A new blog

Hello loves I hope your all ok, I am so sorry as I couldn't fix my blog I have had to do another one :(
I have tested my new blog and it seems to be posting and updating fine. I know its a lot of trouble for my lovely followers but I would really love it if you would come and join me at my new blog and of course I will be following you back :)

my new blog-cards by vicki

Here's to a new blog and chapter!

Thank you all so much

hugs

vic

Thanks lil monster

Good afternoon crafty friends I hope your weekend is going well. We have had so much rain over the past few days roads are being closed off and some people are getting evacuated just up the road from me, I hope you all stay safe.

I made this card today as I need a girly thank you card but wanted a monster on there so this is what I came up with.

I am going to enter this into the:
 simon says stamp challenge-have a heart.
paper smooches sparks challenge-anything goes

I'm still trying to get blogger sorted but having no luck so I may even have to start a new blog :( but thank you all for hanging in there with me I just don't know why it wont publish my posts.

Thank you all so much for stopping by and have a great weekend and keep safe,

Vic

Many thanks

Hello lovelies I hope your week is going well. It has got really cold again booo! I hope your all keeping warm. Well that's January nearly done where did that month go?  It is actually scary how fast the days are going already. I'm hoping we will start to get sunnier days near spring, we have had so much rain here in the UK and my heart goes out to all the people who have lost their homes through the flooding. Its so sad. Lets hope things get better for everyone.


So I have just finished this card which I have made for a couple of challenges:

sassy studio designs
crafty little fairies-lavender and lace
sweet stampin-in stitches
the ribbon girl-anything goes

I hand stitched the card front, and added my stamped image along with buttons and flowers. I used my pro markers to colour her in and added a double ribbon bow with twine to finish the card off. I also used my polka-dot embossing folder to add some texture. 

Well I hope you all have a lovely week and I am still trying to sort blogger out but thank you all for hanging in there with me. 

Thanks for popping by,

Vic 

Welcome dude

Hello friends, how is your week going? I hope you are all keeping well. So I have tried to figure out the problems with my blog and posting and no luck :( I am going to try and figure it out over the next few weeks so hopefully you will be able to see my blog when I publish something. I was actually really surprised that you cannot contact Google about the issues which is so frustrating and strange the only advice there is and that is on a forum. Whinging over ha ha!

Anyway onto my card, I made this for the simon says stamp wednesday challenge. The bunny is from cosmo cricket and the stamps are by paper smooches. I had to add some hand stitching of course :)

I hope you like it, I have made lots of other cards recently so I will post them up soon.

Thank you so much for popping by if you have any questions please ask me :)

I hope you all have a lovely week and a great weekend, see you soon.

Vic

Chubby owl twit twoooo :)

Hello crafty peeps how are you all? I hope your having a great start to the weekend. Well so much for me being 'more organized' this year, I think I have actually been less organized than I was before so my motto now is to go with flow...then I may actually start getting somewhere ha ha! Please tell me I'm not the only one who is like this...

Oh I have to ask as a few followers have said they cannot see my feed once I post, is anyone else having trouble? I have no idea why that is happening or how to sort it as I am not good with things like that but I will look into it.

I have made this card for cute card thursday challenge-warm it up and this owl die cut looked perfect as they always remind me of cold weather (not sure why ha ha).

I used my cameo machine to die cut this hero arts digital image and he is just so sweet. I also hand stitched the edge and added some rolled flowers, and a die cut tag. I really need to make more thank you cards.

I hope you all have a great weekend, and I hope its not too cold where you are, or raining! Thank you for taking the time to stop by and I will be back very soon.

Vic

A new home

Hello friends how are you all? I hope your new year is starting well. Sorry I have not blogged for a while it's been very busy the last few weeks. I have been making cards but just didn't have the time to blog but I'm back to normal now :)

I made this card last night using my new penny black stamps which are just super sweet! 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

penny black Saturday challenge

card makin mamas anything goes
delicious doodles challenge flowers

The backing paper is by echo park, and I made the rolled flowers and die cut the topper. After stamping and colouring I hand stitched around the edge and added a doily and banner. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today I hope you all have a lovely day and I will be back soon.

Vic

Get well soon :)

Good morning lovelies I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. I can't believe its over with until next year.

I have made this card for the paper smooches challenge and I used the stamp set sentiment sampler and hot concoctions. I think the cup is super sweet.  

I started off with a white card base and I added some cosmo cricket paper which I hand stitched the outer edges. I added a doily die cut and a ripped paper bag to put behind the stamped image. After stamping the cup and greeting I added a heart, paper clip and washi tape. I finished off the card with some ribbon and threaded buttons.

