Crafting Vicky

Tonight I'm doing a boys card but with bling ;)  I did a card with my great digi image from Bugaboo LDskateboard.  I had not yet used him and he was just perfect for the challenges I wanted to enter. I had seen on Daring card makers  that they were doing a challenge about sportman.  This card was perfect for it.  And if I deciphered properly I think the sponsor is again the great Tea house bridge . To top it off my kids have friends b-day coming up so I'm sure that I will have a use for him soon: I used one of my cuttlebug embossing folder to create the texture under my little skateborder.  And colored him with copics.  The paint like border is from using a Martha Stewart punch. I followed this sketch: I'm entering him in the following challenges: Paper playtime  - Anything goes Catch the bugblog  - embossing with bling Stella-says-sketch  - for the sketch Crafty card makers  - for the boys Send a smile 4 kids  - one for the boys (my 3rd entry) Craf

For those of you who have read my preceding blogs, I just want to start this one with news from my MIL (mother-in-law).  I believe that all the positives vibes have been helping her!  She's not suffering right now.  She has regained her speech.  The eyesight is not there... but at least she's doing better for now.  She will not be getting better that we know... but at least she's not in pain.  We have no idea at this moment how long we still have her in our lives.  But we are treasuring every seconds. My husband came back home after spending the weekend there with his siblings.  It was quite an emotional time for him.  The kids and I were really glad to see him back home.  We are taking it day by day right now.  But with all this crafting and the wonderful comments that everybody have posted, as well as with all that crying on Friday... I'm doing ok right now.  Today was a wonderful easy going day for me and the kids.  We did what we loved the most... the boys v

In continuation with the rest of my post today, I spoiled myself by buying some great digi images from this artist  Mayzy art  there was so much choice that it was difficult to limit myself lol.  My creation this afternoon is with Rosebud the Fairy.  The sentiment was a freebie that I got from  Scribbles by sandy . To make this card I used My mind's eye paper and I used my wonderful nestabilities for the scallop circle as well as the regular circle.  I colored my little fairy with copics and used Stardust stickles on her wings which you see better here: Isn't she just a cutie?!?  Don't you just want to run and get her? ;)   I used this sketch: I really feel that with each card, I'm improving!!!  Thank you my wonderful followers for being there and seeing this transformation. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Polly craft challenge blog  - sketch Crafty catz weekly challenge  - Anything goes Aud sentiments  - Anything go

Here's a card just for me ;)  The people who know me know that I love fantasy.  I read tons of books on vampire, witch and other of that kind.  Last week when I purchased images from Stichy Bear Digital.  I had purchased Eva the witch.  She's a digi from Delicious Doodle.  I just fell in love with this digi image.  So today I really wanted to do something with her.  From the start I wanted to do something in monochrome colors.  I just thought it would be the perfect choice for this image. It's funny because as I was trying to choose my papers from the pack of Me & my big idea I had put my image on top of the paper showing the choices... and guess what... that was the choice I made ;)  Here's the look prior to me cutting it down. There was a challenge that I wanted to enter all week... but couldn't figure out what to use as recycled material lol this just happened!  It feels like my cards are taking a life of their own... maybe it was the witch acting out

Today I'm treating myself!!!  I did all the cleaning with the kids yesterday.  And I figured that today I could craft and keep my mind occupied. I saw that  Tickled pink stamps  was sponsoring a few challenges.  I had a great digi that I had been wanting to use and I had not yet done anything with it.  This was the perfect opportunity!!!!   Crafting when we can challenges  had a wonderful sketch and  Card makin mamas  had the wonderful color inspiration a gorgeous cake!!!!  That was perfect for spring.  Here's the card: I had so much fun creating this card!!!!  I got to use some tools that I had not used so far.  The paper is from Paper Reflection and the border was made using My mind's eye paper.  I used a bunch of nestabilities to create the greenery, the flower, the scallop circle, the circle around my digi and the one around the sentiment.  The sentiment is from Hero Art.  I used peeled paint ranger distress inks around the sentiment.  I used my CM tearing tool to