Crafting Vicky

Well there's a great freebie for the fans that are part of the Simply Betty FB group  if you are not part of the group you are totally missing out on some great chat, inspiration and just loads of fun. We are to use this digi in a dark or light way... and if you have followed my stuff (and the great surprised that Erin did for me, she commissioned Betty to make an image of me!!!!) well you know that I like darker stuff... so this was to me super easy choice lol

ohhhh there's a great new digi out today part of the Tuesday Solos from  Simply Betty This one totally reminded me of the fifties!  So I had to use my favorite paper pack to showcase her :)  That's the type of paper that I hoard... and don't use lol

Wooop wooop it's time for a new Fan page Challenge over at  Simply Betty  and this time around it's letting it fly with some GORGEOUS Fairies!!!!! Oh my soooo fun to color. Here are my 2 makes the 1st one is the great Mushroom Rio Fairy.  You can find those new release images to play in the challenge in the store here . For this little one the paper is from MME - Out of the blue.  I used my Ann's paper Art die to cut the image and the sentiment.  I added some bling from Queen and Co and the mushrooms are done using a great Cheery Lynn dies B365 Fairy Mushroom.  Here's a closer look at the image colored with my copics. And the 2nd gorgeous fairy that I did is Tulip Fairy Wendy For her I used Summer Breeze paper from 1st Edition (I have had that stuff FOREVER).  I cut the digi with my Label 39 die from Spellbinder.  The sentiment was done using Quickutz nesting frames.  The flower is my last of the Prima Engraver set :( So sad.... just loooove those but th

In honor of the Steampunk week extravangaza over at Simply Betty Fan group  I made a little steampunk card as well!  I hope that you will enjoy it!  You can get some great inspiration as well as prizes in the great hop . To make this I used the great image  Momento Mori .  I just think this image is sooo elegant.

There's a great new SOLO image coming out to  Simply Betty  and this time it's Marie Antoinette! She's totally awesome for any birthday celebration and actually she was used to be sent to my friend Erin for her b-day. Here's my make with this image.

well it's Erin Stephenson 's b-day today!!! Erin is totally my little sister from another mother!  It's so funny how we are so far from one another but yet share so much together!  I cannot wait to have the chance to meet her in person. So when Betty came out with this fabulous image for Erin I just HAD to play along to share with her the great image Erin and Hoot. Here's the card that I made for Erin!  I really hope that she loves it when I actually send it out to her... the good thing is that I did send her something and a card previously :)

It's time for a new Tuesday solo over at  Simply Betty Stamps  and this time around it's Hug your Zombie Betty! I just thought this was the best image for the Valentine's day card that my oldest would send to his girlfriend!!!  She's totally into horror and loves anything with zombies.  My son on the other hand... is the total opposite lol  Anyway this was just THE perfect image for her. And of course such a joy to color as all the Simply Betty stamps are!

oh my it's totally FREEZING here today... -22 Celcius so -7.6 Farenheit... I totally want to hibernate!  Which would probably be a good thing for me right now lol Anyway I'm here to share with you a card that I made for the fabulous Corinne Jones who has lost her best friend.  It's an image from  Simply Betty  that was done specially for this friend.  You can find the image here .  It really makes a fabulous Sympathy card which I find are the hardest of all to make. I kept the card super simple.

WOW there's a brand new release over at  Simply Betty  and this time around it's Market Betty! Such a fun image to color as are all the great Betty's image.  I just thought this one was perfect for a retro look :) I had this idea in my head and just had to go looking for all the right elements for this.  Lots of stuff from my stash that was just waiting for the perfect image!

I'm here because I was lucky to win a Tuesday Soloist position from  Simply Betty  from the 13 days of Halloween competition.  Wow so very lucky to be working with such great digis!!! For this 1st time it's with a great combo coffee and a good book :)  It's called Coffee and book Rio Here's my make with this fabulous set

I'm back and this time for the awesome Irene!!!  She's such a sweet lady.  I'm can say I'm lucky enough to be on a team with her.  She's incredibly talented and always so positive!!! So I wish you a fabulous B-day!!!  I hope you are totally spoiled for this day and the rest of the year.  My card will eventually make it to your place lol might take a little while with the holidays... but it's on it's way. I hope you like the card that I made using the fabulous image that Betty created for us to use! The paper is from Wishes - Authentique.  I used some Queen and co pearls.  I added a little ribbon and bow.  I also used my great nesting ovals from Quickutz. Here's a closer look at the image colored with my copics.  The sentiment came with it. There's a whole lot of people participating in this hop here's the full list: Simply Betty Stamps featuring cards by Betty, Cynthia, Cat and Anne http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/ Jackie

Hello!  When I learned that there was going to be a blog hop for Corinne I just had to participate!  She's such a great lady even if she doesn't like Charlie Brown....  hee hee hee so just had to do a special b-day wish for her... now she just might unfriend me... hope not! Sorry Corinne I couldn't resist... But I did make another card that I know you will like a lot more!!!  And here it is just for you!!!  It might take awhile to reach destination with the holidays and stuff and it coming from Canada... but I really hope that you like it!  It was made with lots of love for you in mind. I hope you have a fabulous B-day and all your wishes come true! The image for the card was drawn by Betty of  Simply Betty  specially for Corinne. The paper that I used for this is from Authentique - Wishes.  I used some Queen and Co goosebumps - gotten as a gift from Erin (thank you sweetie).  I used my Nesting Frame 3 from Quickutz.  Here's a closer look at the

