Coming in 2015: Layout class fearuring G45's A Time to Celebrate

After the holidays I will be teaching a class featuring Graphic 45's A Time to Celebrate. In the class we will be making 3 two page layouts. One to celebrate a birthday, one to celebrate a wedding or anniversary and one with a general celebration theme.

Along with G45's paper, which has lovely greens and coral pinks, the layouts include Prima flowers, paper doilies and cling.  The images have a lovely, nostalgic look that will bring a bit of vintage flair to your album,  Would look lovely for a tea party, afternoon wedding or just about anything!

 

The class will be a Custom Impressions in Los Alimitos, California. (562-430-8100) I will update the time and date as soon as I have that information. (Along with some better pictures)

 

Hope to see you there!

 

Interactive Card Class! 2 Cards Only $20!!

I will be teaching both of these super cool interactive folding cards this coming Friday- Feb 21 from 6-9pm at Perfect Day Scrapbooking in Huntington Beach. Call 714 369 2862 to reserve a spot.

The first card is a pop up box card using Graphic 45's "Sweet Sentiments paper."  It is a great card for spring and can be made with multiple sentiments.  And boy is this a cool technique to learn.

The second card is in G45's "Couture" line and is a tri fold shutter or x-fold card.  It is a nice format for a display card. And boy, does this paper look good on display with its pretty Art Deco 1920's style.

Still pictures do not do these cards justice, So I am adding a video of them, so you can see just how cool they are!!

For the class you will need: a trimmer, a score board, wet & dry adhesive, chalk ink in brown for edges, corner rounder, pop dots, fussy cutting scissors. I will have some of these supplies available for sharing.

Hope to see you soon! -L

Upcoming Class - Mini Album of Tricks & Treats Using Graphic 45's Sweet & Spooky Steampunk Spells!

 

Next month (October 8th from 6-9pm to be exact), I will be teaching a class (at Perfect Day Scrapbooking in Huntington Beach) of this super special mini album.  It uses Graphic 45's Steampunk Spells line and will be perfect for Halloween. And the beautiful paper is not the only treat that makes it special, no no no. This album includes some of the tricks & techniques I learned at Laura Denison's Graphic 45 class at CHA, Las Vegas, including her "stack the deck" binding. And at $28.00 the cost of the class may be the biggest treat of all!

Scroll down for more sneak peaks of the album and info on where, when and how.  Or if you are in the Soutern California area swing by Perfect Day (9552 Hamilton Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92646 / 714-369-2862) and see the sample in person. 

 The stacked binding creates such a clean well hidden hinge for the pages.  And the hardback cover is also made "from scratch."

And the pages are so interactive! Tags that slide out of both the middle and the ends of the pages! And each page can be combined how *you* want it so it is totally personalized.

And don't let the folded and layered look fool you. The technique for making these pocket pages is really quite simple - Once you know how!

The images used for Steampunk Spells are really creative and manage to be both a little creepy and a little cute, sightly whimsical and a bit witty, bright and fun all the while still having that great vintage feel Graphic 45 is known for. I really love this line.

And even from the back this mini is fun and pretty with classic steampunk gears and roses. It would look great on display.

So, now you have had a peek inside this mini album full of tags, pockets and some new tricks and treats to learn. If you want to make one of your own, please contact Perfect Day Scrapbooking in Huntington Beach (9552 Hamilton Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92646 / 714-369-2862) to reserve a spot!

Supplies needed - scissors, wet & drt adhesive of choice, scoreboard & tool, trimmer, ruler pop dots.

Optional - ink/chalk for edges

Working on a New Class Part One - October Afternoon Sarsaparilla

I am just finishing up a new mini album I am going to teach at Perfect Day Scrapbooking. I do not know the dates, but will keep you updated.  This is part one, the cowboy/masculine themed mini album.  I am using October Afternoon's Sarsaparilla 8x8 paper and matching embellishments.

Here are some photos of the full album.

 

The cover features a die-cut sheriff's badge with some masked misting and buttons.

It's blackjack when you flip it open and see the super cute stickers

and chipboard embellishments in the Sarsaparilla line that are included
in the class (There are leftovers in the kit that you can use later.)

On the first square page there is a kerchief pocket that holds two tabs.

 

 And then its off to the rodeo with bigger photo mats and colorful

embellishments, some of which were given added oomph with pop dots.

