the new (Some Odd) Girl in town!

hey chickens!

ya met the new chick yet?  

we introduced a brand new girlie to the Some Odd Girl family last week (here), and today, she's returned to do some work!  that is, some lifting, stretching, and SHOPPING! meet Shopping Piper! 

LOVING this new character - her curly hair is so much fun to colour and i swear there are no mistakes!  Shopping Piper is available today with our digi release, and there's a new cut file, too!  CLICK HERE to see what's brand spankin' new in the shop.

my card today features a slew of AWESOME GOODIES from the July OHDEERME Kit from Freckled Fawn - there is so much goodness packed into this little kit, you REALLY need a subscription!

the orange vellum alphas (swoon), the cork star stickers, the chipboard arrows, the blue and green polka dot washi, and that ridiculously adorbs little happy face paper clip...  ALL from the kit!  (but there's so much more in there!)

wonder what's in those bags...  is Piper clothes shopping?  shoes?  maybe getting things for her house?  early Christmas shopping?  

and check out this gold foiled kraft PAPER (from SEI)...

lurve.  all of it.  the Shopping Piper digi stamp, the OHDEERME kit, the foiled paper.  now to find a friend to give this to, so we can find an excuse to spend a day shopping...

CLICK HERE to see what the rest of the Odd Girls did to spotlight the sensational SHOPPING PIPER, and our new cut file, from Some Odd Girl!  and if you visit the Freckled Fawn shop, tell 'em i sent you!  the August kit is available NOW, and oh my goomie!  you will be amazed at how much stuff those kids cram into one bag!

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!)

the Paper Issues "Swag Bag"

have you heard of this little phenomenon yet?  there's a thing.  it's awesome.  it's called a Swag Bag, and i'm kind of obsessed with it.  see, every month, the brilliant Cassie Box swirls these ideas around in her head to compile a group of embellishments that may or may not actually GO together, then she turns them into a bag of fabulosity and sells them for an awesomely low price at her store, Paper Issues.

i've received a few such bags, and each month i get excited when i know the new one is in the works.  the, suddenly, PRESTO!  magic in my mailbox.

here's the card i made using a whole wonderful SLEW of items from my April Swag Bag...  literally everything (save for the patterned paper, which is Pink Paislee Color Wash) came from my little bag o'happy:

what do i love most?  the Doodlebug Sprinkles Vellum?  the cork die-cut?  the red and white baker's twine from The Twinery?  the Be Different stickers from Fancy Pants?  the WOODGRAIN SEQUINS?  the wood veneer geotag?  heck, i dunno.  i know i love it all, and i espesh love it all TOGETHER.

amazingly, even though i FEEL like i've used a ton of stuff on this card, there is SO much left in the kit!  know what that means?  it means that i have a TON of awesome goodies that still remain and i can make more pretties.  know what's crazier?  the May Swag Bag is already in the shop and available to buy!  LOOK:

 
mine will be in my hot little hands soon, and i can't wait to bust it out and show you more!  those little Cosmo Cricket stickers have been on my wish list for a LONG TIME, and now you can grab them HERE!

so there you have it.  subscribe.  you'll get 'em before everyone else.  and use my code ORANGE to save 20% off your Swag Bag EVERY TIME, not to mention the 20% off everything else in your cart.  yep.  absolutely everything.  you're very welcome!  :)

and if you CLICK HERE you'll be able to visit the shop or the blog for the newest releases or the most recent link party!  there's some Lawn Fawn stampy swag up for grabs if you link up for our Pitch Perfect issue!