Wench Designs

My HUGE Christmas sale!!

2011-12-19T13:15:00.000-05:00

I am having a HUGE Christmas sale for the rest of December.
You can get pretty much any of my products for 50 cents a piece!
PU, CU, Tagger size and Full size.
Or you can buy my whole tagger store, minus the vampire diaries kits, for ONLY $5!
That's well over 40 kits for ONLY $5!
You get kits for about 10 cents a piece! What a bargain!
Then go ahead and grab those VD kits for 50 cents *wink*
So please check out either of my stores in the links to the right.
There's something for everyone!

Hugs
Vella

Just a Sale update...60% off!

2011-10-04T10:06:00.002-04:00

You can grab my stuff on sale for 60% off at all of my stores this month.
The only things not included are bundles, everything else is. Yes, including my vampire diaries inspired kits.
Of course you can always grab all my tagger kits for $10! There is a bonus extra kit if you buy the bundle at Treasured Scraps (because its an exclusive to the store)
Just remember, the tagger bundle does NOT include my inspired by the Vampire Diaries kits...but since they're on for 60% OFF, you can grab them relatively cheap.
Have a great day!
Hugs
Vella

Collab kit, New'ish' mini tagger kit and Buy my tagger store 2011

2011-09-30T09:58:00.000-04:00

Wow a lot of news for someone who's not online much anymore lol.
First of all, Treasured Scraps
is having it's anniversary sale this weekend. The store has come together to have a storewide sale, everything 25% off or better. In fact, my sale is much better, but I'm having a brain fart to how much I've signed up for, (maybe 70% or something) but it IS better than the 50% everything is on sale for right now. So make sure you check it out this weekend.
But also, we've made a tagger kit collab and a CU grab bag for this occasion. I didn't have time for the CU part, but I did manage to make a kit. Not too bad for a quick kit I think.
Here's a preview

Now, I added a newish mini tagger kit to my stores as well. It was once a collab kit from one of my stores, only available in full size, but I've decided to sell it separately as a tagger kit. It's only $1 regular price, but right now you can get it for 50 cents, or wait until the weekend over at Treasured and you can get it even cheaper.
Here's the preview

And, *trumpets play*, LOL!

I've finally managed to get another Buy my tagger store up. You can grab 43 kits (44 in treasured, cause one of them is an exclusive to that store) for one LOW PRICE! Only $10!!!!
That's for all of my kits I've created until mid 2011. This DOES NOT include any of my kits belonging to my inspired by the vampire diaries collection, but it Does include my shades of collection.
You can grab this huge deal at Treasured or at The Creativity Box now, soon to be at Whisprd Designz.

Now, promise me you'll all have a great weekend!
Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ Katherine, inspired by The Vampire Diaries and a FREEBIE!

2011-09-21T09:39:00.000-04:00

I managed to get my new Katherine kit uploaded and in my stores quicker than I had anticipated. That's good news, right?
The regular price for the kit will be $2.50, but you have until the end of the month to grab it for ONLY $1.00! That's 24 papers and 125 elements! What a savings!
You can get the kit at either The Creativity Box or Treasured Scraps right now. It should be up in Whisprd Designz by tomorrow. Links are on the sidebar.
I also have some extras I left out of the kit, so now you can grab them for free! Everyone loves free stuff, am I right?

Here is the preview once again for my Katherine kit

And here is the preview for the extras, not everything is shown, obviously lol

You can grab it HERE

I haven't started on a new kit yet, but I got the color palette, so that's a start, right? lol.
Have a great day everyone!

Hugs
Vella

Update and a Sneak Peek of my next kit ~ Katherine

2011-09-19T09:47:00.000-04:00

I have now finished uploading my new Stefan kit to all three of my stores. It is on sale until the end of the month for only $1 at all of them. My links are on the sidebar.
Don't forget! The rest of my items are also on for 50% off.

Now, I told you I was almost finished my next kit, inspired by The Vampire Diaries, and I did finish it! It's called, Katherine. Now I don't have it up yet, because I need access to my mil's computer, but I swear it will be up before the end of the week. I will also be posting some extras I made for free with it. The kit is huge as it was, 125 elements, but with the extras...well it was way too big lol, so you get the extras. I made them, might as well share, right?
So, here is the sneak peek of my next kit.

Oh, it will also be put on sale when it's finally up, so look out for that. For such a huge kit, you'll get a great deal!

Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ Stefan - Inspired by The Vampire Diaries, a free desktop background and a sale

2011-09-15T10:10:00.000-04:00

Well I managed to get my newest Vampire Diaries inspired kit, entitled, 'Stefan' up in one of my stores. The rest to follow as soon as I can get some time.
It's a tagger sized only kit with 24 papers and 78 elements. The regular price for the kit will be $2.50 BUT I have it on special until the end of the month for only $1.00!!!! I'm also having a 50% off sale on the rest of my items.
You can find it at The Creativity Box right now if you go HERE

Here is a preview of the kit

I also have a little gift for you. Its a desktop background I made with elements from the kit. One has Stefan's name on it, the other does not. They are in PSD format so you can easily add a picture in the frame. It is made for a wide screen computer. I can't remember the size at the moment (i know my bad) but I believe it's 1680x1020 or something like that. As long as you have a widescreen, it should fit, should, no guarantees *wink*
Here is a preview of what it looks like (click on the image to see full size)

And HERE is the download link

I'm working on Katherine's kit next. It's actually almost done, so I hope to have it up soon.

Have a great day!
Hugs
Vella

Just an update

2011-09-12T09:55:00.000-04:00

I am still officially offline as of now and not sure when I will be back. But that doesn't mean I'm not working, because I have been.
Right now I'm using the library computers, so I can't upload any kits to my stores, but I do have a finished one that I will upload as soon as my MIL gets hers back up and running (If she ever calls them to fix it)
It is my second kit in my Vampire Diaries collection, called Stefan. I even made a desktop background with it that I will be giving away for free, as soon as I can.
As for my next kit, I'm kinda in between. Really I should be going in a logical order, so the next one would be called Elena, but I think the Katherine one is gonna end up finished before that because it's inspired me more, ya cause shes a bad girl I guess lol.
So while Im officially away, I am still at home playing when I can. Hopefully things will work out for me sooner, rather than later.
I wish everyone well.

Hugs
Vella

A Sale and a note

2011-07-06T07:39:00.000-04:00

First off, I am having a 60% sale for the whole summer at all of my stores.
So make sure you don't miss out!

Secondly, I will be offline for some time and I'm not sure when I will be back.
Money issues have finally caught up with us, so my internet is disconnected and will be until I am able to pay the bill. I'm not sure when that will be, but I'm guessing it will probably take most of the summer.
I hope all of you are well and are in a better place than I am. Stay safe.

Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ Funky Fresh and the rest of May sale

2011-05-18T12:35:00.000-04:00

Finally, I have released my kit Funky Fresh in all of my stores.
The regular price is $1.75 but i am having a sale right now for 60% off.
Essentially you could get this kit for 70 cents...i think lol. Something like that.
Just about everything in my store is 60% off, except for my Damon kit. It's actually a little less than that. It's on sale for only $1.00!!
So head on over to my stores, links on the right, and grab up some great kit for great prices while you can!

Hugs
Vella

Starving Artists!

2011-05-06T12:18:00.000-04:00

It's that time again! Time for the Starving artists store train!
Many wonderful scrappers have beautiful kits, each for only $2 no matter how large!
Check out the starving artists blog for more information and links to all the kits

You can buy my portion at 3 of the 4 stores I sell at. Check out the links on the right.
Here is the preview....

This is the first kit I used mainly Photoshop. Only the scripts I used and the preview were done in PSP.

I think there was more to say, but I didn't sleep well and I'm having problems remembering. So maybe I will be back later on to post again LOL!

Hugs
Vella

New tuts and tags with my kits! Also, more kit news and sales!

2011-05-04T14:11:00.000-04:00

I have a few tags and tuts to share. Most are from my most recent "Damon" kit. But I also have a tut with a kit that is part of a store collab called "Funky Fresh"
You can get this kit free with any $10 purchase at Stargazer Scraps, along with kits from several other awesome designers.
If you can't swing that. This kit will be released separately in a couple of weeks. Just keep an eye on this blog for the announcement.
Oh and I will have a new kit on sale on the 6th. It is a starving artist kit. I will post more about it tomorrow. I'M BACK!!! he he he
And also, many of my stores will be having HUGE sales this weekend. Saturday is National digital scrapping day or something like that. Honestly I forget *blush* BUT BUT BUT Sunday is Mother's day and I did remember that lol. So there will be huge sales that I will be a part of. I will post more maybe tomorrow or Friday about it.

Now, on to the tag and tuts.

This first tutorial was done by Bev from HorsePlay's Pasture.
I have loved her tuts and templates for so long, it was an honor to have her work with one of my kits.

You can find the tut HERE

This next tag was done by me. I haven't done much tagging lately, but I definitely couldn't pass trying out my kit.
I would have liked to have used pictures from The Vampire Diaries, but I know some people don't believe that is copyright compliant. I have spoken to people involved with the show on twitter, (executive producer), and they assured me, that as long as you are not claiming as yours or using any photos as a way to make money, then they have no real problems with people using photos for personal use. But, I didn't want to start anything, so I didn't.
The art of Anna Marine went with this kit very, very well.

This next tag is from one of my CT members, Felinesrus. I'm so glad she has stayed with me while my mojo ran away.
(sorry it's too wide for the blog, I couldn't get it to look right to resize it for the web)

These next 2 are from another CT member, Dawdy. I am so happy she stuck by me as well.

This next tut was done using the kit I mentioned above, Funky Fresh. Thanks to Dianna from Di Before Dawn tutorials for working with it!
Check out the tut, maybe spend $10 at Stargazer and get this kit for free, or wait until I sell it separately.

You can find the tut HERE

Here is the preview for the kit, so you can get an idea of what you're missing *wink*

Wow, that sure was a busy update! I will have to do this more often, like I used to.
Thanks so much everyone!

