WHERE THE WEST BEGINS

This is where the west begins...at least on National Scrapbook Day weekend!

There are lassos and wanted posters.

Buzz Lightyear and Jessie came with Kelly Maddux.  

Cowboy hats, bandannas, and lights make everything so festive!

Texas flags and lots of red, white and blue.  We all know that Texas makes up MOST of the west!

Stick horses are numerous and SO, SO cute!

Of course there have to be bluebonnets!

Kathy has cute decor and is stylin' in her cowboy hat!

Cacti, saddles, cattle skulls...YEE HAW!!

Trees and root beer, or sasparillo as they used to call it!

Jared, from Fancy Pants, was excited about the tarantula that hitched a ride to the retreat with Joyce.  His wife Jodi isn't too excited about it.  LOL

More tales from our Wild West adventures tomorrow.

IT'S HERE....IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!!

Vickie's NSD Countdown for today:
  0 day till NSD retreat

 Today we are on our way to

"Paradise" in Perrin

 

Ma & Pa Beaty have everything ready for all you NSD Retreaters.

 Y'all can head on out to the park at 1pm today. 

See y'all thar!
P.S. Yor 20% discount starts today & goes all the way to Sunday!! 

How's about them thar apples???

Shaunery has all of her things packed up

and ready to head on out to Perrin.

She is even sharing her check list

to help everyone who is still packing.

Inks... check
stamps...check
adhesives...check
paper... check
PHOTO's check (forgot those two years ago.)
Big shot..dies... check
tool kit & mats.. check
embossing gun..check
Probably should pack a suitcase at some point.....

 
So, get your suitcases and scrapbook bags packed.

Once you are packed, head up to the park and turn in at the new sign:

This is the place to go for a fun-filled, creative NSD
Cat-vention weekend.
 
 There will be DELICIOUS food.

 Some retreaters may take a nap.

 There might be some dancing (especially with Elvis).

Watch out for snakes...
this is the country, after all.

 You can go golfing - regular or miniature.

Yes, there will be lots of laughter, 
so pack the depends!

Get a move on and 
get to the park
for a 
CAT-TASTIC
NSD
RETREAT!

YEE HAW.....IT'S ALMOST TIME!

Vickie's countdown for today:

2 days till NSD retreat

 Get ready to pack up your 

"Stagecoach" and hit the dusty trail!

ARE YOU COMING TO THE RETREAT?

Vickie Robbins gave us a list last year 

on how to tell if you are a scrapbooker 

getting ready for a retreat. 

• You might be a scrapbooker getting ready for retreat if your family crowds around the little table in the kitchen so you can have the dining room table to get ready!
•  You might be a scrapbooker if your "cash stash" for NSD is about $200.00 and your family is on a beans and rice diet for the next month!
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• You might be a scrapbooker if the first 2 contacts in your phone favorite list is Cat's Creations Scrapbook and Mitchell Resort & RV Park, and Cat is your emergency contact!

• You might be a scrapbooker going to retreat if your GPS automatically goes to Cat's store and Mitchell Resort & RV Park!

  

• You might be a scrapbooker getting ready for retreat if you buy some new really cute pajamas for the pj raid to the store.

• You might be a scrapbooker getting ready for retreat if nothing else at your house gets done until your bags are packed and ready!!

  

• You might be a scrapbooker heading to retreat if you actually know what "elephant dung" is and you LOVE it!!!!

  

• You might be a scrapbooker going to retreat if you love the idea of spending 4 days laughing with friends, eating great food and creating some awesome projects!! 

  O N L Y

1

M O R E

DAYS

until

N S D
 
20% discount for
retreaters begins
TODAY!! 

BATTER UP!

Just in time for baseball season,

we have a new line of paper in from

Moxxie.

It is the purrfect colors for our

favorite Texas Rangers!

For all of those softball fans, 

we have a new line from

Moxxie.

Love the images on this,

especially that heart shaped softball!

Vickie's NSD Countdown for today:
3 days till NSD retreat

 Cat and her "Posse" are going to make this an 

AWESOME retreat!

IT'S A MAGICAL THING

ATTENTION ALL DISNEY FANS!!!!!

 

Another fabulous Disney collection....

this time it is from Moxxie!

I especially love the "I survived the Magic" quote!

This collection will be perfect for your Disney photos.

All of the red, white, yellow and black you could possibly want.

Lots of polka dots, too!

And, there has to be a 

CASTLE!

Alphabet stickers galore, including polka dotted ones!

Then there are fabulous stickers to adorn your pages.

I have a feeling this will be quite popular with the

NSD retreaters.

Vickie's NSD Countdown for today:
4 days till NSD retreat

 Make sure you have

"A Fist Full Of Dollars" 

for elephant dung!

WEEK 18 IS HERE!!!

 

It is already the 18th week of the year!

These are the prompts for the photo a day challenge.

I'm confused by the prompts for Thursday and Friday....

aren't those the same thing????   LOL! 

 Vickie's NSD Countdown for today:
5 days till NSD retreat

 I can't wait to make 

"The Quest"

 to Mitchell Resort & RV Park.

ADORABLE "DURABLE" LAYOUT

 

Cat used the new "Durable" collection from

Authentique to create this fabulous layout featuring

her grandson Jake and "Papa" Ray.

 

Love the mixture of burlap with this paper.

Such precious photos!

This collection is going to be VERY popular

at the NSD retreat.

That's right....it's not available at the store yet.

It is "elephant dung", aka new product,

for the retreat.

Speaking of the retreat....

Vickie's NSD Countdown for today:
6 days 'til NSD retreat

 Here are "Six Reasons Why" you should go to NSD
1. friends
2. food
3. fun
4. classes
5. comfy beds
6. your own 6 ft table.
There are so many more!

 Check out the new window decor!

Cat and Valerie re-decorated the front window of the store!

Don't you love that ladder!  

I can't wait to see it tomorrow

when I make my 

"Beautiful Life" album.

SEVEN DAYS UNTIL......NSD!!!!

 

Vickie's NSD Countdown today:
How many days till NSD retreat? 

"Magnificent 7"

The badges are all ready for our guest sheriffs

aka guest instructors:

Jared and Jodi from Fancy Pants

Lance and Tasha Anderson

Sally Lynn McDonald

Crank the music up at 

midnight and the

hoedown begins.....

So....

is a hoedown when the

"paper ho's"

get down?  LOL!!!!

 If so, there will be

LOTS of dancing at the retreat!!!

Get your boots on and get

READY TO 

P A R T Y!!!!

CAT'S SKETCH FEVER

 

Cat has created another fantastic sketch for us to 

use for our scrapbook creations.

This one is a lot of fun with the 

"Split personality" title.

 

I love how the title is at the bottom on the left side

and on the top on the right hand side.

Plus you have the cute banner draped across

the title strip on the right side.

LOTS of fun going on with this sketch!

Vickie's NSD Countdown for today:
8 days till NSD retreat

 Be prepared because at NSD we are 

"The Wild Bunch."