Heather's Classes

Access our our calendar for times & dates of the workshops we are holding this month. These are very popular and spaces fill up quickly so contact Heather's as soon as you see something you wish to attend. We also book guest teachers for special workshops throughout the year, so don't miss your opportunity to work with some of the best demo artists in the industry.

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3-D Clematis Card

Join us for a fun filled workshop using 2 Clematis stamps, Tombow markers and Stickles. Also  use the new Scor-it tool to complete your card.  

Accordion Photo Card
Make this quick and easy photo card that can be given as a gift. Learn to use the new Scor-it tool. Takes 6 photos that are 3"x 4" portrait (vertical). Bring your photos with you. Great Valentine gift for grandparents. 

Asian Fan

Make this beautiful Asian Fan and color it using the Twinkling H2O's.  Stamp your messages on the fan and either slip it into a pocket on your decorated card, or slip it into a pocket on a scrapbook page. Versatile and fun.  

BACKGROUNDS
The next step in card making.  After learning the basics take the Background workshop to embellish your cards. Learn about sponging, layering, adding scenery and interesting texture.  Use the Brayer and Positioner. 

$25.00 +GST All supplies included

Background Textures
Bring your creativity and learn how to produce a variety of textured backgrounds for your cards using many different mediums such as gesso, gum arabic, lumiere paints, pearl-ex powders and acrylic water colouring techniques. A fun filled three hours that will allow you to enhance the cards you are already making. 

BEGINNER'S BONANZA
Learn four different stamping techniques.  Masking, fading, embossing, colouring directly on the stamp and colouring with the Dove Blender Pen, markers and Watercolour Pencils.  A good beginning to Artistic Rubber Stamping. 

$25.00 + GST  -  All supplies included

Butterflies and TSP

What the heck is TSP?  Translucent Sticker Paper.  Make this beautiful card and use the Twinkling H2O's to colour on the TSP.  Make a beautiful envelope using the Kreate-a-Lope template to go with card. 

Carousel Card

Make this fun card that opens to a half Carousel.  Fill it with messages, pictures, stamps, and send it to a friend to display on a table or mantle piece.  Great little scrapbook for Mother's Day or Father's Day.  

CD Clock
Stop throwing away those CDs you keeping getting in the mail and put them to good use. With those CDs and Lumiere paints make this fun and inexpensive clock. 

$41.00 + GST

Chalk Inks, Acrylics and Stampbord

Chalk Inks can be used in many different ways.  A great addition to your stamping and scrapbooking art.  Make these two amazing cards.  Come and learn the many different ways they can be used.  Play with the Peel Off stickers and Markers, Brilliance Inks, Acrylic Pieces and Stampbord.  

Christmas Peace

Make these 2 beautiful cards using Twinkling H2O's and Tombow Markers. Combine with the Scor-it tool, stickers, glitter and wonderful cardstock for these amazing results.  

Christmas Simplicity

Want to make two easy but elegant Christmas Cards but don't want to take lots of time doing it? Join us for this fun and easy class.  Use stamps, glitter, and markers to make these easy cards. Then make a beautiful Christmas ball to give as a gift. 

$30.00 + GST

Christmas Village

Make this fun 3-d card with a popular Christamas stamp. Cut out your village and then colour. A wonderful gift for that special person.

CLEMATIS CARD

Make this dazzling card with two clematis stamps and  learn how to colour with the Dove Blender Pen and markers. 

Christmas Bonanza

Make 3 different Christmas cards to take home.  A Shaker Shape card, an elegant Vellum Card and a Shimmering Poinsettia Card with bleach and glitter. 

Christmas Express

Make 4 fast and easy Christmas cards using various techniques and tools.  Use glitter, punches, stampbord, H20's to make these fun cards.  Check back for samples.  

Christmas Luminaries

Make these two very beautiful but different Luminaries to give as an inexpensive but fun  gift for Christmas.  One will use our new Translucent Sticker Paper with H2O's and the other Acetate and Glitter. Wonderful for that Special Teacher, as a hostess gift, , or  a stocking stuffer when you combine them with our new battery lights that last for at least 40 hours. 

$35.00 + GST

Delicate Butterfly
Use the new Brocade Petal Point Pad and Acetate to create this beautiful card. 

DIRECT TO PAPER & THE STYLUS TRAY

Use the Magenta technique to create spectacular colour changes in your cards stock.  Also learn how to use the amazing Colorbox Stylus Tray Set.  

