it's CROP TIME at Paper Issues!

hey chickens - do you know what's going on this weekend?  today is Day Two of the Paper Issues online crop, and our last challenge will post at midnight tonight... CLICK HERE to join the growing community, and play along with our 24 challenges to win lots of awesome prizes!  seriously, 24.  (and DUDE, check out those SPONSORS!)

i am hosting a "Bits and Pieces" challenge, and i've created stuff for a couple of the others as well...  first, a card and a scrappy page for my challenge:

CLICK HERE to go to the challenge and get the deets on how to play, and you can win the April Swag Bag from Paper Issues...  i used a ton of stuff from my Swag Bags, as well as some awesome Doodlebug Sprinkles vellum, some Webster's Pages vellum lace, Gossamer Blue leaves, Pebbles scripty sentiments, Pink Paislee die-cut paper and Heidi Swapp hexie stickers (among other bits and pieces).

there are some awesome games.  and challenges, including stencils... stitches... pocket pages... glitter... scraplifting... music... a huge title... our free cut files and printables... grids... and the one that might make you go "OOOHHHH!"... a page or spread about YOU - it could earn you a 4-month spot on the Paper Issues Creative Team.  awwww, yeaaaahhh!

here's mine, featuring the utterly and RIDICULOUSLY pretty Bella Rouge line from Pink Paislee:

everything but the doily, the stars and the punchinella is from that line.  it's BEAUTIFUL.  and if you want to get in on the challenge to become the next PI girl, CLICK HERE!

there's more, but i'll save that for another post.  get in on the action - there are a bazillion people all around the world cropping with us, and all of the challenges are open until midnight March 29th (next Monday).  :)

new Link Party at Paper Issues, sponsored by Jillibean Soup!

hey there, crafty friends!  today kicks off a branch new Link Party at Paper Issues, and we are sponsored by the ever-fab Jillibean Soup!  our theme?  those of you old enough to know it will have it stuck in your heads for days...

"Tell me dies, tell me sweet little dies!"

yep, i know!  enjoy that!  :)

i had the pleasure of working with some awesome pieces from their Spicy Social Soup and Sightseeing Stew collections, and it all came together for a fun little pairing.  here's what i made; all i added were an image, a paper clip and little enamel arrows (plus some mist on the die-cut).  otherwise it's ALL Jillibean Soup (and i'm loving these lines!)...

SO!  a pillow box with little improvised taglets using the papers with which i was working:

and my girlie, Strolling Mae, who is pretty much me:

now if YOU want to get in on this action and win an awesome prize pack from Jillibean Soup, you'll want to CLICK HERE.  then you'll want to link up old or new projects that fit the theme "Tell me dies, tell me sweet little dies" - and really, who doesn't have a die-cut shape?  use a pre-cut shape or die-cut your own...  or use a song title (like the Fleetwood Mac one that's repeating in your brain right now), or incorporate something that's dyed (hair? t-shirts?), or stretch it a little further and go for William Tell with the whole apple thing or archery - really, it goes on and on!  just be sure to link back to the Paper Issues blog in your post and you could be our lucky winner!

go like Jillibean Soup on Facebook and tell them the Paper Issues gals sent you!  

and shop in the Paper Issues store for some cute Jillibean Soup stuff HERE!

use my code ORANGE and take 20% off these and everything else in the shop, ALWAYS! 

it's a Hol-ODD-Day blog hop with Some Odd Girl and special guests!

IT'S TIME!  :)  i LOVE this time of year.  the Odd Girls are throwin' it on down!  

WELCOME to our Hol-ODD-Day Hop!  ‘Tis the season for the Odd Girls to get their craft on, and whip up some fun things just in time for the holidays!   Some Odd Girl is very happy to bring you our annual…

This year, we are VERY happy to bring you some of our gift and decor ideas that we hope will inspire you as we all head into the home stretch!  Today, we HOP!  All you have to do is visit all of the blogs below and leave some love at each stop.

You might have arrived from Lenny’s blog...  if so, WOO HOO, and you've made it to the END!    If not, CLICK HERE to get to the beginning ‘cuz you won’t want to miss a beat!

There are some random thingies to be won here and there, but I can’t tell you exactly where!  You might also notice that we have a guest crafter or two  joining us this week! (One joins us today – YAY! – and another may pop up during the week and we’ll give you an extra chance to win!)

