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The East Wind - In the Pink

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It's already time for a new challenge over at  The East Wind  and this time it's about Pink for Breast cancer. This is a subject that is close to my heart because my mom suffered from Breast Cancer and well I should be having check ups more often but... well life gets in the way and I end up with lots of excuse why I'm not going. So there's a great freebie this month and it's perfect for this challenge. I decided to use this image in my alphabet scavenger journal.  I haven't  used it much and need to try to do so.  But the Breast was perfect for the B. I used the raspberry distress ink on this and sprayed it with water to make the drips.  The image was colored with my copics and the sentiment well it was just FABULOUS for this. And so very true for all of us women! I'm entering this in the following challenges: Alphabet challenge blog  - P for Pretty in pink Time out challenges  - Breast cancer That's it for this post but there's a

I love you - Mixed Media altered mail - Karleigh Sue

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It's FRIDAY and boy oh boy am I ready for this.  So happy it's the weekend.  It means crafting time ahead.  Actually I have a class planed for tomorrow so that is wonderful and I should learn to draw faces.... so hoping to use that in my journaling! Anyway I'm here today to share with you a make that I did with one of the new release images from Karleigh Sue  I love you . I decided to use this image in an altered mail art booklet.  You can see the making of this in my video below. And here is the look at my project. The image was colored with copics and fussy cut.  The sentiments are from another project using the negative of the stencils.  I played with some paints and of course the background was made using my gelli printing. I'm entering this booklet in the following challenges; 4 crafty chicks  - anything goes Audsentiments challenge blog  - anything goes Crafting with an attitude  - Anything goes Simon says stamp blog  - Anything goes Word art

Obball new release images

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OMG there are some new images over at  Oddball Art   and I just HAD to play with them.  I made a video of one of the makes. If you want to go and shop don't forget to use the code DTVICKY10 for you to get 10% off your purchase. I really love Halloween and I had to use one of the new set for my pocket letter that I was making in a swap! Here is the video of the making of actually 18 ATCs I'm sharing the Oddball one here but you will have to see the video for the rest: I used my gelli printed cards for the background.  It was so much fun to use.  The images were colored with copics. And for the next image it was just PERFECT for mother's day especially since it has 4 little kids and that is what I have.  So I thought I should use it for the new calendar that I'm making for my grandmother.  I purchase some little calendars with some post it notes and used it with this. The papers in the background are scraps.  The image was colored with my copics.  I us

mixed media tags and postcard

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gelli printing and altered mail part 1

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Starstruck! - Dina Wakley

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OMG guys I just have to say how wonderful this day has been with the opportunity to meet in real life someone that I totally ADMIRE!  And I'm totally spoiled because my local store can get people like her to come along and yes I'm speaking of Dina Wakley. I have been thinking of this for over a month since I registered to her classes.  Took 2 and wow was it ever worth it!!!  Just AMAZING time.  She's  very generous of her time and advice and just a wonderful person.  Just as you see on FB or other media but it's so much more in person. I was almost in tears (had to control myself) to actually get to meet her.  It's the 1st time that I get to be in a class with one of those BIG name people you see.  Never before.  Never felt that I would be even worthy enough to be there... just purchasing the books but that was it from a distance, watching videos but not in person. I HAD to ask her to take a picture with her.  I was very embarrased to ask but when she said yes

Show tell and haul

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Happy mail from Ina

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Message in a Bottle - Karleigh Sue new release

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Hello everyone!  There's a fabulous new release over at Karleigh Sue Digis  and I'm using Message in a bottle for this.  I figured she was just the PERFECT image to use on a b-day card. For this I used paper from Darling Dear by Studio Calico.  And a sticker made out of wood veneer.  I used my Ki dots for the bling as well. And I added a bow. I'm entering this in the following challenge: Crafting with an attitude  - Anything goes Crafty ribbons challenge  - Birthday Little miss muffet challenges  - Anything goes Crafting when we can challenges  - happy birthday Unicorn challenge  - Birthday I'm sooooo happy it's FRIDAY hope you are as well. Have a great day. Hugs

