Trick or Treat with Some Odd Girl!

hey there, chickens!  are you ready for some FUN?!

We’d like to welcome you to Some Odd Girl‘s 2nd annual Trick or Treat Halloween Hop!

Thank you so much for joining us!  All of the Odd Girls have concocted a creepy little creation to inspire you today, and you’re invited to visit each blog to see what’s been brewing!   You might have arrived from Linda’s blog – if so, you’re on the right track!  If not, you’ll want to CLICK HERE to get things started, because you won’t want to miss a thing!

We’ll be sharing some of these pretties at the Some Odd Girl blog over the next few days, but TODAY, we kick things off!  So you might be wondering what this Trick or Treat stuff is all about, yeah?  Well, in addition to amazing papercrafty goodness you’ll see at each stop, you’ll get tricks along the way, too!  Simple tips and tricks to little secrets we papercrafters have figured out that we want to share with you!  

My trick for you today is this... Don't allow yourself to get stuck in a theme with a themey stamp...  Sometimes a little outside-the-box imagining will breathe new life into a stamp set!

And then there are TREATS! 

As you hop, you’ll come across some Treats, located at random Odd Girls‘ blogs.  We have some clear stamps, some Odds & Ends, some digi stamps and lots and lots of inspiration for you!  AND, as if that wasn’t exciting already, we have a discount code for you!

TRICKORTREAT
saves you 25% off your ENTIRE purchase during the hop!

So I have a festive little creation to share today...  BUT would you have thought to use the Yeti clear stamp set for something other than a winter/Christmas project?  Well he is a monstah, so he's kinda perfect for Halloween too, right?  :)  Here's my card, and I've used some of the awesome orange woodgrain paper from our Sunshine Sorbet paper pad and some orange and blue Sorbet Sequins as well:

here's my Yeti dude up close, and you can see all the fun little things in my embellie cluster:

Be sure to leave a comment at each stop, and if YOU have any tricks you’d like to share, we’d love to hear them!  There might just be a prize in it for one commenter who leaves us a trick!  Okay.  So have you got all that?  Here’s your hop order, in case you've randomly arrived:

Some Odd Girl blog

Paola

Mary Pat

Stephanie

Lenny

Anna

Judy

Brianna

Melissa

Katie

JoAnn

Linda

Leah (you are here!)

Suzanne

Alexis

Tabbatha

Nicole

Kristy

And there you have it!  We will hop now through October 31st at midnight Eastern, and our winners will be announced back here on the Some Odd Girl blog on Monday, November 3rd.  Happy Haunting – I mean HOPPING!    Your next stop is Suzanne's blog!  I'm pretty sure she'll have something amazing waiting for you there, so, GO! 

And a very Happy Halloween from all of us at Some Odd Girl!

Trick or Treat with the ODD GIRLS!

VELCOME!  and a VELLY SKELLY Halloween week celebration to you!

i'm so happy you're joining me today to TRICK OR TREAT with the Odd Girls!  Some Odd Girl is hopping, and by now you've ALMOST made it to the end of our little adventure...  you might have found some tasty little nuggets along the way, too!

if Alexis was your last stop, you're on the right track and WELL on your way!  however, if you've just visited me 'cuz you're my friend (yay!), you'll want to head on back to the start at the Some Odd Girl blog...

our hop this week is full of spooktacular Halloween Tricks and Treats. don’t worry, our tricks won’t be too scary! AND, just like trick or treating for candy, you don’t want to skip any houses…or blogs in this case!  in order to win TREATS, you must leave a comment on each of the Odd Girls' blogs, as well as the main post.

