class cancellation/class this weekend

Greetings everyone, I wanted to remind you about my class this Saturday at Scrap-It in Santa Cruz. Here are the particulars: Saturday October 10th Where: Scrap-it in Santa Cruz Class: Sugar Skulls Description: In this class we will alter miniature plastic skulls transforming them into sparkling sugar skulls traditional to Dias De Los Muertos. Sugar skulls make spooky ornaments for Halloween and beautiful Christmas ornaments as well. However don’t eat these skulls because there is no real sugar on them! Please bring any special charms, small pictures or embellishments you would like to add to your skull. Time: 11:00 to 2:00pm, 2:30 to 5:30pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com or call Scrap-It at 831 475-2380. Please see the examples above. I also wanted to give you as much advance notice as I can about a change in my October/November schedule. I was notified last night that Scrapbook Territory has cancelled my Rubberstamped Dominos class so that a “celebrity” guest instructor can take my time slot to premiere a new product. Since this also affects my November class (Finish your Dominos) this will have to be cancelled as well . I want to apologize to any of my students that might have been planning to take the Dominos classes in Berkeley but I have no control over this situation. Rather because of it I have made the decision to stop teaching at Scrapbook Territory. For those of you that would like to take the Finish your Dominos class I still have one opening left at Scrapbook U in Fremont on October 25th and I am thinking also of holding this class at LaDiDa café in Half Moon Bay in December. Please watch my blog and email for this class. I apologize once again for any inconvenience and I hope to see you soon!

Classes this weekend

Greetings everyone! I wanted to remind you about my classes this weekend. Here are the particulars:

Saturday October 3rd Where: Scrap-it in Santa Cruz Class: Finish Your Dominos Description: Do you have a ton of Dominos that are just lying around? Would you like to learn some ways to make great gifts out of your wonderful creations? In this class we will learn to Drill holes with a dremel and add free form wire work and beads. We will also learn to make ribbon necklaces using your dominos. Please bring your unfinished Dominos. These Dominos should be varnished and ready to go for ribbon necklaces. If you want to drill through some dominos please leave them unvarnished for now. I will bring some stamps so that you can stamp more dominos and finish them at home as well. Time: 11:00 to 2:00pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com or call Scrap-it at 831 475-2380. Sunday October 4th Where: Scrapbook Depot in San Carlos Class: Finish Your Dominos/Beginning Dominos Description: Please see description above. Beginning Dominos students are welcome as well. I will teach you all the basics for stamping and coloring your dominos. Time: 12:30 to 3:30 Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrapbook Depot at 650 592-2767.

You know stamping and coloring dominos is one of the most enjoyable projects that I've ever done. And the good thing about it is that its easy ,easy, easy! With just a few supplies you can make a ton of them at home to give as presents for the holidays, birthdays etc... And there is something so cool about a domino, A classic game piece that you've actually made into a bit of Art. So if you are looking for a fun easy class this weekend this is the one. And for those of you that have a ton of almost finished dominos at home this is the perfect opportunity to make a unique work of art perfect for gift giving. Please check out some of my samples above.

I hope to see you all in class!

