Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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:
























Elizabeth Melih (Emily Shroom here) http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/











You are here--> Katya Bess http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/








Veronica Chasteen Rosenshein http://www.artbyveronica.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







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Friday, March 8, 2013

Green Eggs...

Hello Everyone!

Just popping in for a second to show my card.

Betty at Simply B Stamps creates these pretty awesome stamps and often shares with us for free ;) but we have to use the image her monthly challenge. This month's challenge Betty and her partner in crime, Corinne Jones, gave us an option to use a male or female but we couldn't see the image yet... all we had to do is e-mail Corinne stating we wanted the image either in male or female form. I have so many female digis so this time I said male. LOL I so want to female version too but I'll save my pennies for that one and buy it later.
This past month challenge was held atSimply B Stamps Fan Group (It's a closed group so if you want to join just send her a message on facebook... lots of chit chat about everything...mostly joking around with our friend Corinne and sharing our work with each other... there are also fun swaps and tutorials.) Okay, this past month the challenge was "NO Pastels" using either Bunny Ears Judy or Bunny Ears Scott. You can find them here:  http://simplybstamps.net/category_202/Sweet-Gothic-Kids-Easter-Digis.htm They're on sale right now I just noticed ;)

Simply B Stamp digi stamp used: Bunny Ears Scott
This is for my brother David (he actually kind of looks like this digi LOL.) He just got back from New York and is going back soon. I found a joke online and thought it was perfect for him. 
"What do you call a city with 20 Millions Eggs?" 
Inside it reads: "New Yolk City!" 
LOL yes, kind of corny, I know... but it's all in fun.

I used only Greens and Warm Grays- All with Spectrum Noir markers. 
Used a Tim Holtz -brick wall embossing folder on core'dinations cardstock and distressed it with an emery board (nail file), the designer papers are from K & Company- Sheer Simplicity Green 

Sketch I used: I realized my panels got covered by the oval die after I glued it...
hopefully it doesn't disqualify.


Entering my card at:

 Use Sketch provided. (#4)
All shades of GREEN (All neutrals (browns, blacks, whites, creams are okay to use) (#13)
Use green somewhere in your creation. (#243)
Use GREEN as the MAIN color. (#81)

That's it for now.
Thank you all for visiting. 

Katya Bess
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Valentines Bucket Swap Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all are having fun seeing what our swap buddies gave each other. If you're coming from Wendy's blog www.jazzydoodledesigns.com then you're in the right place. If you're just coming over to visit (awww thank you very much) please head on over to Simply Betty's Blog. The hop line-up is at the bottom of this post. 

My swap buddy was Roz from Florida, very nice lady. Can't belive how many things we have in common from tv shows, to food, plants and crafting ;) Roz got me all of these goodies many which I have not used before and wanted to get but hadn't yet. 

Love my goodies Thank you so much Roz.
This is her blog
http://www.wolfepak5.blogspot.com/
show her some crafty love :)
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I got a bucket online and the things I got a little to happy buying didn't fit
on her bucket so I decided to make her an Valentine's Day heart box
with the colors I think she'd like from what she posted on SBS fan site on FB.
The box is like 10"x11"
and I used one of Simply Betty's Digital stamps
My Funky Valentine Betty digi

I painted the heart and roses I made with pearlescent acrylic paint
but it's hard to tell from the pictures. Everything is very shimmery.

 Note* I forgot to add the colorbox that's in the heartbox :(
but I added a bag of Tootsie Rolls before I took it to the post office.
Roz stated she loves dogs so I bought these peachy keen face stamps
I hope she loves them 'cause I don't have those myself. LOL
Those are some of the flowers I made and hand painted as well.
At Simply Betty I'm noticing that there are many many Steampunk
challenges and digis so I decided to go that route when buying the goodies. 
I bought some of those things for myself and I haven't done steampunk besides
this heart box but hopefully I'll be able to start learning this Steampunk style.
I wasn't a Halloween person but Betty's images are so cute... I think I'm a bit
of a Halloween convert lol.
Anyway enough chatter from me... can you tell I'm at home with kids all day?
Heehee... next up is Stacey http://anastasiasarts.blogspot.com/ . Enjoy the hop everyone!

& thanks for visiting.
Katya Bess


Vanessa
Jennifer
Roz
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Kids Cricut Valentine's Day cards 2013

Hi there Crafty Peeps!

