is a Distress Ink class (yessssssss!) and the other is a ProjectME class, which focuses on the Smash book combination of scrapbooking and art journaling.  The cards above include some of the techniques we'll learn in the Distress Ink class, and the spread below is one of those from the ProjectME class.

Classes are $25 and the crop is just $5 for six hours! Pre-registration is required and there's a 48-hour cut-off.  I am flexible on timing and can schedule whenever the classroom is free, so if you have a particular day/time available, please let me know. Also if there's anything specific (technique, product, project) you'd like to learn, that would help me choose which classes to offer next.

The full course offerings should be available at Michaels. Here's my current calendar:

Wed., Jan. 23 - 10am-12pm - Distress Inks & Shimmer

Sat., Feb. 1 - 3pm-9pm - Crop

Sun., Feb. 2  - 2-4pm - ProjectME

Fri., Feb. 8 - 10am-12pm - Distress Inks & Shimmer

Wed, Feb. 13 - 10am-12pm - Cards

Sat, Feb. 16 - 10am-12pm -  ProjectME

Fri., Feb 22 - 10am-12pm - Cards

Sun., Feb. 24 - 2-4pm - Distress Inks & Shimmer

I hope to see you at the store! Please leave any questions in the Comments and I'll be sure to respond as soon as possible.

And if you're in the neighborhood, please stop by... I'll be demoing in the store today from 3-5pm.

Marjie