Showing posts with label Simply Betty Stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simply Betty Stamps. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Happy B-Day Jackie R

Hello Everyone, 

How are you? Today is sweet Jackie Randolph' birthday and I wanted to share a little card I made for her today. 

Happy Birthday Jackie
I hope you like your birthday card when it arrives.

I used this digi that I purchased a long time ago it's called
 I only used Copic markers to color my image. 
Some roses were bought from Wild Orchid Crafts and the bigger roses from the
same company but were purchased at Jamie's Not 2 Shabby Shop here in the U.S.
 The inside before writing...
close up of the birthday digi :)

Thank you for looking. 

Katya Bess


I plan to enter my card at:




Friday, May 8, 2015

SBS DT: What's Your Sign?

Hey Everyone!

Hope all is well with everyone! First, I would like to say Happy Teacher's Appreciation Week and Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely mothers.  :)

Okay on to the post, so what's your sign? LOL I remember growing up I would watch Walter Mercado give out the daily horoscope or at least Monday through Friday on Primer Impacto a Spanish television show... it was all silly but I watched it everyday religiously and there was no DVR to pause and rewind so if we missed what he said oh well. LOL Then in high school the students or at least all of the seniors would get the local newspaper for free so we always read our daily horoscopes and it was fun to read your friends' daily readings too... it was all silly but it gave us a good laugh.

I'm not into horoscope stuff anymore but I do love reading or listening to the Ancient Mythologies behind them either Greek or Roman versions. Besides the Big Dipper and Little Dipper I couldn't tell you which constellations I'm looking at unless I've been given a hint or sat there long enough to make little pictures around them. LOL Last year we went to Big Trees in Calaveras County, drove up to a mountain where an astronomer pointed out the stars with a green laser and told us the stories of these constellations and I even got to see the Milky Way. The whole experience was fascinating! Everything in it's natural state is so beautiful.... something we miss out on living in the city-  of course there is beauty in the urban life... but doesn't compare to natural beauty. :)

You can find the entire Zodiac Bettys Bundle here:
http://simplybstamps.net/item_3221/Zodiac-Bettys-Bundle-Digis.htm
or you can just search for the individual images.

Okay on to my cards. I feel like I made them sort of simple but I didn't want to hide the papers. LOL

This is Aries Betty, my sign, I was born April 15th! :)

I colored her with Copic markers.
I used papers from the Stardust Stack by DCWV.
Copics used:

Here is Cancer Betty.
She actually has straight her it's just the way I decided to color her hair makes in different. 
 Same papers used.
I decided to give her an natural afro texture
Colored with Copic markers

 Here you can see the shimmer on her dress and eyelids


Here is Saggittarius Betty.
 Again paper from the same stack.
I noticed that the constellation of Hercules was in this page... and even though it was like smacked in the middle of the page lol I cut it up and will use the scraps for more cards.
The constellation of Sagittarius, a centaur who was a great archer was placed near the Hercules constellation to keep guard of him from Scorpius, the scorpion.

Copics used


Here is a closer look at her face.

I hope you liked my cards.

Thanks for looking and/or commenting. 

Katya Bess







Tuesday, March 3, 2015

SBS DT: Are You Feeling Lucky?

Hey Everyone!

So back today with a fun and super cute image. her name is Kiss For Luck. You can find her here:


Ever since Betty came up with the drawing and showed us I knew what I wanted to do with her. She was so much fun to color. I colored up another one... well just the skin LOL but I finished this one. I still think I need to add a few butterflies here and there... but maybe I'll do it with the other image I started.

Look! Isn't she so cute?

You can find her here: http://simplybstamps.net/item_3121/A-Kiss-For-Luck-Digi.htm



I  used Copic markers to color her. 
The Shamrock is from Silhouette store but I cut it up to make it look more wild, 
the flowers I just hand cut myself then shaped and colored them. 
The paper is from My Mind's Eye and I believe this one my crafty buddy
Roz sent me in a swap a couple of years ago. 

Here is a close up. 

