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Hello everyone!  I'm hosting a challenge over at Sandra Caldwell FB page it's all about Steampunk!  And she put 6 yes 6 images for sale at 1/2 off!!!  Including 2 new release!!! I have made a few videos that will be airing in the following days but one is on today.  I made a JOOTB (journaling out of the box) here is the video if you want to see that one.  This shows me using the gorgeous Bearly a Steampunk that you can find here . And here are 2 cards that I made.  There were some birthdays coming up and even if I didn't use birthday sentiments I thought they were perfect for those b-day. The 1st one is using a digi that Sandra created for this challenge.  She offered it to me the day that my baby Max passed.  I told her how much it meant to see this kitty since I had just lost mine.  Sandra gave me the biggest surprise of all by naming the digi after my baby!  So here is Steampunk Kitty Max.  I colored him like my tabby kitty.  And I'm giving this card to my ol

Hello everyone!  It's FRIDAY!!!  WOOOHOOO I'm so very happy about that!  I'm very much looking forward to crafting this weekend!!!  Hopefully LOTS of it. Today I'm here to share with you a brand new image from Sandra Caldwell that you can find in the shop here on Etsy.   The one that I used is called Owl be Elvis To make this card I used some papers from my stash (got lots and didn't mark what it was down).  The sentiment was stamped using small alphabet stamps.  I put the little owl on a wobble so that he shakes shakes shake :)  The image itself was colored with my Chameleon pens.  Still learning how to use them! I always have trouble making masculine cards but I think this one came out pretty good! I'm entering this in the following challenges: Crafting-with-friends  - Anything goes The sisterhood of crafters   - the letter "b" - bird, birthday and bubbles on the paper! The crafty addicts  - Use a die cut/ anything goes - so anyt

Hello everyone! Today I'm participating in a blog hop to celebrate the b-day of a crafty friend Monica who is turning 50! She asked if we wanted to join in to this celebration and that the theme would be journey! That was a really easy theme to go with because journey means something to all of us! Here are the instructions with the links you will need to participate in the giveaway that Monica is doing: 1. Look at the mood board and find something that reminds you of a JOURNEY. A Journey through life Your Art Journey A Journey you recently took 2. Create a project. This can be a card, canvas or anything that inspires you and in any style. 3. Follow Monica's blog 4. Leave Monica a comment 5. Create a blog post using the graphic and a link back to her blog. Don't forget to link your project for a chance to be entered into the drawing for her prize giveaways.  The post for this is here  Birthday-month-bash-and-im-celebrating Here are the fabulous pri

Hello everyone!  There's a brand new challenge over at The East Wind and it's perfect for this time of year (with Mother's day in North America).  So the challenge is all about Mother's or Women.  So perfect time to use the wonderful freebie that Unky drew for those that are registered to the newsletter! I made a video of my process of playing in my alphabet book. For this if you don't want to watch the video I used some neocolor crayons.  I had so much fun using them and should really use them more often!!! The image was colored with my copics and then I fussy cut it out.  The sentiment was found online.  I put it on a word document and then printed it out.  I did some doodling and this is really rare for me, but I loved how it turned out! I'm entering this journaling page in the following challenges: Alphabet challenge blog  - D is for Decoupage Colour crazy challenge  - Crazy color challenge That's it for this post but there's anothe

Hello everyone!  It's Friday and that means a fabulous new release over at Sandra Caldwell shop!!!!  I have played today with the super cute Hippo dad that you can find here . I have made a video of my playing with my journaling out of the box, hope you will enjoy seeing this. And here is the closer look at the make that I did! as you know I totally love mix media so for this I used all sorts of products and stamps.  I have colored the digi with Chameleon pens.  It was my very 1st time using those pens but I really enjoyed it! I'm entering this in the following challenge: Little miss muffet challenges  - anything goes Simon says stamp blog  - anything goes The sisterhood of crafters  - The letter "b" - bbq :) Cardz4guyz  - The great outdoors - nothing says outdoor more to my husband than being able to bbq!!!! We love 2 create  - Mixed media That's it for me for today!!! Hope you have a fabulous Friday!!! Hugs

