Ria Nirwana's Home: May 2011

May 30, 2011

Sneak peek for my next class!

I was falling in love love love with

this Crate Paper's line:

Emma's Shoppe and Toy Box

The color and embellishment

just send me back right away to

my good childhood times.

The class will be :

ALL ABOUT TOYS

I create a memory drawer

where I can secretly put 7 mini albums

inside it....(yes, not 1, or 2, but 7!)

recording how the toys

once ruled my kids precious years.

Plus I can secretly put inside

my son's hot wheels,

or his mini dinosaurs,

or my daughter favorite hair clips,

finger puppets,

or their favorite candy wrappers.

Hmm, what else?

Almost anything I can think of,

that by the time I open the drawer

10 years from now,

guarantee to bring all the good memories

(and guarantee for some tears too)

Yes,

there will be two kinds of drawers,

(for two separate classes)

one for boys' drawer

and one for girls'.

This one for the boys:

And that precious drawer will not

be completed without that enchanting decor

above them.

So so precious.

Till we meet at the class!

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May 28, 2011

Playing with distress crackle paint and perfect pearls

While I was making another class project

for next month,

my dear friend, Suryanti, gave me

this cute bird house box to play with.

Thanks, Sur!

I covered it with 7 gypsies collage tissues

which turned out have to be handled

extra careful when applied with gel medium.

(See my un-patient finger caused

the shred at the corner at the photo above,

and again at the photo below.

But I kept going.)

The time to play was just perfect

when I got the distress crackle paint

the following day.

Here I used 'vintage photo' color

I watched several video about this product

on youtube before,and I tried several thickness

to see the differences.

This is the result for medium thickness.

finishing the edges using

frayed burlap distress ink

Then, it's time to play with the stamp!

here I used Melody Ross' stamp.

On Tim Holtz's video,

he uses distress ink to stamp,

to give some extra time to put on

the Perfect Pearls, also from Rangers.

Here is the result,

after I blurred the edge using spray mist.

And I tried other color of perfect pearls

to the edge.

I love the bold shimmer effect.

To seal the pearl,

I spray some Winsor&Newton

Artists' fixative spray

There.

My time to play is up.

I have to get back to my project,

since the deadline is getting closer.

Yaiks.

I'll post again when I finished

embellish the inside mini album!

Bye for now.

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May 23, 2011

Art journal

I simply forgot

when was the last time

I had fun doing art journal.

Maybe this time?

or even this time?

*horor face*

That long, huh?

And this journal page

was also unintended to happen to be done.

I found a Canson paper

that already sprayed by glimmer mist

and radiant rain.

Maybe from last year.

*Yaiks.

The colors are so bright and pleasing.

The next minute I already cut it

to the size of my regular art journal,

punched all the holes,

and placing the wall decor's stickers

that I also found in my stash

(Gee, so much treasure in my stash,

you see.)

I thought better use those stickers

before I lose it somewhere.

So I did.

(Wise decision, huh?)

Left the page half done,

and this morning,

I wrote down some journaling.

The white radiant rain

is so glimmerish, it resist even the

permanent black marker.

Cool.

Just cool.

Mixing more colors

using opaque paint box colors

around the glimmer mist spraying

and they all blend beautifully.

And there it is.

A journal page is done.

What do you plant

every day?

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May 22, 2011

Everyday Life - beginner class - May 21st 2011

I am back from the class!

Look at all these scrappers....

Some of them are really a newbie..

just start to scrap today!

While the others had tried

to scrap at home themselves.

And voila,

they all fell in love with scrapbooking!

I have one question for you,

of all the teachers that have to

teach from preschool to high school,

which one do you think

have the most responsibility

and working the hardest?

You say preschool teachers?

Yeah!

You right!

Because the hands of the preschool teachers

are the hands that responsible

to mold those tiny little brain

for the love of learning

that will last a lifetime for the kids.

I don't dare to become one.

But in scrapbooking world,

beginner class is a little bit like

that preschool situation.

I have those responsibility.

