SOG Challenge: Inspiration

Hi all,
Welcome to another fun and exciting challenge from Some Odd Girl!  The last challenge was a bling challenge, and wow, what entries we had!
For this fortnight, we were given a picture to use as inspiration - these are always fun!  Take a look at the pic:

OK, so many ideas, right?  If you were smart enough to get your hands on any of the 3 clear stamps released as part of the birthday celebration, they are PERFECT for this challenge!

Here's mine:

I mainly used the colours this time - I didn't include any cupcakes, but if you want to, you definitely should!  And sprinkles too!

My card base is Bermuda Bay CS.  All of my patterned papers are from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist collection called Out of the Blue, and my mats are black.  The strip across the middle was punched with the EK Success Fleur de Lis edge punch, and I added some Bermuda Bay polka dot ribbon around that. 
I also added Martha Stewart pearls to the visible corners, and I stamped the sentiment (which comes with the image) onto the patterned paper. 

I stamped Cupcake Mae onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memeto Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured her with Copics, and her dress was paper pieced using the same patterned paper.
I cut her out with a thin white border around and mounted her on with foam dots.

You should definitely play along with this one - link your card up over on the Some Odd Girl blog, so we can see it and oooh and aaaah!

Tomorrow morning I will be leaving bright and early for a week in the Big Apple - yes, that's right, New York, here I come!  So, I'll be scheduling next week's posts ahead of time (hopefully, if all goes well).  Wish me luck y'all!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Some Odd Girl Customer Showcase

Hi all,

Hopefully you saw all of the fun stuff we have been doing this week over on the Some Odd Girl blog to celebrate the 2 year birthday!

Today, all of the ODDies are sharing a card we have spotted made by someone out there in blog land using our SOG images!  We love seeing these in random spots around the blogosphere, so we're excited to share these with you!

I spotted this card over on the Sketch Saturday blog when I was looking for a sketch to use, and one of their DT was using a SOGgy image!  I was so impressed, that I had to choose this one!

It is the talented Faye, and you can find the link to her post HERE, and here is her card:

Her colouring blew me away, and I loved the papers and embellishments.  I just adore it!  Head over to her blog and leave her some love!!!

Thanks for sharing this Faye!

Happy 2nd Birthday Some Odd Girl!

Hi all,

Welcome to another fun post for this week with Some Odd Girl!  We had an amazing blog hop on Monday and Tuesday, and yesterday we found out the hop winner, and Kristy released some brand new clear stamps into the store, which were very Hush Hush!

Today to celebrate the 2nd birthday, the DT are showing you cards made with the brand new release!  Once again, these are clear stamps, not digi images.  I love getting these in the mail!!!

Here we go:

I am showing you Birthday Mae - she is so sweet, and you can find her in the store NOW!

My card base is More Mustard CS.  On top of that, I stamped Birthday Mae onto a large panel of Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured her in with Copics, and added some shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I also added lots of glitter spots all around her.

I sponged around the panel with Wheat Versamagic ink, and matted it with black CS.

On the right side, I added a pice of patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist collection called Out of the Blue, matted with black CS.  I rounded 2 of the opposing corners with my punch as well.
On top of that, I used another piece of Bella's Bestest to stamp the accessory candles (that come with the image!), and coloured them with Copics and Prisma's, same as Mae.  I stamped the sentiment directly under that, which also comes with the image, and matted that whole piece onto More Mustard CS, and mounted them on with foam dots.

I hope you are enjoying birthday week with us - we have a really fun customer showcase tomorrow, so I hope you can come back and visit.
Don't forget to stop by the SOG blog for all the fun!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Some Odd Girl Blog Hop!

Hi all,
***Scroll down to see my Stamping Bella Sneak Peek post!***

Well, Some Odd Girl is turning 2 years old, and we are celebrating this week!
You should have come here from Leah's blog, but if you didn't, make sure you start at the beginning to catch all the fun!

WOO HOO and welcome to our Birthday Bash week! Today, January 16th through January 17th we HOP! We are so thrilled and honored to have been able to share two whole years of Some Odd Girl madness so we have a special treat just for you!





