tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60608836892164766402024-03-13T10:23:23.681-04:00Crafting VickyCrafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.comBlogger2983125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-77328477524244005252023-04-02T14:00:00.042-04:002023-04-02T14:00:00.257-04:00April 2023 update and freebie<p> Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing amazingly well no matter which part of the world you are in. Here spring is finally showing it's face today after making an early April fool's joke on us on Friday with a random snow fall! And I'm talking HUGE snowflakes coming down just like you would have during Christmas time... YIKES. I can't take that snow ANYMORE lol I really want to be able to let go of bundling up and wearing so much clothes.</p><p>After being sick for the month of February, I have spent the month of March playing creatively! And creating more content. I really hope that you are enjoying that extra content. If you are not why are you not a subscriber :) You can find my channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCccG_FeSS2-T7tCbLODzTow" target="_blank">here</a> </p><p>You can actually find the video of the journaling out of the box where I made the freebie for you. I created this image with words as well as free from words. If you want the images just right click on them. Please use them only for your personal use and don't share them. Send people here to get them :) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7hhpfws_0xUsstN2P7NZ9OaHIy9yKDhJMHhtJbZYKy0Mrj4Np0RAm192dSPVBgwGuFaXW9H025LPvbtlQ1sGsoWsm06vd3F833j2dOcelj8mkN9PJ4N6rgisPb2k_yPSU5dpIzK-ssXq3_gV0LZoWR6EOTCDXxShKVhlxfn0C8WdOwJEdLgSWmtJ/s1289/journaling%20out%20of%20the%20box%20live%20in%20the%20moment-cutout.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1289" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7hhpfws_0xUsstN2P7NZ9OaHIy9yKDhJMHhtJbZYKy0Mrj4Np0RAm192dSPVBgwGuFaXW9H025LPvbtlQ1sGsoWsm06vd3F833j2dOcelj8mkN9PJ4N6rgisPb2k_yPSU5dpIzK-ssXq3_gV0LZoWR6EOTCDXxShKVhlxfn0C8WdOwJEdLgSWmtJ/s320/journaling%20out%20of%20the%20box%20live%20in%20the%20moment-cutout.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDr9lksN0nqBLmnTNJvLOKHJz5sDPheGYOxMagFfgw__YlvBqI7ZYjc2937ttvc78GRmanlcLzdzsmXp2e7wbZ2QloOPleYTiiFcE-mx3K7_G8mnCHZMgrtVYlGCR-RIPT9OLKeLoRbVZzdcfzmXn95g1qYmieqj3PWVk1W8Um1OpNankLYjf7ZJ8/s1387/journaling%20out%20of%20the%20box%20single%20flower-cutout.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1387" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDr9lksN0nqBLmnTNJvLOKHJz5sDPheGYOxMagFfgw__YlvBqI7ZYjc2937ttvc78GRmanlcLzdzsmXp2e7wbZ2QloOPleYTiiFcE-mx3K7_G8mnCHZMgrtVYlGCR-RIPT9OLKeLoRbVZzdcfzmXn95g1qYmieqj3PWVk1W8Um1OpNankLYjf7ZJ8/s320/journaling%20out%20of%20the%20box%20single%20flower-cutout.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>There's more wonderful freebies in my newsletter and I hope that you are registered for it. If you are not go and register for next month's over at www.craftingvicky.com </p><p>Now for April I am excited to do more cleaning and organizing at my studio. Now that my energy is back to a more normal level I am hoping to get it done! I really want to make more messy creative items and clearing a portion of the studio's garage will be PERFECT for that.</p><p>I haven't forgotten that people do want to see a studio tour. That will come... Once I have done more cleaning :)</p><p>Hope you all have a wonderful month!</p><p>Take care everyone.</p>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-25214765039664008152023-03-04T12:31:00.002-05:002023-03-04T12:37:58.135-05:00March 2023 Freebie and update<p> Oh my... I have not published here since June last year! That's a long time. </p><p>I had such great plans in 2022 but I have to admit that what went on was even better than what I had planned. However, I couldn't keep up with it all (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCccG_FeSS2-T7tCbLODzTow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://bit.ly/3hIkGdk" target="_blank">Patreon</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/sTn5DK" target="_blank">Etsy</a>, <a href="http://www.craftingvicky.com" target="_blank">my website</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/craftingvicky/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, my newsletter, the blog etc.) something had to give. Especially since I also have a full time job. If it hadn't been for the full time job I'm sure that I would have been able to maintain more social content but with a 40h job and the project that I had going on it was impossible to do it all.</p><p>If you haven't heard I bought a house that I converted into an apartment (to be rented) and a studio. The studio is the basement part of the house and it has a garage, large room, a smaller room, a bathroom and a furnace room. I have transformed the large room as my <a href="https://goo.gl/sTn5DK" target="_blank">Etsy</a>/office area and the smaller room into my studio/filming/craft space. The garage is where I store all my <a href="https://goo.gl/sTn5DK" target="_blank">Etsy</a> items but I also will be filming the mix media videos (that is once it's finished setting up). This ended up being quite an undertaking because the house needed a lot of tender loving care! If you want to see the content of transforming the house into an apartment and a studio you can find it on <a href="https://bit.ly/3hIkGdk" target="_blank">Patreon</a> this is where I shared all the behind the scenes of this process. The reason that I shared this content there is because there as a lot more personal content and I didn't feel that it was right to share this all on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCccG_FeSS2-T7tCbLODzTow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> with a larger audience.</p><p>I didn't see my summer or fall for that matter. I was working full days and then going to that house to work for a few hours as well. I was also working every weekend on this. But it was all worth it in the end because even if the space is not fully organized it's much better than having my personal business take over my house! It will also help me in the future (I hope) to better define a life balance. When I'm home it will be to rest and when I am at the studio it will be for my business. This being said, I still haven't achieved that since I'm working on writing the blog from home right now 😂 My excuse this time around is that well it's snowing (so haven't been inclined to get out yet...) and also that I'm still resting because I have been sick for the past month so I'm slower in getting around at the moment.