My Mixed Media Scrapbooking Class

On April 13th, I'm teaching a mixed media scrapbooking class that I'm calling 7 Layer Layouts.  We're going to use oodles of mixed media techniques and make 2 12x12" layouts.  A few weeks back, I shared this layout.



And today I'm sharing pics of the second layout we're going to make.



And here's a closeup...



I have had the most fun creating these 7 Layer Layouts. I played and experimented and played some more and I can hardly wait to share everything in class. It's going to be so much fun and  it's a great way to jump into mixed media. I hope that you can join me (if you're local), just give The Paperie a call and reserve your seat.

One more thing,  it will be messy class but it will all wash off! I promise.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cathie

Ben turned 2 & I made a mini book with Kelly Purkey!

Last weekend, Kelly Purkey came to town and spent the weekend hanging out and teaching at my LSS, The Paperie.  We had wine and cheese on Friday night then a crop on Saturday night. And, of course, all day Saturday and all day Sunday were full of classes taught by Kelly Purkey, Krista and Sara.

I couldn't make the Saturday classes because my sweet little Ben turned 2.



He loved every minute of the day: the family time, the treats, the visitors and the birthday cake. He was a happy boy. And I learned something new about him, this boy can open presents faster than anyone I've ever known. He had everything open in about 2 mins. True story.

On Sunday, I was ready to get creative with Kelly Purkey and my friends.  The morning started with Sara's class featuring the Tim Holtz Distress Paints. It was great fun to get inky and painty. (Sara posted pics of all the tags we made on her blog yesterday. You can see that post here.)

Then after lunch, I made this mini album with Kelly Purkey.




It features the 6x6 papers from Maggie Holmes' first collection. I love this collection so much.



Isn't it lovely? Here are some of the papers we didn't use.



It's tempting to hoard them but I'm so excited to use them. Not sure what though. Maybe another mini book? Maybe just a little bit on every page for the next little while..?

Anyway, my plan is to work on this mini book over the next week and share some more pics next week.  If you look closely, you can see that I've started laying out some pictures.



I don't want this book to sit on ye old Undone pile so I'm going to start working on it right away and see what happens.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cathie

7 Layer Layout Class

On April 13, I'm teaching my 7 Layer Layouts class at my LSS, The Paperie. In this class, we're going to play with products and techniques and discover how easy it is to make a mixed media scrapbook page. We're going to make 2 layouts and each one has 7 layers because layering is what mixed media is all about.

Here's one of the pages we're going to make in class.



This one uses supplies that most scrappers have in their stash these days. If you look closely you can see ink, stencils, pens and stamps. Mixed media doesn't mean you have buy a lot of new supplies - of course, you can if you want - but you can get all artsy just by looking at your supplies in a new way.

Here's a closeup.



And here's another closeup of the lovely Finding Photo Freedom element stickers.



I hope you like how this page turned out. It makes me happy to look at all those lovely layers and I'm really looking forward to my class.  If you're local, I hope to see you there. Registration is open so call The Paperie today to reserve your seat.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cathie