Hugs
Vella

New tutorial with my PTU kit "Damon"

2011-04-05T10:49:00.000-04:00

One of the wonderful Creative Team members from The Creativity Box store has made an awesome tutorial with my new "Damon" kit
You can pick this wonderful kit up for $1.75 at The Creativity Box right now and until the end of April.

Here is the tag

HERE is the link to the tut

Thanks!
Hugs
Vella

New PTU Kit ~ Damon, freebie add on and a sale

2011-04-03T14:04:00.000-04:00

I am back with a brand new kit!
It's a kit inspired by the TV show The Vampire Diaries, which is my new addiction and guilty pleasure.
My first kit had to be dedicated to Damon, that hot, sexy, unstable Salvatore brother.
Yes, I am Team Damon forever! lol.
In fact, I have also taken to writing TVD fan fiction. But that's a story for a different blog lol.
This kit is tagger size only, 72 DPI. It has 21 papers and 69 elements. The papers are all 800 x 800.
It's full of goodies you would expect, such as crows, blood splatters, wings, buttons, black roses (from the books), bloody frames etc, but also some special fog filled frames.
If you're Team Damon you definitely can't be without this kit!
You can find it in ANY of my stores, which you can find by clicking on a blinkie on the right under the heading Stores I Sell In.
The regular price is $2.50 but for the month of April you can grab it for only $1.75!!!
Everything else in my store is also on sale for 70% off for the month of April as well!

Finally, here is the preview!
Not everything shown.

I also made a freebie add on to go with this kit.
It is also tagger size, 72 DPI. There are 4 papers and 8 elements. Papers are 800 x 800.

Here is the preview

You can grab it HERE
Should open up in a separate tab, or window.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs
Vella

New PTU Kit ~ Friends of the Sea

2011-03-20T21:26:00.000-04:00

Well this isn't really a new kit. It's actually an older kit I made a long while ago for a charity collab. But I was searching through my files and found it and thought maybe I could sell it since the collab is no longer for sale. I think it's such a cute little kit and I worked hard on it, so why not, right?
I'm selling it for $2 at all my stores. It only comes in tagger size.
There are 16 papers and 37 elements in all.
I think I'm going to be running a sale this week, so keep an eye out here to see what I decide on.

Here is the kit preview

My store links are on the right, under the heading, stores I sell at.
Oh, and before I go. I may be giving away some free kits that were parts of collabs etc. So keep an eye out for that.
Thanks so much for stopping by
Hugs
Vella

New CU Textured Flower Overlays

2011-02-21T13:27:00.000-05:00

I have created some Commercial use textured overlays I am selling in my stores.
They are all from beautiful flowers I have taken photos of. My mother in law has a beautiful garden and I love taking photos of the flowers. Hurry up Spring lol.
There are 10 in this package, all 3600X3600 and at 300 DPI.
I am selling them for $2.50 at all of my stores.
You can get to my stores by clicking on a blinkie on the right.
I'm hoping my mojo is coming back, so I can actually begin creating scrapkits again. It's been way too long. Until then, hope you are all doing well.
Here is a preview of my overlays

Hugs
Vella

New tutorials with my Kupid Kitty PTU kit and tags with my newest kit, At the Pool Hall

2011-01-27T12:53:00.000-05:00

I kow it's been awhile, but i promise im working on new stuff, it's just taking me awhile to get them done.
I do have 2 wonderful tutorials from an awesome CT member with The Creativity Box store.
Before I show you, I've had to make a few of these smaller for my blog, but they are much bigger and ther copyrights are legible :)

Here is the first one called Kitty playtime

You can find it HERE

And this is the second one called Kupids love bug

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You can find it HERE

I also have tags that someone else made for me with the kit as well. Sorry if i posted these already. I didnt see them in my photobucket so not sure if i posted them before.

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Here are some wonderful CT tags that were done with my newest kit, At the Pool Hall

Hopefully I will have something new for you all very soon.
But before I go, check out the stores, I may have my stuff on sale for V-day. *wink*

Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ At the Pool Hall and a Pre-Christmas sale!

2010-11-21T21:14:00.000-05:00

Wow it's been way too long since I could say I've made a new kit, but I have!
I actually started it many months ago but my mojo had flown away. I can't say its back, but it seems to sorta be lol.
It's tagger sized with 28 papers and 76 elements, called At the Pool Hall.
I'm actually proud of the pool table shaped frame I made, especially since I was VERY rusty in PSP and PS. I couldn't believe how much I had forgotten in the past few month....ok, nevermind my rambling lol. The wordart is pretty cool too...IMHO lol.
Anyways, before I post a preview, I am also having a pre-Christmas sale on pretty much everything in my stores...50% off. From now until December 19th.
You can find my stores on the right side. Click on a blinkie to get there.

Hugs
Vella

CU4CU Nature Mix 1 & 2

2010-08-08T15:55:00.000-04:00

I know it's been awhile since I created anything new, but I've been having a creative block.
I got a new (new to me) camera and began taking pictures of flowers and things. It's a shame that they are only in 72 DPI, but that's prefect for taggers!
So I created these 2 packs so far, with flowers and leaves.
They are large sized and high quality, but like I said, not good for printing, but perfect for online use.
I hand extracted every one of these, I dont like when they have a dark edge to them.
Drop shadows are for preview purposes only.
You can pick them up in any of my stores right now for only $1 a pack!
Links are on the right ---->
Please read my CU4CU TOU, thank you!

Hugs
Vella

Summer Sale @ Treasured Scraps

2010-07-20T10:34:00.000-04:00

I have almost everything on sale @ Treasured Scraps for 80% off!
Yup EIGHTY!!
So come grab some scraps for a ridiculously small price!
From today until Aug. 31st!

Go >>> HERE <<< to get to my stuffAnd I am trying to get some new stuff up soon.HugsVella

Earth day sale @ Whisprd Designz

2010-04-22T16:00:00.000-04:00

Click on the pic or HERE to get to the store
Almost everything of mine is on sale for ONLY 37 cents!!!
Dont miss out cause its only for one day!

Hugs
Vella

SALES!!!!

2010-03-26T10:37:00.004-04:00

I am having an 80% off sale in all of my stores as well as a price reduction in all of my bundles. So click on a store link on the right to get to my stores.

Hugs
Vella

A Quick Update

2010-03-18T09:57:00.002-04:00

I am so sorry its been awhile since i posted anything.
My life has been hectic on top of being depressed, which i seem to be over finally and i was also busy writing.
I promise i will update more real soon as well as get some new stuff up here.

Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ Kupid Kitty

2010-02-01T14:48:00.002-05:00

Wow i got this kit done that was due and in time too LOL.
This kit was made for the starving artist store train.
If you recall, i did this once before with my My Colorful World kit.
There are MANY designers who have also have made kits with the same palette and they are located in several different stores.
All tagger kits are $2 each and full are $3, though my kit is in tagger size only this time because of time constraints.
I also have some tags but i dont have the time to post them, so i might be back later today or tomorrow to post them.

I went with the kitty theme again, this time for Valentine's day!
And there might be more kitty kits in the planning teehee.
This kit will be $2 until Feb 16th...or is it 15th, i dont remember lol
You can purchase it at either The Creativity Box, Stargazer Scraps, Treasured Scraps or Simply Beautiful Scraps.

Dont forget to check out everyone else's kit as well while you are there, click on the blinkie on the right to get to the blog about the train, or scroll to my store blinkies to get to where i sell.

Of course, the people in my scrap membership got this for free and before it was released in my stores. *wink*

Have a great day all!

Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ Long Distance Love

2010-01-26T11:16:00.004-05:00

Im sorry its been awhile since i posted anything new but my life has been busy and hectic as of late.
Im sure its boring so i wont bother you with rambling like usual LOL!
My new kit is called Long Distance Love.
A great kit for anyone who has ever had to love someone from afar.
It comes in tagger size only though.
You can grab it it any of my stores for $3

Here is the preview

My good friend Di even made these 2 tags with the kit already, she rocks!

I have also left some stores and joined one more, TKO scraps
I have yet to get everything into the store as its a very long process, but im working on it little by little. Hopefully it will all be done soon.
I do have a deadline for a kit though, so i have to get that done first and foremost.

BUT, i have been very busy and very behind on posting these tags made for me.
So instead of keep putting it off i will post them now.
Unfortunately some are Xmas and too late, but its not too late to buy the full size version to scrap those Xmas photos teehee.

These first 2 were made with last year's Valentine kit, My Treasured love

These next 2 were made with my shades of purple kit

This one was made with my, My Colorful World kit

These next 2 were made with my Kitty Kat Khristmas kit

Adn these next ones were made with my Merry Glitzmas kit

And last but certainly not least, this one was made with my Celebrate the Harvest kit

And just a quick note, in some of these tags the colors have been adjusted from their originals to match the art that was used.

Thats it! Now i gotta go run some errands and finally get started on that kit im so behind on. Hopefully i will make the deadline lol.
Have a great day everyone!

Hugs
Vella

Just an update

2010-01-13T21:58:00.003-05:00

I just wanted to update everyone.
I havent dropped off the face of the planet or anything LOL!
I have been super busy with blinkie orders the past couple weeks.
It seems everyone wanted new things for the new year!
I just got 2 new orders today lol.
So i am trying to find time to get a kit done and hopefully i will soon.
Hope your 2010 is going well!
Hugs
Vella

Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T06:40:00.001-05:00

I just want to wish all my blog visitors a Happy, Healthy and prosperous New Year!
I hope 2010 is your best year ever!
Hugs
Vella

Merry Christmas

2009-12-24T15:57:00.001-05:00

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
May you have a safe and happy holiday!
Hugs
Vella

Buy My Tagger Store Updated

2009-12-22T20:36:00.002-05:00

I have updated the Buy My Tagger Store @ Treasured Scraps
Its now all tagger kits i have made since i started to sell, so all from 2008-2009
A $102 value, only $12!!!!
You can purchase it HERE
Makes a great last minute Christmas gift *wink*
Here is the ad I am running

Buy my whole tagger store. Every tagger kit i have made to sell during 2008-2009
38 kits, various holidays and seasons and several exclusives I have not sold separately in any of my stores.
This even includes my Shades of Collection!!!
A $102 dollar value, yours for only $12!
You save over 88%!

