Burlap love

What is it about burlap? All of a sudden the material used in feed sacks is taking over the craft industry. Go figure! But I have to admit, I really do like it. The open weave makes it fun to mix with paper, metal, glass...pretty much everything. 

So I turned my infatuation with burlap into a class project:

This one is called Adventures in Burlap and it uses the 12x12 Burlap Fabricpage from Canvas Corp as the base for lots of canvas, ribbon and dimensional embellishments.

The dimensional stickers, flags and butterflies are from the Pebbles Fresh Goods line...love the bright, happy colors on the burlap background. This is the last of the three classes I'll be teaching at the Great American Scrapbook Convention in Chantilly. The dates are June 22-23, and registration is open!

And there's still time to enter my FRAK giveaway with the Echo Park goodies. I'll be choosing a winner tonight!

Class Crazy!

I'm just going to say it. I have no projects to share today. But don't worry. I have a good excuse: I've been spending all my crafty time this week preparing classes for the Great American Scrapbook Convention.

I have THREE wonderful classes in development, with some fabulous and very generous sponsors, including American Crafts, Echo Park, Maya Road and Canvas Corp.

So my craft room is full of boxes, like this one...

And this one...

Projects in progress like this...

It's a very exciting mess, and I'm enjoying all the preparation that goes into making some great classes for GASC Chantilly.

That's right. I said Chantilly.

I'm not teaching in Arlington this year. In fact, I wasn't even planning to go to the convention this year because my 10th wedding anniversary falls a few days before the GASC Arlington show, and Adam and I planned a special celebration/getaway for that weekend. I had totally accepted the fact that I would miss GASC just this one time. And it was O-KAY.


But then an amazing opportunity came along, and I couldn't say no. So I will be teaching at GASC Chantilly on June 22-23.

Class descriptions and registration details will be up in the next week or so, and if you're in the Northern Virginia/DC area, I hope you'll check out my classes. I love how they're turning out!