Last night while I should have been sleeping but couldn’t I decided to play around with some fabric I bought recently. I love the texture it adds to my layouts and projects especially heritage themed ones and as you all know that is my favorite style. So here is what I created and I think I am in love! Now I just need to create the perfect project to place it on.

Tomorrow I am going with Caroline to help her teach a class at “The Crafty Scrapper“. Caroline will be teaching her adorable altered house class with a mini album tucked inside. This will be my first trip to the store and I am so excited as I have heard so many wonderful things about it.

This is half of the 5th class I will be teaching at Lasting Memories. Talk about one creative filled weekend. Lots of fun is being planned. Caroline and I picked out some neat give aways to be handed out during each class as well as some of those oh so popular keychains Maya Road creates. Those little cuties are so versatile. If I have time I will show some fun techniques to do on them. But something tells me with one class Friday night, three classes Saturday and one class Sunday morning I’m going to be a bit crunched for time. Anyway, here is a sneak peek of one layout I created this weekend for the 2 – 12 x 12 layout class I will teach on Saturday. This layout is created with the new Country Fair line by October Afternoon. Talk about the most gorgeous colors. I am in love! Also, notice the cute new Maya Road Noah Chipboard Alphabet.

Okay back to creating… will post again soon.

This is a sneak peek of my 4th class at Lasting Memories. Just one more class to complete and then the fun of kitting begins. In this class those that attend will make an adorable whimsical home using templates I created as well as decorative scissors, buttons and embroidery floss. This layout will not only look cute in an album but also showcased in a shadow box and hung for all to see.

Here is a sneak peek of another class I will be teaching at Lasting Memories. This “Family” class is full of techniques that can be incorporated into future projects and layouts. You can either hang your “Family” banner or you can set it on a table as a mini album. How you decided to display it is up to you. Either way, people are going to love looking at it.

Okay I am off to work on my layout classes. Sneak peeks will be coming soon.

Have a great day,
Lisa

Here is the second class I will be teaching at Lasting Memories April 4th-5th. This unique 4″ binder features “Stories Told by Me.” It includes tiny moments in my childhood that I wanted to share with my daughters. You can alter the theme of your album to showcase moments about your childhood, family, holiday highlights or other special moments shared with loved ones; it is all up to you. I designed this class with many themes in mind.

I will also be teaching two layout classes as well as one other project class. Right now I am waiting on the papers to arrive. I’m so pleased that I have been able to get so many new paper lines. I will post these samples once the product arrives. So give me a few days.

My friend Stephenie Hamen, one of the lead Fiskateers just started a really neat blog. It is called “Crop Girl Proudly Presents” she talks about crops and crop culture. If you get a chance stop by, say hi and check it out. I’m sure Stephenie will always have something interesting to say.

Sunday I was invited to take a soldering class at Aunt Aunie’s Beads. Heather Ales who is also a Maya Road design team member got a group of people together for a special Sunday class and man was it fun. Soldering is so easy. I had pictured it to be this really complicated technique but nope it isn’t. If you ever have the chance to take a class near you do it… oh the endless creative possibilities this craft opens up for you. There are so many neat things you can create. Here are the 4 little 1 x 1 inch charms I made…. remember, this is my first time to solder. Hopefully, you will see an improvement on my next attempt.

I’m also working on some neat projects that are VERY FOOF!!! I mean so Foof that Teresa McFayden’s eyes might pop out of her head. Gosh, I hope she sees the humor in that last sentence and knows I am a great fan of her work. Anyway, I’m altering a Maya Road Secret Box and Secret Album and a Maya Road Triangle Banner Coaster Album using some Philadelphia Uppercase Alphabet letters as an accent.

In honor of this day I will be giving away a nice little Maya Road RAK. All you need to do is leave me a comment in todays post and I will have Ansley draw a winner. Here is a photo of just some of the goodies you can win. Jessica said she was going to add a few more items but those will have to be a surprise.

This afternoon I’m going to help Caroline teach a class at the Scrapbook Pad. I know lots of fun will be had by all… I can’t wait. The class is to show everyone how to create really cute mini albums using Maya Road journey tins.

Enjoy your day and please share what you create. I would love to see some projects that were created using some of my tutorials. What tutorials would you all like to see next? Just let me know and I will see what I can come up with.