FUN-FILLED JUNE AT CAT'S

We will be having lots of fun at Cat's during the month of June.

Saturday, June 7th, is our first Saturday crop.  

Our crops are $15 or free with a $15 purchase.

Can't beat the price and you get to have a

CROPPING GOOD TIME!

 Great news! 

 The new yogurt shop should be open in time for the crop.

Another reason to come crop with us!

Join us at 10:00 a.m. on June 14th to make this wonderful

tag box using the "By the Sea" collection from Graphic 45.

 We will alter the box and the three tags that come with the box. 

 You will get a full 8x8 pad of By the Sea along with all the other supplies 

you need to alter your box and tags.
Student Supplies: Basic Tool Kit, Inks in reds, blues or browns. 

I used Tumbled Glass and Broken China mixed.
Cost: $30 (all supplies included except above mentioned.)

 At 1:00 p.m., we will make this gorgeous tag with Nanci.
She used all kinds of layered techniques on this one.
 We will also make more tags inspired by the 
Graphic 45 "By the Sea" Collection

 and the new Tim Holtz shell stamps. 

You can also use your remaining 8x8 pad to embellish your tags. 

You will need ALL your inks for that class

 along with your Basic Tool Kit, Blending Tools, Non-Stick Craft Mat 

& what ever else Nanci comes up with.

 Call to reserve yours today!
Tag Class: $18 

Saturday, June 21st is our Third Saturday crop.
Another fun day for you to spend creating with friends.
Call now to reserve your spot!

June 28th is our Second Annual Build A House Crop.
We set the bar high last year by raising enough money to build 8 houses. 
The Lipan kiddos raised enough to build 2 more houses for a total of 10 houses. 
Each year we plan to have our benefit crop the last Saturday in June. 
This year it falls on June 28th. (Happy Birthday Sharon Leonard!) 
We will crop from 10-10 and have all kinds of goodies,
 raffles to raise more money, food and more.
A light lunch will be included along with tea & water.
COST: $25, 
more if you choose to give extra 
(please make check out to HEART)
Pre-Reservation is required.
Remember--"We always preserve memories with our scrapbooking 
and now we are going to continue to build houses in Kenya 
and preserve families!"
Let's Do It Ladies!

THANKFUL THURSDAY - SALE

It's Thursday...what are you thankful for?  We are so very thankful for our wonderful customers, without whom there would be no store.  Today only, if you show this post to Cat or Valerie, you can get 15% off of your entire purchase. 

We are thankful for customers who love a product line so much that we have to reorder.  I know many of you are in need of refills for your Glueglider Pro.  Well, they are back in stock:

Today would be a great day to stock up since you could save 15%.

Another product that flew out of the store was the Graphic 45 "Place in Time" colleciton.  Cat reordered:

She ordered 8 packages of the calendar grid pages since it takes 12 pages of those to make a calendar.  Paper pads are back in stock as well as the chipboard elements.  Today would be a great day to pick this beautiful line of paper up and save 15% on your purchase.

Remember....we are open until 8:00 p.m. today so you have plenty of time to take advantage of the special savings.  Bring your smart phone and show this post or you can print it out....either way, just show it to Cat or Valerie when you check out so you can save:

15% off of your total purchase.



WOWZA WEDNESDAY SPECIALS

We are not going to have a blog hop this Wednesday since everyone will be getting ready for Thanksgiving. 

But, Cat does have a another big special for you:

 

 I know just what will put a smile on your face....

40% off of all Halloween/Fall products.

That means you can save 40% on:

This beautiful Authentique offering,

the beautiful Apple Cider line by BoBunny,

the fabulously vintage Graphic 45 Halloween line,

or this wonderful My Minds Eye Halloween line.

And there is even more to choose from at the store. 

Thanksgiving day, after you finish eating, watching football, and visiting, get ready to shop...shop....and SHOP!

It will be time to take advantage of all of the Black Friday sales.

Don't forget to include a visit to Cat's in your Black Friday plans.  

The Black Friday specials at Cat's are:

15% off of Tim Holtz and Christmas products,

40% off of Fall or Halloween products,

free goodie bag with $40 purchase,

and from 5pm - 7pm you get 25% off of your total purchase,

not to be combined with the other sales. 

WOW, what a sale!  Definitely worth stopping by the store to stock up on all of your scrapbooking needs.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ALL OF US AT CAT'S!

MANIC MONDAY....SPECIALS ALL WEEK LONG!

Cat never does things half-way, so she is having specials all week long. 

Great news for everyone!

What's your favorite Christmas collection? 

 Today's the day to pick it up because you get

15% off of Christmas products.

Do you love the Authentique "Festive" collection?

Or maybe you want some BoBunny "Mistletoe" papers and accessories.

Are you going to see the Nutcracker this year?  You definitely want to pick up the Nutcracker Sweet Collection by Graphic 45 for those pages.

There's always the beautiful Carta Bella collection.

Pink Paislee's "City Sidewalks" collection is full of vintage goodness.

How about some of My Minds Eye "All Is Bright" or

their "Winter Wonderland" collection?