SO!  here's my project to inspire you for our festivities!

i stamped this Clever Kittys cutie and extended his fangs and bloodied 'em up a smidge, 'cuz, well, he's velly skelly!  :)  of course, with a critter this cute, i couldn't go TOO gruesome, so i had to add in some Doodlebug pretties!

and from here, you are off to visit the lovely Lenny!  OH, but before i send you away, i have a TRICK to share with you...  as a girl who's trying very hard to get comfy colouring with her markers, i find black to be a little intimidating.  but for the MOST part, i don't even colour with a black marker!  nosirreebob - just various shades of grey (cool or warm, depending on my project and the effect i'm after).  this one uses just the 4 IGs from Spectrum Noir.  no black!

so happy hopping!  we are celebrating right through to Halloween night, so you have until THURSDAY at midnight EDT to leave your comments and be eligible for treats!  i'll be announcing our winners on Saturday, November 2nd on the Some Odd Girl blog.  :)  happy halloween, and don't forget to have your parents check your candy before you eat it!

(linked up to the Paper Issues' "Witchin' You a Happy Halloween" link party sponsored by SRM Stickers!)

how to win some Heidi Swapp Color Shine

simple.

link up to our Halloween Party at Paper Issues, 'cuz that's our current issue!  the Paper Issues girls DO have Halloween Issues!  :)  some might say we've gotten carried away.  ;)  personally, i love it, and hey, if by getting carried away with us, that means you might win something FAB, then so be it. 

so bring it on!  i'm not sharing a Halloween project right now, but showing you the a sampling of the GORGEOUSNESS of the prize you can win:

the burlap was frayed and messed up and sprayed first with the Navy Color Shine, then i laid my bottom panel down in the pool of blue that was on my craft mat.  next, i masked the letters and sprayed White Color Shine on top for contrast and to mute out the background but keep that fabulous blue shimmer.  i traced the letters with a white gel pen, and the snowflakes were sprayed with the Citron Color Shine for pop.  :)

check out the SHIMMMMMMMAH:

i love the marbled vein throughout!  of course, trying to capture the shimmer in a photograph is challenging, but ERMAHGERD, this stuff is HOT.  you NEED it.  you WANT TO WIN IT!

link up HERE and this whole set could be yours!

and if you just want to grab them for yourself, plus any other goodies available at the Paper Issues store, i've got a sweet deal for you!

come and link up your HALLOWEEN projects at Paper Issues!

there's still time - we're having SO much fun at our Halloween Linky Party that we've decided to extend it another week!  you TOTALLY want to jump on this one - there's a most delicious treat (not a trick, i promise) to be won!

this is a page from my early crafty days - i still don't know HOW to make a proper scrapbook page, and i just do my own darned thing, but i couldn't help but link this one up:

my super awesome friend Dee always showed up at the Cont in full makeup - she rocked the spider eyes and i loved that she did her own thing.  i think that's why i loved the ess out of her.  i didn't quite do the gothy/industrial thing either:

white cardigans, red lipstick and birthday cake hats.  not exactly the picture of goth, right?  (that reminds me, it's HAT SEASON!)

well there you have it.  you can win THIS:

and trust me, the stuff is OSS.  i'm a little obsessed with the green (Citron).  get it HERE at the Paper Issues shop, and once you've filled up your cart, do this:

happy linking, happy shopping, and happy HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEN!

Christmoweenie - Paper Issues NEW issue comin' atcha!

okay, so the theme is NOT Christmas, but it's Hallowe'en, and i couldn't wait to bust out some of my new goodies, which are CHRISTMAS THEMED, for the most part.  and that's okay!  that works for me.

i made a Hallowe'en project for the occasion, and you should, too.  because you could win one of the very pretties that i used on my project!  CLICK HERE for the Paper Issues party.  here's m'card:

so.  that GREEN, that gorgeous green shimmery spritzy goodness?  that's the new Citron Heidi Swapp Color Shine, and you want it.  and you can WIN IT!  plus the rest of the new colors....

the other stuff i used?  Paper Issues goodness...  paper from the brand new Glitz hello december 6" paper pad...  brand new Pink Paislee Hey Kid Ephemera...  TCW Dina Wakley 6x6 template...  (that one's sold out, but there are PLENTY of other awesome options!) and Mister Huey's Color Mist in Manila.