December Paper-ED Schedule

Welcome to Paper-ED at Michaels. If you're new here and have questions about Paper-ED, I'd suggest checking these FAQ first. If you have additional questions that I've not addressed in the FAQ, feel free to leave your question as a comment, and I'll answer it, or if you have a specific question, you may email me at GoodOnPaperRVA@gmail.com and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Unless otherwise noted all classes are $25 and require pre-registration at Michaels on West Broad Street. All classes also require that participants either purchase required supplies from the store or bring supplies from personal stock at home, limited supplies are provided. When you register for a class you will be given a syllabus with a general supply list for your class. If there is a class you'd like to take but the scheduled time does not work with your schedule, please contact me, I'm fairly flexible and often able to add classes to my schedule to accomodate you.

12/01/2011 Thurs. Texture Wow! 6:00-8:00
     Learn several different paper texturizing techniques to create a unique art piece to display in your home.

12/04/2011 Sun. Cricut Test Drive 2:00-3:00 ($10)
     Are you a new Cricut owner and want to learn some of the basics? Or thinking about buying one and want to know more?  This class is for you.  Bring your machine or learn on ours.  One hour of instruction, just $10.

12/05/2011 Mon. Cricut Card Tricks: Winter Frolic 6:00-8:00
     Use the Winter Frolic cartidge to make holiday themed greeting cards.

12/08/2011 Thurs. Tags of Christmas Past 6:00-8:00
     Make vintage themed gift tags using distressing, embossing, stamping and punching techniques.

12/11/2011 Sun. Paper Bag Mini Album 2:00-4:00
     Construct a small scrapbook for all your holiday pictures and memories using brown lunch bags.

12/12/2011 Mon. Martha Stewart Glittering 9:30-11:30
     Use Martha Stewart's Glittering kit to learn fun glittering techniques.

12/15/2011  Thurs. Paper Crafted Gift Frame 6:00-8:00
     Create and embellished holiday gift frame using paper-pieced elements, spiral flowers, and edge punches. 

12/18/2011 Sun. Tags of Christmas Past 2:00-4:00
      Make vintage themed gift tags using distressing, embossing, stamping and punching techniques.

12/27/2011 Tues. Altered Canvas Trio 12:00-2:00
     Use scrapbooking papers, stretched canvases, paints, and found objects to create a trio of unique home decor pieces.

12/30/2011 Fri. Card Tricks 10:00-12:00
     Start your year of right by sending out handmade thank you cards.  Learn some new techniques with me in Paper-ED.



    

Paper-ED Tim Holtz Halloween

There is still time for Tim!  Don't delay, sign up now for a Tim Holtz Halloween Banner class at Michaels on West Broad.  We'll spend a few hours distressing, inking, stickling, and embellishing a truly unique Halloween banner perfect for your celebration this year and for years to come.  See the October Paper-ED schedule for dates and times. 

New Demos Scheduled October 2011

If you're interested in paper crafting or scrapbooking and want to do some window shopping, ask some questions, or do some "touch and feel" before you sign up for a class, I've got two great demos coming up.  Both demos are atMichaels West Broad Street location. 

Tim Holtz Halloween Banner
October 13th, 2011 4:00-5:00 (Thursday)
I'll be demonstrating distressing techniques used to make the Tim Holtz "Scary"
Halloween banner.  If you've always browsed the Tim Holtz/Ranger ink section thinking "that stuff is really neat, but what do I do with it?" then this is the demo for you.  I'll show you many different ways to use your Distress inks, we'll use some Stickles, the Mini Mister, and maybe some Crackle Paint too. 

Scrapbooking Demo
October 21st, 2011 10:00-11:00 (Friday)
If you're new to scrapbooking or and old pro looking for new tips or shopping for new products, this is for everyone.  I'll be available to answer any questions you may have about scrapbooking from papers to adhesives.  I'll showcase some new products we're carrying and of course help you sign up for our new late fall and winter classes.  There's lots on the menu, hope too see you there. 

