Friday, June 13, 2014

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
 2. Corinne Jones
 3. Anita Blake
4. Tanja Charles
5. Jackie Randolph
6.  Melissa Varga
7. Darcy Schroeder
8. Rochelle Ayris
9.  Debbie Miller
10. Helen Smith
11. Jackie Rakoski-Diediker
12. Erin Stephenson
13. Sam Slater
14. Katya Bess (you're here)


Thank you so much for visiting. 

Katya Bess
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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Fangtastic TSC digi

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend.

This image I actual colored a whiiile back and just now getting to share it online. I actually won this image since I helped name it. Yay!!! Her name is Fangtasia (just click on the link and it'll take you straight to the shop or just go to http://thestampingchef.com/Shop/ and look around. When I saw this image all I could think about was Pam from TrueBlood LOL. I imagined her watching over the club with her blonde hair and cute outfit. So this is why I colored her blonde with blue eyes.

There is some blog candy running at http://pinkylisasinkycrafts.blogspot.com/2014/05/my-blog-candy.html where you can either with some  Delicious Doodles or The Stamping Chef... will try to get in on that. :P

Thank you so much Tamara for choosing Fangtasia as the name of this digi making me the winner. Woohoo!

Okay on to my card.

 I colored my image with Copic markers, Copic Atyou Spica glitter pens and Sakura Gelly Rolls
You can see some of the shimmer on the red paper...

Not good lighting but you can see the shimmer on her clothes, necklace and eyeshadow a little better.

I usually color in a certain order: skin, hair, clothes... then whatever is left such as a background.

Thank you for stopping by.


Katya Bess

Challenges I'm entering:

http://punkyougirl.blogspot.com/2014/06/challenge-13-sexysteamy.html
Sexy/Steamy

http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/2014/06/its-time-for-another-fun-anything-goes.html
Anything Goes

http://pinkylisasinkycrafts.blogspot.com/2014/05/my-blog-candy.html
Follow, add blog badge for Candy

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

JIC DT: Handmade Flowers

Hi Everyone,


Here with another JIC DT card.  We have a few sponsors this week and I'm using one image called Summer Flower you can find her at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZuriVicePresidentJr.

I loved working with this cute little image and I had a play with her hair and made it blue. :) This go around the challenge was to make a handmade flower and I used my spellbinders dies to and Viva Decor Pens to make some daisies.

I used Copic Markers and loved using different dies. 
 To make the flowers I used Spellbinders and a McGill stylus to shape my flowers and leaf.
I added Viva Decor Pearl Pen for the flower centers. 

Materials used:
Copic Markers
Kate & Co/My Minds Eye: Oxford Lane 6x6 pad
Spellbinders dies
My Creative Time Doily Die
Cottage Cutz Die

Thank you for visiting. Don't forget to join in on the fun
and the theme is: HANDMADE FLOWERS.


Thanks for looking,

Katya Bess

Challenges I will enter:
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/challenge-107-blumenmeer-lots-of-flowers.html
Use lots of flowers. I have handmade flowers, flowers in the image and flowers in the flourish die and flowers on the paper.

http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/2014/06/challenge-106-anything-goes.html
Anything Goes

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2014/06/anything-goes.html
Anything Goes

http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/2tc77-summer-sun-playin-all-day.html
Sunshine or Yellow. twist: Childlike Playful image

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Monday, June 2, 2014

JIC DT: Monthly Challenge theme: Summer

Hello Everyone!

It's been so long since I've posted. Been having this weird cough for a couple of months. Turns out it was some variant asthma and bronchitis. Yucky stuff! Spent most of the time either catching up on things because I was sleeping a lot more or trying to sleep from not feeling well on top of that my kids have been sick tool. Now I'm feeling much better but still have to finish up my meds... according to doctor... booo I hate medicine.

Sorry about that! Let's talk about the fun stuff now. LOL So here again with another Just Inspirational Challenges Design Team Challenge... The theme is SUMMER. Our sponsor this month is Time for Tea Designs and I used Butterfly Fairy. There is another digi but with a toadstool and I kind of wish I used that one. lol Next time... next time.

