Some Odd Girl Challenge - ::*Picture Inspiration*::

Guess what? :) Time for a new challenge over at Some Odd Girl this week! Can I hear a YAAAY?! Congrats to the winner and faves of our Stitching challenge. To check out whether you got picked see THIS post. Did you all have fun on our Holidau Hop showcasing the whole new CLEAR RELEASE? Check out HOP WINNERS HERE to see if you were lucky enough to get some freebies!!

Now.. onto the challenge for the next fortnight.. We've got a little colour/ picture inspiration for ya in the form of this yummy picture..

Here is what I came up with.

I dunno - I've hummed and haa'd about this card since I got to making it. I was really looking forward to using the picture and colours as inspiration - but when push come to shove I just couldn't make it work. Anywho, I've used papers from MME Everybody Loves Christmas collection. Pretty neat deal there huh? Admittedly there is some extra red and stuff thrown in there - but it is a holiday card after all.

I (of course) HAD to use Deer Mae from the latest CLEAR RELEASE which can be found HERE over at the Some Odd Girl Store. I've coloured her using the usual Copics and ProMarkers and fussy cut her out.

The layout of this card is REALLY simple for me - the only embellishment being the hand stitching. But I thought the papers were busy enough without adding more bumph on top!! Hope you like more than me! LOL.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

× FBC - Keep It Simple

I understand that this is not the 'traditional' simple - but hell.. it's simple for me. I think the patterned papers just make it look busy *sweet face*

× The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

× 7 Kids College Fund - Holiday Goodness

× Simon Says - Dies to Die for

I've used a SU! Scalloped Circle punch to create my sentiment element

P.S If you haven't done so already.. head on over to our SOG Flickr Group and check out what fun stuff is happening!! The first of our Christmas challenges is up and rolling, ready for you to join in!

Flower Girl

Told you I'd be back with some Some Odd Girl goodness for ya today. Well I'd like to introduce ya to..

FLOWER GIRL MAE

Of course, this cutie has been around for forEVER but I just noticed her beauty when fellow teamie, Tasha, used her on a card a few weeks ago. Naturally I had to have her and had the perfect project in mind. :) Dont'cha love it when stuff works out like that?

This post is a little more photo heavy than my others have been lately - I found it hard to capture all of the little elements with just one shot. It looked a little bare to be honest. Here goes..

A pretty simple layout - as usual.. all eyes on the SOG! ;) I've used three papers and two die cuts from the MME Oh La La for Her collection. See - I'm slowly making my way through it all! :) I cut a doily in half and added it down the fold side of the card. Mandatory doodling around all edges but no distressing this time - I wanted a cleaner sort of look.

Those clouds have been cut using a new (to me) die from PTI. Aren't the gorgeous? My boyfriend says they look green, I told them they were meant to be blue. He said 'Regardless, Lou. Clouds are bloody white anyway' :( He sure knows how to rain on my parade. THEN my friend said.. 'But Lou, it's SUNNY in Turkey - not a cloud to be seen' Hell, there's no pleasing some people! LMAO!

The strip of paper along the sentiment panel has been backed with a die cut border strip from the same set. It took me ages to cut the little nubbys off from where it had been stuck in the sheet - but SO worth it. Isn't there a punch similar to this? If you know of it please let me know the name - I NEED it! :)

Isn't she beautiful? I've coloured her with the usual ProMarkers and Copics and fussy cut her out. I've added Sakura White Souffle pen to her eyes and the beads on her anklet - too cute!! Check out her pink toe nail too! ;) I've so gotta work on colouring folds and stuff and actually getting them to stand out. Hmmm.. Tips?

I created this card as part of a commission from a friend - it's her mam, not mine. This image totally reminds me of her and our holidays to Turkey - what with the bare feet and the flowing hair. It was PERFECT. I've always found it difficult to create what I like to call multi element sentiments - but I think I'm getting better. I used a die cut from the paper collection alongside a sentiment from PTI stamped in SU! Melon Mambo then some ickle Cosmo Cricket alpha stickers to create the 'Mam'. Job done! :)

I created a tag using my Jewellery Tag punch from SU! and stamped another sentiment from a PTI set again in SU! Melon Mambo. I tied it with pink bakers twine around my bow made from Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon again from SU!