</p><p>Yup I have been sick for the past month! I got Covid and then it turned out into bronchitis and I'm finishing off my 2nd round of antibiotics.... It's been really hard for me to stay still and rest but my body wasn't giving me the chance to do anything else. I'm usually a go go go type of person. I did read a lot however and if you are interested in that you can find my reading here on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/vicky_fortier" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> I had given myself a challenge of reading 18 books for the year (that's a lot compared to what I have done for the past years) but now I have so far read 14 books therefore I'm now thinking my challenge might not be big enough 😁</p><p>Anyway, I have missed the interaction with my subscribers so much that I have done a HUGE sale on my <a href="https://etsy.me/3IIhR9W" target="_blank">Etsy stuff </a>of 25% to celebrate feeling better! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMO7nHbjBwHpOBMJg9vextjzMSeHMi7GDMSpgahQXmxyAq5XcNvRL8P_iGPhsna8T1U9ECkdNFr8Lxa-vzXqOfPK39UxSBFjVHHWr9u6ADdCH--WjW2qTuXIlI8hdu88hss0c4wc8xrrnuRN5mH6xvnSAFNwRpDZ73z2-ZyxBgHPbv7xbhdaiauX-i/s831/Etsy%20feel%20better%20sale.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMO7nHbjBwHpOBMJg9vextjzMSeHMi7GDMSpgahQXmxyAq5XcNvRL8P_iGPhsna8T1U9ECkdNFr8Lxa-vzXqOfPK39UxSBFjVHHWr9u6ADdCH--WjW2qTuXIlI8hdu88hss0c4wc8xrrnuRN5mH6xvnSAFNwRpDZ73z2-ZyxBgHPbv7xbhdaiauX-i/s320/Etsy%20feel%20better%20sale.jpeg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have loads of plans now that I'm feeling better and I have shared those in my latest newsletter. You can find the link to register for the newsletter on my <a href="http://www.craftingvicky.com" target="_blank">website</a>. I have also shared a great freebie sheet in it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted to give you guys some freebies as well and here they are! Hope you can use these images in some journals or on top of cards. You can right click on the images to save them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe9Pg9DZ0m4w5RXykXMgMeNSpuHD2IXT2uVf8NKtvSGv6jpAjsghwoBBm5yp0VqKVXmETZYwVkl2VMMCHjkjdSTt9K6VBEAYdMKchr0Kbv4We3-BzMcNl7eGTj2b6lUM-MsLb3QDJh83UllED3OH8ylT8s7ZTb1RBfPOwcWwUA0KLFlt1Q4UM5M0A/s829/Crafting%20Vicky%20Feather.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="758" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTe9Pg9DZ0m4w5RXykXMgMeNSpuHD2IXT2uVf8NKtvSGv6jpAjsghwoBBm5yp0VqKVXmETZYwVkl2VMMCHjkjdSTt9K6VBEAYdMKchr0Kbv4We3-BzMcNl7eGTj2b6lUM-MsLb3QDJh83UllED3OH8ylT8s7ZTb1RBfPOwcWwUA0KLFlt1Q4UM5M0A/s320/Crafting%20Vicky%20Feather.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRJHCZesmBZ1YKg17iS5cgNHhX2__9HTU07RY-qPI8Ufq56Ap8niDs1_eug9sfbtxXmZ8AcVDoteN7YFIX9wSzkzMSBofFJqQKWc9tX7fmwwrzdomkLiqRvyl-slEDI2HUcPuOf1T7VGCDFdh3-CbjdfCiF49JCuHxMKkSwLloj96u3qd34zS_oBv/s783/Crafting%20Vicky%20Purple%20bird.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="711" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRJHCZesmBZ1YKg17iS5cgNHhX2__9HTU07RY-qPI8Ufq56Ap8niDs1_eug9sfbtxXmZ8AcVDoteN7YFIX9wSzkzMSBofFJqQKWc9tX7fmwwrzdomkLiqRvyl-slEDI2HUcPuOf1T7VGCDFdh3-CbjdfCiF49JCuHxMKkSwLloj96u3qd34zS_oBv/s320/Crafting%20Vicky%20Purple%20bird.jpeg" width="291" /></a></div><p>These images are intended for your own personal use not to be shared with others. I would also appreciate if you use them in your creations that you tag me @craftingvicky so that I can see your work! I always love to see what you create.</p><p>That's it for me for now I'm hoping to be back at least once a month. Ideally it would be more but I don't want to commit myself to something that I might not be able to manage.</p><p>Take care and see you all soon!</p>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-59315534646375839292022-06-06T18:32:00.001-04:002022-06-06T18:32:41.811-04:00June 2022 Freebie<p> The newsletter has been sent out! YAY. I got very worried this month that I wasn't going to make one up because my inspiration felt like it had taken a break....</p><p>I had a lot of fun playing outside however because it's been beautiful here without being super hot. However my plants do need a lot of watering.</p><p>That might be one of the reason that I wasn't too inspired to be sitting in my studio working. But as many artist mention it if you sit down usually inspiration will just come. And that's exactly what happened.</p><p>I made 2 freebies for you all. I hope you will enjoy them. You can just right click on the images and save them on your computer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictmsYnIiL_nLY-tpjkHh8NQrB4Bnal9ysEP2by1yeswSnG6R1UxIu1f1_cw__PKo9--wyN6lOScgDsOkLdp5aD7SdZsxzAtZQjrpM74I6BjcW36folQaErm0W12x16kymH9w77bzmsEzy4ULXmYdwLjMrc-ghaXz5EYjBdQR1i_NaBGR4NSJNoHRj/s635/thinking%20of%20you%20with%20bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictmsYnIiL_nLY-tpjkHh8NQrB4Bnal9ysEP2by1yeswSnG6R1UxIu1f1_cw__PKo9--wyN6lOScgDsOkLdp5aD7SdZsxzAtZQjrpM74I6BjcW36folQaErm0W12x16kymH9w77bzmsEzy4ULXmYdwLjMrc-ghaXz5EYjBdQR1i_NaBGR4NSJNoHRj/s320/thinking%20of%20you%20with%20bird.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ7_LiJ9hqN0_fMv53lLI2xUE0XJlrrYhbK98Y7pEJ8PvL7pK5j3YjAbKPb4VF7xbGfPeJD33OIZOauVHx6Un_KEP8FDKvdDv_4GW_KDLnzxqQgOYIZHKoTkAJ0LwKqnRrt2z2IbY56edTclGEiQGZF1WgWCx5MVPwQJI3W_jDW9VDBmletA-Kr1e/s635/empty%20box%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ7_LiJ9hqN0_fMv53lLI2xUE0XJlrrYhbK98Y7pEJ8PvL7pK5j3YjAbKPb4VF7xbGfPeJD33OIZOauVHx6Un_KEP8FDKvdDv_4GW_KDLnzxqQgOYIZHKoTkAJ0LwKqnRrt2z2IbY56edTclGEiQGZF1WgWCx5MVPwQJI3W_jDW9VDBmletA-Kr1e/s320/empty%20box%202.jpg" width="313" /></a></div>Don't forget these are for your personal use and are not to be shared with others. Send them along if they want to have the freebies.<p></p><p>If you want more freebies don't forget to register to my newsletter, you can do this on my website here: www.craftingvicky.com. I also have been giving freebies to all my Patreons from the 2$ tier and up and you can find the link to Patreon here: <span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3hIkGdk">https://bit.ly/3hIkGdk</a> this is also a way for you to support my art and I really appreciate it.