I tried to give her that pucker up/ kissy face. I colored a rainbow behind her since
I knew I might mess up fussy cutting the thin frame but it works. 

Check out my SBS teamies work at

Thank you for looking.

Thank you for stopping by.


Katya Bess


Will enter my card at:



Saturday, February 28, 2015

SBS DT: Flying with Fairies

Hey Everyone!

Happy Weekend and Welcome to a new SBS Release day!

There are 5 images to this release but I was given 2 lovely images to work with.
Check them all here for a special limited price
http://simplybstamps.net/item_3109/Flower-Fairies-Digis.htm

I don't have the links yet but their names are Frou Frou and Wendy you will be able to find them under the "New" category on the site, here is the link: http://simplybstamps.net/category/new.htm


Sunflower Madame Frou Frou Fairy

I colored Frou Frou with Copic markers
The dies are from Spellbinder and from Hearfelt Creations
I tried to give her a funky little hair color. 

I colored Wendy with Copic Markers
I just made the tulips by hand... 
didn't even feel like turning on any electronic cutting machine... 
I tried to use complementary colors. 


Check out the blog
and you'll find more inspiration from the other awesome DT ladies. 

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

Friday, February 20, 2015

SBS DT: Happy Birthday Lisa H

Hey Everyone,

On February 14th it was our lovely teamie Lisa Howell's birthday. She loves loves loves Steampunk and Betty has drawn up an image for the occasion.

You can find her on this link http://simplybstamps.net/item_3105/Lisa-H-Steampunk-Bday-Digi.htm

Isn't she cool?


I colored her up with Copic markers
Of course I chose red as part of the colors since it was also Valentine's day
The paper is from DCWV Tattered Time stack (12x12)
My Crafty Friend BreAnn McFarland sent me the gears as part of a Christmas gift. 
(She's is looking at this from Heaven)
I fussy cut a larger gear for a little bit of dimension 
The faint stamping is from a Heartfelt Creations stamp
which I have misplaced on this messy desk.... 
I used Antique Linen Distress Ink to stamp that on the edges.


That is it. I hope you like it
I hope Lisa H likes it too. 


Thanks for looking. 

Katya Bess

entering my card at

Anything Goes

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/2015/02/dtbst270-sassy-in-row.html
Sassy in a row (tic tac toe)  Made it vintage, used a sentiment and added charms.


Friday, February 13, 2015

SBS DT: Teen Eras 2 Release

Hey Everyone!

Just popping in to show some cards.


Today is release day over at http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/ hop on over and you'll see the rest of the line up. Today I'm showing a couple of projects that I have created with these super cute digi stamps.

I'm using
Arabian London Princess click on the link to find her on the shop
http://simplybstamps.net/item_3099/London-Arabian-Princess-Digi.htm

Christian The Kid click on the link to find him at the shop http://simplybstamps.net/item_3096/Christian-The-Kid-Digi.htm


Here are my projects:

Arabian London Princess
 Colored Arabian London Princess with Copic markers
I used some K& Company Bling I got from JoAnne's 
The Flowers are from Recollections
The Paper is from DCWV (I think)
The lace was from Walmart
 I tried to give her some abs... you know from all of that belly dancing. LOL
I also tried to make her pants and sleeve sort of transparent.

Christian The Kid
 Here is Christian The Kid I also colored him with Copic markers
The pebble paper is from Recollections (I think) 
The Cowboy paper is actually vellum.
My Mom found this scrapbook paper I believe at a yard sale....
I wasn't sure when I was going to use this paper she got it for me years ago
but it was perfect with this image- it's from 
K&Company and it's a 12x12 Cowboy Printed Embossed Vellum
For the vellum booths and hat I just fussy cut and glued them on white paper so 
the colors can pop a little since they were too dark by themselfs.

Here is a close up of Christian The Kid
I tried to go for the weathered looking jeans and colored the hat so it can look old and worn.
I also made it a toy gun. heehee


King Chris


Rio Queen of the Nile


Don't forget to go to 

and you will see more inspiration from all of the DT gals
they all have done a beautiful job.