DOMINO DIVAS

Students will learn a variety of ways to create works of art on these mini canvases. We will cover stamping on the dominos, background techniques and how to add colour to these mini works of art.  A card and a pin will then be completed from a selection of the domino art pieces created in class.

DRY EMBOSSING & Stencil Paste
Learn how to use Brass and Mylar stencils to create beautiful, elegant cards.  Using a stylist and various methods of colouring, you can make unique embossed cards. 

$30.00 + Light Box and Stylus + GST  

Easter Quilling

These Easter Eggs are anything but edible….they are delightfully colourful, surprisingly sturdy and down right fun.  These quilling ideas used on the eggs can easily be used on cards.  What a sweet idea for a gift. 

ELEGANT VELLUM

Elegant Wedding Gift Card

This wedding invitation class covers all the basis for wedding stationary requirements.  Along with the invitation the student will also make a response card, co-coordinating place card as well as a thank-you note.  The floral stamp motif acts as a medallion for tying the card together.  Untying the card gives the recipient of this wedding invitation the experience of being given a gift. 

Fabulous Fruit

Using the Twinkling H2O's  to watercolour with, make this spectacular card.  Colouring technique can be used on many different projects.  Great card the the guys or the girls in your life.  

$30.00 + GST

Falling Leaves 2007

Use these elegant leaf Stamps to make a beautiful Sympathy Card and a Thank You Card. Then finish off your card with a Tonic... "Punch" that is, and learn how to use the Tonic Border System.

Fast & Easy Cards

Make 2-3 fun, elegant and easy cards for those special people in your life.  Use the Twinkling H2O's in a new way to colour your paper, then punch and  glitter for a sparkling effect.  

Faux Enameled Pins

Make these beautiful pins or magnets with the new Stampbord and Ultrathick Embossing powder. Use a Colourbox stylus tool and foam tips with your stamp pads to colour these mini pieces of art.   A great gift for Mom or any special friends.   You take home your stylus tool and 3 foam tips.

For the Men in Your Life

Finding it difficult to make cards for the men in your life?  These fun and easy cards can be used for Husbands, Fathers, Uncles, Brothers, Friends....for any occasion when you need a masculine card.  Learn to use an old product in a brand new way.  

Flowers and H20's

Use this wonderful new flower cube stamp and the new Twinkling H20 watercolour paints to make this elegant card. 

$30.00 + GST

Geometry Magenta Style
Geometry Magenta Style is formed from three basic shapes. Square-Diamond-Triangle.
The shapes interact with each other to create endless patterns and designs. Come and learn how to use and put together these amazing stamps. 

Glitter Butterfly

Make this fun card with Art Glitter and acetate.  This card will delight your friend and family and can be adapted to any occasion.  

GLITTER - GLITTER
Make three beautiful cards using the Art Institute Glittering System.  Use glitter as a way to colour your image, use it as an accent on your stamped card and use it with lace to make a fast, easy fun card. 

$35.00 + GST  All supplies included

Glitter Mini Book

Use Art Glitter to make this beautiful mini book that has a wonderful Butterfly and saying inside.  Book can be adapted for many occasions.

$35.00 + GST

Glitter Snowman & Pin

Create this fun card and matching pin or Christmas Ornament with this happy Snowman Stamp. Use the brand new Twinkling H2O watercolor paints from Radiant Pearls. 

Happy Birthday to You

Make these two very different Birthday cards and learn how to watercolour with Tombow markers in the process. A sweet Giraffe stamp will be used on the first card and glorious Blue Bells will be used on the second card. Add a shimmery accent with the Twinkling H2O's to finish off your beautiful flower card. 

Hasty Lace
Make this beautiful, delicate card with our new Hasty Lace Template and lighter vellum. Simple but elegant. Take home the butterfly template with you.

Hearts-Hearts & More Hearts

Make these 2 cards and a bookmark to give to the special people in your life.  Learn how to use Ultra Thick Embossing Powder to create these wonderful hearts.  

Iris Paper Folding
Make these unique cards with a Mylar Template and thin paper. Each one will be very different. A great way to use your stamps to create a totally different card.

$35.00 + GST. Template included 

Let it Snow

Make two fun cards in this class.  One with a beautiful old fashioned sleigh and one with a sweet snowman card that has a wonderful pin that can be given as a gift. Learn how to use perfect puff, cut n' dry pen nibs and ultra thick embossing powder.

Lovely Layered Inks
Fall in love all over again - with your inks, that is! In this class you will discover the depths of colour you can create using pigment and chalk inks while we make a very special card and matching bookmark. We'll also learn how to use emboss-resist technique to add real punch to your projects. Class fee includes a stylus and two foam tips that you take home.

