CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

Christmas is just around the corner.

 

Whether you send out hand crafted cards

or store bought cards, let's send one

to a wounded soldier.

We could flood our soldiers

with Christmas greetings and

hopefully brighten their holidays.

I did some checking and you can send 

it to this address:

A Recovering American Soldier

c/o Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
8901 Rockville Pike

 Bethesda, MD 20889 

This is the address for the NEW Walter Reed Hospital.

Our soldiers make such sacrifices for our freedom

and the soldiers at the hospital are

away from home, recovering from

injuries.  

Let's salute them with our love

and Christmas greetings.

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!

DING DONG, THE ICE IS GONE....

Ding Dong! The ice is gone.

What kind of ice?

The Slippery Ice

Ding Dong! The Slippery Ice is gone.

Wake up - sleepy head,

rub your eyes, get out of bed.

Wake up, the slippery ice is gone.

It's in the ground where all rains go

 Below-below-below.

Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.

Ding Dong the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.

Let them know 

The slippery ice is gone!

It's true, it's true
most of the ice is melted!

Come celebrate with us today at the store

during our

Christmas Open House.

We are celebrating all day with

25% off of 

ALL PRODUCT

STORE WIDE!

It's true, it's true!

Ding dong

THE ICE IS GONE!

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE - TAKE 2

What are you doing on Saturday?

I hope you are joining us at Cat's for our

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE
that was postponed from last week due to the ice storm.

 We will have all kinds of mini-classes going on, 

kits to go with instructions,

 product to purchase so you can make more when you get home, 

snacks and a TON of inspiration to get you into the Christmas Spirit.
In an effort to help you regain your sanity after being iced in
 we are offering you a 25% discount on all product purchases 
this Saturday as well. Yes, that is store wide with no exclusions.  
You know you want it,
 you know you need it, 
you know it is the perfect gift 
to you from you love you 
so come and getcha some!

Want to make this adorable fluffy tree? We have a limited number of bases available for purchase. Add your tulle and decorate the tree for an adorable centerpiece. 
Cost:  $8 plus cost of ribbons or tulle   
All you need are your scissors and this is a perfect in front of the TV project 

Everyone loves snowflakes and these are definitely one of a kind. Make one at the store and then you will be making them for your whole house. I just love these.
Cost for these is $8.50 each and you will need your trimmer, scissors and adhesive.

Planning on making some of those great gifts in a jar for people this year? Why not make a saggy baggy to hold that jar in style. We have these in canvas and burlap. Decorate however you wish and make it your own.
Cost for this project is $7.50.  Tools needed depend on how you decide to embellish it.  Scissors and adhesives for sure.

Nanci will be teaching her beautiful NOEL Banner class
beginning at 1:00 p.m.. 
This one is more involved as she will be teaching you techniques on inking also. If you want to take this class we need a heads up registration call so we can have it all cut out for you.
Cost is $25 and you will need your TH product from Tag classes

Here is another banner that uses wood circles cut from a tree. (Thanks Cat Daddy Ray!) This one is an easy one to take home and complete. Just stamp on your wood circles before you leave.
Cost for this project is $15.    All you need are adhesives, scissors, stickles, and a red marker.

Make your whole house smell like Christmas with this Pennant made from canvas and cinnamon sticks. You can personalize it any way you want.  

I used old buttons and ribbon to decorate my tree.
Cost:  $15  All you need are adhesives and scissors

Use a tin, old Christmas cards, left over stickers and paper, ribbons, buttons, etc. to make a beautiful ornament to treasure. Sharon made these with what she had laying around in her Christmas section.

These would also make great gifts for neighbors, teachers, etc.
$1 for the tin plus whatever papers you use  (designed to use up stash).  Bring your scraps to use up.

We have a couple of kits left of this Christmas Gift Album that is pre-cut (thank you Rayz Lazer) and ready to assemble.

 We also have a couple of the Dear Santa Albums from Bo Bunny available for purchase also. Great gift ideas. . .

We will also be doing this cute Christmas card to show you how to, stamp, emboss & die cut.

We have so many things to keep you busy on Saturday that you won't want to leave. We will also have snacks and Christmas music.  I even have a couple of other ideas that will be offered if I get them finished. Don't want you to get bored!!!  Plus, save 25% on product store wide!

The mall will also be hosting a Christmas Craft Bazaar out in the hallway.  There will be lots of goodies and gifts for you to purchase there as well.  

OUR CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE WILL BE MARVELOUS

What are you doing on Saturday?

I hope you are joining us at Cat's for our

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE

 We will have all kinds of mini-classes going on, 

kits to go with instructions,

 product to purchase so you can make more when you get home, 

snacks and a TON of inspiration to get you into the Christmas Spirit.

Want to make this adorable fluffy tree? We have a limited number of bases available for purchase. Add your tulle and decorate the tree for an adorable centerpiece.

Everyone loves snowflakes and these are definitely one of a kind. Make one at the store and then you will be making them for your whole house. I just love these.

Planning on making some of those great gifts in a jar for people this year? Why not make a saggy baggy to hold that jar in style. We have these in canvas and burlap. Decorate however you wish and make it your own.

Nanci will be teaching her beautiful NOEL Banner class. This one is more involved as she will be teaching you techniques on inking also. If you want to take this class we need a heads up registration call so we can have it all cut out for you.

Here is another banner that uses wood circles cut from a tree. (Thanks Cat Daddy Ray!) This one is an easy one to take home and complete. Just stamp on your wood circles before you leave.