Thank you for looking

Katya Bess





Monday, January 19, 2015

SBS DT: Color Combo

Hey Everyone,

Simply Betty Stamps is bringing back the Teen Scene Steampunks! These cuties will be making their way onto the site something this month.  There was a contest going on at Simply Betty Stamps Fan Page and you just have to use your favorile color or favorite color combo.

I love all of the colors... rainbows... iridescent anything.... but for this card I chose a color that pops for me that I enjoy buying and that is HOT PINK and black.

I used My Funky Valentine Betty (will add the link when it's back in the shop) in the meanwhile you can look around in the teens section if you like this style of digis.   Here is the link http://simplybstamps.net/category_331/Teen-Scene-Digis.htm

Okay here's my card.

I colored her with Copics. I printed her pretty small 
and took me a lot longer to color but it came out alright in the end. 
I used Bazzill Basic cardstock for the base and The Sweet Lace cardstock from DCWV
the steampunk gear dies are from Prickley Pear and I bought them here  http://www.thestamproom.com/search.aspx?manufacturer=24
The big heart box is actually the one she's holding 
I just flipped it, enlarged, fussy cut it and then I covered the hand 
with some of the design paper I used as the back ground. 
Here is a close up of the digi.
Took me a while to color it only because it's much much smaller than what I'm used to coloring. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Katya Bess


Monday, January 5, 2015

SBS DT: Favorite SBS image

Hey Crafty Peeps!

Happy New Year!!! I hope you all had a beautiful holiday season. Today I'm sharing my little card... I colored the image a looong time ago. LOL So the challenge over at Simply Betty's Fan page is to use your favorite SBS image and it's an anything goes challenge.... Woohoo! Crafty Freedom! LOL
The crazy part is that I have sooooo many that I would call favorites it's hard to choose just one but I chose this one since it was already colored  up and all...

The Challenge details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1022940871056634&type=1 
You have until  Thurday January 7th 11:59PM PST- it has to be uploaded to that specific album.

Her name is Doctor Brittany and you can find her here http://simplybstamps.net/item_1381/Doctor-Brittany-Digi.htm

The hair looks crazy to color but it's the fun part for me. :)
Whenever I get a chance (aka time) I try to challenge myself with something
a little more difficult to color. I perhaps may be easy for someone else though...
you just have to give it a try. 
I colored her up with Copic markers and I tried to match it with 
the little ribbon Corinne sent it to me in a Simply Betty Swap,
You can check out that blog post here:  
My mom found me those pretty papers from a either a yard sale :) 
The papers were still new and wrapped and the recollections cardstock I have
matched it perfectly. 
The little butterfly dies are from Prickley Pear and I bought 
that little die set from one of my favorite online shops

Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Irene's Birthday and Blog Hop 2014

Hey Everyone,

Today it's sweet and playful Irene's birthday (she's Corinne's sweet angel twin) heehee. We are making their blog hops separate since they do have separate birthdays being twins.... How cool is that???  Irene is always so sweet and like Corinne has some amazing coloring skills, from Color pencils to Spectrum Noir to Copic.... she's can also be our partner in crime when we playfully tease Corinne. heehee. Thank you Betty for letting us have this cute cute stamp, I soooo picture Irene with these sweets and posing like this. LOL

You can find this digi at Simply Betty's Stamps store. Here is the link:

http://simplybstamps.net/item_3052/Irene-Bday-Sundae-Digi.htm

Happy Birthday Irene!!!


Here is my card.



I colored my image with Copic markers
I also used the same paper line that I used with Corinne's 
card which was the Pebble's Birthday Wishes paper pad
I used Sakura gelly rolls as well to add a little shimmer to her shirt and shoes.



Here is a close-up to show the shimmer.



Thank you for stopping by

Katya Bess

Here is the blog hop line-up.