I have gotten all boxy and stuff lately, and decided to make a little pillow box for giftin'.  Not only does it hold things, so I can put a thin scarf or some gloves or maybe a wallet or something for hubbin, but the box is extra-keepable and super cute to boot!  I also went NON-Christmassy, just because I'm rebellious like that, and used the Feathered Friends digi  for my image.  Look!

Ermah, they're cute, no?  I used a sheet of the new Crate Paper "Bundled Up" line , along with some Glitz Design stickers and ephemera, and threw in some word stickers from Tim for good measure.  Don't these two look all cute and snuggly?  Well I thought that might be a good way to bring about some Christmas noodlin'!

And all coloured up with my Prismacolor pencils...  I still love them and spent a LOT of time in the last week colouring with 'em, so you may see a bunch more pencil projects coming to this space!  :)

Needless to say, we Odd Girls have had a TON of fun making our Hol-ODD-Day projects, and we hope you have fun hopping with us!  Ready?  Here’s the hop list!

Some Odd Girl blog

Mary Pat Siehl

Judy Bagwell

Isha Gupta

Alexis Kemp

Lesley Croghan

Anna Sigga

Suzanne Bier

Kristy Dalman

Jenn Cochran

Katie Perry

Lenny Sacreas

Leah the Orange (the end!)

So if you haven't already hit all the stops, be sure to make your way around to all of the blogs and leave your comments by Sunday, December 15th at midnight EST and we’ll have some winners to announce on Monday, the 16th!  There may or may not be a stamp set or two up for grabs.  There may ALSO be (or maybe not!) some of the new Odds & Ends to win!  ANNNND there may even be some extras.  But you’ll have to join us throughout the week to find out!

I hope you've enjoyed the hop, Oddies, and we’ll be showing details of some of the projects throughout the week, so drop by and watch for your bonus chances to win!

Some Odd Girl sentiments ROCK MY WORLD

hiya chickens!
hope the week's going well for you and you're all geared up for tomorrow's festivities!  are you trick or treating?  handing out candy?  taking littles trick or treating?  OH, and have you Trick or Treated with the Odd Girls yet?  :)  tomorrow's the last night, so GET ON IT!  :)  click here to go where the magic begins...

TODAY, i am sharing a spunky little thang on the Some Odd Girl blog. no colouring skills involved, just a little hand-eye coordination and a bit of mix-and-match action.  here we are!

i used the Make a Statement clear set and borrowed another sentiment from Dare to Be Gwen, loved it all up with my Hero Arts neon inks from the Paper Issues shop, grabbed a little wood veneer heart and an enamel "sugar dot" heart, and my little masterpiece was born!  i says it's a masterpiece, anyway.  i'm rather smitten with this card and the loud colours and the POSSIBILITIES!  ermahgerd, i am looking for every single sentiment (or part of one) that fits into these banners so i can customize.  :)

whatcha think? OH, and you can grab the Paper Issues bits (plus anything else in the store, like the new Studio Calico PRINT SHOP!) at a lovely little discount if you just use my code ORANGE at checkout:

Endless Summer at Paper Issues - $20 to spend at the store!

okay, have you officially said goodbye to summer yet?  the afternoons still warm up around here, but the mornings are dewy and brisk, and in the evenings, i break out the slippers and onesies (yep, i wear those one-piece PJs!).  so while fall is here, there are still traces of summer lingering around the days like pigeons at the park, and we're not QUITE ready to bid adieu at Paper Issues!

this issue is all about summer, and you can do whatever the heck you'd like with it.  CLICK HERE for the current issue, and do the whole like/link thing and you could win a $20 gift certificate to spend at the Paper Issues store.  :)

here's my little tribute to summer - i will be VERY sad, to say the least, when the ice cream place around the corner closes its doors for the season.  so, ya know, kids eating scrummy treats...

and a close-up of Ice Cream Tia and Popsicle Tobie (for maximum freckle effect!):

okay.  so you know what you gotta do, right?  link your project - new or old - and then cross your fingers so you can win THIS:

and you can use this to save money:

Project Life at Paper Issues!

so.
new issue at Paper Issues and people are eating this ess up!  i haven't jumped on the bandwagon 'cuz i'm not a scrapper, as you know, but lemme tell ya, when i said i'd get in on Some Odd Girl's Project Life project, i kinda really TOTES dug it.

