Thursday, March 08, 2007

Memoranza

Don't Miss this fun event!
Saturday March 17th from 10am to 6pm

There are still a few spaces lefdt for this ALL-DAY Crop Event! This is a great opportunity to catch up on some projects. It is a ton of fun, too! The registration fee is $35.00 and includes lunch, snacks and goodies.

Please let me know if you want to attend as registration closes on March 10th. Register by March 8th and receive an extra bonus from

Friday, March 02, 2007

March Newsletter

Hello Ladies,

March has come in like a lion and I hope this finds all of you doing very well!!! I am very excited to share with you the new products for March and April. Now, while most of it has a "baby" title on it, it can be used for many other projects. My absolute favorites are the new Bright Baby Girl and Boy paper packs (I plan to use them in my daughter, Emma’s album). Also, I can see myself using several Everyday Power Palettes!

Upcoming Events & Workshops

Tuesday Morning Crop Club – March 13th from 10am to 2pm
Join me and crop while the kids are in school! Crop is FREE but please register so I know how many places to make available and how much coffee to make!

Memoranza – Saturday March 17th from 10am to 6pm
There are still openings for this ALL-DAY Crop Event! This is a great opportunity to catch up on some projects. It is a ton of fun, too! The registration fee is $35.00 and includes lunch, snacks and goodies. Registration closes on March 10th. Register by March 8th and receive an extra bonus from me!

Tuesday Morning Crop Club – March 27th from 10am to 2pm
Join me and crop while the kids are in school! Crop is FREE but please register so I know how many places to make available and how much coffee to make!

Freebie Friday Crop – March 30th from 6pm to 11pm
Here’s a chance to come and have fun and work on your albums. This is a new format where you can join me for a night of cropping for FREE. I will provide inspiration, show off the new products and crop alongside you. You are welcome to join in on ordering dinner from a local restaurant or you can bring your own. Registration is required as space is limited, I will have ALL my tools for you to play with so you can pare down to just the essentials!

Divide & Conquer Workshop Series
Are you overwhelmed with your photos being unorganized or with your current album project not being completed? Do you feel that you don't have time to capture your memories in a scrapbook album?
Well, this new Workshop Series is for you!! This Course will teach you organization and simplification… the key to completing albums! This course is for everyone... whether you are new to Creative Memories album-making; did a page or two several years ago; or if you are an avid album-maker.

Cost for the course is $45 and includes a Power Layout Kit and lots of help and inspiration. At the end of this course you will have a completed album!! Space is limited to 6 to allow me to give you as much help as I can during the class time. There will be additional supplies you may wish to purchase, a list will be given once you register.

Week 1 – March 13th 7:30-9:30pm: Bring your boxes - we'll be dividing and conquering your mess. If you know what album you want to complete during this course you can bring just those pictures. If you have no idea what album project you want to complete – bring your boxes (how ever many there are) and we’ll sort them into album projects during this first class.
Week 2 - March 20th 7:30-9:30pm: We'll be cropping those photos we organized the week before.
Week 3 - March 27th 7:30-9:30pm: We'll lay out the photos in a Power Layout - organized for completed album pages.
Week 4 – April 10th 7:30-9:30pm: It’s time to adhere your pictures to those pages, journaling as you go.
Week 5 – April 17th 7:30-9:30pm: We'll finish journaling the stories. I'll help you convey your excitement, love, and joy over the events your pictures show. We'll end this class with a celebration of completion!


New StoryBook Creator Templates
For those of you that have digital photos of your darling babies (even if they are 9, 13, 15, 16 & 21 like mine) 2 new templates have been added to Storybooks using designs from the Bright Boy & Girl Album Kits. They are precious!!! Check them out by using the storybook link on my web page
www.mycmsite.com/catwarren.

New Baby Products
The Soft Once Upon a Baby Girl and Soft Once Upon a Baby Boy album kits have received a remake! They have been updated to include new paper patterns. They are still available for $17! Whoo-hoo!!