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt;">Hope you have a fabulous month of June. I'm trying to post more here but also doing more videos on Youtube.... not enough time for all the creative things I want to do for you all!!! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt;">Take care and talk to you all soon.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span></p>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-12465960423028746422022-05-10T17:50:00.001-04:002022-05-10T17:50:16.266-04:00May 2022 Freebie and news<p> </p><p>I hope you are all doing well and that you have wonderful weather as we have been having here.</p><p>It is as warm as summer days right now and after a cold week last week I'm very happy with this change. I'm looking forward to gardening soon. As soon as the nights get warmer I should be able to get some fresh fine herbs! YUM!!!! And this year I will be planting a lot of beans because I have had a lot of success last year in the greenstock towers! I might share some pictures of this either here or in my newsletter.</p><p>The nice weather inspired the drawing of this month. It's still much too early to see dragonflies but they will be coming soon I guess. I used one of my photo painty paper backgrounds to make the freebie that I am sharing with you all today. You can just right click on the image and save it to your computer. Please remember that this is for your own personal use and you should not share the image, send people over here for it :) </p><p>I have also sent out yesterday the newsletter with a bunch of freebies that fit with the one below. I hope you were registered to get it. If not don't forget to register over at www.craftingvicky.com before the 5th of next month in order to get next month's freebie.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2gbV-CjFAlc61wod1m4swQ72w7R4Q3zQ2AgIHRQ00wgzhsmp1BtfFIHT93G6Cg_RhOOJjNN76Y8dR8kbWT11aZgo-_Q3rGCN8-_gFhqfnTSukOhYLSrIokdjKrVppZZvRVLDtFs3-8GfIbw9mPvftqoYTp8wY_1A38sfntHw9GEyHHp2lEthAVPP/s1065/You%20are%20loved.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1065" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2gbV-CjFAlc61wod1m4swQ72w7R4Q3zQ2AgIHRQ00wgzhsmp1BtfFIHT93G6Cg_RhOOJjNN76Y8dR8kbWT11aZgo-_Q3rGCN8-_gFhqfnTSukOhYLSrIokdjKrVppZZvRVLDtFs3-8GfIbw9mPvftqoYTp8wY_1A38sfntHw9GEyHHp2lEthAVPP/w376-h376/You%20are%20loved.jpeg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><p>Have a wonderful rest of the week. </p><p>PS I love getting comments :) So don't be shy and leave a little hello if you come over.</p>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-24909145460801010502022-04-09T19:46:00.001-04:002022-04-10T08:56:44.118-04:00Happy April 2022<p> Today I have released the 2nd newsletter from my website. If you are not subscribed you are missing out on some pretty cute freebies :) Just thought I would mention it. If you are looking to subscribe you can find it here: <a href="http://www.craftingvicky.com">www.craftingvicky.com</a> </p><p>I hope that it's starting to look like spring were you are. I feel the excitement when I go out in the morning and I can hear the bird signing! I just feels so very good. I'm also longing to be able to start my garden. It's still too early here in Montréal but it's coming, you can sense it in the air.</p><p>I did a bunch of super fun background on photo paper using some alcohol inks for my <a href="https://bit.ly/3hIkGdk" target="_blank">Patreons</a>. And I figured it would be amazing to make some freebies using those backgrounds. Especially since they really felt like spring time.</p><p>I made a sheet of them for the newsletter and some other ones that are exclusive to my Patreons but I also wanted to include one on my blog for all of you folks! If you want it just right click on the image and save it. Please note that this image was made for your personal use and shouldn't be shared. Send your friends over to this site instead. And if you don't want to miss out anything on the blog consider subscribing to it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nnPqTT2m_aSSOQxy3brsClBXwLenecNqqsMqoTkhrE8TsKAmuc3JSO2RqS0IXQi3vdyQW8bcrRf5Et82JfjMMxEzZKfFo-agKuZamE_8S7M6L2G8jvsS4ir-CL3FJ_5993bHg8oUAh3nsCDadLGIFJviR-1FsEShMlIw9_NHujxVhSL0hiqeoZ5n/s616/april%202022%20freebie.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="616" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nnPqTT2m_aSSOQxy3brsClBXwLenecNqqsMqoTkhrE8TsKAmuc3JSO2RqS0IXQi3vdyQW8bcrRf5Et82JfjMMxEzZKfFo-agKuZamE_8S7M6L2G8jvsS4ir-CL3FJ_5993bHg8oUAh3nsCDadLGIFJviR-1FsEShMlIw9_NHujxVhSL0hiqeoZ5n/s320/april%202022%20freebie.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a lot of great videos also coming up soon so please go and check out my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/CraftingVicky?app=desktop" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> to make sure that you don't miss anything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you have an amazing month of April and wish you a very Happy Easter if you celebrate this holiday. I know that I will be spending it with my family and looking forward to it :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-15975478513612421762022-03-21T07:08:00.002-04:002022-03-21T07:08:55.014-04:00Card toppers<p> If you watch my videos or if you have been reading my blog for awhile you would know that I really love to recycle. And I also love getting playing cards because I use them as journaling cards in my journals or I can make some altered playing cards for ATC(artist trading cards).</p><p>When I see beautiful backgrounds or images I can't help but think of doing some cards with them. This is what I have done today in <a href="https://youtu.be/40wsqLXBMjw" target="_blank">my video</a>. </p><p>Here is the series of cards that I have made. I have to admit to being quite proud of how they turned out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVu-A8yd51_s2yMK7Ye-qXtaLjTa_JDxBg7ygYgWrBi1eF-rPJuGRPOX4HgiXF7V7hbdW3XpqJ17kOagSOhnuzJjY1xE-IqC-1VZbFU5NWcH_AlMAKgFHhKV3p5IAhB_585ZCfntlpXx2XPUsOMWtdJOGXg_5pmer6PvPKVWWOnZZ-2XxCFwXD1pY8=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1000" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVu-A8yd51_s2yMK7Ye-qXtaLjTa_JDxBg7ygYgWrBi1eF-rPJuGRPOX4HgiXF7V7hbdW3XpqJ17kOagSOhnuzJjY1xE-IqC-1VZbFU5NWcH_AlMAKgFHhKV3p5IAhB_585ZCfntlpXx2XPUsOMWtdJOGXg_5pmer6PvPKVWWOnZZ-2XxCFwXD1pY8=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>To make these cards I used some of the playing cards that can be found in sets available here in my Etsy store: <a href="https://etsy.me/3qo2SKe">https://etsy.me/3qo2SKe</a></p><p>The sentiments come from a digital set that I have available here: <a href="https://etsy.me/36f4EGr">https://etsy.me/36f4EGr</a></p><p>I hope you will find these to be inspirational for you.