The east wind - Something that moves

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Hello everyone.  I hope that you are having a good day!  It's time for a new challenge over at  The east Wind .  And this time it's about movement!!!! I was thinking for the longest of time what I wanted to do... I knew that I wanted to make something with this image  Aurora swim with betty .  And already there's movement but I wasn't sure that it would be enough.  So I added a wobble. You can see the video here and I also put some more info because there's a glitter pen that I think I got at a dollar store that is just soooooo awesome!!!! Here is the page.  The background had already been made in a previous video.  I just added a lot of glitter and my images that were colored with my copics. And of course there's the wobble.  It's the 1st time that I use that in a journaling page and it was soooo fun I will have to think about it again because it really doesn't take that much room and it's just a fun interactive element.  The sentimen w

Roxie Mother of Sin - Mixed media journaling - Faery Ink

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Roxie Mother of Sin  was great fun to use in a journal page.   When I saw this wonderful image I just KNEW that I wanted to play with her!!!  She's just so awesome and so me lol I made a video for you guys of the short process for this.  I say short because I had already made part of the background for this prior to this.  You can see my process  here . The image was colored with my copics.  I used some stickles on her wings it had been FOREVER since I used those!!!! I'm entering this in the following challenges: Ike's world challenge  - Things that fly Inky chicks  - Fairies or things with wings Left of center challenges  - Butterflies - but I went with LOC Hope you have a fabulous Wednesday everyone. Hugs

Oddball FB challenge - Midway September

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It's already time for the midway over at the FB challenge of Oddball .  For this challenge I had LOTS of fun making some atcs and you can see the process here: The image set that I used for this is  Image 316 .  This is suuuuuuch a cute set. The sentiments came from magazine cut outs.  I used some copics a bit on this and the backgrounds were made mostly with gelli printing. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Digi choosday  - anything goes Everybody-art-challenge  - anything goes Sunny day crafting  - anything goes Ttcrd  - Anything goes craft your passion challenges  - anything goes That's it for this post.  Still another to come with a video as well... wow I've been busy lol Hugs

Vlog and vacation journal flip through

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Mixed media altered envelope journal

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Mixed media altered mail journal cover

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Nelsa - Karleigh Sue

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Hello!  I'm here this time for September's inspiration over at Karleigh Sue!!!! WOW the year sure goes by fast.  The kids are already into school and it's back to the routine.  But I'm not ready to let my summer go.... and this means coloring by the pool. That's in fact what I did here for the background as well as for the wonderful digi  Nelsa . I really love using my coloring books as backgrounds and this way it will become a full journal when I'm finished with it.  I wanted this little fairy to be perched somewhere.  And the branches were just perfect. The image was colored with my copics and I used a gel pen to make her wings all shiny. The background was colored with my colorsoft derwent pencils.  The sentiment was found while researching on google. I'm entering this page in the following challenges: Broken fairy challenge  - Things with wings - anything goes The pencil cases  - Anything goes Crafting-with-friends  - Anything goes Creat

Mixed media gelli printing projects

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Mixed media - Love yourself featuring Lucy Loo Dreaded - The east wind

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Hey!  Our long weekend is already over... booohooo but we had some WONDERFUL weather so can't complaint. Today I'm here to share with you a new release image from The East Wind  She's called Lucy Loo Dreaded and she was the perfect image to use in the mission inspiration for the month of September that takes place here . I made a video to share with you my process because, well it really wasn't all that planned... didn't know how this would turn out until it was finished! The journal that I used for this is a magazine that I'm transforming!  I really love it because it gives me some print in the back and it repurpose something. Here is the finished look I colored her up with my copics and then I used some gel pen on top of her shirt/armor.  The sentiment was found online and I wrote it in word document and then just tore it apart.  I used some silks for the background, some archival black ink as well as fabercastel silver pit pen.  The background wa

A fun mixed media swap and the happy mail I got!

