Crafting Vicky

Hello and happy Monday to you all!  I'm here to share with you my very last make as an EDT design member of Rick St-Dennis.  I have had such a great time for the past year 1/2 and learned so much from Rick as well as from all the wonderful DT. For this last make I was really nervous because I wanted to do a really good job.  The image that I'm playing with really fits me I think lol minus the weird clothes... It's the great  Say what?!?  and I used her as the very 1st page of my new dylusion journal.  I have received this journal a full year ago from the wonderful Paola Jofre.  And because it's a dylusion journal I was having issues actually playing with it.  I know it's silly but that's what it is.  I tend to have trouble using what I totally adore... something to work on. Anyway, I figured this post for RSD would be the perfect opportunity to finally use it! I printed my image really large and colored her with all kinds of different colors that I would

Wow it's so very quiet on my blog isn't it... not blogging as much as I used too.  Doing more videos and trying to do new mixed media things. Somehow I've started to associate my blog with my dt work... but I have to start blogging back just for the fun of it the way that I used to before!  So I figured on this beautiful Sunday morning, I would do just that. 1st of all Happy Father's day to all the great fathers out there.  I'm blessed for having the best of them as my father and having found the best one for my kids :)  How can 1 girl be so lucky?  I don't know but I feel blessed for this. What have I been up to?  Well last weekend I went crafting with my friend Erin (met through blogging!!!  that's why I have to bring back my blog to life).  We met 1/2 between our two places in Ogdensburg.  We had found a little family motel where we got a HUGE room and were able to craft to our little hearts desire.  I have to admit being super teary eyed when it ca

Hello everyone!  There's a brand new release over at  Karleigh Sue  and I decided ot play with the great Lumberlife as my 1st post on this great release! I had lots of fun making this while over at my weekend away with my friend Erin.   BTW this is a page in the middle of my journal but I'm opening it totally so that I can keep this up and standing and not show the other page :)  Just thought I would tell you all because I have been getting a lot of comments on how my book cover is awesome for other journaling pages that I have shared... and I definitely do no have that many journals lol Anyway back to my post.  This weekend I was all about using my cut out magazines.  I've been accumulating them and I don't know but this weekend was about doing collage!  And I have to admit to LOVING doing this. So the background are magazine pages.  I used paper pieces of the bag that the wine was put in (you can't have a crafty weekend without wine!!!).  And I handwrote th

It's time already for a new challenge over at Scribbles designs challenge . This month it's about drinks whatever that might mean for you! For me with the summer coming it reminds me of a nice beer on a terrasse :) My own or a restaurant! I totally love experimenting new beers. And very often the beers of the small local breweries have totally awesome labels. I started collecting those so that I might remember them. I thought my 2nd "En masse" journal would be perfect for this. And I just HAD the perfect quote from Scribbles design for this it's Five o'clock quote . I didn't want to totally cover the fabulous label so I put the digi, that was colored with pan pastels, on a bit of washi tape.  So this is the closed (well partly closed look). And here is the open look I hope this has inspired you :)  If you want to see the start of  "En masse" journal you should check out Shannon Green's video here: And there's a FB

Hello!  I'm here with a post that made me so very happy!!!  I just ADORE the sound of music and when I saw that this month's DT challenge over at RSD FB group  was about us creating something to do with music. To get to the FB group just click on the image above The image that I used is the fabulous  Sister Jubilata . You can see my video here: And here is the actual make with the request on the left hand side and the page on the right. And here is the page in close up A bunch of scrap piece of papers as well as some washi tape. The nun was colored with my copics.  My happiest found was the tire tread that I used for the stones at the step of the nun. I had lots of fun with this.  I hope that you will be inspired as well. Have a great Wednesday!  There's still a post to come today. Hugs

Hey!  It's time for a new challenge over at  The East Wind  and this time it's all about the boys. Well that being said.... I'm feeling delinquent as you will see if you watch my video here: So I did make something but I used the fab image  Lucy Loo Teenager  for it. and I followed this fabulous prompt for this: Here is the make that I did: I used an image for the background that you can find here . I used a sentiment and some die cuts that were given to me in a swap.  I made the tree by drawing it with a stabilo pencil and then some paints. I really hope that you like this and that you are inspired to try this out!!! Hugs

