Some Odd Girl Anniversary Day 3

Have you been having fun this week? I have! I love all the odd things going on in the blog-o-sphere! Its truly inspiring!

Today Kristy is sharing the history of Some Odd Girl, so be SURE to go over and check it out! She is an amazing woman with many, many talents!

I stumbled upon Some Odd Girl on a blog one week and have been addicted ever since. I made my first card on day one of the Nashville Flood, 2010 and used this freebie Mae. Everything about the image was inspiring. I swear theis card made itself! Here is the card:

Soon after that I made the top 3 on the Some Odd Girl Challenge Blog with this card using Hang Ten Kody (another monthly freebie). Thought I would be brave and use flowers for a boy. Guess it worked out!

 I was super lucky, blessed...whatever you want to call it, when I was chosen to be a part of the second design team for Some Odd girl. I was so excited I LITERALLY danced and jumped around! To be a part of such talent and inspiration was and is the highlight of my crafty career!!

Here was my stepping out project using Baker Kaylee: (another good example of 1 image, 3 ways!!)

Hope you are enjoying this mini hop! Next stop for you will be,  Robin F!

Kristy

Leah

Kimmy

Robin

Marcie

Cassandra

Robin F

Yvonne

Sew Happy

Alright! Time for another one of my offity posts! Yes, I did some more "sewing" projects! I LOVE the craftaholics anonymous blog and wish that I had the time and recourses to do all of her projects, but when I came across this post on wrist warmers the other week I HAD to make some! They were just too cute. Not sure what I will use them for, but for the time being they are keeping my hands and wrists warm while allowing me to type, so, I count that as a viable use.

Off to Goodwill I went yesterday for 99 cent day looking for the perfect sweater to cut up and found one! I also found a fantastic men's jacket with these great buttons on it. So, without further ado, here they are! (Elli, YOU might like a pair of these. Got any old sweaters???)

Another great tutorial I played with today was also from craftaholics anonymous. This Zipper Daisy. Lucky me, I had 2 things ready to go TO goodwill that had great zippers on them, so I got to seam ripping and sewing and gluing and here was my end result. I am going to either get a great headband to mount it on, or make a broach out of it. At the moment I am sick and need to stay in in order to get well before Wed. SO, I will wait on that.

Hope you enjoy a "non-paper" post every now and again! Stay Crafty!

1 Image, 3 projects!

Today for the anniversary of Some Odd Girl, we are proposing a challenge. (click here)

Use ONE digital image and use it THREE ways. Flip it, resize it, manipulate it...whatever. One image, Three Ways.

Here was my take on this challenge.

I used Sprinkles to create a background paper and then enlarged him and also used the "Hey Cupcake" sentiment throughout the projects. I actually combined two of the projects.

The first was a card with background paper. I used 2 different distressing inks and cotton candy and black stickles to accent everything. The black I used for the word "cupcake".

The second and third were this tin I altered with an enlarged cupcake image and the four tags inside. For the tags I also used the background paper I created with the image and then a shrunk version of the sentiments. I frayed some ribbon for the tags too.

This was a very thought provoking challenge and I really enjoyed doing it! I hope to see you all inspired by it too!

Just like all our challenges this week your entry is due to be linked up by the end of day January 23 EST. and for all our challenges this week you MUST use a Some Odd Girl digi. Need a new digi for the challenge? Check out what sale might be going on in the shop!


Oh, and what will you be playing for?? Since its the toughest challenge of the week, I've got not only 3 digis of your choice from Some Odd Girl, but a $10 gift certificate to Oozak.com! C'mon, you know you were going to shop there anyway, best price on Copics hands down! So you can put it towards your next order :)

Stay crafty!!

All challenge entries are due by Jan 23 at midnight EST. Winner announcements and a new contest announcement on Monday Jan 24th.

Its an anniversary!

Hello all! Its the Some Odd Girl 1 year anniversary! Can you believe it? I can't say enough good about Kristy and her crack team and her fantastic art and flair!

I would have to say, my favorite character from Some Odd Girl would have to be Toby. He is so much like my little boy its scary! Of course, I love ALL of the characters....but Toby has really been FUN to work with!

Here are a couple of things I have done with Toby.

Winner of this poll will get 3 digis of their fav character to take home and enjoy! Let us know your answer in the comments to be entered. What extra entries? Here's how to get 3 more!

- Refer a friend! Make sure your friend leaves your name in the comments and its anentry for you!

- Post about our anniversary week with the run down of events (don't forget to link back!) on your blog and leave a link to the post and its another entry!

- Post about this week on your twitter (mention @SomeOddGirls so we can see and link to the blog), a message board (link in the comment to the post) and leave a comment here that you did and its an entry!

Be sure to pop over to the main blog and vote for your favorite character!! Also, stay tuned! There will be something fun every day this week in celebration of the big ONE!!!

Ah, sweet crafty release!

It feels so good to kind of be back on a routine and to finally be catching up!! Today and yesterday I have been able to craft and it feels wonderful!

The first card that I made was actually for a combination of a few challenges, something I try not ever to do, but it just worked out this time. Stamptacular Sunday has a fantastic photo challenge going on. Its a beautiful, elegant cream and gold hued wedding gown. Cupcake Craft Challenges has a "white is white" challenge and Cute Card Thursday has an "Out With The Old" challenge. This card is for all 3. 

I know. That's a lot riding on one simple card, right? But I have this OLD stampin up stamp from Simply Sweet with all these fancy dresses, this old flower from K and Company from years ago, and who knows how long I have had the DP from K and Company!!

And, obviously, there is a LOT of white and metalic going on here with a white flower and of course the classy dresses. Perfect for the first two challenges mentioned. 

This next card is for Cupcake Inspirations. They have this fun photo of the most adorable valentine cupcakes with black, white and red and pink accents. So fun and cheerful! I hope this card did them justice. I used red stickles for the hearts and the shoes and such. What girl doesn't want a pair of shoes like Dorothy's? Right? I also used some old bling that I had lying around for the jewels.

This last card is for Get Sketchy. They had an intriguing sketch and I have been really wanting to make a card with my Stampin Up! butterfly set for awhile with this beautiful paper I found at Hobby Lobby from the Paper Studio. I stamped and embossed the butterfly on vellum and used some distressing techniques to really shabby the card up. And, of course, rhinestones. I am pleased with the outcome. 

 Hope you all are having a beautiful weekend! We were pleasantly surprised to wake up to a dusting of snow this morning. The perfect day to snuggle. ::sigh:: Stay crafty!

Its finally here!

The card makin mamas relaunch! Are you as excited as we are?? Card Makin Mamas is near and dear to my heart, as is the first sponsor for our new launch, Some Odd Girl.

This challenge is called, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun!" I love this image from Some Odd Girl, and thought this card was perfect!!

Be sure to check out the main blog and see the other ladies creations! Glad to have you! Stay crafty! 

Its release day!

Yay for fun new releases of the odd variety! I apologize for the lateness of my post. Bad mama!

Hope you love! Its really a fantastical release! Lots of fun, and love!!

I just LOVE this image! I love the look on the prince froggie's face and tried to make him look a lil embarrassed too. The paper was a rak from long ago. I used my copics to color this odd lil image and then finished it off with some glitter stickers. 

Stay crafty and don't froget to check out the entire release!