My Upcoming Classes

The Places You'll Go Travel Album

Where have you been? Where do you want to go?
Whether our travels take us to an exotic locale or just down the road, we need someplace to keep all the treasures we collect along the way. In this handmade 11x9" album we’ll find a home for the photos and memorabilia you already have or be ready for the next trip! This album would also be a perfect gift for someone starting out on a new venture.

As a Ranger Certified Instructor, Debby will teach us how to transform a plain gray piece of Grungepaper into a faux leather album cover. With her usual creative mix of product and unique pockets and paper folds, we'll create an album full of fun and imaginative elements. We'll use the fabulous new tool, the 7gypsies Binderie punch to assemble pages, pockets, bags, tags, and different size page protectors in the album.
We’ll be using a combination of the very latest products from October Afternoon, 7gypsies, American Crafts, Advantus, Bazzill Basics, May Arts, and Ranger Industries.

(Paints are not included if you purchase a kit to go.)

Supplies for students to bring to class:
12” paper trimmer, ruler, pencil, scissors, Ranger Ink Blending tool, Non-stick Craft Mat, Distress Ink Stamp Pad: Vintage Photo, tape runner adhesive, Crop a dile, stapler or Tiny Attacher, foam squares, sand paper or edge distressor, apron or old shirt to cover clothes while painting. Optional: Binderie punch, decorative border punch, craft knife.

These are the Days ATC Holder Class

 

Back by popular demand but remodeled with all new products, we’ll tranform a 7gypsies ATC card holder into a fanciful home for your treasured memories of yesterday, TODAY, and tomorrow. Sometimes we think that “those” were the good old days, but TODAY is the day to make good memories! This little holder will display your everyday memories on little layouts and pockets in a nostalgic style, but with a fresh burst of color and whimsy.
 
We’ll learn new techniques for playing with paper and embellishments, painting and distressing and creating something lovely. If you’ve already taken the first version of this class, these cards are designed to be added to your project or display on a new holder.

Your kit will contain several sheets of K&Company Cut n Paste 12x12” papers, a full package of 264 pieces of ephemera and October Afternoon Wild Cards, ribbons, tiny trinkets, crepe paper, a package of 50 blank ATC cards, transparencies, and more. You’ll be getting enough product to make many more projects at your leisure.

Supplies for students to bring to class:
12” paper trimmer, ruler, pencil, scissors, Ranger Ink Blending tool, Non-stick Craft Mat, Distress Ink Stamp Pad: Vintage Photo, tape runner adhesive, Crop a dile or 1/8” hole punch, stapler or tiny attacher, foam squares, sand paper. Optional: decorative scissors – small scallop, Roladex punch or ATC punch.

Just BE

 

Just BE Album

What do you want to be? Sometimes we are so busy DOing that we need to be reminded to just BE: be strong, be real, be happy…the list can go on and on…but just BE YOU! This 5x7” album will not only be filled with lots of the paper engineering ideas you love but will be a place for the reminders you need to just BE. Maybe you know someone who needs this reminder as a encouraging gift. There’s a girl who’s going on from high school or college who needs the encouragement to follow her heart. Maybe a friend needs encouragement as she goes through a difficult time. Maybe that someone is you! I plan to make this album as a treasury of the statements of affirmation and reminders I say to myself regularly and hope to pass on to others.
We’ll be using the new Girl Friday collection from Cosmo Cricket, along with products from American Crafts, Scenic Route, Maya Road, Prima, Creative Imaginations, Bazzill Basics, Hambly Screenprints, Tim Holtz, My Mind’s Eye, and more. This kit is packed with goodies!

Supplies to bring to class: paper trimmer, scissors, pencil, black journaling marker, Crop A Dile, scoring tool, tape runner adhesive, liquid glue to adhere fabric (I used Ranger Glossy Accents), scissors that will cut fabric, sanding block or sand paper, scallop scissors, cutting mat, craft knife, stapler, favorite border punch (I used Fiskars Apron Lace punch). Optional: Distress Ink Shabby Shutters inkpad, scallop scissors for fabric.

Love Story

Love Story Album
Wouldn’t it be fantastic to look back at the end of 2009 and see a love story unfold before you? In this class you’ll make the sweetest album full of surprises with pockets and pages for each month of the year to record the love that comes your way. When you are on the lookout for love, you’ll be surprised how much you find!
We’ll use a fun combination of products in my favorite colors from October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket, KI Memories, Jenni Bowlin, Hambly Screen Prints, and more!

Supplies to bring: 12” paper trimmer, scissors, pencil, eraser, ruler, dry tape runner adhesive, ¼” hole punch or Crop A Dile, bone folder, stapler, decorative scissors (love my scallops), pop dots, sand paper or sanding block, craft knife and sharp blade, and cutting mat. Optional: file for small areas and a decorative border punch.

Family Matters 7gypsies Album

 

 

Family Matters 7gypsies Album
Open a door, peek through a window, check inside a pocket  in the home you’ll create in this fabulous 7gypsies album full of techniques and surprises. It’s the perfect place for your favorite family memories, a look back at your family history, a snapshot of what makes your house a home, or a keepsake of the friends who are like family to you! You can change the title and make it a travel journal…so many possibilities. Your kit will be filled with gorgeous 7gypsies products to play with!