Thank you for taking the time to visit me I hope you all have a very happy new year!

Vic

I love you & merry christmas!

 Hello my loves I'm so sorry I haven't visited you all the last few days I've been ill but once I'm better I will be making my way to all your blogs, I just wanted to pop by and wish you all a very merry christmas!!! I hope you all have a lovely day and enjoy the celebrations :)

I was so behind with my christmas cards I ended up being very early and making a valentine card.... Yep that's how my head works ha ha.

If you are ill I hope you get better soon and manage to feel better for christmas and I will also be thinking of people that are alone at christmas, it's so sad.

I just want to also thank you all for leaving such lovely comments and following me it really makes me happy and motivated so thank you & have a very merry christmas and I will visit you all soon :)

Merry christmas!!!!!!!!

Vic xx

A Cardboard gingerbread girl

Hello loves, I hope your all having a nice day. It has been so cold again boooo! How is everyone getting on with their Christmas shopping? I cant believe how fast Christmas has come.

I made this card last night, and I used a piece of cardboard to make a gingerbread girl just for something a bit different. I hand stitched around the paper too, added a die cut doily and then added some threaded buttons onto the gingerbread. I also used a snowflake die and finished off the card with a stamped greeting.

I would like to enter the following challenges:
krafty girlz challenge-anything goes
albc christmas craft challenge
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge extra

Thank you so much for visiting me, I hope you all have a nice evening and are not too cold tonight. 

Back soon :)

Vic

A Cookie gingerbread

Hello lovelies, I hope you are having a lovely weekend. I thought I would share some more cards I made last night with you all.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
card makin mammas challenge
 crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge
albc christmas challenge
krafty girlz challenge anything goes
cards galore challenge

I started with some kraft card and cut down a piece of red card, which I then hand stitched the outer edge. I die cut a doily shape and stuck both pieces down onto my card. I then colored the gingerbread image using my flex markers and added some buttons and ribbons to the card. I then added my greetings stamp and finished off the card with a wooden heart and a threaded button. 

Thank you so much for visiting me I hope you all have a lovely evening :)

Vic

Reindeer christmas card

Hey loves, I hope your week went okay and your weekend is lovely. I can't seem to sleep so I thought I would share a card I made tonight, actually I must of had a mental crafting head on as I made lots of cards tonight :) sometimes it takes forever just to make one card so I was pretty pleased with the result. Except most of the cards weren't christmas cards even though I know I should be pulling my finger out and making more... Hey there's another excuse to craft tomorrow night! 

I used a red card base for this card then layered on some papers and stitched around the dark green paper. The reindeer head was cut using my cricut machine, and I hand cut a heart and added some stitching to that. The little robin was a stamp from papermania which I just coloured in . 

I hope you all have a lovely Saturday and I really appreciate you stopping by,

Vic 

A chubby snowman card

Good evening crafty people, how is your Monday going?  Its been so cold the last few days but apparently its going to get much colder next week.... I'm hoping it will snow woohoo!

I made this card last night for a couple of challenges:

silhouette challenge blog~use a christmas shape: echo park snowman & snowflake
pixies crafty workshop~snippets used: blue paper, green card & cream card
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge

I loved the echo park snowman and thought he would be really sweet to use on my card, I also die cut a snowflake and placed some ribbon and a button over the top. I used papermania Christmas stamps and hand stitched around the card. The Christmas tree was made with leftover embossed card which I added some buttons too.

 

Well that's another Christmas card done, I thought I was doing really well but when I went to see how many cards I made there was far less than I first thought...what's that about? I must of dreamt that I made much more or I have finally gone round the bend ha ha :)

 

Thank you so much for stopping by I hope you have a great week!!

 

Vic

Happy owls christmas card

Hello lovelies I hope your week is going well, we have a big storm brewing in the UK right now... I hope you all keep safe wherever you may be. 

Here's another christmas card I made today I used my unity owl stamps for this one. They are so sweet and really you can use them for nearly every occasion, which comes in super handy! I used my flex markers to colour them and as usual hand stitched around the card and finished the card off with a threaded button.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/chnc-challenge-extra-for-december.html?m=1

Thank you so much for stopping by today :)

Vic

Santa baby

Hello crafty loves I hope your all good! How are you all getting on with your Christmas shopping? Not too long to go now :) I can't believe how quick this year has gone, its crazy!