</p><p>Have a wonderful day and week :)</p>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-28309430585123436512022-03-07T08:18:00.002-05:002022-03-07T08:18:13.312-05:00Easter cards with Inloveart products<p> Today I get to share with you all some Easter cards that I made. The YouTube video is <a href="https://youtu.be/yvYCXR8vgsM" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>I really love the beautiful set of paper. It's so soft. Perfect for spring. And I used a stamp and die cut set this time around for the image. I don't often use stamps because I find that it takes me a long time to color them but these were super easy and quick. </p><p>I should start stamping images ahead of the time I need to use them and color them so that I can then just be ready when I make cards. This being said I often like to color the image based on the color of the papers that I will use... dilemmas :) </p><p>Here is the 1st card:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3-vKZmU1lMIvAk28cPWI9Yv8YdFyhufEtLYOEuQ5DZxENxfhWzz5u0PklBPr6FYONvUwn56_5_MDvdDMfke0eiz5akJVOQfoyiOACMJFnOnL2AwC4ValeWd3yfUk9tHTrG5naKUFcfbF4GRSJSwV0lrUgAbBoM6ZIDGE1K_oEC3_t2pqmq9F7qM5D=s1727" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1727" data-original-width="1727" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3-vKZmU1lMIvAk28cPWI9Yv8YdFyhufEtLYOEuQ5DZxENxfhWzz5u0PklBPr6FYONvUwn56_5_MDvdDMfke0eiz5akJVOQfoyiOACMJFnOnL2AwC4ValeWd3yfUk9tHTrG5naKUFcfbF4GRSJSwV0lrUgAbBoM6ZIDGE1K_oEC3_t2pqmq9F7qM5D=s320" width="320" /></a></div>The addition of the little pearl next to the sentiment were I think the best thing to make it pop! Got to love all the layers. Told you the paper is fabulous.<p></p><p>Here is the 2nd card:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2OAoVjzOqSjJyWfO0ELH7AqoVT9WjR_WP1jYyEjiwrzzDYxDU7hkxze8YxhAVzgOlInFn27lgnqaf-5oWiVB-_CgzplqzGEkbdg-F_7m7JQ-CMD6Qm3od0HG-JoSL6RJb8t1MH6fkR4YcpMYnIFPG9Gq2OCUZlCP8nMw_niHgUk6IZPZW7i1UumUn=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2OAoVjzOqSjJyWfO0ELH7AqoVT9WjR_WP1jYyEjiwrzzDYxDU7hkxze8YxhAVzgOlInFn27lgnqaf-5oWiVB-_CgzplqzGEkbdg-F_7m7JQ-CMD6Qm3od0HG-JoSL6RJb8t1MH6fkR4YcpMYnIFPG9Gq2OCUZlCP8nMw_niHgUk6IZPZW7i1UumUn=s320" width="320" /></a></div>For this one I used some super pretty white seam binding to complete the layout. <div><br /></div><div>I really love how they all turned out. I'm ready for spring now!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the link to all the products that I used as well as a discount code if you want to purchase some of those items.</div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is the discount code enjoy!: Craftingvicky (25% off)
And the items that I shared in the video:
6 Types Drip Alloy Small Pendant Decorations 20pcs:
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6 Inches Purple Small Floral Series Background Paper 24PCS:
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Inloveartshop Nature Theme Flower and Rabbit Dies with Stamps Set:
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</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Have an amazing Monday everyone!</div>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-76796466499217963942022-03-05T17:01:00.005-05:002022-03-05T17:01:39.572-05:001st Newsletter has been sent!<p> I did it guys! The 1st news letter is out. So if you subscribed to my website here: www.craftingvicky.com, you will have received it by mail today. </p><p> And as I had hinted, I enclosed a freebie digital download of card toppers. I think that they turned out pretty awesome and I'm quite pleased with them. As an added bonus I will include one here for you as well. Just right click on the image below to save it. Don't forget that you are to use this as a personal item and not share it with others. Please send them here instead :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTR7YpUbfJnuIt9okXEe69C8RVgcOtNzSnpdemIsl2o9jW-PbfgkwMcpdN-xm1WRfYEP6drKh5Wly7gjQyxnWGxO_DiqqsfUWjxLvScs0PuUzKGhKWCgDwCUtdsbUN8XrXWYMFrY3a8QlKnOsQOiqNLgpFJFATF9-3fBygyzi3j2fZlJYD_wbxzB42=s1866" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="1290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTR7YpUbfJnuIt9okXEe69C8RVgcOtNzSnpdemIsl2o9jW-PbfgkwMcpdN-xm1WRfYEP6drKh5Wly7gjQyxnWGxO_DiqqsfUWjxLvScs0PuUzKGhKWCgDwCUtdsbUN8XrXWYMFrY3a8QlKnOsQOiqNLgpFJFATF9-3fBygyzi3j2fZlJYD_wbxzB42=s320" width="221" /></a></div><br /><p>Have a great rest of the weekend everyone. See you soon and don't forget to go to the website so you don't miss the next newsletter :)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-68475761058296389172022-02-28T20:10:00.000-05:002022-02-28T20:10:42.775-05:00I'm BACK :)<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> Well,
it's been a very long time since I have posted on this blog! I have been
busy building my YouTube channel as well as my Patreon community.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">I
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so that I will be able to send a monthly newsletter which I think can be fun
for little updates on what I’m doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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month that I would not want to put in a monthly newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Therefore,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">I
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are the recycled Christmas cards that I have made in my Youtube video today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can click <a href="https://youtu.be/DpepHq7nwdY" target="_blank">here</a> if you want to go and see
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care everyone and see you soon.</span></p><p>Crafting Vicky</p>Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-37187249393292889832020-05-23T14:33:00.002-04:002022-02-27T09:54:54.329-05:00Winner of Sketch/Layout challenge #4Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well and staying safe. I am sorry for doing the winner's post so very late! I was debating whether I would continue to do the sketch/layout challenge or if I was going to take a break.<br />
