Stamp AnnieThing: Dorothy

Most of the items used are the Land of Oz set
from Stamp Anniething.
(Dorothy/poppies, land of oz builders, Land of Oz die cuts and Oz sentiments)

Copic markers used:

E0000, E00, E11, R20, R30

Y08, E11, E33, Multi-liner Sepia 0.05, Multi-liner Black 0.1

R20, Multi-liner Sepia 0.05

E79, E29, E25, E39 + B12 & B23

W00, W1

B21, B23
R14, R17, R46, R59
G00, G14, G16
YG67
R05, YR12, Y08, YG05, B04, B15, BV17

Distress Oxides:
Broken China and Faded Jeans

Distress Inks:
Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed

Secret Santa Swap with Mr. Frosty

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to share this little card I made for a Secret Santa Swap a while ago... I guess I could share the card I made but the card I received I will have to show next month???

I bought two of these stamps because I thought they were so cute. I had to buy one for Pam and one for myself. I've done the swap thing too many times where I bought something for the receiver and then I couldn't find one for me. LOL

I bought Mr. Frosty of Whimsy Stamps from Jamie's store: https://www.zibbet.com/not2shabbyshop.
Jamie often  has sales and even little monthly contests going on in  her Facebook fan pagehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/103832353026882/ oh and she announces the challenges or sales on her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ScrappinStampers Just check her out she's very sweet and very fast at shipping.

 I colored him up with Copic markers

I made the flowers with my Cricut

The paper is from Recollections. 

 Here is a close-up of the image and snow with Frantage embossing powder

Here is to show the two stamps I bought... 

of course the one that is out and trimmed is mine.

Thank you for looking. 

Katya Bess 

YouTube Holiday Swap Cards using TGF

Good morning Crafty Peeps,

I've been waiting and waiting to be able to show off these cards. I joined a swap with Nurse Larelle from YouTube. There were two groups of 5 so I finished off 4 cards and sent to her. Of course I didn't make a fifth one for myself. LOL I just watched her video and I'm a little bummed because she didn't show my cards. The post office tracking shows she received them in her mailbox on December 8th. I hoped hoped and hoped that she prerecorded the video or that she just forgot to video my cards. LOL But we have been keeping in touch and for some reason the post office has been keeping the package hostage??? Weird!!! Dude! Dudette! My eyes started twitching for real. LOL Well that's probably from my lack of sleep and no help with these colds I've been getting this year seriously. Okay here are two my cards I was in such a rush to send them off that I didn't take a picture of the Blue one nor the Green one and the card boxes I made for them.

This is the very first order I made from Jamie's 'Not 2 Shabby Shop'
Here is the link to her shop https://www.zibbet.com/not2shabbyshop
and the name of the rubber stamp I used is Holiday Anya 4

I colored her with Copic markers

The dies are from http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Dies_c30.htm

The snowflake die behind the glittery one is from 

http://thegreetingfarm.com/shop/dies.html

The paper is all from Recollections.

The bling is from Recollections.

The stick pins I created myself and its the first time I made stick pins.

The small Poinsettias I cut those with my Cricut

The big poinsettia I bought a white "flower bush" from Michaels

and I just died them with my Copic refills. 

The sentiment is from another TGF stamp set that I also bough from Jamie

it's called Dollie with Gifts.  

I will come back and add a YouTube video that I made a while back.

Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

entering my card at:

http://thegreetingfarm.com/blog/?p=2616
Non Traditional Christmas Colors.

http://memascrafts.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-challenge.html
Celebrate the Holidays or Cold winter days

Corinne's Girly Swap 2014

Hey Hey!

Hope everyone is doing well.  Today is the big day that we're showing off our swap goodies. Yay!
You should be coming right over from  Sam Slater's blog. If not use the blog hop list at the very bottom as your guide.

Okay, yy swap buddy is Tanja Charles I was happy to get her 'cause well she is really a friend that I get to chat with almost everyday. LOL Sometimes is just to check up on each other sometimes is silly randomness but mostly is CRAFTY stuff which is my favorite thing to do. :) Although we chat often.... You know that woman didn't want to tell me what she really wanted until one day along with another buddy BreAnn, we took pictures of our dies and let me tell ya she IS late to the die party (she said so herself).... very very late. LOL jk Tee just teasing. So since she's a good buddy and it's her birthday month I decided to buy her some dies along with other crafty goodies of course.


Still waiting on the mailman for mine though... darn post office.... We love them and we despise them at the same time. LOL So I will have to update my post for ya gals and gents.