Some WOC! Goodness finishes off this section of the card. Adhered with Glossy Accents - because I've found that it is a LOT sturdier and dries a LOT faster than the Tombow Mono Multi I was using. Only drawback is my nozzle keeps getting blocked and the more I fiddle with it the wider the flow of GA is from it - MESSY!!

Here is a shot of the inside of the card using the same sentiment and ink colour. I also stamped a birthday sentiment from LOTV A5 sentiments set. I positioned it off of the main panel to give my friend room to write her own personal message inside too.

Can you please take a second to look at this bow of bakers twine. Hello?! A DOUBLE BOW!! Don't even ASK me how I managed that - because even if I knew I wouldn't tell ya. What do crafters call these? Happy mistakes. I must have been pulling on the 'wrong' bit and voila!!

Ha. I would like to enter this gorgeous (if I do say so myself - but Kristys images make EVERYTHING look gorgeous) card into these challenges:

× Make it Monday - Anything Goes

× Aly's Sunday Challenge - Add a Bow

× Stamp with Fun - Anything Goes

(I will find some when I get in from work. Promise)

Supplies

Cardstock: Papercuts - Linen Cream

Patterned Paper: MME - Oh La La for Her

Digi/Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Flower Girl Mae / Papertrey Ink - Butterfly Dreams, Tiny Tags; LOTV - A5 Sentiments

Ink: SU! Melon Mambo

Colour: Copics: Skin YR000, YR00, R02, R30 Hair E50, 51, 53 ProMarkers: Eyes Cornflower, Blue Pearl, Pastel Blue Pinks Carmine, Salmon Pink, Cocktail Pink, Rose Pink

Embellishments: SU! - Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon; The Ribbon Girl - Pink bakers twine; WOC - 2 tone pink sweet heart blossom, 15mm deep pink rose

Dies: Papertry Ink - Cloud 1 and 2

Misc: brown fineliner

(I promise to fill this in properly when I get home from work too. Gotta start these up again, not only for you viewing but for my benefit) EDIT: Okay, okay, I'll edit this when I get home from darts. Sorry guys. First game of the season and all that. We're at home so I've been baking since I got in from work. Arghhh - need more hours in the day!

 

Have a good day whatever you're doing.

 

Flickr Fun!!

Hey ODDies. I got news for ya! ;)

The first Challenge as part of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Holiday Challenge over on the SOG Flickr group has begun!!

Week 1 - We want to see Christmas/ Holiday Tags.

Be sure to stop by the Discussion board and see the RULES HERE.

You SERIOUSLY don't want to miss out. You have an excuse to use SOG goodies AND you can start building up that Christmas stash!! Win - Win!!

In other SOGville News..

The New Release - all of that Christmas goodness - is available from the SOG Store TODAY!!

Head on over NOW before you miss out.

Following info has been taken from Leah's Blog Post.

Deck the Halls Tobie

4x6 set, 10 images; Tobie and reindeer are sized to work together,
and the candy cane is sized to stuff a stocking.

Winter Wishes Tia

4x6 set, 10 stamps; tag is separate so you can label the presents,
and Tia and the penguin fit well to make a cute scene.

Deer Mae

3x4 set; gift and heart fit inside the circle sentiment

 Tree Trimming Kaylee

3x4 set; 3 sentiments, 3 separate ornament stamps, lots of different combos!

 

 Gifty Gwen (the new girl!)

3x4 set; Sentiments are interchangeable, Gwen is not season-specific, so she's great for lots of occasions! To and From stamps are separate for lots of options.

 

HollyDay Gwen

3x4 set; small holly is perfect to accessorize her shoes, hair or dress. Gwen and "sweetest wishes" stamps are also not season specific but will work great for the holidays

 

Don't they make you feel all Christmas-y and EXCITED?! Of course they do. Be sure to grab yours! ;)

Pollycraft Challenge #111

Hey Pollycrafters!! It's Monday again. Where DO those weekends disappear to?! Sorry this card is going up so late. I had it all planned that once I finished work last night I would colour an image to match the papers I had in mind and photograph the card all before 8PM. Things never work out the way you want them to though, do they? I sat down to colour the cute

Luna Bitterfrost - Robots Rock..

but of course when I had printed her out I had placed her next to some other Lunas that I hadn't had a chance to colour up yet, including Skulls Rock and Stars Rock.. all of which can be found over at the Pollycraft Shop.