 On the last square page there is a gorgeous cloudy paper with a fenced in photo mat.

 And on the back cover is a buckaroo from the chip board stickers wishing

you and yours " Happy Trails!"

 I am super happy with how cute this mini turned out and think it will be a fun class to teach.  I will be posting more info like the date and time.  Also keep an eye out for part two of my October Afternoon classes coming soon to a blog near you.  And by that I mean this one!

My First Class & A New Card

I taught my first class last night!! I taught two lovely ladies from Montana how to make the Carta Bella Well Traveled Mini. (Full blog post of book here.) It was really fun and I think it went well.  I hope I get a chance to do some more classes in the future.  Rachel still has some paper and I can put together a kit with instructions if you need one.  Just call Perfect day Scrapbooking in Huntington Beach (link to the right.)  And just to remind ya, the mini looks like this:

Also I have a new card to share.  I used the new G45 paper called French Country.  The base is a 4 x 6 kraft card.  Over that I added a piece of Tim Holtz coredinations paper  in a dark green. I embossed that with the Spellbinders M-bossiblities folder Ornamental Iron (#EL-019.)  I lightly sanded it to bring up the pattern and distress it a bit more.  On top of that I have layered a card from the A La Carte paper in the French Country line.  It is the sunflower border around a lined list, but the list part is covered.

The top later is a tag/envelope combination from the Tags & Pockets set.  The tags and pockets are new with the G45 2013 collections and I love them- what a great idea.  The different tags and envelope/pockets can be used together or separately and you can mix and match them a bit.  I used the sunflowers pocket and added some gold dots with a Viva Decor (Splash of Color) pearl pen along the scalloped edges. And I used the tag with the strip of roosters across it.  I attached lock and key embellishments to the tag with some lace ribbon. (with the tag removed you can see the top of the list on the A La Carte card.)

On the inside of the card I added the full sized sunflowers from the Sunflower paper.  On top of this I added a piece of the green paper from the co-ordinating 6x6 G45 pad.  I stamped the green paper with the bee and crown image from the G45 French Country Three set and the "thanks a lot" sentiment from the French Country Two set.  I did both of these in a black ink. (All the French/ English sentiments on all the stamps sets in this collection would work well for cards.)  And at the top of the card I added a green faceted rhinestone embellishment.  I think this basic layering set up would work for a lot of different types of cards in both the French Country and Secet Garden lines with the Tag Pocket sets.  On the Secret Garden you could use the stamps that say the flower and its meaning on the inside.  I am hoping to make some samples of different takes on this card, so check the blog for more!

  

In some less happy news, I didn't make the top 30 of the G45 design team call. But I still feel pretty proud of the item I made for my audition. And there is always next year.  And I at least learned that I don't have to make all the projects between the announcement and due date like I had done this year. So, for 2014 I am starting early.....like tomorrow. lol

Hope you liked the card, let me know what you think in the comments section below or my Twitter or Facebook on the right!

<3  -L

Materials used for card:

Papers:Graphic 45 French Country (A La Carte, Sunflower, Tags & Pockets & 6x6)
Inks/Glitters/Paints: Colorbox creamy brown chalk for edging, Viva Decor (Splash of Color) Gold pearl pen
Other: Lock, Key & green rhinestone embellishments

News and recent event in my crafting life......--UPDATED

1.  Southern California Shop Hop tickets go on sale tomorrow!!  If you buy your passport or bring a passport from a previous Hop many stores will give you a 20% discount this weekend!  Check out the So Cal Shop Hop 2013 Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/socalshophop

2.  I will be teaching a class (my first one) at Perfect Day Scrapbooking in Huntington Beach on Wed, March 13.  It is from 6-9pm and will cost $32.00.  I will show you how to make a mini album that features Carts Bella's Well Traveled paper.  It will have all sorts of cool stuff like envelopes, file folders and embossing techniques.  I will post pictures of the full mini album soon.

Check out the Perfect Day Website for more info and other upcoming classes  http://www.perfectdayscrapbooking.com/Classes.html

3.   I am working on a few really fun projects and hopefully (knock wood) I will have them all done and shared here on the blog before March 22nd!  Wish me luck

UPDATE...Due to unforeseen circumstances (paper is slow in arriving) my class has been postponed.