Although it's hard to believe I used loads of Copic Markers for this little image. I sort of put together my card before I colored my image. I just needed some color inspiration and I grabbed some papers from BoBunny Country Garden 6x6 paper pad.




Materials used:
Copic Markers
Bo Bunny: Country Garden 6x6 Pad
Prima Marketing: Say It Crystals
La La Land Crafts: Butterflies Set Die
Magnolia DooHickey Dies: Lace Coaster
Wild Orchid Crafts: White Open Roses
Copic Various Ink & Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Don't forget to join in on the fun


Theme: SUMMER

 Special Thanks to  
Bunny Zoe's Crafts and Time for Tea Designs 
who are this month's sponsors at J.I.C.

Thank you for visiting. 

Hugs,

Katya Bess

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

JIC DT: Anything but a Square with Emma Canning digi

Hello my crafting pals and gals,

Here is another DT card for Just Inspirational Challenges with an Emma Canning Digi.

I used the digi called: Playing Dress Up. Special thanks Emma Canning for sponsoring us at JIC.

We were to make any project that wasn't a square shape... I decided to make it a Step card.


I used Kraft Cardstock paper for my base. I colored on Kraft Cardstock as well. I used Prismacolor Pencils to color my image except for the black in the hair. I used O.M.S. to blend\smooth my coloring.  I colored that with some Cool grey tones. 
I tried to give the 

I  used designer paper from Heart Warming Vintage Collection called Classic.  The pearls are from Prima Marketing called Say It in Crystals. The brad is from Bo Bunny.

Thanks for looking.


Katya Bess


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Saturday, April 26, 2014

JIC DT: Bingo Challenge

Hello Everyone!

Hope all is well.... Here tardy with my project been under the weather and on top of that my gadgets aren't working properly. The theme for this week's JIC Design Team A was to use the BINGO chart. You can use any line you want. I Chose BLUE, TWINE, DISTRESS and BRADS which was the 4th line across. I used a few other elements as well such as FLOWERS and GLITTER.

The two sponsors this week are Sassy Studio Designs and Eureka Stamps. For my project I chose Sassy Studio Designs- Maybe at another occasion I will be able to use the two sponsors.

I used Classic Marie Antoinette (click the link and it'll take you to the site to buy)

I used Copic markers, Bo Bunny 6x6 paper pad called Country Garden Collection, the Brad is from the same Bo Bunny line Country Garden Brads, Faber Castell for the gold bows then used Sakura gelly roll to make it shimmery. The roses are from Prima Marketing and those were a swap gift from Roz Wolfe - Love them thank you very much. :) The sentiment is from Prickly Pear's Mini Butterfly Stamp set and I bought it from The Stamp Room which is still at 40% off.
 Here you can see more of the shimmer on the bows, the eyelids and jewelry. 
The brad is from Bo Bunny's Country Garden Brads and roses from Prima Marketing. The white with gold twine was from Target. 



Hope you like it and still have a chance to enter the challenge at 


Thanks for stopping by,

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

JIC DT: Embossing

Hello My Crafty Buddies,

Here with another Team A challenge from Just Inspirational Challenges. This week's challenge is EMBOSSING and we are sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps.

I used a round sentiment from Mother Sentiments and Angel Bear (click on the links and you right to them at the shop.)

Here's my card.


I used Copic markers, Copic Spica Atyou glitter pens and Sakura Gelly Roll to color my image.

Bear: E79, E57, E23 & E31
Wings: W3, W1, W00 and Clear Stardust
Halo: Y28, Y26 & Y23 Then Gold Copic Spica and Clear Copic Spica.
Background/Edge dots: B0000 and B21

For the embossing I used is An A2 sized Cuttlebug embossing folder called 
D'Vine Swirls. 
For the paper I'm not sure... I'm missing the cover...Ooops... but I know I 
bought it at Michael's and it may or not be Recollections All Seasons 6x6 paper pad.

That's about it. Don't forget to link up your projects over at

Thank you Stitchy Bear Stamps for sponsoring us at 
Just Inspirational Challenges this week.