Class schedule for October

Greetings Everyone! Its almost October and time to post my October class schedule. Here's the list: Saturday October 3rd Where: Scrap-it in Santa Cruz Class: Finish Your Dominos Description: Do you have a ton of Dominos that are just lying around? Would you like to learn some ways to make great gifts out of your wonderful creations? In this class we will learn to Drill holes with a dremel and add free form wire work and beads. We will also learn to make ribbon necklaces using your dominos. Please bring your unfinished Dominos. These Dominos should be varnished and ready to go for ribbon necklaces. If you want to drill through some dominos please leave them unvarnished for now. I will bring some stamps so that you can stamp more dominos and finish them at home as well. Time: 11:00 to 2:00pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com or call Scrap-it at 831 475-2380. Sunday October 4th Where: Scrapbook Depot in San Carlos Class: Finish Your Dominos/Beginning Dominos Description: Please see description above. Beginning Dominos students are welcome as well. I will teach you all the basics for stamping and coloring your dominos. Time: 12:30 to 3:30 Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrapbook Depot at 650 592-2767. Saturday October 10th Where: Scrap-it in Santa Cruz Class: Sugar Skulls Description: In this class we will alter miniature plastic skulls transforming them into sparkling sugar skulls traditional to Dias De Los Muertos. Sugar skulls make spooky ornaments for Halloween and beautiful Christmas ornaments as well. However don’t eat these skulls because there is no real sugar on them! Please bring any special charms, small pictures or embellishments you would like to add to your skull. Time: 11:00 to 2:00pm, 2:30 to 5:30pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com or call Scrap-It at 831 475-2380. ***Note if this time slot fills up and more people want to take this class I will teach it again from 2:30 to 5:30. Saturday October 17th Where: ArtMax in Seaside Class: A World in a Matchbox Description: Have you ever dreamed of finding a secret door, opening it and stepping into another world? Did you know that you can find this world in a matchbox? In this project based class we will utilize everyday matchboxes, paper towels, collage and assemblage to create our own worlds. Matchbox worlds make very personal and special gifts to give for any occasion. Instead of sending your loved ones a card, send them the world! Items to bring: Any personal images or items that you might like to use that are small enough to fit into a matchbox. I will have plenty of little items with me as well. Scissors and small paintbrushes. All other materials supplied Time: 11:00 to 2:30 Fee: $40.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com. Sunday October 18th Where: Scrapbook Territory in Berkeley Class: Rubberstamped Dominos Description: Did you know that you can rubberstamp on a Domino? Well you can and in this class you will learn two different methods of rubber stamping and coloring dominos. These dominos can then be made into fantastic Jewelry, art pieces or gift items. All materials are provided for this class so come and play! Time: 11:00 to 2:00 Fee: $30.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrapbook Territory at 510 559-9929. Saturday October 24th Where: LaDiDa Café in Half Moon Bay Class: Halloween Coffin Shrines Description: coming soon Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm Fee: to be announced. Sunday October 25th Where: Scrapbook U Class: Finish your Dominos Description: Do you have a ton of Dominos that are just lying around? Would you like to learn some ways to make great gifts out of your wonderful creations? In this class we will learn to Drill holes with a dremel and add free form wire work and beads. We will also learn to make ribbon necklaces using your dominos. Please bring your unfinished Dominos. These Dominos should be varnished and ready to go for ribbon necklaces. If you want to drill through some dominos please leave them unvarnished for now. I will bring some stamps so that you can stamp more dominos and finish them at home as well. Time: 11:00 to 2:00pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrapbook U at 510 490-5065. Saturday October 31st Halloween-No classes scheduled--Happy Haunting! Sunday November 1st Where: Scrapbook Territory in Berkeley Class: Finish Your Dominos Description: Do you have a ton of Dominos that are just lying around? Would you like to learn some ways to make great gifts out of your wonderful creations? In this class we will learn to Drill holes with a dremel and add free form wire work and beads. We will also learn to make ribbon necklaces using your dominos. Please bring your unfinished Dominos. These Dominos should be varnished and ready to go for ribbon necklaces. If you want to drill through some dominos please leave them unvarnished for now. I will bring some stamps so that you can stamp more dominos and finish them at home as well. Time: 11:00 to 2:00pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please call Scrapbook Territory at 510 559-9929. See the pictures above for class samples and keep watching my blog for new samples as well. I hope to see you in class!

Great class last night

Greetings everyone,

Last night I taught my new texture and collage class. This time we experimented with Pumice Gel. All the students really embraced the "experimentation" part of this class. They were very willing to try new things and to really play with this texture medium. I think this takes a very courageous person. One that is willing to sacrifice making that "perfect" piece to step outside the box and become in the end a better artist. I think their work was the better for it last night. But I'll let all of you decide. Check out their pieces above!

I want to thank LaDiDa for again hosting this class!

More Pumice Gel

More Pumice Gel samples.

Class this Saturday night

Greetings everyone! I wanted to remind you all about my class this saturday night in Half Moon Bay. This will be my last texture and collage class this year. This month we will be experimenting with Pumice Gel. Here are all the particulars: Pumice Gel Where: LaDiDa Cafe in Half Moon Bay In this class we will experiment with fine and coarse Pumice Gels. What’s the difference? Fine Pumice dries translucent-a sandpaper version of Gel medium. Coarse Pumice-think “stone in a jar”. I always think of Ancient ruins and Egyptian Pyramids when I use Pumice gel. So come and join the class and find out what treasures you can unearth using this incredible medium. Please bring scissors and paintbrushes. All other materials will be supplied. The time for the class : 6:00 pm to 9:00pm Fee: $35.00 If you wish to attend this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com

Please see the samples of Pumice Gel Below and the new one above call Pharoh's treasure.

I hope to see you in class!

Pumice Gel

Greetings everyone!

For my new class this weekend I have been playing with Pumice Gel by Golden Products. This is very cool stuff. Fine pumice is like using Gel medium mixed with a little bit of sandpaper. You can stencil with and stamp into Fine Pumice gel easily. It dries translucent like Gel Medium but is a little bit gritty. Coarse Pumice gel is like "stone in a jar". When mixed with regular molding paste it spreads easily despite the larger chunks of pumice and it stencils great. Both pumice gels pair with Micaceous Iron Oxide beautifully and take acrylic paint easily. When I use this product I always think of ancient ruins and Egyptian Pyramids which explain a couple of the collages above. Check them out!