Debby Schuh Classes

Chunky Altered Book Album

Are you ready to look at a book in a whole new way? In this inspiring class, Debby will be your guide as you transform the pages of The Secret Garden book included in your class kit into chunky altered scrapbook that you can fill with special photos and stories. By the end of class you’ll have painted and stamped and torn and folded and added into your books in lots of creative ways. This book is designed to be an ongoing scrapbook that you might not finish in one sitting but add to over time as you explore ways to add to your book.
Your class kit will contain the book to alter and colorful products from Amy Tangerine, Crate Paper, Pink Paislee, Heidi Swapp, Ranger, and more. All kits will have directions, a list of techniques for altering your books, and color photos.

Student supply list: Each person needs their own 12" paper trimmer and adhesive (I used 1/4” tape adhesive the most in my book). Please also bring these helpful tools... scissors, pencil, ruler, stapler, scoring tool, Crop a Dile punch, corner rounder punch, sanding tool, craft sheet, powder to make stickers unsticky, a glue stick, black Archival Ink or other permanent ink for stamping, any stamps from home that you might like to use in your book, a gift card for painting, and acrylic craft paint - I used Michaels Craftsmart paint in Pink/Rose, White, and Robin’s Egg Blue.

This class will be taught at Whim So Doodle, Scrap Shack Texas, and at my San Diego workshops in January. More locations will be added soon.

FaLaLa Christmas Album

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” We’ll get ready for this year’s festivities by creating a beautiful album where we can keep our special photos, stories, and mementos of the season. Using a new 6x8” album from Echo Park, we’ll fill it with lovely papers and embellishments from the Crate Paper FaLaLa collection, and a mix of products from Carta Bella, Simple Stories, Pebbles, and more. We’ll create interactive pages to hold lots of photos in the fifteen page protectors of various sizes. You’ll change the way you look at a page protector as we alter them to hold more photos. Be inspired to document your Christmas season!
Every kit comes with directions with color photos to follow if you cannot attend class in person.

Student supply list: Each person needs their own 12" paper trimmer and adhesive (I most frequently use 1/4" and 1/2"wide Scor Pal tape. The 1/4” tape will be very useful in this project.)
Please also bring these helpful tools... scissors, scallop scissors, pencil, ruler, stapler, scoring tool, Crop a Dile punch, 1/4” hole punch (I use the 1/4” We R MemoryKeepers Power Punch), corner rounder punch, liquid glue, and foam tape adhesive. If you like a more distressed look, bring a sanding tool, non-stick craft sheet, ink to distress with (I use a pretty dry Ranger Distress Ink pad in the Vintage Photo color), ink blending tool.

This class will be taught at my workshops in Cupertino, CA, at Whim So Doodle in St. Petersburg, FL, at Scrap Shack Texas in Friendswood, TX, and at my workshops in San Diego, CA.

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Memoranda Journal Album

Featuring the beautifully collaged Tim Holtz Idea-ology Memoranda paper collection, we will each create a unique journal and scrapbook to hold our family photos and stories or to use as a travel journal or to use for anything you can dream up! This workshop is filled with creative techniques for making your book interactive and filled with secret pocket and booklets for all your stories and photos. We will be using the Cinch machine to add wire-binding to our custom journals; we will learn to color and customize die cuts with Distress Markers; we will be learning tricks for expanding the pages of our books to make them more useful; and lots more!

Each book will be unique as you choose from a wide variety of paper dolls and botanicals for the cover of your book.* This is a great opportunity to make the cover more personal with a feminine or more masculine or childlike cover. The twelve sheets of double-sided paper that come in the class kit also offer limitless choices to make the book your own. From the door knob on the front cover to the rub ons and snippets of ephemera and trinkets that you'll find in your kit, you'll have fun playing and creating and learning with me!

Class kits come with instruction with color photos. If you are getting a kit from the store, your kit will contain an assortment of paper dolls and botanicals. The book can be assembled with binding rings that you might have instead of the Cinch machine.

*If you would like to make your book cover just like the sample book, you can purchase the full packages of Idea-ology Paper Dolls (TH93555) and Botanicals (TH93554) separately.

