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!

 

 

 

JUNKSPIRATION CREATIVE FUN

 

Saturday was our very first

JUNKSPIRATION

class.

What is Junkspiration?

It is when you turn "junk" into art!

 

Cat gave us the kits and

turned us loose with 

a few instructions.

 

Nanci speedily got her shutters painted

and ready for the next step.

She is going to use hers standing up like this.

Love her chalkboard art

with the Marvy Uchida bistro chalk markers!

 

LaRue created this beauty.

Love how she did the Tim Holtz alcohol inks on the metal!

This is Selena's.

She used some great chunky twine on her letters.

LOVED how she put the knob in the middle of the "o".
 

This is Steph's and she is adding some ribbon.
Steph also used a couple of Canvas Corp's
burlap flowers in coordinating colors
to embellish her project.

 

This is mine.

Obviously, I'm going to

use it in the kitchen!
I used a cow and chicken
from Ray's Lazer and he is
working on the rooster for me!

We all had a blast and

most of us were anxious for

Ken Oliver's class on Sunday.

Check back tomorrow

for pictures from that fun day!

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

 

 Got leftover paper from a project?

Make a really cute Easter banner with it!

 

Just think how cute this would be in your house!

 

Look how cute a banner you can make using the

fabulous colored canvas we have at the store.

 Decorate each piece with different ribbons and

hang some eggs in between

and you have an adorable banner for spring

or for Easter!

Use paper for the letters and decorate

with beads and flowers.

 

Cat used some of that really cute flower ribbon

on this piece of the banner.

Have fun creating a spring or Easter banner.

LET'S COOK SOME MORE!

Carta Bella's "Homemade With Love" isn't new,

but you gotta love this vintage cooking collection.

You could also use the mixer die from the Echo Park

collection we looked at yesterday with this collection.

It works with both.

These papers from Canvas Corp are so versatile

You have the page on the right with all of the 

items you can cut out and use.

Then there are recipe cards in

 kraft, ivory, and white cardstock.

I photographed only the kraft ones.

Then there are the cut out pages where you

can get your labels for the different categories.

Mix them up with the Echo Park and Carta Bella Collections

to add some color.

The possibilities are limitless!

So come pick up some of these wonderful

collections and have FUN!

 

CANVAS CHRISTMAS ALBUM

Christmas photos printed....

Now I just need to get them scrapbooked.

No worries....

Call the store and reserve a spot for the canvas album class

 this Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

This album is so cool, plus it is out of canvas!

It features fold-outs, so it has lots of room for photos!

Not to mention that it is also PRETTY!

Canvas envelopes and pockets provide places

to stash some of your many Christmas photos.

Burlap and canvas photo mats keep on adding places 

for lots of photos.

Yes, this is definitely a great way to spend Saturday afternoon!

Bonus is that you end up with a place for

this years Christmas photos!

So, call to reserve your spot now--

there are a limited number of kits!

CHRISTMAS PHOTOS

Exhausted after the holidays?

SLEEP IN.....

We are open from 1-5 today.

Did you take lots of Christmas photos 

of all of the fun and festivities?

We have plenty of beautiful

Christmas collections for you to pick from

to use when scrapbooking all of those photos.

 

We have this adorable collection from Canvas Corp. that is 

so cute and has so many options.  There is even a paper

that is Christmas gifts for those gift opening photos!

Cat used the 7 Gypsies Christmas collection on this canvas album.

It is a wonderful collection.

Plus, if you would like a unique option for displaying your

Christmas photos, this canvas album class is on January 10th!

In addition to the collections from 7 Gypsies and Canvas Corp, 

we also have collections from Authentique, Kaisercraft,

and others.  

So, come check out all of the Christmas collections

as well as the winter collections.

 

HOLIDAY HOURS:

12/26/14 Friday - 1-5

12/27/14 Saturday  10-4

12/28 & 29/14 - closed

12/30/14 Tuesday - 10-6

12/31/14 Wednesday - 10-3

1/1/15 Thursday - closed

1/2/15 Friday - 10-5

1/3/15 Saturday - 10-5

 

 

PURR-FECT FOR THOSE SANTA PICS

 

Check out this adorable layout that Cat created using Canvas Corp.'s paper.

LOVE this layout!

Cat thought "outside the box" and used Authentique's

"Cozy" collection for some foggy morning photos.

The colors worked perfectly with the colors in the fog photos.

She used the love birds and created a togetherness layout.

Great photos of Cat and Ray on a fantastic layout!