Simply Betty Stamps featuring cards by Betty, Cynthia, Cat and Annehttp://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/
Jackie R http://papermoments.blogspot.com/
Ruza http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.com/
Karen www.kernowdesigns.co.uk
Emily Shroom http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/
Sam http://bananasaboutstamping.blogspot.com/
Tanya http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com
Vicky http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/
Darcy http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.com
Leadonna http://ink-positive.blogspot.com
Nadine http://nadine-blackrose.blogspot.co.uk
Sharman DeLuca http://sharman33.blogspot.com.au/
Melissa www.craftymeerkat.blogspot.ca
Jackie R-D http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Bettina http://bettandshobbykrok.blogspot.com/
Veronica http://artbyveronica.blogspot.com
Wendy www.jazzydoodledesigns.com
Nia http://wescraptoo.blogspot.com
Katya http://kattyxotica.blogspot.com
Holly http://dbcraftgirls.blogspot.com
Elisabete http://thebalcavages.blogspot.com/
Lisa H http://www.mindovermattercreations.com/
Erin http://erinsowlnest.blogspot.com/
Kay http://kaym74.blogspot.com
Louise http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/
Tanja http://twistedteecrafts.blogspot.com.au/
Vanessa http://slightlytwistedbutterfly.blogspot.com.au/
Christine https://happyscrapper-sweetpeacards.blogspot.com
Tina http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com



Monday, December 29, 2014

Corinne Jones Birthday and Blog Hop 2014

Hey Everyone!

It's a happy day today! It's our friend Corinne's big birthday... Guess how old she is??? Old as dirt but who cares right? Everyone likes to play with dirt every now and then... LOL jk Corinne. We love you woman! If you are new to the SBS fan page or any of the crafting pages we follow along with Corinne, you get to see that we mess with her but only for fun and would never ever be hurtful to her ever! Although she might play the victim sometimes..... hahahaha. In reality we appreciate all of the hard work she does. She is very helpful from sun up to sun down and will do "almost anything" to make us smile, feel welcome, and to give knowledge of things in the crafting world. She tells it like it is and doesn't sugar coat it unless you're like 4 LOL :) She is very sweet when she wants to be other wise just picture a grumpy cat face with a big red wig. LOL OMG she's going to kill me or I'll be in the corner forever until my bones are dry and brittle.

Okay, before I show the card I worked on I'd like to say thank you very much to Betty for letting me join in on this fab hop and giving us this cute and sweet smiling birthday Corinne. You can find this digi here: http://simplybstamps.net/item_3051/Big-Birthday-Cake-Corinne-Digi.htm

Happy Birthday Corinne
 I colored her up with Copic markers.
I bought this die from Joann's when it was 50% off... oooo yea!!!
The paper is from Pebbles which I had never heard of but 
I found it at Marshall's.... hadn't been to that store since I 
was searching for my prom dress.

Here is the close-up
Corinne loves the color black although inside I believe she's a very colorful person.... :P
Her artwork and crafts are all full of color but she loves to wear black but since it's her
birthday I decided to add a little shimmer with my
Sakura Gelly Roll and I also added an earring since she wears long long earrings. 

Thank you for stopping by here are the links to the hop.

Simply Betty Stamps featuring cards by Betty, Cynthia, Cat and Annehttp://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/
Jackie R http://papermoments.blogspot.com/
Ruza http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.com/
Karen www.kernowdesigns.co.uk
Emily Shroom http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/
Sam http://bananasaboutstamping.blogspot.com/
Tanya http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com
Vicky http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/
Darcy http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.com
Nadine http://nadine-blackrose.blogspot.co.uk/
Elisabete http://thebalcavages.blogspot.com/
Lisa H http://www.mindovermattercreations.com/
Erin http://erinsowlnest.blogspot.com/
Leadonna http://ink-positive.blogspot.com
Sharman DeLuca http://sharman33.blogspot.com.au/
Melissa D www.craftymeerkat.blogspot.ca
Jackie R-D http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Bettina http://bettandshobbykrok.blogspot.com/
Veronica http://artbyveronica.blogspot.com
Wendy Billings www.jazzydoodledesigns.com
Katya Bess http://kattyxotica.blogspot.com
Kay http://kaym74.blogspot.com
Louise http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/
Nia http://wescraptoo.blogspot.com/
Holly http://dbcraftgirls.blogspot.com/
Tanja http://twistedteecrafts.blogspot.com.au/
Vanessa http://slightlytwistedbutterfly.blogspot.com.au/
Christine https://happyscrapper-sweetpeacards.blogspot.com
Tina http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com


