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Join Simple Stories Marketing Director Layle Koncar for a FREE Scrapinar from Layout A Day!

Your Planner, Your Stories, Your Life.... Documented!

While a beautiful planner may not give you more than 24 hours in the day, it can streamline your schedule and your memory - keeping. In this month's free scrapinar we're welcoming Layle Koncar of Simple Stories!

Layle is known for her bold, colorful, eye-catching scrapbook and pocket pages... AND for her easy-to-follow, entertaining teaching style. She's going to show us some of the latest trends in customizable planners, demonstrating how fun and gratifying it is to combine your stories with your day-to-day planner.

Here's What You'll Learn:

The latest products available for fun and colorful planners

How to make your planner do double-duty as a memory-keeping aid

Fun ways to use products you already own to customize your planner, pockets and pages

... and more super time-saving tips!

While Layle will be sharing the new "Life Documented" planner line from Simple Stories, she'll be sharing ideas that can work with just about any planner or product line. You won't want to miss this interactive, entertaining session. As always we'll have time for your questions. This scrapinar is the perfect kick-off to your 2015!

 Click Here to Register

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Are handwritten letters inside actual paper envelopes becoming artifacts of a bygone age? Are handmade cards heading the way of the Hadrosaurus?
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CraftArtAEdu - 40-50% Off Select Polymer Clay Classes

Save 40% to 50% on these Popular Classes!



Finely Veined Leaf with Jana Roberts Benzon

Learn to create this pretty little leaf cane with delicate secondary veins that give it such a distinctive look. These leaves will become such a wonderful addition to any of your polymer creations. Once you learn the tips to making these gorgeous canes, we're sure you'll become addicted and want to make many, many more!

Preview and Purchase Jana's Class
Intermediate | $20 | Save 40% | $12 through Monday! 



Lady Luck Pendants with Heather Campbell

Are you looking for a fun project to utilize some of your canes? Look no further! You will love this exercise in creativity, and the result will be a beautiful collection of seven new pendants to wear yourself or to give as a special gift. These are not only fun to make and design, but you will learn a variety of fun clay techniques, including image transfer, in the process!

Preview and Purchase Heather's Class
Intermediate | $25 | Save 40% | $15 through Monday! 


Making Fun Polymer Clay Bugs with Iris Mishly

These colorful little bugs sure would make cute magnets, pendants or brooches! To create them, Iris shows you how to combine textures, beads, rhinestones, powders, paints and wire. Play with the shapes and colors and you'll get a different result each time!

Preview and Purchase Iris' Class
Beginner | $30 | $15 through Monday!



Pastel Stained Glass Brooch and Bracelet with Sylvie Peraud

Learn an ingenious technique from Sylvie that looks a bit like stained glass!
 
First, Sylvie shows you how to make the brooch with its unique shape and whimsical buna cord embellishment. Next up is the bracelet, which is a bit more complex as it requires some modeling for the beads. Sylvie gives insight into her design choices along the way, and shares many invaluable "real life" troubleshooting tips, too. 

Once you master this technique, go on to make your own variations like Sylvie's (upper right)!

Preview and Purchase Sylvie's Class in English | En Français
Intermediate | $30 | Save 50% | $15 through Monday! 



Shadowed Pattern Necklace with Eva Ehmeier

In this tutorial, you will learn Eva's shadow pattern technique and how to connect the finished pieces to make a gorgeous necklace. The shadow technique is quite versatile and the results are always a surprise. For variations, you can play with colors, shapes and patterns; make bracelets and earrings, too! Each piece is sure to be unique.

Preview and Purchase Eva's Class
Intermediate | $30 | Save 50% | $15 through Monday! 

Making Your Own Micro Cutters with Daniel Torres 

Why should you make your own micro-cutters? Daniel offers three great reasons:

• Freedom! You will be able to make your very own designs so the possibilities are endless!
• It's fun! And this technique is very easy to learn.
• It's green! Daniel uses 100% recycled materials, so it's not only good for the environment, but inexpensive, too.

This class is a student favorite, so be sure to add it to your CraftArtEdu library today.