I bought some papermania stamps recently and I just loved this huge Santa! He's just adorable and as he's so big he could be used for a tag too.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

simon says stamp challenge-anything goes
albc challenge-christmas cheer
 

I used my cameo to cut the ripped notecard and stamped my Christmas greeting onto it, and as usual I hand stitched the paper too as I'm haunted now by my sewing machine.... I just can't get the bleeding thing to do what it's supposed to but one day I will try again... Ha ha!! I found some cosmo cricket ribbons and thought they would go with the card and I then I stamped and coloured in Santa. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today I hope your all enjoying the build up to Christmas!

Vic

Gingerbread man

Hello crafty friends I hope your week

is starting off well. I can't believe we're heading towards the end of November already! 

I made another christmas card to add to my small collection he he....hey I'm getting there right?  I love cardmaking so much but I know all my friends and family will be expecting a handmade christmas card I have so many more to make... How are you all getting on with your christmas cards? 

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/chnc-challenge-extra-for-november.htmlf

the shabby tea room week 194-christmas is coming

Okay I said I was getting a bit obsessed with the polkadot embossing folder and here is more proof he he. I hand stitched around the edges of the card front and added some twine and buttons. I did try getting out my mini sewing machine again but I'm afraid to say we have not yet bonded so much so she tore my card apart.....god I'm rubbish with a sewing machine and I bent the needle again but at least it didn't snap like last time! I think that's one item I won't be getting out for a long time :) 

Anyway I hope your week goes well and thank you so much for stopping by. 

Vic 

Little christmas tree

Hello crafty loves I hope you are all keeping well & thank you all so much for your lovely get well comments. Can you believe we're nearly in December already!  Are you all ready for christmas yet? :)

I have made a few more christmas cards so I will post them up later, I'm getting there but have so many more to make. 

Well this christmas card I would like to enter this into:

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/chnc-challenge-extra-for-november.html

I used a papermania christmas tree stamp and coloured it in, and added a wooden heart and button along with a large bow and button. I also used my sizzix embossing folder I just love the polkadots! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today I hope you all have a lovely day it's really cold in the UK right now, we actually had some snow the other day! I hope you all have a great weekend.

See you soon

Vic

A glitter gingerbread house (where I would like to live )

Good morning crafty friends, I am so sorry I have not been on here lately and visiting you all I have had a nasty bug. I hope your all keeping well. I will have to catch up with you all very soon.

So now I am better I made a Christmas card gosh I am really behind with my Christmas cards... I keep reading blogs where people have made so many Christmas cards I better pull my finger out he he!

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:
albc challenge-sparkle
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge

 

I used my sizzix embossing folder for this one which I am getting obsessed with so apologies now if you keep seeing it on cards :) I had to put some stitching on too and a big button to finish off the card.

I used my free papers and chipboard shapes from papercraft inspirations magazine on this card as I thought this gingerbread house was just so sweet I want to live there!! 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog I am looking forward to visiting you all and catching up.

 

Have a lovely day

 

Vic 

 

Penny black November challenge~sparkle

Hello crafty loves, I hope your all good. I have made a card for the November penny black challenge which is sparkle. I was going to make a christmas card but decided on a birthday, but it gives me an excuse to make more christmas cards :)

If you would like to give the challenge a go head over here and I would also like to enter this for pixies crafty workshop challenge which you can enter here.

So here is my card:

This card turned out to be a lot more colourful than normal but I think birthdays should be bright and colourful :)

Thank you so much for stopping by and I would just like to say hello and thank you to my new followers. I hope you have a nice week!

See you soon

Vic

Christmas Santa

Hello!! Wow how cold is it today! Is it just me or does the cold weather make you want to do nothing oh I miss summer!! Anyway the good thing is that once I start realising winter is here it makes me want to make christmas cards :) so here is another christmas card, I have so many more to make.....

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:
docrafts challenge 

simon says stamp
 

I used a paper from the silhouette store as the main background, and the gorgeous spotty paper is by papermania. 

 The tags are also from the silhouette store. I also used some papermania buttons and twine along with some spotty washi tape to finish the card off. Of course I had to put some stitching on the card as it felt bare without it :)

Thank you for stopping by my blog today I hope you have a great weekend :)

Hugs

Vicsimon says stamp

Boo

Hello crafty friends, I hope your week is going good! Halloween is my favourite time of year and I just love all the cute & spooky embellishments. I would love to go and visit America at this time of year as they seem to go nuts with Halloween :) I wish we did the same in the UK.

I made this card using designs by dani as  I just adore the sweet papers and monsters.

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenge:
simon says stamp challenge Halloween

 

I have hand stitched the journal card onto the card front and also added some buttons.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween I am off to a party with my daughter this afternoon who is very excited to be dressing up as a witch.

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today, have a great weekend!!

 

Vic