A Spring Bouquet!

Dreaming a bit of spring this time of year so I have been pulling out my flower stamps. This stamp set called Spring bouquet is made by Flourishes and I love it! Fun to color but also looks good uncolored. I stamped the bouquet on my main cardstock then on my light yellow (Bazzill) cardstock panel. I thought the bouquet would look good with just a hint of color so I used my Prisma pencils to add to abit of color. I added a Spellbinder edgeabilities border and a Flourishes sentiment from the Poppy set. The ribbon is by May Arts. Looks like the store will be hopping today we have a full Distress inks class!

 Hope everyone is having a good start to their weekend!

Sunny Snowdrops!

I've had my eye on this Flourishes stamp set (Botanical Bookplate Vol 1) because I love snowdrops! I finally "tricked" myself into purchasing the set earlier this week! LOL Not to worry however there are still plenty of sets left for sale at Crafty Capers! :)
I stamped the snowdrop image with Onyx Black Versafine ink on a scrap of kraft cardstock then colored the image with my Prisma pencilcrayons. I used my Spellbinder Classic ovals and Labels 18 to cut out and mat the image. The sentiment is also from the Botanical Bookplate set. I used a Spellbinder M-Bossability folder called "Regal" that I had inked with Aqua Adirondack dye ink.  I added some white satin ribbon and some White Liquid Pearls as an accent. I hope to get some more time to play with this set it is so elegant and was very quick to color!
Thanks everyone for stopping by.

Golden Pears

 I made this card using some alcohol ink pieces I had left over from some of my alcohol ink playing last week. The pears were made with white glossy cardstock, Caramel, Butterscotch and Gold Mixative plus the Memory Box pear die.
The sentiment is by Flourishes (Tag lines set). Paper is by My Minds Eye and Graphic 45. The flourish die below the pears is called Amira Flourish and is also by Memory Box.
I love the pear die from Memory Box and can't wait to use it some more!

Happy Birthday BJ!

Today is my sister's 40th birthday! We had a nice party for her over the weekend and here is the card I made her. I colored the kitty image (Penny Black's Cat on Moon) using my Tombow markers on watercolor cardstock after I embossed the image with gold embossing powder. The pattern paper is by My Mind's Eye. I stamped the sentiment (Flourishes Taglines) on the smallest die from the Spellbinder Romantic Rectangles set. The button is from the Memory Box button die set. I finished off the card by poking some holes around the outside of the pattern paper and adding some Yellow Stickles to the stars.

Happy birthday BJ! Hope you have a great birthday and just wanted to remind you I look MUCH younger than you! Hee hee!!

Shimmer Sheets

Another great card done by Linda Kennick (while Carley boxer was doing all the work around the store).
Linda stamped the irises (by Flourishes stamps) and colored them with Prisma Pencil crayons. She matted the piece on a Spellbinder Fleur di Lis square die. She embossed a piece of Shimmer Sheet using a Peacock Couture embossing folder then finished the card with a bit of ribbon, twine and a button.
Hope you enjoy!

Another class reject

Here is another Charlotte's Dream card class reject. All papers and die cuts are by Kaisercraft (Charlotte's Dream collection). I wanted to jazz up the brown lacy paper so I added Be Creative tape over the entire piece of paper and then added Glitter Ritz warm highlight glitter. Love this technique - it is really easy and changes up pattern paper in no time.
I used a Punch Bunch heart punch, some A Muse ribbon and a Flourishes sentiment to finish off the card.
Happy weekend everyone!

Happy Anniversary!

Today is Phil and I's 9th wedding anniversary! Hard to believe! Phil and I actually met in Crafty Capers waaaay back in the "olden days" when Crafty Capers shared a space with Creative Images Hair Studio in Lantzville! A mutual friend brought him down for a haircut so we could meet. I was a bit pissed off with said friend because I had about 10 minutes notice so no time to comb my hair or pick out the perfect outfit (Phil claims I was wearing a horribly unflattering denim skirt. I am sure that skirt was just fine!)

Here is the card I made for Phil. The iris stamp is by Flourishes and I colored it with my Distress markers (broken china, wild honey and shabby shutters) and a waterbrush. I cut out the heart with my Sizzix Framelets hearts (similar to Spellbinder dies. The pattern paper is by Little Yellow Bicycle Hello Spring. The sentiment is from the Flourishes set Tag Lines (love that set!).
The embossing folder is a new one, in stock at Crafty Capers, by Couture Creations called Venus Crest. I embossed on white cardstock then edged it with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I also edged the heart with a brown ink that was on a Colorbox Stylus Tip I had sitting on the table (was too lazy to get up and find a brown ink.
For fun, thought I would include a couple of wedding photos so you can see how neither of us has changed a bit!! ;) Photo taken by Seaside Studios in Parksville.

My sisters, my neice and I




Phil, his brother and our best man. Bet you can't tell which one is the brother!

 

A card for my Mom

I could not post this Mothers Day card until after the day because my Mom reads my blog. Would not want to ruin the surprise!
This card is pretty simple. I used the Tim Holtz die Tattered Florals and used Worn Lipstick and Fired Brick Distress ink pads to color the flower using the wrinkle free distress technique. Love the color the flower turned out!!! I debated using my Distress markers but am glad I decided against it for this project.
I used to embossing folders (Crafts too You and Spellbinder) for the cream background. I stamped my Flourshes sentiments on, you guessed it, Bo Bunny Double dot cardstock! I added some fake pearls using Ranger's Liquid Pearls Petal Pink for the center of the flower and the left side of the Double Dot cardstock.
Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Wonderful Mom

Whipped up this card yesterday using my new Hero Arts/Sizzix Stamp and Embossing set called Floral Wreath. Love how it turned out and to be a Mothers Day card so even better since I have a few I have to get made in the next couple of weeks.
I started by stamping the wreath stamp in Seafoam White embossing powder on white cardstock then I used my Stylus handles and sponge tips (I am using these for more than Stampscapes scenes now) and swirled on Hero Arts Soft Blossom ink, Adirondack Pink Sherbet and Raspberry inks over the stamped image. The embossed image resisted the ink so it stayed nice and white. I then cut out the image using a Spellbinder Labels 18 and Classic Oval die. I then took the embossing folder from the Wreath set and embossed the image. Love how it turned out! So beautiful!
I then found a scrap of white cardstock and stamped a Flourishes sentiment in Hero Arts Soft Blossom ink all over the scrap (the sentiment is quite small). I cut a frilly border using my Spellbinder set Fleur di Lis Accents. I punched some Martha Stewart butterflies and added some Hero Arts pearls to finish off the card.
Here is hoping you all have a great weekend.

Using unused stamps!

I bought this Flourishes Calendar Flower set probably a year ago and have never used it I'm hanging my head in shame. ;) I bet none of you have ever done that! Well  today was the day I inked it up. I stamped 3 of the 4 flowers in the set on small squares of watercolor paper then colored them with my Tombow markers. I matted them as shown and used a new Craft Concepts embossing folder which I just bought yesterday (honest!). The sentiment is also from Flourishes.
I really love how this card turned out in real life. I will need to find someone to sent it to!
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time lately to comment on my creations I appreciate it.
Card Recipe:
Stamps: All by Flourishes A year in flowers 2, Butterflies and blossoms
Coloring: Tombow markers N00, 391, 177, 985, 020, 991, 946 & 192
Embossing Folder; Craft Concepts Jo's Circles
Cardstock: Watercolor and Bazzill

Sunset Poppy

I had a few minutes to play the other day with my Distress inks and created this card. I began with a piece of linen texture cardstock then I applied some Antique Linen Distress all over the cardstock with a piece of Cut N Dry foam then I used a scrap piece of cardstock with a circle cut out of the middle to make the moon using Mustard Seed and Wild Honey Distress inks. I darkened up the edges of the cardstock with more Wild Honey and Fired Brick Distress inks. I stamped the Poppy by Flourishes in black then stamped the poppy again on a piece of Wild Honey Coredination cardstock and cut out the blossom. I stamped the leaves on a piece of green SEI pattern paper and cut that out as well. I glued the blossom and leaves over the original black image. I used a marker to make the stem green. I thought the poppy need ground to be growing out of so I used a piece of ripped text weight paper from the recycle bin and applied more ink using that as a mask. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx ink and is also from the Flourishes Poppy set. Voila! card done!
Card Recipe:
Distress inks: distress fired brick, wild honey, mustard seed, antique linen
Versafine Onyx black
Paper: Wild Honey coredination cardstock; Bazzill
Tombow marker 177

Sunset Stampscapes

Here is another scene I made during my play date this week. I really like how this one turned out. I tend to do forest scenes so this one was out of my usual comfort zone. Color was applied with a Colorbox stylus wand.  Stamps used: Stampscapes Cumulous clouds, Cloud with crescent moon, water pattern, ledge, sailboat and tropical tree. Sentiment by Flourishes (Poppy Set) Inks (all by Ranger) Archival Jet Black, Adirondack dye Slate, Lemondade, Peach Bellini, Sunshine Yellow, Pesto, Lettuce, Juniper, Shell Pink, Purple Surf, Meadow, Citrus, Latte & Espresso. I added some Crystal Stickles glitter glue in the light area created by the moon. The sail for the boat is paper pieced using a tiny scrap of Bobunny Timepiece cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by!

Butterfly kisses

I got a few minutes over the weekend to play with one of the new Craft Concepts embossing folders. The one I chose first is called "Butterfly Kisses". It is so beautiful! I started by embossing the folder using Coredinations cardstock (it has a lighter core so when you sand it the embossing really stands out) then I used my sanding block and sanded the raised areas to expose the lighter core. then I used my Spellbinder Peony die with some Upsy Daisy cardstocker and made a peony flower for the lower left corner. I embellished the flower with a Kaisercraft jewel. I made the scoop corners on the red cardstock with my 1" circle punch and added some Hero Arts pearls. I added a sentiment from the Flourishes set called "Taglines" love this sentiment set. I use it alot because the sayings are nice and small! At the moment all supplies used to make this card are available in stock at Crafty Capers.
Just a reminder tomorrow between 11:00 am - 1:00 pm is Coffee and a Card. For $2.00 come down to the store have a coffee and make a dragonfly card. Coffee and a Card is running all summer on Mondays only.
Thanks for stopping by!

New Spellbinder dies

Oh happy day - Crafty Capers received it's first batch of the new spring Spellbinder dies on Monday! It's been so crazy some dies are already sold out and we've had to reorder!

We do still have the following designs in stock:

Labels 1 small

Labels 4 small

Labels 18

Lacy Ovals

Beaded Squares

A friend purchased the new Fleur de Lis rectangles Spellbinder set before it sold out and she was kind enough to let me cut out a couple of rectangles. Thanks Lynette! I was thinking ahead and cut out each layer in a coordinating cardstock so I could actually make a card.

The card is pretty straight forward. Layered the new dies added 2 Classic Spellbinder Ovals to the center rectangle, stamped the Flourishes sentiment (clematis set) and added 3 Hero Arts pearls. I tied a pretty bow and voila a finshed card. The card is very simple but I love how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Even more embossing!

Here we are card number 5, one more to go! This card was super simple to make but a bit time consuming.
I embossed the Flourishes clematis stamp randomly all over a piece of mauve cardstock with Crafty Capers Dusty Violet embossing powder. To add a bit of extra bling I used my Versamark pen to color in each of the flowers then embossed the flowers with Crafty Capers Pixie Dust embossing powder. The Versamark pen made the flowers a shade darker than the cardstock (because it is officially a watermark pen) and because the pen takes a while to dry I was able to add the embossing powder on top of the pen to add a raised, shiny, sparkly finish!
The sentiment came from the same clear Flourishes set as the clematis (now in stock at Crafty Capers).
Thanks for stopping by!