The Odd Girls will be sharing their TOP 3 favorite creations of their term with you. Why is this special? We're playing a little game, you have to name the Some Odd Girl stamps used in those creations! We promise no retired stamps, so if you aren't sure, just pop by the Some Odd Girl shop and find those names and place a comment with the answer in the comments section! A random winner will be chosen out of the correct answers to win 1 of the 3 brand new Birthday Celebration Clear Stamp Sets! That means 3 winners people! Remember you have two days to complete the task at hand and be sure to leave lots of love at each member's post for more chances to win!

Here are my 3 faves from this term:

Pick 1

Pick 2

Pick 3

Can you name those images???

Here's the hop order:

Some Odd Girl Blog

Amy
Cor
Leah
Robin ---------------------That's HERE
Vera
Melissa
Caz
Elena
Lou
Christina
Kristy

What are you waiting for??? GET HOPPING!!!!!

Sketch Saturday 190: Sew Awesome

Hi all,

I'm playing along with today's layout over on the Sketch Saturday blog: #190.  Love these sketches!
Here it is:

I decided to use one of Kristy's newer clear releases - a Valentine's image!  The big day is coming, you know.

Here's mine:

My card base is Sahara Sand CS, my patterned papers are from Basic Grey's pack called Olivia, and everything has black mats.  The strip across the middle was punched with an SU scallop edge punch, and I added some Old Olive grosgrain ribbon around that. 
I also added a corner with my SU Photo Corner punch, and I added 3 rhinestones to that, and 3 more to the other corners on the base. 
I stamped the sentiment (which comes with the image) in black ink onto the patterned paper. 

I stamped the thread spool from In Stitches Tia onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memeto Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured it with Copics and cut it out using Classic Circle Nesties.  I added some shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS and I added some sponging to the inside of the stencil using Wheat Versamagic ink. 
I stamped Tia onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Onyx Versafine ink and embossed her with Clear EP.  I coloured her with Copics, cut her out with a thin white border, and mounted her on top of the spool with foam dots. 
She's adorable!!!

By the way, Kristy is having a 2-year birthday celebration and new releases next week, so keep your eye on the SOG blog for lots of fun stuff!!!  You will love it!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

SOG Challenge: Bling Me!

Hi all,
It's Thursday, which can mean a few good things...firstly, it's almost Friday, which is awesome!  But also, we are posting a brand new challenge over on the Some Odd Girl blog!
Last week was a LOVE inspiration challenge because Kristy just had an amazing release of clear stamps for Valentine's Day.

This week, we are challengeing you to bling up your project.  You are required to use at least 2 types of bling on your project, which includes, but is not limited to, pearls, rhinestones, loose glitter, Stickles, foil, glaze, and mist.  Just make it sparkly and/or shiny!

Here's mine:
For this card, I am actually re-using a sketch that I really liked from THIS post on the Sketch Saturday blog. 

My card base is Sahara Sand CS, the patterned papers are from SU's Cutie Pie DSP pack, and the mats are black.  I added some Certainly Celery polytwill ribbon around all the layers, and I added 2 square rhinestones to 2 corners.

I stamped Romantic Gwen onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Versafine Onyx Black ink, and embossed her with Clear EP.  I like how it seals in the ink.  I coloured her with Copics and added some shading with my Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.   I cut her out with Label 4 Nesties, and added some Wheat Versamagic ink inside the stencil.  I also added a bunch of glitter dots with my glue pen and loose glitter around my image.
The sentiment also comes with the image, and I stamped that in black ink onto white CS, outlined the heart with a Rose Red marker, and cut it out.

Don't forget to head over to the SOG blog to link up your own creation with bling!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday 221

Hi all,
There is a great sketch over on the Mojo Monday blog this week: #221.  They have a square and circle option, which is great, but I'm not that great with circle cards, so I stuck with the safe route :-)
I had to play along, so here is the sketch:

Fun, right?

Here's mine (using a newer digi release from Some Odd Girl):

My card base is Sahara Sand CS.  The patterned paper is from SU's Ski Slope DSP pack, and everything is matted with black.  For the strip at the top, I used a white piece punched with my Martha Stewart icicle edge punch, added a black strip, and then some Chocolate Chip polytwill ribbon.
The sentiment is from the SU rub-on pack called Merry & Bright, and that was punched out with their ornament punch.
The snowflakes on the smaller Sahara panel are also from that rub-on pack, and I ripped 3 pieces of white CS to make the snow hills.