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September Oddball Facebook challenge

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Hey I'm back!!!! And this time it's for the new challenge taking place over at Oddball Facebook group !  Where it's anything goes so long as you use an Oddball image!  If you don't have one don't forget you can get 10% off by using the code DTVICKY10 when doing your purchase :) In this journaling page I used the image 306 .  This image comes with a super cute snail that I fussy cut it out and placed it on top of the other.  I did a backing in black. The images were colored with my copics and I used some stickles on the wings.  The sentiment is from Tim Holtz and it's a stamp that I used.  The backing is the back of an envelope that I got from Erin Young!  I did a swap with her and that's the back of that envelope.  I thought it was just PERFECT and I totally NEEDED to use it!!!!  Doesn't it make a wonderful background??!  Much better than any paper that I could have used. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Fab n funky challenge

The East Wind - Shine on

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I'm totally ADDICTED to journaling now. I was just visiting a local art store and realized that I hardly do any cards anymore.... yup.... don't know what will be happening Christmas time... I really need to kick my butt in gear! Anyway I found a fabulous book (a very tall one) at a garage sale this past weekend and this was just PERFECT for the journaling for the new freebie and the new challenge over at  The east wind .  The challenge this time around is Shine on.  So something that shines (ie stars, moon, etc.) In my case I did a sky with a bunch of stars and you can see my video here: This was one of the faster EVER journaling page but very fun.  I used a napkin as my background and then some paint and some stencil :) The sentiment was found online when I googled up stars sentiments. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Crafting by designs  - anything goes Crafty gals corner challenges  - anything goes Simon says stamp blog  - Anything goes

Mixed media Fairy journaling page - Karleigh Sue

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Hey!  It's Tuesday and man oh man it's already the end of August!!!!  Where did the summer go?!?  I have to admit to enjoying it much much more this year but it still went by way too fast. For this new make for Karleigh Sue  I used the great image Tattered Fairy .  I made a process video for all you guys! And here is the picture for it.  I used a bunch of paints and different left over papers.  I finished this off with sequins. The sentiment was found on google. I'm entering this journal page in the following challenges: Crafting from the heart challenge blog  - anything goes Craft your passion challenges  - Anything goes My besties uk  - anything goes with sparkle or bling The papernest dolls challenge  - anything goes 613 Avenue create  - Anything goes That's it for today!!!  Hope you have a fabulous Tuesday!!! Hugs

Sexy and I know it - Karleigh Sue

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Hello!  I'm here to share with you my inspiration post for Karleigh Sue for the month of August.  I wanted this month to convince you to try to use all your left over paints and other medium for future use. In my case for this one I had made a brusho background and I used my little index card to wipe up the excess.  It was the perfect start to a background for the image  Sexy and I know it . I made a super short video to share with you the process here: And here's the view of the ICAD ( the term is used for Index card a Day - but most of us use it just to refer to an index card because not many actually do one a day....) Using leftovers like this really does jump start your creative process!!! This image was colored with copics and fussy cut.  I also have to admit to being totally ADICTED to magazine cut outs... so much fun using pre-typed sentiments this way. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Crafty sentiments  - Anything goes Digich

Calavera Rosa - Faery ink

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Calavera Rosa  was just the type of image that my new journal required.   I really adore darker images and I don't play with them very often.  But let's be honest this one is not that dark at all just a little bit more than the usual ones :)   Journaling is now like breathing for me... I really need to do it otherwise I'm wilting like a flower lol well really I am!!!  And I haven't played with my inks in forever so that's what I did here with my distress inks. The image was colored with my copics while I was out by my pool!  Yeah well it's summer time right?!? and what better activity to do by your pool?!?  :)   I'm entering this in the following challenges: Left of center challenges  - I went with LOC and not the friend's possibility Dream in darkness  - Make it crafty and dark :) Dark n daring  - Anything goes Hope you have a fabulous Thursday everyone. Hugs

Altered book journal Flip Through Aug 21 2016

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Mixed media index card - 2nd swap with Rosaleen

