Crafting Vicky

Hello everyone!  It's FRIDAY!!!  WOOOHOOO I'm so very happy about that!  I'm very much looking forward to crafting this weekend!!!  Hopefully LOTS of it. Today I'm here to share with you a brand new image from Sandra Caldwell that you can find in the shop here on Etsy.   The one that I used is called Owl be Elvis To make this card I used some papers from my stash (got lots and didn't mark what it was down).  The sentiment was stamped using small alphabet stamps.  I put the little owl on a wobble so that he shakes shakes shake :)  The image itself was colored with my Chameleon pens.  Still learning how to use them! I always have trouble making masculine cards but I think this one came out pretty good! I'm entering this in the following challenges: Crafting-with-friends  - Anything goes The sisterhood of crafters   - the letter "b" - bird, birthday and bubbles on the paper! The crafty addicts  - Use a die cut/ anything goes - so anyt

Hello and happy Friday everyone!  What a week.  I have been working later at work... this means getting home later... preparing the meal later and obviously after eating well it's time for bed... almost anyway lol.  This means no crafty time for me and I miss it!!! But because it's Friday it also means that there are new release over at Sandra Caldwell's etsy store.  And you can find this super cute Spring Bud Hippo there. I made a video of the process of this. And here is a closer look at my mixed media journaling out of the box.  The sentiment was found online and typed on a word document and then torn out. I used a bunch of left over papers for this as well as a silicone mat for stamping.  The texture paste is from Heidi Swapp.  I colored the super cute hippo with my copics and then fussy cut her out.  I added a bit of sparkly washi at the bottom so that she is kind of doing a tight rope split lol. I'm entering this mixed media piece in the following

Told you that I would be back lol and here I am with another Easter card.  Another great image from Sandra Caldwell as well and this time this one is on sale until end of April 3rd... so not much time left to grab it at that special 1.5$ price!  Run run run... but not before you have check out my card lol The image that I used is called  Chocolate Bunny I followed this fab sketch And here is the card that I created.  This one is for a little boy.  So I didn't want it to be too girly. The paper is from American Craft - Amy Tangerine.  I used copics to color this image as well as my wink of Stella in gold for the foil.  I fussy cut the image.  I used my grand square and my circle die from Spellbinder.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC .  I finished this card with a little bit of bling on the sentiment. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Creative sketchy girls  - Sketch Crafting when we can challenges  - Animals Pink gem challenge blog  - Fu

Well I'm big time into making cards right now lol I haven't made them in forever and well I depleted the stock that I had so now I need to have new ones and with Easter coming up you know what that means. For this card I used a great image that you can find over at Sandra Caldwell's etsy store it's named Smelling flower bunny . I needed some inspiration and used this great sketch to make it. I'm really happy with how cheerful this card turned up like! The bunny was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out.  I used paper from the set American Crafts - Amy Tangerine.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC .  I used my spellbinder circle die and my Quickutz oval die to make this. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Cheerful sketches challenge  - Sketch Dream valley challenges - our 4 legged friends Come and get it challenge  - Easter That's it for this post but more to come :)

So I had to make another b-day card.  And for this one I used another fabulous image from Sandra Caldwell and this one is also for sale!!!  Wooop wooop.  It's called My fathers son . And I used another great sketch this time from  Sketch Saturday . and here is the card that I made with this fabulous image And I used the paper from Simple stories - Legacy.  I used my Quickutz ovals for this as a background.  I used some Robin's nest dew drops.  The sentiment was found online and I used my copics to color this image and then I fussy cut it up. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Sketch saturday  - Sketch Lemon shortbread challenge  - Anything goes Incy wincy designs  - Happy b-day Making memories crafting  - Add some layers Hope you like this card and most of all I hope that the person that gets it will like it! Hugs

