Happiest Place on Earth

I don't think it is any secret that I was in Disneyland a few weeks ago. We had an amazing time and when I got home I had this layout in my head. Now, scrapbooking is not something I regularly do, honestly, how many layouts of my cat does one person want to see, even if he is very handsome?
This layout came together pretty quick. I started with a lightly patterned piece of Echo Park paper (Park Bench line). I stenciled a Hero Arts flower stencil across the page with some Memento Angel Pink ink then stamped a Hero Arts friendship background stamp and embossed it with Ivory embossing powder along the left hand side of the page. I used some glimmer gel medium from Imagine Crafts to lay down my Park Hopper Disney ticket as well as a store receipt from Disneyland then I layered my photo and second ticket as shown. I cut a Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die and added a button center (purchased from Disneyland) that says "to all who come to this happy place, welcome. Walt Disney" I finished off the layout with a bunch of Hero Arts flowers and gems.
I have a busy week ahead as Crafty Capers is having an open house Saturday Feb 1. Stop by to see some of our CHA make and takes, and class samples. We will also have our spring class schedule out and if we are lucky, perhaps, some of the CHA product we ordered will have arrived as well! Oh, and I forgot 2 $2.00 make and takes using some new stamps we ordered at the show (please bring your basic class kit).
Hope everyone has a great week!

Stencil demo tomorrow!

Here is a quick reminder that tomorrow is Crafty Capers's monthly free demo! Stop by between 10:30 - 12:30 and learn things you can do with stencils!
I made this card using 2 different stencil techniques (and 3 stencils) - sponging & spraying inks.
Stop by the store tomorrow to learn more!

A bunch of videos

Well I am back to work after my lovely trip to sunny and warm California. I thought I would post a couple of videos of some of the cool new tools Crafty Capers has on order so you can see them demoed by an expert. Crafty has ALL these products on order I am expecting that I did not order enough so if you want any of these new products please contact the store and get your name on the list!
Here is a cool new tool from Spellbinder for getting all those little bits out of the die! All I can say is what took them so long?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uIN8AZwbE0

A new company to CHA Chamelion Color Tone markers. I gave these a test drive and found them quiet easy to use. Here is a demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtfjrDHYWX4

Tim Holtz has a few new products out. Here is a demo of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNR6gwk5PBU Not sure if I posted the photo here or not but I have a photo of my friend Linda ink spritzing and holding a beer - a great combo! LOL

Tim Holtz, again, showing off his mini Distress Inks plus his mini ink blending tools.

A new company - Little B. They have a great line of dies, washi tape and a bunch of other cool stuff!

Contact Crafty is you have any questions!

CHA final recap

Hi Folks! Just a reminder that today 10 pm is the final day to comment on any or all of the CHA photos posted on the Crafty Capers Rubber Stamps Facebook page for a chance to win a gift bag of new product from the show. I will be drawing a winner sometime tomorrow so head on over to our page and like it then comment on some of the photos. Let us know if you love or hate some of the new products. We want your input!
Here are a few more leftover photos of CHA for your enjoyment.

Dina Wakely and I. She is one of Rangers new mixed media designers. VERY nice gal.

A sample for the Penny Black booth

A sample from the Stampendous booth.

Linda trying out the NEW Chamelion markers. We loved them!

Some Dina Wakely art work

Elizabeth Allan from the Penny Black design team and I at the Penny Black booth!

April (not sure her last name), Linda, Candy Rosenberg & Lori after a gear album class taught by Candy and April.

CHA day 4

Not sure what booth this is from but a cute card

Well CHA is over and I got all my orders placed. Watch the blog for updates on when the product starts arriving. LOTS should be arriving in February but we have some items shipping in the next few days. Here are a few photos of neat projects we saw.

A cool altered art project from Canvas Corp. We took a few classes from these gals and they were great!

A Ranger sample

These flowers were everywhere. The photo does not do it justice.

Me at the Impression Obsession booth making my order

An Impression Obsession sample

Finnabair, me and Dyan Reaveley

Here is someone else famous we ran into however she was not at CHA!

CHA day 3

Little B paper tape display in their booth

Another busy day. Linda and I did an early morning class doing a printers tray album then it was off to do more shopping. There is only 1 more day of CHA and I still have quite a few orders to place. We have placed a few orders with new companies and lots of orders with old ones too. 

Oh my look at the cuties we ran into at the Stampendous booth!

Linda in our printers tray class. She looks pretty perky for 8 am!

Doing our first ever order at SEI.

This was some sort of arm knitting class. It was quite a funny sight with all the yarn all over the floor. Linda took this photo laying on the floor (with her butt in the air) some woman noticed her and thought she had fallen but did not offer to help her up! Lori and I just pretended we did not know her!

A super cute baby display at the Prima booth

We got to play with one of the top 20 new products at CHA - Chameleon makers. It was a demo I will never forget because Michael could not work his stapler. He managed to shoot the staples out of the machine nearly hitting us! Then tried to fix it by putting in new staples that did not work either turns out he had put the staples in backwards!

1 more day of sneak peeks on the blog but don't forget to check out the Crafty Capers Rubber Stamp Facebook page for more sneak peaks and a chance at our contest!

CHA Day 2

Here is a cool mixed media Gelatos canvas

No real theme for the day yesterday. I am starting to panic that we won't get to all the booths in time but Linda assures me if we stick to our plan, walk AND talk at the same time (what the ?? who does that??) and  if Lori and I don't get distracted by any more shiny things we will be A-OK. We shall see how well that goes! Here are just a few samples I snapped from various booths. Don't forget to like Crafty Capers Rubber Stamps on Facebook and comment on the other photos I am posting (lots of new products).

Spellbinder samples. I saw quite a few anchor type projects in different booths

Ooooh, my beloved Penny Black! They had lots of great samples

For those of you thinking we have just been lounging by the pool, here is a photo of Linda and I taken after 9 pm studying up on Impression Obsession.

Another Faber Castell mixed media project done with Gelatos