Spring 2019 Class Schedule

Hi friends,

I am teaching four unique classes this spring featuring many of the new idea-ology products released this month.  You will find a list of dates and locations below with links to each store.   Class signup's have already begun for Memory Bound in Iowa and the Crafty Scrapper in TX.  Each store has the complete class information and supply list.   If you have any questions about classes you can email me at paula@timholtz.com or click on the email button in the right sidebar.

thank you!

paula

Memory Bound

April 5th and 6th 2019

Ankeny, Iowa

#(515) 965-1102

Down To Details

May 11, 2019

Stevenson Ranch, CA

contact: gingbugg@cs.com

classes:

Wildflower Garden

Tokens of Affections

(registration not available yet)

The Crafty Scrapper

May 17-18th 2019

Waxahachie, TX

#(972) 923-3151

Whim So Doodle

June 21-22nd 2019

St Petersburg, Florida

#(727) 827-4911

(registration not available yet)

 Be Genuine

 Wildflower Garden

Tokens of Affection

Lost and Found 

Summer Workshops

If you are looking for a little bit of fun and learning this summer - be sure to check out the workshops I'm teaching across the country.  Please call the store nearest you for class schedule and additional information.  If you have any questions you can always email me at paula@timholtz.com!

May 19-20th

Creative Escape

Los Gatos, California

(408) 402-3581

June 16-17th

The Crafty Scrapper

Waxahachie, Texas

 (972) 923-3151

June 23-24th

Whim So Doodle

St Petersburg, Florida

(727) 827-4911

 Pieces of Me 

What do you see when you look at a piece of art?  Do you ever wonder what choices the artist made in order to hide messages with the work? How they incorporate signs and symbols to cleverly camouflage personal devotions in plain sight? - You know, the kinds of things that make your work privately special to you.  In this workshop we will not only explore the new Tim Holtz Oxide Inks to create a colorful background for a 9 x 12” wood panel but each piece will be filled with personal devotions. It will reflect your feelings and emotions about the people you care about most and the joys they bring you.

Perfectly Happy

If you love vintage like I do, you will love this 12 x 6 x 1 1/4” wood panel.  Distress Paint, Memoranda Paper and new Stampers Anonymous Stencils will transform a simple wood box into a piece of art.  Add in layers of idea-ology products including the new Tim Holtz Foam Stamps (plus a little trick for perfect stamping) and you have the perfect gift for yourself or someone you love.

Vagabond Society

We’ve all saved them; that scrap of vintage ribbon, the random postcard, or found trinkets.  These are the treasures of our sentimental journey through life that qualify us as part of the “Vagabond Society.”  Join me in a paying homage to eclectic gathering in creating a 5 x 7” zig-zag book to showcase and celebrate the art of accumulation.  The ephemera inspired Memoranda paper, idea-ology metal trinkets as well as some vintage finds will transform the simple foundation into a layered book that unfolds to tell your story in a very unique way.  We will be working with Ranger Distress Grit-Paste, crayons, paints and inks.  Combined with Stampers Anonymous stamps and stencils for added details and we’ve got a vintage look you’ll love.  

now carry on,
paula

Simple Christmas Cards

Hello all! 
I am still in Texas after teaching last weekend at The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie.  Carolyn Ross (the owner) and her team are ever so kind to work with!  This is my 3rd year kicking off the holiday season of classes at her store.  What a fun time we had making a project for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas! 
Carolyn has a large classroom at the back of her store.  On the back wall she has added wood/glass shadowboxes with every tag from the Tim Holtz 12 tag series that she personally made going back to the beginning, which I believe is 2008.  She has a few more cases to fill before it's "ready for it's close up", but I'd say she is just about done (until Tim adds another tag inspiration on November 1st). 
Seriously, what dedication to the 12 tag series!  If you have a chance to stop by and see the wall or take one of her 12 tag classes...DO!

Up today - a few Christmas cards using Christmas Sizzix dies...
This one is mounted on silver Metallic Kraft-Core with added red cardstock and Yuletide paper. I cut a tree using the Festive Scribbles Thinlits from green cardstock then smeared Stickles Glitter Glue in Platinum over the top.

I used a piece of the plaid Design Tape (gotta love the plaid) to secure a Christmas Flash Card.

I cut thin strips of foam tape to raise the tree off the card front and added a Mirrored Star that had been colored with red Alcohol Ink.

Easy. Simple. and Quick.

The second card changes up the color scheme to a wintry blue and silver.

I colored a piece of Ranger Watercolor paper with Tumbled Glass Distress Stain.  Once dry, I ran the paper trough the Vagabond machine with the "Sparkles" Texture Fade.

Again, I used Stickles Glitter Glue in Platinum to smear glitter over the starry raised images and create an added layer of texture to the card front.

Once dry, I added the card front to a Metallic Kraft-Core card (they come in a pack).

I cut the Holiday Words 2: Block (WONDER) from Manilla cardstock and painted it Silver with Distress Paint.  Once dry, I layered a strip of silver Deco Sheet underneath the word to fill in the letters with sparkle!  Simple stitching to the card front gave it added interest.

I finished the card with silver Metallic Trimmings (one of the favorite products from the Christmas Release) and a small snowflake.

I hope you find some inspiration in these two cards - totally different color schemes but easy and fun to make! 

