1/9/2020 Thursday's @ NDB

Wishing you all a safe, healthy, happy & creative 2020!

January birthday celebration Thursday 1/30
for Connie, Katie & Barb.

Our first card of the new year is our traditional calendar card.

I know I have done this style of card in the past, 

I cannot find a picture of it, grrr.

My dear friend Hetty in the Netherlands posted this on her blog.

What a great idea!

So this is what I came up with for our first class in January.

Best part it folds flat to fit in an envelope to be mailed!

Please bring your basic class kit 

including

bone folder

scissor

liquid glue

tweezers

favorite coloring medium

I used distress oxides & foam blender

shaded lilac, blueprint sketch, 

wild honey, barn door

sharpies for details

water brush

optional items

foam tape

black edger

That should do it, see you on the 9th!

Susan *Ü*

12/19/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

Last class of 2019, where did this year go?

Today we have an all time favorite, Penny Black scenic stamp.

I used distress inks but any ink and foam blending tool will work.

Yellow, orange, lt blue, dk blue & purple.

Please bring your basic class kit 

including

non stick craft mat

paper trimmer

paper towel

Foam blenders & distress inks

wild honey

spiced marmalade

broken china

blueprint sketch

dusty concord

gold edger

That should do it!

Have a great week,

Susan *Ü*

12/12/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

Birthday celebration next week 12/19 for

Gina, Linda & Prissy.

Holiday party to follow 12/19 class at 

Whole Hog Cafe'

9880 Montgomery Blvd NE #1, 

Albuquerque, NM 87111

Today's card is in my never ending attempt

 to stretch our dies. 

I love to find new uses for a craft item other 

than it was intended for.

So here we have a hot air balloon die used as a vase.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

scissor

poker

liquid glue

tweezers

brown edger

if you have 

Distress oxides, rusty hinge, fossilized amber,

peeled paint, spiced marmalade

blending handles & foams

That should do it, have a great week!

Susan *Ü*

12/5/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well holy cow it's December!

Today's card we will be combining Alcohol Inks 

with Alcohol Ink Pearls on glossy card stock.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

scissors

double sided adhesive

liquid glue

tweezers

poker

gold edger optional

If you own

Alcohol inks regular & pearl

felts & handles

That should do it,

see you in 2 weeks.

Susan *Ü*

11/21/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

No class on November 28, have a Happy Thanksgiving!

November/December birthdays will be 

celebrated on December 19

Gina, Linda & Prissy

We will be using a stamp by Laurel Burch.

I love her whimsy, colors and use of animals.

If you are interested in reading about her look here 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Burch

Her artwork can be found in all sorts of items world wide

https://laurelburchstudios.com/

On to the card!

We will be working on watercolor paper 

and using Ken Oliver color bursts as our painting medium.

You will have several options on how to mount your finished pieces.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

non stick craft mat

water brush or paint brush 

small cup for water or a spray bottle w/water

paper towel

scissors

liquid glue

black edger optional

I think that should do it!

Have a great week,

Susan *Ü*

11/14/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

Quick reminder no class Nov 28, 

center closed for Thanksgiving.

November birthday Gina. 

I have emailed Gina to see when she'll be back in town.

Date to be determined.

On to the card! You will have a choice of Hanukkah or Christmas.

We will be working with alcohol inks on shimmer paper.

Choice of background paper and sentiment.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

nonstick craft mat

liquid glue

tweezers

poker

Optional

gold/silver edge

Alcohol inks

felts and handle

That should do it.

See you next week,

Susan *Ü*

11/7/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

No class November 28 NDB center closed for Thanksgiving.

Today's card is one I started because I couldn't find this set.

As you know I found it!

I decided to finish this card for another class.

We are using colored pencils on kraft cardstock.

I blended with a colorless blender.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

Colored pencils

sand eraser

pencil sharpener

colorless blender

brown edger

That should do it, can't wait to see everyone!

Susan *Ü*

10/31/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

Birthday & Halloween celebration today.

Any excuse to eat chocolate!

Birthdays: Nancy, Wendy, Lisa & Bette.

Today I will be in Scottsdale enjoying the warmth and the food.

Sue will be teaching this class, all treats and no tricks!

You will be creating this wonderful tunnel card.

I love this card!

Please bring your basic class kit

including

foam tape

white gel pen

Q&E Cards @ NDB 11/16/2019

Yippee! 

All November Samples done!

Here's Quick & Easy, last class for the year.

I'll be back in January.

All you need is dry & wet adhesive 

and you have 10 cards to add to your stash.

If there are any cards you want multiples of let me know 

so I can cut them when prepping for class.They'll be $2 each.

Any question please email me.

See you soon & thanks!

Susan*Ü*

10/24/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

North Domingo Baca Center is closed on 10/17.

Next class 10/24.

Today's card is a stamp from Concord & 9th called 

Grateful for Everything.

We'll be doing an old technique call outside of the box (rectangle).

This is where part of the image extends beyond the edge.

I will help those of you who are paper trimmer challenged!

So no worries!!!

We will be coloring the image with distressed stains.

Please bring your basic class kit

including

non stick craft mat

water brush or brushes small round tip

spray bottle w/water

small container for water

paper towel

ruler

paper trimmer

pencil w/eraser

scissor

tweezers

poker

liquid glue

gold edger

Of course I will have the majority of these items to share.

That should do it!

See you in 2 weeks,

Susan *Ü*

BTW birthday celebration 10/31 for

Nancy, Wendy, Lisa & Bette!

10/10/2019 Thursday's @ NDB

Celebrating October birthdays on 10/31

Nancy B, Wendy, Lisa & Bette

Great class yesterday thanks to all of you who 

attended the kick off of Balloon Fiesta!

Onto Halloween, today's card is another favorite set of mine

 from Art Impressions Howl-oween.

We will be inking the web embossed background 

the same way we did the clouds on the balloon card.

Your choice of cat or dog!

Please bring your basic class kit

including

scissors

liquid glue

tweezers

gold edger

Bette's tool and white ink pad

favorite coloring medium

I used water based markers

That should do it, have a wonderful week!

Susan *Ü*

Q&E Cards @ NDB 10/12/2019

Well hello all, it's finally cooling off a bit and

 the skies are filled with Hot Air Balloons!

If you are on my email list you may have seen that North Domingo Baca

 is having a few days when classrooms are not available. 

One of them is Saturday October 19 the day we planned for Q&E cards.

The other is Thursday 10/17, man twice in one week!

So I will be having class 10 days from now on Saturday October 12, 10am

 in the common area.

If you are interested in taking the class or reserving a kit please email asap.

I will begin the prepping process this Sunday & Monday.

It is my hope to have everything done by Thursday 10/10.

Whew!!!

and here they are ...

All you need is dry and wet adhesive, 

I like a tweezers for those small die cuts and 

you have begun your holiday cards!

Thanks, hope to see you soon,

Susan *Ü*