These are the kits included:

A Bright Autumn Day
A Day at the Beach
A Little Bit O' Irish
Breast Cancer Awareness
Celebrate The Harvest
Fantasy
Have A Sexy Little Christmas
Hop To It
Just A Stripey Day
Kitty Kat Khristmas
Merry Glitzmas
My Treasured Love
My Colorful World
On Cloud Nine
One Haunted Night
Orange You Glad Its Christmastime
Purple Love
Purquoise Revisited
Rainbow Grunge
Rock It Like A Wench
Shades of Black
Shades of Blue
Shades of Brown
Shades of Green
Shades of Orange
Shades of Pink
Shades of Purple
Shades of Red
Shades of Yellow
Shiny Happy Christmas
Spring Sensations
Summer Fruits
Sweet Sundae Treats
Treasurversary
Wild & Feisty
Wintergreen
Xmas in July

(and the exclusives)

Only @ Treasured Scraps!

Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ Merry Glitzmas and some CT stuffies

2009-12-15T12:22:00.002-05:00

After working on my latest kit for over a week, it ended up WAY bigger than i planned lol. What else is new, eh?
This Christmas kit is so full of glitz, glitter and shiny stuff lol.
I have created it in both full page size kit and tagger size.
It has 34 glittery papers and 152 glittery elements, yes EVERYTHING has glitter on it.
Its up at 4 of my stores. Treasured Scraps, Simply Beautiful Scraps, Stargazer Scraps and The Creativity Box. Click a blinkie on the right to get there.
The full size is regularly priced $5.50 and the tagger size $3.75 BUT i am having a 40% off sale for the whole month and even this new kit is included.
Now it will probably be a bit before i create a new kit, with Christmas coming and having hubby home more. But i am also planning on joining a new store or 2 and leaving 1 or 2 as well. And also, going to revise my buy my tagger kit store bundle as well as doing a buy my full size store bundle. And of course i need a bit of play time to myself lol.
I also have some things made from the kit to show off while im at it, but thats after the previews. As well as some other tags and things made with other kits that i have been putting off for far too long.

So here is the preview of my new kit

First off, here are some things made with this new kit, Merry Glitzmas

This is a tag I made

This one is a Quickpage made by my CT Lilli
You are free to snag it and use it if you wish
Just click on the tiny thumbnail to get the full size and then right click and save

Here are some things created with my Kitty Kat Khristmas kit
(along with my header and layout of course lol)

The above one was made by Rose.
It is also a tutorial and you can find it HERE

The above one was made by Gail who is a member of my tagger kit membership

Next are tags made with my Xmas in July kit

There is also a tutorial with this kit, but i have no preview as i cant find my copy, my bad lol
You can find it HERE

This next one was made with my Have a sexy Christmas kit

Click on the thumbnail to see it full size, it was too large for my blog

It is also a tutorial which you can find HERE

These next 2 were made with my Shiny Happy Christmas kit and are also tutorials

The above one is also a tutorial which you can find HERE

Click on the thumbnail to see it full size, it was too large for my blog

You can find this tutorial HERE

And 2 awesome tags with my free A Kiss of WInter 2 blog train kit

Oops and i forgot, while there might be more i lost somewhere on my comp, i have to show this one even tho Halloween was awhile ago. Like i said, i need to try and keep up with these things lol. Maybe one day, but not yet lol.

Another awesome tag from my friend Di.

And dont forget, these wonderful kits are on sale for 40% off right now and for the rest of the month. I may have a special Christmas sale, but i havent decided yet. If and when i do, i will definitely post something here.

Have a great day!
Hugs
Vella

Its here again this year, A Kiss of Winter Blog Train #2!!

2009-12-05T00:00:00.003-05:00

Last year, shortly after i joined the wonderful store, Treasured Scraps, we had the blog train, A Kiss of Winter. I enjoyed it so much, when we were brainstorming for ideas, i suggested we do a part 2 and thats how the name was born. I almost didnt even get this kit done. I actually started it Thursday and finished it Friday, which was the due date. While there isnt as much in the kit as i would have liked, what is in there I think is great. I hope you will enjoy.
I believe most of the kits are tagger sized. Mine is. It has 8 papers and 32 elements.
Now dont forget, some people may not have theirs up yet because of time zones, but they will get them up, so just check back again later.

Here is my preview

You can download HERE

And here are the rest of the stops on this winter train

Treasured Scraps
Honored Scraps
Baby Cakes Scraps
Crazed Creations
DeBee Dezines
Heart of Essence
Heavens Designz
HezaScraps
Holy Scrap O'la
Laura's Designz
Schnegges Scraps
Scrappin with Lil Ole Me
Shells Scraps
Staceys Designs
Stargazer Musings
The Urban Fairy
Wench Designs <-- YOU ARE HERE

Hugs
Vella

All aboard the Holiday Train!!

2009-11-30T23:59:00.001-05:00

New PTU kit ~ Kitty Kat Khristmas

2009-11-23T16:30:00.002-05:00

After having a few brain farts LOL, i finally got this kit done. And this time it turned out much how i wanted, or maybe even better than i wanted.
I think its cute and i especially love the frame shaped like a cat's head :)
I have made this in full size as well as tagger. I think i might scrap some pics of my cat with it lol.
It ended up being way bigger than i intended, with 12 papers and 112 elements! So there is no end to what you can do with it!
The full size kit is $5 and the tagger size is $3.50
You can find it in any of the stores i sell at, blinkies on the right

Hugs
Vella

Tag Template #6

2009-11-19T22:35:00.002-05:00

Ok i made this template while i made this tag for it, so i thought i would share in case someone would like it. Seems like a waste to spend my time making it just for one use lol. So hopefully someone else will find a use for it too.

Click on the thumbnail to see the full size tag i made with it as well

You can download it HERE

Hugs
Vella

Helping Mr Elric

2009-11-16T14:12:00.002-05:00

This kit here in the slideshow is for sale to help a courageous 7 year old boy, who has brain cancer and his family

It is so much better explained on the website devoted to helping raise money for him
His parents had to fly out to be with him to get special cancer treatment, so neither are working now and we all know nothing is free
So if you want to help, check out the website
www.helpingmrelric.com
And you can purchase the collab kit, which i have donated to as well, for only $4!!
All proceeds go straight to the family to help pay his medical bills
You can find it at Baby V Dezign shop
http://babyvdezign.com/shop/

Hugs
Vella

Freebie Remembrance Day kit ~ We Remember

2009-11-10T21:07:00.005-05:00

Well i have been planning this for awhile now, but I only finished this kit today, *whew*
I have been trying to work on this for a few weeks but the past 2 especially
I would open up PSP and Photoshop and nothing would come
Then today it just kind of flew out there lol
I know many younger people these days don't have any idea what sacrifices were made during WWI and WWII, i know i don't, I was born in 1974. But I guess the school's I attended seemed to reach me.
I remember every year we would read the Flanders Fields poem over and over. And in the older grades we would have to memorize it and recite it. I never did memorize it though, like I said i have a terrible memory, while worse as I get older it wasnt much better when I was young lol.
I have started to notice not as many people wear poppies anymore. I know I lost mine, which I hate doing. I usually buy a few of them throughout the couple of weeks they are on sale.
While my own grandfather was kicked out of the army because he had flat feet, my husband's grandfather did serve, he was in the Navy. I couldnt even imagine what he went thru. He saw death, more of it than anyone should ever have to see. He was on the ships that would have to retrieve the dead bodies from the water after a battle. Im sure you dont want to know about it or even think about it, I know i dont. But its important to remember what these brave men and women faced, all for our freedom. My husband's grandfather survived the war, but it left terrible scars. He rarely ever spoke about what he did during those years. Until his death a few years ago, my husband had no idea what his grandfather had actually done during the war because he wouldnt talk about it. I wish for a time when we wont have to fight each other. But whether that ever happens or not, we can NEVER FORGET! Or their lives will have been sacrificed for nothing.
Before I get to the kit, I managed to create a layout with a picture of my husband's grandfather. Oh and i also made a quickpage to share with you all. And please dont forget, I began as a tagger and still am, so I am new to layouts and quickpages and things. This is all new to me, so please be gentle. I am going to have to post them as thumbnails because they are a tad too large for my blog.

This is the layout I created

If you want to see it full size, cause its distorted, then click the thumbnail below

And this is a sample of the Quickpage
The actual QP is 800 X 800, so this one has been resized to fit my blog and looks way better at full size

You can download the quickpage HERE

Oh and did I mention this is a full size kit??
All papers are 12 X 12 and at 300 DPI, so it can be printed.
Well here is the preview

You can download the kit HERE

And while sometimes I get discouraged when no thank you is left, if you arent going to thank me for this kit, at least say a prayer or have a moment of silence for those who sacrificed their lives so we could have the freedoms that we have.

Hugs
Vella

Another Halloween Freebie for you

2009-11-08T10:17:00.003-05:00

Yes, i know Halloween is over, but no reason you cant use this next year LOL
I had made this for a store collab and thought i would give it to you all as a freebie
Its not much, but its free and only in tagger size
Hope you like it

You can download it HERE

Hugs
Vella

New Blog Layout

2009-11-08T01:27:00.002-05:00

So how do you like my new blog layout?
I made it using my Xmas in July kit
I wasn't going to start Xmas now but it was about time to change my blog
I LOVE my Wild & Feisty one to death, but i need change, i don't like keeping things the same for too long
So guess this will be it until after Xmas, unless i make a new Xmas kit i am fonder of LOL!
Anyways, its 1:30am here so i better get to bed, hubby likes to wake me up early UGH!
Sweet dreams!

Hugs
Vella

National Scrapbooking Day!

2009-11-06T19:16:00.003-05:00

Well Saturday is National Scrapbooking day.
In honor of that, i am having a NSD sale in all my stores.
You can find all my scrapkits and CU items on sale for 75 cents for the whole weekend, starting now.
I am also leaving my Xmas in July kit at 75 cents for the rest of this month
And my Christmas kits bundle is on for $1 all month as well
Enjoy the savings!