New sticker packs have arrived – Jumbo Great Length Stickers with 2 sticker strips of tag designs in designs to compliment the Soft Baby Girl and Soft Baby Boy are available for $4.50.! I am very excited about another our new Monogram Sticker Letters/Numbers. These stickers include 2 9x18 sticker sheets with 2 inch letters, numbers and symbols. They retail for $8 and coordinate with the Soft Baby Papers and Album Kits.

To go with the soft pastels, there are 2 new coversets. They have a durable matte-leathered cover similiar to the PicFolio's, a coordinating liner, and white straps. The retail at $38. They are Sophisticated Soft Blue and Sophisticated Soft Pink.

Now we know that not everybody has the same style or taste. So if soft and pastel isn't your speed - how about adding some "Bright" to your world?? The Once Upon a Baby Boy, Once Upon a Baby Girl, Jumbo Great Lengths and Baby Girl/Baby Boy Monogram Letters are all available in BRIGHT!!!! for the same prices!!!

The papers in the baby album kits are also packaged separately for you to use without the baby specific pages from the kits. They are 12x12 perfect fit paper. There are 16 sheets in the pack ( 2 sheets each of 2 designs and 2 solids). The Paper Packs are $10 each.

Now if your prefer PicFolio (and even if you don't) the Pink and Blue PicFolio Milestones Album Kit is awesome. They kit contains 32 title bars, 10 journaling boxes, 22 photo mats, 12 fillers, and the idea book! They also work well in regular albums and at only $12 it's a great buy!

To make your albums a tad more meaningful, we have the perfect enhancement. We have expanded the Vellum Verses line to include Expresions of Baby Girl and Expressions of Baby Boy Vellum Verses. Both packs are available for $6. Remember that the perfect adhesive for these are the frosted photo splits ($5.75).

New PicFolio Albums – Real Timesavers!
Everyone loves to make albums as a gift. Sometimes though we don't always leave ourselves enough time for our brainstorms! Minutes PicFolio is the answer! It is simple to work with and you only need about 24-30 pictures.

Just in time for Mother's Day, Father's Day and Spring, we have 3 new color additions to the line. Each Minutes PicFolio still retails at $20. They are now available in Cream, Two-Tone Blue, and Two-Tone Pink. (I have orders from a Mary Kay representative who is making her professional presentation album using the Pink one and you know I will have one in my black & pink purse as soon as I get my hands on it, it’s Hot Pink with Light Pink – just the thing girls!)

Now if that is still too much work for ya'. Grab your wallet shots and put those Mini PicFolio's to use for you! They are now available in Soft Pink and Soft Blue in addition to the Black and Cream. They have been updated and have a cute snap closure and come packaged in a keepsake organza bag for $12.

WOW!!! That's quite a bouncing bundle of new products!!! But we are not done yet!!! Read on.....
Now I'm thinking about .......flowers, hmmmm......fish,......frogs and ummmmm.....butterflies - can you guess what it is??? The brand new Meadow Micro Maker!!! They are perfect for spring and nature pages. (The girls went ga ga for it over here, there are frogs all over my work table!) 4 micro punches in 1 tool. TOO COOL! This new maker retails at $12

HMMMM micro maker - sounds cool but I know I'll get frustrated adhering them with those tape runners!!! SO I WON"T!!!!!! I'll use the very new, very exciting PRECISION POINT LIQUID ADHESIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is available for $5.75. They can be test driven at all my upcoming crops!!!

Now, have you ever wanted a paper pack that would just be perfect with any pictures, any day?? Well how about EVERYDAY? The brand new Everyday Power Palette is an easy multi use palette. It is perfect for any customer and any pictures. It includes NEW ABC/123 letters, Jumbo Great Length Title Stickers, 2 Jumbo Great Length Design Sticker Sheets, 96 storybox mats, and idea book, 16 Designer Perfect Fit Patterned Papers and 16 Perfect Fit tone-on-tone papers. All this for only $39 It also coordinates perfectly with the Everyday Minutes Album Kit that was released in January.

Are you as EXCITED as I am??? Want to see these incredible items personally??? Call me at 770-966-1320 to book your New Product Party!! Want to order them NOW call me or
visit my website and place your order!

NEW Persona Imprinting Designs
Persona Imprinting has added 5 new designs for babies! They include frogs, "BABY" title, ducks, carriage, and airplanes! They look great on the Petal, Sky and Chamois Covers!

