JEN STARR

JEN STARR

Jen Starr is the Lead Creative Designer for Canvas Concepts and a fully Ranger Certified Instructor. She was the 2007 Design Team Coordinator for Ranger Industries, has had several signature product lines with Zsiage and is a “Primadonna” for Prima Marketing. She has also recently become an Endorsed Instructor for Tattered Angels as well as a member of their Design Team. Her projects have been featured in several publications in the US and Europe including the “Ink Essentials” book.

Jen has been scrapbooking since she married her wonderful husband, Mike, in 1997. She has 2 children (7 year old Ryan and 5 year old Maya) who are now the main subject of most of her work.

Based on Jen’s fine art background, her classes as well as her personal work focus on artistic techniques and are alive with color! She has taught scrapbooking and stamping technique classes at stores as well as crops and large events all over the US and regularly in Europe and Canada. She has also been a feature instructor on several crafting cruises and taught at events such as Memories Expos, CKU, CHA, CKC, Bonanza in England, several times at Scrap-A-Ganza in the Netherlands and at ScrapEvent in Sweden. Jen also regularly demos inking and stamping techniques at trade shows such as CHA, Sue Gilman and SMAC in Paris for Ranger, Canvas Concepts and Distributors.

She loves to bring her scrapbooks out of the albums and up on the walls to live with more openly every day. Most importantly, she loves the versatility stamps bring to her work…the creative options have endless possibilities, especially when adding inks and paints!

Jen absolutely loves to teach her students to use their creativity and help them think outside the box. It makes her so happy to be able to share her skills, knowledge and love of the art of scrapbooking and stamping with so many others.


More of Jen Starr -February 13 and 14
	12 Days of Christmas Mini-Book Inspired by Tim Holtz's annual 12 tags of Christmas, we will create this beautiful book full of nostalgic charm and images from Tim's stamps. Pocket pages to store extra memories and dangling elements will add to the fun. Most importantly you will learn artistic Distress and stamping techniques that you will be able to carry through to all of your projects in to the new year! Sewing optional. Please bring a basic tool kit to class including a variety of adhesives, paper piercer, scissors, acrylic block and paper trimmer and heat gun if you have one. Saturday, February 13, 2-6:00pm $50 1211
	That's My...Book This is a 5x12" chipboard tiered "Stadium Book" from my signature product line with Zsiage. We will be covering, layering, embellishing, stamping on, painting and inking to your hearts content in class! The focus of the class is that special boy or girl (or any other subject you want) in your life and your favorite photos that capture your favorite qualities in them. You'll learn some fun painting and distressing techniques with Ranger's Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers with Distress Inks as well as some great stamping ideas and tricks. Please bring to class a basic tool kit including 12" trimmer, small sharp scissors or x-acto knife and cutting mat, several of your favorite pictures, your favorite paper adhesive plus a wet adhesive such as Glossy Accents, sand paper or favorite sanding tool, pencil and a black pen. Saturday, February 13, 2010 10:15am-1:15pm $45 1211
	Completely Distressed Layout Master Class Whether you prefer a vintage style or bright happy colors, Tim Holtz’s Line of Distress products can customize any paper crafting project to the look and color scheme YOU want to achieve. In this workshop you will create 6 unique 8x8” layouts focusing heavily on technique…you can follow the color selections I’ve used in my samples or use the same techniques in colors of your choice! You will learn how to use Tim Holtz Stamps in artful and unusual ways to create beautiful backgrounds, borders, titles, embellishments and even tint photos. We will use the complete line of Distress Products including inks, re-inkers, crackle paints, stickles, embossing powders with a few of my other favorite goodies mixed in. The goal of this workshop is to teach you all that this line is capable of beyond just inking the edges! Please bring to class a 12” paper trimmer, scissors, pencil, sticky note pad (4-6” if you have it), variety of adhesives and heat gun if you have one. Sunday, February 14, 12:30-5:30pm $65 1211