Hello!  I'm here with my midway post for Oddball FB challenge .  It's always anything goes using fabulous Oddball images.  If you don't have any you should totally check out the store and you can have 10% off using the code DTVicky10. The image that I used is Image 103 . I used this fab digi to make a little ATC.  This was done on some gelli printed paper.  I added a little border and a little sticker sentiment. The image was colored with my copics and I used my pen to add another sentiment as well as some false stitching. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Come and get it  - Weird/whimsical - I think this fits :) 2 creative chicks   - Anything goes Left of center challenges  - Stencils - I'm going LOC Cards galore challenges  - Anything goes Dark n daring  - Anythin goes That's it for today!!!  Hope you have a fabulous Tuesday!!! Hugs

Hello!  I'm here for my inspiration post of the month and I had fun journaling again. And I figured I would give you ideas at the same time on how to use up your left over papers, you know those scraps that we don't know what to do with?!? Here is the make using the wonderful image  Be a Unicorn Nude .  Well do you really think a unicorn would dress up?!?  It's already fabulous isn't it?!? The papers are all strips and they are double side papers so I was able to really match them up for the fun of it.  I used some black water color on the side of them when they were in the book to make it more uniform. The image was colored with my copics and I fussy cut her out and layered her on some black paper.  I used a white gell pen on the black left over papers to write out the sentiment. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Inspiration destination challenge blog  - Anything goes Rubys rainbow  - Anything but a card The papershelter  - I wrote a big s

Hello and happy Tuesday everyone!  Happy that the week is progressing because it means that I'm closer to going to meet my crafty friend Erin this weekend! Today I'm here to share with you the card that I made for my youngest son who is turning 13!  Wow I really feel old... The image that I used is from Rick St-Dennis and it's just a JOY to color!!!  you can find it here:  Band Kid . The paper is from Basic Grey - Life of the party.  I used a bunch of la la land dies as well and I finished it off with some stars that were in my stash.  The image was colored with my copics. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Cards in envy  - Boys - that's the case and the card is not thick at all... I really don't know how to embellish boy cards... Craftin desert divas blog  - Masculine Crafty boots challenges  - Masculine Love to scrap challenge blog  - It's a boy's thing Ooh-la-la-creations challenges  - One for the boys That's i

Lahla Mermaid shell  was perfect to start a new project of mine which is Pick a stick monthly challenge There's a facebook group that gives some inspiration for journaling and I really wanted to play along since I learned of them!  The good news is that the 1st prompt for January (yup I'm behind) required a quote from a song!  Well the fabulous mermaid totally made me think of Ariel!  And I new right away the song that I wanted to use on this. I've been having lots of fun as well using some unexpected journals for my art and for this it's a magazine that I could just not throw away!  So it's the base of this make.  If you want to see the making of this you can go and check out the video here . And here is the finished look! To make this I used some scrapbook papers, lots of paints, some stencils as well as texture paste.  The image was colored with my copics and I put lots of Jelly roll pen on her to make her all shiny. I hope you will be checking out this 

Hello and happy Sunday!!!  It's time for a new challenge over at  More mixed media challenge  and this time it's purple. But the rules have changed... so you can either do the option which is purple or just do mixed media :) For mine it was the perfect opportunity to do something for an upcoming junk mail swap.... yup a swap about transforming junk mail!!!!  I used a great image from Bloobel stamps that I purchased (just fell in love with that image!). I have a video to share the making of this:  And here is my make, I love purple so that wasn't hard at all!!! I used LOTS of paint on this as well as napkins, and stamping and buttons and the text is from a magazine!  The image was colored with my copics and I used some watercolor for her background. I hope this inspires you to do something with your junk mail!!! Have a great Sunday. Hugs

Hello and happy Friday!  Hope you all had a great week.  Mine was good but very busy and I'm looking forward to relazing time over the weekend! I'm here today to share with you a make for the new release image over at The East Wind . I have a video to share with you the process of this and how I came about the big BLOB on her head... oh well it happens right?!?  I still think the rest is pretty cute. And here is the postcard if you don't want to watch the video. I made this with paints and washi tapes. I also used some stencils.  I had fun!  The sentiment was found online.  The image was colored with my copics. Hugs

