Happy Hour - Awesome Deals on Paper!!!

We need to clear our shelves and make room for beautiful Halloween and Christmas paper!!!  Yes, it is still 110* outside but it is time to do this.   So we decided to do this in a fun way.

 

In the month of August, Happy Hour is EVERY Friday from 3pm - 5pm.  All patterned paper will be 50 CENTS each.  Super savings! and Super helpful to gear us up for new goodies.

 

The studio is located at 3454 N. San Marcos Place

Building B, Suite 4

Chandler, AZ 85225

 

 

Our Initiation to Art Unravled was Amazing

Grapevine Designs & Studios participated in the shopping extravaganza day at Art Unraveled and it was a wonderful day.  It is always a lot of fun to meet new people and to get great feedback our product. 

The setting was perfect with so many people who make hand made items.  I adore it when someone picks up one of our pieces and just starts talking about using it in a project that had never crossed my mind. 

The process of breaking down the studio and taking so many goodies is becoming easier.  As I write this everything is still piled in the floor of the studio today.  Tomorrow, it all goes back together.

Please call or email if any of our new friends have questions or are interested in future classes.  Great day meeting everyone!!

Images on Ice

Ice Resin is an amazing product that takes over night to dry from liquid to a solid surface.  As it crystalizes overnight your artwork, picture, glitter or embellishment takes on a new look and feel.

Grapevine Design & Studio has three new wood pendants.  They are in the shape of a rectangle, circle and heart.  The wood makes them a fantastic option for using Ice Resin.  Each pendant is a two-piece set.  For this sample the pieces were glued together with a liquid glue that dries clear.  Glitter was added to the bottom of the opening of the pendant and then a small metal seahorse was added in the center.  The Ice Resin was mixed and added to the pendant.   One of the reason it is such a great product is because it self-levels and dries with no air bubbles.

Next day you have a great embellishment to add to your project!

 

Spring Fever!

Yesterday, the last day of winter, my daughter and grandson got on a plane and flew home to Arizona.  Its was his first plane ride ever.  At four years old there is no worry at all just sheer pleasure in the day's journey.  He and I ended up at my nephew's baseball game.  His laughter is infectious and it was the best way to enter in Spring time.  The time of year for new growth and blooming. 

Happy Spring! 

Family With Feathers Stick Together

 

Bo Bunny's Star-Crossed collection I just fell in love with the feathers, the red and the teal blue colors.  Used paper from this collection to show off a family photo plus one of our new chipboard dolls, Standing Gear Girl.  She comes with wings, a gear and feather headpiece and a stand to display her standing if you want.  For this layout I painted the chipboard girl with various acrylic silk colors, added some feathers and bling.  Applied the same paint colors on a Petaloo flower and added some words to cardstock leaves. 

Painted and added bling to the Gear set in chipboard and wood.  There are so many colors going on the black and white photo pulled it all together.  It doesn't hurt that the photo includes my handsome boys. 

So Many Classes With In The Next Week!

Join us for one or a few of the upcoming items that we have going on within the next week!  Happy to have so many options.

FREE CROP DAY: Friday, March13th 10am to  4pm - Not an unlucky day at all - come in a craft in our crop room for FREE!  When you come into the studio you get to use any stamps, stencils and tools that we have.  Not to mention, it is sometimes great to just get away and play with pretty papers, ribbons and buttons.  It is a nice space surrounded by inspiration.

 

 

VINTAGE CARD CLASS:  Saturday, March14th 10am - 1pm, class fee is $25.  Make five cards with a vintage look and feel.  The cards feature Graphic 45 paper and embellishments from Grapevine Designs & Studio.  Supplies needed:  Paper trimmer, scissors, adhesive, pop dots, glue dots and brown ink.

 

 

WINE HOLDER: Saturday, March 14th 1pm - 3pm, class fee is $25.  You will stain, hammer and paint your wine holder which cleverly attaches to the wall.  You will have choices to decorate the front and also embellish four wine charms.  Everything provided, no need to bring a thing.

 

 

 

IN THIS HOUSE: Saturday, March 14th 1pm - 3pm, class fee is $25.  You will stain, add texture to your house, paint and screw in cup hooks to make this board with an adorable "In This House" sentiment and can hold your keys.  Students will need to bring four 4x6 photos that will need to be cut down slightly to fit in photo frames.  This is stunning in person.  You can customize it by adding your house numbers (up to five numbers).  If you want a name instead of a house number please let us know when you sign up so we can have ready. 

 

 

CARD MARATHON: Monday, March 16th 1pm - 6pm, class fee is $10.  Come in anytime between designated time and put  together your cards.  It typically takes an hour to put cards together.  This month they are all occasion cards.  Please bring your basic tool kit including adhesive and brown ink.

 

LUCKY WALL HANGING: Tuesday, March 17th 1pm - 3pm, class fee is $20.  This wall hanging lucky hat is about 12" tall.  We will use embossing cream to add a little texture and dress it up.  All supplies are provided.



 

 

To register 24/7 please use our website www.grapevinedesignsandstudio.net and hit the Class Registation button.  You can always send us an email at grapevinedesignsstudio@gmail.com.  Hope something peaks your interest.  A lot of good things going on in the studio!!