Preview and Purchase Daniel's Class
Beginner | $12 | Save 50% | $6 through Monday! 

Have a Heart with Donna Kato  

Millefiori is one of the most popular techniques in polymer clay. And the cane Donna shows you how to make in this class is a good introduction to the basic concepts. You will learn how to form the heart, cover it with cane slices, finish it, and turn into a striking pendant!

Preview and Purchase Donna's Class
Advanced Beginner | $25 | Save 50% | $12.50 through Monday! 

Intro to Textured Tessellations with Barb Fajardo

Learn an easy way to create intricate designs with repeating patterns using texture tools! First, Barb shows you how to make tiles by "texture doodling" on your scrap clay. It's amazing how many designs and patterns you can achieve with just four tiles! Antique and use your tiles as picture or mirror frames, to decorate a door or cabinet, or even use as a kitchen backsplash.

Barb then shows you how to make domed beads that you will design with textures and other mediums to colorize them. So many striking combinations can be achieved with just one texture design! A great class for all skill levels!

Preview and Purchase Barb's Class
Beginner | $30 | Save 40% | $18 through Monday! 

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Don't miss Craftsy's Shop to Unlock Sale happening now! Get up to 50% off online classes for a limited time only! If you purchase a class during the flash sale, you will unlock a second set of classes on sale. For users that purchase, you will receive a subsequent email with a link "unlocking" the next set of classes. Hurry, this offer expires on November 9th, 2014 at 11:59 PM MT. Shop Craftsy's Shop to Unlock Sale now and save big.

Spark Events - Early Bird Special for "Spark Your Christmas" Plus 50% Off Past Sparks

No pressure, but Christmas is just around the corner! It's time to start thinking about decking the halls! I love Christmas! I love all that is brings. Bright lights, making gifts for the ones I love. Decorating my home, creating a feeling to last forever. Join Meg & I this year for Spark your Christmas! 3 video workshops filled with gift giving, home decor, gift wrapping, mantles & even a few New Years ideas! Class starts November 24th! Sign up now for the early bird price!
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You can also sign up for Spark Your Holidays 2013 class for 50% off. You will receive the log in info for this class within an hour of signing up!
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You can sign up for Spark Your Christmas 2012 for 50% off. You will receive the log in info for this class within an hour of signing up!

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You can sign up for Spark Your Christmas 2011 for 50% off. You will receive the log in info for this class within an hour of signing up!

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CraftArtEdu - 25% Off Polymer Clay Bead Classes

Save 25% on Polymer Clay Beads Classes!
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Mimbres Flora with Barb Fajardo

Make a stunning black and white necklace with open-center Mimbres flower beads! Making these beads is like putting together a puzzle, and each bead is its own work of art. Once you learn this technique, you can create an endless variety of textures, colors and designs to use in your own work. 

Preview and Purchase Barb's Class!
Intermediate | $35 | $26.25 through Saturday!

Faux Lampwork Beads with Sylvie Peraud

Learn how to create these colorful, gorgeous lampwork-inspired beads – they are so much fun to make! Make beads in different sizes and color palettes, and decorate them with colorful clay dots and micro-beads! Sylvie gives you lots of troubleshooting tips throughout each part of the process to ensure your success.

Preview and Purchase Sylvie's Class in English |
En Francais

Intermediate | $45 | $33.75 through Saturday!

Spaghetti Cane with Shane Smith

This intricate-looking cane was the result of a happy accident of Shane's years ago. In this class, she shows you, step-by-step, how to achieve the same stunning results! Surprisingly, all you need are a few basic tools and just two colors of clay.

First, you'll learn the technique for making the basic cane along with a few variations. Then Shane shows you how to make a pillow bead using your cane as the veneer.

Once you get the technique down, you'll be on your way! The variations and color combinations you can create are truly endless and can be used to cover anything from beads and bangles to vessels or home decor items.

Preview and Purchase Shane's Class
Advanced Beginner | $25 | $18.75 through Saturday!

Mud Cloth Inspired Necklace with Donna Kato

Learn how to make this necklace inspired by the stunning, earthy, bold patterns of African mud cloth!