I have some birthdays coming up and I really needed to get going on making some cards.  I have been slacking in that respect recently. There's a totally fabulous sale over at Sandra Caldwell's Etsy store and it's up until the 3rd of April.  There are tons of images for 1.5$ instead of 3$.  Such a great great deal!!!! For this card I'm using the Rosie Chick image.  And I wasn't sure what to do for this card so I went and checked out Wednesday Sketch over at Outlawz and as usual they had a great sketch which ended up being the base for my make. Here is my card The paper that I used for this is from Kaisercraft - Confetti.  I added a little ribbon, a flower from prima.  The image was cut using the grand nestabilities oval dies.  I used a great sentiment that my friend Lisa from Decosse dynamite Doodles .  The image was colored with my copics. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Outlawz Wednesday Challenge  - Sketch Just-add-ink  - Ju

Hey everyone!!!  There's a brand new release of images today by Sandra Caldwell.  You can find them in the store here .  And while you are there, check out the fabulous sale that she has going on until April 3rd!  Lots of digis are 1/2 price!!!!  Yes they are only 1.5$. The digi that I'm using today is called 1470 I Hear Ya. It really reminded me of one of my sons so I had to use it to prepare his b-day card. His b-day is coming up in the month of April. I have so many papers in my stash that I'm not sure anymore which sets this comes from.  I added some buttons also from my stash.  The image was colored with copics and then fussy cut out.  The sentiment was found online and I thought it was perfect for him.  He likes to be philosophical. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Little miss muffet challenges  - Anything goes Crafty gals corner challenges  - Anything goes Creative moments  - anything goes Simon says stamp  - Anything goes Art

Hello everyone, I'm here tonight to show you a card that I made for a colleague of mine that is leaving my work place. The image that I have used is from Sandra Caldwell and you can find this image here in the store. And right now it's on special at 1.5$ because you can use it in a FB challenge in the Sandra Caldwell Fan group. To make this I used a sketch from Paper Play Sketches . And here is my card. The paper that I used was from my favorite stack of paper from Me and my minds eye - Moments.  It's a very old paper pack but I LOOOOVE it and I am at the last one of 2 packs lol.  I used my scallop and regular circle from Spellbinder.   The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out.  The wings were covered with some gel pen. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Paperplay sketches  - the sketch of this week Sandra Caldwell Stamp fan fb group  - Bee silly Through the purplehaze challenges  - Anything goes Double D challenge

Happy Friday to you all!  I'm so tired this week it's crazy... and we lose one sleeping hour on the weekend... that will be HARD lol.  But at least spring is coming and that is good.  Right now however it's still really really cold so we are still feeling as though it's still winter. Anyway, Sandra has made some great new release images!  And I'm sharing one with you all.  Just love it.  It was perfect to send a little hello to my stepmom who loves rabbits.  So I made her a postcard.  You can see the process here: and here is the look at the postcard finished!  It's a real mixed media piece because there's loads on there. I have used paints, ribbon, tissue paper, left over other papers and to finish it off a pitt pen marker all this on a cereal box cardboard. The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut.  I made the sentiment in a word document and fussy cut it out as well.  On the back end side there's a postcard blank base that

Hey!  Happy Friday to you all and TGIF it's been one of those weeks that I'm sure happy to see coming to an end.  The ending however is pretty awesome because it's coming with a new digital image from Sandra Caldwell that you can find in her Etsy store here . And the name of this fun image is Team Mom.  Now when I saw the fingers it gave me the inspiration to do this because with 4 kids I have often made this comment.... You can see the making of this journaling out of the box (JOOTB) in the following video And here is a closer look at the piece. I made the sentiment on a word document and then cut it in parts.  The backgrounds was made on a cereal box cardboard.  I used Acrylic paints, book pages , envelopes, stencils.  The image was colored with my copics and I fussy cut her out. I'm entering this in the following challenges: As you like it challenge  - other than a card and why - I love journaling on little cardboard because I get to tell a story