Hugs
Vella

Tag Contest winners!!!!!!

2009-11-02T14:32:00.002-05:00

Well there were only 6 of you, but i would have had a really hard time to choose a winner, I thank the inventor of random.org cause i couldnt have done it without them LOL!
And since there were only 6 of you, i have decided to give the 5th and 6th place the same prizes, i hope no one will be upset with my decision.

So here is the smaller version of the names picked by random.org

And click on this one so you can see it was a screenshot taken from my computer and im not making it up. Not saying you dont trust me but this way you can see better. It was too large for my blog.

Thanks so much to all you ladies for entering. I appreciate it very much.
Now here are the "winning tags"

This one was made by the first place winner, Tonya.
It was done using my Shades Of Black kit

This one was made by the second place winner, Ella
It was done using my Sweet Sundae Treats kit

This one was made by the third place winner, Anne
It was done with my Rock It Like A Wench kit

This one was made by the fourth place winner, Lora (also known online as Auntie)
It was made with my Breast Cancer Awareness kit

This one was made by my fifth place winner, Joy
It was made with my One Haunted Night kit

This was made by the sixth place winner, Gail
It was made with my Wild & Feisty kit

I want to once again thank all of you ladies
I think i would have been really depressed if no one had entered
I will be emailing you ladies very shortly so i can get you your prizes, though it may take me awhile to upload it all, so you know
The tags are awesome and i love them

Hugs
Vella

Contest is Closed!

2009-11-01T10:25:00.001-05:00

Thanks to those who entered!
I will be announcing the winners either Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
Its been one of those weeks, so hopefully it will be done Monday but just in case i say by Tues lol.

Hugs
Vella

One Haunted Night on sale @ Treasured Scraps for only 75 CENTS!!

2009-10-30T20:38:00.002-04:00

Yup, that's right! Grab my Halloween kit, One Haunted Night, for only 75 cents @ Treasured Scraps
This sale is for today and tomorrow (Halloween)and thats it!
So grab it while you can
The link for Treasured is on the right under Shops I sell at

Hugs
Vella

Contest Update and a FREEBIE!

2009-10-22T11:45:00.008-04:00

Well i have a few entries for my contest but i would love a few more.
Of course you have until 11:59pm EST on October 31st so there is no rush, but please dont be late
You can find all info if you scroll down a bit on my blog or here is the direct link
http://wenchdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/10/wench-designs-contest.html

And of course, now for the freebie!

These are some papers i had started for a kit and then changed my mind about the colors and everything. They arent finished, i hadnt gotten around to adding texture or anything yet, so i will be allowing these for whatever you want to do with them. PU, CU, S4H, S4O and even CU4CU. Just dont throw them in a kit as is and claim them as your own, thats all i ask. Add some texture to them or something.
There are 9 of them and they are all 12X12 and at 300 DPI, so they can be used for full size scrapkits for printing.

Here is the preview

You can download them HERE

Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ One Haunted Night

2009-10-11T12:23:00.003-04:00

Well i finally found the Halloween Spirit.... no pun intended lol.
So i ended up with this kit. 16 papers and 144 elements, wow!
There is so much in this kit, from Cats to Bats, Webs, Candles, Crosses, Coffins, Treats, Bows, Trees, Haunted Houses, Charms, Witches and even a Frankenstein, i cant see you running out of ideas to do with it.
Its only in tagger size and can be found at any of my stores, blinkies on the right.
Its regularly $3.25 but is included in my birthday sale so its 50% off right now.
And my friend Di has once again made a stunning tag with it, which i will show you after the preview of the kit

To my fellow Canadians, I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!

Oh and if you're here for my Ghost train kit, scroll down a few entries

Hugs
Vella

Birthday Sale!

2009-10-06T08:51:00.002-04:00

Yup, this month is my birthday! So im having a huge sale!
Everything, except bundles, memberships and services are on sale for 50% off ALL month at ALL my stores!

If you're looking for the blog train just scroll down a bit.

Dont forget about my contest, some awesome prizes!

Hugs
Vella

Wench Designs CONTEST!

2009-10-05T12:10:00.005-04:00

CONTEST PARTICULARS

Make me a tag using ANY of my PTU kits, my stores will be on sale for 50% off this month to celebrate my birthday (not all of them are set that way as of yet) you will find my store blinkies on the right
Send me a tag or layout using any of my PTU kits
I need proof of purchase, so a paypal receipt would be best, send it along with the tag or layout (people with a current membership do not qualify as they get all my kits already)
I will NOT be judging the entries, the winners will be chosen by a random generator, so EVERYONE has a chance to win
This contest is open from October 5th thru the 31st (ends Oct 31st 11:59 PM EST) entries sent after this will NOT be accepted
If you enter you are agreeing to allow me to post your tags or layouts on my blog
ALL tags MUST have proper copyright info on them, if they dont then you will not qualify
I would like them kept to a width of 500 pixels, but this isnt a set rule, they just fit on my blog better that way, but if they are bigger thats fine too. Height doesnt matter.
Send all entries to ------------------------
Make sure the subject reads " Wench Designs Contest " NO quotations, this way i wont lose your entry
I will reply to you so you know i got it, so if you dont receive a reply in 24 hours or so, please send again

PRIZES

1st prize - 1 year membership for my scraps, Shades Of Collection and a $2 Gift Certificate for UpYourArt

2nd prize - Shades Of Collection and a $2 Gift Certificate for UpYourArt

3rd prize - 5 of my PTU kits of your choice and a $2 Gift Certificate for UpYourArt

4th prize - 3 of my PTU kits of your choice and a $2 Gift Certificate for UpYourArt

5th prize - 2 of my PTU kits of your choice and a $2 Gift Certificate for UpYourArt

Everyone else who doesnt win a prize will receive one of my PTU kits, your choice, for free JUST FOR ENTERING! (these will be given after the contest winners have been announced)

(Gift certificate amounts may increase depending on how many people enter. If you dont tag and find no use for the UpYourArt gift certificate, i will award you an extra kit instead)

So you cant lose!

Winners will be announced on or after Monday, November 2nd.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me and i will get back to you as soon as i can

Good luck everyone!

Hugs
Vella

Some tags from my "Shades Of" Collection

2009-10-05T09:36:00.003-04:00

I have had most of these tags for awhile and im only now getting to posting, im so behind on other things but something told me i needed to do this now lol. Im even going to update my slideshow, which is at the bottom of my blog, i can honestly say i dont remember the last time i updated it, a few months anyways.

These first ones are from my good friend Di (my unofficial CT lol)
I give her all the kits i make as a thank you for a huge favor she did for me a long while ago
We have never met in person but shes gotta be the most generous person i know

So these are the "shades of" tags, you can tell by the color which one it is, so im not gonna list them all

Dont those kick butt? I love her tags!

Now here is a tutorial from Babs using my Shades Of Yellow kit

You can find the tut HERE

Here are some more tags Babs made with various kits in my Shades Of Collections

And here are some wonderful tags, layouts and such from my newest CT Lilli, well shes new to my team but she has done CT work for me before, anyways lol
You will have to click on the layout pics to see them full size, and you must cause the little one is SO adorable

Arent those awesome? I love the layouts, isnt the little one adorable!!

And i got this tag in an email from Lavendar Girl.
She wanted to thank me for my freebies, this is with one of my free kits....i think it was the SNS blog train one, but well after making so many i lose track of names. Im bad with names lol.

Oh and for those who dont know about the "Shades Of" collection, view my blog post HERE

I will be posting about my contest VERY shortly

Hugs
Vella

Tag i made with parts of the Ghost Train

2009-10-03T17:29:00.002-04:00

I made this tag with different parts of the Ghost Train and i wanted to share it with you all.
Dont forget to check back next week, i will be having a contest.
Prizes will be a 1 year membership for my PTU kits, my "Shades Of" collection, individual PTU kits and some Gift certificates for UpYourArt.

Hugs
Vella

The Ghost Train Blog Train is finally here!

2009-09-30T23:59:00.001-04:00

The Ghost Train Blog Train is almost here!

2009-09-30T20:27:00.002-04:00

Well i should have posted this a week ago, but well you know me by now, right? lmao

My part will be up at midnight tonight EST.
I will be in bed but blogger will post it for me lol
Hope you have a great time grabbing all the freebies

Hugs
Vella

Wordart freebie #2

2009-09-27T14:29:00.012-04:00

Wow its actually been 10 days since i posted!?!
Well for once a have a really good excuse lol, i have been sick with a very bad chest cold. I have asthma so a chest cold is not a good thing for me, just glad that more often than not, they aren't chest colds. This one nearly knocked me on my behind for days and i almost went to the ER. But im improving every day and much better than i was days ago, so im not complaining.

Ok, so on to my reason for the post.
When i went school shopping for my daughter, we found these t-shirts that she just loved thanks to her new obsession with vampires and anything twilight related lol. And well i loved them too, i swear if i can find them in my size i will get them lol. Anyways, the one shirt has on it, Only Vampires can Love you Forever. And wow i thought that would make some awesome wordart. And well.... i was right! I think it turned out very good and its a little similar to the t-shirt, but with my own flare lol. Its in psp and png files so anyone can use it. I was going to make a tag with it but i havent had a chance yet, too many other obligations, but if i do i will share it with you all.

Here is the preview

You can download it HERE

Oh and before i go, dont forget to check back, hopefully this week will be the beginning of my contest, i just have a few things to catch up on first.

Hugs
Vella

Well it's here! The "Shades Of" Collection!

2009-09-17T16:23:00.005-04:00

Well i managed to find time to come and post and i'm doing this since i will be busy the next couple days with my daughter's birthday. Now before i get to this, i only have this kit in 2 stores right now, cause its taking me over 2 hours per store to get these all in the store and there are only so many hours of the day. Plus my hubby wont be happy i spent the day doing that and a blinkie order instead of housework lmao. At least i went out and paid the cable bill lol. So if you want it now, you can get it at Whisprd Designz or Treasured scraps, blinkies are on the right.