"I got a package! I got a package! I got package Hey Hey!!!"

So excited to use these things I don't have that color catch it all for my sprays I only have 4 but 

now I need more... I do really need to start smashing little life things or color combos. LOL

Tanja made the colorful beads. Can't wait to use the glitter and everything else. 

Thank you so much for my crafty goodies. 

Tanja got me these crafty goodies.

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Anyway here is the card I made. I used Copic and Copic Atyou pens to color her. I used http://simplybstamps.net/item_2727/Bubble-Bath-Betty-Digi.htm just click on the link and you'll find her there.

The Paper and the brad is from Bo Bunny: Isabella Collection.  I tried to color the image to sort of match the papers or as close as I could with my limited Copic collection. I used roses from my stash... well from Orchid Crafts. The dies are from La La Land Crafts and from My Creative Time. 

This is what I got for her.  A few things I didn't have myself so I got doubles and some things I wanted but it was the LAST. Is that baaaaad to get things for myself too or what? Good thing it was my own money and not my Hubby's or he would wrung my neck. LOL jk... 

he supports me in my crafting... or so he says....  I beg to differ much of the time.

I tissue wrapped everything for the swap in WHITE
and the one BLUE one is for her birthday... not for the swap\ or swap hop.

This is what I got for Tanja

1.Betty Roberts

http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com

 2. Corinne Jones

http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com

 3. Anita Blake

http://kardmakingheaven.blogspot.co.uk 

4. Tanja Charles

http://twistedteecrafts.blogspot.com 

5. Jackie Randolph

 http://papermoments.blogspot.com/ 

6.  Melissa Varga

http://www.cheesestampersinparadise.blogspot.com 

7. Darcy Schroeder

http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.com 

8. Rochelle Ayris

http://rochelleayris.blogspot.co.uk/

9.  Debbie Miller

http://www.craftingwhenican.blogspot.com

10. Helen Smith

http://getpurseonality.blogspot.com/

11. Jackie Rakoski-Diediker

http://stampingsister.blogspot.com

12. Erin Stephenson

http://erinsowlnest.blogspot.com/

13. Sam Slater

http://bananasaboutstamping.blogspot.co.uk

14. Katya Bess (you're here)

http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/

Thank you so much for visiting. 

Katya Bess

Valentine's Day Box Swap!

Hi Everyone! Happy Valentine's & Happy Friendship Day!

Today we finally get to show our goodies from our "All Hearts Altered Wine Bottle Box Swap." My buddy is Vanessa Bland. When I got my buddy name I was excited because she seems like such a fun person and I can have more fun creating something but then I also thought what to get this woman??? I had no clue. What I did was stalked and stalked her Facebook page even her husband's page... am I a weirdo or what? LOL but I have a healthy and clean valid reason... or at least is what I keep telling myself.... you'll see.  Okay... if you'd like to see everyone who participated in this swap please start at
SBS Blog

Here is the card I made for Vanessa. 

Vanessa has purple hair and on her Facebook page she has this rainbow outfit. LOL 

She's not very girly so I gave her black wings and tried not to make the card a fufu.

I had so much fun coloring this image. Thank you so much Betty for letting us have this image. :)

This is the card Vanessa made for me. :) Love the coloring and its a big card! I love that!

Here are all of my goodies!!! WWWOOOWWW!!! Crafty Goodies overload!!!! :D

 I can't wait to be able to sit down and make something!

She even gave me a rubber ducky (not pictured) that My Baby Daenerys took off with. LOL 

It's so cute and it lights up. 

Thank you Vanessa! I love ALL of my goodies! You sure know how to spoil a crafty girl! LOL

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Now this is the rest of the stuff I got for Vanessa. 

She stated she loved Jack Skellington so I made sure I got something with that. 

Here is the wine box I decorated.

 Found a cute little chocolate box and those nail tattoos. LOL

Okay this is the reason I stalked Vanessa's page... 

So I can draw her and her hubby ask Jack Skellington & Sally.

Plus since it's for Valentine's day... why not make it a love theme. heehee.