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Take no Shit - Karleigh Sue

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Hello it's a new release day over at  Karleigh Sue  and the new one that I'm using is the Take no Shit!  I was thinking on what I could do.... and of course the idea the knife I research it out and found a great sentiment at least I think it's fabulous! I made a video of my process and you can see it here. Here is the journal page finished I hope that you have liked my journal page and that it inspires you. I'm entering this little journaling in the following challenges: Left of center challenges  - I did the LOC this time :) Crafting musketeers  - Anything but a card Cards galore challenges  - Use a digi or stamp Dark n daring  - Anything goes Dream in darkness  - anything weird- odd -dark- digital - think it falls into this. Have a fab day everyone!!! Hugs

Mirrorina - The East Wind

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There's a fabulous new release image over at The east wind  and I really HAD to play with this one. Just love her.  I had a background that was almost complete from doing another make.  If you want to see how check out this video  Just love when something comes together without any effort! The image was colored with my copics and an american craft silver glitter pen.  I added some wink of stella all over the image to give it a shimmer like you would get from a mirror.  The sentiment was found while doing a search on google.  To finish this off I distressed some music sheet and doodled around the edge and Voilà! I hope you will go and check her out and that I will have inspired you!!!  Have a great Tuesday and come back later for another post! Hugs

The east Wind challenge - Paper piecing

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Well yesterday I mentioned how summer is just flying by and that Christmas is just around the corner... well today I'm sharing with you a CHRISTMAS card.  YUP I said the word Christmas. The new challenge for The east wind is paper piecing and since I'm soooooo behind making my Christmas card that I really really had to get going.  This challenge was just perfect for it and I used the super fun image  Baby it's cold outside . I made a little video of my process here because I thought that it might be interesting for you guys to see. And here is my card for you I really love how it turned out.  I used a lot of dies in this one which are happy because they have been sitting in my stash for awhile...  so I used Elizabeth craft dies snowflake, Label 14, Picot edge as well as large circle from Spellbinder.  I put a little bow and finished this off with some bling from recollection.  The sentiment and image were edged with my victorian velvet distress ink. I'm ent

Mixed media journaling Trick the witch

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Oddball August FB challenge midway

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Hello everyone!  It's already midway in the month of August.  Boy oh boy where does the time go?!? 1st thing we know it will be Christmas again.... For now however I still have my last vacation on my mind.  I shared with you all a video on my youtube channel what I was planning for my vacation.  And unlike the previous years, I ran out of pages in my smash book!  So I had to find another book to be able to record the last days of our vacation. I was lucky I found a book that was really awesome at Staples but the cover was really BLAH... I had to do something to personalize this!  And good thing for me I had a great image from Oddball that was perfect for it.  It's the awesome  image 312 . I colored this image with my coloring pencils this time around unlike most images that I color with my copics.  I actually colored this image while on vacation!  I really love love love how this turned out!!! I'm entering this little journal cover in the following challenges

Oddball Design FB challenge - August

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Hello!  It's time for a new challenge on the FB group of Oddball Design .  And for this I decided to use the wonderful image 296 which you can find here . The background for this journaling that was done in a modified book was done with brushos.  I love that you can't really know in advance how this is going to turn out!  I used a stamp border to do the edge.  The image was colored with my copics and I used some prima chalk ink around the sentiment. If you don't have any images from Oddball you should go and check out the great Etsy store and you can use this code DTVICKY10 to get a 10% discount on your purchases. Hope you enjoy your day and your stay creative!!! Hugs

How does your garden grow - Midway point - Scribbles challenge

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This is a sad post!!!  It's my last post (at least for now) on the Scribbles Design Team .  I have had so much fun in that team.  Such wonderful ladies in it and of course Sandy the wonderful artist!!! For this last post which is the midway point of the challenge How does your garden grow, I decided to use the wonderful   A68 Smile sparkle and shine .  I think it really represents this team and the challenge :) This image was made into a postcard.  I'm sure that it will brighten someone's day.  I used my coloring pencils for this as well as my gel pens. I hope you are staying creative and please come back since there will be one more post coming up!!! Hugs