I printed Winter Mae onto Whisper White CS, coloured her with Copics, and cut her out with a thin white border around.  She is so cute and snuggly, isn't she?

Well, that's it for me today - I have to get ready for another family holiday dinner, so it'll be a busy one.

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

SOG Challenge: Inspiration!

Hi all,
Now, I know we usually do our challenges on Thursdays, but this time, we are mixing it up and posting on Friday!  Last week, Kristy put out an amazing release of clear stamps (perfect for Valentine's Day or that specal occasion you have coming up)!  So, the ODDies are using the stamps from that release!  Just wait til you see what we've all got up our sleeves!

For this challenge, we have a picture for you to use as inspiration!  Take a peek:

What are you going to take from this one?  The colours?  The hearts?  The book? That cute ticket?  Take your pick...

Here's mine:

My card base is Sahara Sand CS, and I embossed the right-hand side with the Cuttlebug Spots and Dots folder. 
On the left side, I added a white panel, which has 2 rounded corners, and some Pretty In Pink sponging around it.  I also added 2 red rhinestones to the pointy corners. 
The sentiment and the arrow are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink (and they both come with the image!).
The heart is one of those old SU Sticky Cuts, and I covered it with red micro fine glitter (va va voom).  The red orchid in the middle is from Martha Stewart.

I stamped Crushin Gwen onto Bella's Bestest Paper, and I used Versafine Onyx Black ink, and embossed her with Clear embossing powder.  I love that effect.
I coloured her with Copics, and cut her out with a thin white border around - makes her stand out a bit against the base.

Copics:
*Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R02
*Hair: E33, E37, E49
*Eyes: BG00, BG43, BG45
*Shoes: C3, C7, 00
*Dress: R00, R20, R43, R46, R29

We want you to play along this week - head over to the SOG blog to submit your creation using the picture as inspiration.  If you have any SOG images you can use, we love to see them!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

SOG New Release: Lovey Tobie

Hi all,

WOW, what a couple of weeks.  It seems so busy!!!
So, over on the SOG blog, there have been reveals this week of some brand new clear stamps Kristy is releasing - just wait til you see all the stellar work of the DT!

And naturally, I was supposed to post a card on Tuesday to show you the awesome Lovey Tobie!  BUT here's the catch...I didn't get my stamps in the mail until today! LOL
Gotta love the post - especially this close to Christmas.

So, I'm gonna show him to you anyway, even if I'm late.  But make sure you stop by the SOG blog to see ALL the new images this week!

I think you'll find that this is a very mushy and smushy and lovey release :-)

I went for a simple layout.  My card base is white (I wished I had that Cuttlebug embossing folder with the hearts, but alas, I never did pick that one up).  My patterned papers are from SU's Bali Breeze DSP pack, along with black mats.
I added some fun sparkly letters to one of the panels (they are from Recollections, I think).

I stamped Lovey Tobie onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured him in with Copics, and added some shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I cut him out with Label 18 Nesties, and added some Bashful Blue sponging inside that stencil.  He's a total hottie, right???

Head on over to the store - the images are going on pre-sale as they get released each day!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

SOG Challenge: Easel Card

Hi all,

I hope you're all having a great week so far.  Since I schedule most of my posts ahead of time, sometimes I don't know what's going to happen, but if everything has gone according to plan, last night I would have seen Breaking Dawn with my best friend!
Are there any Twi-fans out there?  I know there are, actually.  I've read all of the books, and seen all of the movies thus far, so I saw no need to disrupt the trend :-)

Anyway, back to bid-niss.  Today we have another awesome challenge over on the Some Odd Girl blog!  Last time we had an interesting recipe challenge, and this week, we are challenging you to make an easel card!  You should see what the ODD girls have done with this challenge!  This is one amazing team.
If you don't know how to make an easel card, there is a really quick and easy tutorial on SplitCoast HERE.

Here's mine:

My card base is Pretty In Pink CS, all my patterned papers are from the Basic Grey pack called Olivia, and everything is matted with black. 
I added 4 adhesive rhinestones to the front panel, and the sentiment and cloud come with the image.

On the underside, I used the corner flourish from the same set and some more rhinestones to hold up the easel. 

