Cleaning out The BeeHive Studio

Here is the schedule for the Studio Sales - the plan is to clean out my studio so I can rent the space (I'm going to grad school this fall). Lots of books, art supplies, Zentangle stuff, Gelli plates, displays, store supplies...

The BeeHive will be open:

Saturday, June 27 from 10:00am-1:00pm
Friday, July 3 from 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, July 4 from 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, July 5 from Noon-5:00pm
Friday, July 10 from 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, July 11 from 10:00am-5:00pm
Friday, July 17 from 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, July 18 from 10:00am-Noon
Sunday, July 19 from Noon-5:00pm
Friday, July 24 from 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, July 25 from 10:00am-5:00pm

That's it - better be empty by the end of July! :-)

The BeeHive is at 19 E. Main St., Warner, NH

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Online Shopping, Part Two - Get crafty!

If you haven't seen the previous post, which explains why I am showing you all these pictures, check it out here. Now on to the more crafty stuff...

STAMPS

Outlines Stamps

Backgrounds, frames, patterns

Trees

Cling stamps

Animals

Plants, flowers...

Winter

My favorite section - the weird stamps!

Paula Best... and a bunch of Fred Mullet's fish stamps, and fabric markers

Stamp pads

embossing powders and ink pads

Ranger Distress Inks, glitter glue...

MORE Distress inks, paints and pads

If you like cute - there are A LOT of House Mouse stamps.

A LOT of House Mouse stamps...

A LOT of House Mouse stamps... and more...

I mean... four sides of a display unit!?

Candy Gram House Mouse

This adorable House Mouse for December arrived at Wingdoodle today. Come by and check outour great collection of House Mouse. I have directions for this card available plus many others, just ask and we will be glad to make a copy for you,

Holly, Pinecone & Snowman

Wingdoodle just got these Tim Holtz Alteration Die Cuts into the store. There are samples of the snowman up already in the store and  I am going to play with the pinecone and holly tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have samples up by Saturday. We have a limited supply but if we sell out I can order more and you can save 10% by pre-paying.

Winter Series Distress Inks

Wingdoodle has the new Tim Holtz Distress Seasonal Series Winter 2011 Distress Inks. We are limited in our supply so don't delay. We have samples at the demo table if you would like to check them out. For those of you who live farther away we will be glad to ship them to you. Just click on the buy now button.

November's House Mouse

The new House Mouse of the month has arrived at Wingdoodle. Come in and check out our great selection especially our selection of Christmas House Mouse.

Memory Box Christmas Class

Memory Box is fast becoming one of my favorite stamp companies.  Their stamps are simple and elegant.  We will be making 6 to 8 simple, beautiful cards using Memory Box stamps.  If  you have never stamped before this is an excellent beginners class.  We will be stamping with different inks, doing embossing, coloring with pencils, embellishing with Pearl pen and glitter glue and painting with Twinkling H2Os.   
Date: Friday 11/11/11
Time: 5:30-9pm
Cost: 35.00
Teacher: SherRee West

Christmas Ornament Class

Christmas Ornaments
This is my annual Outlines Christmas ornament class. We will be using Outlines rubber stamps to make 2 ornaments. One, you will be able to put on a tree; the other, on a card. Lots of cutting and layering, bring your detail scissors and mounting tape. If we have time after making the ornaments we’ll make a simple shaker card using Outlines stamps.
Date: Saturday 10/29/11
Time: 12:30-3:30
Cost: 25.00
Class Kit: Detail Scissors and Mounting Tape.
Teacher: SherRee West

Memory Box

Wingdoodle has received more Memory Box rubber stamps and 6x6 paper stacks.  You can create the most amazing cards with these little stamps.  Above are some samples from their blog and I have more that I made at the store.  Come by and check them out.

Perfect Pearls, Metallic Mixative and Black Glossy Paper

This technique was such a hit at the Fall Foliage Festival this weekend I decided to do it as a blog project.  It is fast, easy and the end result is beautiful.

Supplies you will need:
Adirondack Alcohol Ink Mixative color of your choice - silver, gold or copper
Handle with felt
Blending Solution
Perfect Pearls color of your choice - copper, pewter or gold
Mini Misters
Black Glossy Paper
Versa Mark Embossing Ink Pad

1. Cut card to make an A-2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".
2. Cut black glossy paper to 4" x 5 1/4".
3. Attach felt to handle.
4. Drip some mixative onto your felt then add a small amount of blending solution  (where it looks like a clear liquid on the felt is the blending solution) then pounce on your glossy paper. Do not rub or swirl as that takes the black off. Just go up and down all over the glossy paper in different directions.  You can also drip blending solution directly onto glossy paper and not pounce, it will move the metallics and you will get a neat halo effect wherever the solution lands.

5. Ink up the stamp of your choice with a clear embossing ink, I used Versa Mark.



6. Stamp the image and then brush with Perfect Pearls.  A little bit of Perfect Pearls goes a long ways so just pick up a small amount on the end of your brush.  Since you are only using one color of Perfect Pearls put it on in a circular motions pressing it into the inked area. You don't have to do it hard but give is a little pressure.  Your stamped image will appear like magic.  Then lightly dust it off and using a paper towel going in a circular motion again buff it.

