Mar.

30

Roann on March 30th, 2011

Over the weekend, The Memphis Calligraphy Guild hosted incredible teacher, Rosie Kelly, for two workshops. Saturday and Sunday we learned how to use up our “stash” of old papers. All of us brought in paper scraps we have been saving, and old calligraphy practice sheets.  By the end of the first day, we all realized that we had enough stash to create books for the rest of our lives!

This is one of the beautiful books that Rosie brought:

rosie's piece on brown

Here are a few photos of the first books we made:

deb's book

Above: book by Debe Slocum

mary lou's black book

Above: book by Mary Lou Sherman

ann's book

Above: book by Ann Rabinovitz

On Monday, we created small accordion fold books, mostly in black and white, using tiny pieces we created by making marks on black and white papers. These books took all day to create and assemble. When we were done, we shared the books, and surprisingly, each one was unique.

Here are some samples that Rosie brought:

rosie's long books

detail of Rosie books

detail of 2

Here are the books that we made:

table with books

front of book

part of my small book

Above: 2 photos of my book

Mary lou's small book

At the end of class Rosie received a huge round of applause.  It was one of the best workshops that we have had in a long time.

Mar.

8

Roann on March 8th, 2011

The Calligraphy Guild of Birmingham had me in to teach Neuland on Saturday.  There were 16 students who worked hard all day. Here are some samples:

on black

crickets

Jack

olivia pre painted

olivia

papers on the table

I will be back next month (April 30th) to teach Beyond Bookhand.

Dec.

9

Roann on December 9th, 2010

This week’s project uses dies designed by Brenda Pinnick.  We all received the shapes pre-cut. I used some of mine as templates for ornaments. The rest I used as a book of Christmas greetings, using calligraphy that I scanned in and printed onto scrapbooking paper.

The two stamps that I used on the ornaments are still available in my Etsy store.

pieces laid out

printed pages

book cover closed

ornaments

button ornament

book cover closed

book fanned out

Christmas card book

detail of card

detail with merry christmas

Nov.

25

Roann on November 25th, 2010

Welcome to week 4 of the Triple Play Blog Hop!  This week’s project is the Frame and Frame Back with Stand designed by Eileen Hull.

Materials used:

My Thanksgiving stamp in calligraphy

Solid papers and marbelled paper from Mohawk Fine Papers

Decorative papers from Paper Palette Collage Pad – Earth Tones by Provo Craft

Autumn Leaves stamp by Hero Arts

Inks: Brilliance Dew Drops – Pearl Rust and Cream Copper

Gold Embossing Powder from Stampin’ Up

Best wishes to everyone for a happy Thanksgiving!  Enjoy all the other frames created by the talented designers in this hop.

Thanks for looking!

Nov.

11

Roann on November 11th, 2010

This week’s Sizzix die is a cube that can be flattened to fit into a card, or left as a cube.  My pieces were on black paper, and since I am the queen of using sparkly things on black, I decided to go with my strength.  The cube is decorated with different techniques from the Black Magic class that I teach, and topped with a small pre-fab frame.

Materials used:

Sailor glue pen

Jones Tones foil

Twinkling H2Os

Two kinds of double-sided tape

As you navigate through the hop, you will see how versatile this die is.  Just hit “forward” on the Sizzix icon to the right at the top of this post - it’ll take you through the loop of participating designers and you can see more wonderful twist cube creations!

Please feel free to leave a comment, Thanks!