Alpha, Border, Corner, Shapes…yes, I’m talking about paper punches, of course! There’s so many available for your paper crafting projects and they’re experiencing a comeback in popularity right now. Come join me in this 4 week class as we take a look at these great crafting tools in a new way. Learn punch maintenance and how to extend the life of your punches. Learn about the different types of punches available.

INSTRUCTOR: Catherine Matthews-Scanlon

COST: $25.00 USD

START: 3rd March 2011

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Graphic 45 is the little black dress of paper arts. Every wardrobe must have a little black dress and all crafters must have Graphic 45. Graphic 45 has vintage appeal and just enough of a modern edge to be perfect for all your crafting desires. Come explore in an enchanted garden where fairies are playing in the posies and butterflies are glittering all around the garden. In 4 weeks we will make an “Into My Garden” album, spring enchanted fairytale wreath, organizational bucket, Mother’s Day Canvas.

INSTRUCTOR: Michelle Van Etten

COST: $25.00 USD

START: 2nd March 2011

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Design Studio 2 will offer 10 projects for the experienced Design Studio user.Multiple cartridges and layering will be utilized.Students will be encouraged to duplicate projects as well as create their own, substituting cartridges and shapes to make these projects their own.

You will want to practice class projects on cardstock and patterned paper from your stash.You can choose just the right papers to create your final projects when you are ready.

INSTRUCTOR: Cara Miller

COST: $25.00 USD

START: 1st March 2011

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Use your Original Baby Bug, Create or Expression in this 4-week class that features my favorite size board book. It’s a 5″ x 5″ book with my quick and easy pockets. This format allows you to create a simple book with 3 sheets of your favorite scrapbook paper. That is it…3 sheets and then you and your Cricut will wow your friends! Perfect gifts…these will become your favorites, too!

We will use Design Studio and Gypsy to make the most of these amazing projects. Students will be provided with the files of each project to save to your Gypsy and/or Design Studio and you will also learn how to modify the basic design to change the theme.

We will complete 4 different books!

• Merry Christmas
• New Baby
• Home
• Friends

INSTRUCTOR: Cara Miller

COST:  $25.00 USD

START: 28th February 2011

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This is a six-week class hosted on a private blog.  You will have access to the blog for a full year from the time you join, so join any time and feel free to work at your own pace.  Projects include:

• artist trading cards
• art quilts
• mixed media purse
• paper & fabric book
• mixed media scrapbook layout
• and so much more!!

You will get an astounding EIGHTEEN video tutorials over six weeks.

INSTRUCTOR:  Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

COST: $85.00 USD

START: 28th March 2011

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Parties and celebrations are better when the Cricut comes along. Come join three MCC instructors for a wide range of projects focused on birthdays and celebrations. We will be covering four Cricut cartridges: Stretch Your Imagination, Birthday Bash, Celebrations, and Wrap It Up. It doesn’t matter if you own one cartridge or all four, you can still benefit from the class. Instructors will give suggestions for other cartridge images if you don’t own the specific cartridge we’ve used in our projects.

Cara Miller, our resident Cricut expert, starts off the first two weeks with details about each cartridge: sizing, cuts, and more for any Cricut machine you own. In week three, Jeri’ Parks will be exploring gift giving: bags, tags, boxes, cards and goodie/treat bags galore! Both adult and kids birthdays will be covered, because you’re never too old to celebrate the day you were born. Shirley Pando will guide you the last week as you create party decorations for your home for either children or adults which will include a hanging banner from paper and/or fabric, tabletop decor, and place cards.

INSTRUCTOR: Cara Miller, Jeri Parks and Shirley Pando

COST: $30.00 USD

START: 24th February 2011

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In Blogging Your Way, you’ll learn about the pros and cons of blogging in a dedicated website accessible by students only, complete with podcasts, videos, plenty of reading materials and a forum where you can connect directly with Holly and co-teacher Leslie Shewring from A Creative Mint and Color Me Pretty along with fellow students. Leslie will work with you on how to style your photos for more interesting blog posts along with photography tips and tricks. You will also learn about floral arranging and other inspiring ideas to help you make your blog beautiful and original. Holly will help you to tap into your passions, carve out a unique, personal voice for your site, and inspire you to get out and make it happen! She will also lead the class on a series of topics designed to aid you in your journey online from creative writing ideas to handling negativity online, how blog advertisting works, and other topics that you won’t want to miss. For details, please refer to the course outline and the FAQ page.

INSTRUCTOR: Holly Becker and Leslie Shewring

COST: $119.00 USD

START: 28th February 2011

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In this class, you’ll hit the ground running as you discover how to organize photos with Lightroom’s powerful sorting capacities. Then, you’ll take both RAW and JPEG photos from blah to beautiful with Lightroom’s non-destructive editing tools. You’ll pump up your creativity as you discover the power and pure fun of Lightroom’s preset functions. You’ll create great slideshows that are perfect for sharing your work with others. Finally, you’ll learn how to get amazing finished images–whether for web or for print–that you’ll be proud to display.

INSTRUCTOR: Molly Newman

COST: $60.00

START: 2nd March 2011

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In this photo-journalism course I will post three photo challenges a week where you will be asked to look for specific evidence of the way of life of men and boys. You will be asked to add some commentary to your photographs and in the spirit of fun we will share our findings on our flickr group site.

You don’t have to be a photographer to take this course. You don’t even need a fabulous camera, even a cell phone camera will do. Nor do you need to be a great writer. All you have to do is be willing to join us for four weeks and learn what The Man Code filter is and how it works.

INSTRUCTOR: Kaye-Lee Pantony

COST: $39.00 USD

START: 14th February 2011

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In this series of workshops, Strathmore journals meet mixed-media art techniques for a lively juxtaposition of words and images. We will explore the philosophy that a journal should always be a work in progress and discover the advantages of developing pages in layers using mixed-media techniques and materials such a gels, mediums, water media, paints and sprays.

To personalize your journal, notice how the addition of fold-outs and embellishments make the pages interactive. Play with design layouts and spreads, and learn how to integrate writing and images while keeping design principals in mind… but not being constrained by them! And, whether you want to cover your journal with painted canvas or art it up with collage, you will see tempting examples to transform your Visual Journal into your very own masterpiece.

INSTRUCTOR: Linda Blinn

COST: FREE

START: 1st March 2011

LINK:  http://www.strathmoreartist.com/vj-workshop-about.html