I am off to Houston tomorrow to meet up with Tim and Mario at Fall Quilt Market.  We have a day to get the booth set up and two days of show to work the Eclectic Elements booth.  I will be using Facebook and Instagram (luckyday) to post from the show so follow along for all the details!

Now carry on,

paula

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The Crafty Scrapper Upcoming Workshops

Hi all!  I'm heading out this week to teach at one of my favorite places, The Craft Scrapper in Waxahachie, TX.  The Christmas class is sold out but there are a few seats still available in these two workshops...

Grateful Heart Canvas

Friday 16th from 5 - 8pm

Learn basic techniques to create mixed media foundations using Ranger Distress Paint, Multi Medium, Distress Ink and Markers.  Then explore the use of Distress products on metal, resin and idea-ology Fragment tiles to create your own art mixed media art piece.  Each panel will be unique to the individual, as you will be able to choose from a variety of images to work with.  A full set of idea-ology Letterpress is included in the kit.  The finished mixed media panel will be mounted onto a 9 x 12" wrapped canvas for display.  

Trick or Treat Assemblage Clock  

Saturday the 17th from 9am - 12

This Halloween workshop is the perfect way to inspire your creative “spirit”.  Together we will create an altered clock with spooky metal texture and a mini working lantern.  Distress Paints, sprays, and Alcohol Ink will be used, so be prepared for your artful ideas to materialize.

there are a few extra kits available for this class $55 + shipping 

You can email me at paula@oneluckyday.net for more information

I will be also be teaching a few more times this year.  

I hope you can join me at one of these stores/events.  Be aware...the Christmas classes sell out fast! Please call the store or contact me for more information.

Paper Tales

San Diego, CA

November 7th

Merry and Bright Workshop

Grateful Canvas Workshop

Down to Details

Stevenson Ranch, CA

November 14th

Merry and Bright Workshop

Vintage Winter Shaker

Whim So Doodle

St. Petersburg, FL

Dec 4th and 5th

Merry and Bright Workshop

Grateful Canvas Workshop

Vintage Winter Shaker

I will also be doing make and takes at Whim So Doodle's

annual Christmas Open House on December 3rd!

now carry on,

paula

Class Schedule

Just an update today on my teaching schedule.
I will be in Oklahoma in just two short weeks, where I will be teaching the following three classes.  I hope you can join me for one or two!

My Hearts Fancy

Edmond, Oklahoma

May 1st and 2nd

Beautiful World Collection Folio

Vintage Meets Modern

Fly Away Memory Box

Then coming up soon is:

She Scrapbooks

The Villages, FL

May 29th and 30th

The Creative Escape

Los Gatos, CA

June 12th and 13th

thanks everyone!

now carry on,

paula

Do Your Best

Many things going on in the house today.  I say "house" because I pretty much have a project going on in every room!
Currently, the kitchen table is set up for photography...and photography means pulling out props for "lifestyle" shots.  When you are photographing 20 + samples, that's a lot of different vintage pieces, backgrounds, and linens.  Just waiting for some afternoon natural light today and I will be done!

The CHA aftermath continues in the living room.  All samples have been organized into their respective boxes for shipment back to the designers on Friday.

And back in the craft room, my work desk is a mess - still working out some class ideas for my spring classes.  Gotta use a little Cracked Pistachio! 

Anyway, as you can see there is always a lot going on and that is GOOD.  Keeps me busy and lucky for me, I'm married to someone who does not give a care if there is a photography studio set up on the kitchen table or a pile of boxes in the middle of the living room.  If fact it probably bothers me more than it bothers him.  No worry though, it's all in a days work!

So on to the project for today...
I'm sharing one of my CHA projects - "Do your Best" cigar box.
I use a vintage cigar box I picked up in TX last fall to house a assemblage of letterpress, thread, a thimble, a new trophy cup and a Salvaged Doll. 

 

please click on photo to enlarge

I did not change the front of the box because the graphic was just too good to cover up.

On the inside, I used burlap from the new Textured Surfaces and Emporium Ephemera for the background.  And yes, you are seeing that right...I used tack nails to secure the burlap to the wood box.  The Foundry Frame has been painted with Weathered Wood and Brushed Corduroy Distress Paint and Alcohol Inked.  A small Adornments Arrow added (gold alcohol ink).  The photo is from the new Photobooth set.  I also used a Screw Eye and some chain to hang the Shield Charm from the top of the box.
You might notice there is a Mirrored Star on the Letterpress.  I used the star to cover up the "leg" on the Q, as I really needed two O's to spell out the phrase, with one set of Letterpress.  I'd like to buy a vowel please...

I used the new Trimmings- Lace to add a skirt to the Salvaged Doll.  The metal flower came from a vintage earring that I clipped off.  The little bottle is one of the new Tiny Vials that has been filled with glitter.  In the background you can see the trophy cup that I alcohol inked with silver (to cut back on the shine) and then burnished with very fine steel wool.

Hope you enjoyed today's project.  I sure had a great time making it.  Now it's back to doing the things that need to get done today so I can at least get the kitchen table cleaned off for dinner tonight!

I am teaching in Iowa and CA in March!

Hope you can join me!

Memory Bound

Ankeny, Iowa

 March 6 and 7th

Down to Details

Stevenson Ranch, CA

(Valencia area)

Saturday, March 28th

Please contact ginger for more information

gingbugg@cs.com

now carry on,
paula

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