Connie Can Crop Design Team

Dear scrappers, 
I'm so happy to announce that I will start designing for Connie Wallenbrock @ Connie Can Crop 

along three other talented crafters:

Angela Corcoran

www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com

 

Audrey Dickinson

www.kricutkreations.blogspot.com

Chriss America Real

http://chrissandlou.blogspot.com/

- See more at: http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/#sthash.1ty11qtG.dpuf

Please visit their blogs, say hi and follow them as well as me in this new adventure, filled with blog hops, challenges, freebies, and so more. 
Thus starting July 1st you will see a totally new blog here...

I will post more details soon,
Have a very blessed day,
Vicky

Texas Star/ Banner

Dear scrappers,

One more for today, This is my latest project:

I got the inspiration from 2 challenges:

Heart to Heart challenge: around-world-maps

I used the Texas shaped flag of Texas.

and some of the famous Texas Wild Flowers for the Love of Plants challenge At the Simon says stamp blog: monday-challenge

For more details in how to make this project, please visit the Snap Guide I made: :make-a-texas-star-banner

Thank you for your patience with me today,
Happy blogging and creating
Vicky Tovar

Spring Frame

Dear scrappers,
Second post during the same day and using up the opportunity of my Surface...
I had some left overs of my Sweet Sentiments Graphic 45 paper and decided to make a more spring themed frame.
I used as inspiration de Simon says Monday Challenge: Love of Plants

Here is the finished frame:

This is a more playful version than the previous Easter frame. I used more glitter glue for the middle frame. I also decided to leave the frames without background to get more depth. I also used more the vines between the frames to get a more unified feel.

This is a closeup of each one of the single panels.
The materials were the same as before...
I hope you enjoy this project as much as I did,
Have a wonderful day
Vicky Tovar

Graphic 45 Easter Frame

Dear scrappers,

I'm trying to catch up with some projects I did lately and haven't shared with you yet.
I have tried to post this since a while, but finally I had to re-install BloPress in my iPad... And still can't access my picture libraries... No cool...
Oh my, after so many times trying to post from my iPad, I finally gave up and I'm trying to post from my surface computer...

Here is a Sweet Sentiment Easter Frame that I did for for a class in April.

 I started with this more flat version of a 3 spaces wooden frame I found a while ago at Walmart.

 And did some new ones using this 3 spaces with hinges frame I bought at Michaels.

 I used the back of the frame and painted it with creme acrylic paints and distressed it out with Mustard seed ink (Ranger).
I added pieces of the Graphic 45 paper and heat embossed some stamped borders directly to the frame and distressed it with twilight ink.
 I used some packing cardboard and peeled off one side to use as grass. I added some inks, and paints, to a plastic plate and spritzed water to blend it the colors, then just dipped the fussy cut "grass" pieces.

At the end, I distressed the whole frame with different glitter glues and stamped the edges of the frame using twilight ink (CTMH). Stamps used were from Graphic 45 Sweet Sentiments.
I added some eggs washi tape to cardstock and cut around the eggs to use as embellishments.

Here is some closeups from the final frames.

BTW, I am entering this project to the Simon Says Stamp Blog's monday challenge: love-of-plants
I am displaying in these frames different acrylic flowers, glitter distressed flowers, and many vines...

I will be posting every day some of my accumulated work during the next few days...
I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to follow my blog and leave some comments,
Have a very blessed day,

Vicky Tovar

Teacher appreciation gifts

Dear scrappers,

After a long break of publishing, I'm back and we one of my latest project I did for children teachers (spoilers alert)...
I used the latest CCC3 challenge 27 (embossing diffusers)
This challenge was sponsored by
Inspiration Imporium
I really enjoyed doing this challenge as it brought me out of my creativity box...
Here is a picture of the complete project, one letter for each teacher:

This time i will have my pictures do all the talking and tell the story:

 the technique, which you can find at CCC3, page 61
some distressing and measurement.

Inks, paints and stains from ranger and colored the apples for the embellisments...

 I used some of CTMH stamps and also from TH...

I got creative to make a ribbon hanger for the finished letters...

 The finished O and some distressing of the embellistments

 The finished P...

The finished project, I hope you enjoyed this project leave me some comments...

Have a great and very blessed weekend,

Vicky

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Hopscotch Layout for my club

Dear scrappers,
I wanted to participate in some games and challenges and had some leftover paper from my Hopscotch paper and its complements.
When I saw the challenge at:
use your stuff , I immediately though about the hopscotch complements because this challenge featured an sketch using the honeycombs and those the ones from the complements were perfect.

Additionally. I wanted to play in the hopscotch game at the Make From Your Heart Blog and since I am teaching my scrapbooking club tomorrow using the hopscotch papers and WOTG, I decided to use the previously mentioned sketch and play.

 A closeup of the title and embellishments:

 I even used the negative part of the stickers as embellishments:

 The other side and the balancing act with the negative part of the sticker:

I always like to show my students that besides the bonus sketch displayed in the WOTG, they can use their paper leftover and just add some cardstock  for their background and use the sketch from the WOTG differently and make it their own. Those I kind of combined both sketches:

This layout was super easy to make and using the WOTG and complements really make scrapbooking a breeze...
I hope you enjoy this idea and please leave some comments
Have a very blessed week,

Vicky

It's a Boy Minialbum

Dear Scrappers,
Two post in one day, great, you can see that I gave up TV for lent ;-)
More time to create and to keep up with my blog :-))

I used this time as inspiration the challenge posted in:
Use your stuff:

Challenge #173 - Circles

 I made this book for my Mother in Law for her birthday, I am highlighting in it my son's first year:

 I used many cricut cuts and a minibook cutout I got long time ago.

I used some acrylic cutouts as embellishments and some rhinestones, inks and markers from CTMH and may many CIRCLES... the cardstock, I used as mats and for my cricut cuts , came in my first consultant kit  from 2007 (CTMH) and it was textured and had lighter backside.

I was fun using my older batch of supplies...

I hope you enjoyed my minialbum and make some comments,

have a wonderful weekend,

Veronica