The east Wind - Stars and planet

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Hello!  It's already time for a new challenge over at  The East Wind  and it's about stars and planet. The freebie that you get if you are registered for the newsletter is totally YUMMY!!!!  You will adore it! I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do here.   But in the end the inspiration just popped right on over :)  I found a quote online that I thought was going to be perfect for this. Here's my journaling done in my dylusion journal. the quote was done using my brother label maker.  I added a bunch of gold and silver sequin stars.  The background was done using my black pan pastel. Here's a closer look at the image colored with my copics in light blues.  The hair looks white in the picture :( but it's a light blue! I hope you will come and join us in the challenge this time around.  And if you are not registered for the newsletter what is stopping you?!? Have a fabulous day everyone!!! Hugs

Lahla Lady Drake - Faery Ink birthday card

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Lahla Lady Drake  was the ideal image to use for my daughter's birthday card. My daughter happens to adore dragons!!!  And I think this is the 3rd year that I make her a card using an image from Faery ink :)  Just have to say that Amanda draws the best dragons and ladies to go with them!!! Without further ado let's look at this card. Because I've been doing so many mixed media pieces it was strange to do a card.  But I'm very happy to report that my daughter loved it! I used papers from Hey girl by Basic Grey.  The flower is from Prima (it's been forever since I used one of those!!!).  I added some washi tape for the border at the bottom and the paper under the sentiment was cut using a Quick cutz die.  The image was of course colored with my copics. Hope you have a fabulous Sunday everyone. Hugs

Queen Collector - Karleigh Sue

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Hello!  It's the 30th of July and the halfway point of my vacation :( It's ok... still a week to go.  I'm preparing this post in advance but I know that this is what I will be feeling lol I'm here today to share with you an inspiration for Karleigh Sue digis .  The image that I'm using is the Queen Collector . I have to admit that I'm totally OBSESSED with colloring books as well as with coloring pencils.  So this image was the perfect for me!!! The image was colored with my copics as well as some zig pen for the crown.  The image was fussy cut afterwards.  I used my coloring pencils and my gel pens for the coloring book page. I really ADORE using my coloring book as a background.  Hoping that at the end my coloring book will be a nice journal. I found a quote about a collector online and wrote it in the middle.  I love how it personalized this even more and it was very appropriate :) Have a fab day and hope you are creative!!! Hugs

Ponytails and shotgun shells - Karleigh Sue

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Hello!  It's time for a brand new release from  Karleigh Sue  and I'm using the wonderful image Ponytails and shotgun shells. I'm not a hunter, but I really ADORE the fact that the digis in this release are not the typical woman position digis!!!  We can do so much and this shows it :) Here is my make.  I made a double layout in my dylusions journal. I used my archival inks leaf green, fern green and potting soil to make the background and then I made background trees with a dylusion stamp from Dyan Reaveley.    I added some trees made out of scrap papers with my dies from Dienamites  - birch trees and bamboo stick.  I wrote the sentiment with alphabet letters that I had in my stash.  The digi was colored with my copics and I fussy cut her out. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Art by miran challenge  - Anything goes Crafting-with-friends  - anything goes Cut it up challenges  - anything goes Simply papercrafts for all occassions  - Anything

Scribbles Challenge - How does your garden grows

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It's time for a new challenge over at  Scribbles Designs Challenge  and this time it's about how your garden grows. I decided to color one of the fabulous image that Sandy made.  I used a lot of my different coloring pencils as well as some gel pens.  I made a postcard out of this and it was well liked :) You can find this digi here . It's really intricate but I totally loved doing this.  Hope you will go and check the digis out they are fabulous. Have a wonderful day!!! Hugs

Photo inspiration - The east wind

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Hello everyone!  It's time for a new challenge over at  The East Wind . This time it's about a photo inspiration.  Here is the picture that is our inspiration. And so with this I thought a mermaid was just PERFECT.  Here is the inspiration that I have made for you all using this image  Lucy Loo Midnight mermaid . I used my dylusion journal for it and some wonderful gelatos that I hadn't used in a while.  The sky was made with my chalk. I found the sentiment on google.  The wonderful image was colored with my copics and I fussy cut it out. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Craft rocket challenges  - Anything goes Crafting with an attitude  - Anything goes Crafty-girls-creations  - Anything goes Little miss muffet challenges  - Anything goes That's it for this post but there's another one coming up.  Hope you like this and come back for the other one. Hugs