A little late posting on my blog... some of you gals may have seen these on Facebook where I posted before Valentine's day. These are the little cards I made for my Kindergartner daughter:

Using Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge and a Peachy Keen Stamp for the eye
Using Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge and Peachy Keen Stamp for the face
 The little cards measured 3.5" x 4"
from an 8.5 x 11 sheet of cardstock I made 
3 cards and only had to trim off half an inch.
Originally I made 17 boy cards and 8 girl cards
but the decided to make a few more (not pictured)
Along with the cards she gave Valentine's Day heart candy boxes.

Yup, there were lots of cards but surprisingly didn't take as long as 
coloring. I "coached" my daughter into choosing characters that
didn't have too many layers... 'cause at first she wanted Hello Kitty 
cards for all of the girls. If I hadn't started as late as I did I sure would 
have 'cause I love Hello Kitty. Maybe next time... Easter maybe.

Thanks for visiting.

Katya Bess

Places I entered my creation:
http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/2013/02/exciting-news-at-cricut-cardz-challenge.html
challenge #125 Critter Cuties (I'm entry #36)
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Burlesque 2 Bloghop


Hi Everyone!

I bet you're having a super fun time hoping. I you're coming from the very creative Miss Laura's blog http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/ then you're in the right place, if not then you'd want to start at: Simply Betty's Stamps Blog: http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/

This was colored like a month ago and we all had to keep them a secret this entire time. Here is my card:

I used Betty Pucker Up digi stamp
You can find here:
If you've shopped here before you'll notice the price reduction on these fabulous stamp ;)

I hadn't added a sentiment since I wasn't sure I was going to give it to
one of my girly friends or my hubby.
I used both Copic and Spectrum Noir to color her up.
The Paper is from a 6x12 double sided paper pad I have from Crafty Secrets. I love that paper!

It's not very well pictured but I colored her legs first,
then I used a Sakura gelly roll to draw in the stockings in a cross pattern
so they look like very sexy shimmery and sheer stockings.
I used the Copic Spica glitter pen to add to her lipstick (both the lips and tube).

That's it for now ladies and gents. Sorry couldn't show more at the moment. I colored more but
with my daily tasks didn't get a chance to put them on cards YET. You
will definitely see more of these little ladies they're so much fun to color.
Thank you so much for stopping by -- Leave a comment let me know you stopped by ;)
Next up is the my fun, super talented and angelic bloggy friend, Miss Sharon http://www.mrslumpys.blogspot.com/

Here's a list of the blog hop.
Your are here:----> Katya - http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/

Thank you,

Katya Bess




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Friday, February 8, 2013

Happy Birthday Rio + Bloghop

Hello Everyone!

Hope all is well and having fun hoping with the SBS gals and fans.
You have to start at SBS http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/ because you don't want to miss out.


Here is my card:
Image is Zombie Rio
Happy Birthday Rio J.F. Hope you are having so much fun!!!
Rio loves rainbows so I made her outfit very colorfull.
I colored with the clothing with Copic markers
and the skin with Spectrum Noirs.
I tried to give her the "undead zombie skin."

Skin: Spectrum Noir FS2, BG1, BG2
Cheeks: Spectrum Noir FS2 and CR5
Eyes: Spectrum Noir (Sclara) IG1 + Blender (Iris) BG10
Skirt: All Copic B02, B05, YG03, YG09, R17, R39, YR04, YR07, Y35 and Y23
Open Flesh: Copic E07 and R81
Bone: Spectrum Noir GB10 + Blender
Lips: Copic R81 + Copic Spica: Clear
Heart: Copic R37
Book: Copic B24
Shoes: R17, R39, E41, C1 + Blender

The letters spelling out her name were cut 
with my cricut machine with cart Country Life
I chose that one because the letters sort of look like bones. 
The sketch is from 
The Sweet Shop
SSS196

Here is the blog line-up:
Corinne http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com & Lisa Nelson









You are here---->Katya : http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/
Trishthedish http://www.scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.ca/  
Sharette: http://www.scrappernthemaking.blogspot.com/
Summer: http://www.1craftypainter.blogspot.com/
+1 more added late ;)
Dianna : http://www.diannas-craftyplace.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stopping by

Katya Bess

I entered my card at:
http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2013/02/sss196-february-2.html
I'm entry#40- Use sketch provided

 http://blog.oozak.com/2013/02/anything-goes-challenge-with-your.html
Entry#102- Use your favorite color combo (What can I say? I love all colors especially brights... heehee)
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