Patricia Stamps

Classes for Stampin' Up demonstrators

I have been teaching crafting classes for over 10 years. It is hard to believe it has been that long, but I started doing so before my great nephew Skylar was born and he is a teenager now.

In all of my years as a craft teacher I've enjoyed the teaching, but sometimes I just want to feel like the student. I want someone to sit down and show me a new way to tie a knot, or some cut little trick to make filler for gift baskets from my left over cardstock. That is why I am SO excited about a new site that I was introduced to just a few weeks ago. The site is called Paper Crafter's Library.

The Paper Crafter's Library has examples, samples, videos, handouts, projects, Q&A and so much more. The site is run by Andrea Wolford and her sister Sophie.

They post beautiful samples, along with videos to explain exactly how they did the project. My watercoloring has gotten so much better just by watching these videos.

Please take a few minutes to check it out. Membership is only $14.95 a month and it is well worth it. I have done a lot of different boot camps, stamp camps, etc. in my years as a crafter and I can tell you that this subscription is worth $100's every month.

 

Here is a card that we made in my class on Tuesday night.

I got the idea from the Paper Crafter's Library. I watched a video of the card being made, which helped me to help my customers who can't "randomly" stamp without a plan. It also gave me a great tip for my faux bow. I changed the colors and the sayings, but I used the measurements from the PDF file that came with the sample and the video. Class prep was EASY and the card is beautiful.

Please give it a chance. Let yourself enjoy being the student for a change.

 

 

Welcome Girls Night Out participants

I handed out over 500 invitations at the Girls Night Out in Kokomo this weekend. If you are here looking for my class schedule, you can find it by click on the Calendar on the left side of this page, or clicking here.

There will be a few more classes added in the coming days. Please send me a note if you are interested in any classes and are unable to attend at the scheduled times.

To sign up for a class, you can send me an email or call me at 765-453-0714.

Also, I need to know the interest level of the upcoming Cricut/digital scrapbooking classes.

Thanks so much!

Don't Miss Out on the CRICUT Swarm being held in Kokomo in October...Click here for all the details.

Finally, alas, a new class schedule

Click here to see my new class schedule.

Please contact me directly to sign up for any of the classes.

Walk in the Park - samples continued

I hope you enjoyed the Blog Tour yesterday. It was great fun and I had so many  nice comments.

I've decided to share with you today, the rest of the project that I showed yesterday.

I am featuring this project in an upcoming class.

This is a Desk Organizer class. We will use the Walk in the Park paper for these projects.

This class is scheduled for May 26, 2009

If you would like to attend, you must sign up by May 14, 2009 so that I will have enough supplies on hand to make the project as shown. If you sign up later, you may attend, but the colors of your projects will vary slightly.

If you do not live in the Kokomo, Indiana area and would like to order a kit to make this project, please send me and email and I will be glad to help you get that ordered and get it on the way to you.