Ouf... Last post of the day :)  This last one is for the new Oddball Design FB challenge !!! And you should totally enter since it's anything goes always with Oddball images.  If you don't have an image go right on over the store and use the code DTVICKY10 to get a 10% off your purchases! And yes I have another postcard to share with you.  However for this one I have done a video that you will be able to see here: The entire reason for this postcard was to share with a friend what I had made with a puzzle piece from a puzzle she gave me.  However if you didn't watch the video... I can tell you I was really surprised by the size of the puzzle piece.  I thought it would be small ones.  Which obviously you can see is not the case.  But I was able to make something with it so I was really happy that it worked in the end. The image was colored with my copics.  I used my faber castell pen on the stenciled pieces and of course lots of paint.  The stencil used for the

I'm totally OBSESSED with making postcards!  People like to get them and they are a great way to recycle all the cereal boxes that my kids go through!!! So for the midway point of Scribbles Challenge about tools I figured this would be a great opportunity to make a little postcard for my dad. For this make I'm using Tool Belt .  The background of this postcard was started using left over paint through a stencil way back.  I thought it was pretty neat so I didn't want to lose this.  I decided to add just some watered down yellow paint. The image itself was colored with my coloring pencils.  I added some pattern paper and some crossword puzzle paper that was left on my desk.  The sentiment was found online and I thought it was just PERFECT. Well it's a super busy day today... but I still have one more!  So please do come back for it. Hugs

Hello!  I don't know about you but there is one type of card that I really really HATE to make but that are required in life and that is a sympathy card.  My stash was totally empty.   So when I saw the challenge this month for Delicious Doodles was to use Pearls and Lace I thought YAY that is going to be perfect for making an elegant sympathy card.  Especially since there are so many wonderful images from Delicious Doodles that would fit the bill for this.  This time around I used the image    Lily of the Valley Border The paper that I used is from Bobunny.  I added some lace trim as well as some pearl trim.  I thought it really finished this card off!  The image was colored with my copics but prior to printing it I had put a sentiment that I stretched from TLC. I still have more creations to come so I really hope that you will come again :) Hugs

Hello everyone!  It's the start to a new month and that means a new challenge and a new freebie over at  The East wind .  The challenge this month is to use something new as well as something old. For my journaling I decided to use an old background that had been created in an art class.  My other old items are the stamps that I have used.  I used a Tim Holtz sentiment (which I thought was perfect for the new part as well lol) and a border from Dyan Reaveley. I colored the awesome image with my copics.  I fussy cut her out and fussy cut out a backing to her as well. I had a lot of fun to create this and I sure hope that you will have fun with this cutie as well!!! There's lots more coming up so please do come back :) Hugs

Hello!  I'm here for my 2nd inspiration post of the month for Karleigh Sue and I had fun journaling again.  But this time just for the fun of it in a journal that I made some time ago and don't use enough! Here is the make using the wonderful image  Have you heard . Since it's an homemade journal the pages are from the book itself.  And the background came together as an accident because I had put too much brushos on the page on the other side.  When I closed the book to try to absorb some of it this is what happened :)  Love it when the background makes itself!  I use some prima metallic chalk edger in gold. The image was colored with my copics.  Hope you like it!!! I'm entering this in the following challenges: Snarky stampers  - N is for not a card Crafting in a beautiful mess  - Anything goes Art by miran challenge  - Anything goes 2 crafty girls challenges  - Anything goes Crafty-girls-creations  - Anything goes Have a fabulous Sunday and stay

Hello!  It's Tuesday and it was a fabulous long weekend here!!!  Just GORGEOUS and I actually was able to go in the pool yesterday which is pretty amazing because it's really really early in the season and we only got it fully working on Saturday... so yeah all good I'm here to share with you what I made as my cover for a new junk journal for a friend.  I'm trying to make her happy and give her something to look at when she's not feeling well. The great image that I used is from Rick St-Dennis and it's called  April Daisy You can see the making of the journal cover here I had a lot of fun coloring this image with my copics.  The buttons were colored with wink by stella and then I used my gelly roll pen on it. The stencils that I used are from Megan Suarez ( you can find them on etsy)  I used a little tissue paper from a shoe box.  The background of the sentiment is from a spellbinder die and I used a little bow colored with my copics.  The sentiment

