Crafting Vicky

I'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!  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. 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 th...

Hello!  It's Friday!!!  Wooop woop the only bad part about it being Friday is that boy oh boy does time fly by!!!!  Can't believe we are at the end of October already! This means that soon there will be snow around here... And I'm never quite ready for it!  I don't like the cold and wet lol Talking of cold... I have a project to share that fits this today!  I'm using a brand new release image from Sandra Caldwell called Snow toasty again and you can find this image in her store here . I have made a video of my process if you are interested: The tag is made out of 5 recycled security envelopes that I have glued together!  I used FINALLY my Jane Davenport water color... well 2 of them!  I have colored the snowman with my copics.  I added a foam snowflake and a gem as well as very soft fibers.  Finally the sentiment is from a happy planner set of stickers for holidays! I hope that will have inspired you to go and check out the Ets...

Hello!  It's Friday!  I'm so happy.  It's been a hard week!  I haven't been feeling well... and yeah really need a weekend.  But to start it off I have the best thing EVER a new release image from Sandra Caldwell that you can find here . I also did something that I don't usually do... which is to tape the video of my making one of my typical Christmas cards :)  Hope you enjoy that video: and here is my card.  The paper is from American Craft and I think it was from the target dollar spot. I added some ribbon and just had fun coloring this guy with my copics. I'm not sure if I will be entering challenges or not... So that's it for me!  Have a fabulous day and weekend!!!! Hugs

It's Friday!!!  And that means that I'm playing again with a new release image from Sandra Caldwell that you can find here in her store . So for this time I again decided to do some journaling out of my box JOOTB and I shared a video with you all that you can see here: And here is the journaling card I used a card where there was already a bunch of different paints on.  The image was colored with my copics and some coloring pencils.  I fussy cut it out. I'm entering this in the following challenges: tbd I hope you have a great Friday and weekend! Hugs

Hello!!!!  It's Friday and that is always a good thing in my book :)  Looking forward to a very quiet weekend! Today I'm here to share with you a journaling out of the box that I did with a cute little image from Sandra Caldwell it's called Cowgirl chick and you can find it here : I made a video of my process if you are interested: I call those little cards journaling out of the box because it's basically a little bit of mixed media journaling but on a little playing card and then I store those in a drawer/box to display them in my living room.  It's fun working with a different size and out of a typical "book/journal" format. The background already had a lot of stuff on it because I had used left over paints in previous project on the blank card in order not to waste.  The sentiments are cut out of magazines.  I have also done some doodling on this using my faber castell pit pen.  The cute little chick was colored with my coloring pencils. ...

Hello!  Yes it's Friday and it's a cold one here in Montreal!  We can really feel that Fall is coming and you know after fall... well it's winter and that means Christmas!  Yes I said the "c" word! :) Today Sandra Caldwell is releasing some image that will be perfect for getting your Christmas cards done!!!!  You can find the one that I used which is Reindeer Hound in the Etsy store here . I had lots of fun making a card this time.  Yes I don't make a lot of them anymore...  I used some ribbon to make a double bow. I used some dies from Spellbinder to cut the image as well as the sentiment.  The image was colored with my copics.  I can't tell you which paper set this paper comes from because it was a left over piece.  I used a word document to make a sentiment and print it out to be used for this. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Aud sentiments challengeblog  - anything goes with a sentiment Addicted to sta...

Hello!!!!  It's Friday how fabulous right?!?  So happy about that seems like the week is just soooo long and then the weekend just goes by so very fast. Anyway I'm here to share with you all a journaling spread that I did to showcase the new release image Blushing Barbie from Sandra Caldwell. I have made a video of my process and you can see it here: I had to do a double spread because I don't like having pages that don't match... yeah I'm that weird lol The background was done using some gelatos. I added some sentiments from magazine as well as an image from a magazine.  I added some flowers that were given to me by a colleague.  And I put some bling in them :)  We always need bling right!?? Here is a closer look at the spread with the cute digi The image was colored using my copics. I'm entering this journaling spread in the following challenges: 4craftychicks  - Anything goes Little miss muffet challenges  - Anything goes ...

Hello!  It's Friday wooohooo so very glad it's been a long and tireing week and it will be for the next 2 more weeks....  Anyway Friday means that there's a new release over at Sandra Caldwell's etsy store  and for this one I got to play with the fabulous image Pussy Kat Eye. This was the perfect opportunity to recycle a little container to put the food of my new baby Sam.  I also figured I would introduce you to him in this video. Here is what it turned out like.  This started out as a tea container.  I used black gesso.  Some stenciling using some Heidi Swapp teal texture paste with a stencil and used as well some white texture paste with a Tim Holtz stencil.  I added some book paper and some homemade deli paper.  The sentiment was done in word. The image was colored with my copics and then I fussy cut it out. I'm entering this in the following challenges: As you like it challenge  - Favorite fur or feathers - well fur...

