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One Die Set, Three Ways: Wendy Vecchi Vintage Florals Edition

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Longing for Spring? Join Lauren for this bright and bloomin’ class, featuring Wendy Vecchi’s beautiful new Vintage Florals die set; plus additional elements from Wendy’c Garden Collection by Spellbinders. We’ll do some diecutting (obviously, lol) including the inset diecut technique; we’ll hand-ink a beautiful set of blooms; and create a big (BIG!) blossom using one of Wendy’s own Tip Tuesday ideas! 

Cost is $24 and payable by cash or check only. Dates available: Monday, February 19th,11am – 2pm; Friday, March 1st: 6 – 9pm; Saturday, March 16th, 12 – 3 pm. Pleasee mail elisabeth@paperanthology.com to sign up.

Students are requested to bring their basic class kit with all the usual adhesives. Those who own a sanding block can bring them, but there will be several for the class to share.

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A Very Vecchi Christmas

Join Lauren for a bright and cheerful class that features nearly EVERY stamp in Wendy Vecchi’s Doodle Christmas and Doodle Holiday stamp sets! We’ll do a little coloring, a little fussy-cutting, a little embossing and yes, we’ll even get out the big box of washi tape! Please bring your basic kit, your favorite scissors and some holiday spirit! Dates available: Monday, November 28th, 11am-2pm; Sunday, December 4th, 11am-2pm; Thursday, December 8th, 6-9pm. Cost is $24. Please email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot.

(PS: These cards could easily be changed from full-on Christmas to un-specified Winter Holiday by swapping sentiments and choosing different tapes, which you are welcome to do!)

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New Class: Have a Sparkly Day

Join Elisabeth for this three-card class featuring the fantastic mini stamps from Stamplistic adorned with Swarovski crystals! Nothing sparkles on a card quite like these embellishments and a photo can never do these cards justice – you’ll just have to come in and see them for yourself!  A wonderful collection of patterned papers in springtime colors is the setting for these gorgeous stamped dimensional images, all tied together with glittery sentiments from Spellbinders.

Please bring you basic class kit and don’t forget your favorite fussy cutting scissors!

Cost is $25 payable by cash or check only. Dates Available: Friday, March 8th: 6pm – 9pm; Thursday, March 28th: 6pm – 9pm; Saturday, April 6th: 12pm – 3pm. Email elisabeth@paperanthology.com today to reserve your spot!

There are still spaces available for various dates of some of our other current classes, including the fabulous slimline trio Box O’Cards class; One Die Set, Three Ways: Wendy Vecchi Vintage Florals; and Pushing the Envelope. Click the bolded text of the class names to read more about them; or check the Calendar Page and sign up today!

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Magnolia Memories (New Class!)

Join Elisabeth for a lovely new three-card class featuring Memory Box’s beautiful Magnolia release as well as a couple of Wendy Vecchi stamps. These  wonderfully crafted dies have intricate detail and are easy to work with. We’ll be playing with Distress Inks and learn how to make an easy inked background.

Cost is $24; payable by cash or check only. Students are requested to bring their basic class kit (the complete list of basic kit supplies is on the righthand side of the Class List Page). Dates available: Saturday, July 8th: 12pm – 3pm; Thursday, July 27th: 6pm – 9pm; Friday, August 11th: 6pm – 9pm. Email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot today!

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NEW Class: Backgrounds and Blooms

Join Lauren for a colorful three-card class featuring some of our favorite Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 stamp sets and background stamps. We’ll use a super-simple masking technique to create vibrant multi-patterned backgrounds, then add washi tape, typerwriter font sentiments and big, bold, beautiful blooms colored with their coordinating stencils and a gorgeous palette of Wendy’s Archival Inks from Ranger.

Cost is $24 payable by cash or check. Please email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot. Students are requested to bring their basic class kit and their favorite fussy-cutting scissors. Dates available: Friday, June 30th: 6pm – 9pm; Saturday, July 15th: 12pm – 3pm; or Monday, July 24th: 11am – 2pm.

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It’s a Big BLOOMIN’ Sale (With a Twist!)

We call it Flower Frenzy and you can take 25% OFF any product in the store which features at least ONE FLOWER! So what does that cover? Flower stamp sets like Altenew, Penny Black and Pinkfresh? (Of course!) What about a cute Lawn Fawn set that has ten mice and one flower? (Still counts!) Patterned paper with flowers? (Uh-huh!) Flower dies and stencils? (Certainly!) Paper flowers? (Obviously!) Aha, but what about Inks, paints and embossing powders though, it can’t cover those, right? Yes, it can…If they have a flower name like Tattered Rose Distress or Rosey Posey Archival (Hint: MANY of the Wendy Vecchi inks have flower names and lots come in both Dye and Archival formulas!) What about leafy stamps and dies? Ok no, those would not count, ’cause it’s a Flower Frenzy, not a Foliage Frenzy. Basically, if it LOOKS flowery or it SOUNDS flowery, it’s 25% off! There are waaaaaaaay too many items to mention as examples, so you should probably just stop by and see how many you can find!

The fine print: Sale starts Thursday evening at 5pm (4/20) and runs through Saturday evening (4/22) at 5pm and applies to in-stock, in-store purchases only; clearance items are excluded. No loyalty card punches will be given on sale-priced items. Paper Anthology cannot provide allergy medication for flower-related allergies, but we do have tissues. Hope to see you at the sale!

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Mistletoe Magic Class with Shari

Join Shari For this lovely holiday class where you will create a 4 card set and matching box. The box is sized to hold A2 cards, but would also be perfect for that special present… or give the box and cards as a gift set! The class features the ever popular create-in-quads stencils from Taylored Expressions. The lovely sentiment set is from Taylored Expressions as well. Please bring your basic class kit as well as a Wendy Vecchi Staytion, if you have one. (We all highly endorse this wonderful tool when working with stencils!)

Dates available: Friday, December 2nd: 6 pm – 9 pm OR Saturday, December 10th: 12 pm – 3 pm. Cost is $28. Please email elisabeth@paperanthology to reserve your spot!

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How Do You Doodle? (Hint: With Stamps!)

Everyone knows we are HUGE Wendy Vecchi fans here at Paper Anthology, so here’s a class that features three of Wendy’s newest MAKE ART Stamp Sets: Doodle Town, Doodle Celebration and Floral Doodles; as well as some older Studio 490 goodies like her Simply Stripes Background (double stamped to make our own custom plaid), Thank You Stamp, Die and Stencil Set, Rectangle Grate Stencil and Rectangular Stitching Template. We’ll “watercolor” with Archival Inks, paint and blend with Liquid Pearls, do a little hand-stitching (there’s an alternative for non-sewing types) and quite a bit of fussycutting. Join Lauren on Saturday, September 10th from 12-3pm; Monday, September 12th from 11am-2pm; or Monday October 3rd from 11am-2pm. Cost is $24. Please bring your basic kit and your favorite scissors!

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In the Garden: New Class!

Join Shari for her brand new In the Garden, Card and Tote Set Class!  In this class you’ll use Taylored Expressions’ In the Garden Triple Slim Layering Stencil Set, plus coordinating stamps and dies, to make a tote and six cards, paired with the gorgeous Elegance Collection from Graphic 45. Dates available are Sunday, June 5th, from 11am to 2pm; or Saturday, June 25th, from 12 to 3pm. Cost is $32. Please email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot.

Students are requested to bring their basic class kit, as well as the Wendy Vecchi “StayTion” if they have one.   Make sure you have a strong double sided tape, like Scor Tape, scissors, adhesives (regular adhesive runner, liquid glue), foam tape and a bone folder.