Thank you again,

Katya Bess















Saturday, November 29, 2014

SBS DT: Winter Beauties

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day or Week. We have just been lounging most of the time... I did a little crafty shopping well more for organization.... wanted to do a whole lot more... but only in my dreams right?


Okay so it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.... Do I keep saying that with every Christmas card I make? LOL

Here you go:
For my first card, I used Bettina. 
We are to use lots of sparkle. (Glitter glue or just plain glitter)
 I colored her with Copics, the snowy background I colored with Distress inks
but since it's not a rubber stamp to stamp on another sheet of paper to mask it off I used
masking fluid. I covered her up completely before coloring... I learned my lesson...
the only thing I noticed it's that when I removed the masking fluid the paper looked a little
yellow... but I think it may have been from the distress in from seeping in or maybe not...
In the end after I colored her up you can't see any of the yellowing and the only part exposed
now is the sclera but didn't yellow at all. There were tiny areas when there where no color
around the border so what I did was tried to roll so of the masking fluid and used a tiny bit of 
distress ink to cover white areas... I still missed a few spot when I removed all of the masking fluid
so I looked for the closed copic color and now you can barely notice the difference.
I used Stickles glitter glue for the snow in the background as well as the falling snow dots. 
All of the he papers are from Recollections and it's called Christmas
I tried to match her outfit to the papers. 
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For my second card, I used Jackie. 
The challenge is to use 2 designer papers and ribbon!
I colored her with Copic markers and tried a salt and pepper gray hair look... 
did that with Sakura gelly roll pen.
The die is from My Creative Time it's called Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies.
The paper is from American Crafts called Holiday.

 detail of the clothing....
Close up of the face so you can see the frames and the lens I used glossy
accents to make them look like real eye glasses. 


Well I hope you liked my cards.

Thank you for stopping by. 


Katya Bess

Will enter my card at:

Monday, November 24, 2014

Happy Birthday Sharman

Good Evening Everyone!

Today a crafty friend celebrates another birthday, her name is Sharman.

Sharman is a special lady that I have come to meet in the crafty world. She is always so gracious and has lots and I mean lots of words wisdom. HeeHee She is a beautiful person inside and out, a mother, grandmother, a person that loves the Lord and a very good friend -there is no doubt. :)

Happy Birthday Sharman!

This image was drawn up by Betty as a commission for her and when I had the chance I made sure I bought it myself.  :)  You can find her here http://simplybstamps.net/item_2532/Sharman-Digi.htm

I colored her with Copics and Sakura GellyRolls

Okay, I know the way I made the card is sort of Springy... and not of the current season... but it's because I know Sharman loves flowers; in particular Calla Lilies. I didn't use Calla Lilies this time but I used these Jolee's boutique 3D stickers with orchids and I hope she likes them as much as I do.
The birthday greeting Starform Stickers were sent to me by BreAnn McFarland. :D Thank you!



Here you can see the shimmer in the orchids and the shine from sentiment and vine swirls.


I hope you liked me card. 

Thank you for visiting,

Katya Bess



Tuesday, November 18, 2014

SBS DT: Hot Hot Christmas

Hi Everyone.

I'm a little behind on posting through blogland but I have posted these a few days ago (Saturday 15th) on facebook though the SBS fan page, Kit  & Clowder and Digi galore. So if you have seen these I hope I don't bore you with the same stuff. LOL Just wanted to share a little bit of the process that goes in the way I made my cards.
So here we go. Were to use some Summer 1950's styled beach babes and turn them into Christmas cards. You can buy them singular or you can buy the bundle and I'll share the links with you.

