Crafting Vicky

Today at Jacksons digital expressions , our anything goes challenge's twist (if you want to play with it) is a wonderful sketch.  For those that follow my blog you know how much I just looooove those ;) And to top it all of we have the wonderful:    are sponsoring us!!!  How fun. Of course you know me... I couldn't resist and just had to play with digis from both cies.   I'm so blessed to be able to do that.  I really count my lucky stars. First off I would like to show you the card I made with Life gives you lemons from Robert Jackson.  I just loooove his digis.  I'm awful at doing African American's skin color, but his images look perfect with white skin as well... so I'm really lucky.  Here's my card: I really wanted to give this wonderful image a fresh look and I think I have succeeded with this paper from K&Cie called lemon.  I really think it's perfect.  I also used a ribbon from Bobunny Alora Col...

Hello everyone!  Today at  Digi darlas  our challenge is about things with wings!  So this is the perfect time to use butterflies, fairies, dragons, bird, planes... anything that you can think of that has wings ;) Our sponsor for this week is  .  This means that you can use a Digi Darla image or a Bugaboo one and still be eligible for the prizes. For my card I used Beautiful blocks- Live-Love-Laugh from Bugaboo.  I kept it really simple I only colored the butterflies and the flowers with my copics and left the rest as it was. I used paper from Desert Bloom by First Edition it's a 6x6 pack.  And some ribbon from my stash. So now it's your turn.  Go check out the wonderful creations by the other DT and then join us at  Digi darlas . I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Cupcake craft challenges  - Great outdoors Daisy doodles creative challenges  - outdoors Paper playtime  - anything...

This week at  Tammy scrapin corner  it's Anything goes!!!!  I know you just loooove that don't you ;)  And we have 2 great sponsors :  and  How fun is that.  Not only can you play with anything you want but you get a chance to win fantastic prizes. This week I decided to do 2 cards.  The 1st one is from Floppy Latte Design and is called Ship V.  It can be found at Stitchy bears Digital stamps. I decided to go for a monochromatic look for this card.  I thought it would look like a masculine card!  I don't  make a lot of those...  I used papers that I had in my stash and added a button and some twine. My 2nd card is made with an image from Robert Jackson called a hard day's work.  It's definetely fitting for 2 reasons.  The 1st one because I did a lot of shopping while in the states... and the 2nd because today I'm going back to work :( For this card I used some paper from K& Cie and used som...

Today at  One stitch at a time challenge  our challenge is to use a DIGI!  WOW it doesn't  get much easier than that ;) Our sponsor this week if you use a Stitchy Bear image is  If you don't you are eligible to a 3$ to use in the store! That's pretty awesome as well because the images are really terrific. And I'm really lucky because I got to use this week Little Friends from Stitchy. I say that I'm lucky because this image really reminded me of my house lol. I have 3 dogs, 2 cats, a rabbit, some fishes, a turtle and a bird ;) So this image really reminded me of home: I used paper from Animal Antics by First Edition.  Some ribbon from my stash.  I also put some Robin's Nest dew drops.  I used Label 20 to cut out the digi as well as the layer underneath.  I also used MS border punch for the part underneath. The image was colored with my copics and then I added some Pebbles- Classic Chalks Earth tones.  I thought the w...

My mother-in-law just lost her long battle with cancer last night.  She fought really hard for the past 3 years! She will be missed by all her family!  She was one strong woman.  Probably the strongest that I have met. Monique Corriveau Parker March 24th 1936 - July 26th 2012 I know that now she joined God and will be at peace. We will miss you mammy!

Hello everyone!  Today we have a gorgeous day! The type of day that I would have spent on the beach... unfortunately with the rain that we had on Monday there was an overflow of the sewer system in Burlington... and we can't go in the water... :(  So I'm enjoying the wonderful day outside coloring some of my images!  And I figured I would show you my workspace and play at  WOYWW I asked my hubby to take a pic to show you guys!  So this is me working on an image: And this is my wonderful workspace ;))) I bought the great black bag for the copics yesterday at a little store in Essex, Vermont.  Unfortunately they only had one... and it only contains 72 pens... so I still have a bunch of the other containers... oh well... more reasons to continue to shop ;))) I'm really enjoying my time here.  Our second week of vacation is not as beautiful as the 1st... and we had the news that my MIL is getting much worse... My hubby went on Sunday to ...

Hello Everyone!  Today at Jacksons digital expressions  our Anything goes challenge is with the Alternate art team.  This means that the twist is to transform something.  And the transformation should be school related.  We are being sponsored by the wonderful I really love her designs!!!!  I've played with a few as you will have seen on my blog for those who have been following me for awhile. As you guys know... I'm not usually really fond of transforming objects... really good with cards, scrapbook pages... but to put a digi on something else is a stretch for me.  But since I wanted to play along I thought and thought and thought some more and finally came out with this.  I started out with a brown paper gift bag bought 2/1$ at the dollar store: And created this with it: I used some papers that I had in my pile of scraps (the one with the balloons).  I added some buttons and put some ribbon through them.  The buttons co...

Today at Digi darlas  our challenge is about "anything with wheels".  When I read that initially I thought right away about anything car related or automotive.... But I'm not much on doing man cards lol... So I just had to think a bit and realized that a wheel barrel also worked!  YAY and there was the cutest little digi called Flower Bugi that was perfect for this. To create this card I used paper from Daydream by first edition 6x6.  Love the shiny flowers on the paper!  I cut out the digi and the paper underneath with spellbinder label 14 die.  I paired this sweet digi with a sentiment from In my garden Jolinne by My favorite things (I've used that pack of sentiments a lot actually!  So happy when that happens!).  The ribbon is from the dollar store but it's really rich looking and the feel of it is wonderful.  The digi is colored up with my copics. Hope you come and play with us!  Just for playing you coul...