Hope you like it :)

 Betty Roberts: http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/

Carmen Shannon ( no blog ) ^ ^ ^

Corinne Jones: http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com

Robin Bogle: http://www.rcz28.blogspot.com 

Veronica: http://www.artbyveronica.blogspot.com/

Tanja Charles http://twistedteecrafts.blogspot.com  

Kay Mowat http://kaym74.blogspot.com 

Anita Blake http://kardmakingheaven.blogspot.co.UK

Celina Matthews http://www.scrapvamp.blogspot.com

Lisa Nelson: http://distinctivelmnts.blogspot.com/

Katya Bess: http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/

Emily Shroom http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/

Jackie Maunder: http://www.apaperjem.blogspot.com.au/

Jackie Randolph http://papermoments.blogspot.com/

Trish the dish Sakulich http://scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.ca

Sam Slater: http://www.banansaboutstamping.blogspot.co.uk

Nia Flannery : http://wescraptoo.blogspot.com/

Sandy Smith http://shortandcrafty.blogspot.ca 

Vanessa Bland: http://slightlytwistedbutterfly.blogspot.com

Melissa Varga:  http://www.cheesestampersinparadise.blogspot.com

Thanks for looking,

Katya Bess

SBS Secret Pumpkin Swap Blog Hop

Happy Halloween My Crafty Buddies!

Today there is a big blog hop and you it's the big day to reveal who our Secret Swap Sisters were....

The Secret Sister that was to send me a "pumpkin" was Stacey Stratis and boy did she spoil me.

 Look at all of the awesome goodies Stacey gave me. Wooo hooo!

Socks that'll I'' be wearing on more that Halloween night. LOL Lots of embellishments. Paper Smooches paints I really wanted to try those for so long that I opened the box and completely forgot I had to take pix first. LOL Love my paper stack already used several papers from it. 

She made me this really nice card 

AND altered this tin can. Isn't that super neat?

Thank you very much Stacey I love everything!

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The crafty lady that I sent goodies to was Heather Whitlock.

 and I hope she likes everything and is useful for her. 

I had a fun time buying some of the things I got her but for me too. LOL

Here is my project for Heather.
I painted a box and added the digi stamp Betty provided us for the swap.
Her name is Kitty Boo Betty.

The altered box lid.

I colored her with Spectrum Noirs and Prismacolor Pencils.
The pumpkins and wagon are an SVG cut file from Miss Kate's Cuttables.
Everything else is Acrylic paints, Stikles and Sakura Stardust Pens.

Sorry for the glare...

Close up of some of the goodies I got Heather.


Thanks for looking.

-Katya Bess 

Here is the blog hop order.

Betty Roberts  

http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/

NO BLOG:

BreAnn McFarland, Vanessa Bland, Barbara ( Barb ) Ettinger, 

Carmen Shannon, Lindsey Gehin, Terry Helin

Corinne Jones

http://www.wishuponascrap.blogspot.com

Sheri Loatwall

http://www.mammasscrappin.blogspot.com

Trish thedish Sakulich

http://scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.ca

Marie Franklin

http://marie97-lotlot.blogspot.com/

Maggie Schoener

http://www.maggiescathouse.blogspot.com

Robin Bogle

http://rcz28.blogspot.com/

Ashley Murphy

http://anm61391.blogspot.com/

Lisa Howell

http://www.mindovermattercreations.com

Tanja Charles

http://craft-teeinthecity.blogspot.com

Emily Shroom

http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/

Kay Mowat

http://kaym74.blogspot.com

Wendy Billings

http://www.jazzydoodledesigns.com

Stacey Stratis

http://anastasiasarts.blogspot.com

Katya Bess

http://Kattyxotica.blogspot.com

Elisabete Balcavage

http://thebalcavages.blogspot.com

Jackie Maunder

http://apaperjem.blogspot.com.au/

Anita Blake

http://www.kardmakingheaven.blogspot.co.uk

Rio Ford

http://mommylittlecrafterincrime.blogspot.com/

Summer Hills-Painter

http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com/

Jo Walker

http://joscardsandstuff.blogspot.co.uk/

 Heather Whitlock

http://slightlymadbut.blogspot.com/

Tanya Johnson

http://tanyasbooknook.blogspot.com

Dianna Sowerbrower

http://www.diannas-craftyplace.blogspot.com

Sharette Smith

http://www.scrappernthemaking.blogspot.com

Melissa Varga

http://www.cheesestampersinparadise.blogspot.com/

Kathy Gillon

http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com

Rochelle Ayris

http://rochelleayris.blogspot.co.uk.

 Roz Wolfe

 http://wolfepak5.blogspot.com

Have fun!

Spring Basket Swap Blog Hop

Hello Crafty Peeps!