Make your whole house smell like Christmas with this Pennant made from canvas and cinnamon sticks. You can personalize it any way you want.  

I used old buttons and ribbon to decorate my tree.

Use a tin, old Christmas cards, left over stickers and paper, ribbons, buttons, etc. to make a beautiful ornament to treasure. Sharon made these with what she had laying around in her Christmas section.

These would also make great gifts for neighbors, teachers, etc.

We have a couple of kits left of this Christmas Gift Album that is pre-cut (thank you Rayz Lazer) and ready to assemble.

 We also have a couple of the Dear Santa Albums from Bo Bunny available for purchase also. Great gift ideas. . .

We will also be doing this cute Christmas card to show you how to, stamp, emboss & die cut.

We have so many things to keep you busy on Saturday that you won't want to leave. We will also have snacks and Christmas music.  I even have a couple of other ideas that will be offered if I get them finished. Don't want you to get bored!!!

The mall will also be hosting a Christmas Craft Bazaar out in the hallway.  There will be lots of goodies and gifts for you to purchase there as well.  

We will see you Saturday for a day full of Christmas crafting fun!

SAVE THE DATE - DECEMBER 7TH

Christmas Open House is all day at Cat's on December 7th.  Join us for some mini-classes, grab & go kits with instructions, more involved classes like banners & snowflakes, snack foods, prizes and lots of all out fun for the holidays.  Check out some of the projects:

Make these cool snowflakes using pages from an old book, baker's twine, and mica fragments.  BEAUTIFUL!

Nanci will be teaching her fabulous Christmas banner that is loaded with techniques.  

If you have gifts in jars on your Christmas craft list, you might want to grab some of these "grab and go" kits for them.  Such an adorable way to present someone with a gift in a jar.

Check out this rustic joy banner made from fabric, burlap, and slices of wood.

Another cute project using ribbon, tulle, and wire.  Adorable fluffy Christmas tree.  

So, come spend the day at Cat's on Saturday, December 7th, and mark lots of things off of your Christmas list.  Plus, there will be vendors set up out in the mall where you can do even more Christmas shopping.  

Spend the day having fun and getting those gifts made.

TEMPTING TUESDAY

We got boxes full of Kaisercraft goodness at the store yesterday.  Check out this amazing Christmas collection.  Anna O'Day came by and picked some of this up and I might have had to get some of it too!  

Kaisercraft has also come out with this cool line that is full of all kind of visual textures, without the bulk.  These will add so much to your layouts.

This is the rest of the "Base" collection from Kaisercraft.  There is sand, lace wicker - beautiful for that beach wedding!

These chimney advent calendars came in as well.  It is the wooden kit and you purchase the paper from their beautiful Christmas collection to cover it with.  LOVE this!  We only got a few of these in, so get yours now!  

WOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE UPON US!

It is almost Thanksgiving and before we know it, 

we will be untangling the Christmas lights and decking the halls!

Since this is such a busy time of year, we are going to suspend WOW Wednesday until the first of the year.

HOWEVER.....

When you get your Christmas cards made, take a photograph before you send them all out.  

Wednesday, January 1, 2014, we are going to have a special blog hop where we share the Christmas cards we made.  I can't wait to see them all! 

 

Join us on Saturday, December 7th, for our Christmas Open House.

Join us for some mini-classes, grab & go kits with instructions, more involved classes like banners & snowflakes, snack foods, prizes and lots of all out fun for the holidays. 

Wouldn't you (or someone on your Christmas list) love to have some of these snowflakes?  I'm definitely signing up for this class!

This is a great way to get some Christmas gifts and decor made for the holidays.

You can sign up for classes as Cat gets them posted.

There will also be a Christmas Bazaar in the mall where you can shop for Christmas gifts as well.

SUNDAY INSPIRATION

Are you ready for the holiday season?  It is just around the corner.  You can get a head start on scrapbooking your holiday photos by making this "Unfolding Christmas" album on Saturday, November 23.  There is room for 100 photos or more in this album, so you could put several years worth of photos in it.  Of course, if you take TONS of photos, you would have room for quite a few of them in this album.  The cost of this album is $65 and the class takes all day with some homework to complete at home.  The deadline for signing up for the class is Wednesday, November 20th, so that we have time to make everyone a kit.  The class must be prepaid to reserve your spot.

This is the cover of the album, using Graphic 45 and Authentique papers.

When you open the album, you have this page with room for a 5 x 7 photo and some smaller ones on the flaps.

This is revealed when you "turn" that page, featuring another spot for a 5 x 7 photo.  There are two mini albums peeking out of a pocket on the right.

The two mini albums that were peeking out of the pocket.

Turn that page and you have room for two 4 x 4 photos.  On the right you see two more mini albums peeking out.

These are the two mini albums that were peeking out.

Open up the flap and it reveals some fold-out photo mats.

Open the other flap and there are more fold-outs and photo mats.

Those are tags in that pocket on the right and then a cascade album above the car.

As you start opening up the other side of the album, you have these photo mats and another set of tags in a pocket.

Open up one of the flaps and you have these photo mats.

Another flap opens and there are more fold-out photo mats.  Love those "hinge" stickers.

Another cascade album for you to put lots of photos in.

In the center of the album are 4 giant pockets

that hold these 4 giant tags where you can put 5 x 7 photos or several 4 x 6 photos.

You can go back and add more embellishments throughout this album.  Because of the time constraints, embellishments are limited.

Come join us while we "unfold" Christmas!