Ok, so my idea was a versatile collection that could match virtually any tag or layout you want. The "Shades Of" collection is shades of 9 different colors. Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red and Yellow. With the different shades, you should be able to match just about ANYTHING you want to. There are NO themes to any of the kits, so it should make it even easier for you. Now you will see why i've been so busy lol.

I have made this collection in both Full size and Tagger size, even tho i am only previewing the tagger, cause its alot of previews lol.
The kits are all sold separately and all together in a collection for a huge savings. The full size kits alone are $2.25 a piece, and the tagger kits are $1.75 a piece, freakin cheap i say! BUT...... The full size collection, if you bought it all separately would cost you $20.25, but i am selling it for $14! The tagger size collection, if you bought it all separately would be $15.75 but i am selling it for $9!! So i think this is a HUGE deal. So now for the previews. First the collection preview, then i will show you each of them close up, since you cant see much detail in the collection image....and i needed to shrink it for my blog, its actually a 600 X 600 image, not 500 X 500 but thats what fits my blog, you can see it in the store a bit better anyways lol.

Oh but before i do, keep an eye out on my blog, i will be having a contest to give away this collection to one, or possibly 2 lucky winners AND 2 runners up, maybe 3, depending on how many enter, will get to choose any ONE of my PTU kits for free. So keep your eyes peeled lol.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Hugs
Vella

Well its almost time for........

2009-09-16T14:51:00.002-04:00

Yup, its almost time for that big kit collection i was talking about a couple weeks ago. I think this is the most kits i have ever done in such a short amount of time. I think it was easier with no theme...you will see what i mean soon lol. The catch is, its taking a couple hours to get them up in one of my stores and i have SEVEN of them to do, so i will announce it here real soon. Now im going to be busy from Thursday on because its my oldest daughter's birthday on Saturday. She will be 13 UGH!! A teenager already, tho she already acts it grrrrrrrr. Anyways, i have shopping and things to do so im not quite sure when i will get everything done, so it may be a few days. Im hoping not, i have been excited about this concept for ages now. And now that its done its even harder. But i PROMISE i will get it done really soon.

Oh and before i go, i am going to be having a contest soon as a thank you. I will be giving away my collection to one lucky person, so keep an eye out for that too. And a few runners up will win a kit of their choice. How does that sound? Well make sure you keep an eye on my blog for the details ok?

Hugs
Vella

Weekend Sales

2009-09-11T10:46:00.004-04:00

I am included in some of the sales. I wont be going as low as 11 cents, but i think i chose 91 cents. Im crazy but not that crazy lmao. I am on sale all weekend, cant remember how low, but low, so check it out!

You can get all these sales @ Whisprd Designz

Whipsrd Designz is also having a Designer call
If you are interested in another store, check it out!
Take it from me, shes great!
Just go to the store, scroll down to the contact us link
http://www.whisprddesignz.com/store/

Hugs
Vella

Just some updates, sales and stuff

2009-09-09T09:36:00.003-04:00

I'm starting to get really bad with my updates. I have sales and havent been putting them on my blog UGH! So how do you all know about them if i dont?
So, i have everything, except my memberships, tagger bundle and services on sale for 75 cents across the board. Yup, 75 cents. So go and grab yourself some huge deals at Treasured Scraps while you can. The sale ends on the 12th.

And since people are already starting to tag Halloween kits, i just wanted to remind everyone about last years freebie, Bloody Halloween. I always leave my freebie kits up for anyone to grab. It was in the beginning of my scrapping but i think there are a few good things in that kit lol. I also had some bloody wordart that i think rocks, but thats me lol. So here are the links for them so you dont have to search for them

http://wenchdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-freebie-mega-kit-bloody-halloween.html

http://wenchdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/09/bloody-halloween-word-art-add-on.html

I am still working on that huge bundle. I wish i could say more, but you know good ideas can be borrowed, so i shal wait until im done. Im partially dont my 7th kit, then i have 8 and 9 and im done. Whew. I also have alot of store collabs and a free blog train coming up so i really wanna get these done. I wanna get Halloween stuff kicking, its my favorite "holiday" and always has been. Im thinking i might sorta add to my bloody halloween kit since it could go well with the vampire stuff thats so popular right now. I dunno, we will see. All i know is the standard colors are kinda boring to me so we will see.

Ummm i think thats it for now. I will come post again if i forgot something LOL

Hugs
Vella

New Commercial Use Overlays and a freebie

2009-09-04T09:51:00.003-04:00

It's been awhile since i made something for commercial use and after a million interruptions i finally got them done and in the store lol.
I also have a freebie for you all as a thank you for stopping by my blog.

They are a set of 10 leaf overlays which would be great for your fall kits and layouts. One set is just overlays and the second set has textures added to them as well, great for some quick papers. Both packs come in full size 12 x 12 and 300 DPI. The leaf set is $4 and the textured leaf set is $4.25 BUT right now they are exclusive to Treasured Scraps only. While its exclusive its also at an exclusive price. So for the next 2 weeks, you can buy either set for $3. After this they will go back to their regular price and i will release them in my other stores as well. So the next 2 weeks would be the best time to grab them! Click on the link above or on the Treasured Scraps blinkie to the right.

Here are the previews

And of course, here is a preview of your freebie.
It is one plain overly and one textured overlay, these are not the same as any of the ones in the store.

You can download the freebie HERE

Hugs
Vella

Tags, tuts and so much more....yes I'm behind again lol

2009-09-02T18:24:00.002-04:00

Well i am behind again in posting tags, tuts and layouts made by various CT members. So i will just post them and get on with it lol.

These first were all made using my Fantasy kit.
This is by far my favorite kit i made yet....well ok tied with Wild & Feisty lol

The above one is also a tutorial which you can find HERE

These next ones were made with my Wild & Feisty kit

This next one was done with my My Colorful World kit

It is also a tutorial which you can find HERE

These next 2 were made with my Xmas In July kit

Oh and you have to see the whole bunch of freakin awesome tutorials my friend Rose has written with my kits

You can find her blog HERE

This was made with my Spring Sensations kit

This was created with my A Little Bit O' Irish kit

This was created with my Free Stars and Stripes Blog Train kit

And i think thats it for the moment. Hopefully i havent missed any.
Well i do have a couple more but they are for kits i havent released yet, so you will see them ummmm hopefully WHEN i post the kits not after lol.

Oh and check out BabyV Dezign Scraps store. I have all my stuff on sale for $1, except services, bundles and memberships or course lol

Hopefully things will get a bit better once my kids go back to school on Tuesday. OMG a free day with no kids and hubby, im gonna probably be so giddy i wont get anything done lmao.

I hope you all have a great rest of the week

Hugs
Vella

Last Days of my Summer Promotion

2009-09-01T08:28:00.005-04:00

Until September 7th, you can purchase my memberships for $1 cheaper.
You can also purchase my tagger bundle for $2 cheaper
While it doesnt seem like alot, there is more!
For each purchase of a membership or tagger bundle, i will give you a FREE previously released kit of YOUR CHOICE!
All you have to do is email me at vellathewench (at) rogers.com with where you purchased and what free kit you would like and i will send you a link for the kit, easy right?
Wouldn't this be a great gift for a friend?
There is only a week left of this promotion, so make sure you grab this deal before it expires. Im not sure if i will do this again!

Oh and im still working on my huge bundle, im more than half way done and hope to have it done in a week or so, depending on my store committments, i have a few collabs to get done so hopefully i will have it done soon.

Hugs
Vella

Featured Designer @ The Creativity Box

2009-08-17T15:16:00.003-04:00

Click on the ad to get to the store

Hugs
Vella

A couple freebies for you

2009-08-17T10:12:00.003-04:00

Since i left the store these were made for, and im not in the mood to redo a preview, just to sell them elsewhere, i have decided to give these 2 tagger sized kits away.

The first one was originally a blog train kit that i left up for a couple weeks and then removed to sell. So you may have it already or not.

Here is the preview

You can download it HERE

This next one was part of a collaboration kit that was sold in the store. Now you can get my contribution for free.

Here is the preview

You can download it HERE

Ok i must get busy on to my really big project.
I would love to say more about it but i like to keep it a secret lol
All i can say is its a set of 9 kits that will be sold separately as well as in a bundle for way less, and they will all be able to be used together or as stand alone kits. There is no particular theme for them, except the color so they will be perfect for any tag or layout. And thats all i can say about that LOL.
Hope you have a wonderful week!

Hugs
Vella

Just an update

2009-08-13T10:54:00.003-04:00

Its been a bit since i posted so i wanted to update you all.

I have alot of CT stuff to post but im not sure when i will have time to get it up, hopefully soon.
But for now, im working on a very ambitious project lol. Its a series of 9 kits that will be sold as a bundle but i will also sell them separately as well. They will be in both full and tagger size, but the tagger size will come with bonus posers!
I have finished 2 of the 9 kits already and i just started them 2 or 3 days ago now, so not bad. I guess im hoping to have them done in 2 weeks at the most.

Well thats it for now, if i dont post before, have a great weekend!

Hugs
Vella

New PTU kit ~ Fantasy

2009-07-30T18:12:00.004-04:00

Well it took me a few days to get this kit done, and took me almost as long to upload and get into the stores LOL. Whats really funny is that its the shortest name i have ever had for a kit, but one of the biggest kits LOL! I made this kit in both full and tagger size. I thought it would be cute for layouts as well as tags. I've been told the colors are great and i think so too, i think they went really well together. 34 papers and 152 elements, 10 of them are beautiful posers. Told ya, i went a bit crazy with this one lol.
You can find them in any of my stores, the blinkies are on the right there, just click one. The full size is regularly $4.25 and the tagger size is $3.25, but of course, i have my stuff on sale in a few of my stores.

Oh but before i show you the kit, i have reduced my buy my tagger kit store from $10 to $8. Also, if you mention you seen it on my blog and of course email me proof of purchase, i will give you a free kit, any kit you want, even the newest one.
As well, i have reduced the prices of my tagger kit membership. Im not sure when i will raise the price again but for now, 1 year is $14 and 6 months is $9. Now it may sound like a lot because i only promise one kit a month, which is a bargain in itself BUT i make way more than one kit a month. My oldest member has been with me since February and she has already received 15 kits! Thats less than $1 a kit AND she still has 6 months to go!! Thats a HUGE bargain!!! And also, if you purchase a membership, either 1 year or 6 months and mention you seen it on my blog and of course email me proof of purchase, i will give you a free kit, any kit you want, even the newest one, so when is it a better time to purchase?? Im not sure when these promotions will end so why not grab em while they're hot!

