Crafting Vicky

OMG it's almost the end of September... and now I totally realized that I had forgotten to post this fabulous image from Faery Ink the great  Layla Butterfly Fae .  What on earth happened to me that I missed this?!? I don't know.... I have no excuse other than it's been a rough time lately and I've been trying to get better and yeah lost track of time in the process?!? Who would guess right?!? Anyway here's my make with her.  I have done her ready since the month of August because she was part of my Journaling by 5s series.  I really love how she turned out!

I've been feeling down in the dump.... and I mean really really down in the dump.  I went to empty out my office on Saturday (you can imagine how it was emotionally draining and such).... and got a nail in one of my tires...... :( We were having my oldest son's girlfriend and my daughter's boyfriend over for supper that day... and I had the special visit of my dad.  It was fab that it took my mind off my issues... but that soon caught on to me actually the next day I was feeling blah and today was the pits. All I wanted to do was stay in my pjs in bed... didn't want to do anything.... and I really had to go and get my tire fixed but I didn't want too.... didn't want to do anything and I could feel the depression edging closer.... wanting to come back.... and I was ready to just let it come back with open arms and just go and crawl in a corner to cry. But then I thought how I have fought this soooooo hard and I can't give up.... it would be so very...

WOW there's another fabulous new release image over at  My Whimsical little world .  And this time around it's such a sweet and fabulous image totally love Windswept. She was just perfect in my journal that I made using the Journaling by 5s.  It's one of the pages that I didn't really alter or modify after I finished it because I really love it the way it was. I did work on the left hand side however and that included putting some embossed paper, a hair bandana that was recycled. Here's a closer look at the digi that I colored with my copics.  The sentiment is from  Create with TLC I hope you have a great Monday.  I have to go and get a flat repaired on my car..... happened the day that I had to go and empty out my office..... talk about bad karma..... sure hope that now something turns around for me.... I really really really need it.... like my stress to fly away lol Hugs

If you are here for the coffee blog hop it's here . I'm trying to keep busy.... and that means doing something with myself. I have found that today I'm exhausted.... guess the news of this week is sinking in and the emotions that washed over me have left me kind a tired.... Tomorrow is emptying of my office day.... and I'm so glad that my hubby will be with me because I don't think I could just face going there alone.  Might be emotional you know?!? Anyway as I have been sharing with you since January I've been pushing myself to do new things!  And that includes doing LOTS of things that I had never done before.  Including altering books!  I've been reading lots of Mixed Media books and that brings a smile to me.  So a good way to feel somewhat better. And I've also tried to make some gifts that come Christmas I can give out and that will mean something to whoever is getting it.  This one is for my daughter (she doesn't read my blog.... and I s...

I am super excited…today is the day! Yay!! My Whimsical Little World (MWLW) is a proud sponsor of Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog! I am so honored to have been asked to join in on the fun! There are some AMAZING prizes to be won from 40 sponsors! One of the prizes is a $15 Gift card from the MWLW digi shop. All you have to do is head on over to the Coffee Lovers Cardmaking blog and join in the hop. Make sure to read the rules of the Hop in order to be eligible for the prizes. Anyone is eligible for prizes...but you have to link with a newly created coffee, tea /coca project to WIN a prize. Also, don't forget to sit back and enjoy all the wonderful fall/coffee themed inspiration that all the teams have put together. The Hop runs from September 25-October 2 ...lots of time to create and share!. Check out what the talented MWLW Coffee DT has been creating using the "Don't Give a Sip" "Coffee O'clock...

I told you this week how fabulous I thought the sheet   Buttons and Bows  is well I used it yet AGAIN  for another post on Sparkle and glitter with rick  to make something else totally different.  So far you have seen a card and a journaling page with this.  This time around I'm sharing a little altered playing card. I colored the image with my copics and used some stamping in the background as well as some magazine cut out.  She was part of my creative journaling By 5 but using little cards.  I also added some bling from Queen and co.  The stamps that I used to do the background are Unity stamps.  I also added some texture paste to really give it an altered background. I'm entering this little altered card in the following challenges: Crafting by designs  - ATC - playing card are also ATC  Crafty gals corner challenges  - Sparkle and glitter Simon says stamp blog  - No designer paper Ikes world ...