Student supply list: Each person needs their own 12" paper trimmer and adhesive (I most frequently use 1/4", 1/2", and 1 1/2" wide Scor Pal tape). Please also bring these helpful tools... scissors, pencil, ruler, stapler, scoring tool, Crop a Dile punch, corner rounder punch, sanding tool, non-stick craft sheet, ink to distress with (I use a pretty dry Ranger Distress Ink pad in the Vintage Photo color), ink blending tool, foam adhesive. Optional: Corner chomper, Cinch machine, We R MemoryKeepers tab punch, wire cutters, Ranger Distress Markers (Broken China, Mustard Seed, Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, and Worn Lipstick are a few of my favorites), Kleenex for blending markers.

This class will taught at CraftFusion in Phoenix, Memory Bound in Ankeny, Iowa, Paper Crown in Oklahoma City, my Cupertino workshops November 4, Whim So Doodle, and maybe one more store.

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Home Sweet Home Album

Remember the good life with your family and friends and your home and garden with this charming collection of papers and embellishments from Pebbles and Tim Holtz in a new vintage-style album from 7gypsies with over eighty pages in it. This book would also be a perfect place for special recipes and memories of the homes you have lived in. We will fold paper in creative ways to make our book interactive and share techniques that can be used in your other creative projects.

All kits come with directions with color photos.

Tools to bring to class: Each person needs their own 12” paper trimmer. Please bring the following items also: scissors, pencil, strong tape adhesive, liquid adhesive, foam tape, sanding tool, scoring tool, Crop a Dile, non-stick craft sheet, ink-blending tool, ink pad to distress stickers, corner rounder punch, stapler.

This class will be taught at Version Scrap (Paris, France), Hannah's (Antioch, IL), Scrap Shack Texas (Houston, TX), and CraftFusion (Phoenix, AZ).

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Chasing Dreams Album

Celebrate new adventures and happy times in this technique-filled book we will make using a Tim Holtz portfolio and beautiful products from the new Crate Paper Chasing Dreams collection. We will re-fashion the inside of the portfolio into a Midori-style scrapbook with little books to hold our favorite photos and stories. With your choice of letters for the front cover, you will be able to personalize your book and make it your own treasured keepsake. As always, your kit will have a large variety of choices in your to customize the cover of your book.

Each kit comes with directions with color photos.                                    

Tools to bring to class: Each person needs their own 12” paper trimmer. Please also bring the following supplies: scissors, pencil, strong tape adhesive, liquid adhesive, foam tape, sanding tool, scoring tool, Crop a Dile, non-stick craft sheet, ink-blending tool with two foam pads – one for ink and one for painting, ink pad to distress stickers (I use a dry Distress ink pad in Vintage Photo), corner rounder punch, white craft paint, craft knife.

This class will be taught at Whim So Doodle (St. Pete, FL), Version Scrap (Paris, France), Hannah’s (Antioch, IL), Rome, Italy, Scrap Shack Texas (Houston), CraftFusion (Phoenix, AZ), and Memory Bound (Ankeny, IA) and possibly one more location.

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Celebrate Altered Book Album

In this technique-filled class we will be using the darling hardcover book, Anne of Green Gables, and taking it apart and putting it back together again as a scrapbook filled with pages from the book, page protectors, and scrapbook pages and pockets. The adorable products from Pebbles and Doodlebug Designs in this overflowing kit are perfect for photos celebrating special occasions or just everyday memories with good friends. You will be able to take the techniques you learn in this class and use them to make any book into a scrapbook for endless book-making possibilities.

Each kit comes with directions with color photos.

Tools to bring to class: Each person needs their own 12” paper trimmer. Please also bring the following supplies: scissors, pencil, strong tape adhesive, foam tape, sanding tool, scoring tool, Crop a Dile, corner rounder punch, stapler, standard 2-hole punch – I use the Tim Holtz Binder Punch, craft knife.

This class will be taught at Whim So Doodle (St. Pete, FL), Version Scrap (Paris, France), Hannah’s (Antioch, IL), Hobby di Carta (Brescia, Italy), Scrap Shack Texas (Houston, TX), Paper Tales (San Diego, CA) and possibly one more location.

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This is Paradise Album

I fell in love the minute I saw the new Crate Paper Oasis collection – the vintage tropical images and pastel colors are perfect for capturing the magic of sunny days in pretty places!

Using a Simple Stories scrapbook album filled with an assortment of twelve different page protectors, we will fold paper, alter the page protectors, and create places for lots of stories and photos as we look a mini album in a whole new way. The album will be perfect for your vacation and summer memories with family or girlfriends.