Ok and now the previews for the new kit lol.

Have a great day or night!

Hugs
Vella

Birthday Bash @ Treasured Scraps!

2009-07-25T09:04:00.001-04:00

Click on the ad to get to the store

I am on sale as well, so check it out!

Hugs
Vella

HUGE sale @ The Creativity Box

2009-07-24T11:23:00.005-04:00

Click on the ad to get to the store.

I am on sale as well, so check it out!

Hugs
Vella

3 Things About Me

2009-07-23T20:05:00.003-04:00

Well Patty tagged me and while i dont have time to link to others i thought i had a minute to fill this out lol

3 Things About Me

THREE NAMES I GO BY:

Janey, Jane, Vella

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THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED:

Cambridge, Brantford, Woodstock all in Ontario, Canada
(these are the ONLY 3 places i have lived lmao)

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THREE THINGS I LIKE TO WATCH:

So You Think You Can Dance (Us and Canada), Hell's Kitchen, Wrestling

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THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN:

Toronto, Quebec, Vermont

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THREE OF MY FAVOURITE FOODS:

Spaghetti, Chicken Burgers (homemade), Pizza

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THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO:

Catching up my bills, school starting again LOL, getting a vehicle

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THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE PEOPLE:

My kids, my hubby and my parents ( i know thats more but its groups lol)

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THREE FAVORITE COLOURS:

Purple, Pink, Black

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THREE FAVORITE BOOKS:

All the Harry Potter books, The series by Jean M. Auel and David Eddings' fantasy books

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THREE THINGS YOUR GOING TO DO TODAY:

Drive, Eat, Do dishes lol

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PASS THIS IN TO 5 BLOGS TO FIND OUT

THREE THINGS ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS

Hugs
Vella

New tut - Fairy Godmothers

2009-07-22T15:20:00.003-04:00

I wrote a tutorial called Fairy Godmothers for Honored Scraps using her new PTU kit, Princess Tales. Its even on sale at her stores right now. Click on the Treasured Scraps blinkie on the right to get to the store, or you can find her blog HERE

You can find this tut HERE

Hugs
Vella

Tag Template #5 and new tutorial

2009-07-16T17:42:00.004-04:00

Well i made this template for a tutorial i was writing and i thought i would share it. Hopefully someone will find a use for it.

First tho, this is the tag/tut i made for it
I resized it to fit my blog so you will have to see it full size by clicking the tutorial link

This is using my new Wild & Feisty kit

You can find my tutorial HERE

I also resized the template preview to fit my blog so its MUCH clearer than it looks here, trust me lol

You can grab this template HERE

And if you make a tutorial or even just a tag, with my stuff i would love to see them and even showcase them on my blog. I dont bite, so feel free to email me lol.

Hugs
Vella

My new PTU kit ~ Wild & Feisty and new freebie sampler

2009-07-13T20:39:00.003-04:00

Well i managed to finish a new kit today that i started on this weekend. The hardest part was coming up with the colors and a name lol. The name actually comes from my 12 year old daughter, she suggest Wild & Feisty. I didnt even know she knew the word feisty LOL. But i think the name fits this kit purrfectly *wink*

I am also giving you all a freebie sampler from the kit. Its just a few of the items from the kit, so if you like it, maybe you might want the whole kit. Its on sale at a couple of my stores, so click on the blinkies to check it out.

Anyways, the kit is 20 papers and 146 elements....YUP 146! I LOVE leopard print and i couldnt stop making stuff lol. So its a huge deal at $3.25, but you can always find it on sale somewhere. It is only in tagger size, i tried making the papers in full size but i was having problems with the fur looking right, so i gave up. There are so many items i couldnt possibly show it all in the preview, but i tried my best to show at least one of everything.

Here is the preview

And here is the preview for the Freebie Sampler

You can download it HERE

Hugs
Vella

Some tags and stuff lol

2009-07-07T09:38:00.003-04:00

I know i havent been updating my page for awhile. I was involved in something the past 4 weeks but now its done. I still have alot of things around the house to do but i should have time to update when i have some news and things. Right now tho, i have some tags and tutorials made with my kits to post.

First, here is a tutorial with my Rock it like a wench kit, which you can get for a $1 right now in Stargazers, click the stargazers blinkie on the right to get there

You can find the tutorial HERE

Here are some tags and things with my Starving artist collab kit - My colorful world.
you can get it for $2 all thru July in any of my stores, when July is over, the price will be set to its permanent price of $3.

This next one was made with my Xmas in July kit

This was made with my Sweet Sundae Treats kit

This next one was made with my A Day At the Beach kit

This one here was made with my Spring Sensations kit

This was from my Purple Love kit

And this is the last of the tags from my PTU kits
This one is from My Treasured love

The rest of these are from my most recent freebie kits

First, here are a couple from my Canada Day, Eh? kit

Here is one from my 4th of July blog train kit

And these last ones are from my At the movies blog train kit

This last one is also a tutorial which you can find HERE

Thats it for the moment. I am gonna try and work on some new stuff soon. I havent had much mojo lately do we will see if i can come up with something.
Have a great week!

Hugs
Vella

Starving Artist Collab

2009-07-01T00:01:00.001-04:00

Its here! the biggest collab ever! Over 180 designers have contributed a kit with this beautiful and colorful palette. All kits can be found in the participating stores and all are for $2 a piece through July. Once July is done, the designers are sure to be increasing the price as many of the kits are pretty huge!
You can find mine in all of my stores, just click on a blinkie to the right.
You can also find out more on the starving artist blog, including links to all participating designers and a slideshow of the many beautiful kits!
Click on this blinkie to get there

And once again, here is a preview of my kit

Oh and if you spend at least $6 in Heartbeatz Creationz in July, you will get the giant collab, Xmas in July.
My kit is included in the collab or of course you can also buy it separately if you so desire
So what a great place to grab 3 of the collab kits and get a HUGE Xmas in July collab for FREE!!
Also, its Wacky Wednesday @ The Creativity Box as well, so check out the sales
And with the 4th of July coming, i think most of my stores are having a huge sale so why not just check them all out!

And last but not least, Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!
(btw this tag was made by my awesome friend Di with my FREE Canada Day kit)

Hugs
Vella

Stargazer Dollar Deals

2009-06-29T15:27:00.002-04:00

Click on the ad to get to the store

I have all of my FULL sized kits in the bin all for a $1
I also have some tagger sized kits on for 75 cents in the store as well

Hugs
Vella

New Freebie kit ~ Canada Day, Eh?

2009-06-24T18:35:00.003-04:00

Well i managed to throw this together today so i hope you all like it. What the heck tho its free right? lol.

It is tagger sized BUT its at 300 DPI in case anyone wants to print it out. So if you're making tags with it, make sure your tag has the proper DPI if you are using PTU tubes, you dont want to be breaking the rules.

Someone had asked if i was making a Canada day one this year and since im Canadian and since someone obviously likes my work enough to ask me, i just had to do it LOL. But you all know i do like giving freebies away, just havent had much time and i am still having money issues. They are getting better tho, still tough but looking up, so i thank anyone who has purchased from me or said a prayer, i appreciate it all.

Ok well enough of my rambling, cause otherwise you know i wont stop LOL. Im gonna be busy the next few days and this is the last week of school for the kids so UGH im gonna be pulling out my hair soon im sure LOL. Dont get me wrong, i LOVE my kids, i just know they love making me just as nuts lmao.

Ok here is the preview
Not all shown

You can download it HERE

Hugs
Vella

New PTU Kit ~ Xmas In July

2009-06-24T09:56:00.005-04:00

I know its been awhile since my last update, its just that this month is pretty busy for me and probably next as well, but i swear i will be by as often as i can.

First, i want to thank everyone who has downloaded any of my freebies and said a thank you, i appreciate it very much. If anytime you would like to share with me what you make i would love to post them on my blog and, when i get around to it, on my slideshow.

Also, today is Wacky Wednesday @ The Creativity Box, so go check out the 50% of sales there. Click on the blinkie on the right under Stores I Sell in.

Before i get to my new kit, i want to tell you about a special collab thats coming in July. Its called the Starving artist collab. There are over 180 designers involved, all using the same large color palette we have all come up with some colorful kits. Each kit will be on sale for $2 a piece all thru July, after July we are allowed to sell for whatever we choose. They are all tagger sized kits. I actually finished my kit and am wondering if i should post it as a teaser LOL. Ya ok, i will lol. Before i do tho a little secret. My Xmas in July kit is also part of a collab in Heartbeatz Creationz for July. If you purchase $10 you will get this HUGE collab kit. And whats so special about it is, there was NO color palette. Everyone made a Xmas kit in whatever colors they wanted so there is a HUGE variety. So basically, if you purchase 5 of the starving artist's kits, you could get those awesome kits and like 16 (or more) Xmas kits for FREE! Isnt that great!!! Talk about a great deal!
Ok so, here is the teaser of my starving artist kit available July 1st

And here is my Xmas in July kit
You can purchase it in any of my stores

I actually had more fun making it now than i do around Xmas time lmao.

Oh and i might have a freebie for you later today or at some point this week, depends on how much i can get done today. So be on the look out.

Hugs
Vella

Sweet N Sassy's - Stars N Stripes Blog Train

2009-06-13T20:54:00.002-04:00

Sweet'N'Sassy DigiScrappers

Even though i am not American, i decided to make this kit anyways.
I hope you will enjoy it.

My part is in tagger size only

Here is the preview

You can Download My Part Of the Train HERE

Check out all the links below for the pther parts for the blog train, but if they dont have theirs up yet, check back later as we are all in different time zones.