Hello everyone!  I got some devastating news 2 days ago.  My job was abolished.  So even if I was ready to go back on a progressive basis well I have no job to go back too.  It's taking me so very long to scrap the bottom of myself from the floor.  And to read this news well... it just brought it all back. I had to remember if it was all worth anything.... most of all AM I worth anything.  And I have to say that I'm totally BLESSED to be surrounded by so many loving people.  Everyone pulled close to me and sent me virtual hugs.  After spending 2 days crying none stop I have to find ways of getting myself back. The best way that I know how is to go through what I did to get out of the initial big hole and that is to create.  So that's what I did.  I created something for my daughter.  It was in the pile of need to do and well today it got done.  Then, as I was pocking around FB I came across the cutest little release ever fr...

Remember how much I hated hated hated the last box card for the Art by Mi Ran blog post ?!?  Well this time around I didn't do the theme for both post.... I decided to do a regular b-day card because well we always need those. For this card I decided to play with  Calla . I think it turned out quite cute.

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new release over at  SLS Lines  and I just love love love the ones that I played with which is a cute little set of monster images!  I have used them all on some altered cards that I did for my JB5 tryout with cards.  You can find the cute set here . You can see the complete album made with my cards on this video And here are the altered cards that I made with those little monsters. I used all kinds of paint on those and great sentiments from  Create with TLC .  I used eyelets on all of them to be able to put them on the album.  The images were colored with my primacolor pencils. I'm entering these in the following challenges: Crafting from the heart challenge  - anything goes Get creative challenges  - Fantasy - I figure monsters are fantasy characters :) Where the heart is challenge  - Add some text That's it for today.  Hope you liked this. Hugs

I've been really busy this summer with this awesome new process of journaling by 5s.  It's a timed event so you really don't have time to think you have to just let it go!  And that's pretty awesome creatively speaking.  So today I'm here to share my post for  Sparkle and glitter . I've been playing with the fab sheet  Buttons and Bows .  And I played with 3 for this page. I used some borders on the left and right plus the little manequin shape.  I used some washi tape and lots of paint to make this. Here's a closer look at the page.  They were all colored with my copics.  The sentiments are from  Create with TLC   I used a bunch of punched out circles and some sequins in them.  Thought it was fitting with the image and the fashion.  I did ruin my dolls face however by putting the varnish on top.... the colors ran on her :(  that really sucks... I need to start using my Krylon spray before sealing my page...

Hello everyone!  It's time for a brand new release over at  My Whimsicle little world  and this time it's totally in my type of digis!  Steampunk!!!!  Love that sooooo much and this one is so very cute you can find her here . I made a video for you of the making of this little journaling.  Hope you like this. Here's a look at my journaling for you

It's my very 1st time doing an inspiration post over at Karleigh Sue  here!  I'm very excited about it!  For my 1st post here I decided to used the great image for making a little door hanger.  I wanted to make something that would be put on the door to the garage for when I'm doing a video :)  So I used the fab  Dog Days of Summer . I wanted to make sure that my kids would not get in... and this is what I came up with lol.  Hope that is something that you will like.

Well my timing couldn't be more wrong.... it's super nice here actually still looking like SUMMER which technically it is!  But there are some Christmas stuff popping up here and there... and I'm totally well feeling like this card... so maybe actually my timing is right lol.  I mean... why would you have Christmas stuff out before Halloween is even beginning?!?  Or fall?!? man.... weird times.  Anyway I'm here to share my make for Sls lines digital stamps  with the precolored image that comes with the set   Christmas Zombie Head .  I really love how this is colored and it was just perfect for a fast and fun card for some of my more dark crafty friends for this upcoming Christmas :).

Hello!  I did the draw and you can watch the video here to see who won the little album as well as the set from Create with TLC :) Thank you all for your participation! hugs

For those of you that follow me you will have seen (probably) my Journaling by 5s series using playing cards!  Well I'm very happy to share with you the finished album that I made!!!! I used a box of wine to make the cover with some Verday paint and it gave it a very nice patina.  I also added some metal corners.  It was put together using some eyelets and some beaded chain. Here is the final project and the back I have a video where I show the finished cards you can find it here: NOW the EXCITING part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I will be GIVING away this album!!!!  YUP you read right I will be giving it away to one of my youtube subscriber (anywhere around the world).  All you need to do is be a subscriber and put a comment in the comment section of the video!  I will be making a draw from those who have left a comment.   It has to be in Youtube not here (I do like comments here too lol but for that giveaway it's all about youtube!) ...