i can see myself getting addicted - if ever i get myself a proper photo printer, or order my Instagram prints from one of the many sites out there.  (Paper Issues was recently sponsored by Origrami, and they have TOTES cute packaging and awesome quality, from what i'm told!)

anywho.
Project Life.
i know LOTS of you do it.
so you wanna get in on the latest ISSUE at Paper Issues, because that's what it's all about.

here's my (unofficial) Project Life spread, Some Odd Girl style:

SO.  am i doing it right?  :)  they're probably more like little mini-pages than actual PL pages, since i don't leave room for journaling and whatnot.  but they DO represent me, and my life, and who i am and what i dig.  and i had FUN making them!

details:

 

 

as you can see, not much negative space.  bit of glare, too.  but how DO you photograph those things if they're tucked into plastic sleeves that give off a GLARE?!  

so yeah.  PL fans, CLICK HERE to see our new issue - Project Life is our sponsor! 

and you could win a CORE KIT or one of  6 sampler packs like this:

and now, i'm off to do the hokey pokey.  :)  actually i'm off to Cape May, where hubbin and i tied the knot nearly 8 years ago.  we're going to eat crazy hot dogs and stick our feet in the ocean.  later, chickens!  :)

Less than 5 HOURS to play at Paper Issues and win UM WOW GORGEOUSNESS

PLAY!
you haven't played yet?
you mean to tell me you've never made ANYTHING using chipboard?  what are you, nuts?
do you own any THICKERS?

come on, folks!  this is a FABULOUS hop, with some surrissly amazing talent, and 9 prizes to be won from UmWowStudio.  they have awesome CHIPBOARD (not your average chipboard, i assure you), and FLAIR.  and i'm giving away a $5 gift certificate to spend, but so are all of the other 6 Paper Issues designers on the hop, ANNNNND there are two $20 gift certificates to be won from Paper Issues and UmWowStudio.

CLICK HERE to go to the Paper Issues hop, and CLICK HERE for my hop post!

but before we close up hop (hee hee), i have another UmWowStudio project to share.  i can't stop using these diamond confetti chippies, and i've used up all my flair (so i've conveniently placed another order!):

 

YUM.

i never thought i'd love chipboard so much.

you can win this:

 

OH.  and.  i'm also slightly obsessed with Lily Bee Designs papers and ALPHAS (mmmm), and Chic Tags.  BOTH can be gotten at the Paper Issues store (new and improved!) - behold, Mini Birthday Tags:

 

UmWow... I LOVE THIS CHIPBOARD! Paper Issues hop!

Welcome to Paper Issues' Um Wow we love chipboard Blog Hop!

You should have arrived here from JoAnn's blog!

If this is your first stop, be sure to head over to Paper Issues to start at the beginning!

We had the pleasure of playing with some GORJE new product from UmWowStudio, and OH MY GOOMIE, I seriously think I'm in lurrrrrve.  So I made some stuff.  And I need to make more and more and more, because it's SO much fun, and totally different.  Observe!

 

Those funky diamonds?  Yeah, that seriously IS UMWOW, is it not?  And the flair, too!  And how about this one?

Cake crumbs!  And funfetti cake, to boot!  :)  Yep, you can use the positive OR the negative cut, and I think that's just nifty.  There is a TON of chipboard stuffed into the pack, so it goes a long, LONG way.

Wanna hop?  Here's the hop order:

Corri: http://buglvr.blogspot.com/

JoAnn: http://joboogie.typepad.com/stamping/

Leah: http://thechroniclesoforange.blogspot.com/

Cassie: http://www.somethingfromcassie.com/

Monique: http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.com/

Shannon: http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/

Um Wow Studio Blog: http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com/

Paper Issues FB Page: http://www.facebook.com/PaperIssues

All 6 designers are giving away a $5 gift certificate to UmWowStudio on our blogs, PLUS there's a $20 gift certificate to be won at the Paper Issues blog!  Here's what you need to do:

1.      Like UmWowStudio on Facebook {tell them we sent you}

2.      Like Paper Issues on Facebook

3.     Comment!

 

Now git yer little tushies over to Cassie's blog for more inspiration and another chance to win!  Comment as you go, and show everyone the lurve!  :)  UmWow, I seriously love this chipboard and flair.  xo

 

(our winners will be announced August 11th, so watch this space!)