Magenta Style

Use the Magenta technique to create spectacular colour changes in your cards stock. Also learn how to use the amazing Colorbox Stylus Tray Set and the new Mosaic paper. Check back for sample

Magic Calendar

Make this amazing magic calendar that will wow your friends and family.  A great Christmas gift for the person who has everything!  

Magenta Peel Offs and DTP

Use the Magenta "Direct to Paper" technique to create spectacular colour changes in your cards stock and add their new Peel Off 3-Dimentional Stickers for an added sparkling accent.  Then use the Peel Offs in combination with stamps and the Twinkling H2O's for another fun card.  

Maple Leaf Card and Envelope

Make this beautiful card using vellum, multicolor stamp pads and two matching stamps.  Then learn to make an envelope that will fit any shape or size of card.

Maple Leaves &TSP

What the heck is TSP?  Traslucent Sticker Paper….Make this beautiful card and use the Twinkling H2O's to colour on the TSP.  Learn other ways to use this fun product in Stamping or Scrapbooking.  

Mini Folding Card

Make this beautiful Mini Card  that encompasses many different techniques.  Can be adapted to many different occasions. Bring 3 or 4 pictures with you if you want to make it to give as a gift.  Can also be used just with stamping techniques. 

MINI MATTS & ULTRATHICK

Mini Matts from Stampendous can be used to make jewelry, or accents on cards. Combine them with Ultrathick Embossing Powders or Cloisonne Powders for a spectacular effect. 

OPHELIA

Use this beautiful stamp from the Stampsmith, with Ancient Page inks, faux stone techniques, and Polyshrink to create cards and a pin that can be worn or used as an embellishment.   

Paper Tole and Sculpting

Join us for this fun filled class.  You will learn not only how to do paper tole, but also make your figures come alive by paper sculpting.  The pail, flowersand little mice just jump off the card  with this technique.  You will take home the tools you use in class to do this card.  

Passport Card

This ingenious card has many artistic possibilities. You will transform a sheet of paper in 4 separate passport holders using simple, easy to follow folding techniques. The card will be embellished and decorated with rubber stamps, fresco inks, tags, beads, wire and other collage items.  

Peel Offs & DTP
Use the Magenta "Direct to Paper" technique to create spectacular colour changes in your cards stock and add Peel Off 3-Dimentional Stickers for an added sparkling accent. Learn how to use the new Peel Off's Markers. Then use the Peel Offs in combination with stamps and the Twinkling H2O's for another fun card. 

Photo Book

Make this beautiful Photo Book that can be given as a Christmas Present.  Use the Scor-it Board to make it so much easier. Bring photos with you that you can crop to add to the book. 

$35.00 + GST

Photo Sizes You Need:

Vertical--

3 -- approx. 4"x 5"

1 -- approx 3.5" x 3"

Horizontal--

2 -- approx 4"x3"

1 -- approx 3.5" x 3"

2 -- approx 3" x 2.5"

Photo Box
Make this sweet little box with your favorite pictures and put a small gift or chocolate in the center to give for valentines day. 

Picture This

Combine Brass Stencils and pictures to make these personal cards.  Can also be used in scrapbooks. Please bring with you several picture that you can put in an opening of an oval (approx. 3.5 x 2.25)  a circle (approx. 3x3) or a square ( approx. 2x2) .  You will make at least 2 cards. Check Back for Sample 

Polished Pigments

Use these amazing pigment powders with Perfect Paper Adhesive Gloss and with the Palette stamp & stick stamp pad. Colour with Polished Pigments and the Dove Blender Pen for a wonderful lustrous effect.

Poinsettia Spiral

Make this beautiful card with the new Twinkling H2O's and vellum.  A Christmas card for those special people in your life.  

$30.00 + GST

Quilling

Learn this amazing paper art.  In this workshop you will learn how to make all of the different shapes that are used in Quilling.  Then you will make a beautiful basket of flowers to use the skills you have just learned.  

QuilleD Bonnet

Make this wonderful Bonnet to give to friends or family.  It truly has the look of spring and will delight anyone you give it to. You must bring a quilling tool to class. 

$40.00 + GST  (Includes bonnet and package of quilling paper.) 

Secret Message Card

What a surprise your friends and family will have when they receive this secret message card.  Open the card for one message and then flip the pages to reveal a second one.  

SHADOW STAMPING

Use Hero Arts shadow stamps and Memory Shadow inks to make these easy but elegant cards.  These versatile stamps can be adapted to any occasion. A simple but effective technique.  