 Hello!!!!  There was soooo many release last week from Sandra Caldwell and this one was one of them.  This cutie is called Lil Bit and you can find it here . I used my very 1st homemade journal for this one.  And I was working on this while camping... so with very limited supplies.  The sentiment is from a magazine.  I used some sprays and got them to drip.  Then I stamped and did some doodling with my faber castel pens. I used copics to color this cute image and Chameleon pens as well. I'm entering this journaling page in the following challenges: 613 Avenue create  - doing the anything goes  Corrosive challenges  - Anything goes Crafty friends challenge blog  - Anything goes A perfect time to craft  - Anything goes Crafty-girls-creations  - Anything goes That's it for me for today!  Have a great Sunday. Hugs

Happy Friday everyone!!!!  Hope you are all doing well!  I have a new release image from Sandra Caldwell and you can find the super image Raggedy Rhonda here . I did this spread while on vacation.  And I had lots of fun doing it!  I used one of my very 1st altered book journal!  I have been using this one for awhile and I'm very much hoping that I finish it soon!!!! The background was made using some stabilo pencils and then using water with them. I glued some pieceds of book pages and added some stenciling details using a Tim Holtz stencil.  I have used some washi tape as well and some stamps that I purchased used but still had not used. Here is a closer look at Rhonda!  I colored her with my copics. And then I fussy cut her out.  The sentiment is from my stash of magazine cut outs. I'm entering this journaling in the following challenges: Just-add-ink  - Stencils - I used a Tim Holtz one  Patties creations chal...

Hello!  I'm sharing with you today a fabulous new digi from Sandra Caldwell.  It's called over dressed pig and you can find it here . When I saw this guy it automatically made me think about the song I got to wear shades. I decided to make a tag out of it while I was camping.  The tag itself is made out of envelopes put together.  You can see the process for that in the video here . The background was made using stabilo pencils and then using water to spread them out.  I used some left over papers, a bit of trim and edged everything with a memento ink pad. Here is a closer look at the cute digi that I colored with my copics. And then fussy cut out. I'm entering this tag in the following challenges: Crafting by designs  - Anything goes Crafty creations challenges  - Anything goes Creative moments  - Anything goes option something funny - I think that fits :) Simon says stamp blog  - Add a sentiment Crafting from the hear...

Hello everyone!  There's a brand new release over at Sandra Caldwell   and it's a double one because Sandra took a short break :) I had the chance to play with gift box kitty and that was just perfect to make a layout in my ABC journal to introduce the newest member of our family!  I still don't have it but should in a few days now. I have made a video of the process you can see it here: And here is what it looks like.  Since I was working in a book I didn't want to use too much wet media because the paper is not the best for that sort of application.  But I still did put a bit of dylusion paint down as my base.  I also used some archival ink to stamp and make marks. The cute image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out.  Here is the 2nd image that I worked with. The video of that process will be shown on Sunday. This journaling was done with the super cute image BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!  And I used my envelope journ...

Hello!!!!!! YAY it's Friday and I'm hoping that this weekend is better than last weekend and that we have some sun... more of it!!! So today I'm here to share with you a journaling out of the box and I had lots of fun doing this with the very new release image from Sandra Caldwell.  You can find them here . I made a video of the process and you can find it here: I used a cereal box cardboard for the backing of this and it's a bigger journaling card. I used some fabulous die cuts that were sent to me from Diane.  I also added some lace from my stash.  The image was colored with my copics and fussy cut.  The sentiment was handwritten and then cut out but I found the sentiment online and thought it was PERFECT for this. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Craft rocket challenges  - Anything goes Crafty creations challenges  - anything goes The crafty addicts  - Anything goes - humorous ttcrd  - Anything goes Inky Mes...

Hello!  It's Friday.  It was a short week but boy oh boy was it a busy one and I'm exhausted.  What about you?  Did you celebrate at the beginning of the week?  Are you as tired now?!? lol I need a vacation from the small vacation. So are you ready for the new released images from Sandra?  She always ROCKS them!!!  And I'm in love with the one that I used which is Owl see what's up.  You can find the new release images here . Since this is an owl I decided to use it to embellish the blackout poetry book that I'm making for my dad and his spouse.  You can see the process in the following video: And here is what it looks like in the book.  The sentiment was found on the web. The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out. The background was made using some light blue paint and then I added some clouds using a new (used) stencil that I got :) Here is a closer look at the super cute image. I'm entering this in t...