 



Classes This Weekend - Saturday 3/7

LUCKY WALL HANGING

You will start out with a blank slate (well blank wood) and stencil, paint and embellish to make your own unique wall hanging.  Absolutely perfect for your front door.  No supplies needed, everything is provided.  Class is Saturday 3/7 10am - 12pm, fee is $20.

SIMPLE INSPIRATIONS

This is an introductory Mixed Media class.  Students will mist, paint, stamp and ink to create a watercolor 8x8 canvas that features one of our new chipboard dolls.  No supplies need, everything is provided.  Class is Saturday 3/7 from 1pm - 3pm, fee is $16.

 

To reserve your spot for either class please email grapevinedesignsstudio@gmail.com  Let us know which class you want, your name, email and phone number.  You will receive a confirmation via email or phone. 

"Chipboard" Dolls

 

 In the playing field of mixed media and paper crafting it has been a lot of fun taking traditional "paper" dolls and making them three dimensional.  These chipboard dolls have different pieces that can be layered.  Some of these pretty ladies even have a stand to stand them up.

These two items have the doll base, plus a headpiece, a birdcage that acts as a skirt and a corset top.  Each includes chipboard laser cut outs with  a few etched areas.  They are wonderful for layouts and home décor projects.

 

These lovely ladies have a stand that allows them to stand up and be the center of attention.  Each doll has a base, one larger piece for the background and a headpiece.  The options are endless.

First Card Exchange of the Year!!

Today is the first card exchange of this year!  We started the card exchange when Paper Vineyard was still around.  This is our third year of meeting once a month and exchanging theme based cards. 

It is a great way to socialize (of course!) plus share different tips, card layouts and techniques. Although the exchange started in a scrapbooking store it doesn't require monthly purchases. items.  In fact, all of us take pride in utilizing goodies we already have. 

It also is a monthly discipline in getting your assignment done!  This month the theme is birthday cards.  You can never have enough cards ready for certain occasions...and this is one of them!!

Here is a photo of my card for the exchange today.  It is a safe bet I would have something from Grapevine Designs & Studio on my card.  For this exchange I painted and used stickles to decorate the trio candles.  Super easy to do and with the black and green colors the card can work for anyone.

Send me an email if you are ever interested in joining the card exchange group.  The date, times and themes are already set for the year so it can be easy to figure out which exchanges would work for you.

Happy Sunday,
Adriana

Fresh Friday

It's time for a new fresh Friday, with new product from Grapevine Designs & Studio LLC.

This week we take our flourish heart and super size it to 9" tall.  It makes a lovely heart to display for your favorite person.

The project is made from a three piece set, the large chipboard heart, the wood heart with the cut out flourish in it and the word love. 

In this project, we took the paper in an old pattern and used mod-podge to apply it to the chipboard heart.  We covered the front and backside of the heart keeping the holes clear to hang the project.  The wood heart is painted in acrylic silk paint.  The LOVE chipboard word is embossed with UTEE.  The three pieces are glued together and flower added plus strung up with some ribbon.  The entire project takes less than an hour to put together.

This is the product from Grapevine Designs & Studio that we used to create the Love Hanging.

The simple script word adds a lot of flair to the project.

 

TGIF ~ Adriana

February 2015 Class Calendar

The website has been updated with February 2015 calendar!  I know it is shocking....

Photos with class descriptions of projects will be updated as they prepared.  It is always exciting to put together new class projects and thanks so much for feedback and input into what you would like to see from our studio.  Most definitely there has been some great input into the Pinterest class.  I love the suggestions...keep them coming.


Helpful hints:

• Please remember that on the website itself you can "click" on the calendar and print out a pdf file of the calendar. 
• To register for a class please email your name, phone number, which class you would like to take.  Our email address is grapevinedesignsstudio@gmail.com.
• Once we receive an email of your interest we will put you down and contact you for payment for the class.  The spot isn't yours until payment is received.
• This also helps us have the best information to send you a quick email reminder of the classes you are registered for.

Our website is www.grapevinedesignsandstudio.net

Fresh Friday

Ringing in a new year is always a good time to be brewing some new products and inspiration.  The Tea Time scrapbook page features our Tea Time chipboard words (that have been embossed in Ranger Vintage Photo) and the Tea Set wood embellishments.  We actually didn't doctor up the three wood piece set at all.  Just used some glue dots and added them to the layout.  The tea pot and two cups added a nice vintage look. 

 

The layout also has two of  the embellishments in our new Tea Time toothpick set.  The set are made from wood and are etched to add a beautiful flair to them.  The set includes a sugar bowl, cup, toast, tea pot and a toothpick that says Tea Time.

Used an embossing plate to add some texture to brown cardstock and added a little bit of bling on to a paper doily.  All of these items matched beautifully with paper from the Mad Tea Party collection by Marion Smith Designs.

I am in the photo with my grandmother.  This photo was taken two summers ago so she would be 95 years old in the photo.  Truth be told there is probably coffee in the cup in the photo.  She is the only thing cuter in the scrapbook page then our new toothpicks!

TGIF....I hope you enjoyed this Fresh Friday look!
Adriana