Thursday, 29 March 2012

An art journal class and a bit of belly dancing!


I taught a fun class at Art from the Heart yesterday, and everyone made a mini stitched house journal like this one (using the Tim Holtz die).

Right up your street stamps by Dylusions

We played with paints, gesso, stencils and the gorgeous new Dylusions ink sprays, and filled the books with lots of colour.


We sprayed inks onto calico and cut out little house shapes (freehand!) to make a mini tote bag to carry them in (cute!)


Here are a few action shots:

Gwen and Hilda putting their tote bags together.

A totally focussed Laura, trying to thread the cord through her tote bag!

Gwen adding ribbon to her tote bag.

Pat, who was the first to finish! Yay!

But every now and then something happens in a class that takes you completely by surprise. Gwen was chatting away and just happened to mention that she did belly dancing as a hobby, so I challenged her to demonstrate. We booked her in for an entertainment slot after lunch LOL!! And she did it. Woohoo! Go Gwen! A crafter AND a belly dancer. Thanks for sharing your skill and entertaining us all with such confidence :-)  

Here's Gwen in action (love the way she still has her painting apron on!):





 Byeeee for now, go get gyrating those hips!

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27 comments:

  1. Sid29 March 2012 at 21:18

    Fab, bright & colourful book !!

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  2. Astrid Stulemeijer (AssiCrafts)29 March 2012 at 21:22

    What a fab project! So sad that AFTH is so far away :-( xoxo

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  3. jeanie g29 March 2012 at 21:23

    Brilliant love the books, totes and belly dancing xx.

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  4. Willy29 March 2012 at 21:29

    Love the house journal, Kate!

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  5. Calmil229 March 2012 at 21:34

    LOVE the project AND the belly dancing!!!!

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  6. Debbie29 March 2012 at 21:46

    Ha Ha what fun that class looks like.
    Cannot wait for the Summer when Angie and I call in for one of your classes.
    This one with the gorgeous little house looks lovely. I have had a peek on AFTH and have made a note of the dates.
    Debbiex

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  7. Ali29 March 2012 at 22:36

    Awesome project! And go Gwen! :D

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  8. pat29 March 2012 at 23:07

    It looks like you had fun what with belly dancing and a gorgeous little book and tote, love them all wish I had been there but no dog sitter.xx

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  9. Michelle Webb29 March 2012 at 23:18

    What a great idea, love the mini stitched house, and the little tote bag is a wonderful touch. Sounds like you had a good old belly laugh too. Michelle x

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  10. Dylan30 March 2012 at 09:19

    So this is what happens when I go away !!! x

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  11. Nicki30 March 2012 at 10:29

    Love the book, and looks like you had lots of laughs too.

    Nicki.xxx

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  12. flutterbycrafter30 March 2012 at 11:02

    Sounds like a fantastic class, full of laughter and fun plus they all got to make a beautiful book, what could be better xx

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  13. Anonymous30 March 2012 at 12:28

    O wow what a great group project but what I want to know is why didn't the rest of you join Gwen surely your hips aren't broken? lol!!
    ~Dawn

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  14. Kaz 30 March 2012 at 15:30

    Love your project Kate, that die is one of my favourites, I hope you were watching!!! I always wanted to learn belly dancing....maybe we can belly dance into NYC??!!

    kaz x x

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  15. Rosie30 March 2012 at 17:18

    Love the idea of that little journal, and it looks like a great project! Wish I'd been there.

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  16. Carole Kurth30 March 2012 at 18:58

    I too would ADORE making a book like that! What about an online class w/ templates we could use, and follow along on? please, kaz, pleeeezzee?

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  17. Linda Kunsman30 March 2012 at 19:33

    Wow looks like such a fun class! Too bad I live so far away. I just love your style and cheerful splashes of color all over! Thanks for sharing.

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  18. Catherine SIWCZAK30 March 2012 at 20:27

    Love all those little houses !!!! This is gorgeous

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  19. Carol Q30 March 2012 at 20:33

    gorgeous project Kate and a fabby little bag to put it in too!

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  20. Unknown30 March 2012 at 23:45

    Love it!!! Really, really love it! Your work is so awesome Kate, and the class sounded like a blast!!

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  21. Marit31 March 2012 at 14:58

    Looks like you all had a lot of fun!

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  22. Siobhan Brignull31 March 2012 at 17:13

    that is a cute project Kate and as for the Belly dancing something I used to do, never in an apron though, perhaps I was missing a trick . . LOL

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  23. Marjie Kemper1 April 2012 at 00:38

    Okay, I know there's no such thing as too much fun..... but that class looks like it came awfully close! Love your booklet and use of that die. Have it, love it, need to use it more.

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  24. Creatively yours Fi1 April 2012 at 06:54

    A girlfriend of mine just demonstrated some belly dancing and surprised us at how good she is! Must be the season for it! LOVE the houses and bags :)

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  25. fatmonica1 April 2012 at 13:54

    I love the look of the books and the tote bag's so cute!

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  26. Sarah Anderson1 April 2012 at 16:08

    now the gyrating hips I can do, it's the shoulder shimmying I struggle with lol; Love the houses on the little tote bags - looks like a great class :)

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  27. Anonymous1 April 2012 at 17:07

    And a splendid time was had by all! I love the project.

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