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Sunday, March 31, 2013

It's Craft Day with Spellbinders Paper Arts and The Craft and Hobby Association

Hey there, this past week I had the amazing opportunity to visit with everyone at The Craft and Hobby Association  in Elmwood Park, New Jersey...we had Spellbinders' Craft Day for everyone at the office.  


We had a really fun crafty time.  The idea was simple...let's let everyone in the office have hands on crafting experience using Spellbinders and Spellbinders Media Mixage.  I was there to demonstrate and facilitate the creative process.  So, we set up a few cutting stations, provided lots of goodies to play with and then, we let the art begin!  


We had a blast.  It was awesome to see the creative wheels spinning in everyone's heads.  And since it was Easter break, some of the staffers brought their kids to join in the fun.  


Trade Show Producer Anthony Licata explains the finer points of creating bezels.  


We had so much fun creating handmade cards. 


It's really fun to watch how everyone puts their own creative spin on everything they create.  Beautiful spring colors and patterns on the card in progress.  


We learned all kinds of techniques together, diecutting, embossing, stenciling, inking, and discussed the finer points of layering die cuts to create beautiful cards.  


Glitter makes a perfect embellishment inside a heart bezel. 


Everybody got in on the action too.  


Craft and Hobby Association CEO Andrej Suskavcevic inspects the finely cut details of Spellbinders die cuts before creating his handmade card.  


The thing that really impressed me...


everybody loved what we were doing.  The card above, in progress, was created by the Information Technology Director at CHA.  He had never created a card before...but he was a natural!  And at the end of the day, he was formulating a process that the association could use to create handmade cards to use for their office correspondence.  


Anthony Licata created a French Country bezel. 




The more we created the messier it got, which is all good.  When it gets really messy, you know you are having fun.  


The handmade cards turned out beautifully. I got to teach bow tying methods.  


Susan Turchick, Vice President of Membership uses the Spellbinders Artisan X-Plorer to create die cut paper to fit perfectly inside a bezel.  


I got to hang out with my friend Laurie Pietruszka while we created...


Wow, we made a mess...you should have seen the paper chips all over the floor...


And each card was simply beautiful.  


Sue Turchick shows off her handmade card...it turned out so cute.  


And, Andrej, as it turns out is a blossom pro with Spellbinders die cuts.  

We came, we created, and we all left with beautiful projects at the end of the day...it was great!  

Thank you again Sue, Andrej, and everyone at The Craft and Hobby Association for letting Spellbinders host a craft day at your offices.  

I hope everybody had as much fun as I did..and judging from the comments at the end of the day, they did.

Ken   

11 comments:

  1. Oh Ken this is so funny. I met you at Scrappers Cove in Milltown, NJ and then lo and behold here you were just the next town from where I live. Small world I would say

    Enjoy
    Toniann
    aka TA
    http://carbonescorner.blogspot.com

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    1. Hey Toniann, yes it's a small world...and in New Jersey just an exit or two away. Never-the-less I am all over the place. You never know where I'll show up next. Thanks again for coming to the class at Scrapper's Cove. Your work really inspired me. <3
      Ken

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  2. Thank you so much, Ken. We had a great time and you're an amazing teacher!

    - CHA Staff

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    1. Thank you, it was a real pleasure to meet everyone at the offices and to see the inspiration come alive in each person as they worked through the creative process. Thank you for the amazing experience!
      Ken

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  4. Makes me want to go out to my studio and Play, Thanks for the great info and projects.

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