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Here is the printscreen of the winning number:<br />
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Congrats Catherine for your win. It was a gorgeous card.<br />
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Have a great day everyone.Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-86051857793121669132020-04-06T06:00:00.000-04:002020-04-06T06:00:05.627-04:00Sketch/Layout challenge #4I hope you are all doing well. It's time for a new challenge and I thought that at this time it would be good if we had a super easy challenge so that there would be more of you that would participate.<br />
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It's NanaConnie with this beautiful card. If you click <a href="http://mygrammysattic.blogspot.com/2020/03/sweet-annabelle-celebrates-march.html" target="_blank">NanaConnie Blog post</a> She's one very talented lady </div>
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Big hugs and stay safe everyone!</div>
<br />Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-22542163608686724242020-03-29T10:31:00.001-04:002020-03-29T10:33:33.426-04:00Birthday cardI'm trying to post more on my blog this year but it's proving to be difficult. I don't know about you but I feel that I'm always running after my tail! <br />
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With Covid19 on the loose it's been quite hectic at work. Trying to calm people down and at the same time being worried myself. I'm lucky the plant that I work in is in the food industry. So our standard for cleanliness as always been high. Now they have been put even higher! But that makes us safe.</div>
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This being said with all that was going on the employees are still terrified and we decided to shut the plant down for 2 wks. Some of our operations are continuing but not our main plant. This of course will be causing some loss income and some of our employees will be layoff for the 2 wks so will have to go on unemployment. My team and others that can work from home will be doing so. For me what it has meant is looking at the grants that are out there and talking to the banks. Which means that my job has become that much more stressful. I really want to make sure that my company stays in a good financial position and that we don't end up having to shut down! This is going to be the reality of many companies in this time unfortunately. It also means that my team as to make sure to continue to get the $ in from our clients (which is not easy some have shut down) and then to pay our suppliers, already our need for their product have lessen which in itself will be harder. The economy is such a big wheel..... </div>
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But today I thought that I would share with you a card that I made earlier this month for one of my employees b-day! I used a super sweet image from Sandra Caldwell! I haven't played with her images in awhile. This is an older image that I had in my stash. Not sure that she still carries it in her store. It is called Flowers for mom. I colored it with my copics.</div>
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I used the sketch from my <a href="https://crafting-vicky.blogspot.com/2020/03/sketchlayout-challenge-3.html" target="_blank">sketch challenge</a> (still a few days to enter!!! )</div>
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I used paper from Simple Stories that I have had in my stash for awhile to make this card. I really love how bright it came out!!!</div>
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<li><a href="http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2020/03/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-march.html" target="_blank">Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper</a> - anything goes with patterned paper</li>
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Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-9933647694609189992020-03-09T13:55:00.001-04:002020-03-09T13:55:25.928-04:00Owl birthday card Hello! I hope you are all doing well and are healthy. I was super blessed with one of my latest card where I won a gift certificate from <a href="https://www.janmahew.com/shop-1?page=2" target="_blank">Jan's digital shop</a> .<br />
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I chose this image <a href="https://www.janmahew.com/product-page/632j-knight-owl" target="_blank">Knight-owl</a> which I thought would be perfect for my dad's b-day. I decided to follow the sketch that I have launched for my challenge which you can find here: <a href="https://crafting-vicky.blogspot.com/2020/03/sketchlayout-challenge-3.html" target="_blank">Sketch layout-challenge-3</a>. I hope you will come and participate with me.<br />
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Here is my card. I have colored the image with my copics. The papers are from I Am by simple stories.<br />
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You can see the video of the making of this card here: <a href="https://crafting-vicky.blogspot.com/2020/03/sketchlayout-challenge-3.html" target="_blank">Crafting Vicky video</a><br />
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<li><a href="http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2020/03/c-127.html" target="_blank">Lil patch of crafty friends</a> - Anything goes</li>
<li><a href="http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/03/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-373.html" target="_blank">Pixies crafty workshop</a> - Anything goes</li>
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Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-7313757730486100812020-03-03T06:00:00.000-05:002020-03-03T06:00:07.113-05:0010K youtube giveawayI'm beyond excited to share with you all my 10K subscriber giveaway! I have reached in January the milestone and I worked really hard on making a journal that I could give as a prize.<br />
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I hope you will go and check out the video here and participate! <a href="https://youtu.be/x9vXGrZMO_c" target="_blank">Celebration 10K subscribers</a><br />