Lippy

Scraps By Roo

Cakes Creations

Tootsie's Creationz

Sassys Imagination

Katelynn's Designs

Babzy's Boutique

JosDZigns

Darla's Creations

Rachel's Expressions

LadyRaven creations

Essy

Cynthia

Jeannie

Wench Designs <--You are here

Hugs
Vella

Sale @ Treasured Scraps

2009-06-13T09:51:00.002-04:00

Just click on the ad to get to the store.

Also, watch for a blog train post later today or tonight

Hugs
Vella

Sale @ Simply Beautiful Scraps

2009-06-13T09:48:00.001-04:00

Just click on the ad to get to the store

And be on the watch for the blog train i will be posting later on *wink*

Hugs
Vella

At The Movies Blog Train has left the station!

2009-06-05T23:05:00.003-04:00

Yup its finally that time, i had the days wrong but its here now lol.

Just in time for the movie blockbuster season .... Treasured Scraps presents the At the Movies blog train. You may find both full and tagger sizes in this blog train as each designer has their preference. We hope you enjoy the kits as much as we enjoyed creating them for you. Please note the train does not technically start until tomorrow so some portions may not be available until then.

Honored Scraps

Heavens Designz

Kim Cameron

Laura's Designz

Scrappin Designs

Wench Designs <-- You are here

I wasnt sure what to do for this kit but i did it and its free so hopefully you can get some use out of it. I really like the papers and frames LOL.

Here is the preview

You can download my part HERE

Hugs
Vella

Catching up with things

2009-06-02T11:08:00.005-04:00

Well i'm trying to catch up on things since im gonna be busy this month. I have a few collabs and blog trains and other things to work on, so i better get to it huh?

First, here is a stunning tag with my Purquoise revisited kit.
As you can see my CT has recolored it, but it still looks hot doesnt it!

And this one is also with Purquoise revisted and was done with my tutorial called Tiger Pixie, but obviously with a different tube lol

The next 2 are tags made with my On Cloud Nine kit

Here are some adorable tags made with my Summer Fruits kit

Next are some great tags with my A Day At The Beach kit

Also, my CT Amanda has some awesome blog layouts with A Day At The Beach AND Sweet Sundae Treats, if you need a new look for you blog check it out HERE

These next ones are all from my Sweet Sundae Treats kit, 3 of them are tutorials, i will put the link to the tuts under each tag

You can find the tut HERE

You can find this tut HERE

You can find this tut HERE

LMAO!
Well i am editing this cause of course i DID forget something.
I got an email today from someone who used my tag template #4 in their tutorial
If you wanna check out their tut, you can find it HERE

Well i think thats it for the moment, i should have the blog train for you...tomorrow? I think its tomorrow, sometimes the days seem to blend right into each other, i guess i should go and find out, but i will do that later. Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Hugs
Vella

At The Movies Blog Train is coming!

2009-06-01T20:39:00.002-04:00

Treasured Scraps will be having a blog train this week. Its called, "At the movies"
I cant remember when its going on, i think its Wednesday lol.
At least i got it done in time, thats all that matters, right?
So be on the look out for it!

Hugs
Vella

Charity Kit for Shellez Creations

2009-06-01T10:11:00.002-04:00

This Charity Kit is to Help Shelle Of Shellez Creations get her daughter back.
Price of Kit is $10.00 all proceeds go directly to her.
To read more about her problem you may go to her blog at http://shellezcreations.blogspot.com

Please send to everyone you know.we need all the help we can get
you may find the kit at http://katelynnsdesigns.com/store

I cant help as you know my prooblems with money right now, but im hoping someone will be able to. Its such a shame things like this can happen. Thanks for reading.

Hugs
Vella

Some new awards!

2009-05-27T11:34:00.002-04:00

Well i have been given a few awards and have been lazy so i thought i better get to them lol.

This first one was given to me by Stacey's Designs

I have also received an award from one of my CT members Dezigns by Amanda and also from a CT from Heartbeatz Creationz store Ange of Ange's tuts

And last but definitely not least, this award from another of my CT's Sizzels Designs

I want to thank all of you ladies for the award. I dont really have the time to pass them on right now, but i will say, there are so many deserving of these awards, including all the ladies in my stores. So check them out, they all rock!

Hugs
Vella

New PTU Kit ~ Sweet Sundae Treats

2009-05-26T11:26:00.003-04:00

I finally finished this kit after i had a long weekend of work. It wasnt a long weekend here in Canada but Saturday and Sunday i was busy. Sunday i spent at my MIL's helping move some huge rocks and a bit of gardening. Then i came home and planted some plants i got from her garden. To say i was exhausted by the end of the day was an understatement LOL.
So anyways, this kit has been making me SO hungry for ice cream. I guess its a good thing i have no money or i might have went and bought ALOT of it lmao.
This kit comes in both Full and Tagger size. Full is $3.50 and Tagger is $2.50 and of course can be found in all of my stores. Just click on a blinkie on the right under, Stores i sell at to get to one.
Oh and i have 2 tags a friend already made with the kit to show you, shes fast i tell ya lmao. Shes my unofficial CT member. She has helped me alot in the past and my way of repaying her is by giving her all my kits for free, then she makes me tags i can show off here, so techinically i guess i win anyways lol. No strings attached tho, she just does it cause she loves making tags, not cause i make her. She rocks!

Ok, now i will shut up and you the kit LOL
Oh but before, i changed how i do my previews now, just so ya know lol

Here are the 2 tags Di made with the kit

I am editing this as of 4:30pm EST
I made a tag with my kit i wanted to share and i like to keep the posts together, if you know what i mean lol.

Here it is

Hugs
Vella

Silly Sale @ Heartbeatz Creationz

2009-05-21T15:34:00.002-04:00

Click on the ad to get to the store

Many designers, including myself are taking part in the sale, so check it out and grab yourself some great bargains!

Hugs
Vella

Tag Template #4

2009-05-15T20:52:00.006-04:00

Well i was making a tag for a tutorial and made this template.
I thought i would share with anyone who might want to use it.
There is a PSP and PSD file in the zip, so hopefully everyone can use it
When im done the tutorial i will post the finished tag for you to see

You can download it HERE

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As promised, here is the tag i made with the template

(I had to shrink it to fit my blog, you can see it better on my tut site)

And HERE is the link to the tutorial

Hugs
Vella

Wacky Wednesday @ The Creativity Box

2009-05-13T07:15:00.002-04:00

Yup, its Wacky Wednesday again at the Creativity Box
Many designers, many on sale, including me
Click on the ad to get to the store

Hugs
Vella

Yet Another New PTU Kit ~ A Day At the Beach

2009-05-12T21:35:00.002-04:00

Yup, you read that right, another kit! Thats what 3 in about a week, im on a roll lmao.
Well it may be longer for the next, i have some blinkies and banners to make and some other stuff i get paid to do, but we shall see lol.
Ok this kit has 12 papers, 81 elements and 4 BONUS posers.
It comes in both full and tagger sizes and can be found in any of my stores
Full is $3.25 and Tagger is $2.25

Here is the preview

Hugs
Vella

Tags, Tuts and more with my most recent kits

2009-05-09T20:26:00.002-04:00

Well now that i made my new blog layout and stuff i figured i needed to get caught up on things.
I have alot of Tags, tuts and layouts to share with you, didnt i say awhile back i would try to keep up with all of it? lmao

Here are 3 layouts made with my Fish On kit

These next ones are all from my Rock It Like A Wench Kit
They all rock!!

The above one was too large so please click on it to make it larger

Next tags are from my Summer Fruits Kit, 2 of them are tuts and i will put the links to them under the tags

You can find this tut HERE
Its only in Portuguese but its beautiful!

This is a tut i wrote and you can find it HERE

Next are some tags and a couple tuts with my newest kit, Purquoise Revisited

This is a tut i wrote and you can find it HERE

This one is also a tut but only in Portuguese, you can find it HERE

This next tag was done with my On Cloud Nine kit

And this one....i forget!
Seriously, my friend Di is so awesome at making tags but sometimes she adjusts the stuff just enough i can barely tell which kit it came from LMAO!
And well you all know i forget things easily so it doesnt help lol.
Either way its a gorgeous tag!

I want to once again thank all of the CT's who have made all these wonderful goodies.
You all rock!
Oh and cant forget the friends who make tags with my kits and i snag them to share here teehee.
Anyways, thats it for now, i am now caught up....for now lmao.
Have a great Sunday

Hugs
Vella

Commercial Use Tagger Sized Heart Charm Freebie

2009-05-09T19:31:00.002-04:00

Before i explain about this charm, what do you think of my blog?
If you visit often you know i get bored with how it looks frequently lol.
So ya i got bored and decided it was time to change it.
I used my Summer Fruits PTU kit

Ok so, about the charm lol
Well i made this oh geez months and months ago, before i started making full sized items.
I found it while looking through a folder with my CU stuff and wondered if i had ever posted it. So i looked in the file and it didnt have a preview or anything so i knew i hadnt.
So i hope someone can find a use for this item

You can download it HERE

Hugs
Vella

My Newest kit ~ Purquoise Revisited

2009-05-07T20:00:00.003-04:00

Well i have finished another kit, wow another you say? Didnt i just finish one a couple days ago? lmao. Ya actually i did, though it may be awhile before i get another one done, i have some other work im supposed to be doing.
Now this kit is done in both Full and Tagger sizes and will be in stores tomorrow (Friday). I might get it up tonight, but i wanna watch Hell's Kitchen and its in less than an hour, and it takes forever to upload to 8 stores, so we shall see LOL.
For those who have visited since the beginning, will remember i made a mini kit called Purquoise, well this is using the same palette. I loved it so much i swore i would use it again when i have had more practice at scrap making, so i did lol.
I am also giving you a freebie add on to go with it. Its only 3 frames, but its free right? lol.
I havent decided on a price yet, but wont be much over $2 for tagger, or $3 for full.
So check out one of my stores, by clicking on a blinkie on the right under Stores I sell at, just remember it might not be up yet.