Tools to bring to class: Each person needs their own 12” paper trimmer. Please also bring scissors, pencil, strong tape adhesive, liquid adhesive, foam tape, sanding tool, scoring tool, Crop a Dile, non-stick craft sheet, ink-blending tool, ink pad to distress stickers, corner rounder punch, stapler, standard 2-hole punch – I use the Tim Holtz Binder Punch.

This class will be taught Whim So Doodle (St. Pete, FL), Version Scrap (Paris, France), Scrap Shack Texas (Houston, TX), Paper Tales (San Diego, CA), and possibly one other store.

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Joy Christmas Album 2016

We will be creating our annual Christmas album using the brand new, pastel and playful Crate Paper Snow & Cocoa collection and products from Tim Holtz Ideology, Ranger, PinkFresh Designs, May Arts, and American Crafts. This kit is huge! From the darling pom-pom banner that we'll create to the cute paper clips that decorate the pages, I think you'll love the colors and graphics of this whimsical collection as much as I do! Your kit will have a choice of color for your album cover… turquoise blue or pink.

We will make this custom 11" x 8 1/2" album together in class - then you'll be able to use the techniques to make any size scrapbook or journal that you want! I hope you are inspired - the skies the limit on what you can create! This book will be perfect for a daily record of your December stories or you can do like I do and document the people, the activities, and the traditions that you celebrate during the Christmas season. Each kit will contain instructions with color photos.

Student Supply list: Each person needs their own 12” paper trimmer and strong tape adhesive (I use Scor-pal ¼” and 1” tape most often), ruler, pencil, scissors, scoring tool, sewing needle, and foam adhesive. Supplies that can be shared: stapler, Crop a Dile or We R Memory Keepers ¼” Power Punch, corner rounder punch, scallop scissors, Tim Holtz Ideology Binder Punch.

This class will be taught at my workshops in Cupertino, CA, at Whim So Doodle, The Crafty Scrapper, and Paper Tales. Please see my teaching schedule for store locations and dates.

 

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So Blessed Album

Counting your blessings isn’t just for Thanksgiving time… it can change your outlook every day! This special scrapbook/journal is the perfect place to record the things you are grateful for whether just the words or the photos of dear people or wonderful things or special places. You might use it to tell the story of your spiritual journey or of a great love that you have. With a specially curated kit including products from Bella Blvd, Pinkfresh Designs, Pebbles Inc, Amy Tangerine, Ranger, and even Target and the office supply store, you’ll have lots to choose from to make this album personal for you!

We’ll create this unique album together, and you’ll learn techniques that can be used in other scrapbook projects to make interactive, interesting pages as we fold and flip the paper like an origami engineer! :) You can change the title and look of the front cover of this unique book to make it anything you want it to be for you or for someone special.

Your kit includes all the products you need to make this album and includes directions with color photos.

Student Supply list: Each person needs their own 12” paper trimmer and strong tape adhesive (I use Scor-pal ¼” and 1” tape most often), ruler, pencil, scissors, scoring tool, stapler, foam adhesive, Crop a Dile or We R Memory Keepers ¼” Power Punch, corner rounder punch, scallop scissors, Tim Holtz Binder Punch, powder to make stickers “unsticky”

This class will be taught at Whim So Doodle and The Crafty Scrapper. Please see my teaching schedule for dates and store information.

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My Story Book Album

This mini album class could be called an encyclopedia of ideas for altering scrapbook pages and page protectors. You will be amazed at what you can do to add more photos to your scrapbooks and to make your books more interactive and interesting to look at. Each of the pages in the book will teach a different technique that you can adapt for your other paper-crafting projects.

You will not only learn many techniques but will also make a darling album filled with the Crate Paper Cute Girl collection that is bright and happy and perfect for stories and photos about your life as a girl or for someone you love.

Each kit comes with directions with color photos.

Tools to bring to class: Each person needs their own12” (30,5cm) paper trimmer. Please also bring the following items to class: scissors, pencil, strong tape adhesive, foam tape, sanding tool, scoring tool, Crop a Dile, corner rounder punch, stapler, standard 2-hole punch – I use the Tim Holtz Binder Punch.

This class will be taught at Version Scrap (Paris, France), and Rome, Italy.

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