 If you want elegance, pick up Teresa Collins' "Christmas Cottage" collection. 

 

Whatever you choose, today is the day to stock up on your Christmas favorites for 15% off.
Tomorrow's special is 15% off of Tim Holtz products and

Wednesday is 40% off of Fall or Halloween products. 

 

Black Friday sale is: 

15% off of Tim Holtz and Christmas products,

 40% off of Fall or Halloween products,

free goodie bag with $40 purchase,

and from 5pm - 7pm you get 25% off of your total purchase,

not be combined with the other sales. 





FABULOUS FRIDAY

The last tag class was last night and everyone was in a super creative mode.  Cat created this beautiful tag using the Tim Holtz poinsettia and pine cone dies, the pine branch die by Impression Obsession, a clip and fold out journaling card by 7 Gypsies.  She did a fabulous job, as always.  The special orders for the Tim Holtz stamps arrived and everyone was quite pleased with their arrival.  Cat was taking orders for die that people wanted that had already sold out.  And, as expected, the Graphic 45 "Place in Time" line was very popular and she is already running low on some of the papers....I see a reorder of some of that line in the future.

  The class for this adorable gingerbread album is set for 1:00 p.m. on December 8th, and the cost is $55.  Make sure you call and reserve your spot so that there will be a kit waiting for you on the 8th.  This class can also be purchased as a kit if you cannot make it to the class. 

Nanci had her fold-out Valentine album at the tag class and it is so cute.  I love the larger size of the album and it should work nicely with 4 x 6 photos.  It's getting time to start making holiday gifts, so be sure to check the store calendar or the event tab on facebook to check out the classes that are coming up soon.  The classes are great ways to make some of the gifts on your Christmas list.

I hope you have a fabulous friday.  Come back tomorrow for a Cat-tastic Caturday!

IT'S A PUNCHY THANKFUL THURSDAY

It's Thursday, what are you thankful for? At Cat's we are always thankful for you, our customers. Without you, there would be no store. Today's special is DOUBLE PUNCHES. You get them by just showing this blog post to us. Easy Peasy...

Have you seen the beautiful Graphic 45 collection that arrived earlier this week? It is called "A Place in Time" and is absolutely gorgeous. I have a feeling it won't be sticking around long....Cat may have to order more since it is most likely going to FLY out the door!

There are two pages for each month. One side has a calendar grid on it and then there are these...This is January. Don't you love the vintage artwork! OH MY!

February...I can think of so many possibilities for all of these tags and borders.

March...love the birds on this one.

April..don't you love these beautiful pastel colors!

May...so beautiful. Look at those butterflies!

June...look at all of the wonderful photos and then there are beautiful wedding tags.

July....look at this one! Vacations and patriotic artwork--WOW!

August - some beautiful garden artwork on this one.

September....fabulous school related artwork on this one.

October...great Halloween artwork.

November...wonderful Thanksgiving and harvest artwork.

December...such beautiful Christmas artwork.

And, there is some beautiful chipboard to go with these beautiful papers!

Isn't it beautiful???? And, if you purchase it today you will receive DOUBLE PUNCHES by showing this blog post to Cat or Valerie. Don't delay, I don't think this collection will last long!

Tonight is the last of the tag classes. We have all enjoyed these classes so much and have some beautiful tags as a result! Some of that Graphic 45 just might find its way home with some of us....

FEATURE FRIDAY

Today, we are featuring none other than:

Ray, aka TomCat, studmuffin (Cat's nickname for him), and hero (Nanci's nickname for him).
I asked him for a short bio so we could learn more about him:

An engineer by trade I like things in right angles and precise. Twenty-five years ago I married Cat and she likes things off centered, harem scarem and hates right angles. Needless to say it does get interesting sometimes! I retired from GTE (Verizon) after 30 years and I worked around our place in the country fixing it up. Then Cat recruited me to help at the scrapbook store. Never knew I could have so many girlfriends-legally! I kept getting more and more involved in making custom albums for the classes that Cat and Nanci dreamed up.

The crystal ball album for Graphic 45's Wizard of Oz collection

This popular home decor item

Remember this gorgeous pumpkin album?

This album that included a slice of a log.

The very popular snowman album.

This super cute dollhouse album



First it was simply cutting shapes out of wood for Cat & Nanci and then they kept wanting to get more detailed. They were getting beyond my skil saw limits. I decided to get a laser for an upgrade to get out of the hot shop into a cool building.

Had NO idea I would have to learn all about it by myself by going online for videos, forums, etc. Still learning but getting better all the time. If Cat & Nanci would quit coming up with ideas I would be up to date! It has become a great hobby that I really enjoy.

 

And look at what he is making with this new "toy":

I love how he makes those banners and then the letters for us to paint to put on the banners.  Look at what else he and Cat have cooked up for us:

This adorable mug album will be a class in January.  It uses a new collection from BoBunny.

 

I hope you enjoyed learning more about Ray and seeing how much he contributes to this hobby we love.  We would not have nearly as many cute mini albums if we didn't have Ray.

Yes, he does build it with his own two hands....and we are SO VERY glad that he does. 

 

Thank you, Ray!