Sunday, January 31, 2010

New Classes! Coming to Davenport Scrapaganza

Still getting back to normal sleep patterns here. But Friday we went to the old stomping grounds....The Quads! Had to deliver a 35mm camera to "the girl" in collage taking Photography class. Good luck, Brit! You take FANTASTIC pix!!!

The off to see the girls at Scrapaganza!!!! Yeah!!!! Beth and Kelli are soooooo sweet. We chatted and came to the conclusion that we should have 4 classes for next year.....YES 4!!!!!

We'll start with 2 April 17th and after we get the new Tim Dies from Sizzix, we'll have 2 MORE!!!!

April will be Metal and Grunge......We will emboss and make the Tool Caddy in one class then the GrungeBoard Wallets in another. Don't know when sign up will start, but don't miss this. You will have a BLAST!!! The wallets are sooooo fun. And the designs amaze me every time.

More details to follow......off to Prairie Art Stamps in Springfield Saturday....the Pink Ladies there are over the top WONDERFUL!!!

Be there....or we'll really, really miss you!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

OK Girls and Boys....Here We Go!!!

I took 100 pix, yes that many, but I'm very picky, so many bit the dust. And some of them are just not interesting to most of you, I'm sure.

This is the Make-N-take from Tim. His new Sizzix Dies are OUT OF THIS WORLD cool!!!!! And the bee is from Vintaj. I thought it looked pretty nice on my jean jacket with the brass studs.


Here is a poor shot of the beautiful work at Creative Imaginations. The flowers are from Petaloo....which by the way, I've been asked to work on their Design Team!!!!! YEAH!!!!

I had to show a better close-up of Tim's piece here.


And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the new Sizzix Machine by Mr. Holtz!!! Extremely Cool! Yes it's designed like a suitcase!!!


My man Mario!!!! LOVE this guy!!!!


And here is the Master!!!! Tim himself......signing the new dies he gave away.


This was the Melissa Frances class. She really started the vintage papers in my opinion.....I could be wrong, since I'm late to this game. We learned to make the flowers from scratch from crepe paper!

And another piece using the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Dies.


This is a Petaloo flower all prettied up with Luminarte and a button with the new line Iron Orchid from Creative Imaginations. Gorgeous papers!!!!!!!


This is using the new Die from Tim for the paper. The Button is Idea-ology...OMG....sooooooo cool. The Vintage Tape is Tim's and the punched grungepaper flower has paper glued on top.

Here is another 3 pieces cut using the one die....GrungeBoard, and paper, just layered up. I LOVE this thing!!!!!!


We stamped, embossed, punched, and inked this little piece of Vintaj metal. Very fun Make-N-Take.


And last, but not least, you have to order this FABULOUS new book from Lisa M. Pace. It is beautiful beyond belief. She is truly the queen of glitter, but much, much more. You will LOVE it!!!!! I promise.

Got to get my class ready for next Saturday at Prairie Art Stamps now. We're gonna play with Graphic 45 paper, stamps, and of course, Ten Seconds Studio metal.

Be There!

Home Again, Home Again....

....you know the rhyme. I actually slept until 10:30am...that would have only been 8:30 Cali time, but still. It really felt good!

The sun is shining and it's only 12 degrees out. BUT, at least it looks nice. The flight home was perfect, just a little deicing at Chicago, and we were on out last leg of the journey.

I REALLY am wondering WHY I didn't take more pictures at the show. I didn't even get a shot of new BFF Deb and me. Sat right next to many other old friends and didn't even think to get a shot.

But in Chicago, I WILL get more pictures. I so wish I had taken a shot of Terri, Judy, and Gail sprawled on the floor outside the classroom doors with their maps out circling all the booths they wanted to hit. Dressed of course in their cute pink shirts. LOVE those gals.

But I can tell you where to find great pix. Go to Suze's blog. She takes THE BEST pictures of EVERYTHING! What a Woman! You won't be sorry...I promise.

So, we're back to reality today.....hope you're still having a great time DEB...soak up all that sunshine and warmth you can....cause it's freezing here!

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