Class Descriptions

Scrapbook U invites you to experience one or more of our wonderful classes. Please sign up early to reserve your spot.

Basic Tool Kit

Each student should have all of these tools at each class, plus any other tools specified by the teacher.

Below are descriptions for some of our upcoming classes. Check this page often as we continually add new classes. Click on any photo to enlarge.

Class
(click on class name for more info)		 Date Instructor
Mini Shadowbox Embellishments Mar 11 Christine Delgadillo
Faux Beeswax Collage Mar 14 Connie Andrews
Spring Has Sprung Vintage Cards Mar 16 Pattie Beltran
Le Romantique Hat Boxes Mar 23 Veronica Leggett
Spring has Sprung Mini-book Mar 24 Cory Phillips
Prima Cards Mar 30 Monica Martinek
It's a Party April 13 Jeani Miner
Altered Books #2 - Windows and Doors Apr 18 Connie Andrews
The Bracket Book May 4 Jeani Miner

Mini Shadowbox Embellishments

Mini Shadowbox EmbellishmentsYou’ll play with fabric, glitter, crystals, fragments, lace, wire, beads, buttons, charms, foil tape, leafing and other tidbits to design and create three of your own embellishments to dangle from a minibook, attach to a card, or tag, or just display in your art room for inspiration. The samples shown are finished in glitter, but we will also use leafing and foil tape as a finish. (Note: picture frame is for display purposes only).

In addition to your class kit, please bring both ½" and 1/8" wide double-sided red tape and a scoring tool. If you own a scor-it or scor-pal, please bring it to class.

Faux Beeswax Collage

Faux Beeswax CollageDo you love the look of Beeswax but really don’t want to bother with the mess and heat of having to melt the beeswax? If so this is the class for you. Come learn the recipe from Chris Cozen’s book Altered Surfaces for making “faux” beeswax. We will pair this recipe with a small collage and voila!-a Faux Beeswax Collage. For this class please bring your favorite paintbrushes and scissors and any personal images you might want to use in your collage. Please make sure that any image you might bring is a black and white or color toner copy and not an inkjet copy (the gel medium will make the inkjet copy smear). I will bring plenty of images as well.

Spring Has Sprung Vintage Cards

Spring Has Sprung Vintage Cards

We'll be making 6 vintage inspired cards perfect for spring. We will be playing with Flower Soft, new My Mind's Eye papers, we will learn how to make our own fabric flower, and there is lots of ribbons and lace to enjoy.

In addition to your class kit, please bring 1/8th terrifically tacky tape,  Tim Holtz tiny attacher or stapler, deckle edged scissors, foam dots, glue dots and stardust stickles.

 

Le Romantique Hat Boxes

Le Romantique Hat Boxes

Decorate a set of 3 hat boxes using the Le Romantique line of papers from Graphic 45 with bling and flowers from Prima. We'll also be using Glimmer Mist and Crackle Paint. These vintage-inspired boxes are good for storing items in a decorative way and also make great gifts for brides, moms, etc.

Spring has Sprung Mini-book

Spring has Sprung Mini-book

Make this adorable Basic Grey "Green at Heart" mini-book using lots of fun embellishments! Please bring your class kit along with Crystal or Icicle stickles plus small paint brush and pop dots.

Prima Cards

Prima Cards

We'll make 6 beauiful cards using Prima's newest flowers and papers. We will also be using lots of bling! Please bring your class kit along with pop dots and crystal stickles. Ink pads recommended: Brillance's Orchid and Colorbox Tea Leaves chalk ink pads.

It's a Party

It's a Party

This perpetual hat and box is just right for a group of girlfriends as they take turns celebrating birthdays. The explosion box has pockets inside, enough for eight friends to each tuck in a gift coupon, IOU, photo or heartfelt card. When the festivities are over, put it away until the next birthday and fill the pockets all over again. The festive hat leaves no doubt that it’s a party!! As a bonus the hat initial and gift tag can be attached with a magnet [so it can be changed out for each celebrant].

Pearls, flowers, bling, ribbon and glitter – what more could a birthday girl ask for? Perfect for little girls too!

You will need: your basic kit which should include strong, fast drying adhesive [Ultimate], bone folder, long and short scissors, pencil and eraser. You’ll also need Cotton Candy and Diamond [or Crystal] Stickles. If you have a Score It board and ¾” circle punch please bring them to class.

Hat papers may vary slightly from sample. Inner box pockets will vary and ribbon and trim for them will be added in class.

Bonus: each student will receive a template for the box and hat.

Altered Books #2 - Windows and Doors

In this second altered book class we will experiment with creating windows and doors. Windows and doors are a dramatic way to present you theme. They are interactive and draw the viewer’s eye deeper into the book. So come and add a little mystery and magic to you altered book by learning to add windows and doors. Kit items to bring: Paintbrushes, Scissors, Gel Medium, Gesso, Cutting mat and Xacto knife.

The Bracket Book

The Bracket Book

Brackets [or parentheses] are typically used to add clarity to a sentence, to explain or call attention to that which is implied but unstated. That’s just what this set of brackets does. Stuff it with your thoughts, photos, magazine clippings, favorite book titles, song lyrics, found treasures from a walk, inspirational quotes, paper swatches or show tickets – things that may seem insignificant to others but have great meaning for you. Papers from MME Lush and Tres Jolie play happily with Teresa Collins, Webster’s Pages and TCP. Add a few stamps, plenty of pockets, a snippet of lace, some machine stitching and a knob from 7g and you’ve got the ideal repository for your treasured odds and ends - perfectly parenthetical!

Please bring your tool kit and if you have ‘em a Bind-it-all and Score it! You will need a fast drying, wet glue [like Ultimate] for this project.