So. Needless to say I got a little carried away and coloured more than one image, which ate into the time I had left to make a card. So there you have it guys. I'm just a crazy fool with a lot a LOT of love for Paulas images. I just couldn't stop at one last night! LOL.

So.. Onto this weeks challenge which has been chosen by our gorgeous Anita.

SWIRLS AND PEARLS

Check out the challenge post over on the blog - there is some AWESOME inspiration as always!! I couldn't have thought of all those ways to incorporate those two elements into a card myself. Good job we've such a brilliant and innovative team for ya!

Here is my take on the challenge..

I have used the oh so gorgeous papers from MME Oh La La for Her collection. Can't get enough of them lately. I don't know if MME still make them anymore.. but like I always say.. I like new stash better than horded stash - so I best get it used up!!

I have coloured Luna using ProMarkers and Copics and fussy cut her out. The layout of the card is relatively simple. I have used a Sizzix die to create the 'swirls' which I have cut from patterned paper from the same collection. My 'pearls' are white opal liquid pearls which I have added to the labels fourteen die cut behind Luna. The ticket sentiments were created using a die and stamp set from Whimsy Stamps and the mandatory doodles were added to the edges. No distressing this time as I wanted to keep the card 'clean'.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Corrosive Challenge - Punches and/ or Dies

× The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything Goes

  

I hope you can join us this week and show us what you've got. Be sure to stop by the challenge blog to add your creations and become inspired no end by our team!!

 

I'm off to work at 2PM - so I've gotta find a bite to eat before then. So much for having a lie in this morning! :( I think my body has lost the knack to achieve such a thing. I'll be back tomorrow with some SOG goodness using the same paper collection, because like I told you guys, I can't get enough.

 

Enjoy your day whatever you're doing.

 

 

Sentimental Sundays #73

Hey Sentimental Fools. Another Sunday, another Challenge!!

[Warning: SOG heavy post. I know you love it! ;)]

Over at Sentimental Sundays today we want to see your..

MONOCHROME

creations.

I was TOTALLY inspired by THIS card from Coops earlier in the week and just HAD to HAD to do something similar. The whole sepia look is just too delicious to pass up.

Here is what I came up with.

Really simple layout, no doodling, no distressing. Was I ill, I hear you ask. No, no I wasn't. I just wanted all eyes on sepia Mae! ;)

I have paper pieced her bow using some paper from My Minds Eye - Lime Twist: Life of the Party collection pack and used the same paper to create a scalloped strip near the bottom to draw attention to the sentiment from PTI which has been stamped in Rich Cocoa ink.

I have used Walnut, Cocoa and Cinnamon PM's to colour the darkest areas, and Tan and Almond for her skin. Obviously using limited colours you can't create as much depth. Maybe this is something I gotta try out using my Copics as I have a few more E's.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Createalicious Challenges - Anything Goes

× Dutch Dare - Monochromatic

Be sure to stop by the Sentimental Sundays Blog and get some more monochromatic inspiration for the other lovely ladies! Oh, and speaking of monochromatic..

Want some EXTRA inspiration?! Did you people see Leah's card for the SOG Blog Hop. Talk about monochromatic!! WOWZERS.

I've asked her permission to show it again today over here.. and she was only too happy to oblige!! :D So here you have it..

Check out her other ODD creations at her BLOG. AWESOME work!!

P.S The SOG Blog Hop is running until 11:59PM EST TONIGHT!! Get your comments in to be in with a chance of winning - the winners will be announced on MONDAY at the SOG Challenge Blog. BUT!! If you can't wait that long, be sure to stop by the Some Odd Girl STORE to pre-order them, saving $1 off normal retail price until Monday.

Peace.