Heat Embossing Demo #2

Here is card #2 from the Heat Embossing demo held last Saturday at Crafty Capers. This technique is the "magic reveal" technique. This card seemed to be lots of people's favs.
I began with a piece of plain white cardstock. I stamped some solid "daisy type" stamps with yellow and orange dye inks. I let the daisies dry for a little while, I actually moved onto card #3 while it dried. If you were in a hurry you could speed up the drying process with your heat gun.
Once the ink was dry, I took a zinnia stamp and stamped a bunch of zinnias randomly over top of the colored daisy stamps with Versamark ink. I poured clear embossing (with glitter in it) powder over the zinnia and heat embossed the powder with my heat gun.
I let the embossing powder cool then took a piece of Cut N Dry foam and Rocket Red Versamagic ink and rubbed the ink all over the embossed piece. The embossed zinnias resisted the ink and left the yellow and orange daisies exposed through the embossing powder!
I finished the card off with a strip of cardstock which I notched on each end to resemble ribbon as well as an oval with a sentiment stamped inside it then matted everything as shown.
Hope this technique makes sense. Feel free to contact me if you have questions!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts Small Solid Flower & Four Fun Flowers, Flourishes Taglines (sentiment)
Ink: Memento Tangello & Dandelion, Versafine Onyx Black, Brillance Rocket Red
Other: Crafty Capers Pixie Dust embossing powder
Paper: Bazzil

Butterfly Thank You

Sorry for the lack of posts this past week or so. We've had some crazy weather. Last week lots of snow with the store being closed on Wednesday due to poor road conditons then I had to madly prep for weekend classes because I left things to the last minute! Here's hoping I don't do THAT again (but probably will!).

I managed to find a few minutes today to play. These "dandelions" were done of white vellum. I laid the vellum onto the wood mounted stamp and traced the image using my Tombow white gel pen then I colored the image on the back side using my Tombow markers. I think it kind of has a chalk like look which is nice since I am no good at chalks! I stamped the butterflies on Bazzil cardstock and blended with using the indirect Tombow blending technique. The sentiment was stamped using a Tombow marker as the ink so it matches my colored images perfectly! Love that!

I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Penny Black Constellations, Flourishes Taglines & Clematis and Butterflies set

Tombow markers: 195, 515, 555, 565, 992 & N00 (blender)

Paper: White vellum, Bazzil, Coredinations

Other: Tombow white gel pen, Hero Arts gem, Offray ribbon, Spellbinder lrg scalloped square & Tag Trio.

Stencilling with glitter

The store needed some new Dreamweaver stencil samples so I was playing with stencils and glittler all day yesterday. I have VERY fancy jeans now due to all the sparkles!
This card was done with Dreamweavers Mission Roses LJ size stencil using the double glitter technique. If you are unsure how to do the stencil/glitter technique come into Crafty Capers for a demo! I used Glitter Ritz glitter colors Fire Red, Champagne and Moss Green along with a Be Creative tape sheet. I used my Cuttlebug machine to dry emboss the black panel. The secret to not wrecking your stencil when you do this is not to put your stencil between your B plates. Put the stencil on your A plate and spray your cardstock with water makes for a deeper impression. The sandwich I use (from bottom to top) is A plate, Spellbinder tan mat, cardstock, stencil, 3 sheets of cardstock then 2 B plates.
I stamped the sentiment by Flourishes on a Spellbinder Oval then dry embossed that as well.
Hope this gives you a little inspiration!

Fancy Flourishes

Got this Flourishes stamp (Spring Bouquet) set a few weeks ago and finally got a chance to ink it up yesterday! I stamped it on watercolor paper with Versafine ink. I decided to shake things up a bit and color the image with my watercolor pencils.

I cut out the image with my large Octogon Spellbinder die and matted the image with a bunch of Spellbinder Fancy Tags matted on each side of the octogon. I added some A Muse gemstones and stamped the sentiment (also from the Flourishes set).

The pattern paper is by My Minds Eye.

I have been feverishly working on class samples for my Just Rite Stamper All Occasion card class next weekend as well as my Cuttlebug and Tombow coloring classes but I hope to have another blog card to post tomorrow. Keep you fingers crossed for me.

Thanks for looking!

Just Peachy!

I've had this Flourishes set for a year or so now and I am happy to say this set should be back in stock at Crafty Capers by the end of January! Yeah love Flourishes stamps!

I colored the image with my Tombow Markers and matted with some Spellbinder dies including a newer die called Lacey Square (now in stock at Crafty Capers). Sentiment by Hero Arts.

Thanks for looking!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Flourishes Peaches and Cherries set & Hero Arts clear sentiment (exact set not known)

Tombow Markers used: 020, 133, 192, 249, 533, 912, 985, 992 & N00

Paper: Bazzill, My Mind's Eye and Watercolor

Spellbinder dies: Classic squares, Lacey Squares & Fancy Tags

Embellishments: Diamond Stickles