While Supplies Last
We have had so many wonderful items to say "Hello" to; now we have some "Good-bye's" to make. The following items are available While Supplies Last. If you would like to take this last chance to order any items you have "been meaning to get" - now's the time. I will be putting in a "While Supplies Last" order on March 7th, call me with an order before then or
order on my website

Contempo StickWithOne
Titletopia Aligner: Ovals and Swirls
Hexagon Maker
Red-Eye Reduction Pen
Scalloped Corner Cutter
DecoFile 12 inch Organizer
Decofile Decorative Supply Organizer
M2Go Backpack
Neutral Snap Pack
Jewel Snap Pack
Travel DoneWithOne
Formal Affair DoneWithOne
Best Wishes DoneWith One
Party Time DoneWithOne
Wedding DoneWithOne
Holiday Glimmer DoneWithOne
Sassy Sampler Pack
Classy Sampler Pack
Precious Elements Vellum Paper Pack
Zesty Geometrics Paper Pack
Black Ruled Paper
Natural Ruled Paper
Storybox - Northshore, Vineyard, Metro, Tuscany, Paradise, Candy Shoppe
Jumbo Great Lengths Yellow and Chamois, Orange and Amber, Red and Pink, Purple and Eggplant, Green and Olive, Blue and Aqua, Neutral

Stickers:
Celebrate
Holiday Fanciful Trimmings
Holiday Victorian
Holiday Silent Night
Fundamentals
Festivities
Seasons and Celebrations
Yearbook
Hockey
Golf
AMusement Park
Nautical Bay
Summer Gathering
Sightseeing USA, Canada and Europe
Animal Lovers
Forest Wildlife
Home Improvement
Funky Font ABC/123

One-On-One Assistance
I am scheduling personal appointments to help you get started, organized or finish your album projects, as well as assistance with StoryBook Creator and Memory Manager programs. Please call me to schedule your FREE appointment to let me show you how easy Creative Memories can make it for you.

Last But Not Least
Host a Crop Night or Workshop in March and receive the Bon Bon Mini PowerSort box in addition to host rewards based on sales made at the event. If you have $400 in sales you could join my team for half price!!! I am always looking to add creative minds to the team and would love to talk to you if you are interested.

Happy Album Making!

Catherine

Monday, February 19, 2007

Upcoming Events

Friday Crop Night - February 23 - 6pm-12am
Fun, Friends & Completed Pages! $10 fee includes snacks and a make & take lesson. We'll order out for dinner from a local restaurant so join in and avoid cooking and the clean up!!!

Cat's Crop Club - February 27 - 10am-2pm
Come and crop along with me. This no frills crop features coffee, snacks and KID FREE time to work on your album projects. Crop Fee is $5.

Crop For A Cause - March 4 - 2-7pm
This special scrapbooking event benefits Acworth United Methodist's Youth Mission Group.
The event fee is $25 and includes Drinks & Snacks, FREE child care, games, door prizes and lessons from scrapbooking consultants. Registration ends March 2nd so please contact me ASAP if you would like to attend.

Cat's Crop Club - March 13 - 10am-2pm
Come and crop along with me. This no frills crop features coffee, snacks and KID FREE time to work on your album projects. Crop Fee is $5.

Memoranza - March 17 - 10am-6pm
Join other scrappers for an all day event. Crop fee of $35 includes lunch, lessons and goodies! Registration deadline is March 10th so please contact me ASAP if you would like to attend.

Cat's Crop Club - March 27 - 10am -2pm
Come and crop along with me. This no frills crop features coffee, snacks and KID FREE time to work on your album projects. Crop Fee is $5.

Friday Crop Night - March 30 - 6pm-12am
Fun, Friends & Completed Pages! $10 fee includes snacks and a make & take lesson. We'll order out for dinner from a local restaurant so join in and avoid cooking and the clean up!!!

To register for these events - just click on the links or visit my website.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

New Product Sneak Peek

Last week at Creative Memories Regional Conferences they gave us a look at the products that will be introduced in March. I am so excited to see some of these especially the new PicFolios and the everyday Power Pallette.






