15% your Total

Now though Christmas enjoy all the Sales though out the store. Then take 15% off your total. (excludes gift cards and special orders)
We have lots of gift ideas and stocking stuffers. We hope every one has a blessed and happy MerryChristmas

Its almost Christmas

Make sure you stop in and check out our latest Sale items. All of our Christmas Paper and embellishments are on Sale for 20% off. We have lots of Fiskers punches on sale. And don't forget the stamper in your life. All of our Queen and Company and Heidi Swapp Stamps are on Sale.

Not sure what the perfect gift to get is. Thats okay we have Gift Cards for that Special Someone in your life.

We will be closeing at 3 on Christmas Eve and Closed Christmas Day.

Christmas Open House and Sales Sales Sales

Starting Tomorrow Dec. 4 Though Saturday. Dec. 6 We are having our Christmas Open House. We have lots of sales going on though out the store. We will have Christmas Cookies and Cider for you while you shop. Also make sure that sign up for our drawings.

Also Keep in Mind you can make up your own gift wish list and send others to the store for that perfect gift. On Dec. 19 we are have a special Men's Shopping Night.

Happy Thanksgiving

Just wishing that every one has a safe, happy and blessed Thanksgiving!

Be sure to stop in this Friday and Saturday to check out all the sales we have going on. The sence in the picture was made using SUInk stamps.

Vintage Christmas Ideas

All the items on this post where made using these Crafty Secrets products. Plus I also used there Sweet Kids stamp set. This post has lots of pictures but to see the items in person you can come in to the Store and see them first hand

The Wreath is made with a Grape Vine wreath bought at the craft store. The Largest of the Santa's is from Crafty Secrets Cotton Scraps. Hes matted on Star Dream Paper and Best Creations Paper. All the the Santa's images have had the edges distressed and had Distressing Ink on them























The Candles image was stamped on tissue paper and colored in. Then you place it on the candle and cover it with wax paper and use your embossing tool on it.
For the basket all you have to do is glue a Cotton Scrap on it and embellish as desired. The ornaments also have Cotton Scraps on them and some ribbon. Stickles also work great on glass Ornaments. For more info on the card click HERE. This will take you to my personal blog and tell you how I made it.

Cards for Area Food Shelves

We have started to sell handmade cards at the store. 100% of the proceeds will go to area food shelves. If your looking for a nice homemade card and don't feel your crafty enough to make one yourself come in and check out what we have.

Where do we get the cards from ? We are asking area stampers and card makers if they would donate cards. If you make cards and would like to help raise funds for the area food shelves, please bring them into the store.

Some Fridays Finds

I thought it would be fun to show some products that might get over looked while brozing thought the store.

Here is our Tattered Angels Glitter Mist. This wonderful product add sparkle and color to your paper crafts. You can click HERE to see an earlier post about them. Another wonderful about this product is that they have the color on the back of the bottle so you know exactly what color you are getting. If you don't see the color you where looking for let us know and we will order it in for you. You can also check out there web site HERE for some wonderful ideas for using there product.

Here are some wonderful products to adding ink to your project. With all of the you rub or dab then on your ink pad and then on your paper. How you apply it will give it a different affect.
Stating at the top going clockwise. We have Color Dusters, Stenciling brushes,Sponge Daubers and Sea Sponges. Each of this does different affects and very fun to play with.






We also carry Glue Pads. With this pad you can use your favorite stamp and then add glitter, flock or what ever else you can think of to your image. You use it just like an regular ink pad. The Doodlebug glitter works wonderfully with the Glue Pad.

The Slice is HERE

The Slice is IN!!! I was playing with it today and all I have to say is WOW. It is so easy to use. You let it charge for about an hour (well I didn't wait for it to charge I started playing right away which is okay to do) Put in the SD card like what in a camera and its so user friendly. They sell for 149.99 and you get a mat with it. The mat is made from glass and you add the adhesive (also included) to it, so you don't have to keep buying mats. You also get extra blades, Basic Shape 1 card. Extra cards are only 39.99. Come in and try it out and see how easy it is.

Quick Update from this morning

Making Memories called us and said that our Slices would be shipped by the end of the week. So keep your fingers crossed that they are.

And I got our website up and going. Nothing fancy but it gives some general info. So be sure to check it out and find all my grammar errors.

www.fomemories.qwestoffice.net

Coming Soon

I just wanted to let every one know we are getting the Slice in. If you don't know what the Slice is you can check it out HERE. Basically its a portable die cutting machine. It runs off of SD cards. You can charge it up and don't have to worry about being next to an outlet. There was a little mess up with our order so it will be here sometime the first two weeks of Nov. I will keep you updated if there are any changes

Also I have pre-ordered the new High School Musical and Hannah Montanna Paper. I don't know for sure what the release date is on them. But my guess would be end of Nov. begining of Dec.

Also I have ordered more Colors of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. You can Click HERE to see the earlier post about them.

One last note. I plan on working on our regular web site this week that I will just have general info about the store in it. Lets hope I can get that done this week

Storage Units, Ink, and More Cards

Well I have used the SUI (Storage Units Ink and more) Stamp and I love them they are so much fun to create with so here are a few samples of there Fall and Thanksgiving stamps. I hope you enjoy them.
For this card I used a leaf punch ane put the leaves on the paper then sprayed over them with a mister. Then I stamped over them with the leaf stamp. I Stamped the Girl and Turkey on a peice of paper cut out the girl, Happy Thanksgiving and turkey I used pop dots under the turkey and Happy Thanksgiving
Here is just a close up of the Girl and Turkey
This card has an accorden fold on top and you can hide your message under the fold. I used the Leaf it to Me stamps from SUI.
I saw the dog on the Boys and Bug stamp set and thought of the dog sitting next to the Thanksgiving dinner table checking out the food.
"We Gather Together" Just seemed so fitting for it.

Storage Units, Ink, and More

We got a wonderful new stamp company in its call Storage Units, Ink and More. I am going to be working on a couple projects to show you in the next couple of days. I should have something posted for them Tues or Wed. Night. For now make sure you check out there blog HERE. Their stamps are fun and playful.

Flower Soft and Adornit now in

We have added these two wonderful company's to our store this week.
Flower Soft products add a flower look to your projects Use it on cards, layouts, and altered items. You can glue it onto wires and make a little bouquet of flowers. You will have to come in and check it out.
With this card I used Crafty Secrets products. I stamped the little girl holding the umbrellafrom their Sweet Kids Stamp Set I then colored her in with Copic Markers and added Flower Softs Sweet Pea to the field around her.
Then I just added a touch of Stickles to her Umbrella and dress. Sorry I know the close up isn't the greatest pic my camera has deciede to be tempermantal latly.
I will be working on a couple other thinks you can do with Flower Soft latter on. We got in a verity of colors and some of there wonder papers and cut outs.

We also got in 4 Wheeler and Dirt Bike paper and Stickers from Adornit. They have also have wonder Granparents Paper and stickers. I know alot of you have been looking for that and we have finally found it. I will get some pictures of that latters.

Think Pink and Tattered Angels

In Honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month we have a space dedicated to thinking Pink
Our 15% OFF pink Selection come in and check it out
Breast Cancer Card Idea using Sultry 6x6 Paper Pad from Basic Grey. The Stamps are Crafty Secret's Support the Girls and KI Memories ribbon. The edges were distressed with Rangers Worm Lipstick distressing ink and of course Stickles in Cotton Candy and Star Dust.
We are so exticed to have added Tattered Angels Glitter Mist to the store this week. I found this wonderful Hanging File Fold Tutorial while looking at blogs you can click HERE to see it four your self. Instead of useing the plastic stenticals I cut some images out on the Pazzle with Card Stock and used that for my stentcal. I used Bronze, Coral, and Timeless Lilac Glitter Mist on my folder. The Flowers are from Heidi Swapp then spritzed with the Coral Mist.
For this Christmas card I first Sprayed Bronze mist all over the paper and let it dried. The Gingerbread Man stamp is fromImaginisce first I have to cut of the Happy Holidays wording but as you can see were are going to use that latter on. Then I stamp the Gingerbread man on it using Ranger Adirondack Espresso Ink. I also stamped three Gingerbread Men on a scrap piece of cardstock and cut them out. I used repostional tape on them and put then over the stamps on the card so when I spray more colors the gingerbread men stay bronze. Then I sprayed Coral and Sea Foam Green Over the card. let it dry and took off the top Gingerbread men. Then I stamp Happy Holiday on the card using ColorBox Gold ink. I then used Gold Stickles to out line the Gingerbread Men and add a couple BoBunny Buttons.

Bring in your best layout

Now thought Oct. 20 bring in your best Lay Out then Oct 21 thought Nov 3 (election day) you can come in and vote. The winner of each category will get a $5 gift card to the store.

Halloween Stamp Class this Saturday

Heidi Blankenship will be teaching a Halloween Stamp Class this Saturday Oct. 4 from 1-3 at Fountain Of Memories. She will be using Crafty Secrets products featuring the Halloween Fun Stamp Set. The cost of the class is $20 and includes the stamp set. If you would like to sign up for the class call us at 507-373-1996.

Welcome to blog

Welcome to the Fountain of Memories blog. We will try to keep you up to date here on the latest that is going on in the store. Coming up this week we have a Halloween stamping class on Saturday at 1-3. Heidi Blankenship will be teaching the class for us make sure you check out her blog here. She will be using Crafty Secrets stamps for it she is also on there design team.