Good friends - Oddball FB midway point July

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Hello!  It's Thursday!  And I don't know about you but I'm ready for this week to be over with... it's been such a LONG week and busy and I have been staying late this week because of our year end... I'm so very tired. Anyway you are not here to hear that right?!? I'm sharing with you a journaling out of the box that I did for the Oddball FB challenge of July .  You can find the image that I used  here . The paper that was used as a background was stamped and stenciled while making other projects.  And I thought it was the perfect color for this image!!!! I also founs a sentiment that I thought was just PERFECT for this.  The image was colored with my copics. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Fabnfunky challenges  - Add a sentiment Inspiration destination challenge blog  - Anything goes Word art wednesday  - Anything goes Crafty sentiments  - Anything goes Digi choosday  - For the girls That's it for me for today!!!! Hope y

American Shorthair - The east wind

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Hello!  It's Tuesday and it's time for a brand new release over at the East wind  and this one is just PURR-FECT for all those cat lovers out there.  I just HAD to play with him. I wanted to just make a little something not too long but just fun for me :)  And I used an index card that I had already colored while wipping off paint from other project.  It was the perfect base for this. He was colored with my copics and then fussy cut.  The sentiment is coming from a book that I destroyed... well kept lots of sentiments and images from it (and it was from the dollar store).  I finished off the index card by putting the little dots all around with a sharpie pen and doing the edge of the card as well this way. I'm entering this little index card in the following challenges: Crafting from the heart challenge blog  - Anything goes Craft your passion challenges   - Anything goes Stampsfun-creativity  - Anything goes That's it for me for today!  Hope you have a

Update

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Hey!  Let me start this post by sharing with you all that my colleague is doing better.  They are not ruling out heart issues yet but at least she's good and being tested. Other than that... what's new?!?  Well I have done a video to share with you all what I have been up too!  So you can check it out for yourself.  Who knows you might be inspired to start one of those projects yourself :) Have a great rest of the week. Hugs

A bit of mixed media and prayer requests

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Good evening everyone.  I hadn't planned on making a post tonight or anything crafty related actually but I really needed to keep my mind occupied.  One of my colleague left work tonight by ambulance.  She was having chest pains and very low blood pressure.  I would ask for those of you that do pray to keep her in your prayers. The best thing to do was to do some mixed media.  I had just received today 3 stencils from Tim Holtz that I didn't have.  I had played with one while on my mini retreat with Erin and really really really wanted it! I have made a little video of my process here And here are the 4 little cards that I made.  They measure 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.  I used lots of paints and of course collage papers, magazine cut outs and my new stencils. I really like how they are all different but somehow related at the same time since the colors are all the sames in different amounts.  The base for those is a game.  I just thought it was the perfect size to play

Smallest journal

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Hey everyone!  Hope you had a great day today.  If you celebrated the 4th of July that you got to spend time doing what you wanted and just chilled. I'm here to share with you my latest endeavor.  I had been wanting to create a journal in a little tin box for awhile but the time never seemed to arrise.  But now I finally got the chance to do it having found a great little tin at a garage sale. I'm doing a flip through of it here And here is the picture of it.  I didn't alter the tin because I thought it wasn't required it was cute anough as it was.  And who knows it might be an antique one day lol I'm entering this tiny little journal in the following challenges: Artistic inspirations challenges  - Anything goes Crafting from the heart challenge  - Anything goes Craft your passion challenges  - anything goes The papernest dolls challenge  - anything goes That's it for tonight.  Hope you liked it.  If you watch my video and like it don't fo

Primpin up - Karleigh Sue

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Hello!  Happy Indepence Day to all our American friends!  I had my holiday on Friday being from Canada so today it's back to work I go.  I hope that you will get to enjoy this day with family or doing some crafting :) I'm here for my inspiration post of the month over at Karleigh Sue and this time I played with my "En Masse" journal.  This is a little junk journal that I made where I put down multiples of an image of something that I liked or that inspired me to collect it and glue it down.  There's something about glueing paper down that brings back the kid in us!!! Anyway, I can't do a simple glueing down... I seem to need to personalize it a bit and that's where the fabulous digis from Karleigh Sue came in.  The page that I'm sharing today is with a collection of lipstick and of course there was a PERFECT digi to go with this.  I also found an awesome sentiment while doing a google search and I thought it totally completed the pages. The digi