Well I finally did it!!!  I started out my soul book!  I'm so happy about that because I have been wanting to do something to document this year and having a hard time to commit to something. This seems like something that I can totally do.  I have found the soul book via the youtube channel of Christie B and you can also find her blog here . And I had been super lucky to have a great shop owner on Etsy give me one of her beautiful mandalas.  You can see the mandala that I used here .  It's from Coloring Craft Shack. I have made a video to share with you all my mental process through this.  It was quite emotional and unexpected.  I didn't start of thinking that I would do this entire page... it just happened. And here is the journaling spread that I have made. As my son said this is totally not my typical style... but I really love how it turned out.  It's the start page of the book.  I used some acrylic paints, a stencil, a stamp from Eclectica and some

Hello and happy Friday everyone!  What a week.  I have been working later at work... this means getting home later... preparing the meal later and obviously after eating well it's time for bed... almost anyway lol.  This means no crafty time for me and I miss it!!! But because it's Friday it also means that there are new release over at Sandra Caldwell's etsy store.  And you can find this super cute Spring Bud Hippo there. I made a video of the process of this. And here is a closer look at my mixed media journaling out of the box.  The sentiment was found online and typed on a word document and then torn out. I used a bunch of left over papers for this as well as a silicone mat for stamping.  The texture paste is from Heidi Swapp.  I colored the super cute hippo with my copics and then fussy cut her out.  I added a bit of sparkly washi at the bottom so that she is kind of doing a tight rope split lol. I'm entering this mixed media piece in the following

Well there's a brand new release image by Unky over at the East Wind Etsy store . And because it's a Lucy Loo I just HAD to play with her. However I'm very sad because I made a video to share with you all and my memory card bugged... and so the video didn't register properly :( I was playing in one of my junk journal, the one that I made for my vacation last year but didn't really use. I found a sentiment in a magazine that I thought would go well with her. The background to the page is done in Panpastel.  I had done the entire book that way to have some sort of background.  I used some of my newest washis :)  love love love washi (you can see my haul's videos about that lol).  The image was colored with my copics and then I fussy cut her out.  I added some gel roll pen to her wings.  I also used a silicone mat to do some stamping.  And I got some paper scraps from a fellow youtuber and used some of it here. I'm entering this journaling in the fo

And I have one more... yup I said it one more!  3 posts in one day!!!  wooo hooo that's a lot for me these days. This last one is for a little girl and I used one of the great images that I had for a long time.  I couldn't find it in the store so it might have been a freebie at one point because Bugaboo digi store has freebies every Friday. I decided to  use this great sketch: And here is my card. I used some left over papers from my previous cards that were from American craft - Amy Tangerine.  I added some bling from Queen &co twinkle goosebumps.  The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC . I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Stella-says-sketch-challenge-507  - Sketch Catch the bug blog  - Anything goes DL Art  - Bunnies and/or ducks  Crafting by designs  - Happy Easter The paper shelter  - Easter Ouf... it's done all my posts :)  Hope you have enjoyed those cards and

Told you that I would be back lol and here I am with another Easter card.  Another great image from Sandra Caldwell as well and this time this one is on sale until end of April 3rd... so not much time left to grab it at that special 1.5$ price!  Run run run... but not before you have check out my card lol The image that I used is called  Chocolate Bunny I followed this fab sketch And here is the card that I created.  This one is for a little boy.  So I didn't want it to be too girly. The paper is from American Craft - Amy Tangerine.  I used copics to color this image as well as my wink of Stella in gold for the foil.  I fussy cut the image.  I used my grand square and my circle die from Spellbinder.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC .  I finished this card with a little bit of bling on the sentiment. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Creative sketchy girls  - Sketch Crafting when we can challenges  - Animals Pink gem challenge blog  - Fu

Well I'm big time into making cards right now lol I haven't made them in forever and well I depleted the stock that I had so now I need to have new ones and with Easter coming up you know what that means. For this card I used a great image that you can find over at Sandra Caldwell's etsy store it's named Smelling flower bunny . I needed some inspiration and used this great sketch to make it. I'm really happy with how cheerful this card turned up like! The bunny was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out.  I used paper from the set American Crafts - Amy Tangerine.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC .  I used my spellbinder circle die and my Quickutz oval die to make this. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Cheerful sketches challenge  - Sketch Dream valley challenges - our 4 legged friends Come and get it challenge  - Easter That's it for this post but more to come :)