Supplies to bring: 12” paper trimmer, scissors, ruler, pencil, lots of adhesive (I prefer a dry tape runner), Crop A Dile, bone folder, favorite brown ink for distressing, sandpaper or sanding block, decorative scissors (love my scallops!), wet wipes, if you don’t like messy hands, craft knife and sharp blade, and cutting mat.

Wonderful Things

You’ll look at life in a whole new way when you start noticing the wonderful things around you! Record the people, places, and events from little to big in your wonderful things album. When I made this album for myself, it changed my whole perspective on life, and I felt overwhelmed with blessings. I even had people competing to be a wonderful thing in my album. Using some of my favorite products and colors, we’ll make an album full of places for photos and journaling.

We’ll use products from Heather Bailey (Autumn Leaves), Scenic Route, American Crafts, Basic Grey, Heidi Swapp (Advantus),  Anna Griffin, and more.

Supplies to bring: 12” paper trimmer, scissors, pencil, ruler, scoring tool (bone folder), dry tape runner adhesive, corner rounder punch, stapler, ¼” hole punch and 1/8” hole punch or Crop A Dile, glue dots.

Christmas Joy Album

Create a festive 6 x12” custom keepsake album that is actually big enough to hold all your holiday photos! Bursting with darling pockets, secret fold-outs, flip-ups, and more, we’ll make a joyous interactive album using the Bind-It-All machine. This album will be one that you’ll be proud to display year after year. You’ll learn lots of techniques that you can duplicate with any papers you choose. Makes a great gift, too!

We’ll use products from Hambly, Jenni Bowlin, October Afternoon, Anna Griffin, American Crafts, May Arts, Beaux Regards, Zutter, and more.

Supplies to bring: 12” paper trimmer, scissors, pencil, ruler, scoring tool (bone folder), dry tape runner adhesive, favorite decorative scissors. Optional: Bind-It-All, Fiskars Threading Water border punch, 1/8” hole punch, stapler, 1 ¼”- 1 ½” circle punch.

Be My Guest ATC Holder

Fanciful and fabulous describe this delightful 7gypsies ATC card holder that we’ll remodel into a guest book for your home. We’ll decorate 30+ cards to make tiny layouts using Amy Butler ephemera and little bits of this and that. Then you’ll add 70+ blank ATC cards where your guests can sign in and leave a message. What a treasure it will be!
You could also use it to hold any photos you’d like…your homes through the years, girlfriends, your favorite photos, a family tree…the possibilities are endless! It would make a lovely gift, too.

We’ll use products from 7gypsies, K&Co., October Afternoon, Making Memories, Jenni Bowlin, Beaux Regards, American Tag, Hambly, Scenic Route, and Nunn Designs.

Supplies to bring: 12” paper trimmer, scissors, pencil, ruler, scoring tool (bone folder), dry tape runner adhesive, favorite decorative scissors, foam squares or dots. Optional: stapler, 1/8” hole punch, Fiskars Threading Water border punch, 1 ¼”- 1 ½” circle punch. You will be really happy if you have your own Rolodex business card punch, available at office supply stores.

A Lucky Life

Believe it or not…you lead a Lucky life! Did you know Lucky means blessed, happy, good, and full of promise? Sometimes just taking a fresh look at life helps you realize how lucky you are! In this class we’ll make a beautiful mini album to record the good things in your life and tell the story behind your blessings. Using Jenni Bowlin bingo cards and rub-ons, Scenic Route and Creative Imaginations papers, and embellishments from Heidi Swapp (Advantus), My Mind’s Eye, American Crafts, 7gypsies, Hambly, and American Tag, we’ll make this unique clear cover twenty-two page album full of pockets and enclosures for lots of photos and journaling.
You should bring the following tools to class: 12” paper trimmer, scissors, ¼” hole punch or Crop A Dile, lots of tape runner adhesive (you will be adhering paper to the back of the bingo cards), pencil, ruler, stapler, glue dots, and burnishing tool for rub-ons (popsicle stick).

 

A Round and About Travel Book

Are you looking for a great new album idea to showcase your photos and memorabilia from a favorite trip? I’ve taken the unique album I did for my trip to Germany and turned it into a class for you! In this class we’ll make an album with a combination of round and rectangular pages using an 8 ½”x 11” American Crafts Modern 3-ring album, a Heidi Swapp clock overlay used in a new way, and papers and stickers by 7gypsies, and more. The class kit is packed with product and includes all supplies except your tools. (The picture on the right is a picture of my Germany scrapbook. Your book will be unique with your photos and memorabilia.)
You should bring the following tools to class: 12” paper trimmer, scissors to cut chipboard, scissors to cut fabric, Crop A Dile or ¼” hole punch, adhesive, pencil, stapler, sandpaper or a sanding block, large eye needle, and if you want…an ink pad to age your project with. You can bring some 4x6” photos to begin your album, if you’d like!