Crafting Vicky

I decided to create a small gift for my daughter.  It's a bookmark ;)  I was wondering what I could do to created something for the Forever Night challenge.  And I realized that I could do something that would please my daughter!  She loves to read.  Especially vampire books... must admit the apple did not fall far from the tree lol  And she keeps loosing her bookmarks (that she did not get from me).  Here's my creation: She was soooo happy with it ;)  But my sons were not... now they have made a list lol  Not sure I can keep up wiht the demand. I'm entering this one for the  Forevernight challenges . Vicky xo

OK so now I pledged on this web site  Lady of lost times crafts  unfortunately when I looked at the recent post she is mentioning that she will not be blogging for awhile.... oh well I still think the sentiment is good.  I should try to use what I have as much as possible!  I'm not saying that I will not be buying anything because that is just impossible lol but I will be trying to keep on doing post like this one where I used scrap material.  I got the idea from Hiding in my craft room.  It was a super scrap challenge. So use up what you have.  And I managed anyway to make a card that would fit a few challenges and I think it looks pretty good if I say so myself! I had the stamp Whipper snapper Birthday cake for awhile but it had yest to be inked.  So I did that but I removed the sentiment since I wanted to make it a French card.  I reused the paper from previous projects, even the circles... you can tell that I change my mind a few times on the size lol but I kept all the piec

This morning I found a great technique while looking for some challenge.  It actually is a challenge to use the technique.  How fabulous is that!  So of course I had to try it out. I'm really happy with the CAS look that I ended up getting.  I was going for something else... but once again my card just wasn't getting where it was supposed to so I let it become what it wanted lol.  I used Rangers Distress Spiced Marmalade for the sponging technique as well as for the flower that's on the blue. The color choice came from: And the sketch from: I'm entering this one in the following challenges: Cas-ualfridays  - color combo Freshly made sketches  - sketch Just us girls challenge  - Sponging technique It was a really fun technique.  Ended up with ink all over my hands... but I'm a messy crafter when it comes to inks lol. Vicky xo

This morning as I was looking at blogs I came across digi darlas blog.  And they had the cutest little digi girl up and to top it off it was for a good cause (all the money (and the digi is only 1$) will go for a mission in Nicaragua)!  So of course I couldn't resist.  Here she is: Isn't she sooo cute?!?  Love her.  And I paired her up with First Edition Summer Breeze paper.  It was really girly and had a real spring feel to it.  I used this great sketch: I'm entering this card in these challenges: Sunday sketch and stamp  - Sketch Digi darlas  - Festive flowers (there's flowers all over the paper as well as on the hat) Aud sentiments challengeblog  - Anything Spring or summer Card makin mamas  - make it girlie Card crafters circle  - gentle pastel colors I'm going back to creating ;) See you later Vicky xo