Hey everyone!  Hope you are having a fabulous weekend.  I'm still sort of out of it.... the vacation made it hard for me to get back into a routine.  I'm kind of out of it.  And because of the vacation I'm a day late to share this make with the great new release freebie image of The East Wind. All you need to do to be able to get this great image is to register for the news letter!  And you can find the newsletter registration on this site . I wanted to play in one of my other journals.  One that has been quite neglected actually.  Last year after seeing KagedFish on youtube show her alphabet scavenger hunt I thought I would do the same thing.  So I set up a book to use for that.  But you know me.... I have trouble just gluing papers down without putting some sort of journaling to it.... so I ended up using it for alphabet but with some digital images and basically journaling but with alphabet.  And then I just let it be and didn't play in it anymore... So today i

So I had to make another b-day card.  And for this one I used another fabulous image from Sandra Caldwell and this one is also for sale!!!  Wooop wooop.  It's called My fathers son . And I used another great sketch this time from  Sketch Saturday . and here is the card that I made with this fabulous image And I used the paper from Simple stories - Legacy.  I used my Quickutz ovals for this as a background.  I used some Robin's nest dew drops.  The sentiment was found online and I used my copics to color this image and then I fussy cut it up. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Sketch saturday  - Sketch Lemon shortbread challenge  - Anything goes Incy wincy designs  - Happy b-day Making memories crafting  - Add some layers Hope you like this card and most of all I hope that the person that gets it will like it! Hugs

I have some birthdays coming up and I really needed to get going on making some cards.  I have been slacking in that respect recently. There's a totally fabulous sale over at Sandra Caldwell's Etsy store and it's up until the 3rd of April.  There are tons of images for 1.5$ instead of 3$.  Such a great great deal!!!! For this card I'm using the Rosie Chick image.  And I wasn't sure what to do for this card so I went and checked out Wednesday Sketch over at Outlawz and as usual they had a great sketch which ended up being the base for my make. Here is my card The paper that I used for this is from Kaisercraft - Confetti.  I added a little ribbon, a flower from prima.  The image was cut using the grand nestabilities oval dies.  I used a great sentiment that my friend Lisa from Decosse dynamite Doodles .  The image was colored with my copics. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Outlawz Wednesday Challenge  - Sketch Just-add-ink  - Ju

Hey everyone!!!  There's a brand new release of images today by Sandra Caldwell.  You can find them in the store here .  And while you are there, check out the fabulous sale that she has going on until April 3rd!  Lots of digis are 1/2 price!!!!  Yes they are only 1.5$. The digi that I'm using today is called 1470 I Hear Ya. It really reminded me of one of my sons so I had to use it to prepare his b-day card. His b-day is coming up in the month of April. I have so many papers in my stash that I'm not sure anymore which sets this comes from.  I added some buttons also from my stash.  The image was colored with copics and then fussy cut out.  The sentiment was found online and I thought it was perfect for him.  He likes to be philosophical. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Little miss muffet challenges  - Anything goes Crafty gals corner challenges  - Anything goes Creative moments  - anything goes Simon says stamp  - Anything goes Art

Hey everyone!!!!  Hope you are all doing fabulous.  I am just back from vacation.  And wow what a weather to be back too.  But hey you have to be back at one point and back to work. However today I'm not here for this I'm here to share with you a fabulous new image from The East Wind called Take care of my cat .  Since I love my cats (miss them on my trip).  And this image was a great one to use in my Journaling out of the box. I have made a video of the making of this mixed media piece. And here is the make that I have done with her.  Lots of paints and left over papers.  As well as some stamping.  The sentiment was found online. There was lots of paper scraps on my desk and I used them here.  The image was colored with my copics. I'm entering this make in the following challenges: Crafty gals corner challenges  - Anything goes Simon says stamp blog  - anything goes Crafty sentiments  - Anything goes Crafting from the heart challenge blog  - Anything goe

Hello everyone, I'm here tonight to show you a card that I made for a colleague of mine that is leaving my work place. The image that I have used is from Sandra Caldwell and you can find this image here in the store. And right now it's on special at 1.5$ because you can use it in a FB challenge in the Sandra Caldwell Fan group. To make this I used a sketch from Paper Play Sketches . And here is my card. The paper that I used was from my favorite stack of paper from Me and my minds eye - Moments.  It's a very old paper pack but I LOOOOVE it and I am at the last one of 2 packs lol.  I used my scallop and regular circle from Spellbinder.   The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut out.  The wings were covered with some gel pen. I'm entering this in the following challenges: Paperplay sketches  - the sketch of this week Sandra Caldwell Stamp fan fb group  - Bee silly Through the purplehaze challenges  - Anything goes Double D challenge

