CAT'S SKETCH FEVER

Cat has created another fantastic sketch for us this week.

Lots of great layers and different

papers in this sketch.

More fun layers and papers

on this page as well.

I love the two die cut cards on the left.

Plus, there is room for five photos!

Looking forward to using this sketch.

 

REMEMBER:

You can see all of Cat's sketches

HERE.

Another great way to have 

Cat's sketches with you all of the time 

is to save them to your smart phone.

With your smart phone, just click on

the link above.

Then click on each sketch and take

a screenshot of each one.

Put them in a folder on your phone.

Then you have easy access to them.

LOVE having them at my 

fingertips.

Grab a stack of photos
and get busy cropping with
these wonderful sketches!

 

IT WAS TAG-TASTIC!

 

Check out one of the FIVE

beautiful tags we made in 

Nanci's tag class on Saturday!

 

We inked, embossed,

stenciled, and "stickled". 

Check out how beautiful this holly is,

especially after you add FOUR

colors of stickles!

I don't have the patience for stickles

since I usually end up messing them up

while waiting for them to dry!

However, Nanci's use of them on the

tags Saturday convinced me to 

buy 12 more bottles of them. YIKES!!!

She is making a believer out of me!

Our "newbie" enjoyed the class

so much that she is looking forward

to the next one!

 

How can you not enjoy a class when you are creating

tags like this?!

 

We created two tags that 

could be used for greeting cards.

Even the envelopes were included!

Nanci has started using a chalkboard

to list the colors of ink that we are using

on our tag.

Yes, we ask that question OVER and OVER again!

If you check the pole out behind her,

above the "Beware" sign,

she has displayed the two tags we are working on.

 

The next tag class is

NOVEMBER 21st.

The date is changed due to the retreat.

Call ahead to reserve your spot.

Nanci has to make kits of each tag

for every attendee, so she needs

to know ahead of time if you are coming.

 The cost is $40 and you will

make 5 tags.

A light snack is provided and the class

lasts from 11:00 am to 4:00 p.m.

ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS

 

You only have seven more days to order

some of Art Impressions' stamps

during the catalog party!

We have this stamp at the store,

but they have a whole collection of

these square stamps.

 And, those little square stamped images

fit perfectly behind this window die.

 

There are scenes for all seasons and

they are so adorable.

Plus, you can practice your coloring skills!

There is an assortment of these stamps.

We have these at the store,

but there are so many others to choose from!

 

 Just come in,

 browse the catalog, 

place your order & prepay.

 Cat will order every Monday the month of October.

Allow two weeks for delivery.

 Plus, if you order $30+ you will receive one of these cute giraffe stamps.

So, come in and peruse the catalog.

Order and prepay for your favorites!

Order $30 worth so you will

get the adorable giraffe stamp!

You have just

SEVEN days

 to place your order!

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY FUN

 

This is one of the reasons we had the benefit crop on October 3rd.

Look at that sweet face!

 Here is little Thomas doing his walk at the Juvenile diabetes walk.

He is the grandson of one of Cat's and Sharon's

dear friends, and he has Juvenile Diabetes.

  His team raised over $10K and we helped a bit ladies. 

This little guy, Maddie and so many more like them,

 hopefully will benefit from research with this disease.

 

And now, on a lighter note:

 

 Cat claims to know who to call....LOL!

 We wouldn't know anyone who does this,

would we???

 

Since we buy so much paper 

and so many art supplies, 

we have this dilemma:

 Have a great weekend and

come visit the store to

buy 

MORE 

SUPPLIES!!!

 

 

CAT'S SKETCH FEVER

Are you ready for another fabulous

sketch from Cat?

 

 I think this may be one of my all time favorites!

I love the little strips scattered in

clusters on the page.

This could be:

 strips of washi tape (one of my favorites),

 those fun little word stickers,

 pieces of ribbon,

or strips of paper!

Lots of possibilities!

 

 The facing page. 

More of those fabulous little strips!

Plus, love the fact that this has

room for six photos.

Gotta love that!

REMEMBER:

You can see all of Cat's sketches

HERE.

Another great way to have 

Cat's sketches with you all of the time 

is to save them to your smart phone.

With your smart phone, just click on

the link above.

Then click on each sketch and take

a screenshot of each one.

Put them in a folder on your phone.

Then you have easy access to them.

LOVE having them at my 

fingertips.

Grab a stack of photos
and get busy cropping with
these wonderful sketches!

MINI ALBUM FOR PHOTO-A-DAY

 

Cat got a little behind with the albums

for the Photo-a-Day collections.

But, she has July albums and instructions READY!!!

I think you will find it was worth the wait!

 Cat used the beautiful Authentique "Freedom" collection
to crate this album.
 Beautiful mini albums inside

for you to put all of your photos.

 

Love the weaving on this one

and it also has lots of places for your photos.

 I love these pockets for

your photos.

If you are participating in the challenge and want a kit,

call and reserve it.

If you aren't participating, but would like a kit, 

call Cat to see if she has any extras.

She has already had one extra kit claimed.

These are very limited, so 

don't procrastinate.

Can't wait to see the August kit!

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN FUN AT CAT'S

We are having some fun at the store on Halloween.  

There will be a special crop with all the ladies 

dressing up in costume and going on a 

GHOST WALK hosted by The Baker Hotel that evening. 

Cat already has her pages made for those pics. 

 

Our store deco doors will be all decked out 

for Halloween pics on 

Saturday, October 31st.

 Bring the kiddos, or adults, by for some fun pics.

 Use your own camera or we can take them 

& email the pics to you.

We will also have pre-made pages for purchase 

that will fit those pics purrrfectly with

 all the work already done for you. 

Come by the store anytime Saturday October 31st

 and have fun taking pics with us!

Let's have a little Halloween Spooky FUN! 

Just print the puzzle above, 

complete it 

and bring into the store on

Halloween, Saturday October 31st 

for a freebie. 

Provided your answers are all correct, of course!

FUN NOVEMBER CLASSES

 

Who doesn't want an adorable sign hanging in their 

home craft studio or on their studio door? 

 This one is purrrrfect for anyone's studio. 

You will be able to choose your own colors to match your studio. 

We will be creating with the round gelly plate from Stampendous,

 Tim Holtz stencils, burlap, & chipboard.

 Canvas, 5x7 photo, ribbon, chipboard and all paints supplied.

 Just bring in your brushes or pencils or anything

 you would like to add to your canvas to make it yours.
This class will be Saturday, Nov 28, at 10:00 a.m.

Cost: $25

 Please bring paint brushes, brayer,

 palate knife, & basic tool kit to class

 along with special items you want to put on your canvas.

 All other supplies are provided.

 

Make a day of it and stay for this class at 

2:00 p.m. on the same day. 

 Make this cute canvas full of fun techniques using stamp blocks, 

paints, stamps, & stickles. 

It will be a great addition to your Christmas decor or a great gift.
Cost: $25 

All materials provided.

 

I'm hoping to be able to attend.

I hope you will join us, too.

It will be a great way to recover

from the black Friday craziness!

 

 

 

WEEK 43 PROMPTS

 

It's time for another week of prompts

for the Photo A Day Challenge.

Only 9 more weeks left of 2015

and this year of prompts.

 The month of "alphabet prompts" is

also almost over.

 

No hints necessary for this month.

It's pretty self explanatory!

 How to play on Instagram

Check out the photo a day list for the daily prompt

Use your phone or camera to take a photo using the prompt as inspiration

Upload the photo to Instagram, add a caption

{you could mention the day and the prompt in the caption},

add the hashtag #FMSphotoaday and then publish.

Check out the #fmsphotoaday hashtag to see all the other photos.

Like them. Comment on them. Be part of the community.

  Each day a Fab Four is picked from the photos shared on Instagram for the challenge.

 It’s four photos that have captured Shantelle's attention from each prompt.

Check the feed {@littlemomentsapp} to see the photos.

How to play on Facebook

Check out the photo a day list for the daily prompt

Use your phone or camera to take a photo using the prompt as inspiration

Upload the photo to Facebook – you can either share on your personal page,

on your business page {if you have one} or in the Facebook Photo A Day group

 {you’ll be added within 12 hours of requesting},

 add a caption {you could mention the day and the prompt in the caption} and then publish.

  Check out the photos shared in the group, or among your friends.

 Comment, like and be part of the photo-taking community.