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So go on and join in the fun!<br />
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<br />Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-50582837935736148192020-03-02T06:00:00.000-05:002020-03-02T06:00:03.951-05:00Sketch/Layout challenge #3It's time for the 3rd challenge! And I really hope that many of you will join it whether with layouts, cards, atc or anything else that you guys can think of! I always love seeing what you make.<br />
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Here is the card that I have made this time around. I know that many of you love doing cards. And of course many of you LOVE Christmas cards. Here is the sketch to use for this month:<br />
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And you can see the video of the card that I made here: <a href="https://youtu.be/veiO2gknE0A">Recycle or use your stash Christmas card video wk 69</a><br />
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This is the card that was made:<br />
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Now it's your turn to participate!!! Please give each other a lot of love as well!<br />
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Thank you everyone that participated last month in the challenge! Our winner is..... drum roll you can see the live video here: <a href="mailto:https://youtu.be/9K0tvlVIfms" target="_blank">Winner video</a><br />
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And that is Gloria!!!! YAY!!!! Congrats Gloria your creation was wonderful and you can all see it here:<br />
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Please make sure to communicate with me so that I can send happy mail your way!!!<br />
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See you soon with the next Sketch/layout challenge. I hope many of you will participate!!!!<br />
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<br />Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-90602289347962306452020-02-05T21:08:00.001-05:002020-02-05T21:08:41.567-05:00Happy b-day card with challenge #2 sketch<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I need a card for one of my employees. And I decided to make one off camera. OMG it's been FOREVER since I have done that. And I have decided to use a stamp that I haven't used EVER. I just ADORE Gorjuss stamps and I haven't been using mine.... I just don't. But I love them that IS the reason I got them in the 1st place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So it was time to do that and while watching Courtney from Little Raven Ink (on Patreon, I love supporting artists that I like). I just played with some alcool inks which have not been used either.... and made a really fun background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other papers used on this card are from a card folder and the other from a very old paper pack that can't identify for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really hope that you like my new card for you. I followed the sketch that you can find on my<a href="https://crafting-vicky.blogspot.com/2020/02/sketchlayout-challenge-2.html" target="_blank"> sketch/layout challenge</a>. It's been a very long time since I have posted just on my blog. I hope you like it but most of all I sure hope my employee likes it!!!!</span><br />
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Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-56508181762764335422020-02-02T06:00:00.001-05:002020-02-02T06:00:02.696-05:00Sketch/Layout challenge # 2WOW such a great turnout for the 1st challenge! So now it's time for the 2nd challenge. I really hope that you will like this sketch/layout as much.<br />
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Here is the sketch for you guys:<br />
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and here is what I made with this sketch. I went all mixed media on it and turned it around. I hope that it inspire you:<br />
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I was given this gorgeous image from Martina from Deutschland. She also gave me the beautiful strip of sticky papers. You really have to watch the video of the making to know what I did here:<br />
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So here is the new linky tool please join in!!!! Cards, atc, mixed media etc. just suprise me and everyone :)<br />
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I would also like to thank everyone that became a subscriber of my blog. I really appreciated that as well. :) I would like to post more but between life, work, family and youtube sometimes making extra post is difficult, however it's in my list of wishes for 2020.<br />
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For challenge number 1 here is the winner! <br />
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And this Entry was by Patricia Dalrymple who sent hers by mail!<br />
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Patricia I will be sending happy mail your way soon :)<br />
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Thanks again everyone for participating and I hope that there will be many more in the challenge number 2. It's the following post to that one.Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-12913016546554853432020-01-01T12:00:00.000-05:002020-01-01T12:00:01.226-05:00Layout challenge #1I have promised all of you on Youtube, FB and here that I wanted to do something that would include both my youtube and my blog.<br />
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My new project for you all is a new layout challenge. I will post the layout here and show what I made on my youtube channel if you are interested in seeing the creation process.<br />
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I wanted to do something that could help spark creativity when inspiration doesn't come. My wish is to see what you do with the layout. How will you use it? Will you turn it around? What will you create with it? Will it be a card, a scrapbook page, an atc or something else that I can't imagine yet? I know that all of you have loads of imagination and will be able to surprise me!<br />
