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Last Minute Holiday Supplies & Art Inspiration
Filed under Caroline Ouzts-Hay, Christmas, Kristin Batsel, New Furniture, Nichola Battilana, Shadowbox/Room Box, Teri Calia
I’ve posted info on the “While the Cat’s Away…” After-Christmas Sale. (Can you believe it? This is the 17th annual Cat’s Away sale!) The sale starts on Thursday, December 26, 2024 — read all about it here.
Note: Our offices will be closed from December 21, 2024 through January 2, 2025. Even though our offices will be closed, orders for DIGITAL Collage Sheets and Digital Images will still be fulfilled in real time (plus physical items bought during the sale will start being shipped on January 3rd). More info is here.
Need a last-minute gift? Gift cards are a minute away.
A few new items (and eye candy) — with a new sale!
Starting with this revised Vintage Truck Ornament Set! Updated to include the whole set (2 flat truck shapes with window cut-outs plus the 3D box to sandwich for an ornament with room for items in the truck bed). And see the adorable Otis Brings Home the Tree ornament below, by Design Team Member Kristin Batsel.
Here’s Kristin’s supply list and you can see tons more photos in her blog post!
All of the new items AND the artwork supply lists are included in the sale collection — don’t forget the sale COUPON CODE noted below for an extra 20% off!
Next up: the back-in-stock Ornament Size Chipboard Sleigh and Set of Flying Reindeer were used in 2 cute projects. First is this amazing (mechanical) sleigh called Reindeer Do Fly by Caroline Ouzts-Hay. You can visit Caroline’s blog to see how she created the flying mechanism, and to see the reindeer in flight; along with more photos. (Note: use my supply list link as her post was before we moved the site.) For a simpler project, here’s Nichola Battilana’s Flying Reindeer Sleigh Ornament (more like a centerpiece or decor for a mantel… and those reindeer have a wired harness so they are in mid-air). Nichola filled that bag of Christmas loot with miniature gift boxes made from collage sheets (included in the sale, too)! Here’s a link to Nichola’s supplies. |
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Look at that tiny little sleigh! It’s so easy to put together with only seven little pieces. I used a metallic gold paint pen I purchased at Michael’s to color all the pieces before I glued it together. Then I used a fine red glass glitter to add color to the sides. A few pieces of Mini Pine Fern and three cards from Christmas Wrap & Cards Collage Sheet and it’s all done and looking super festive. The advent calendar has a lot more than seven pieces but it is still pretty easy to put together. Just make sure to give it a dry run before gluing it together as the side cubby divider pieces are nearly but not exactly the same size as the top and bottom cubby pieces and are NOT interchangeable. If you get them mixed up you won’t be able to put the outside edges on correctly. The Tiny Advent Calendar Collage Sheet makes finishing this miniature calendar a breeze! Here’s a link to the list of supplies Teri used AND more photos/info in the original blog post. |
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Red Victorian Armchair |
Unfinished Side Table w Cabriole Legs |
Miniature Advent Calendar |
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Xmas Trees Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight December 18, 2024)!
Starting with that mini chipboard set: it was in the monthly kit eons ago when the truck ornaments were announced (see the little photo below for how that tree fits in the back of the truck).
The mini chipboard set in this freebie is a subset of the Tiny Christmas Shape Set so I’ve added that larger set to the sale, too.
Then I added these to the free mini kit:
– a 1 Inch Victorian Christmas Trees w Candles,
– two of the Wooden Christmas Stockings Buttons (random colors), and
– a 30mm Red Wooden Mitten Button.
They’re also included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)! Plus they’re all on clearance and the COUPON applies to clearance prices, too.
Sleigh Ornaments & A Little Xmas Cabin SALE
Oops, I should have specified TRUCK ornaments (too) in that sale title!
Over 50 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items (more shown below!),
– the Gift Kit items,
– AND all of the supplies from the projects by Caroline, Nichola, Teri & Kristin. (Those are links to the individual supply lists.)
ENTER THE COUPON CODE CABIN when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, December 18th at midnight PST. (Note: no newletter next Sunday… but the After-Christmas Sale will start on December 26th!)
Starburst Tree Topper Box |
Snowflake & Starburst Borders |
Black White & Gold Flat Braid |
15mm Flat-Back Gold Starbursts (extra sale item as they fit the new box above) |
Ceramic Snowman Tea Mug back in stock |
Gold Star Tree Topper |