While I was in Greece the world lost a great artist.  And at the time I wasn't able to express how sad I was with this loss. Prince meant so much to me.  My teenage years were marked with his singing and of course my dancing... not that I danced all that well but I thought so at the time. Anyway when I saw this fabulous digi from Karleigh Sue I knew that I totally HAD to play with it for this tribute. I wanted to have some of the words of one of his song as the sentiment on this... but at the same time the album Purple Rain with that song was just my 1st thought... but the song didn't fit however "When doves cry". I colored the image with my copics.  The background was made with some deli paper that I painted purple then I did some dendritic print on it with white paint and tore those out.  I added some ribbon as well as a spellbinder diecut.  I used some prima chalk paint on the side. I'm entering this layout in the following challenges: Brow

Destiny Tinman  was my inspiration for the sentiment that was ideal for a postcard to send to a friend. I have a friend who was in need of some pick me up!  So I thought this would be the perfect postcard to cheer her up!  And I'm very happy to report that it did work.  And how easy is it to make a little postcard like this when you have a great image to work with and just some recycled material.   Of course I'm French.... so I messed up the saying... should have said Tin-king of you... and not Thin-king of you... oh well I'm sure that was also part of what cheered my friend up lol I have made a little video to share with you the process of this in case you want to do something similar and this one was a SUPER fast make so you have no reason not to try this out. And here's the actual little postcard that I made. The image was colored with my copics.  I fussy cut her out.  The background was simply some deli paper that I use as the cover sheets to my desk

Well it's Monday!!  But the good news is that it's time to share some inspiration for the  Karleigh Sue  .  And this time we are sharing with you some fab makes with the wonderful Mary Janes series. I used the wonderful Stoner Chick .  I soooo wasn't sure on what to do on this post... but then after thinking I thought of the song from the Beatles called Lucy in the sky with diamonds  And here's what I made with this :) The background was done while at a class with silks.  I added a bunch of washi tape as well as some letters.  The sentiment comes from the song and I wrote it on my word document.  I colored the image with my copics. I'm entering this journaling page in the following challenges: Eclectic ellapu  - Anything goes Crafting-with-friends  - anything goes Crafting with an attitude  - anything goes Through the purple haze challenges  - anything goes Southern girls challenge  - Anything goes That's it for me for today!!!  Hope you have

I hope you saw the post part one on my blog (you can see it here ). The new release from  Oddball art  is just FABULOUS.  I'm doing a 2 part blog post!  For this 2nd part I'm using Image 308!!! I just adore owls and so I couldn't resist playing with those!  You will want to check out the  FB group  for all the wonderful makes that the DT team have done.  They will inspire you for SURE. For this I made a card for my journaling out of the box.  It's using a cereal box cardboard.  This one had been used as a wipe out for the left over paints that I had while making other projects.  I also have a part of stencil showing through. Since I wanted the rest of the paint that was already on this to show through I used silk paint on top.  It's transluscent but does cover the parts that were white.  I added a little yellow mesh, some cork decorations stickers (found at the dollar store).  I fussy cut the owl which were colored using my new peerless watercolor, cosmic sh

OHHHH WOW the new release from Oddball art is just FABULOUS.  I'm doing a 2 part blog post!  For this 1st part I'm using Image 305!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE that set!!! So many fabulous possibilities.  You will want to check out the FB group for all the wonderful makes that the DT team have done.  They will inspire you for SURE. I actually used 2 images on this.  One from the set 305 and the other one is the wonderful image 294  which I have been wanting to use for awhile! I decided to make a journaling page for this. The journal page that I used had already some paint and stencil on it.  I added some brushoes to make it fun.  I also put a bit of washi tape.  The images were colored with copics as well as oil pastels!  Love mixing it up and I don't do that often enough!!! I'm entering this in the following challenges: Left of center challenges  - theme is witch but I'm entering this as LOC Open-minded crafting fun  - favorite technique - I just ADORE doing m

Hello!  It's time for a new challenge over at Scribbles Challenges and this time it's show us your tools!!! Just in time for Father's Day!  Here are the list of the digi's that I used: #807 Wrench 2 #804 Hammer #802 Saw #801 Measure Tape #806 Wrench-1 I really hope that you have liked my make that is now in my En masse journaling journal :)  I just ADORE just collecting and glueing down images :) Hugs