Today is Betty Roberts 40th Birthday!!! YES the BIG 40 So we thought we would make it as special as we possibly can! The Awesome Rachel Sharp http://sharkie19.deviantart.com/?rnrd=118353  drew us up an image to use for Betty's Birthday!! You should have arrived here from the awesome  Katya  if you didn't you will want to start off at  Corinne  not to miss any of the fabulous creations!  There's a whole lot of ladies that are participating because well... we just LOOOOVE you Betty! So when I heard of this I just HAD to participate.  Betty is just so sweet and generous with her time and her talent!  She's a very funny lady as well and I just hope that one day I will get to meet her in person!!!!  So Betty I wish you my dear a FABULOUS 40th B-day!!!!  Hope that you get totally SPOILED as you deserve and that your next year with all the fabulous plans is the start of a awesome future :) Here's my card for you!  Sitting of course on a little stand that I KNOW you

Ok yesterday was an ok day... and then my daughter went and said how she is looking forward to the Holidays!!!!YIKES are you kidding me?!?  I can hardly go through my day... let alone think of the holidays.... I have a feeling this Christmas will be one without all the decorations... Just can't imagine EVER getting the energy to put them up... and then take them all down.... Anyway... there's a new image that was on sale this past weekend over at  Simply Betty  and it's called Very Merry Betty.  So I got her while she was on special and decided to color her up because she makes me think of how I'm feeling right now!!!!  Totally frazzled!!!!! I used a great sentiment from Create with TLC  that is part of this set I think it's just perfect for how I'm feeling right now... and hopefully will be able to used the I survived the holidays.... but I'm not sure that I will lol.  Just click on the image to get to the set. So here's my card with the New

Happy Halloween!!!!  So sad that this is the last post of the 13th days of Halloween of  Simply betty .  And this time the challenge is to Alter something but it has to be something other than a journal or card. So I thought and thought about that one... I don't do many alterations... but I have seen some fabulous artist that do over at Smeared and Smudged Forum  and so I have to give thanks to them for the inspiration. My make was to transform a regular wood little box into something more!  And here's the picture of the before.  I had NEVER done anything of the kind... so it took me FOREVER!!! lol  There's lots of steps to this... My inspiration came also from the digi that I wanted to use for this  Amarantha Red Ribbon Digi So I removed all the hardware of the box and then used my Liquitex modeling paste all over the exterior of the box.  Inside I painted it with my Deco Art Royal Ruby. Once the exterior was dry I used Deco Art Moss Pearl paint and then the

Hello everyone!  It's time for another challenge over at  Simply Betty Stamps . For this new challenge it's time it's about making it hairy, fuzzy, or feathers! So for mine I went totally literally and did the Howling at the moon :) The image that I used for this card is the great  Hooowlloween Miller Digi

Ok... so I couldn't resist playing over at  Simply Betty FB group .  There was a freebie given out and you had to interpret how you wanted to play with the great Demonic Babe. I'm not feeling too good... So I figured I would play it dark :)  I went monochromatic colors but this time with the warm greys.  I added just a touch of red for her lips

Hello!  So it's time for a new challenge over at  Simply Betty  and this time it's about Witches!!!!  But of course it can't be just the simple challenge of using a witch... it had to be something far off... lol So it's have your witch fly off the page... using pop up dots or wobble or something... So that got me thinking of my initial card that I did to get into this fab competition.  I had used acetate to make my witch fly.  Of course I couldn't just do a card like I had done then because that would be lame... so I thought about what I could make... and ended up with a House! So here it is using my Cameo silhouette and some imagination.  There's lots of pictures in this post... sorry in advance lol  I printed the fabulous  Witchy Mrs Boo  twice reversed so that I could place them on top of one another. I added some foam stickers to this, a little charm spider dangling from the front door Here's a closer look at that colored digi And here's

Hello!  It's time for the next challenge over at  Simply Betty Stamps  and this time around it's about zombies! So I had fun making something with the great  Zombie Babe Betty And I made something that I don't normally do which is more altered art... I used a little wood coffin that I painted in beige... then I painted it black and did a crackle finish.  I don't  know why but my crackling is never really good.... so I did some sanding to distress it a bit more... I made it like she's coming out of the coffin. I colored her with my copics.  And fussy cut her out.  I added a bunch of webbing and a spider. Here's a closer look of the open view And a closer look at the digi which was soooo fun to color! I'm entering this make in the following challenges: Haunted design house  - Halloween - adult version.  I think my coffin makes a good decoration but it's not the cutie type.... Left of center challenges  - Halloween Crafts 4 eternity

Hello!  It's the 9th make for the Simply Betty 13 days of Halloween !  And this time around the goal is to make something for a male! So for my make I used the fabulous and very sexy  Betty Mistress of the Dark