Click Here To See All The New Products Being Introduced March 1st!



They will also be discontinuing a number of items as they re-vamp the product line this spring. The following items are available While Supplies Last. If there is anything on this list that you love, I suggest purchasing it now or you may not be albe to get it!

Cherish Power Palette & Paper
All of the Done With One Kits
Oval & Swirls Titletopia
Hexagon Maker
Clarifeye Red Eye Pen
Scalloped Corner Cutter
Decofile 12" & Supply Organizers
M2Go Backpack
Neutral & Jewel Snap Packs
Sassy & Classy Sampler Paper Packs
Precious Element® Vellum Paper Pack
Zesty Geometrics Short Cuts

Black & Natural Ruled Papers
Northshore, Vineyard, Metro, Tuscany, Paradise & Candy Shoppe StoryBoxes

Assorted Stickers
Jumbo Great Lengths Color Packs, Celebrate, Holiday Fanciful Trimmings, Holiday Victorian, Holiday Silent Night, Fundamentals, Festivities, Seasons & Celebrations, Yearbook, Hockey, Golf, Amusement Park, Nautical Bay, Summer Gathering, Sightseeing U.S.A., Sightseeing Europe, Sightseeing Canada, Animal Lovers, Forest Wildlife, Home Improvement and Funky Font ABC/123

You can place your orders through my website!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

January Event Calendar

January 16th, 10am-2pm
Cat’s Crop Club
Come for Coffee and Crop with Me
Crop Fee $5 (or free with $20 purchase)
Register by 1/12/07

January 26th, 6pm-12am
Crop Night
Wear Pink or Red as Love is in the Air...
Crop Fee $10/$15 with Dinner
Register by 1/25/07

January 28th, 12-6pm
Family Friendly Crop
Bring the kids to crop with you and play with each other.
Crop Fee $10 per family, includes kid friendly snacks
Register by 1/25/07

January 30th, 10am-2pm
Cat’s Crop Club
Come for Coffee and Crop with Me
Crop Fee $5 (or free with $20 purchase)
Register by 1/26/07

Registration is Required for these Workshops & Crops.
More events are listed in January's Newsletter or on my Website

Digital Product Workshop

I am so excited to be able to offer a Digital Workshop featuring Chris Herbert from Creative Memories Home Office.

This will be a great workshop on our Memory Manager and StoryBook Creator Software and will be covering the basics of these programs and how they make preserving your memories even easier.

This workshop is FREE to all my customers and their guests.

When: February 1st
Time: 7:00pm
Where: To Be Confirmed
Register by: January 30th

You will be able to order Memory Manager and StoryBook Gift Certificates from me at the Workshop.



New For January!

Limited Edition Product Bundles
Love is in the air so Creative Memories has bundled together the latest love themed products into specially priced bundles that are available through February.

My Favorite is the 7x7 Cherish Bundle
featuring a 7x7 album, Palette, pages and page protectors. I am completing the album this week, so come to Crop in January to see it completed!


Monday, October 02, 2006

Memory Manager Rocks

I have been watching my husband, Mike (who is a pro photographer) edit photos in Photoshop to make his photo's a bit better and ready for printing. He can make a so-so picture look like a magazine layout and I am impressed all the time. I take lots of pictures too and decided to see if Creative Memories Memory Manager 2 could do the same things and make the ordinary snapshot look better. So here are my results.

Original Picture - taken outside around 6:30pm of one of my friend's 4 year old daughters blowing bubbles. Cute picture well worth saving for the album.

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After loading the picture from the memory card into the program, I cropped the photo in tighter and adjusted the color to be a bit warmer, deepened the contrast and shadows and in about 10 minutes I had this picture, now looking like the "rock star" photographer took it and it could be put in a frame on the wall instead of just in the album.

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From my perspective the $40 for the program is well worth it. I did everything quickly and easily and spent the evening editing photographs from the afternoon and am ready to layout an album page on the girls bubble blowing adventure.

I have challenged my Husband (said "rock star photgrapher) to see if in the same time frame he can do the same thing to the original photo. I'll have to post his attempt.

Want to learn how to do this? You can find out at my digital workshops or schedule a personal class!