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I pondered a bit on the way I was going to do this and how long to keep this open. I came up with the idea of doing it for a month. However if I see that many of you are interested, I was thinking of doing more and also leaving them a month. This would mean that there could be many open at the same time but leaving you still with enough time to participate!<br />
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I have created a linky tool account so that I will be able to have you link up what you have done. This way I get to go and see your work and I'm hoping that others will as well visit you! It always warms my heart when I see the different subscribers respond to one another. I know that you all are super supportive and it's amazing to see.<br />
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Now it wouldn't be a challenge if there was no prize.... There will be a random draw of all the participant for a winner every challenge. I will try to announce it within about a week after the closure of the challenge.<br />
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Unfortunately I can't afford to give out big prizes especially since I want this to be open world wise! But I can do something that is personal. So if you are the winner and you are willing to e-mail me your snail mail address, I will send you a personal card and possibly some other little goodies (ie stickers, project life card, piece of artwork that I have done, etc) that can be put in a regular envelope. I hope this will make the win fun. I know that I love getting happy mail even if it's note!<br />
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So without further ado here is the 1st Layout of the series! I kept it fairly simple :)<br />
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And here is what I made with the layout. Hope it can inspire you!<br />
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You can see my process for creating those here on my youtube channel. Just click on this link: <a href="https://youtu.be/CAfnkB-h4IA" target="_blank">Layout process video</a><br />
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Here is the linky list:<br />
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<br />Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-77957312629125446182019-12-29T12:26:00.002-05:002019-12-29T12:26:36.475-05:00New ideas for 2020Oh boy oh boy.... 2019 has come and almost gone without any content at ALL on my blog. If this was like one of my favorite ninendo video game "Animal Crossing" there would be ton of weeds and bugs on here :)<br />
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It's been a very very busy time in 2018 and 2019 with home renos and a lot of learning on my part. I have also rediscovered stuff that I really enjoyed doing in the past like canning. But I took it to another level by doing pressure canning this year not just water bath.<br />
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I have been binge watching prepper, how-to, zero waste videos. They have altered a lot of the way that I think and made me think on how to save money and eat healthier. I have started making a lot of items from scratch like bread.<br />
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My outside work place has also been time consuming. We got a lot of different government audit and I was the person responsible for managing them. I ended up getting promoted to Finance director. For the biggest part of the year I had empty positions in my department so many of us ended up doing extra hours.<br />
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With all this going on, something had to give and that ended up being my blog obviously and my youtube channel. <br />
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I stopped making daily videos, this was a real disappointment to me. It was just too much to keep on doing when so much was happening in my life.<br />
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Making your food from scratch, working late and doing renos well that doesn't leave a lot of free time.<br />
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I'm hoping that in 2020, I will have a better life equilibrium. I also want to be able to give you all more content. One of the content idea that I have will involve my blog as well as my youtube channel.<br />
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If you don't know my youtube channel btw here is the link: <a href="http://bit.do/fnpae" target="_blank">Crafting Vicky Youtube channel</a><br />
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So stay tune for a fun 2020!!!!Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-3563924178876355722018-10-21T20:17:00.001-04:002018-10-21T20:25:23.465-04:00Happy birthday card!OMG it's been FOREVER since I have posted here. I had such great intention at the beginning of the year and then well that never happened. It's been quite a year as you would know if you follow me on Youtube.<br />
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But it's not the same to actually post a story here.<br />
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Anyway I needed to make a b-day card and the image from the East Wind was just PERFECT for this! You can find her <a href="https://goo.gl/M9XLco" target="_blank">here</a>. I don't color much with my copics anymore. Some of my markers are clogging up.... sad really. I have been doing so much more mix media.<br />
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The paper that I used is probably discontinued before but it was Kaiser Craft Lush. You might still be able to find some on E-bay. That's the best to find the stuff that you can't get your hands upon. That or maybe some destashing. I think this was the 1st time that I used that paper pack! How bad is that?!? I know I used to do so many more cards than I do now. Now I mostly do videos about using your scraps! Something that we have loads right?!? When I started that series I had 3 bins filled to the brink.<br />
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So yeah before you go off somewhere else lol here's the card:<br />