Thanks for looking. Please leave a comment if you liked something. ;) 


Katya Bess


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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

JIC DT: Monochromatic SSD

Hello Crafty Peeps :)

Here with another Design Team A card for Just Inspirational Challenges. This week I'm very happy that we got to have Sassy Studio Designs as our sponsor. Thank you very kindly SSD (even my hubby likes the image- I think it's the hair... what do you think? [giggles])

Her name is Sexy Cupid Sassy and you can purchase her at http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/ on blog date Feb. 15, 2014.

When I got my image I was too excited about the image and realized that I hadn't colored her as a monochrome (ooops!) LOL So I'll have to post that one another day, plus it's not a card yet. Ha! Okay, I colored this one in Sepia sort of tones with Copic markers - mostly E30's.

The Paper is from Prima Marketing: Julie Nutting "Buff A4 paper pad"
I bought from one of my favorite small business online shops:
ah she (Kina) still has it on sale 40% off. I also bought the tiny clouds from her shop
but couldn't find them anymore to give you the link. 
The sepia was a little challenging for me... 
I was almost getting used to coloring with the same
color combo for skin/hair/eyes
In the end even with some marker and paper booboos I had fun... just don't look too close. 

 Have to give credit to the poet. I found this Haiku online. I read it and I instantly loved it :)

Beautiful angel 
With dark brown eyes staring with 
A heart filled with love 
Haiku poem by India Wilridge

I felt like it matched this image wonderfully. 
Here's an extra picture- it shows the colors a little truer than the first picture 
and shows the tiny dies a little better.

Don't forget to visit
and enter the challenge and of course the sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs.

Thank you so much for visiting. 

Katya Bess

Entering my card at:
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Monday, March 10, 2014

JIC DT Spring Challenge and Blog Hop

Hello Crafty Friends,


Welcome to our first Just Inspirational Challenges DT Anything Goes Blog Hop. 
If you're just paying me a visit- thank you very kindly but if you'd like to win some prizes you can hop along and start at Caroline's page. I've included a list of the hop at the bottom of the post for reference. 
There will be more details about the special prizes and all of the sponsors at http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

If you'd like to participate in the challenge:
You must be a follower at "Just Inspirational Challenges" Blog.
Leave a comment on the blog of every member of the DT participating in the blog hop. 

This is the card I created with the image provided by: http://www.encinostamps.com/ 
The image is called Annie as a Baker (if you'd like to buy it, just click the link.)
            
I had to retake the photo in the daylight... although the other photo (below) wasn't so bad 
just that I wanted to show the truer colors.

I love this 6x6 paper stack it's from Prima and it's called The Optimist 
I bought it from Kina at the http://www.thestamproom.com/, she is just awesome seller
and has some very good deals every month. Check out her store sometime. 

Here is the inside. I fussy cut part of a paper and added it to the top. 
I thought it would be neat to write a note inside with an opaque jelly roll, 
so I went with the black chalkboard paper. 

I used the sketch on the right to help me complete my card. :)


I hope you like it. Next in line for the hop is Pam


Thanks for stopping by,


Katya Bess
Entering my card at:
Use the sketch provided
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Egg-stra Special Friend

Hi Everyone,

Here with another fun project and monthly challenge at SBS.

I used SBS digi stamp Chickie Elisabete and for the background I used a Magnolia cling rubber stamp but I used baby wipes to change a few lines as well as paper piecing. I hope you like it... took me some time to make this card but it was fun either way.

 Something new I tried. It's an easel card with two mini easels...
The sentiment us is one of SBS digis that came with the monthly challenge images. 

Here is some of the paper piecing and altering the image a bit with baby wipes... 
This is before I colored a little bit with my Copic markers. Took me a while to finish it because 
I hadn't noticed that my baby ran off with my rubber stamp. I saw that she took something 
and ran off I just looked for my scissors and saw that they were still on my desk so I didn't bother
to run after her... now I can't find my Magnolia stamp :( (booohooohooo)

Close up of Cheekie Elisabete. I love her. 

Thank you so much for looking. I hope you liked my card. 


Hugs,

Katya Bess


I will be entering my card at:

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