When you get those Santa photos, be sure you stop 

by the store and pick up some of the Canvas Corp. paper

to create the adorable layout.

Plus, you need some of this "Cozy" collection - you never know when

you will have the perfect photos for it!

CAT'S CANVAS CHRISTMAS ALBUM

 

Have you ever seen the Canvas albums at the store and 

wondered what to do with them?

Well, wonder no more!

Cat created an absolutely fabulous album using 

numerous products by Canvas Corp. and

the "Santa's Journey" collection by 7 Gypsies.

Cat used the album for the wonderful family photos

she took using a friend's beautifully restored truck.

She combined both sizes of albums, with

the smaller album on the inside.

Of course, she had to add some fold-outs.

Love the pleated/wrinkled red ribbon on this page.

This also shows the smaller album inside the big album.

We also have some 4 x 6 canvas and burlap pieces

and Cat made a cascade album using them.

Then Cat used one of the envelopes to hold more photos

and added a pocket for even more!

I love these family photos of Cat's family
and I love this album!
The album is at the store for you to check out.
I think I just may have to make one!

DID YOU SEE THE NEWS??????????

Did you get the email

or read the blog

about the BIG

"Labor Free Sale" 

TODAY ONLY?

If it's previously released HOLIDAY 
 it's 60% OFF!

  We will give you a list of the
 newest collections that are excluded.

Still lots of great product to choose from & such a deal! 

Can you say
BACK to SCHOOL & 
SUMMERTIME
collections too?  

These are also 60% off older product.

 Come to Cat's for your
RETAIL
THERAPY!!!

While you are picking up the bargains, you will want to

check out the new products as well.
Beautiful lines from Kaiser Craft are here.

Fun products from Art Anthology are just
waiting for you mixed media gals.
Need something to put your mixed media on?
New canvases are here too!

 Yep....it's an
 EXCITING 
SALE!!!!
Don't miss it!
 

MORE MEOW WOW FUN

 MEOW WOW  is over, and these are the 

canvases that were the closest to being completed:

Sharon Rafferty went all steam punk and created this amazing piece.

I LOVE it.  She wants to add some more color to the center canvas before

calling it complete.  Pretty amazing!!!

Shawna Caldwell created this lovely canvas.

I LOVE the colors and how perfectly all of the colors

 coordinated so beautifully with the adorable photos.

She had a few more finishing touches she wants to add before

it is finished.  I think it looks pretty amazing already!

Our most junior classmate loved all of the painting techniques

and had so much fun trying them all out.

And, our most junior classmate was the only one who 

actually COMPLETED her project.

She created a canvas with pictures of her

"American Girl" dolls.  

Don't you love how she spelled out the word "doll"

running down the right side of the canvas?!

I wish you could see all of the textures on this 

project.  What an amazing job and such talent!

Looking forward to seeing the completed canvases of

the rest of the class.

SUNDAY INSPIRATION

 

Check out this cool canvas wall hanging that Cat made using this:

 

 the Creative Palette by Stampendous.  

She will now tell you how she made that fabulous wall hanging:

 

Step 1 was to cover the Creative Palette with all the colors of paint I wanted to use.

 I made blobs, swirly lines and whatever.

Then I laid the canvas board down on the Creative Palette and squished it to get this 3D look. I just kept moving the palette until I had the canvas covered like I wanted.

Then I laid a paper towel down on the Creative Palette and rolled it with the brayer until it soaked up as much paint as possible. When I pulled it off I had this bit of fun.

 Decided to try it with the Hazel & Ruby Stencil Masks.

 I let the paint dry completely then I added my Hazel & Ruby Stencil Masks. After getting them placed like I wanted I went over the entire canvas with the white paint in a very thin coat. I peeled off the stencil masks and you could see the fun colors underneath.

I took that paper towel and tore it around the edges removing all the white. Then I fan folded it and tied it in the middle with twine & burlap. I frayed a burlap piece to place underneath it.

 I then made two flowers from canvas by cutting a long strip and then cutting it in small strips almost to the edge. Add adhesive and roll the piece to make the flower. I then added some spray mist to them. I layered all of these pieces as you see in the pic. 

I added a piece of burlap ribbon to the top. I used those pieces I tore off the paper towel and scrunched up in the middle of the burlap ribbon.

 

I then added the Graphic 45 butterflies to the burlap ribbon and one down into the fronds of the canvas flower. I added bling to them for their bodies. I also added some small bling to the letters in places for an accent.

There you have it!

Cat's instructions for making your own fabulous wall hanging.

I hope this inspires you to play with paint and the Creative Palette.