A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had signed up to take some classes with Marah Johnson at a nearby scrapbook store. Yesterday was class day and it was so much fun. I signed up because her projects looked awesome and I'd heard that she's a great teacher for learning new techniques... I wasn't disappointed! I loved my first class so much that I grabbed the last spot in her 3rd class so I could take all of them. The first class (Bird mini-album) started at 9am and we were there finishing our third class until 9pm. Here are a few photos from the day.
Marah, showing off her awesome bird book:
We worked at different technique stations set up at the next table and as we finished each one, we brought the pieces back to pile up and get ready for the album assembly. We used glitter, glimmer mist with flocked paper, alchohol inks with Krylon pens, Lumin Art sprays and mica pigment powders mixed with Mod Podge. It was awesome to learn so many new ways to use products I've got in my stash at home. Here's the pile at my work spot as I finished the components:
And a shot of the technique stations as we worked on the Twilight album:
Here's a shot of my versions of the projects from the three classes, including the book paper flowers Marah taught us how to make. We did the bird album, the Twilight album and this awesome box full of 3x3 chipboard mini books.
And the inside of the book box:
The insides of the chipboard books are still empty - I haven't figured out what I'm going to use this for yet. I've got all of the backgrounds for the pages in the mini albums done, but most of them aren't assembled since they need photos first. I'll have to figure out what to put in those too. When I do, I'll post the finished insides.
I'm so glad I signed up... I had a great time and learned a lot more than I had thought I would. I also met some really fun ladies that I hope to see at more classes and crops in the future. Now I'm hoping that I'll have some time this week to play with some of what I learned!
We did that box class at CE, was so much fun! I learnt loads, having never used glimmer mists before.
Posted by: emily | November 09, 2009 at 04:20 AM