Well I'm here with the second make of the day and this time it's some journaling that I did!  I had fun playing with the image  Noah  and  Celestial-collection  for RSD.  The challenge this time for the designers on the FB group of RSD  is to use 2 digis... but I used more.  You can see my process in this video here: And here are the pictures of what I made for my journal.  I used some great napkins, paint, a stencil from My Favorite things as well as paints from Deco art and liquitex. and here are closer views on the 2 pages  And here is the last page with the 2 sentiments - one that I found and the other that I made I'm entering this journaling in the following challenges: 2 creative chicks  - Anything goes A bit more time to craft  - Anything goes Polkadoodle  - Things with wings - there are 2 birds in the Noah image That's it for this post!  Still more to come today!! Hugs

Hello!  I'm here with a very busy busy day!  Today I'm here with a new challenge over at  The East Wind  and this time it's TIC TAC TOE Here's the TIC TAC TOE For this make I used the fabulous  Merditation .  I made a postcard and you can see the video here: And the postcard is available in my Etsy card here . The image was colored with my copics.  I used some paints on this.  I also used some sentiment that I found while doing a search online (yup using Google) on Meditation. :) I thought this would be great fun for this postcard! I'm entering this postcard in the following challenges: Scrappers-delights-challenge-blog  - anything goes Creative artiste mixed media  - Anything goes Creative fingers challenge blog  - Anything goes Simply papercrafts for all occassions  - anything goes Crafting with an attitude  - Anything goes That's it for this post but there's lots more coming up today!! Hugs

It's Saturday!!! YAY I'm super happy to have the full day to do just what I want lol.  I slept in late (1st thing on my list).  And I will be crafting as well today but since it's gorgeous outside instead of the blah rainy day that was anticipating... I will have to go and play outside a bit as well. Anyway enough about me I'm here to share with you what I made for the FB challenge that is going on for Oddball . For my make I made the card for my son that was turning 15 years old using the image 163 . The paper that I used is from Simple stories.  I colored the image with my copics.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC and it was cut out using the deckled rectangle from Spellbinder. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Art by miran challenge  - Anything goes C.R.A.F.T.  - Birthdays Drs designs blog  - It's a guy thing Moving along with the times  - Man or boy Star stampz  - Birthday That's it for this post!!!  Hope you

I received a batch of FABULOUS stencils from  Megank Suarez artwork .  I have alwasy LOVED her work and was SUPER happy with those.  I really wanted to get to playing with them...   And since I used her stencil... she was super nice to offer a SPECIAL discount code for my followers!!!  It's VICKIROCKS this code will give you 25% off her ETSY store up until the 22nd of May!!!  HOW FABULOUS is that?!?  THANK you so much MEGAN!!!! And yesterday I was told about another Mixed media group on FB called  Mixed Media Pick a stick  (it's founded by a fellow Canadian!!!).  She provides you with some prompts for the week. I had just the perfect item to transform using those prompts!  I made a little junk journal out of a calendar box and some junk mail that I received.  I want to use this to put some great Fonts idea that I come across when I'm going through magazines.  I mean I want to try out some new fonts and purchase books and such but there is a whole lot of them FREE out th

Hey everyone!  It's time for a new release over at  The east wind  and this time it's a great Cowgirl image!!!  LOVE her and just HAD to play with her to make a postcard (yup I'm obsessed with them but you have to admit it's awesome to make little reminders to the ones that you love that you are thinking of them. I made a little video of my process yet again: I have put this little postcard in my Etsy store and you can see it here . And here is the make with this fab image I used an image from a magazine cut out.  The sentiment was found on google and I wrote it on word document to be printed and added to this.  The washi tape that I have put on this is from a swap.  And you have to see the video to see the paint as well as the stencils that I used. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Crafting from the heart challenge blog  - Anything goes Crafty our passion challenges  - anything goes Not just cards challenges  - Anything goes Scrapboo