I stamped Grow onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured her up with Copics (love all those folds in the fabric!) and cut her out with a thin white border around. 

You can make your own easel card and head over to the SOG blog and link it up - we'd love to see!

Have a great Friday everyone!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Sketch Saturday and Alice

Hi all,

I hope everyone has had a great weekend so far - I can't believe Monday has spring up again...back to work tomorrow.
I did get some time to play with my Some Odd Girl images this weekend!  I am using the Sketch Saturday Sketch #183 for my card today.  Here's the sketch:

Here's mine:

I've stuck with a Clean and Simple (CAS) card - I thought the plain white background would be nice with these papers.  I cut the main oval out of Kraft CS using Classic Oval Nesties, and I added some Walnut Stain Distress ink to the inside.  My patterned papers are from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist collection called Out of the Blue, and the circles were done with Classic Circle Nesties. 
My sentiment is from Stamping Bella, and was stamped onto Kraft CS and punched out with my Modern Label punch. 
I added dots to the oval and the sentiment using my white gel pen.

I printed Alice Mae onto Whisper White CS, coloured her with Copics and cut her out with a thin white border around.  Ain't she cute???

Also, don't forget about our recipe challenge going on at the SOG blog - you still have time to play along!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

SOG Challenge: Cooking Up A Recipe

Hi all,

It's time again for another awesome challenge with the Some Odd Girl blog!  Last time we had an amazing Nouveau challenge, and the entries were stellar!

This week, we have been challenged with a recipe!  Now, I tend to have trouble with these, so this is where you gotta be flexible and have fun!
Here are the required ingredients (besides the image): 2 patterned papers + coloured card base (not white or kraft) + buttons + punch/die cut = your card!  OK, so they were kind to us this time :-)

Here's mine:

My card base is Chocolate Chip CS, my 2 patterned papers are from the Authentique pack called Blissful, and my mats are black and white.  I punched the left-hand panel with my SU scallop edge punch, and tied some Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon around that length-wise.  I used some miscellaneous SU buttons with Linen Thread, and attached them with Mini Glue Dots. 

I printed Angel Kaylee onto Whisper White CS, coloured her with Copics, and cut her out with a thin white border around.  I mounted her onto a die cut from the Labels 14 Nesties with some Walnut Distress ink, and that completes my card!

I hope you're having fun with the new digis and the new clear stamps!  We think they are the greatest!

Don't forget to play along with our recipe challenge - we would love to see what you come up with!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Sketch Saturday 180: Deck The Halls

Hi all,
I liked the sketch from Sketch Saturday so much, I had to use it again...this time I made a holiday card using one of the newest digi releases at Some Odd Girl!

Here's a glimpse of the sketch:

And here's my humble version:

My card base is Chocolate Chip CS, and my patterned papers are from SU's Ski Slope pack, with black mats.  I used an SU scallop edge punch for the panel on the left, and I added some rhinestones to the side.  The strip along the bottom is Old Olive CS, and the sentiment is an SU rub-on.  For the top right corner, I added some adorable string ornaments by Jolee's - aren't they cute?

I printed Bright Lights Kaylee onto Whisper White CS, and coloured her with Copics.  I cut her out with Classic Rectangle Nesties, and added some Java Versamagic sponging to the inside of the stencil.  I matted that with a black scallop rectangle.

On another note, in honour of American Thanksgiving, Kristy has released some adorable images, and they are being shown on the SOG blog! Head over and take a look - great images for occasions with gratitude!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

New Release: Grow

Hi all,
I'm sure you've seen the stellar release at Some Odd Girl from November 1st - there are no words to explain these images.  LOVE them.

Anyhow, us ODDies had a blog hop on October 31st and November 1st leading up to the release, and we each showed one of our projects.  I also showed a second project earlier this week, and today is my final project with the 3rd image!

I made tags/bookmarks with all of them, so here is Grow:

Like I said with the previous tags, I bought the tags at Michael's, and they are by Inkssentials.  I sponged this one with Peeled Paint distres ink around the edges.  The patterned paper is from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist collection called Out of the Blue, and that was matted with black CS.  I cut a couple of clouds out of white felt with my Die-Namics die and glued them to the top.  I stamped the decorative corner and the sentiment (which both come with the image) in black ink, and I darkened them with a Sakura Glaze pen so they would stand out more. 