So here is the kit preview (and yes comes in both sizes)

And here is the preview of the freebie add on

You can download it HERE

Hugs
Vella

Free Commercial Use Flower Charm

2009-05-06T07:21:00.005-04:00

I had this up for free in Treasured Scraps when i was the designer of the month.
I decided i would disable it there and give it to anyone who wants to stop by my blog instead.
I know sometimes people dont want to bother registering for this store and that store just to get free stuff, though if you're like me, you will anyways lol.
I might have another CU freebie for you all again tomorrow as well, as long as i dont forget lol.
Dont forget to check out the other freebies here on my blog, i never remove them, so if you ever get an invalid link, just leave me a message and i will fix the broken links.
Anyways, here is you freebie

Download HERE

Hugs
Vella

New Kit ~ Summer Fruits

2009-05-05T13:23:00.002-04:00

Well after spending alot of last week adding my products to 3 new stores, i managed to get a kit done as well as some CU overlays.
I have one more store to add products to and then i swear im not joining anymore....for awhile LOL!
This kit is a colorful and summery fruit kit with 10 papers and 76 elements.
It comes in both Full size and Tagger size.
The regular price is $3.25 for full and $2.25 for Tagger, but its on sale in a couple of my stores.
Click on a blinkie on the right under Stores I sell at to get to my stores.
Here is the preview of the kit

I also have CU overlays as well.
I made them for my kit and liked them so thought i would sell them.
They also come in Full and Tagger size

Now i am very behind on things i need to post here but i got so much going on still. Hopefully i will have time real soon, then it will be a super long post again LOL.

Hugs
Vella

National Scrapbooking Day!

2009-05-01T20:56:00.003-04:00

I am sure most of you are aware tomorrow (May 2nd) is National Scrapbooking Day.
Every store i know of, and some i never heard of before LOL, are having huge sales.
Everything in my stores, except my buy my tagger store and my blinkie and banner services are 50% off for about a week.
I hope you will find some great bargains this weekend!
Click on a blinkie on the right under the Stores I Sell in heading to get to my stores.

Hugs
Vella

Blinkie And Banner Service

2009-04-27T16:07:00.002-04:00

Dont always have time to get everything done you need to?
Need a new blinkie or banner?
Why not have me make one for you for a low price?
You can also buy just a blinkie or just a banner
$2 for a blinkie
$4 for a banner
$5 for a blinkie AND banner
Any size, animated or not
You can purchase it at a few of my stores

Treasured Scraps
Sweet N Sassy Digiscrappers
BabyV Dezign Scraps
Whisprd Designz

You can also check out my blinkie and banner blog
http://wenchdesignsblinkiesbanners.blogspot.com

Hugs
Vella

Buy All My Tagger Kits i have made before today!

2009-04-26T21:18:00.002-04:00

Thats right!
18 kits in total and some extra exclusives i never sold separately.
This includes EVERY kit i have put in a store to sell before today.
All for ONLY $10 !!!!
For sale in all of my stores
Click on the blinkies on the right under the Stores I Sell At, heading to get to one

Hugs
Vella

I want to send out a huge thank you

2009-04-26T12:20:00.003-04:00

To anyone and everyone who has been so kind to me about my problems.
Many people who i barely know are helping and even some who i dont know at all.
You all cant imagine how happy it makes me and how much i appreciate all the kind words, thoughts and prayers.
I have had some offers to join more stores, so look out for that, i will be joining a couple more lol.
I am also going to be selling my whole store in one low price, dont know how much yet, we shall see.
A couple of my stores are making charity kits to help me out, isnt that totally sweet?
I am going to attempt to learn PSP scripts and i am also offering my services for blinkies and banners, that was planned already but i have to hold off until i know whether i can be online.
I even made a new blog just to show my banners and blinkies off http://wenchdesignsblinkiesbanners.blogspot.com
After all the love and kindness that has been shown to me, i am not giving up, i am going to fight and hopefully make it past this temporary darkness.
I know i seem to chatter on alot sometimes, but believe it or not it was hard for me to open up. Even my closest friends, except one, didnt have any clue what is going on with me. I prefer to listen to their problems and help them out then talking about mine.
So i promise to keep my chin up.
Thanks so much everyone from the bottom of my heart.

Hugs
Vella

I might disappear for awhile....

2009-04-25T15:16:00.001-04:00

This is long so if you don't want to read it, that's ok.
Its about me, which i dont often write about.

2 years ago my husband starting losing hours at work because of the Canadian dollar being so much higher than the US dollar
He worked in an American company here in Canada so made it harder on them.
Well because we couldn't always pay the mortgage fully we got a loan to help, which we still have to make payments on
Then he got laid off with no certain date of when he would be back.
Now we had to rely on Unemployment, which was very difficult.
A couple weeks before Christmas that year, he was laid off completely.
He did get a severance, but we owed his mother a lot because she was making our mortgage payments and our bills got way behind.
By the time the end of January came, we had no income but he found a job.
He was making $30 an hour at his old job, but this one was only going to be paying $17, but its a job right?
He got fired from there shortly after because he had a seizure. And yes they were told up front he is epileptic.
So now we were screwed.
We tried unemployment but his time had ran out.
We had to resort to welfare.
Well that barely fed us, my mother in law was still paying much of our mortgage then we lost our gas because we were too far behind.
Well we had to take our money and buy an electric water heater so we could have hot water
Months went by and he was still having a hard time finding a job, hes a welder and they have been hit hard by the economy.
Finally at the start of August he found a job, but it was only for $15 an hour, but once again its at least a job.
Big problem though is its out of town and he cant drive (even if we could afford a car) because hes epileptic, it costs him $50 a week to get to work..sometimes more
Winter came and we still had no gas and no way to pay it, so we bought an electric heater.
Well now our electric bills have gone thru the roof.
We had it turned off for one day in Feb, but his income tax refund covered that the day after.
Our bills are still outrageous and now we have to find $1800 in 2 or so weeks or we are going to be without for who knows how long
And to top it off, my Internet/phone/cable company is threatening that now as well and they want $600
I am lost and severely depressed and don't know what to do anymore
My mother in law is in debt because of helping us and my parents are bad off themselves
I feel like a huge failure to my kids, which hurts the most
I am trying to fight back tears that I have been holding in for what feels like an eternity
I cant even find a job and if I did, it wouldn't help much, I have no skills, havent even had a job since 2000
Not to mention the hours I can work are terrible because there is no one to look after my kids while I work, except evenings and weekend when hubby can
And at this point, a minimum wage job aint gona prevent our services being turned off, though I will keep trying anyways
I really thought selling scraps would help us out, but so far it hasnt. I don't sell very well
Even selling a year membership for $10...I only have 1 person

So, please if you pray, keep me in your prayers, I don't know what else to do
And if you don't see me for awhile, then I probably lost my Internet and/or electricity and could be a long time before I get it all back

Thanks for listening
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Vella

My Latest Tutorial - I'm With The Band

2009-04-23T20:56:00.003-04:00

I made a tutorial with my Rock It Like A Wench kit.
I just had to cause i made the kit for the purpose of using my Ismael Rac tubes i have.
Anyways, you can find the tutorial HERE

Click on the thumbnail to see the tag, it was cutting off the copyright when it was full size

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Vella

Just Because I Can SALE!!!

2009-04-23T12:30:00.005-04:00

I decided to have a sale,just because i can.
Everything at all my stores $1.75 or less until the end of the month!
So click on the blinkies on the right, under the heading, Stores i sell at to find those great bargains!

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Vella

Sharing Tags, Tuts, LOs, Blog Layouts, Printables and another store CT call

2009-04-23T10:24:00.004-04:00

Well i have alot of tags and stuff to share with you. I hope i can get it all in here and have no clue where to start lol.

You may need to click on some to see them full size, some are too large to show full size on my blog.

First are some tags and a tutorial with my newest kit, Rock It Like A Wench.

This first one is a tutorial from my newest CT member, Rocio.
Her tutorials are only in Portuguese, but her tags are beautiful!
You can find the tut HERE

These next 2 are from one of my good friends, Di.
She is one of my unofficial CT members lol.

These next 2 are from, Cathy.
She won a 6 month membership for my tagger scraps and this was the first kit she got!

This next one is from Auntie
She received the kit for helping me find a name

These next 3 are from Anne
She also won the kit for helping me name the kit

Here are some wonderful items created with my Fish On kit

And if you go to Amanda's blog, just click her blinkie under my CT members heading on the right, she has made a free blog layout with the fishing kit
Also, she made a printable, so you can make a little tote box to give gifts to the fisherman you love. Fantastic for Father's day!
Here are the previews

These next 2 cute little layouts were made with my Hop To It kit and also a tag made with the same kit

This one was made by me with a mix of my Spring Sensations kit and my Hop To It kit

This next one was made by Di using my, My Treasured Love kit

This next was was also made by Di, using my Spring Sensations kit

Now these next tags are using a kit i made recently.
I made it for UpYourArt's 2nd Anniversary.
I gave it away free last week in UpYourArt's Yuku group and eventually, anyone who has a UpYourArt account will have this kit in their account. I just cant promise when, its kind of a big kit and i know it takes time to get it uploaded and stuff.
Anyways, here are a few of the tags

And this last one was made by me using the same kit, it was for the contest i ran.

OMG i have made it through. Only one last thing to post until a bit later.
A CT call for the Creativity Box store.

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Vella

Sales, Store CT & Designer Calls etc..

2009-04-22T12:36:00.004-04:00

Before i get to the sales and stuff, i want to let you all know that my Rock It Like A Wench kit is now up for sale in all my stores, woot!

I have so many sales going on in all my stores and some CT and Designer calls etc, im just going to post them all.

If you want to get to the store then click on the ads

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Vella

My Newest kit ~ Rock It Like A Wench

2009-04-21T21:34:00.004-04:00

So do you like the name? lol. I do, guess thats all that matters really? I mean people will still buy a kit they like even if it has a stupid name, right? I know i would LOL. Anyways.... Its not up in the store yet cause i have to go to bed, 5 am comes way too soon. But i will get this up in the morning in all my stores.
Its a huge freakin kit. 183 elements and 30 papers. So obviously not all is in the preview, its basically a sample of all the things in it in various colors. Oh and it only comes in Tagger size.
These colors were taken from some of Ismael Rac's rock tubes. *wink*
Here is the preview

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Vella