This time at Tammy scrapin corner we are doing a challenge with a bingo! Who will be the 1st to call it lol ;) And we are being sponsored by the fantastic I just loooooved creating with the wonderful image that I played with, it's called A braid in her hair. To make this card I used a wonderful paper from Desert Blooms 6x6 pad from First Edition. I used the die Fancy #3 from Sixxiz to cut around the paper. I used one of my EK border punch to cut the border on the easel card as well as the border under the ribbon. I combined it with some Robin Nest dew drops. I used some great ribbon that I got at the dollar store (got to love those finds!). Here's a closer look at the wonderful image that I colored with my copics: Here's a closer look from the side of the easel that was made: Here's the bingo card that I followed (I did the ribbon, free space and flowers (the paper) so what will you do?!?): I hope that I have inspired you to join in to our...

Today at Crafting when we can challenges  our challenge is Monochrome and our wonderful sponsor is I had the chance to work with Hot Date.  This was a perfect image I find for monochromatic! The paper that I used is from Desert Bloom by First Edition.  The ribbon comes from my stash.  I used my scallop square to cut out the digi and the matting paper underneath.  The sentiment that I paired it up with comes from TLC and is called "The heat is on".  I really thought this complemented this image well.  I colored up the digi with my copics and just had to add a touch of pink ;)  I really liked the way it turned out! And when I showed it to work... somebody took it right away for a wedding anniversary.  They liked the fact that it was not the traditional look ;)  Really love it when others like what I make. I hope that I will have inspired you to play with us at Crafting when we can challenges . I'm entering this card...

Today at Jacksons digital expressions  our Anything goes challenge is with the twist of Inks and such.  Easy right?  I know that I love to play with my markers and inks... so I figured I would join them this week and play along ;) Our amazing sponsor this week is For this week I decided to play with a altered art take ;)  I never do this... but I read the instructions from our DT coordinator wrong... anyway I was sure that I was making this for altered art and thought it would be great... when I realized my mistake lol I figured it would still make for a great project, just had to add a bit more inks! ;)  Easy peasy. So this is what I started off with: It's a little easel with a canvas.  The image that I was working with from Bugaboo is Frame it Today's menu and I thought this would be a great addition to my kitchen.  Since I have 4 kids... there's always one or two or three (if I'm not lucky lol) that complaints somehow about the food!!!!...

 Today at  Digi darlas  our challenge is Animal Crackers (you need to feature a cute animal).  And we are being sponsored by the amazing Floppy Latte Design! For myself the digi that I played with is Dino Lunch.  There were a few last week used for the Noah's ark.  This is my time to show what I did with it. I did... yes... an easel card ;)  my paper is from Lime Twist by my mind's eye and is called fly a kite it's a 6x6 (just love those packs since I don't waste as much paper with them)  I also used  BBP cardstock.  I added my Robin's Nest silver dew drops.   I colored him up with my copics.  I also used a technique that I found through a fellow Dt on the team to make clouds.  You can find the tutorial on the blog  All the things I love .  She really has wonderful tutorials.  I used my own template and some blue distress ink.  Of course, it didn't  come out the way I had planned... but...

This time at  Tammy scrapin corner  we are doing a challenge on summertime! This is wonderful as I'm on vacation!  What a better way to celebrate summertime lol ;)  And we are being sponsored by 2 fantastic companies:  and  For those of you that know me you won't  be surprised... I just couldn't help myself... I just had to create with both ;) For this 1st card I used Fairy Gun Gun from My heart pieces. To make this card I used a wonderful paper from Desert Blooms 6x6 pad from First Edition. I used multiple  dies, Kim would be proud of me ;)))  I used Lacey circle, Bitty blossoms (for the flower and foliage) and a Marianne design creatables LR0150 (my 1st time using it).  The flower was cut from a foam that I purchased a the dollar store.    I colored the digi with my copics and added starry night stickles to her wings to make them sparkle. Here's my 2nd card this time with Deacon and Bugs from Bugaboo.  I chose...

I'm soooo excited!  I was only supposed to start doing cards in the middle of August but I just couldn't wait lol.  So here I am at  One stitch at a time challenge .    The sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear!!!!  Those who know me know how much I looooove their digis ;)  I have purchased a bunch lol Our challenge this week is Anything goes!  How easy is that for everyone?!? So I got to play with a wonderful digi from April at Rheeces Scrap Pieces called Greenthumb bear. Yes I know... another easel card lol what can I say... I was never making them before and now I need to catch up! ;)  So to make this card I used Bobunny paper - Alora collection in 6x6.  I used quite a few spellbinders (yes I'm addicted to those as well) Standard circle, Scalloped circle and for the sentiment Label 20.  The sentiment comes from My Favorite things - In my garden Jolinne (really love those sentiments for all the wonderful digis such as this one ...

So that's my last post before vacation!!!!  Don't  worry I'll still be there... but it won't be live time... I've got all the upcoming post all set up on schedule!  So let's cross our fingers and toes that blogger doesn't  create an issue lol I really wanted to play at Kraftin Kimmie before my vacation.  I missed playing last week... that almost never happens... and now I won't be playing for the upcoming weeks... so I wanted to put one in before.  This week the challenge is about using our favorite stamp!  How can I choose?!?  They are all so pretty! Finally I decided to go with a little sweetie that I have used before: I used Summer Breeze paper from First Edition for this card as well as my scalloped circle and standard circle dies.  I added some Robin's Nest Dew Drops. I have colored this wonderful stamp called Friends are for Hugging with my copics.  I created the clouds in the background with my little handmade template...