Christmas Presents

It is such a wonderful time of year. I have been rather busy with many projects in the making as presents, and dealing with family life problems etc etc

Today I can share a special gift I made for a beautiful woman, who for many years has assisted one of my daughters with taking charge of her four young children when needed. I knew this woman, loved shabby chic, through her many posts I had seen popping onto my screen in social media.

Firstly I painted the shoe to help as a base for adhering all the lace. Initial layer was an all over lace, Next step became various pieces of different laces that I have collected through second hand stalls, flea markets on travels and cut out pieces and adhered to the shoe. I have used flat back Pearls to cover the eyelets for lacing and also covered the heel in the same flat back Pearls. After I finished layering various laces, I then filled the inside up with stuffing, adhered some felt over the top and added some hat pins as decoration.

I had no idea how this boot would look when finished, I had no plan, I just retrieved the box of laces and let my fingers and glue do the work.

The present has been given, I asked her to open, but what I didn't expect were the tears that flowed. This woman fell in love and was exactly the perfect gift to have given her.

New Prima Marketing Inc Flowers

I have taken delivery of these beautiful flowers today from the Winthrop Collection. Check out how gorgeous they are here

These awesome paper flowers are clusters of cuteness. With frosted tips, and pearl accents, you can easily add a floral embellishment to your next crafting project. 2 pieces Flower Size: 3" - 5.5”

Exciting News.....Introducing

Lemon Owl is an Ukrainian paper crafting brand.

Their goal is the development of the popular paper craft trends: scrapbooking and cardmaking.

Are you looking for unique designs?   We create supplies in a bright and original, clean and elegant style.

Do you love creativity?                     We love art and encourage the desire to create magic.

Are you looking for inspiration?         We want our products to inspire your dreams and ideas. 

 

 

 

New Release of Weekend Trip has arrived on our shores in Australia. Here are some photos of just a couple papers

 

To check out the rest click HERE

Prima Marketing Inc

Today has been a real WOW day, I love flowers. Do you? Lots of Prima Marketing Inc Flowers have been uploaded this afternoon HERE

They are so gorgeous. It is a must to take a look. A few photos to check out

Jot Pockets Class by Kim Archer

Hello Everyone
Would you like to attend a class via internet? Do you want to start your own Project Life Album or something with your photos in pockets? 
Then check out this Class over at Jot Magazine http://jotworkshops.ning.com/
Today is the last day to sign up for Jot Pockets Classes. Kim Archer shows us how it is done with such ease. Come and join us

Huge Sale

HAPPY NEW YEAR for 2014

To kick the year along Scrappy Kapers are having a SALE over at www.scrappykapers.com

20% of everything and free postage. Sale starts today and ends 23 January 2014

To get your discount please write discountsale in redeem coupon

WOW we only have 8 weekends left till Christmas

I think it must be time to start thinking about Christmas. Over the next few weeks, I will share with you some ideas that I have been mulling over about presents.

Being in Australia, means we have a hot Christmas, but we all dream to have a cold one with snow and lots of trimmings. Below I am sharing a layout I have done using Winter Time range from Studio75. This line of papers doesn't need to be used for just winter and I found it very suitable for my layout called 'Christmas in Australia'

I distressed edges, inked, layered, used lots of flowers that were on my desk and the journalling used was A Aussie Christmas Poem that I printed out on Acetate.

Because I had still lots of paper pieces left over, I decided to make some hexagon boxes suitable for male and female to place a gift card inside, instead of the usual envelope under the tree, I wanted something a little bit more exciting. I will also attached the template to this blog

Templates for Hexagon Box are

And the last bits of paper I made a Christmas Card from distressing and inking all the edges, I used glue lines to shape the christmas tree with bits of bling.

Should you required the templates emailed to you in full size, please don't hesitate to contact me info@scrappykapers.com

Stop and Smell the Roses

Today I read an article today from Babbleon about stopping to smell the roses, now this was my incentitive STOP and do something for yourself for just a change. I did just that and went straight to my room and started pulling out papers, more papers and just a few embellishments. My room is now total chaos. My next thought what photos would I use, ok surf facebook, there are always photos from members of my family. Yay, success, now to print off. I setup the printer, to find, it wasn't printing correctly. Yes ink in all cartridges, clean the head and all the nozzles, still not printing properly. There is a lot of cursing. Silly me, I replaced the  cartridges, but forgot to remove the tape from 4 out of the 8. Done, now to scrap.  My chaos became bigger, no table, no desks, floor well, it is full too, so I just pushed some more onto the floor and made room on my table. Hurray, I actually did a layout today. This would be the first layout I have done in 6months, and really enjoyed myself. I used papers from Les Papiers de Pandore called Summer Life. Below is a photo of the layout I did today.

Oh no.................... it's October already

October, a sign our season is moving into Summer, and Christmas is nearly here.

 I for one will be so glad to see the end of this year. Some of you will already know this, but this year bought news, none of us were prepared for, my husband was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma at an advanced stage. I felt my world came tumbling down and trying to struggle to surface again, it was as if  I was drowning along with my husband. We knew the outcome after treatment would be positive but we had to get through this.. All our plans were put on hold, work commitments changed and I could only manage the online store and the bricks & mortar shop has been closed during this time. My husband has now completed all chemotherapy and radiotherapy, still waiting for that 8 week mark after treatment to see how successful it was. He does feel better but now he has to go through shoulder replacement and rotor cuff repairs, so this will now happen in January just before a holiday.