Either you walked out from the class

feeling confused and overwhelmed

and don't want to do scrapbook again,

you had fun

and cannot stop to scrap.

Thanks God,

they had fun.

They had fun with the border punching...

They had fun with spraying glimmer mist

onto the chipboard embellishment...

(and the flower made by tissue paper

that used for backing sheet)

They had fun with the embossing technique

and comparing it with using glossy accent.

They just had fun creating the layout

And of course....

they had fun with the pizza

at 1.30 pm!

We lost track of time for sure.

Since it was weekend

and many moms have to bring their kids too,

the kids happily help mommies

to do the scrap thingy.LOL

Good mommies!

And at the end of the class,

after I made paper towel's flower,

Levana, who also a card maker,

generously share the simple technique

to coloring stamp image using copic markers.

Nice tips! Thanks, dear!

Oh, I had much fun too.

Some of them became buddies

just straight after the class was over.

So so happy to see that.

Keep scrapping...

Keep documenting your life....

Keep having fun.....

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May 19, 2011

The kits are ready!

Hey hey...

Look at this yummy-ness!

(Is that even a word?)

The kits are ready

to welcome many new scrappers

at my beginners' class this weekend.

Always have butterflies in my stomach

before classes,

excited butterflies that is.

May 14, 2011

Another silver -or perhaps gold- lining

For everything you have missed,

you have gained something else

Ralph W.Emerson

Over these past two weeks

I am very grateful for another silver,

or like I said so,

perhaps gold, lining.

God gave me something else,

for a decision that I made two years ago

with tears and broken soul.

You're always too kind, Lord.

Above picture

was the sky when i went to work last week.

Took it using my iphone inside my car,

just after I read a tweet:

"Look up.

Look for a silver lining."

And I cried.

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May 13, 2011

Next beginner's class

Many scrappers and crafters

asked me when will I open another class

for beginner.

They really want to get started,

but not too overwhelmed by the project.

Some are from my advanced students,

who successfully dragged their friends

to fall in love with scrapbook too,

but don't know where their friends

can begin to learn.

I planed and planed,

only to realize now that it was 13 months

ago that I make this class

for beginner scrappers.

Gosh!

*fainted*

Sooo sorry for those of you who wait.

Now it's your time and your chance

to really put your feet into the pool.

Join me in this beginner class

and swim happily making scrapbook layouts

and albums

and projects

and stuff.

Book now!

See you soon.

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May 11, 2011

Happily being in other's classes

Last week

I was happily being in other's classes.

Better yet,

they were once my talented scrapbook students,

then we become good friends over the years,

and now they confidently have classes

by their own.

So proud of them.

First class was

"Merry Go Around" workshop by Suryanti

(at the above picture)

And at the weekend I enjoyed

"I Love You Sew Much" workshop

by Alice

(at the picture below)

Being in a class as student

always become an enjoyment for me.

I love learning how other's perspective

in doing their projects.

If you only wish that you will learn

new techniques at every classes,

oh, well, dear,

you can just sit down for an hour a day

and watch those youtube videos

for all the tips and techniques

which I guarantee will covering

all your curiosity

on how to use any product/medium/tools.

So for me,

attending classes is more about

opening my perspective

on how the teacher created the project

using the exact same supplies I had

in my stash.

And these two classes

served that purpose very well indeed.

This is the "Merry Go Around" project

with slightly modification to add more depth

to the carousel.

And this is the

"I Love You Sew Much" mini album

plus a cute basket to safely store it

I adore how Alice thought about all

the details nicely.

Inside mini album :

Thank you my dear,

Suryanti and Alice,

for such enjoyable classes

and adorable projects.

Here here to many more classes to come!

Cheers!

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May 30, 2011

Sneak peek for my next class!

May 28, 2011

Playing with distress crackle paint and perfect pearls

May 23, 2011

Art journal

May 22, 2011

Everyday Life - beginner class - May 21st 2011

May 19, 2011

The kits are ready!

May 14, 2011

Another silver -or perhaps gold- lining

May 13, 2011

Next beginner's class

May 11, 2011

Happily being in other's classes

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