So here is the bundle (4 images and sentiments):  http://simplybstamps.net/item_3000/Summer-Babes-Digi-Bundle.htm

So now to the image I used for the first card:
Summer Time Betty here's the link:  http://simplybstamps.net/item_3004/Summer-Time-Betty-Digi.htm

 I used Copic markers to color her up. 
I also drew my own background and lined it with a Copic multiliner to give it that 
Christmas in the Caribbean/Central America, Hawaii,
or Florida. LOL Anywhere but where I'm at now... where it's co-co-co-cold.
Don't get me wrong I do love to go see the snow and make real snowmen and snow angels and what not... I just can't deal with cold for too long.

YouTube...

This one is Anne '50's Summer Beauty and here's the link: http://simplybstamps.net/item_3002/Anne-50s-Summer-Beauty-Digi.htm
 Same as the previous image I drew my own background except the palm tree... I did add the string or Christmas lights though. This was inspired by Sandy Allnock's Snoopy Video
I used some different colors because I didn't have what she had but the technique was all her idea.
Here's a little process video on Youtube.

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

color/anything goes

use any digi

http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/imagination-crafts-november-challenge.html
Anything Goes
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Entering my 2nd card at:

Saturday, November 1, 2014

SBS DT: Day of the Dead Blog Hop

Hello Everyone!

It's November 1st and it's The Day of Dead. It's celebrated differently in many countries but it all comes down to remembering your deceased loved ones and honoring their lives. In this part of the country the most known and widely celebrated are the Mexican traditions of The Day of the Dead.
They create altars with photos of their loved one, bake bread or other pastries, make sugar skulls, candles with saints and lots and lots of flowers. Everything looks very colorful and beautiful to honor their loved one.  In my native country I don't remember much but I do remember my mother always lit a candle for my grandmother and I do remember the graves and tombs are always cleaned and decorated with colorful (either handmade or real) flower crowns and everything is made to look fresh. Music is celebrated and people dance and dance to celebrate life. In my country there are actually two days to celebrate. One day is to celebrate All of the dead and then the second day is to celebrate the ones that died as children or virgins....

It's a hop and I'm the last on the list so make sure to start http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/ and hop along to see everyone's creations! The hop list is posted below the cards.

Well too much chit chat... let me show you these beauties Betty came up with.
This one is called Dia De Los Muertos Betty and it can be found here:
http://simplybstamps.net/item_2991/Dia-De-Los-Muertos-Betty-Digi.htm

This one was actually my favorite one to color but I felt I ruined her face a little 
by making it a no lines coloring. 
Here are a few details and to see how dimensional the card really is. 

This one is Lenore Forevermore and you can find it here:
http://simplybstamps.net/item_2990/Lenore-Forevermore.htm
I took flowers from a flower garland (Petaloo) I got in a Halloween Swap last year. I thought
I had some serape paper but I'm not sure if I bought it or not... LOL maybe I just looked at it so
many times... so I ended up changing my mental card design.
Here is the close up of the sugar skull face I drew on her.
We were to create our own face Sugar Skull face paint, use a lace trim and use bright colors. LOL If you click on the Lenore Forevermore then you'll see the difference.

For this last image Sugar Skull Betty
http://simplybstamps.net/item_2883/Sugar-Skull-Betty-Digi.htm
The challenge was... Anything Goes :)


Here is a close up of the face.

Thank you for hopping along
and
Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

HOP LIST

Betty
Jackie
Corinne
Tina
Irene
Ruza
Tanja
Mei
 Emily
 Lisa N.
 Chris
 Lisa H.
 Louise
 Kitty
 Kay
 Katya Bess


I will enter card #1 at:
http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-56-luscious-lace.html
Luscious Lace (I used a DooHickey Die - Lace Coaster) I hope it counts.

All Saint's Day or Day of the day theme

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Entering card # 2 at:
All Saint's Day or Day of the day theme

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Entering card # 3 at: