HARVEST TIME IS HERE!

Are you ready for cooler weather, bright orange and  yellow leaves falling from the trees and the smell of pumpkin spice everywhere? I am. It has been a hot one in Texas of late and I am ready for some cool fall weather.  Authentique has hit it out of the park once again with their new Harvest Collection and I am ready for the pics with these two layouts.

I was on a really crazy fussy cutting frenzy when I made the Mysterious layouts and the Harvest layouts. Nothing is as it seems in these two pages.  The papers are all cut up and re-arranged cause that is just how I do it.

I love that this one gets 3 large size pics on here along with the journaling block.  I added a banner and a grouping of the fun stickers. Great page for pics of your table set up on Thanksgiving.

Drawers by Felicity

You know that I am an avid LOVER of Authentique Papers. This adorable Felicity Collection, in just my shade of turquoise, is a fun one to cause great creative thought processes. It makes you happy with the pretty colors (you know I love turquoise and blues) and the gorgeous artwork just take you back to a time when life was so simple and just plain fun. Layouts have been done but then. . .  

My friend Sharon and I went to the GASC Crop. We figured since we were working GASC we might as well hit the crop too. We both won a prize and mine was this pack of cut out wood pieces that just had "10 shelves" written in sharpie on the outside of the bag. 

I got home and decided to check out my prize package of wood pieces. There were soooooo many pieces and not one bit of instructions. I figured out the drawers but had no idea what the base pieces were supposed to do. No amount of mixing up those pieces to make a case for a drawer was working. Ray was laughing at me saying I had more patience than he did. Now that's a stretch. There was however a card from SaCrafters in the bag. I went to their website, found the item along with several other wood piece items they sell. By looking at the pics I figured out how it went together. Then I found the videos. Let's just say I did better looking at the pics. Too many distractions and interactions with off camera people for my taste on a tutorial video. Plus watching 35 minutes of this lady painting each piece was more time consuming than I was into.

 

My brain started turning and the creativity cells kicked into high gear. Out came the turquoise paint and the Felicity Collection. Once it was all done and covered with paint and paper it was time to bling it up. We all have those containers full of ribbon, bling, buttons, leftover pieces of embellishments don't we? Of course we do, it is the common creed of all hoarders, er I mean crafters! So, I started diving into mine to find just the right pieces to use on this new creation. I love the little wooden spool with the hat pin on the top of the shelf. The card holder would also be a great place to showcase a pic. You can change it often--just pull out the existing and add a new one. How fun would that be to have a new pic every week?

This adorable little desk top shelf with 10 drawers is what happened a day later. I think it is just tooooooo cute. It just makes me happy. It would make a great gift. Hmmmmm, wonder what I will do with it?????

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!

HAVE A JOLLY TIME!

The "Jolly" collection will

help get you into the holiday spirit.

This vintage Santa is very JOLLY indeed!

Look at all this lusciousness!

Deep, rich reds and warm greens give

this collection a wonderful holiday vibe.

Those vintage images will look great adorning

your holiday pages.

These stickers are full of 

fun accents for your pages.

You know this is going to fly

off of the shelves.

So, hurry in and pick some up now!

IT'S TIME TO NESTLE

"Nestle" by Authentique is one of the most

beautiful fall collections I've ever seen!

Of course, the fact that they included my favorite color (Blue),

makes it extra special to me!  LOL

 

Here is another view that shows a little more

of the glorious colors and designs on this 

amazing collection!

Even the stickers are 

drool worthy!

This one is going fast!

Hurry to the store to pick up yours

while there is still some left!

MOONLIT MADNESS!!!

Cat got into the "Moonlit" collection from Authentique

and has created some fabulous layouts for

the Costume Crop on Halloween.

Love the cut out webbing across the top of this layout.

These will look great with photos

of everyone in their costumes.

I love how she has the photos angled

over the photo mats.

 

Another layout from the Monnlit collection.

LOVE how she tied the strings around the

circle elements.  FUN!

The ghost walk photos will 

look fabulous on these layouts!

BOO!!!

DEVOTED LAYOUTS

 

I knew I loved the "Devoted" collection from Authentique.

Now I know why!

Check out this AMAZING layout that Cat created.

I don't think I've ever seen a pet layout as beautiful as this!

Authentique knocked it out of the park with this collection.

 

 Here is the other page of the two page layout.

WOW!  Cat's layouts are amazing!

 

Of course, the cute kittens had to get in on the act.

Cat gathered up some photos of the cuties along

with the cat papers of the "Devoted" collection.

Just love this page!

 

 These pictures are so amazing it is 

hard to distinguish them from the paper!

WOW...that is all there is to say.

Just WOW!

I think you will agree that both Cat and

Authentique knocked the ball out of the park!

CROPPING OUT TYPE 1 DIABETES!!!

Saturday, 

October 3rd,

will be the

 

BENEFIT CROP FOR

THOMAS TROOPERS!

Pictured above is the two year old grandson of Cat's long time friend.

He was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes about 6 months ago. 

This child has stolen Cat's heart as he is so much 

like his grandmother was when they were kids.

 He is always smiling and happy and so full of joy. 

The family is doing a walk in San Antonio on October 18

 to raise money and awareness about Type 1 Diabetes. 

Our October 3rd crop will be a total Benefit Crop. 

Cat's will donate crop fee money to the foundation under Thomas Troopers. 

We will also have all kinds of fun goodies for you to bid 

on with all of those funds going to the foundation as well.

 It will be a crop for a good cause.

Before Cat could post this info to Facebook, 

she discovered that our favorite vendor, Authentique, 

was also recently connected to this not so nice disease.

 Bret Cornell's beautiful daughter, Maddi,

 has also been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. 

We will also be doing this Benefit in her name as well

 as she learns at an older age how to rearrange her lifestyle to accommodate Type 1.

 Dad says she has been quite the trooper herself showing 

the family true courage at such a young age.

Join us for 12 hours of some great fun and scrapping as

 we give our hearts and money to help eradicate this 

disease for all the other youngsters out there.

CHRISTMAS TIDINGS IS HERE!!!

Check out this gorgeous Christmas collection

from Authentique, "Tidings"

It is kraft, red, bright green, black and white.

It is extremely versatile and can easily be mixed and

matched with other lines!

A closer look at the pages.  

There are plaids, stars, and stripes 

that can be used for any occasion.

Some of the kraft and black prints will

interchange with some of the Halloween

collection.

Of course, this beautiful collection

will also look great with your

Christmas photos!

 A close up of the rest of the papers.

On the right hand side there is a gorgeous 

holly print that you have to see in person to really appreciate!

If you go on a trip at Christmas, this 

paper is PERFECT with its black,

green, and red passport stamps.

Just perfect!!!

You need to hurry in for this beautiful

collection.  I don't think it will last long!

IT'S BOO-TIFUL!!!

Look what arrived at the store yesterday!

This is the most beautiful line of 

Halloween paper from Authentique.

It is very vintage and has some of the best patterns.

This will give you a closer look of these papers.

Love the Halloween/cobweb paper.

Plus there is a page filled with vintage 

children in Halloween costumes.

On this side there is a fabulous spooky cemetery page.

Plus there is a spiderweb page that would

be perfect for any photos you have of a beautiful

spider web.

In addition there is a vintage handwriting page that

isn't about Halloween at all.

These photos include the fronts as well as the

backs of the pages.

You might want to hustle on down to the store

and pick up some of this

BOO-TIFUL paper!

IT WAS CRAZINESS!!!

Saturday it was

Collection Kit

CRAZINESS!!

 

But the craziness quieted down when

Cat got the markers out and the ladies

got busy coloring.

 

It was a coloring

PARTY!!!!

 

Look at that pretty flower she is coloring!

 They had so much fun coloring their flowers.

 Coloring time was over and then it was back

to work.

 Now it is time to cut and paste!

 It was a room full of great students.

 Then it was time to 

FUSSY CUT!

 

The room got quiet again as they all concentrated

on their fussy cutting.

 

Cutting and cutting and cutting!

At the end of the day the ladies had created some

beautiful layouts and 

had a lot of fun.

 

 

 

WANNA SEE A LAYOUT?

 

What I didn't realize when I published this week's

sketches on the blog  yesterday,

 

was that I could also show you a layout

that Cat created using the sketches!

 

The left side......

 

and the right side.

I love this sketch and I love these layouts!

So much fun!

Hopefully these layouts will inspire you

to use these sketches and

create some layouts of your own.

Have a blast creating!

 

BUSY, BUSY SATURDAY!

This Saturday, August 8th,

there will be LOTS of things

going on at the store!

 

From 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

it will be time for

COLLECTION KIT CRAZINESS.

Using only what we get in a collection kit and 

adding only some cardstock, buttons and twine, 

we will see just how much we can make with it.

Cost: $24 (Lunch on your own)

 

Student Supplies:
Basic Tool Kit
Adhesives: Runners, Foam Tape, Liquid Glue, Scor Tape
Inks: Broken China, Salty Ocean, Weathered Wood, Black Soot, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn & Peeled Paint (Pens in these colors if you have them.)
Water Pen
Non-Stick Craft Mat

Call NOW and reserve your spot

for a fun way to learn to 

STRETCH a collection kit! 

As if that isn't enough,

at 6:00 p.m. it will be time for:

 

our first Bible Art Journaling Class. 

 We will go thru the basics of this wonderful way of reading scripture,

which products to use and how to create pages. 

You will be creating with your scripture interpretation in mind. 

We have lots of new tools, stickers, pens, paints, etc. 

coming to aid you in your endeavor. 

 Tools, stickers, pens, paints, etc!

Call the store to pre-register today. 

940-327-0713

 Cost: $20
Student Supplies: 

Journaling Bible 

(locals can purchase from My Father's Business downtown 940-325-2255)

Bring any art supplies you have and

we will work to see if they will work for you.