7. Mix a small amount of Perfect Pearl with water in a mini mister.  Do not fill to the top with water leave room so that you can shake the mixture.

8.  Holding the card in one hand the mister in the other point mister above card and let the mist gently fall onto the card.  Let dry.

9. Put card together.

Quick, easy and beautiful.  The possibilities are endless.   

October 2nd's Technique Tag Class

Had a great technique class today. Taught the ladies how to use Distress ink pads, alcohol inks, Perfect Pearls, Distress embossing powder and how to do a transfer using Sheer Heaven and scrapbook paper. All the tags came out beautiful. I love how I give people the same things and they put it together differently. I think the tag with the orange rosette and feathers was most every one favorite. They also did a tag making a plaid with alcohol inks, I forgot to take a picture of it, but they came out really nice. The technique tag classes produce some wonderful results. They are so much fun to teach and I hope fun to take.

Technique Tag Class

I am adding an additional class to my class schedule for the fall because of the interest in my technique tag classes. I will be doing a combination of fall and winter themes. We'll be using Sheer Heaven in this class. If you don’t know what Sheer Heaven is this class is a must. The class will also touch on alcohol inks (always a favorite) Distress inks and embossing powders and Perfect Pearls and Distress Reinkers. We will be doing a combination fall and Christmas themed tags. These classes fill up fast so if you are interested in taking the class please call Wingdoodle and sign up. Bring snack.

Date: Sunday October 2, 2011

Time: 11:00am-2:30pm

Cost: $35.00

Teacher: SherRee West

Class Kit: X-acto knife, double sided tape, mounting tape, detail scissors, glue stick and a bone folder.

Fall Technique Tag Class

Sunday September 25th was my Fall Tag Class,  (we decided to start calling the class tag technique boot camp). The ladies used alcohol inks, Distress Inks pads, Distress re-inkers, Archival Inks, Distress Crackle paint, Distress Stains, paint Dabbers, Distress embossing powder, and Studio Sticky Back Canvas.  

They learned how to make their own custom stamp pad with the re-inkers and cut n' dry felt pad. I showed them how to make wonderful layers of color for backgrounds with 3 different techniques with the alcohol inks. They distressed backgrounds with the Distress ink pads, made a haunted house with the Alterations Rickety House die cut, crackle paint and Distress ink pads.  I also showed  them how to make a canvas transfer using sticky back canvas, scrapbook paper and water.  All in all it was a very busy class.  I am glad I gave them all printed out instructions for each tag so they can go home and recreate what they did.

I think one of the favorite techniques was making plaid with alcohol inks and glossy paper.  The technique is so easy and the effect is stunning.  I am going to do this technique again for my October 2nd class.  I think I still have a couple of spaces open for this class.  If you are interested please call Wingdoodle and sign up.  Everyone seems to really enjoy these classes.  

I had people bing their lunch and we took about a 20 minute break and relaxed around the table and talked a little bit.  If you are signed up for any of my tag classes please bring a lunch or snack.  

I meant to take more pictures of the tags they created but there was no extra time.

Batty for House Mouse

The new House Mouse of the month has arrived for October. Wingdoodle has a large selection of House Mouse for any holiday or occasion.

Fall Tag Class

Fall Tags

I had so much fun with my Paper Transformed class in the spring that I am doing a mini version. We will be touching upon a lot of different techniques in a short period of time. Our theme will be fall so there will be a lot of colors involved. We’ll use Studio paints, alcohol inks, Distress reinkers and inks, Distress Stains and Perfect Pearl. Bring your lunch. Bring class kits. Space is limited in this class. 

Date: Sunday September 25th, 2011

Time: 11-3pm

Cost: $45.00

Teacher: SherRee West

Wax Paper Batik

This is a technique from the book, Paper Transformed, and the project was done by Melissa, a friend and regular customer at Wingdoodle. Melissa's son was graduating from college and Melissa wanted to do something special for him. She decided to make this tag book scrapbook using the wax paper batik technique she learned from Paper Transformed. When she brought it in to show me I asked her if I could put it on our blog as a project. So here it is.

The delicate fractured lines that occur on batik-dyed fabric are replicated with this technique. It works on most papers (matte or glossy) and vellum.

Supplies
paper
scrap paper
dye-based inks (Distress inks work great)
wax paper
paper towel
felt pressing cloth
iron pattern

Instructions
1. Take the wax paper and crumple it repeatedly until the desired texture is achieved.
2. Lay the felt on a table or ironing board, and then place the scrap paper on the felt. Lay the crumpled wax paper on the scrap paper and place the paper for printing on top of the wax paper.
3. Iron with a hot iron.
4. After the paper cools, apply the ink to reveal the pattern and wipe off any excess ink.

Hero Arts Special

We have received our Hero Arts Christmas stamps. Right now we are running a special: Buy $25.00 worth of any Hero Arts Christmas stamps and receive a free Hero Arts Christmas catalog. We have stamps, paper, embellishments and folded cards. This offer is good only while the supply of catalogs lasts.

House Mouse for August

The new House Mouse of the month has arrived for August. I love the little crayons on the side. A teacher would love to get this the first day of the new school year.

Adele's Memory Box Leaf Canopy Project