Haven't been on here in quite a while... I took the plunge and joined yet, another swap (My 2nd one.... so far L.O.L.) Today you'll see the goodies we've all received... If you're just visiting me.... Thank you very kindly but if you want to hop along then you'll want to start at:
SBS http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/

Welcome to the Spring Basket Swap; not too many rules after you've been paired up and seeing what their "crafty style" or "likes" were just fill up your parcel box or envelope with as much goodies you can to reach $25 (or more if you WANT to.) Betty Roberts drew up a cute little gal riding her bicycle and shared it with those that joined the swap so we can make a card for our swap buddy. Okay my Swap Buddy is Corinne Jones :) If you follow us on Simply B Stamps' Fan Group you'll know she's an interesting gal... (heehee) We all like to "mess" with Corinne every now and then. Corinne is a very special gal to us at SBS she seems kind of feisty like that mad cat you see pictures posted of everywhere... but she's really very nice, very caring, very helpful, always on point and very talented. You can say she's like a ice cream crunch bar; all hard and nutty on the outside but soft and mushy inside... heehee O:) She claims my name is what was left at the bottom of the list and she had to get stuck with someone... but I know she "loves me" LOL at least a little bit... she picked the names... she could of easily "swapped" a buddy right?... so yea... HA!

Look at ALL of my goodies!!! YIPPEE!!!

Thank you so very much Corinne!!!

I put away all of my Hershey Kisses with Almonds because well... I didn't want to share with my kids or my hubby. LOL

Here is the the other side of the bucket she colored and altered the box. 

OMG!!! She hooked me up with 5 COPIC markers. Woohoo!!!

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This is what I got for Corinne... I'm such a slow worker and with 4 kids... I let her know that

I'm sending her my personalized items on a separate box but went ahead and sent her

her crafty goodies so she can play with them.

Hopefully she likes what I chose for her. 

I asked and Betty gave me permission to swap heads for this particular card.

The original image is the one with black hair (which is supposed to be ME in this card and the red haired is supposed to be Corinne LOL.) 

 My hubby "surprised" me with a Silhouette Cameo for my 30th birthday (on April 15th) yay!

That flourish cut is one of my first cuts... I hand colored it to make it more fun.

I hand drew and hand colored the stone path and grass since I couldn't find 

a background scene to fit my gals on their bikes. 

Here is another surprise for Corinne's Hubby Ronnie, since he shares his birthday with me...

(Happy belated birthday)

I hope it wasn't too bad... and it was my first painting in many many years... 

so please forgive that I'm quite rusty... 

I used my Liquitex BASICS Acrylic paint set to paint this portrait of Corinne. 

Here is the blog line up; Have fun:

SBS http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Raffenaud
Barb Ettinger
Nicki Ringleman
Corinne Jones http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com/
Trish Sakulich http://www.scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.ca/
Robin Bogle http://www.rcz28.blogspot.com
Maria Williams http://pinxinx.blogspot.com
Trudie Howard http://trudiescakesandcards.blogspot.co.uk/
Wendy Billings http://www.jazzydoodledesigns.com

Roz Wolfe http://www.wolfepak5.blogspot.com

Sheri Loatwall http://www.mammasscrappin.blogspot.com/

Stacey Stratis http://anastasiasarts.blogspot.com/
Lucy Gregg http://loopylass2010.blogspot.co.uk/
Louise Mann http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/
Jo Walker http://joscardsandstuff.blogspot.co.uk/

Lisa Nelson http://www.distinctiveLMNts.blogspot.com
Michelle Klaebe http://www.inkandsew.blogspot.com.au/

Dawn Brown http://stampersgonewild.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Melih (Emily Shroom here) http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/
Jackie Rakoski http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Kathy Smyth http://kathyjsmyth.blogspot.co.uk
Carrie Robinson http://carriescreativecards.blogspot.co.uk/

Marie Franklin http://marie97-lotlot.blogspot.com/
Erin Fairclough http://elfiessparkleanddust.blogspot.co.uk/
Melissa Varga http://cheesestampersinparadise.blogspot.com/
Katya Bess http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/
Tanja Charles http://craft-teeinthecity.blogspot.com
Jennifer Anderson http://Creativearmywife.blogspot.com

Summer Hills-Painter http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com/

Darcy Schroeder http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.com

Veronica Chasteen Rosenshein http://www.artbyveronica.blogspot.com

Julie Hasel http://tigerlily2g1b.blogspot.co.uk/

 Tanya Johnson http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com 
Dianna Cinko Sowerbrower http://diannas-craftyplace.blogspot.com

Next up is lovely Miss Tanja Charles @ http://craft-teeinthecity.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by

Katya Bess