New Arrivals today!

Very exciting day at Crafty Capers the first new arrivals of 2013! That is right, I said arrivalzzzzz!  :) Kathy certainly had no time for lollygagging!
Here are just a few of the cool new things at the store currently!

For the first time ever Crafty Capers has Pink Paislee 12x12 papers in stock! I love this pink and grey Valentine color scheme - its called Secret Crush. We have the 12x12 papers as well as the 6x6 paper pad in stock now!

Pink Paislee Secret Crush

Pink Paislee Secret Crush paper

These stamps by BoBunny were in before Christmas but sold out in under 24 hours. They are back. Our new instructor Lori will be doing a Valentine card class featuring these stamps (and you get the stamps included in your class fee too).

BoBunny Love Letter 6x6 paper pad back in stock!

The Artbin Spellinder storage system is back in stock. These have been EXTREMELY popular and because of this these bins will be sold on a first come first serve basis. We have more already on order.
We also have a full selection of Stickles glitter glue, Liquid Pearls, Detail Embossing Powders and 12x12 Coredination and Bazzill cardstocks back in the store!

Poppy Birthday

A friend posted an article on Facebook the other day saying people who spent more time in nature are more creative. Interesting theory. I have been walking for 30 minutes each day for over a week now (in nature) and I do feel more creative so there might be something to that study! In addition, I have lost 2lbs so I can't complain! I AM complaining that I don't have a doggie walking companion however so watch this space for some doggie news hopefully in the next couple of months or so! :)
Here is one of my "creative masterpieces" from last week!
I stamped the Hero Arts wood grain stamp on a piece of Bazzill cardstock with Hero Arts Soft Brown ink. I am LOVING the Hero Arts inks right now and imagine my surprise when I was doing a bit of reorganizing last week and found I owned about 10 of them - I though I owned about 3!! Anyway back to the card...
I cut out a Spellbinder oval die and stenciled more of the Hero Arts soft brown ink onto it then stamped the Hero Arts sentiment using Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. I cut out the Prim Poppy die from Memory Box twice once in green and once in red then layered them as shown then tied a bow with some white embrodary floss I have had kicking around for years! I used my EK Success butterfly bunch on some scrap red cardstock and punched out 3 butterflies. I finished off the card with 3 Hero Arts pearls just below my sentiment.
Just a reminder Crafty Capers will be having a FREE (gotta like that price) Alcohol ink demo this Saturday Jan 12 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. I have some pretty cool inky techniques/cards lined up for the demo if I do say so myself!

Alcohol Ink Demo!

Crafty Capers will have a FREE Ranger Alcohol Ink demo next Saturday Jan 12 from 10:30 - 12:30. Drop in anytime between 10:30 and 12:30. Here is a sneak peak of one of the techniques show cased.
Alcohol ink colors used: Meadow, Lettuce & Butterscotch
Stamp: Stuff to Say set from Tim Holtz
Dies by Memory Box: Nestled Bird & Swirly Tree.

Hope to see you at the demo next Saturday!

Happy New Year!

Just a quick, colorful card to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I have spent today and probably will spend tonight as well playing with Ranger's Alcohol inks and eating tasty treats. I cannot drink alcohol due to new meds so figured I should have some sort of alcohol to ring in the new year! LOL
I made this colorful background using a bunch of Ranger Alcohol inks on glossy cardstock and used compressed air to spread the color around. I thought it looked a bit like fireworks.
The stamped images were stamped on matte white cardstock with Pitch Black Adirondack ink but when I cut them out and put them on the background they were really too white! So I tried putting alcohol inks on the matte cardstock as well and it worked like a charm! Very handy when one is working at home with VERY limited supplies. Will have to play a bit more on matte cardstock. I added some Star Dust Stickles to the fireworks for some extra sparkle!
Here is to a fantastic 2013!
Stamps used: Hero Arts Happy New Year & clear set All the Time (a Operation Write Home set)

Merry Christmas!

Just a quick (scheduled) post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. It's been pretty busy around here what with gift wrapping, baking, cleaning, shopping not to mention me having to get caught up on Crafty Caper's data entry so we can begin inventory in the next day or so. Here is a card I made during a recent play date. The poinsettia (hmmmm I see a trend here) background stamp is by Stampendous and I stamped it on watercolor cardstock then embossed it with Ranger Seafoam white powder. I used my Distress markers to color the images (quite difficult to see the white on white when you are blind in one eye!!) however I kept at it! I stamped the Stampendous saying in the same white embossing powder and voila card completed! You can't see it in this photo but I also added some Diamond Stickles to the flower for some extra wow!

Just had to include this photo of my handsome boy, Bud. He spent Sunday morning runnng under the sheet set out to dry on our drying rack. A sheet fort - best Christmas present ever he thought! Bud hopes all his friends get everything they ask for this Christmas and if anyone happens to get any extra meat to please send it his way! ;)
Merry Christmas everyone!
Victoria

Enjoy!

A few weeks ago the fabulous Sheree Taylor brought in some gorgeous poinsettia tags. When  saw them I knew I had to try my hand at the poinsettias. Click on the link for some good instructions on how to make these flowers.
I do not own the Tim Holtz tattered poinsettia die so I used my Spellbinder one. I used Distress inks: Fired Brick, Festive Berries, Wild Honey and Gathered Twig. I used my Penny Black script stamp to add some texture to my flower. I finished up my card by using my Spellbinder Labels 18 die plus Expandable Botanical Swirl plus a Sizzix embossing folder with edging in Distress ink (Gathered Twig). The sentiment is by Stampendous, if my memory serves me correctly, which it certainly may not! LOL The card can be seen in real life at the store as it did not get mailed out this year.
Thanks everyone for stopping by!

Gift Tags

 I spent my last day of work before Christmas working on Christmas tags! They were fun to do, quick and gave me the opportunity to use up some of the bits and pieces in my paper and ribbon stash. The ornament die is by Memory Box, glitter Glitter Ritz (Fire Red, Mystique, Warm Highlight and Champagne), sentiment stamps by Hero Arts (Gingy set). Ink is Red Royal by Hero Arts.