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The Last Day...

Today's the last day to register for Artist Class. All of the blog posts are available now and through the end of February. Click HERE to sign up.

 

If there are just one or two projects you're interested in, see them all HERE.

A Swap & A Sale...

I'm participating in a fat book swap (Me! really!) organized by Robin from Thrifty Miss Priss. The theme is Winter White and I'd thought I'd let you peak at my pages...

 

Heather inspired me to use some big millinery flowers I picked up from Karla. I am truly contributing to the fat part of the fat books!

In other news, all of the downloadable image collections in my e-shop are 25% off for the next week. Purchase from the shop and enter the word giving as the discount code, you'll automatically receive 25% off your entire order, and the images download immediately. 

Go HERE to visit the store. Here some of the collections, you can click on the picture to go to that particular listing:

 

 

 The sale ends next Friday, December 4th.

Individual Tutorials

Great news! Starting this week, you can purchase many of the Artist Class tutorials individually. So, if you didn't have time to do the entire program, you can choose one or two of your favorite projects instead.

Here's a peek at just some of them:

 

 Although the daily Artist Class posts are finished, the blog itself is open through February and there's a bit of time left to purchase the entire program, including all of the bonus templates, collage sheets and artist extras. 

There's been such a great response to our first session, and multiple requests for another. So, I plan to host Artist Class again, with new projects, after the first of the year. Watch for announcements!

Stocking the Etsy store

I've slowly but surely been getting my Etsy shop restocked...I'm taking a break to show you a few of the latest listings...

First, an ephemera book kit! How long's it been since I did one of those? 

 

I created some kits for Silver Bella so I have extra right now. I hope to get more photographed and repackaged this week. This one has such a pretty floral/art deco kind of design on the cover, and I wanted to get it listed first.

Also listing watch movements...

 

Cabinet cards...

 

Paris postcards...

 

and there's more of just about everything... 

The 10% discount is still in effect through the weekend, just put the word discount in the comment section and I'll refund it back. 

Well, I need to go get more listed...Thanks for taking a look!

Ok, now don't faint or anything...

After a really long time away...I played in my gluebook today...ahhhh...

 

For those of you who don't know, my gluebook is my favorite art journal. In it, I use only paper and glue - no paint, stamping, drawing, etc. Just paper and glue. Yum.

Remember me?

Well, I'm back from Silver Bella, where I had a terrific time at the Vendor Faire and met so many of my blog friends...and got a stern talking-to from a few of you because I hadn't posted in over a week.

I'm so sorry! 

Two of my sisters joined me at SB. Both now think I am famous because so many people stopped by to say hi, so thanks everybody - you made me look good to my sisters - always a treat! 

Here's what my table looked like:

 

Yes, that's a chair on the right, propping up more of the treasures I brought. I severely underestimated the amount of space I would need, so some things waited under the table until space cleared on top. 

I'm slowly unpacking from the trip...

 

 

The collage sheets were loads of fun to bring and show off, and I have at least a handful of each style left. I put an Etsy collection together of all 10 for $25 and free shipping. Here's a peek: 

   

You can pick them up HERE.

I'll be listing some other excess inventory in the Etsy shop this week, so I hope you'll stop by. When you place an Etsy order, please mention the word DISCOUNT  in the comment section of the payment screen - I'll refund 10% of your purchase price back to you. 

There will be more items listed throughout the week as I take pictures, so please check back to see what's new. If you have any requests, let me know and I'll try to get to those first.

This offer is good this week only, and ends next Sunday, the 22nd. 

Baker's Dozen: Lesley Venable's Altered Book Cover

Artist Class is proud to add yet another fabulous artist to the roster - Lesley Venable!

Lesley is a self taught mixed media artist who lives in Virginia with her husband, Tom, and a furry family of six.  She’s been published in several of the Somerset Magazines and the Artitude Zine and has taught at Art & Soul in Hampton and Oregon as well at Art-Is-You in Connecticut.

Lesley is currently scheduled to teach at Art & Soul, The Fernery, KC Willis’ Studio Retreats, Artiscape, Lisa LaRosa’s Retreat and Art-Is-You in 2010.

Lesley says, “I love working with all things vintage…the textures, the smell, the colors…they all invoke within me a desire to include them in my art.  I am an avid collector of all things old and love finding those beautiful gems to pass on to others through our online shoppe.”

Lesley will show us how she takes a simple book cover and creates a beautiful wall hanging by adding vintage papers, gesso stamping, fluid chalk inking and a tape transfer of a vintage image.  The finishing touches include a spattering of crystal glitter and a ribbon or lace for hanging.

Please join me in welcoming Lesley to Artist Class!

Lesley’s blog address is: http://www.flatwoodsfolkart.typepad.com

And her shop is:   www.flatwoodsfolkart.com

Marilyn Butler's itty bitty book pages

My friend, Marilyn Butler, is in an itty-bitty-book page swap and created some great circus themed pages. She used a Logomachy card image as the signature portion of the back of each. 

I never even realized there were circus themed Logomachy cards, but there they are - and they're perfect for this project. 

Marilyn has graciously agreed to let me share her pages with you - beautiful! Please share your creations with me when you use any of my free or purchased images, I love to feature them and add them to the Your Art album.

Dress Ornaments

I played a bit yesterday and made some holiday ornaments with some K&Co paper from last year and some of the paper doll dress templates that Karla Nathan made for Artist Class.

 
I'm a little early on the ornaments considering how many other things I have on my plate right now. But they were a lot of fun to do, just  to play and to blow some fresh air into my brain.

 
Aren't they cute? They sparkle so nicely, I have to decide where to display them until it's time for the tree.