Monday, June 30, 2014

New Hero Arts

Hero Arts Fresh Cut Tiny Triangles stamp
It has been a while since we received any new Hero Arts product however today changed that. We got a nice big box of goodies. Everything managed to get priced and on the shelves by the end of the day today. Just a reminder, Crafty Capers will be closed tomorrow for Canada day however we will be back open again on Wednesday 9:30 am - 4:30 pm so be sure to pop by to see the new stock in person!

Hero Arts What a Guy! stamp set

Oh how cute, the Lil Hoot stamp set! (sorry!)

Hello Sunshine stamp set

Hero Arts Snowflake die

A great little handmade stamp for all your projects!

Dance

Here is another sample from my demo on Saturday. I call this technique the watercolor technique because you stamp your image on watercolor paper with die ink then spray it with water to make the colors run a bit to give a soft look. I used my much used Stampendous agapanthus stamp for about the 1 millionth time! I used Distress Inks for the background and Mementolux for the sentiment (sentiment is by Penny Black). I matted the watercolor paper with some glitter paper and punched my butterfly out of the watercolor paper to show just a bit more of the glitter paper! 
I am hoping now the shop painting is completed - yeah! I will have a bit more time to "play" stay tuned for more crafty projects!

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Backgrounds!

The Crafty Capers had a free demo yesterday on backgrounds. I did a bunch of different techniques such as alcohol inks, watercolor, letter press, stamping with embossing folders and glitter however by far my favourite and the favourite of the participants was the shaving cream technique! I must confess that even though it is a 10+ year old technique it is one I had never done before however, that has changed! Soooo much fun! This red/orange background was one of the pieces I made during the demo. 
I needed a card for my FIL for last night so I pulled one of my shaving cream pieces out of the pile and whipped up this card. Photo does not show all the detail because I was in a hurry as hubby was waiting for me to finish the card so we could get to the party! 
The gear die is by Memory Box and I cut it out of black cardstock and added some Ranger Gold acrylic paint, Graphite Inkagold and Goose Bumps spray to it to add some interest. A bit of gold cord and I was done!
Thanks everyone for stopping by. Hope you are having a great Canada weekend!

Thursday, June 19, 2014

More new product arrived today!

A small order arrived today consisting of: Crafters Companion stamp mounting foam, stamp storage sheets, and some of the new Spectrum Noir blendable colored pencils! I have brought in just a few sets to see how they sell (and to test drive them myself to see what I think). If they are popular they will become a regular Crafty Capers item so be sure to let us know what you think! A big part of Crafty Capers success is listening to you, our customers, and what you like and don't like! :)

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

New Arrivals

New product alert! These items and more arrived today:
Tim Holtz Travel Ways stamp set

WeR Memory Keepers envelope punch board

Sassy Ruby stamp from Art Impressions

Masculine Fabscraps paper

Deep Red Fancy Cat stamp

Oh and a Technique Tuesday Sassy Cat too!

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Garage Sale recap!

Just a few of the stamps waiting for their new homes.
Thanks to everyone who attended the 11th Annual Crafty Capers Garage Sale Thursday evening. We are still totaling up the numbers but looks like our most successful sale ever with a record number of participants!
Here are a few photos from the night of the sale. Just as an FYI we are still selling the sale "leftovers" however these leftovers are not all all boring! Still lots of great stuff and even a few free bees as well! Thanks to Darcy Pollock for taking the photos!
Here are Kathy and Deborah waiting for the sale to start.




2 former Lantzvillagers waiting for the sale to start!

More folk waiting for the sale to start! Some folk came from as far away as Victoria for the sale!

shopping!
More shopping

Waiting for the folks to pay!


Kathy and Deborah by the end of the sale! LOL

Sunday, June 8, 2014

A few renos!

We have been doing a few renos around the store lately to freshen the place up. We had a painting "party" last weekend around the store and thought I would share a few photos for those who have not stopped by recently, of course, just like all renos, it has taken longer than planned. Painting is still ongoing and I have O'Ryan Grey nails to prove it! Thanks to all my painting helpers and to Linda Kenick for the photos!
Old and new color side by side

Brown door is now history! Thanks Darcy!

There was a bit of a painting mishap on Friday but Marilyn cleaned up well!

Whoops!




All our lovely dies on the fresh clean grey wall. They seem to have doubled in quantity while they were in their temporary home.

Friday, June 6, 2014

New Stampendous!

We got a batch of new Stampendous stamps in the store yesterday afternoon. Here are some of the new images. Be warned lots of super cute House Mouse stamps ahead! ;)




 Hope everyone has a great weekend!

New Memory Box in stock (again)

Lots of new stuff in the store this week. We are up to order number 3 for the week. Here are some of the highlights from the "die" order.
A new Dee Die. Here is a cool sample.

This die came in on Friday and sold out the same day! Thankfully we managed to get some more in stock.

Memory Box NEW Coastal Crab die. This is our second batch.

Another new Memory Box die just in time for summer

New Kensington Branch die from Memory Box

an older die from Memory Box but gorgeous never the less!
All the new dies have been selling quickly so stop by soon for best selection!