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I didn't do a lot of embellishments because I really wanted the image to be front and center! I only added one little lace heart that I purchased at the dollarstore! I thought that was the perfect embellishment. The sentiment was from create with TLC but I don't think she still has it in her store. But you can find her blog <a href="http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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So that is is for me. I wonder if there will be any comments at all this time, it's been so very long. Not entering this in any challenges. All the visits will be from you guys that are still following. Hope that there as still some!<br />
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Big hugs and have a great week!Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-33016339384168869872018-01-07T09:20:00.001-05:002018-01-07T09:20:44.104-05:00Goodluck cardHello! Hope you are staying warm and safe. We have been battling crazy cold weather here. Well in keeping with my resolution here is another post just for the blog that won't be shown on my channel.<br />
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One of my colleagues gave her resignation before the holidays and her last working day was the 2nd of January. I figured it would be nice to give her a card signed by the entire department. So I prepared one. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do. I knew that she loves biking and I had a perfect stamp that had not yet been used. I believe I had gotten this when it was on special with the thought of making her a b-day card. Since that is not happening now it was the time to use it because who knows when I next will feel inspired with this stamp.<br />
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Don't know about you but there are many stamps in my collection that are not being used and that should be used... all because I don't see the perfect opportunity and since I don't make card as often well this doesn't help.<br />
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Anyway here is the card that I made.<br />
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The bicycle was stamped over book text. I used some gel pens to color in the flowers. The sentiment was also stamped on a book page (I used the 1st page where there's the title and there is lots of empty space that can be used for this). I couldn't find a good sentiment and I have lots of letter stamps, this was the perfect opportunity to use them. I have used my spellbinder circle and scallop circle. And lots of layering.<br />
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I really liked how the card came out. I figured it was elegant and just sweet in general.<br />
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I'm entering this card in the following challenges:<br />
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<li><a href="http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.ca/2018/01/first-challenge-of-2018-b-i-n-g-o.html" target="_blank">Catch the bug blog</a> - Anything goes challenge</li>
<li><a href="https://crafterscastle.blogspot.ca/2018/01/crafters-castle-challenge-1-anything.html" target="_blank">Crafters castle</a> - Anything goes</li>
<li><a href="http://qkrstampede.blogspot.ca/2018/01/qkr-stampede-challenge-277-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Qkr stampede</a> - anything goes</li>
<li><a href="http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.ca/2018/01/62-flowers.html" target="_blank">Moving along with the times</a> - Flowers</li>
<li><a href="http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.ca/2018/01/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-january.html" target="_blank">Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper</a> - using patterned paper</li>
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That's it for me for today! Have a great Sunday and see you all soon!</div>
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Crafting Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532510066903430176noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060883689216476640.post-6376370789406416752017-12-31T14:46:00.001-05:002017-12-31T14:46:56.731-05:00Fluff the dragonHello! The crickets have been having a field day on my blog... yes I know it's been so long since I have shared something just here just for you all that still follow my blog! <br />
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I wanted to 1st of all wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR! May 2018 bring you health and be filled with joy as well as crafty fun!<br />
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When I saw the dragon image that Unky created for the East Wind, I just knew this would make a perfect card for my daughter that just ADORES dragon. You can find the sweet image <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/579687415/organic-sketch-digital-stamp-fluffy-the?ref=shop_home_active_2" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The background that I have used for this was made with a recycled envelope that I covered with paint and left over paper pieces! You can find that on my youtube channel here if you are interested in making that:<br />
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Here is the card that I have made.</div>
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The image was colored with some coloring pencils as well as gel pens. I glued this on black cardstock to make it pop. The sentiment was made by my friend Lisa Decosse.<br />
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I'm entering this card in the following challenges:<br />
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<li><a href="http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.ca/2017/12/challenge-448-28th-of-december-anything.html" target="_blank">C.R.A.F.T challenge</a> - anything goes</li>
<li><a href="http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.ca/2017/12/226-anything-goes-star-stampz.html" target="_blank">Creative knockouts</a> - Anything goes</li>
<li><a href="http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2017/12/himcr-333-freestyle.html" target="_blank">Hiding in my craftroom</a> - Freestyle</li>
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So I will try in 2018 to be here more often and just post that are done here!!! Because let's be honest this was my very 1st platform and I should continue it! I have just been SOOOO busy making a video a day in 2017! yeah that's a whole lot of videos lol</div>
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