Mother's Day Specials and New Queen & Co.

Everyone has been asking when the bag lady bags would be here and they have arrived. This year Quick Quotes has been nice enough to sponsor our Photo Scraps Bag Ladies. We love their wonderful class kits. Photo Scraps wants to do our part in the movement to go Green. Many manufacturers are using recycled papers and soy inks. Quick Quotes has provided us fun tote bags to give out to our customers who want to go green. Spend $100 on merchandise (Gift Certificates, class fees and crops not included) and you will receive a free tote bag.

Here is the best part. All of our Photo Scraps Bag Ladies will enjoy 5% off of all future purchases in 2011 just for reusing your bag. We will also have special Bag Ladies Bonus Days throughout the year. (Bag must be present for discount to apply. Discount can not be combined with any other discounts or promotions. Not valid for Gift Certificates, classes or crops.)

We have a new Layout of the Week. Just $6. Ask for it at the front counter.

Updated May Calendar

Remember - Advance
registration and payment is required for all classes
and crops. If we do not know you are coming to class, we will not be prepared for you. Our class sizes are limited and do sell out so be sure to call us as soon as you know you want to sign up for a class. Some classes are available as kits, just ask our staff. You should always bring your basic tool kit (Adhesive, Scissors & Trimmer) to classes. Refunds will be given with 24 hours advance notice of cancelation.

The only events on our calendar that are Drop-in events are our two Demo Days, Creative Cafe Days and Wacky Wednesday Stamp Camp.

Saturday May 7th 12-3 PM

Flower Soft Cards with Cindy (this is a repeated class)

We will be using a fantastic main image from Impression Obsession and each card is designed to evoke the 4 seasons. Fee $22

Monday May 9th 6-8 PM

Scrapping 101 with Gina
Do you want to get started scrapbooking but don't know where or how to start? Are you overwhelmed by all the choices when you come in to shop? Do you have boxes of photos under the bed and don't know what to do next? Then this is the class for you!
Gina will teach you all you need to know to make your first scrapbook pages. You will learn how to use tools, pick colors and how to adhere your photos safely. Please bring 4-8 photos and you will complete your first page in class. Fee $12

Tuesday May 10th 6-8 PM
My Boy Accordion Album
We will be using My Mind's Eye Hattie papers. Fee $20

Copic & Cuttlebug Demo Day 11-8 PM
Wednesday Wednesday May 11, 2011

We created six lovely cards using some Hero Arts stamps, Lawn Fawn and the New Memory Box stamps. We do the cutting and you do the gluing and coloring. Just drop in anytime after 11 AM and purchase tickets for $2 each at the front counter for however many Demos you want to create. We provide glue sticks so if you prefer tape, please bring a labeled tape runner. If you get to the store by 7PM, you should have enough time to do all the demos.

Thursday May 12th 6-8 PM

Copic 101 with Lisa Hetrick
The class will cover practicing the 1,2,3,1 technique on the stamped images that you will build the cards with & demystifying the number coloring system and practicing the techniques. Fee $22 (if you bring your own Copics) or $39 and you get to pick 3 Copic markers.

Saturday May 14th 1-3 PM

Copic 102

The class will include how to: 1. Shadows and Light Source. How to shade with the light source in mind.2. Colorless Blender Technique. How to fade to white and marker to blender pen pushing. 3. Blending Solution Techniques. Using the colorless blending solution to create texture (and a surprise technique Fee $22 (if you bring your own Copic blender pen) or $28.49 including the blender pen. Please bring your own labeled Copics if you have them.

Saturday May 14th 3-5 PM

Copic 103

In this class we'll work through advanced coloring techniques: hair, skin tones, backgrounds, casting shadows on objects and adding other coloring mediums for enhanced detail (ie. colored pencil, white gel pen, watercolor pencil). This class is jam-packed, a bit fast paced and advanced. You will need to bring your own markers and a white gel pen (Uniball Signo White is recommended). We will provide hair and skin tone copic number combinations for you to choose from and bring or purchase from the store. In class, you will complete a tech sheet covering all the techniques. Fee $22

****New Class*****
Monday May 16th 6-8 PM
Scrapbooking 102
It's all about the embellishments. After Gina helps you pick out the papers and some embellishments to use, you will make 2 pages using photos you bring, Gina will teach you how to use ribbon, fibers, tearing, brads, tags, inking stamping, buttons, chipboard, distressing techniques and flowers.

Tuesday May 17th 6-8 PM

Quick Quotes Summer Layouts class Fee $25

**** New Instructor****
Amy B Hunter is a professional photographer and a scrapbooker who has agreed to come teach us some great new techniques to take our photos to the next level.

Wednesday May 18th 6-8 PM
Photography 101

Thursday May 19th 6-8 PM

Thursday March 24th 6-8 PM
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Technique Class
You will be making a technique album and receiving 3 full sized bottles of Glimmer Mist, you choose the colors. Fee $27

Thursday May 26th 6-8 PM
Lisa Hetrick will be teaching a combination Avocado Arts and technique class. Everyone in the class will be getting their own stamp set to use while making these fun projects. There will be 5 projects in all. If you prepay for the class, you may get your stamp set as soon as they come in. Fee $27

You will learn this great embossing technique too!

Saturday May 28th from 12 - 3 pm

Cindy's Wedding and Anniversary Cards.

We will be making 6 elegant cards perfect for giving to the newly married couple or the couple that has been married forever. Fee $24

Flower Making Frenzy

Learn how to make 12 different flowers complete with flower pot.

Please bring scissors, hot glue gun and extra glue, embossing stylus or rub-on roller. If you happen to have the tool kit from Punch Bunch, bring it. Regular tape runners will not be strong enough to hold on many of the flowers that we are making. Fee $24

Sunday May 29th 1-4 PM