CROPPING OUT JUVENILE DIABETES

Cat's long time friend's 2 year old grandson

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.

Cat also 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. 

She is learning, 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.

Our crop this Saturday, October 3rd,

will be a benefit crop

to raise money to help

find a cure for 

Juvenile Diabetes.

There will be all kinds of fun goodies for you to bid on during the silent auction.

The monies raised in the silent auction 

and all of the crop fees will go

towards finding a cure for this disease

that attacks our little ones.

There are a few spots available if you

would like to join us for a day of cropping fun

while we raise money for this worthy cause. 

CAT'S SKETCH FEVER

 

Another great set of sketches from Cat.

Love the cluster of elements in the upper left hand corner

around the title.  

 

 This facing page also features a cluster

of elements in the upper left corner.

Bonus:  the title and journal card on the

lower right corner.

I used three sets of Cat's sketches

Tuesday and look forward to

using more this Saturday at the

Juvenile Diabetes Benefit Crop.

This one will definitely be one of the

ones that I use.

I hope you will also try out some of her 

wonderful sketches.

You can find them all here.

ENJOY and

CROP ON!!!

NEW STAMPERS ANONYMOUS/TIM HOLTZ STAMPS

Check out Tim Holtz's new Christmas stamps.

These are the handwritten sentiment stamps.

These are one of my favorites.

I love these script background stamps.

They add so much interest to anything

you add them to.

These snowflakes are bigger than his original

snowflake set.

 

These trees are PHENOMENAL!!1

LOVE them!!!

So pretty on a scrapbook page, tag, or card.

This stamp set is so gorgeous.

I love all things vintage and this

stamp set is VERY vintage.

LOVE the Santa playing the piano!

The "Seasons Greetings" is beautiful

and would look great on a Christmas Card.

More snowflakes of various sizes.

To and From to use when making gift tags.

More sentiments to use.

This is a very useful set!

These Christmas stamps from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous

are fabulous.

Hurry in and get yours now while you have

a chance.

BEAUTIFUL....

Cat couldn't wait to get her hands on 

the hummingbird coloring page from

Reminisce.

 

Cat created this beautiful page using

the Tim Holtz distress markers.

BEAUTIFUL!!!!
 

Then, she grabbed one of the

AdornIt coloring pages and

created this beauty:

 

She combined one of the quotes with a canvas,

some of her FABULOUS photographs,

and one of Ray's Lazer cuts.

The possibilities are

limitless with the different

quotes that AdornIt offers

on their coloring pages. 

You know you want to 

color!

Come pick up your

favorite pages and

get busy coloring and

creating!

LET'S COLOR AGAIN!

AdornIt has also created some coloring pages.

This time they are on watercolor paper.

So, you can use your distress markers,

 watercolors, watercolor pencils

or Ken Oliver Color Bursts on them.

Lots of options with these.

In addition, they created several

different pages that you can cut the images

out and create greeting cards with them.

More fabulous greeting card options.

The last of the small images that would

be great for greeting cards.

You could also use these on art journal pages

and other options.

Large images that would be fun to 

use in your art journal or a mini album.

Love the sayings on these pages.

They are very thought provoking.

The "hope" would be great to use

for bible journaling.

More versatile images for you to

enjoy coloring.

So, hope onto the coloring bandwagon.

Remember:

It's not just coloring.

It's therapeutic and relaxing!

WEEK 40 PROMPTS

If it's week 40,

that means there are only 

TWELVE (12)

more weeks in 2015!!!

YIKES!!!

Maybe some chocolate will help....

 

This is a yummy background:

designed with M & M's!!!

Chantelle's has some hints for you if

you are feeling a little stuck:

 

Monday 28: Note
Take a photo of a note – 

maybe money or handwritten.

Tuesday 29: I wish…
What do you wish for?

 Or what does a wish look like?

Wednesday 30: Kind
Show kind in a photo. 

Kind could be a beautiful act or a type of something.

Thursday 1: Oops
Oops-a-daisy! 

Show an oops {accident} in a photo.

Friday 2: Garden
Step outside and capture a garden; 

yours or someone else’s.

Saturday 3: I saw this!
What did you see today? 

Take a photo.

Sunday 4: Tradition
Show tradition in a photo.

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!

LET'S COLOR!!!

 

These are some of the beautiful coloring pages 

that came in this week from Reminisce.

 

The designs are very intricate, which

makes them different from a child's 

coloring book.

Those flowers will be gorgeous colored!

And I can't wait to see one of the

intricate design pages colored.

 

Look at that VERY wise owl!

He will be gorgeous too!

 

Cat loves to color and couldn't wait

to color this hummingbird.

GORGEOUS!!!

 

Coloring is very therapeutic and a great

stress reliever for adults.

So come pick up some of

these fun pages to color.

Relive your childhood memories of

coloring while you relieve some stress.