July Oddball Facebook challenge

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WOW where does the time go?!?  Anyway it's the 1st of July and I just realized that all the post that I'm sharing today are from Canadian artists!!!  How cool is that?  So if you missed the other ones check it out. This post is about Oddball design.  There's a wonderful FB challenge and you can do WHATEVER you want so long as you use an Oddball image.  This time I chose to make something with a digi that I colored while away with my friend Erin (which I miss a LOT right now!!!).  And I used an index card that had left over paint as a background :)  super fast and easy and most of all FUN. The image that I used is  Image 297 Here is the make: I had a big stamp that I purchased from a liquidation at my local craft store and I finally used the words from it here!!!  The image was colored with both copics (the fairy)  and colored pencils (all the books).   I also added some gelli roll pen on the wings.  I fussy cut her out.  And I used my Faber castell pen to edge it

Scribbles Design challenge - Midway point - Sip and Savour

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Hey everyone! Let me start by wishing all my fellow Canadian friends a very happy Canada day!!! Hope you get to enjoy your day doing stuff you adore. In my case I'm sure hoping that there will be a little wine involved :) And that brings me to this post. There's a challenge going on at Scribbles design challenge . And this time it's about sip and Savour. That automatically makes me think of a nice glass of wine. So I decided to use the wonderful image a-07-wine-500 to create a little decoration for my en masse journal where I collected some wine labels!  Yup I'm going nuts about doing all sorts of paper collection.  But in this case it can be useful to remember the wines that we liked! The very intricate image was colored with my coloring pencils.  I attached a big paper clip to the back with some small duck tape.  And VOILÃ embellishment made :) That's it for me for today.  Hope you have a wonderful day. Stay creative Hug

Tear it up! - The East wind type

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Happy Canada day!!!!! :)  YUP it's vacation time around my place and I'm hoping for a gorgeous day that I can be spending at my little outdoor market buying fresh vegetables! And this also means a new challenge over at  The East Wind  and it's about tearing paper up!!!!  Of course, if you are a subscriber to the newsletter (all free) you will have gotten a wonderful freebie image and this is the image that I played with! I decided to work in my homemade journal for this time. The background was made using some brushos and some Color burst from Ken Oliver. Super easy and fun and of course totally unpredictable that is the most fun of it all!!!!  The sentiment is from Dylusions and I used some teared up papers that I received in one of my swaps to do this.  The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut. I hope that you will like this inspiration and that you will be coming over to play in our new challenge!  Most of all do REGISTER for the freebie

Jessica Jones - Karleigh Sue

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There was a fabulous new release this month over at  Karleigh Sue .  And today I get to share with you another one of them :) I chose to play with the wonderful  Jessica Jones .  I did this journaling page while I was away for a weekend with my friend Erin.  I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do.. but I had been playing with magazine cut out and saw this great page that I thought would work fabulously with her. The bottom part of the page is done with a brown paper bag that the wine purchased came in.  The sentiment was found online and then I stamped it out individually to make it.  I lined the paper with some newspaper :)  Yup recycling at it's best.  The wonderful image was colored with my copics.  I even made her a plaid shirt!  I was very proud of that.  And then I fussy cut her out. I will be entering this in the following challenges: ccee stampers  - Mixed media Aud sentiments challenge blog  - Funny Sentiment - I think this one is pretty funny Craft

Mixed media journal number 2

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Hey!!!  It's Wednesday night and I am finally sharing the flip through of my 2nd mixed media journal that was just finished :) Thought I would share this on my blog as well for those of you that do not follow my youtube channel.  Here is my journal: And here is the flip through if you want to see it: Hope you all stay creative :)  See you soon!!!! Hugs