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September 19,09. Boy, it's been a whirl wind starter year for me.
I had 4 workshops at the Santa Clara Convention Center. I haven't been
able to schedule another one that people can come to. It's either that
everyone is so busy, or the economy is taking a toll. It took me all summer to
work on the art work for my stencils to go into production. In August I
had my own booth at the Scrapbook Expo. It was so much work setting up all
the racks and getting my point of sale system to work. My good friends
Karen and Ashlie came to help. My son Ben had fun with the labeling
machine and the scanner. It was great to see my family and friends come
into my little booth. I'm gearing up for my booth in Sacramento in
October. I hope I can do it without as much work. Here are pictures
of my booth.
January Workshop: January 28,
09
The first workshop was a great success. Here are some pictures!
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This is the room before set-up.One hour later, I've taken over 7 tables with all the tools and supplies. |
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Left: Cropping table with Spellbinders Wizards, Sizzix
Bigkick, Tonic Studios punches, Cropadile, Creative Memories templates and Screwpunch with 7 tips. |
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Right: Paper Marbling table with prepared Carageenan, alum water, blow drier, distilled water, Golden Artists acrylic paints, wash tub, corn whisks, rakes and gloves. I use the Fox River Coronado SST Cover Infinite White Stipple pattern 80lb. cover paper.
Not all workshops will have a marbling station. Contact me if you
really want to learn this and I can set up a class for you.
1. put on glove and sponge alum water onto paper.
2. blow dry paper.
3. select paint colors (3 recommended) and tap onto the top of the
carageenan. Do each color once and then keep rotating through them until you have enough paint down.
4. Take your paper by the corners and place alum side down onto the paint. Try to lay it in one smooth action unless you want lines in your paint.
5. Let it rest for a little bit, until the edges curl up a bit. Pick up the paper and let the carageenan drip off.
6. Rinse your paper in the tub without rubbing where the paint is. Pick it up and let the water drip off.
7. Place it on a towel and blow dry it again.
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Here are some samples of marbled paper. |
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This is the check-out table for the Spellbinders dies that cut, emboss, and is a stencil too. |
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| Left: This is where you can check out brass stencils from
Pretty Scrapbooks, Dreamweaver or Lasting Impressions, or 12x12 and 6x6 stencils from The Crafters Workshop. Bazzill paper is also for
sale along with vellum and clear acetate. |
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Right: Color table with Pearl Ex, Acrylic paints, watercolor pencils, Pebbles Chalk, alcohol inks and the Spin Art.The spin art was the hit of the day. You can spin your photo paper with any color of alcohol ink and then crop it. |
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Everyone learned how to glitter with brass stencils. Here are people's samples: |
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Here are people's spin art samples: |
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Everyone liked using silver! |
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Lisa picking a brass stencil and Everybody crafting their scrapbooks and sharing stories. Great Fun!! |
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Marbling: January 21, 09
I'm experimenting with
different brands and densities of acrylic paints for the paper marbling. Different colors have different properties on the gel. It does seem that
after a while the gel gets diluted or something. As the thinned down paint
is repeatedly placed on top of the gel, the paint is picked up by the paper, but
the water stays behind and thins out the gel solution. The carrageenan is
no cheap thing, either. It's too bad it doesn't stay good
indefinitely. But, I guess that's a sign that it's quitting time.
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