The Odd Girls are Rockin'-It with Ruby Rock-it for a HOP!

HELLOOOOOOO Odd friends!  are you here for the hop?  you betcher sweet potato you are!  :)  WELCOME!

we are totally excited to bring you a fun event that incorporates both Some Odd Girl and Ruby Rock-it products into our creations, and we are READY TO ROCK-IT!  Can you handle the excitement?  :)

our hop runs NOW through Saturday, May 31st at midnight Eastern, and there are PRIZES to be won!  oh yes, there are prizes...  two lucky winners will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Some Odd Girl store, as well as this fabulous kit, the "Bella! Year in Review" collection from Ruby Rock-it:

all along the hop, you'll see inspiration from the Odd Girls and the Ruby Rock-it Creative Team, and all you have to do to be eligible to win one of the two prizes is leave a comment at each stop along the hop.
you should have arrived from PATTIE's blog, but if not, you can CLICK HERE to get started at the beginning!  you'll wrap up at the Ruby Rock-it blog, but you have many stops in between!

i busied up and got my BOX on, and put some cute gift boxes together for the many occasions that are coming up this summer - we have graduations, babies, birthdays and friends missing friends, so it's time to get some creative gift wrapping on! here's my little montage:

told you i was busy!  i used my Ultimate Tool from Crafter's Companion for all of the box templates, busted out a couple of 12x12 sheets of Ruby Rock-it paper for the two shaped boxes and embossed and covered each panel with patterned paper from their Color Fusion line.  here's my first box, featuring the super sweet Clever Kittys clear stamp set, along with a (partial) sentiment from Make a Statement clear stamp set , and two Ruby Rock-it flowers layered over some ribbon to finish it off:

love this little mouser and couldn't help but add the punny little sentiment!  

next up, box #2, featuring the gorgeous Scooter Mae digi stamp:

i went light on the embellies here as i wanted to give Mae the proper attention - see that cute teal circle embossed paper though?  i LOVE it!  it's a nice heavyweight cardstock and i want a hundred sheets of it!

and last, but not least, this ridiculously sweet couple is a little clear stamp sneak peek...
meet Milk and Cookies!

isn't the heart detail for the box closure COOL?  and i'm totally loving the sentiment!  these dudes are ridic.

and them's my boxes!  OH, and the backs:

ALL Ruby Rock-it paper, all Some Odd Girl stamps, ALL tons of fun and fabby little things will live inside the boxes later! 

we Odd Girls have LOVED working with the Ruby Rock-it papers and embellishments for our creations!  leave your comment below, and from here, you're going to head on over and visit Beckie!  In case you're bouncing around at your own leisure, here's the full hop list...

Some Odd Girl blog
Candice
Linda
Jenifer
Dana
Pattie
Leah
Beckie
Marilyn
Erin
Paola
Kaka
Lenny
Monique
Nicole
Katie
June
Suzanne
Alicia
Stephanie
Ruby Rock-it Blog

WHEW!  SO much to see along the 21 different stops!  Have fun, happy hopping, and thank you so much for joining us!  Our hop winners will be announced at the main blogs on Monday, June 2nd...  GOOD LUCK!

Some Odd Girl HOPS with Freckled Fawn!

YAY!  we've been waiting for this!  there's a HOP going on, and i'm glad you're here to join us!

It's a Freckled and Odd hop!

that's right!  Some Odd Girl and Freckled Fawn, together again!  we met these lovely ladies at CHA in January, and they were wonderful neighbors.  we had fun sharing the hall with them and it was very sad to say goodbye, but it was just for a little while.  :)

you should have arrived from Kristina's blog, but if you're just joining me randomly, it all starts HERE!

i have created a couple of sweet little things using Some Odd Girl stamps with Freckled Fawn embellies, because they really do go well together!  here we go!  this one uses the Hot Dog clear stamp set with Freckled Fawn's awesome Emoticon wood chip and the banner, vellum alphas and washi tape which can all be found in the April Oh Deer Me kit!  i colored/glittered them up a bit and added a few other little doo-dads:

my second card features some blue Bamboo Twine and the ridiculously cute new bunny and sentiment from the Hip Hop Hooray clear stamp set:

i also used Freckled Fawn's puffy stickers, arrow paper clip and heart washi tape (one of my faves!).  :)

now you're on your way to visit Brianna to see what she's cooked up for the occasion!  here's the full hop list in case you want to come back to it:

Freckled Fawn Blog

Mary Pat

Jo

Kristina

Leah

Brianna

Soraya

Judy

Alexis

Kristin

Melissa

Kristy

Adrienne

Some Odd Girl Blog

so there you have it, friends!  happy hopping, thanks for joining us, and don't forget to leave your comment below!  we'll announce our winners next Wednesday!

(added to the Mix Tape link party at Paper Issues - some SERIOUSLY fun washi tapes available!)

Some Odd Girl and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L wraps up the hop today!

DAY 5 of our awesome blog hop with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and HOLY COW, i hope you've been hopping with us because the projects have been AMAZING! 