Hello!  There's an awesome new release over at  Karleigh Sue  and it's such a very fun one!!!! I had the pleasure of working with the great Kharma is a b****.  And I thought and thought and thought of how I could use her... And suddenly I had one of those AHHHHHH that's what I want to do type of moment! Of course it was again some journaling.  I have to say that there's something quite fun about making something just FOR YOU because YOU WANT to!  And something that no one else has to like.  It's also a way for me to have some reminder of what is important and what I'm supposed to do.... as well as what I'm afraid off.... Anyway I digress.  Here's my make with the great new image. During the summer time I purchased fabulous skulls on special at Michael's they are made out of paper but they really make awesome stencils!  Now I need to make one out of plastic so that it will last longer....

Hey everyone!  I'm back with one last post for today!  And this time around it's for Scribbles Challenge  .  The challenge we have for you is Good luck.  And I took it was being lucky to have some awesome friends for this 1st make :) I used the great  Butterfly mason jar  for my little Altered playing card.  This little card was started using the journaling by 5s and completed with the free play :) The little sentiment is from  Create with TLC I used on the background some stamps from Unity.  I also did some texture and a bunch of doodling :)  I added some eyelet to put it in the book that is being given away tomorrow on this post .  You still have 1 more day to participate in my giveaway!!!!! I'm entering this little ATC playing card in the following challenges: 2creativechicks  - Anything goes The artistic stamper creative team  - Things with wings atc around the world  - in the air Cards galore ...

Hello!  We are halfway through the month!  And it's time to share with you the make that I did for the month of September for  Sparkle and glitter with rick .  I had great fun playing all through the month with the digis from the great sheet  Buttons and bows  there are some really AMAZING digis on there and I managed to make 3 makes with them. Here's my 1st one for you.  I wanted to make a special b-day card for my grandmother who turned 98!  I thought this cutie would be perfect for her.

WOW where does the time go?!?  It's time for a new challenge over at  The East Wind  and this time it's about the little ones. I didn't want to make the usual makes for this so I thought that a little bookmark would be cute!  I also did a video of the making of this which you can see here: You can purchase my little bookmark here . I had great fun using the fab image Tuxedo cat  it's not the 1st time that I use him and probably won't be the last :) This is the front of my bookmark  I used as well a great sentiment from  Create with TLC .  I did some stamping with a little rubber stamp that I have.  I added some eyelets from Eyelet outlet.  the stenciling was done using a  Stamploration stencil  I really love using those in my mix media. Here's a closer look at the back of it. I'm entering this little bookmark in the following challenges: Stamplorations  - Use a stencil Glitter n sparkle challenge blo...

Hey it's Monday!!!!  Already.  It really seems like the time is FLYING by at an incredible speed!  Anyway I'm here to share with you my latest journaling by 5 that I did with a great new release image from over at  My Whimsical little world .  (don't forget there's always a freebie lurking over on the blog!!!) And this time around it's a totally adorable image of a great little Scooter girl.  She comes with or without a background.  For my make I decided to use her with a background.

Wow where's the month going?!?  Can't believe we are almost at the middle of September!  Anyway it's time for you to join in the FB challenge if you haven't already over at  Oddball Art Stamps .  And all you need to play is an oddball image! If you are part of our FB group you can get some freebies... YUP I said it FREEBIES and if you prefer purchasing your own well if you use the code DTVICKY10 you get 10% off your purchase!  how awesome right?!? For my make I finished off another of my journaling pages and this time it's with the super adorable image 128

Hey!  It's time already for a new challenge over at  SLS Lines  and this time it's about monochromatic. Well that can be sort of a challenge but I thought right away that I wanted to do something in black and white and that can be super COOL.  So I used the fabulous  Awkward man  for this.  He just seems so very sad... and black and white was just perfect for this.

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new release over at  The East Wind  and this time around the image is Unlisted!  It's just SOOOO gorgeous I couldn't resist and just had to play with her! I have been playing with my verday paints and I had used some extras on an Index card.  I really love the verdigris that it creates!  You should check it out if you don't know that paint it's really gorgeous and makes regular paper look like metal! So anyway back to my story I had some left over and just didn't want to waste it so I put it on an index card and love love love the background it made.  When I saw this digi I just knew it was perfect for it.  I had also purchased a fun picture stand in the states this summer and I put that index card on it as a display in my living room!  I really love how it turned out :) and that's rare because I don't usually like what I make! So here are the pictures with the picture holder And a close up of the ima...

