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Chere Provence Kits on Sale Tonight!

**ETA All kits are up for sale now! (6:36 pm EST) In the store, click here CHERE PROVENCE for the kits. For the discounted past monthly kits, click HERE. For the discounted Halloween kit, click on HALLOWEEN SHOPPE.

I'll be putting the kits up for sale in just a short while. That one above is the autumn splendor adornment kit. I LOVE the copper patera pocket watches. So old world, so vintagey. They're stunning.

I posted the main project kit (Chere Provence) and the paper supplement (Arles Papier Supplement) yesterday, along with some project photos - so check out yesterday's post if you didn't catch them. Posted below are the other three supplements: (L'Occitane, Passeport Provence, and the Autumn Splendor Adornment Jewelry Kit). The best news is that most of these kits, with the exception of the jewelry kit, are going to be discounted because of the delay in getting them posted for sale. Additionally, we are giving away one *FREE* package of Heidi Swapp Chipboard Alphas with each purchase of the main kit (the Chere Provence Project kit), our additional gift to you.

I also want to let you know I will be further discounting ALL past scrapologie monthly kits (just the main kits, not supplements). These will be for sale between $10 and $15 so be SURE to check them out! Finally, we have some limited stock of last year's a Merry Halloween Vintage Halloween Kit at 50% off HERE -- (it's a $70 retail value at $35.00 and still chock full of all the gorgeous vintage styled goodies from last year - be sure to pick one up for halloween crafting!) I'll come back and update as soon as all the product is turned on in the store.

Oh -- almost forgot. We have had to change our shipping policy due to the price increase in US Mail costs. The shipping rate for domestic purchases is $8.00 now. ALL internationals, including Canada, will now pay actual cost shipping. You will be charged $10 in the store and we will bill you or refund any difference for actual cost via paypal.

Chere Provence Preview

                                                                                             So excited to finally share this with you! Chere Provence is the Main Project Kit, and there are two Provence themed supplements plus a Provence themed paper supplement. The supplements are LÓccitane (the woman from Occitania); and if you've ever been in the store LÓccitane en Provence, you'll know why I had to pick that name; Arles Papier Supplement which is the paper supplement, Passeport Provence (a fun little mini project) and then of course the surprise autumn adornment jewelry kit. Today, I have photos of the main kit, the paper supplement, and the projects from LÓccitane and Passeport for you to peek at. If you scroll a few posts back -- the art box and Provence Inspiration Box were made in part with papers from the paper supplement. I'll have photos of each supplement posted sometime on Saturday and we'll put the kit up for sale on Saturday as well. I won't be able to commit to a time just yet but will let you know as soon as I can (it probably won't be before Saturday - I'll try to update the blog before kits go on sale).

Here are some detail photos of the main kit:

The main kit photos above show five of the Admit One vintage tickets, I ran short of these so sadly there will be only two of those mini tickets per kit. Lots of goodies from Tim Holtz, you'll get 12 of the large grungy tickets. The engraved metal discs and the engraved safety pins are so old world. You'll love them. Each kit will have a variety (different words on each disc and pin that we'll choose). You'll get one in each color, silver, copper and brass tones. Also be sure to check out the wee paper clips and fasteners from Seven Gypsies!

Love the grungy tickets from Tim Holtz and resin cameo, the pearl stick pins and the ribbon rose in lavender. And look at those wee chipboard file folders from Seven Gypsies!

The Arles Papier Supplement was inspired by this Vincent Van Gogh painting titled Cafe Terrace at Night was painted in Arles, Provence, in 1888. I love the vivid midnight blues, golds, greens and terracottas. The colors for the Arles Papier Supplement were pulled directly from this magnificent painting.

Van Gogh expressed his enthusiasm for the painting in a letter to his sister following its completion:

After finishing Cafe Terrace at Night, Van Gogh wrote a letter to his sister^[2] expressing his excitement for his newly finished work:

I was only interrupted by my work on a new painting representing the exterior of a night café . On the terrace there are small figures of people drinking. An immense yellow lantern illuminates the terrace, the facade, the side walk and even casts light on the paving stones of the road which take a pinkish violet tone. The gables of the houses, like a fading road below a blue sky studded with stars, are dark blue or violet with a green tree. Here you have a night painting without black, with nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this surrounding the illuminated area colours itself sulfur pale yellow and citron green." (quote found at Wikipedia)

Here are the two mini projects. The last photo is an altered bottle I created with a piece of lace that will be in the LÓccitane supplement. I simply wrapped Chinoiserie fabric around the bottle and anchored the lace on top, added a bit of ribbon embellishment and you have a lovely bottle to fill with eau de toilette or linen spray. The photos for the contents in each of these supplements should be posted by Saturday.

Missed you...

Hello dear friends, I am so sorry to have been absent for so long and have missed blogging. Thank you for noticing and for the concerned emails I've received from some of you, I am so sorry I haven't had a chance to respond but will do so soon. We had some unexpected emergency things happen in late July/early August and it has kept me from blogging and also delayed the Provence kit I had planned to put up for sale in August. Fortunately, the worst is over and hopefully I can get back to some normalcy here.

I have so much to share. It's going to take me awhile to get caught up here... first off, for those wanting news about the promised Provence kits... the kits are all packaged and ready to go. I have photographed the main Provence kit and paper supplement, there will be two smaller project kits plus a surprise autumn adornment kit - which features a beautiful pendant piece combined with the french flea market frames (finally arrived!) and ribbons - they will make for some lovely autumn decor or jewelry, and they're completely customizable with your own images or photos.

Should have the remainder of the kits photographed and priced out by Saturday so I plan to put the kits up for sale sometime on Saturday. Thanks for waiting on me!

Oh and I almost forgot -- I'll be putting up some past kits at some rock-bottom prices to clear out some inventory. It'll be a great chance to stock up on Christmas gifts for your scrapping friends and family or as a treat for yourself. You won't want to miss out on them.

For now, I am sharing a few cards I conjured up for Halloween. I'll post some sneak photos of the main kit and paper supplement tomorrow.

This first one uses paper (I used the mini 6x6 pad) from Basic Grey - LOVE this new line that debuted at CHA Summer, plus some goodies from Making Memories.

This one was made with Basic Grey paper and a blank card from Archivers, (love the scalloped bi-fold), diecuts from Making Memories and alphas also from MM. The skeleton stamp is from Inkadinkadoo.

I love the silhouette image of the trick or treater on this one. The background paper is KI lace of course, the image was cut from a card found at Joanns last season. The glitter diecut and epoxy word are from Making Memories' new Halloween line.

Used mostly Melissa Frances product on this card, the paper, mini frame and sticker are all from Melissa Frances. The diecut harlequin bordered circle and stamped bat are Making Memories.

This design turned out simply but really lovely. It was inspired by a card I saw, I think in a Home Companion magazine. The borders are new Pink Paislee rubons, accented with orange bling, the stamp is Jenni Bowlin for Autumn Leaves, and the acrylic star is Making Memories.    

This last one is a fun little hat made with crepe paper, a cone and Melissa Frances paper. It would be a fun favor to pop on top of a champagne glass for a grown up masquerade party! More to come tomorrow....!