Look at what the cats brought out at Art 'n Soul

Susie's "Cat on a Door" class yesterday afternoon was very inspiring. Each student was given a chipboard die-cut of a cat from Magenta that was cut at a 90-degree angle on one side so it would hug a door-frame corner. (See examples from Magenta's headquarters in Montreal from an earlier blog posting on October 31.)

This photo of their work is truly inspiring and shows how individual the creativity process was. We are always so proud to say that our customers at Art 'n Soul always take the 'front seat' when it comes to the quality of their work.

When I learn which cat belongs to what 'artistic' student, I'll let you know!

Make sure this Saturday is your day for Recycled Rubber at Art 'n Soul beginning at 10:00 a.m. Lots and lots and lots and lots of new recyclables have been brought into the store over the last month. Please join us, won't you?


Marj has a class scheduled on the evening of Monday, December 5. Take a look at her "European Delights" . . .

by Marj Marion

Marj tells me that each student will be given a little bag of paper treasures. I so wish I would be home to take this class; alas, I will be spending our last two days with Cecilia in Milan before flying home on the 7th.



From Dave Brethauer's blog at Memory Box . . .

November 01, 2011

Design Team Focus {Laura Fulcher}

Today I'm featuring a lovely Autumn butterfly...courtesy of our Design Team coordinator Laura Fulcher. Laura works hard behind the scenes to keep all the schedules and blog posts up to date for Memory Box - without her I don't know what I'd do!

In addition to helping me stay organized - she's super talented! She teaches lots of classes at Angela's Happy Stamper and she writes the Color Whimsy blog for Memory box. She's one of those people that can come up with a good idea in a second - and seems to be an endless source of creative inspiration! I wanted to share with you a beautiful butterfly card that she made.

Isn't it great how she took a typically Spring thing - a butterfly - and made it just right for Fall? She created her own background paper using the E996 Alpha Background, C1390 Elemental Damask (stamped in Black) and pretty inks. The focal image is our popular Cocoa Bean Butterfly (C1714).

Isn't that pop of yellow (our Sunflower) paper against the black wonderful?

The 98109 Scalloped Die makes a coordinated black layer over the circle (the circle was punched out using the circle from our 98230 Grand Snowglobe die!). These two dies work great together!

For those of you who are lucky enough to live in the Washington, DC/Virginia area - try taking one of Laura's classes! You won't be disappointed - she is super skilled in colored pencil, water color, die cutting, stamping,...you name it, she knows how to do it!