Hey everyone!  how are you all doing?  Do you have a long weekend?  I do because of Canada day on the 1st so I have Monday off. And today is a new release for Sandra Caldwell.  you can find it here in the etsy store .  The digi that I played with is called Fat Man.  And of course I had to do a mixed media piece!!! :)  You can see the video here: And here it is if you don't want to watch the process. The background is a recycled cardboard box.  And I used some book paper.  I also stenciled on top.  The sentiment was found online.  The image itself was colored with my copics and then fussy cut. I'm entering this journaling card in the following challenges: Cute card thursday  - Anything goes Little miss muffet challenges  - Anything goes Crafty gals corner challenges  - Anything goes Crafty creations challenges  - Anything goes Simon says stamp blog  - Anything goes That's it for...

Wooohooo it's Friday!!!  And this means a new release over at Sandra Caldwell etsy store . I was super excited about this one because well I love dogs lol. My start this time around was to find a sentiment that would go with him.  And since I wasn't having a particularly good day at the time I thought the sentiment that I found in a google search was just PERFECT. Since this is a journaling out of the box (journaling on a card) I have done a video of the process that you can see here: I really recycled here.  The background is actually a pizza liner that you use to cook your pizza.  The little circles were found objects. The cute image was colored with my copics. I'm entering this journaling card in the following challenges: Crafting by designs  - Animals Crafty sentiments  - add a sentiment Cutie pie challenge  - All creatures great and small 2craftycrittercrazies - Use a critter Delicious doodles challenge2  - all creature...

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new release image over at Sandra Caldwell  .  And this one is a super cute one and that I thought would be great with one of my journaling out of the box. You can see the video of the making of this here: And here is the make that I ended up with. For this I used some left over papers on my desk.  The background is some recycled cardboard.  If you really want to see how this was made the video is the best way :)  I colored the image with my copics and some color pencils.  The sentiment was found online.  I was looking for something that would fit with her and I thought that one was perfect! I'm entering this little journaling card in the following challenges: Creative knockouts  - anything goes Little miss muffet challenges  - anything goes The sisterhood of crafters  - Use your imagination Wordart wednesday  - anything goes Digi choosday  - Anything goes That's it for...

Hello!  It's Friday woop woop and that means that there is a new released image for Sandra Caldwell.  You can find the sweet image that I have seen is here . I have colored this sweet image with my chameleon as well as my coloring pencils.  And I thought this was the perfect image for my youngest son's b-day card. I have used the paper from Life of the party - basic grey.  The image and the background was done with Labels 22 spellbinder.  I have added some buttons with some twine.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC. I'm entering this in the following challenges: 2craftycrittercrazies  - Anything goes with a critter Card mania challenges  - Buttons or bows Anything goes with Create with TLC  - Used one of Paulette's fab sentiment Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper  - Anything goes with Pattern paper Cute as a button challenge  - For the boys That's it for me.  Hope you have a fab day and weekend!!! Hugs ...

Hello everyone!  It's FRIDAY!!! YAY TGIF.  I'm super happy to say that I will be sharing every week now some new post for Sandra Caldwell because now I have becomed a full time dt :) I just ADORE her as an artist.  So today I'm sharing an image that I have used to make a little thank you card.  I shared with you in one of my latest video my retreat with Erin.  Her aunt made me an amazing blanket!  So I had to make an impromptu card!  But that's ok because I had an amazing image.  You can find Fairy Hippo in the store here . The card base is a premade card.   I added a little sentiment typed with a ptouch.  I added some bling purchased at Dollar tree.  The image was colored with my Chameleon pens.  I fussy cut out the image and put some gel pen on top of the wings. I'm entering this little card in the following challenges: Crafting with an attitude  - anything goes Little miss muffet challenges  - anything ...

Hello everyone!  TGIF!  Hope you all had a great week!  I didn't get much crafting done but I'm sure hoping that I will be able too this weekend! Today I'm here to share with you my latest make with the new release image from Sandra Caldwell.  It's called Uncle Bobo and you can find it in the store here . I have been having fun in a book that I purchased from Dollartree.  I'm doing blackout poetry.  And while I'm doing this I also want to have added interest to that book and that is being done right now with this great image. I cut out some circles using what I had around me (I was away crafting for the weekend with my friend Erin when I made this). I sprayed the page with black pearlized homemade spray.  The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out.  The sentiment was part of the stuff that I cut out of magazines. Here is the closer look at the image. I'm entering this layout in the following challenges: Crafty c...