WOOO HOOO in the middle of this snow storm there's a brand new great The East Wind image that you can find in the store here . If you know my blog you know that I really really love Lucy Loo and her attitude!  She is the GREATEST digi to color and when I really want to give attitude well her hair turns purple lol I haven't been doing a lot of cards but I was inspired with this one.  The image was colored with my copics and I used some left over pieces of die cuts as well as some papers from DCWV if I'm not mistaken it's the rock pack.  The sticker was part of a set from the dollar store. I'm entering this card in the following challenges: Deep ocean challenge blog  - Dots or stripes - I have dots with the bling and stripes with the paper Digichoosday  - Anything goes Dream valley challenges  - Lots of layers - I have with the digi on top of it 6 layers :) Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper  - Patterned paper That's it for me for today.  Hope you h

Happy Friday to you all!  I'm so tired this week it's crazy... and we lose one sleeping hour on the weekend... that will be HARD lol.  But at least spring is coming and that is good.  Right now however it's still really really cold so we are still feeling as though it's still winter. Anyway, Sandra has made some great new release images!  And I'm sharing one with you all.  Just love it.  It was perfect to send a little hello to my stepmom who loves rabbits.  So I made her a postcard.  You can see the process here: and here is the look at the postcard finished!  It's a real mixed media piece because there's loads on there. I have used paints, ribbon, tissue paper, left over other papers and to finish it off a pitt pen marker all this on a cereal box cardboard. The image was colored with my copics and then fussy cut.  I made the sentiment in a word document and fussy cut it out as well.  On the back end side there's a postcard blank base that

Hey!  Happy Friday to you all and TGIF it's been one of those weeks that I'm sure happy to see coming to an end.  The ending however is pretty awesome because it's coming with a new digital image from Sandra Caldwell that you can find in her Etsy store here . And the name of this fun image is Team Mom.  Now when I saw the fingers it gave me the inspiration to do this because with 4 kids I have often made this comment.... You can see the making of this journaling out of the box (JOOTB) in the following video And here is a closer look at the piece. I made the sentiment on a word document and then cut it in parts.  The backgrounds was made on a cereal box cardboard.  I used Acrylic paints, book pages , envelopes, stencils.  The image was colored with my copics and I fussy cut her out. I'm entering this in the following challenges: As you like it challenge  - other than a card and why - I love journaling on little cardboard because I get to tell a story

Hey everyone!  How is the week going for you?!?  In my case I need more sunshine!  And I have done just the perfect spread for this.  I have used the new freebie of The East wind if you are registered for the newsletter here . I really needed to do some journaling!  and bright colors! You can see the making of this here And here is the spread.  I have used some acrylic paints as well as stencils and left over bits of papers. The stamping was done with a silicone mat.  I have colored the image with my copics and then fussy cut her out.  The sentiment is an altered card that I got in a swap!  Just love it and needed to include it in my make.  I didn't want it to be fixed permanently because my swap partner made this beautiful on both sides... So really wanted to be able to still see the other side.  I used some washi tape to fix some acetate down to make a pocket.  That's why you see the glare. I'm entering this spread in the following challenges: Digi choo

Hello!  I'm back with another birthday card.  Told you last week that I had LOADS to do... I wasn't lying lol  I wanted to make this one all weekend but I felt really bad... to the point that my daughter actually forced me to stay sitting down doing nothing. Not easy getting old, body parts hurt.... and blood pressure goes haywire on you for no apparent reason just here and there....  oh well that is life isn't it. And speaking of getting old here is the birthday card that I was talking about.  I used another fabulously glamourous girl from Sandra Caldwell called Miss Lula Mae.  She's on special until tomorrow at 1.5$ what a great deal here .  And she's on special because there's a contest on FB group page to use her!!! That contest also ends tomorrow.  So join in!!!  You will see the link in the challenges that I'm entering because of course you KNOW I will be joining in. Now there's also over at Outlawz for the entire month a sponsoring from Sandra