Paper-ED October Schedule

Unless otherwise noted all classes are $25 and require pre-registration at Michaels on West Broad Street.  All class also require that participant either purchase required supplies from store or bring supplies from personal stock at home, limited supplies are provided.

4th 11:00-1:00
     Paper Bag Mini Album
6th  6:00-8:00
     Halloween Party
9th 2:00-4:00
     Altered Canvas Trio
10th 2:00- 4:00
     Kid's Scrapbook Frame*
12th 6:00-8:00
     Tim Holtz Halloween
13th 6:00-8:00
     Tim Holtz Halloween
15th 3:00-8:00
     Crop Night **
18th 11:00-1:00
     Sketched Out
20th 6:00-8:00
     Card Tricks in a Flash
27th 6:00-8:00
     Sketched Out
30th 2:00-4:00
     Tags of Christmas Past

*This is a Kids Event, cost $15 per child,  and is appropriate for children kindergarten and up and requires parental supervision. 
**Crop Night is a monthly event, register for $5 and bring all your half-done projects to our classroom, meet-up with friends, get advice from the Scrapbooking expert and use the store's Cricut machine to put the finishing touches on all your projects.

Halloween is my Christmas

True Confessions from the All Hallows Eve Obsessed...

• I'm that girl who hits the post Halloween sales and stocks my attic with Styrofoam tombstones and skulls LED lights starting November 1st.
• I purchase skull decor items at Halloween and use them year round.  Skull salt and pepper shakers, skeleton salad tongs, skull and cross bone dish towels, the list goes on.
• When the Spirit Halloween store opened in the previous Border's location my children and I were literally waiting outside the door when they opened on August 31st at 11:00.  We were the first sale, I had to wait for them to finish installing the POS machine. 
• I finished my son's medieval knight costume in May.  
• And I'm just a few yards of black tulle away from the final stitches on my daughter's costume.
• In fact, my only problem with Halloween is that it only happens once a year. But if we start crafting now, we'll have at least two solid months of creepy, crawly, crafty goodness!

So, without further ado, please allow me to introduce to you the newest addition to my Halloween display, the Tabletop Halloween Curio.

I used A Tim Holtz Configurations Box*.  I think it's the Medium sized box.  This was my first time using this product, overall it was great.  Very easy to use and the options are pretty much endless.  I'm sure there are more of these boxes in my future because I've got lots of little collections. Here's some in progress photos of how it all came together.

Collection of possibilities.

The empty box. Each interior box is
separate and there are myriad of
configurations.

A dry fit of little pieces in the box. 
I removed a few of the individual boxes to make
room for the lion. 

Papering the back of the box.  The paper is from a 12x12 stack called
"Street Lace"

Dry fitting paper for the back of the trio of bottom boxes.

The bottom boxes are wrapped in black on the inside and bottom.

And this is the look once all the compartments have been papered.
I used ModPodge throughout and glued each object in place and well.  Originally
I used a silver Sharpie paint marker to color the front lip of each compartment, but then I decided to cover
them in ribbon for a more finished look as seen below.

Compartments lips are covered in purple ribbon.  Some objects on display include a
glow-in-the-dark LEGO ghost and Tim Holtz skeleton keys and escutcheons. 

This lion says Bordeaux, he came from the jewelry section, also a clip on glittered spider.

Here you can see one of the last additions, plastic skeleton hands, from my Halloween stash. 
I had a hard time figuring out how to adhere these guys because
they are not flat backed.  Finally, with assistance from my daughter, I used
Bendaroos.  If you have kids, you're probably familiar with
Bendaroos, if not, it's a bendable sticky stick thing.  Worked great.

That's it for now. I'm pretty new to this who Blogatorium thing, so my format will be changing.  But please to keep checking in, gentle reader, you never know what you will find.  However, I'll give you a sneak preview and say if you live in the Richmond, VA area and you are interested in paper crafting and/or scrap booking I will be starting to offer classes very soon at a very convenient West End location.  So, stay tuned for updates. 

*For more info about the Tim Holtz Configuration Box, visit his blog.