I haven't scrapped in just so long, but I have been reading lots of blogs and planning lots for 2014.
Barbie, has had a little time with me during all of this, and scrapped to her hearts delight. I will share her layouts below.

First Layout is from UHK Gallery from paper range My Precious

Second Layout is from UHK Gallery paper range Tropical Fruits

There will be lots of new releases arriving shortly from Europe, keep a look out for these. Retired stock in the online store has been reduced dramatically and prices are as seen.

You can find us on Facebook too, click the facebook link. You will find lots of inspiration from our suppliers, quick giveaways and other competitions going regularly.

Angela from Country Bumpkins Clothing in York will be visiting quite a few wheatbealt towns in the coming weeks and will have a stall at the markets in these towns. Angela has been kind enough to take along some of the my shop's products to sell too. You can find Country Bumpkins Clothing online here

Flair Buttons are all the rage now, and I have been designing and making these for awhile, just not selling them in the shop until last month. I can design anything for you, just email your requirements through to me. I have just made some 58mm buttons to be used as titles and these will be uploaded during the next few days. Below you will see just a sample.

Flair Buttons

Scrappy Kapers has been busy designing Flair Buttons. They are listed instore now with lots more to come.
They are ideal embellishments for all your projects, whether it be for Project Life, Layouts, Cards or just about anything. This lot are made in 1 inch (25mm) size at present, more sizes will be available at a later date.

We also will custom make your Flair Buttons for you too, just contact me through info@scrappykapers.com with your ideas or images.

Take a look at some of the buttons listed below.

Les Papiers de Pandore New Range-Summer Life

New arrival online today is Summer Life from Les Papiers de Pandore from France.  For those of us living in Australia, we are all experiencing some cold weather, so this range of papers would be great to start scrapping with in our projects just to brighten the days for you.

Check it out Here

Brand New Digital Magazine has arrived

I have been sitting here reading this new digital magazine and 2 cups of coffee down, and no dinner cooked yet, all I am really going to say is Kim and her team have worked hard to release this newbie on the market and guess what everyone, it is FREE. Packed with 152 pages to read

Click on the link Jot Magazine.  Don't forget to subscribe for the next issues to follow.

Have a great weekend.

Paperhaus Magazine

'Faces of Spring' new arrival from 13@rts

New instore and online now is this beautiful range of papers from 13@rts Poland. Loving the look of papers. Australia is heading into winter, and this time of the year means feeling cold, fed up with rain but the look of this range of papers will just make you feel happy.  take a look for yourself

Studio 75 from Poland has hit our shores

 Scrappy Kapers is introducing Studio75 from Poland to our Aussie shores. We are very excited about this arrival today being 3 collections called Summer & Latte, Winter Time and the very latest release Special Moments. Click on images below and this will take you direct to the page.

Can't wait to play with all the new papers that have arrived with more to come.  Keep checking into the gallery or here on the blog to see some examples.

Trinkets Treasure Trove

After a few problems with the server going down whilst I was uploading the images, I can finally say they have all been uploaded.  Take a look at what is available.  Lots to find in the treasure trove.  Click on image and this will take you straight to that page

Introducing Maja Designs Vintage Spring Basics

Scrappy Kapers will now stock more European ranges of papers. 

This week we introduce Vintage Spring Basics from Maja Designs from Sweden.  The papers are of heavy weight and high quality.  Seeing is believing. Ready online for ordering.

MajaDesign Corp is situated in Uddevalla, Sweden. They are dedicated to creating unique and high quality, vintage inspired patterned paper for scrapbooking and crafts. MajaDesign was founded in November 2007, and since then has been growing to over 70 retailers in Sweden and over 90 retailers around the world.
“In the fall of 2004, a dear friend asked me to join her in a scrapbooking course. From that moment, I became totally amazed and thrilled by all the beautiful papers and decorations in the art of scrapbooking.
After some time as a captivated scrapper, I got curious to create my own patterns. I have always had a fascination for color and form, as well as access to great printing facilities in my family.
Since 2007, I have been blessed to be able to work with my great passion – to design and create coloured coordinated patterned paper.”
I hope you find inspiration and joy in our products as much as I have enjoyed creating them.
Thank you!

What's New from 7Dots Studio

7 Dots Studio have released their next 2 ranges of papers.

Love Is In The Air

The Queen's Heart

This time I ordered the complete ranges of papers, stickers and the 6x6 paper pads which are ideal for the cardmaker.

I will post some layouts that have been made using the above collections a little later in the week

Lots and lots happening..........

With a new year comes new paper ranges. Go and make yourself a cuppa and sit down and read the news.  This week, we see the arrival of the second range of papers from 13@rts of Poland.  I just love them so much, and can't wait to start playing with them, truly exciting, just in time for Valentine's Day.  This range is called All is Love.  The wonderful part with this range is it versitality, meaning it can be used for any occasion. I will post my take with the papers in the gallery very soon

 

3 Layouts above made from 1 complete set of the range All is Love. Must say, I have fallen in love with this paper, and thankyou to Aida from 13@rts for sending me this pack ahead of my order for Scrappy Kapers.  I have really enjoyed this