SHIMMERING BLEACH

With bleach and these beautiful shimmering card stocks make these easy but elegant cards.  Add a touch of glitter, pearl ex or chalks to enhance your work for wonderful results.  

$30.00 + Waterbrush + GST

Shimmering Spring
Use shaving foam and Shimmerz paints to marbleize your background. Then learn various methods to colour your stamp designs with these new paints to create beautiful cards. 

Stylish Simplicity

Using two very elegant designs make this card and bookmark with simply colours.  Use a touch of glitter to highlight and you have a great birthday gift for anyone.  

$30.00 + GST

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Slider and Accordion Card

Make these 2 fun and exciting cards that can be used with many different stamps.  One card has a hidden message and the other has a pop out accordion that can be adapted for many different occasions. 

Snowman Card & Ornament

Make a card with this sweet Snowman Face. Do a second one on acetate and glitter him. A great gift to hang on the tree or in the window. 

Use this sweet snowman to learn how to make a shaker card. Easy, fun and adaptable to many other occasions. 

Spring Butterfly Card

Squares & Triangles

Use this beautiful cube with 4 different designs to create this very dramatic card.  You are also using a new Translucent Sticker Paper that you can colour on with the Twinkling H2O's.  A great card for the man in your life. You also take home a sheet of the sticker paper to play with. 

STAMPING AND COLOURING WITH PERMANENT INKS
Use the Memories and Ancient Page Permanent inks to stamp and colour.  Combined with glossy cardstock you can create beautiful, dramatic cards. 

$30.00 plus GST - All Supplies included.

Stampscapes & Stampbord

Have fun with these timeless stamps and a new stamping product called Stampbord.  Use the Colorbox Stylus Tool and dye inks to create these specktacular landscapes. 

All supplies included in this workshop and you take home a Scratch tool and a Stylus handle and 2 foam tips.  

STAR BOOK

Combine multiple layers of card stock to create this stunning book/card that folds flat for easy gift giving.  It opens to create a spectacular star pattern.  Embellish with an array of tags, mini envelopes and fibers.  This class will be a day workshop with a break for lunch.  

$53.00 + GST  

Stamp into Spring

Stamp into spring this month by creating 'Moonwoman Dreamscape' and
'Butterfly Brilliance'.  We will create these two cards using acetate,
StazOn, dye reinkers, glitter, and brilliance ink pads.  Techniques will
include blending diamond glaze and re-inkers, soft sponging, and
background cube stamping.  

Stampscapes
Create these beautiful mystical landscapes on Kromecoat Cardstock. Use Marvy Matchable stamp pads and a tonal applicator. 

Terracotta Tile Card
Combine wire, beads, polymer clay and Pinata Inks to make this stunning card. 

$40.00 + GST 

Textured Backgrounds

Bring your creativity and learn how to produce a variety of textured backgrounds for your cards using many different mediums such as gesso, gum arabic, lumiere paints, Luna Lights and pearl-ex powders. A fun filled three hours that will allow you to enhance the cards you are already making. 

Threads & Ink

Combine new stamps, embroidery threads and beads to make these fun and elegant looking cards. Can be used for any occasion 

Twinkling H2O & Butterflies

Use these amazing watercolour paints with our newest Butterfly stamp to make this versatile and fun card. 

$30.00 + GST  

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ULTRA THICK EMBOSSING
Use these unique Ultra thick and Cloisonne powders with stamps, beads, glitter and pressed flowers to create fun pins, accents for cards, and fridge magnets. 

$35.00 + GST  All supplies included.

Valentine Secret Message Card
Make 2 cards in this fun workshop. What a surprise your friends and family will have when they receive this secret message card. Open the card for one message and then flip the secret page to reveal a second one. Your second card will use the same stamps. 

Waterfall Card

We 3 Kings
With our newest Christmas Stamp create two beautiful cards. One using bleach and the other using our shadow stamps and the Dove blender Pen. 

Who Gives A Hoot
Use this new Owl stamp to make 2 cards. learn how to use glitter, alcohol inks.

WINE GLASS LAMPSHADE
Make 2 lovely lampshades to sit on wineglasses.  Put a battery tea light in the wine glass and you have an inexpensive hostess gift or a great thank you gift. Wonderful as a centerpiece for weddings. Fun and easy to do. 

$35.00 + GST All supplies included  

Winter Wonderland

Using the cool and crisp tones of winter to do these cards, will get you in the mood for Christmas.  Simple, yet elegant and as a bonus, make a pin to add to your winter coat or to give as a gift.