Hello!  I'm back with another birthday card.  Told you last week that I had LOADS to do... I wasn't lying lol  I wanted to make this one all weekend but I felt really bad... to the point that my daughter actually forced me to stay sitting down doing nothing. Not easy getting old, body parts hurt.... and blood pressure goes haywire on you for no apparent reason just here and there....  oh well that is life isn't it. And speaking of getting old here is the birthday card that I was talking about.  I used another fabulously glamourous girl from Sandra Caldwell called Miss Lula Mae.  She's on special until tomorrow at 1.5$ what a great deal here .  And she's on special because there's a contest on FB group page to use her!!! That contest also ends tomorrow.  So join in!!!  You will see the link in the challenges that I'm entering because of course you KNOW I will be joining in. Now there's also over at Outlawz for the entire month a sponsoring from Sandra

Wooop woop it's FRIDAY such a great day of the week.  And to top it off there's a great new release over at Sandra Caldwell's shop .  A super cute little bear is just perfect for Valentine's day. I shared with you last week my nephew's puzzle piece.  I just HAD to do something for his sister.  They are twins so can't give something to one and not the other! I am sharing what I made here for her And here it is if you don't want to watch the video I thought she was just adorable with this napkin background.  I'm getting a lot of use out of that pack of napkins.  I added some foam hearts.  The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out. I'm entering this into the following challenges: 4 crafty chicks  - Love Aud sentiments challenge blog  - Valentine or love sentiment Craft rocket challenges  - It's a love thing C.R.A.F.T.  - Recycling - the heart was made out of a cereal box Through the purple haze challenges  -

Hello!  It's Thursday and I hope that today I will be doing better.  I have been home sick for the past 2 days... good thing my videos and post are done in advance. Anyway today I'm sharing a journaling out of the box for all of you using a great image from Sandra Caldwell and that's on special at 1.5$ right now.  You can purchase her here .  And she's on special because there's a contest over at the FB group right now.  This means the possibility to win more cool digis!!! You can see my process here And here is my card This was done on a cereal box cardboard.  I used some napkin and some washi for the background.  The sentiment is from Ginger house  she really has some amazing sentiments!  The image was colored with my copics and then I fussy cut her out. I'm entering this little journaling card in the following challenges: Sandra Caldwell FB group  - Glamour girls contest Crafty sentiments  - Anything goes Through the craftroom door  - Anythi

Hello!  There's always a need for new b-day cards.  And when you find images that are on special at 1.5$ well that is even better!  The card that I made is using a great image called glamour nana it's from Sandra Caldwell and you can find it here . And right now she's sponsoring over at Outlawz sketch challenge so it's a great opportunity to win more fabulous images! I decided to play along with the sketch this week (something that I had not done in quite a long time!)  because I really need some b-day cards for the upcoming months.  So it was perfect. Here's my card I colored the image with copics and then fussy cut her out.  The glasses were covered with some glossy accent and I put some gel roll pen on the earings as well as on the glasses.  It doesn't really show on the picture but they are all shiny.  The sentiment is from my good friend Lisa Decosse , she had provided me with a bunch of different bonne fête sentiments!  The paper is from a freebie

Hello!!!  There's new digis over at  Babycakes design aka Sandra Caldwell designs  and you will just fall in love with them.... yeah... it's Valentine's day that's coming up. I got to play with the fabulous Smoochies.  When I saw him I just KNEW what I wanted to make with him.  You see I have a little nephew (turning 5 this year) and he's totally into the typical boy things!  Loves cars and stuff like that.  So couldn't just send him a girly valentine! I had seen a fellow youtuber (Maggie Lockley) use a puzzle piece recently and that gave me the idea for this special Valentine.  You can see the making of it here: And here is the close picture for you I finally got to use some of those GINORMOUS puzzle piece that had been given to me by a friend.  I don't get to play with them much because they are HUGE!!!!  I played with paints and stencils.  The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out.  The sentiment was stamped and then just edge