Donna will teach you, step-by-step, how to create a stunning assortment of mud cloth-inspired disc beads that can be strung together in a number of ways. You'll learn how to make five canes and her secret for making a dual magnet clasp that is both functional and beautiful. Donna also fills this class with lots of tips, tricks, short video clips and more!

Preview and Purchase Donna's Class
Intermediate | $65 | $48.75 through Saturday!

Swirl Lentils Getting Personal with Barb Fajardo

Learn Barb's technique for making these beautiful swirl beads! She calls it "getting personal" because your fingers are the tools and really do all the work with this technique.

She'll show you how to smooth your beads very finely before curing – to make the time spent finishing them after much quicker and easier! All of the beads shown here were finished with the very same techniques that you will learn in this lesson – such a colorful variety!

Preview and Purchase Barb's Class
Intermediate | $25 | $18.75 through Saturday!

Save 25% on Polymer Clay Beads Classes!
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Sparkle Beads with Donna Kato

Learn how to work with glitter, rhinestones and polymer clay to create a colorful, sparkly bracelet! These beads are perfect for just about every occasion and so much fun to make! And you can make them with large grommet holes or regular-sized holes.

Donna guides you step by step through:

• making your base beads (consistent in size)
• the ins and outs of working with fine glitter (yes, it's a bit messy but well worth it!)
• embedding rhinestones into your beads
• assembling your finished bracelet

Be sure to make extra beads as you go so you can mix and match them with other beads in your collection!

Preview and Purchase This Class
Beginner and Above | $20 | $15 through Saturday!

Graduated Lentil Bead Necklace with Judy Belcher

In this thorough tutorial, Judy shows you how to create several basic millefiori canes in a limited color palette. She also shares lots of tips and tricks to get perfect slices and create a neat flat sheet of those slices. She then moves into creating the perfect lentil bead in graduated sizes. You'll also learn how to make a great clasp with a hidden closure that lays perfectly on your neck. 

Preview and Purchase Judy's Class
Beginner | $30 | $22.50 through Saturday!

Scroll Bead Bracelet with Jana Roberts Benzon

In this class, you will take one of your existing triangle canes and transform it into a unique and beautiful bracelet! These dainty little "scrolls" are a lot more durable and sturdy than they look, and once you have this technique down, just imagine all of the pretty scroll beads you can create using your own cane designs!

Preview and Purchase Jana's Class
Beginner | $20 | $15 through Saturday!

Inclusions in Polymer Clay: Embossing Powders with Donna Kato

Make this simple yet stunning choker while learning how to make five unique beads and work with inclusions in this comprehensive three-part class. Donna shows you how to make:

• a one or two-color Donut Bead
• Disc Beads
• Tube Bead Spacers
• Bead Caps
• Bronze Age Beads

An inclusion is simply any material that is mixed directly into your polymer clay, and here you'll learn the ins and outs of incorporating embossing powders. They are easy to use and give your clay a unique look, and you can experiment with many different colors.

Several video clips are included throughout to further illustrate Donna's techniques!

Preview and Purchase this Class!
Level: Advanced Beginner | $40 | $30 through Saturday!

Beads With a Window with Natalia Garcia de Leaniz

Learn to make a focal pendant with a "window" in the front that highlights an inner design. You will also make fun, textured, colorful beads to complement your pendant. For variations, play with different shaped pendants, window openings, inner patterns, or perhaps insert a bead for added interest. A very striking technique sure to get some compliments!

Preview and Purchase Natalia's Class! | In Deutsch | En Español

Intermediate | $26 | $18.75 through Saturday!



Jump Start Polymer Clay: Making Beads with Donna Kato

New to polymer clay? Then by all means start here! This foundation level class has it all. You'll learn everything from what tools and materials you'll need and how to make a Skinner Blend, to how to make a basic flower cane and four different types of beads! By completing this class, you'll be more than ready to begin your polymer clay journey. From there, the sky is the limit!

Preview and Purchase Donna's Class!
Beginner | $20 | $15 through Saturday!

Save 25% on Polymer Clay Beads Classes!
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