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Join us for a New Years Celebration!

12/24/2020

 
Help us usher 2021 in with lots of laughter, inspiration and learning! 
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, 2 p.m. MT
RSVP & Register for the Zoom Link:

https://element3health.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrdO2pqjIuHtFGIf0KE9cNhtIU1TYtu2WH

Event Timeline:
2:00 p.m. Welcome & Introductions
2:10 p.m. Ugly Sweater Contest
​(with handmade prizes)
2:20 p.m. Word of the year & resolution share
2:30 p.m. Art with Jennifer
2:50 p.m. Crafting with Karen
3:10 p.m. Dancing with Cindy 
3:30 p.m. Closing & Goodbyes

Air Dry Clay Mini Bowls

12/22/2020

 
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​Let's make adorable air dry clay mini bowls to use as a brush rest or ring holder. The bowls can be beautiful gifts for friends or family too! This live class will be in two parts. The first class will be creating, shaping, and smoothing the bowl shapes using cookie cutters or a craft knife. Since air-dry clay takes about a day or so to dry, we will be painting and glazing the bowls the week after.

Supplies

  • Air Dry Clay in any color
  • Large flower cookie cutter or craft knife. 
  • soft paint brush
  • water
  • cutting mat
  • wax paper
  • Cookie press, mold press, or rubber stamps (optional)
  • acrylic paints
  • acrylic gloss finish
Links to purchase items we will be using in class are highlighted in blue.
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Make Your Own Air Dry Clay!

You can make your own air-dry clay using common ingredients right from your kitchen! Watch the video for three different recipes. Make up a batch to have ready for Monday's class!

Creating Fun Patterns with Stamps

12/19/2020

 
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​Let's create unique patterns with eraser carvings and rubber stamps. For this Monday's mixed-media event, we will carve a simple design that can be an intricate pattern when repeated.
We will try some fun inking techniques that we can apply to paper, fabrics, and more!

Supplies

blank eraser carving material
carving tools or Xacto knife
brayer
stamp pads in assorted colors
block printing ink, acrylic paints, retarder medium (optional)
greeting card stock, paper or fabric
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Folded Five Point Star

12/17/2020

 
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For this Fold-it Friday event, we will be folding beautiful five-point stars to make into a garland or decoration for any holiday or occasion. To make the star, you will need a sheet of paper cut into a pentagon. The paper size can range from 12" to 7" depending on the size star you wish to fold.
 You have three sizes to choose from depending on the size of your paper. You can always adjust the size up or down by changing the settings on your printer.
Before the start of class, download, print, and trace the pentagon shape onto the back of your paper. 

Download the templates here!

med-sm-star-pentagon-template.pdf
File Size: 337 kb
File Type: pdf
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starpentagonlarge.pdf
File Size: 56 kb
File Type: pdf
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If you are feeling brave, and would like to create a pentagon from a square, watch this helpful video. In class, we will start with the pentagon, so have some ready to fold!

How to Fold the Star Video

Easy Crochet Mask Band today at 2 pm MST!

12/16/2020

 
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Let's crochet a super easy mask band to make wearing masks more comfortable and colorful. To crochet along in class, you will need some scraps of crochet cotton or yarn, a crochet needle, a couple of buttons, and a needle and thread. They are a quick, last-minute gift that you can make for yourself as well as family and friends! Be sure to register for Thursday's live class by clicking here.

a cup of tea and conversation today!

12/15/2020

 
​Let's relax, and share our love of crafting over a cup of delicious tea! Crafternoon Tea is a relaxed social event where we chat about past or future crafting events, our favorite crafts, and get to know each other better. We might even enjoy a heartwarming laugh or two!
Click on this link to register!

MIndful Meditation Drawing

12/11/2020

 
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​The holiday season is a busy time of year for many of us, and it essential to take time for ourselves to rejuvenate our spirits. For Monday's class, we will spend some time taking care of ourselves with a soothing, mindful meditative drawing exercise that is easy to do at any time when you want to relax and jump-start your creativity.
All you need is a piece of paper, a journal, some colored pencils, markers or pens and a little watercolor if you wish. Be prepared to relax in a creative retreat!
​ Just click on this link to register.
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Origami Pine Tree

12/8/2020

 
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For this Fridays folding event, we will be making cute pine trees to spread cheer, and warm our hearts during this winter holiday season. The pine trees are made with a single sheet of origami paper and we will show you how to make one with a surprise star topper! Grab a sheet of origami paper, scissors, and let's have some folding fun!

Carve out time for art!

12/3/2020

 
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​Creating carved stamps to make intricate repeated patterns is very rewarding, relaxing, and fun. You can use your eraser carvings to decorate paper, wood, and fabric for unique surface patterns. We will be carving erasers for next Monday's Mixed Media class!

Supplies

You will need very few basic supplies to get started carving your own designs.
  • Polymer, or rubber erasers. We found some big ones at the Dollar store.
  • Carving tools. Linoleum or wood carving tools are great. Just an Xacto knife will also work!
  • Pencil
  • Tracing paper
  • Stamp pads
  • Paper
  • Self healing cutting mat
  • Ruler
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Join in the fun!

Be sure to register for the class by clicking here or head on over to the Upcoming Events tab on this page. See you Monday, December 7th at 11 am MST!

Modular Accordion Box

12/3/2020

 
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Join us for a fun folding event this Friday. We will be making adorable modular accordion boxes that can be made into books as well! All you need is three to five sheets of origami paper to create something cute and practical!
Click on this link to register.

    Welcome!

    ​The Arts and Crafts
    ​Club offers you an opportunity to make new friends, expand your creative skills, and share your passion for creativity in a fun and supportive virtual environment.
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    Club leader

    Karen Elaine Parsons is an artist who loves to craft. Her years of experience as an author, designer, and instructor in the art and craft materials industry has allowed her to discover and share unique experiences in creativity.

    Email Karen

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