I want to start out this post by wishing all the wonderful mother's out there a fabulous Mother's day!  I really hope you get spoiled in all kinds of little ways. I made a little mother's day card using a great image from the heart stamps called Bouquet chick.  I thought it would be totally perfect for making a little mother's day card. I colored the fab image withe my copics.  The image was cut out with a grand label 11 from Spellbinder and I used my scallop and circle dies from Spellbinder for the sentiments.  I added a little double ribbon bow and some bling.  The paper is from Oh la la for her by my mind's eye.  I really love how bright and cheerful this came out :) I'm entering this in the following challenges: From the heart stamps  - Sketch or twist - I did the twist with the ribbon Open-minded crafting fun  - Easter/spring or pastel - this is pastel and would also be perfect for spring :) Come and get it challenge  - Card for a woman C

Hello everyone!  It's time for my next post for RSD.  I decided to take on a challenge that my dad set up to me :)  He came over last weekend and when I showed him an icon that I had purchased in Greece that had some silver on it he challenged me to do something similar..... WELL I'm always ready for a little challenge and that's what I did here.  If you want to see the little Icon that was the start of it all you totally have to watch the video.  So before we go any further here is the place where I got the image from the Celestial Collection sheet . And here is the video of my make: And here is the actual make that I did.  I hace to say that I'm super happy with how it turned out! I hope you like how this turned out! Here are the challenge I'm enterning: Alphabet challenge blog  - Embossing folder Art by miran challenge  - Anything goes Crafting-with-friends  - Anything goes Creative artiste mixed media  - Anything goes 2 crafty girls challenge

It's time for a new challenge over at  More mixed media challenge  and this time it's about PINK.  I have to say that I really loved making this little postcard. The image that I used is from Faery Ink and you can purchase that image here . I made a little video of my process that you can see in this video: If you want this little postcard you can purchase it in my Etsy store here . And here is my make. I used many texture on this, a backing from a napkin, a pattern for making clothes.  I added some ribbon.  For the sentiment I used some letter stamps that I had to make the words.  I played with my stars stencil from Artploration , (I joined the monthly club... and it's just FAB so if you don't know that do check it out).  The image was colored with my copics. I hope this inspires you :) I'm entering this little postcard in the following challenges: Open-minded crafting fun  - I did the pastel because Easter is long past Simon says stamp blog

Hello everyone!  I wasn't supposed to play with the wonderful freebie from The East wind because I'm just back from vacation... but I just COULDN'T resist!!!  So here is my make with the image Fung La that you would have gotten if you are a newsletter subscriber here . I made a little postcard with this image.  You can see my process in the video here. I'm putting this postcard in my Etsy store .  I thought that I would share some postcards thinking that if people don't have time to make some they might still appreciate sending them to their pals and might be interested. Here is the postcard that I made using some mixed media way.  I have put lots of different papers that were on my desk.  The sentiment was found online and then I created it on a word document and printed it out at the same time as the image. I'm entering this little postcard in the following challenges: 613 Avenue create  - Anything goes Lil patch of crafty friends  - Anything g

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new challenge over on the FB group of Oddball Designs  and as you know it's Anything goes using an Oddball image.  If you don't have one you can go shop at the Etsy Store  and use the code DTVICKY10 to get a 10% discount! I did a little video of the fast little craft that I made using the fab digi  image 221 . And here is the little sign that I made.  The word Andy was written with my Faber Castell pit pen.  I colored the image with my copics. I'm entering this little sign in the following challenges: Brown sugar challenge  - For the boys Cute card thursday  - No patterned paper Julia spiri challenge blog  - Anything goes - option for a child - this is for my son :) Crafting by designs  - Let's hear it for the boys/men Inky impressions challenges  - All about the boys That's it for me for today!!!  Hope you have enjoyed this last little fast craft.  My son did :) Hugs

Wow time sure goes by FAST!!!  It's already May 1st and that means the midway point of the challenge going on over at  Scribbles designs challenge .  And this month it was all about bugs!  Fairly easy when you think bumble bees, butterflies, ladybug, etc are all eligible. For my midway post I decided to do a little journaling out of the box you can see my series on those on my Youtube channel.  This one however was not taped.  The little playing cards that I use to make those are 3x3 inches. The image that I used this time is  Heart Tulips .  I colored this with my tri tone coloring pencils.  I fussy cut the image and seperated the little bumble bee because the image was not going to fit here otherwise. The background was all made with some left over paints and some leftover stamping (I use some of my little cards to clean out my stamps and it was perfect for this background).  I used my liquitex medium to glue this on and the sentiment is from a magazine cut out.  T