Meet our Creative Team

Our Creative Team of Instructors have unique backgrounds and skill sets and offer fun and diverse classes at Palette & Paper.

Barbara Slack
Acrylic/Mixed Media 
Bible Journaling
Beginning Watercolor
Watercolor for Card Makers

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Barbara lives in Fishers with her husband, John and beagle, Stella Mae. It has always been a dream to be a "real artist" and have a career doing what she loves; creating. After the loss of a long time career, the opportunity seemed to present itself to make the dream a reality. 
It was her neighbor/friend who suggested she start with pet portraits. She has had three successful commissioned pieces.  Learn more about Barbara and her art by visiting her website, barbaraslack.com.

Cindy Kelle
ATCs
​Paper Arts
Bible Journaling

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In Cindy’s words she has “been blessed to have lived in the Indianapolis area all my life, currently with my very understanding husband, and near my wonderful children and grandchildren”.  Her circle of friends includes many from grade school and high school.  It seems Cindy has always had her hands in ink, paint, yarn, stitching or soil. Cindy bought my very first rubber stamp in 1990, and since then, her husband had to shore up the floor under her studio to hold the weight of all the supplies! Cindy has been teaching since 1998 and has been lucky to teach many of her friends, their children and now their grandchildren! Through the years, Cindy has been on Design Teams for stores and manufacturers and been published in several magazines. Cindy also sold an idea to a major scrapbooking corporation and taken classes from many amazing artists.  She loves making art and Bible Journaling, but most of all loves to teach! Sharing her passion with old friends, new friends, and potential friends – it doesn’t get better than that!

Martha Dafnos
Copic Markers
​Cards 
​Stamping
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Crafter, Seamstress and Quilter beginning in 4-H many years ago!  Martha’s interest in Journaling, Hand Lettering and Scrapbooking began in 1996.  Quickly she fell in love with Paper Crafting, Rubber Stamping and Card Making.   Her world totally changed when she discovered Copic markers and quickly took a certification class. 
Martha is a certified Copic Instructor with additional training in Color and Ink Workshops.  She regularly teaches card classes to friends and has taught Copic technique classes in Indiana and Florida.
She and her husband Tom have been married for 41 years and live in Fishers, Indiana.  As a busy wife, mother and grandmother, she enjoys yoga classes, walking, learning any new crafting technique (and shopping for the new tools and products needed!), browsing Pinterest, a new craft magazine, summer concerts at Conner Prairie and attending bible study with friends.
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Darlene Gray
Paper Arts
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Brandi Thomas
Paper Arts

Brandi is an out of the box thinker with a knack for the quirky! She lives in Acton with her husband, son, and schnauzers. She has been a creative all her life, starting with the amazing scratch and sniff stickers of the 1980s. (Admit it, you can still smell that skunk sticker if you think about it!) Since then she has dabbled in all things artsy including art journaling, bible journaling, watercolor, needle felting, scrapbooking, and card making. She is a planner girl, works her essential oils into her crafting when she can, and tries to be a little creative every day.
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