$10 Card Class at Michaels!

 

This month Michaels is offering another card class for the crazy low price of $10.  This is the VINTAGE HOLIDAY CARD TRICKS and it is regularly $25.

Class Description: Create gorgeous hand-made greetings with olde-style charm.  Learn how to use basic distressing techniques and create vintage holiday cards that will WOW your recipients.

Supplies are not expensive for this class either and we will try to get the best use out of your card stock.

Sign up for any Vintage Holiday Card Tricks Class before October 27th and pay only $10.

There are 3 classes offered this month with some seating still available.

Thursday Oct 11  6:30 - 8:30 pm

Wednesday Oct 17  1 -3 pm

Friday Oct. 26 6:30-8:30 pm

There will be some classes offered in November and December, as well. If you pay for them before Oct 27th you will only pay $10.

REMEMBER - I teach TECHNIQUE so you don't have to make exactly what I am making; you could make birthday cards if you like using the techniques I teach.

Students who take this class would also like tINKer time Distress and Shimmer - a technique driven class where you create 7 beautiful tags and learn 22 different stamping, inking, spraying and distressing techniques.

tIINKer time is available this month:   Thursday Oct 4 6:30-8:30 and Saturday Oct 27 4 - 6 pm. Cost is $25 and nominal supplies.

 

Location: 5051 Yonge St., Toronto, ON          

One block south of Park Home/Empress on the east side; across from Mel Lastman Square.

Class Photos - Week of September 16th

Sharing the beautiful creations of my students at Michaels North York :)

Krystle's beautiful pastel trio

Krystle prepping her canvas

Elaine painting the sides of canvas #3

Beautiful work!

Elaine's Altered Canvas Trio

Beautiful layering

Daniella creating her Very Merry Christmas cards

Alicia and her very capable children working on their Very Merry Christmas cards

One of the cards from the Classic Christmas Card class. I love the papers she chose.

Pauline creating beautiful cards in Class Christmas Cards class

How to: Decorate a glass block

Christmas in July: Decorated Glass Block

This is SO much fun and very easy to do:

Supplies:

• glass block (mine has a small opening in the top and the sides have 2 grooves, but you can adapt this to any glass container.)
• Beacon Glitter It glue
• Martha Stewart Fine Crystal glitter
• Martha Stewart home decor stencils
• Martha Stewart Satin finish red paint (dries quickly and is top-rack dishwasher-safe)
• stencil brush
• ribbon of your choice
• double-sided tacky tape
• optional floral embellishments

Cover your work surface with plastic or a craft mat

Keep paper towels handy

1. Wash your container with vinegar and hot water and make sure it is completely dry
2. Pour some glue into the container and swish is around, up and down the sides, and the top inside of the container and once you have covered everything, pour out the excess, if you can, back into the bottle.
3. Dump some glitter inside your container and swish the glitter all around until every inside surface is covered with the glitter.  Pour excess onto a paper and transfer back into the glitter bottle.
4. Choose the stencil(s) you want to use and place it on the glass: it will self-cling! 
5. Pour a small amount of paint onto your craft mat or paper plate, load your stencil brush with some paint and then apply paint to your stencil. Remove the stencil.
6. Stencil as much or little as you want
7. Determine how much ribbon you will need to wrap it along the grooves of your block with enough left over to tie a bow. Cut the ribbon.
8. Take the super tacky tape and run it along the grooves (sides) of your block wherever your ribbon is going to be. Remember to burnish the end of the tape before you try to separate it from the bottom.
9. Find the middle of your piece of ribbon so you know where the bottom-centre will be and then run your ribbon along the tape. Press ribbon into tape.  Tie your bow.
10. Add other adornments, embellishments, flora, fauna, whatever.  Seasonal foliage, pinecones, snowmen, etc., are some ideas. 

~Roberta

Decorables and Roberta Teaches

Christmas in July at Michaels

Here are a few of my upcoming demos at Michaels Markham

July 9th

July 16th