  Each day a Fab Four is picked from the photos shared in the Facebook group

 for the challenge by the admin team.

It’s four {or more} photos that have captured Shantelle's attention from each prompt.

The photos are made into a collage, shared and pinned to the top of the group.

Grab your camera and 

have fun taking photos this week!

TRICK OR TREAT FUN

 

Look what you can make with

some scrapbook paper and and

ice cream bucket!

Cat's grandson, Cutter, loves his Legos

so she used Lego paper and created this

cute trick or treat bucket for him.

 

You cut a slot in the lid so you

can put the candy in, but it won't fall out

so easily.

For a girl you would cover the handle with tied ribbon strips.

So get busy eating that ice cream so you

can create some cute trick or treat buckets

for your "goblins".

 

INTO THE WILD INSPIRATION

Cat got into the new Kaisercraft

"Into the Wild" collection

and created some fabulous layouts

of our NSD 2014 retreat.

Our theme was 

"It's a Jungle out There"

so this collection is "purrfect" for it! 

 

This page shows the tables and

then how some were decorated.

I love this particular page from the collection--

that zebra is "to die for"!

 This was another of my favorite

pages from the collection. 

 Love the lion roaring in  the lower right hand corner!

Loved the decorated vehicle!

Everyone comes to the retreat to have a great time!

 

This page features the pinatas that

Patrice created for us each year.

Love how Cat used the die cut chevrons

as arrows.

The facing page features the other two

pinatas and then everyone moving

in for the scrapbook goodies from the pinatas. 

It was pretty "wild"!!!

The group shots and 

animal cookies.

That burlap goes perfectly with this paper!

 

 More photos of the decor

people used on their tables.

Plus they also dressed up!

It really was a JUNGLE and

we had a WILD time!

Come pick up this amazing collection.

It is going to fly off of the shelves!

CAT'S SKETCH FEVER

Cat has created another great set of sketches

for us this week.

I love how she has layered elements on this page.

On this page, she

has a cluster of layered elements

in the upper right hand corner.

You don't have to use arrows, 

but if you do, this would be a great

travel 2 page layout.

Of course, the arrows CAN 

be used to call attention to 

a detail.  They don't have to be

travel related.

REMEMBER:

You can see all of Cat's sketches

HERE.

Another great way to have 

Cat's sketches with you all of the time 

is to save them to your smart phone.

With your smart phone, just click on

the link above.

Then click on each sketch and take

a screenshot of each one.

Put them in a folder on your phone.

Then you have easy access to them.

LOVE having them at my 

fingertips.

Grab a stack of photos
and get busy cropping with
these wonderful sketches!

SCRAP YARD INSPIRATION

 

 This weekend, Cat grabbed some photos of 

Ray and their grandson, Jake.

Then she added in her creativity and some of

Kaisercraft's "Scrap Yard" and

created this great layout.

 

These photos are priceless and look

great on this paper.

Grandpa is showing Jake how it's done!

On the subject of Ray, Cat had this great news to share:

Dr. Reddy has given Ray the seal of approval on his pacemaker! 

Don't have to go back for 3 months. 

We are so thankful that Ray went for

his checkup a few weeks ago 

and that Dr. Hisel heard the irregularity

in his heartbeat.  

We tend to skip checkups, but

this should be a lesson to us all about

how important they can be.

Speaking of checkups:

 Did you even know there was such a day?

It was yesterday.

The purpose is to remind women to go

for their mammograms.

So, even if you missed the holiday,

here is your reminder:

If you haven't had your mammogram done

yet, call and schedule one.

Don't forget!

THESE WILL TICKLE YOUR FUNNY BONE!

These stamps by "Funny Bones"

will definitely tickle your funny bone!

They also have these sweet ones that

would be great on cards, 

scrapbook layouts, or in your

art journal.

These Halloween and Thanksgiving 

themed stamps will definitely

tickle your funny bone!

I especially love the Thanksgiving stamp!

We all need something to laugh about.

Pick up some of these stamps to 

brighten yours or someone else's day!

While you are at the store, don't forget to

look through the Art Impressions catalog

for more stamps to tickle your funny bone.

If your order is $30 or more, 

you will receive this stamp free.

This offer ends October 31st.