Announcing LBH Art Group ATC Swap

"WINTER" ATC SWAP

The LBH Art Group has previously swapped spring, summer and fall ATCs, so we are now due for the winter-themed ATCs.

If you wish to participate, please bring ten (10) winter ATCs to the April Art Group session (April 12 in evening or April 13 in morning) or drop off at the LBH beforehand. You will receive ten back.

The only rules are that the ATCs must be 2 1/2" wide and 3 1/2" high (ie. vertical orientation) and relate to the theme.

I hope you will all participate so we can complete our seasonal ATC set!

Art Group Meets This Week!

Art Group will be meeting this week on

Wednesday, Dec. 7 - 6-9 pm

or

Friday, Dec. 9 - 10am-1pm

Choose your time and call the LBH to reserve your seat!

Sneak Peek

CHRISTMAS CANVAS

Our project this month will be a technique-laden holiday-themed canvas.  We will be learning new techniques as well as revisiting old ones. Be prepared to get messy and inky!

Supply List

usual basic supplies, including scissors

heat gun

10" X 10" canvas

Glossy Accents (or similar dimensional medium)

dimensional foam dots

inks - Versamark, Distress Inks (red, green and medium brown), white, Staz On white

embossing powder - white and clear

Mini Mister or small spray bottle

Perfect Pearls powder - pearl or gold

stamps - all-over floral or flourish background and script

gloves if you don't want your hands multi-colored (we will be getting inky and messy!)

Have you heard?  

 Art Group will soon be announcing our  "LBH Takes on Tim's Tags" project. Inspired by Tim Holtz's annual "12 Days of Christmas Tags", we will be creating our own during several Art Group sessions. More information to come soon.


HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ART GROUP!!

Blue House Art Group

Next Art Group Meetings

Wednesday, November 9

6 pm - 9 pm

or

Friday, November 11

10 am - 1 pm

"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Alcohol Inks"


We'll be learning lots of old and new techniques using alcohol inks and creating a fun gift project!

and don't forget . . .

FALL ATC SWAP


Make ten (10) ATCs with a fall theme.
Must be 3.5" high by 2.5" wide.
Dimensional additions ok.
Due by November Art Group meetings when we will swap them out.
You will receive ten different ATCs back.

We hope you will join us this month! More information is under the Art Group Page tab above.  Call the LBH now to reserve your seat!

Blue House Art Group

"How Can You Resist?"

Join us for our October Art Group meetings where we'll be playing with lots of different resist techniques!

When: Friday October 7 (note this is the first Friday, not the second)

10am-1pm

or

Wednesday October 12

6-9 pm

Call the LBH to reserve your seat!

Supply list:

(if you have them - we will also have some to share)

usual basic supplies, including scissors

heat gun

Versamark ink pad

clear and/or white embossing powder

your journal or other pages to work on

a few favorite stamps (not too detailed)

several crayons

watercolors (cheap school tin is ok)

gel pens (Sakura Glaze pens)

This will be a fun playtime, learning techniques that can be used in your journals or other artwork. See you soon!

Susan

Blue House Art Group Meets Next Week!

Sign up now for next week's Art Group!

Wednesday, Aug. 10, 6 - 9pm

 Friday, Aug. 12, 10am - 1pm 

(Please note: we will be sharing the studio with the Jr. Scrappers class on Friday morning, so we will have limited seating that day. If at all possible, please sign up for Wed.)

Now on to the project! We will be doing IMAGE TRANSFERS!  I will show you several different methods of transferring images and then I will set you free to add images in your funky, junky journal.  (If anyone wants to join us but is not making a funky journal, please do come. You can use transfers anywhere!)

Supply List:

basic supplies including scissors and favorite adhesive

bone folder or brayer

small spray bottle for water if you have one

several journal pages "ready to go" (transfers are transparent so the background will show)

old magazine to cut up or a few magazine pictures (not too big)

images if desired (see Blue House Art Group Page above for more info)

And don't forget the Napkin Swap!  Bring your napkins next week - can't wait to see what variety we will have.  (More information on the Art Group Page.)

See you next week!

Announcing LBH Art Group Napkin Swap

Everyone had fun at last week's Art Group, continuing to work on their "junky" journals.  We had almost a full house!  Next month we will learn more techniques to add to the books and anyone is welcome to join us.  It is easy to jump right in and play with the techniques each month and we can catch you up on making the base of your book.

We are having a napkin swap!  If you've recently looked in the napkin aisle of your favorite store, there are amazing designs out there! Anyone who wants to participate should bring a minimum of twenty (20) to twenty-four (24) cocktail size napkins to the August meeting. Also bring a paper lunch sack or ziploc baggie with your name on it.  You will receive the same number of assorted napkins back (one from each swapper) and have a fabulous variety to use in future projects!  (Note, the napkins don't have to be all one pattern. If you have assorted ones around the house and don't want to buy a package, feel free to bring those.)

If you're unable to come to the meeting and want to participate, please drop off your napkins at the LBH BEFORE the meetings.

Now keep your eyes open for some beautiful napkins. Can't wait to see them!

LBH Art Group this week!

Calling all art groupies! Our July meetings will be this week - July 6 (6pm-9pm) or July 8 (10am-1pm).  There are still spaces in each session if you haven't signed up yet.

Last month we made the "bones" of our "Happy Scrappy, Funky Junky, Hodge-Podge Art Journals." (If you haven't seen these yet, check out a few samples at the LBH.)  This month we will start working on the blank pages, turning them into one-of-a-kind journal pages.

If you were not able to join us last month, you may still come this week. We can get you caught up on making your journal!  Just bring an old book to gut - the covers will be used for the covers of the journal.

Here is the supply list for this week's meetings:

your journal

usual basic supplies, including a glue stick,

paper trimmer and scissors

old credit card (or the cardboard fake ones that come in junk mail)

a few inks

an old magazine to cut up

a few favorite stamps

brayer if you have it

one pretty napkin

scraps of favorite patterned papers or odd bits of ephemera

your favorite journaling pen

More information is on the LBH Art Group Page (click on the links above).

I can't wait to see your journals!

Susan

LBH Art Group

Join us on Friday, March 11th, as we learn all about Artist Trading Cards. There are absolutely no rules about ATCs except for size:  2.5" x 3.5."  We will be painting, getting inky, playing with techniques and creating up a storm.  For those who wish to participate, we will be hosting an ATC swap due in April. Come PLAY with us!

Here are a few samples of ATCs to get your creative juices flowing. Of course, yours will be totally unique!

Click on the Art Group button above to find out more and see the list of supplies to bring. Call the LBH to reserve your seat - we hope you'll join us!