Thanks for joining our week-long HOP! Stamps and sticky stuff join hands for a fun and inspiring event that runs November 25th through December 1st, and we’ve got 5 days’ worth of stunning creations to share with you while you hop!

Some Odd Girl and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L have been sharing projects on their blogs Monday through Friday, and you must comment on each of the posts along the way (that’s 10 comments you’ll need to make, folks!), you’ll be entered to win some serious swag from both companies! There are two happy boxes of adhesives from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and two $20 gift certificates to the Some Odd Girl shop to be won!

(there's also a bonus if you comment on ALL of the Odd Girls' blogs who have participated this week!)

here's my project today, featuring Kaylee's Closet Wardrobe (clear set)
with sentiment and cloud from Nouveau Girls Grow (clear)
and using the E-Z runner and 3-D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

and a close-up of my girl:

so head on over to the Some Odd Girl blog for your complete list of links today, and if you leave your comments for the week's posts, you'll be eligible to win some awesome swag!  :)  happy Friday, chickens, and happy hoppin'! 

Some Odd Girl is hopping with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L!

we're STICKIN' IT TO YA!

it's going to be an AWESOME week at the Some Odd Girl blog!  we've got 5 days of fab creations from the Odd Girls, plus the team over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L have rocked the SOGgies, and you can win one of two $20 gift certificates to the Some Odd Girl shop, as well as 2 fun boxes of sticky goodness from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L!  oh, and there MIGHT be something extra along the way, but you'll have to wait and see.  :D

CLICK HERE to get started!  i'll be back later this week to share a project created with my SOGgies and foam squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, but i didn't want you to miss your chance!  comment every day (on both manufacturers' blogs) for your best chance to win!  :)  see you soon!

Crafter's Companion and Xyron teaming up for holiday gift giving!

hiya!  there is a PARTY going on at the Xyron Facebook page and Crafter's Companion blog!  SO much inspiration for your holiday crafting, you may need to take a week off from whatever you do just to craft and get all the ideas out of your head!  :)

i am sharing a project created using the awesome Xyron adhesives we received, paired up with a couple of fab Crafter's Companion products.  BUT...  i am also sharing a photo tutorial on how i made it.

we received a fabulous adhesive kit and were asked to do SOMETHING for the 30 Days of Holiday Projects event!  there are PRIZES!  leave your comments on the Xyron Facebook page and Crafter's Companion and design team blogs to win super sweet goodies from both awesome companies!

so i made SOMETHING...  i altered this box - can't remember what i had in it, but it was probably junk! 

the first thing i did was grab a sheet of 6x6 patterned paper for the inside bottom of the box.  it needed to be trimmed slightly to fit:

next, i busted out my Ultimate Tool for some scoring action.  the scoring part was easy, but because the box is bulky, i trimmed some of the edges where the folds met in order to get a nice, snug fit when i adhered the papers.

et voila!  adhered with the Xyron Mega Runner and it was a great fit!

next, i needed some trims so the cardboard wouldn't look so drab.  i sliced up some shimmery (and flimsy) paper and some ricrac, but i wasn't feeling confident it would all stick down with just the tape runner.  instead, i ran them through the Xyron Sticker Maker for a good, permanent bond:

remember to burnish!  i rubbed down hard on all of the strips (notice how i doubled up to conserve adhesive?  i'm thrifty that way, and it worked great!)

next up, preparing the sentiment!  i had something very specific in mind, and i went pretty simple, with white cardstock and the Die'sire Embossalicious 6x6 folder "Holiday Holly" and ran it on through my C'bug:

simple embellishing here - i punched the corners and inked the edges and the raised surface with a light green chalk ink.  stamped my sentiment from Stamp-It Australia's new Christmas line, Twinkle (this set is Falling Snowflake) on plain white cardstock and inked those edges too:

added the trims and used Xyron Adhesive Dots to adhere my sentiment and the image i'd coloured - this is Sheena's A Little Bit Floral (Lily), coloured up my Spectrum Noir markers (PP1, BP1, BP3, BP7, DR7, CT2, LG3, DG3, OR1, TN7)...  click to enlarge! 

this was the inspiration for my colouring (next time i'll stamp it in a really light colour)...   :)

annnnnnd the finished box!  i can add candies or votive candles or a set of notecards or something cute all nestled in pretty tissue paper.  or maybe even rolls of washi tape! 

LOVED working with the Xyron adhesives for this project - HUGE thanks to our awesome sponsor/partner for this event!  and i KNOW you'll see lots of other amazing inspiration - just pop on over to the Crafter's Companion blog, visit the blogs of the rest of the awesome Crafter's Companion USA Design Team, check out our Facebook page, and visit Xyron on Facebook, and tell them i sent ya!  :)  leave your comments everywhere by Monday, November 18th to win stuff, too, and maybe you'll get the awesome new Xyron 3" Sticker Maker!  (I WANT THAT)  or some other fantastic prize.  regardless, thanks for joining me today, and have a WONDERFUL weekend!  :)