Zombie Angel  is such a great image it was perfect for a calendar! Well if you follow me you know that I'm desperately trying to get ahead of the game... the CHRISTMAS game.... YUP I said Christmas!  I want to make more handmade presents this year... and one of the ones that I decided to make is some Desk Calendars using some old (found in thrift store) flip albums frames.  I have a wood one started and this is the one that this calendar page will go into.  But I will have some other ones that are iron or plastic... therefore I used my DT make for  Faery Ink  to get ahead!!! So much to do so very little time!  Anyway you are not here for my story lol. Here is the fab calendar page that I did using  Zombie Angel !  I figured  she would be totally PERFECT for the month of October and I wasn't mistaken.  Well at least I think that I did fabulous... you need to tell me :) She was colored with copics and then fussy cut....

OMG.... I hate hate hate making box cards lol and when I saw that this was the showcase choice for this month over at Art By Mi Ran I've been dreading it... and procrastinating.  It's a good thing that Mi Ran's image are sooooo adorable that they get the inspiration going. Here's the image that I worked with   Hello Mr Snowman . I decided that if I was to do a box card I would get ready for Christmas time and all the gift card wrapping that I need to do. I think it turned out quite cute.

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new challenge over at  Karleigh Sue Challenge  and this time around it's time for Ribbons and/or flowers. For this challenge I decided to go retro!!!  And go with the great image 1984 .  It brought all kinds of memories!!!! I made some journaling of my teenage years :)

I'm here to share with you my latest make with the fab  Hope  from My Whimsical little World .  And you can find great freebies here. You know how much I just love love love journaling and for this image I have done a page using the JB5 method. I really love how this turned out when I finished. You can see how I did this on the video this way  Journaling by 5s  this video is the 1st part.  The left page is the making of that I added afterwards.   I used some images from magazines and some ephemera from some crafty friends.  The sentiment is from  Create with TLC .   I used some stamps from Unity stamps to make the background as well but you can see this in the videos. Here's the closer look at the digi that I colored with my copics. I really hope that you like this journaling and how it turned out!!!! I hope you have a great labor day everyone. Hugs

There's a new challenge over at the  Oddball stamps  FB group and as always it's ANYTHING GOES so long as you use an oddball image. If you don't have one of those great image you can go over and shop with a 10% discount if you use the code DTVICKY10 that's pretty awesome! In this case I did some journaling when I did my JB5 and I'm sharing another page from that journal today. I played this time around with the super cute image 221 .  I thought it was just perfect for this theme.  And it's using some recycled magazine pages :)

Hey there's still 15 days to enter the challenge over at  Scribbles Designs  where this month it's all about the boys!!!! For my make I used the fab digi  Gone buggy 2  to make a cute little ATC that was used in a pocket letter. If you haven't made one you really should they are so very fun!!!! The background for this ATC was done with my gelli plate.  I used some mowed lawn distressing ink and the image was colored with my copics. I'm entering this cute little ATC in the following challenges: Dis digi designs challenge  - use a sentiment Pdelinkyparty  - anything goes I have 1 more post coming up so please do come back!!!! Hugs

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new challenge over at  Delicious Doodles  and this time it's about DARK.  So it can be a dark image or using some dark colors :) In my case I used the fab digi   " Dark Forest " and this was used in a journal that I made using the JB5 techniques.  You can see my video on my channel on how I have done the background  Youtube link

Oh it's already September 1st!!!! Where is the time going?!?  The good news is that means there's a new Freebie if you are a newsletter subscriber at  The East Wind . And she's a total CUTIE pie perfect for our corrugated paper challenge! Now because it's September it's also back to school time.  I have to say that I really love shopping for back to school stuff because I always see cool scrappy stuff too!  I ended up buying more stuff for me at Walmart than for my kids lol there was a bunch of very cool Crayola products out!!!!  Including a set of neon acrylic paints for kids (washable lol).  It just called out my name. Of course, I had to use them on this project.  Got me super excited.  I've been really inspired by Bonnie to try to create stuff in bolder colors and different ways.  So here's my journaling with this fab image.