I stamped Grow onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with Copics.  I cut her out with a thin white border around, then adhered her to some black CS and cut her out again with a black border.  I just needed her to stand out a bit more from that busy paper. 

Here is a shot of all 3 tags together:

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

SOG Challenge: Mucha

Hi all,

It's already been two whole Thursdays, so that means it's time for another challenge with Some Odd Girl!  Also, in case you don't already have it saved into your favourites, the SOG blog has moved sites - Kristy's DH has been working on so many things!

We had some AMAZING entries last week for the Black & White image challenge!  This week, Kristy found us a picture for inspiration. It is a piece of art done my Alfonse Mucha - it's so weird because when I was in Prague with my sister in August, we actually went to see a Mucha exhibit.  This artist's style is unmistakable, and you've probably seen tons of his stuff around (or at least knock-offs).  Here's the pic:

Since this style is so Art Nouveau, we thought there was no better time to use the newly-released Nouveau Girls!  All the ODDies are using one of the 3 images that was just released on November 1st for this challenge.

Here's mine:

I mainly took the neutral colours from the picture and I tried to make it a bit more vintage looking.  I used mainly golds and browns.  My base is Chocolate Chip CS, my patterned papers are from the SEI collection called Windsor, and everything is matted with black.  I also distressed the edges of the base piece of patterned paper.
The black strip was punched with my Martha Stewart lattice edge punch, and the white strip was embossed with the Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy folder. 
The corners were punched out with my Photo Corner punch, and I added an adhesive rhinestone to each one. 

I stamped Believe onto Bella's Bestest Paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I actually coloured the entire thing with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS - no Copics!  Gasp...
I cut her out with Label 10 Nesties, and added some Antique Linen Distress ink inside the stencil.
I also put tons of little glitter dots all around her.
Isn't she a beauty???  Kristy did such an amazing job with this line, and I'm looking forward to more!

You have 2 weeks to enter this challenge - use the Mucha picture as inspiration, and link your creation up on the SOG blog.  You aren't required to use SOG images, but we LOVE it when you do!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

New Release: Believe

Hi All,

Well, hopefully you got to hop along for the new release with Some Odd Girl!  As you have seen over the past couple of days, Kristy has created these beautiful Nouveau Girls to add to the SOG family, and they are GORGEOUS!  They are photopolymer clear stamps, so this is not a digi release.
When we got these in the mail, we swooned!

Today, I'm showing you Believe.
Once again, I made a tag or bookmark with her.

My snowflake paper is from the Winter Mat Stack by DCWV, and it's glittery and fun!  I also punched the snowflake edge with my Martha Stewart edge punch, and the blue snowflake are from a Jolee's packet of stickers.

I stamped Believe in Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Bella's Bestest Paper, and coloured her with Copics.  I love all the folds and drapes in her dress - they are a colouring dream!  Although somewhat time-consuming.  But colouring is so relaxing, that you can't go wrong!

Make sure you head over to the SOG blog to see all the ODDies' creations.  You will be so inspired!
The release is out, so head to the store and pick up all 3 - you won't be able to choose!  She also comes with a sentiment and some gorgeous flower accessory stamps:

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Nouveau Girls Blog Hop: Bliss

Hi all,
Welcome to our Blog Hop for the Nouveau Girls release at Some Odd Girl!  You should have arrived from Amy's blog - if you didn't, you might want to start at the beginning on the SOG blog!  You won't want to miss anything!

There has been alot of excitement building up to this event but not only do we have this new line to share with you, we also have some other fun, new things too!

Along the way you'll see some fabulous projects by our Odd Girls who have just had so much fun with this new line and have been bursting at the seams to share! We're bringing you 3 Clear Stamp designs that we hope will knock your socks off and you'll love for all sorts of projects.

Here's my project for today:

I made a cute little tag or bookmark for my project!  I bought these tags at Michael's and they are from Inkssentials.  I sponged some Walnut Stain distress ink around the tag first.  The bird cage paper and the polka dot paper are from the Authentique pack called Blissful (pure coincidence with the stamp name, I swear).  I stamped the sentiment that comes with the image on that paper using black ink.  The sparkly flower is from a Martha Stewart package of Chrysanthemum stickers, and the butterfly is also from Martha Stewart. 

