SOGgy Sneaks Week - meet Photo Kaylee!

hey there, crafty pallies of mine! glad you stopped by again to visit, because i have ANOTHER fabby little sneak to share with you! all this week at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog, we are proudly showing off the brand new clear stamps which will be released next Tuesday. yesterday, i showed you the lovely Sweet Thinkin Mae, and today, my fave girl has a new toy!

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Photo Kaylee!

i just lurrrrrrve her little Polaroid! and how cute are the little accent photos?!
here's Miss Kaylee up close and personal:

isn't she FABULOUS?! the perfect stamp for scrapping vacation photos, or sending someone a bon voyage card, or just something for a cute little hello. she also comes with TWO sentiments, plus the photo and 3 accent images. what a great little package deal!

hop on over to our Some Odd Girl challenge blog to see the rest of the Odd Girls' projects using the gorgeous Photo Kaylee, and leave a comment to win her! in fact, join us all week for sneaks, and something a little different on Friday, and you could win ALL of the brand new clear stamps, which will be released at SomeOddGirl.com next Tuesday! :)

annnnnd, if you've got some money burning a hole in your pocket, there's a huge SALE going on at SomeOddGirl.com - EVERYTHING, digis and clear stamps alike, is 25% off! that's just $2.25 for most digis! GO SHOPPIN'! :) (and visit me again tomorrow for something sweet!)

i'm playing along today at Cute Card Thursday, where their theme is TECHNOLOGY
and also at Papertake Weekly, where it's ANYTHING GOES, with the option of BUTTONS!

SOME ODD GIRL has SNEAKS for you! new clear stamps coming!

it's DAY ONE of Sneaks Week at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog! that's right, another fantastic clear stamp release (and just following a fabulous summer digi release too) - Kristy-Holmes-Dollie has been VERY busy!

today, i am THRILLED to show you the first of the sneaks - and lemme tell ya, this little miss has been VERY well-received by the Odd Girls! another beautiful Mae to join the SOGgy family, please welcome...

SWEET THINKIN MAE!

isn't she LOVELY?!

and not only does she come with the sentiment i've used on my card,
but the package looks like THIS:

so you get Mae, the sentiment, and the frame! fab, right?! (well just wait until you see this frame reappearing in future posts this week - SO versatile, and the perfect SIZE!)

here she is, up close and personal...

so what's the deal with Sneaks Week? we are showing sneaks today through Friday, when we hope you'll join us for a little EXTRA fun - the Odd Girls have worked hard to showcase these new clear stamps, and the sneaks are GORGEOUS!

drop by the Some Odd Girl challenge blog to see the rest of the projects, and leave a comment over there each day this week (if you know what's good for ya!), and you might win the featured stamp for that day! Friday, we're doing it up a little differently, so stay tuned!

i decided to play along with the Stampalot Challenge - they've got an "anything goes" theme goin' on...

and come back tomorrow for more pretties and my favourite girl making her debut!

Guest Designing at Quirky Crafts - new challenge!

hey there, crafty friends! hope you're having a wonderful weekend, full of crafting and/or time with loved ones! i was fortunate enough to get an extra day off, so i'm enjoying a FOUR-DAY WEEKEND, which has been blissful so far!

i was ALSO fortunate enough to be invited to the Quirky Crafts challenge blog to be one of their guest designers, and this week they have a SUPER fun challenge going on (one that often intimidates me, but i found a way to make it work, ESPESH with the image i chose - thanks, Cazzy!).

the challenge?

NO PATTERNED PAPERS!

you can create your own patterns by stamping or painting or misting or what have you, OR you can go all out and MAKE your own papers, but nothing pre-made.

yeah, it can be a toughie, unless you're a big fan of the Clean and Simple style. so let's see what you've got! play along by clicking HERE, and you could win a fabby digi prize from this week's sponsor, Stitchy Bear Stamps! or, if you're lucky like me, you might end up guest designing for them!

so here's my card - something of a labour of love. i have seen a braying technique that looks wonderful, but i thought i might be able to achieve something similar and more precise with my Prismacolor pencils, so i went to town...

she's pretty, isn't she? love this image!

i didn't want to cover up the background, so i opted for some tulle to accent the colours in the image. whatcha think? a fun image for stained glass effects, i'm sure, but LOADS of fun for gradients, too! CLICKETY CLICK to play along with the team at Quirky Crafts - good luck!

playing along at Creative Inspirations - their challenge is SUMMER, and i tried to create something resembling a bold sunset for my image.



thanks so much to Cazzy and the team for the warm welcome at Quirky Crafts! and i shall be back tomorrow (Monday) to kick off some serious excitement for the week, so come back and visit!

mixin' it up and makin' stuff!

this one's not for any DT assignment, just 'cuz i was excited about combining these two images and found a few challenges with which i wanted to play along...

so i guess i'll cut right to the chase...

i used Sigh Mae from Some Odd Girl

and the super versatile The Ivy Swing from Make it Crafty:

check out those big pale blue eyes!

LOVE the way these two came together... ANNNNNNND, the sentiment is actually two stamps - NEW ones, but i can't say much more. just a hint of a sneak from Some Odd Girl. ;) (if you come back to visit on Monday, and then all next week, you'll see sneaks of ALL of the new clear stamps being released at SomeOddGirl.com!)

okay, so the challenges that brought about this card?

first of all, The Craft Garden (where the lovely Carlyann, head of the Charisma challenge blog, is a DT member) - they want you to use a BIRD on your creation

Stampin' For The Weekend - their theme is "My Favourite Things"... i'm extremely fond of cute dresses with knee socks and polka dots (i'll take stripey OR dotty knee socks, please!), and i'm totally obsessed with the colour TURQUOISE lately (although ORANGE will always be my absolute fave, natch). so i have the dress, the socks, the dots and the turq. swoon!

and Allsorts chose "Free and Easy" as their theme this month... while i THINK they intended for it to mean an "anything goes" type of challenge, i kind of liked the image "Free and Easy" conjured up in my mind. so sitting on a swing, enjoying nature and the outdoors with birds singing... well that just seemed to make it work all the more for me. :)

and there we go! just a card, for a few challenges, and i hope you're all having a fantastic weekend! i think i'll go finish up some other stuff i'm working on, since hubbin is in our room working on music and i HOPE that means he'll be up late and not getting on my case about cards. the snuggling can wait! HA! :D later, taters! xo

do you have CHARISMA?! DT call OPEN!

it's time for another Charisma design team call! there are lots of exciting things going on behind the scenes on the Charisma blog, and we're looking for more Charisma Galz to join our team!

CLICK HERE for the call, and jump on the bandwagon! Carlyann has a fabby little (HUGE) blog, with lots of wonderful challenges, great sponsors, and a nifty team! *wink, wink*

have YOU got Charisma?!