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The 2010 North American Quilling Guild convention is one week away.  I was so honored to be asked to teach a class and have been busy pulling my project kits together.  We will be quilling an ATC (Artist Trading Card) using the stencil quilling technique where the quilling is glued underneath a cut out stencil instead of on top of a background.  Check out this previous post for more information on this technique. 

 

While the convention is for guild members only, the public is invited to come and see all of the wonderful quilling on display.

 

Date:  Saturday, May 1st

Time:  1:00pm-4:00pm

Place:  Holiday Inn Ronkonkoma on Long Island, New York (near McArthur Airport)

 

If you are anywhere in the area, do try and stop by.  I guarantee you will be amazed and delighted. 

 

My card isn‘t the only one featuring quilling in this issue, however.  Alli Bartkowski shares a lovely card perfect for that special sister, and Ann Martin has designed a handsome Father’s Day card that could be used for any occasion simply by changing the sentiment.

 

If you are not familiar with CardMaker Magazine, I encourage you to seek it out at newsstands, or, better yet, order a subscription.  I was talking to Ann Martin earlier today and she said that, “Tanya [the editor] is great about including quilling in every issue – as far as I can tell, it’s the only U.S. papercraft magazine that features it regularly.”  If you are eager to see this trend continue, I encourage you to write a letter to the editor and let Tanya know how much you appreciate seeing quilling in the magazine, and support the magazine by ordering a subscription for yourself or your crafty mother, sister, friend, etc.

 

I would like to thank Alli Bartkowski for taking the time to talk to me at the 2009 NAQGCON held in Tampa last year.  She encouraged me to submit a card design to CardMaker Magazine and for that I will always be grateful.

 

Alli has a new blog, Quilling with Alli, full of wonderful quilling projects.

Ann keeps a close eye on the paper art community and her blog posts on All Things Paper are a constant source of inspiration.