I stamped Bliss onto Bella's Bestest Paper with Memento Tuxedo black ink, and coloured her with Copics.  I cut her out with a thin white border around and adhered her with foam dots.  Isn't she gorgeous??? Kristy has outdone herself with this line!!!

Here is the full hop lineup:

Old Some Odd Girl Blog 
Melissa
Leah
Natasha
Sarah
Corry
Christina
Amy
Robin <-------You are HERE :-)
Lou
Elena
Vera
Caz
Kristy
New Some Odd Girl Blog
Nouveau Girls Site

We are hopping October 31 - Nov 1 with some special projects on the Nouveau Girls Blog the rest of the week. You have thru Nov 1st (midnight EST) to make sure and comment on every stop to be entered to win all three designs from the release! See you at the very end for the full reveal!
Now, head over to Lou's blog!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

SOG Challenge: Black and White Image

Hi all,

It's been 2 weeks since our last challenge, and we are so ready for another!  As always, the challenge is hosted over on the main Some Odd Girl blog, and all the DT are posting their cards on their own blogs as well. 
This week, we are all working with images from the latest digi release - I know I've mentioned how brilliant it is, but maybe I can re-iterate it now - IT IS AMAZING.  Head over to the store to check out the images!

So, we are challenging you to make a project where your image is entirely black and white.  The papers and embellies can be any colour, but the image has to be B&W.  I LOVE this challenge.  I think black and white images are so classy, and you only need a very limited number of markers or pencils! 

Here's mine:
I have to let you know that I got my sketch and card idea from Ruth's blog HERE - I thought it was pretty neat and had to CASE it! 

I started with a regular sized card in Basic Gray, and chopped off a sliver of the front from the right side.  I punched that edge with an EK Success punch.  On the front, I added a piece of white CS, which was embossed with my Cuttlebug Floral Screen folder, and the sentiment is an SU rub-on, punched out with my Modern Label punch.
For the inside, I added a piece of white, which I splattered with my Basic Black marker and my Color Spritzer Tool.  I also added 2 black Martha Stewart pearls to that edge.

I printed the lovely Kimono Kaylee onto Whisper White CS and coloured her with Copics.  I added some gray shading around the outside and to the ground using a graphite pencil and water brush.  I went around her with a glue pen making dots, and covered those in glitter.  I sponged around with Walnut Stain Distress ink, and matted that with a black piece.
To colour Kaylee, I used my cool and warm grays (C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, W3, W5, W7, W9, 100).

You've got 2 weeks to play, so link up your card or project to the SOG blog so we can drool over it!  You aren't required to use an SOG image, but we get so excited when you do!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!

Sketch Saturday 173: Deer Gift Mae

Hi all,

I know I've mentioned before that my favourite cards to make are Christmas cards, right?  Well, I dunno if you've seen the newest digital images over at Some Odd Girl, but Kristy released some of the cutest holiday images the last go! 

I spotted a great sketch over on the Sketch Saturday blog, #176, and I had to give it a try!  Here is the sketch:

Fabulous - I love a sketch that lets me use my patterned papers!

Here's mine:

My base is Kraft CS (I always use that, for some reason).  My patterned papers are from SU's Christmas Cocoa DSP pack, and my mats are black.  I added some polka dot Soft Suede Ribbon around the square base, and some miscellaneous red rhinestones to 2 of the corners. 
My sentiment is an SU rub-on, using Real Red CS, and punched with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch.

I printed Deer Gift Mae onto Whisper White CS, coloured her with Copics, and added some shading with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I added some glitter spots all around her - I think it adds that holiday touch!  I cut her out with Curved Rectangle Nesties, and added some Wheat Versamagic spongin inside the stencil.
I have to say - my favourite part of this image is her little tail, and the spots on her little backside - she is the cutest!

Copics used:
*Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R02
*Hair: E71, E74, E77, E49
*Dress: W3, W5, W7, W9
*Present: R22, R24, R29, BG70, BG72, BG78
*Eyes: E41, E43, E48
*Antlers: E31, E33
*Shoes: C3, C5, C7

We also have a sketch challenge running on the SOG blog - don't forget to play along with us this week, if you haven't already!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for stopping by!