More of the "ODD" in me!

If your looking for my Creative Inspirations DT card, click HERE

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I was so excited to take part in the Some Odd Girl (SOG) Digi Day celebrations that were happening at SNR/PCP sites yesterday!! I wasn't actually home for most of it, but the awesome part is that Digi-Day challenges aren't actually due until the next day, so I got a chance to play with more of Kristy's fabulous images.

Aside from the extended deadline for the challenges on Digi-Day, there are also other games, occassional freebies, chit chat sessions, points to be earned for SOG store purchases & discounts to the SOG Store.

 I was lucky enough to snag one of those discount codes. Phew!! I got me some more images..........I just love them. They are so cute & different (in a good way) than other images I've used.

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So let's begin.
One of the challenges on Digi-Day (which happens once a month) was to make a holiday card without a holiday sentiment. I used my newly purchased "Big Pressie Tia" to make this card. Isn't she cute & so small next to that big, ginormous present! I used BG papers & 'wrapping ribbon' (feels like paper) to make the ginormous bow near the bottom. The sentiment tag is from Sentiments 4 You.

Challenges for my holiday-non holiday sentiment card:

Incy Wincy- sketch

Creative Inspirations- a pink Christmas

Creative Cottage- someone special at Christmas

Crafty Catz- paper tearing

 Secret Crafter Saturday- sparkle & shine

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Another challenge yesteday was to make a masculine card.

Here I used my "Hip Kody" to make a card for my son. Actually, from one son to the other was what I had in mind as this little dandy came together. Again BG papers, some blue raffia ribbon on the top and some suede strips for the other ribbon accents. The charm sentiment says it all. A few buttons in the corners and Voila! My masculine creation.

Both cards I colored their faces with copics and the rest of them with watercolor pencils, baby oil and blending stumps!

Hopefully I am able to get in on the next Digi Day in December! And you should to.....

Challenges for my masculine card-

Friday Sketchers- sketch

Paper Sundaes- blue & ribbon

Sentimental Sundays- childhood

Simon Says- card for a man (add a charm)

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge- all about boys/men

Challenge up your life- blue & green

Enjoy the rest of your wknd!!!

Creative Inspirations DT- Anything Wintery!

For the next two weeks at Creative Inspirations we want to see:

ANYTHING WINTERY/CHRISTMASSY!

Shouldn't be too hard hey?!

Who do we have sponsoring us?

We have Softpencil with a $10.00 voucher

&

Crafty Pad Designs 

I have chosen to use an image from Crafty Pad Designs called (oddly enough) "Snowmen".

tee hee!

Sentiment is from SU.

I tried my bestest to glitter up my snowmen so they look all chilly -whilly!

Did it work, are you chilled?

Hope to see you at Creative Inspirations with your Wintery/Christmassy creation for us to gawk at!!

Challenges for my card:

Sew Many Challenges- blue & white

ABC - H for holiday (Christmas of course)

A Spoon Full of Sugar- snow & flakes

ABC Christmas- W for Winterwonderland

The Crafty Pad- Christmas sparkle

I'm Fairly Odd!

For more of my odd-y-ness click HERE

I just love Kristy's Some Odd Girl images. They are so cute!

I have a few & hope to expand my collection very shortly.

To kick start their Digi Day on Saturday (on PCP & SNR groups pages) , they are having an early bird challenge...........

DIMENSION!!

Since Saturday is gonna be a busy day for me & don't know if I will get on my puter at all that day, I have opted to participate in this early bird challenge.

I have used the image Balloon Kaylee.

She is soooooooo super sweet!

View from the top

View from the side.

Look at all that dimension!

Ticket is from Whimsy Stamps.

Present & balloons are from my scrapbooking stash, must be a phase, but I am using my scrapbooking stuffs lately. I haven't touched this stuff for AGES!!!

Paper is Bo Bunny, a mixture of different paper packs! They all match so well.

Challenges for my card:

Some Odd Girl- dimension

Delightful Sketches- glitter

Stamp Something- digi day

Digital Tuesdays- stash never used (these papers)

Fab'n'Funky- going round in circles

Cute Card Thursday- anything goes
Wee Memories- dust off your DP
OCC - color challenge

Digi's With Attitude! GDT card - RECIPE

This week at Digi's With Attitude! (Don't forget the exclamation point) we have a recipe for you....

SPARKLE, 2 DP, RIBBON

I know you gots some sparkle somewhere, maybe even some ribbon, but DP ......

I know......

that may be difficult to come by!!

BWAHHAAA!!!

Get your entry over to the challenge blog, cuz there are some great prizes lined up!!

What are they?

Well, your just gonna have to go check it out!

Meet Grumpy Gretchen the Mechanic! She has been busy fixing the car (as you can see by the sentiment) for her hubby for his birthday!!! lol

That's why she's all full of grease too!

The papers are digital from My Grafico & the die cut tool shapes are from Die Cut Dreams.

Sentiment is from my computer. Yup, done it all by myself!

We hope to see you pop over to the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge !

If not to play, then to leave the girlz some love!

Challenges for my card:

Cute Card Thursday- anything goes

Freshly Brewed- 2 or more DP

Delightful Challenges- glitter

Lexi's Creations- anything goes

Lest we forget.

In Flanders Fields.

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch, be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

I have made a card for this very special day when lives were lost fighting for the freedom of others.

Whenever I go to the Remembrance Day ceremony at my daughter's school I feel the tears well up in my eyes (even as I write this, they are here again) & the goosebumps on my skin.....

just listening to the TAPS and hearing the names of fallen soldiers,

makes me thankful to them!

Thankful for my family. Thankful for my friends.

Thankful to be alive.

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My card features an image from Prairie Fairy Designs called Watering Can.

The arrangement in the pot are poppies.

A beautiful arrangement I have highlighted using the spotlighting technique. You can also highlight an image by reverse spotlighting as well.

I have embossed the paper beneath the red Jute with a flower embossing plate resembling poppies, then I sponged red distress ink over top. I got these fabulous Jute & Gingham ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbons! Paper is misc.

Sentiment is from the Cutting Cafe & I used a circle scallop frame from CTMH to highlight it!

Can you see the little NAVY  charm I added ?

I added stickles wherever I could! I colored my imge with watercolor pencils, blending stumps & baby oil!

I hope you take a moment of silence out of your day today to remember the meaning of November 11th.

Challenges for my card.

Quirky Crafts- sketch

Simon Says Stamp- card for a man & add a charm

Anything goes- emboss it

Digital Tuesday- use stash never used before

(I think this is the first time using my flower embossing plate)

Tuesday Throwdown- inchies (backing paper)

Top Tip Tuesday-image/sentiment (TIP- never forget)

Our Creative Corner- an attitude of gratitude

Fab'n'Funky- going round in circles

OLLCB (1st)- remember, remember

Aud Sentiments- what are you thankful for?

Crafty Sentiments- Remembrance Day

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REMEMBER- Prairie Fairy Fun Friday challenge of make your own flowers is still on for 1 more week.

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TOPS

Top 3 today"!! Woo hoo!

Fancy a Chance?

Fussy & Fancy is having a DT call!!

All you gotta do is make a special post on your blog with three of your favorite creations and link it to the Inlinks on the

Fussy & Fancy Challenge blog!

Term starts Jan 1 until June 30, 2011

That's it!

I am on the DT & I tell ya, they are a great bunch of girlz to work with!

What are you waiting for ...............go...............NOW! 

Spotlight, winnas & a Name Search

First things first. At Crafty Cardmakers today marks the start of a new spotlight challenge. DRY EMBOSSING! You know you want to try it ! You've probly done it on a card you made today, so head on over and plop it into the spotlight challenge.

Heck if you have some stitching on it, you can also plop the same card into the stitching that started last Monday! Go find the links and get those cards in there!

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Today is the day for the winnas to be announced at the Steel Magnolia's blog .

Go see if you have won!!?

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Finally, Kenny K is releasing a new line of images called "Krash Kittens" & he is looking for names for all 12 of them. I could NEVER think of 12 clever, hot & spicy, chicketa names, so I am only picking a few.

There will 12 winners for the 12 names that they like the best.

To enter, head on over to Bearly Mine Crafts & read all the deets!!

(while your there, check out the DT- they rock! )

This is what they are looking for :

We'll be looking for cool and playful names that go with the series fast women/biker chick/racing/cowgirl themes, like what we did with Gothik Angelz.

D. Giddy-Up Gretchen

F. Ride 'Em Harlee

G. Sherifina

K. Saddle Up Suzi

Good luck to all!!

Totally Tilda DT- Icy Christmas

At Totally Tilda for the next two weeks we want to see:

TILDA IN AN ICY CHRISTMAS CREATION!

That means blues, silvers & whites !

Get your Tilda thinking caps on  & head on over to the Totally Tilda Challenge to see what's up for grabs!!

I bought this cool fabricy silver paper at Dollarama a while back & thought it would be perfect for an ICY Christmas card. I used my nestie to die cut the shapes around Tilda & trimmed around her feet.I used a snowflake die to cut you guessed it....................snowflakes outta the same silver paper!

I also embossed my blue paper with the swirls embossing folder then sanded it for a distressed look.

 I added liquid applique to Tilda's hat and sleeves, then sprinkled it with glitter & let it dry naturally.

Sentiment is from  SU!

Head on over to the Totally Tilda Challenge & get your ICY Christmas card entered!

We'd love to see you there!

Challenges for my card:

Pollycraft Monday- it's chill time

ABC Christmas- W for Winter Wonderland

The Stampman- Christmas

Daring Cardmakers- birthstone- Topaz

RRR Ramblings challenge- blue, white, silver Christmas

Sir Stampalot- Christmas Traditions

Award

Well, turns out my Blogs' got 'TUDE baby!!!

I was given this award from Lynn of Stamp Around the Block (who also runs a digis store- Sentiments 4 You & soon to launch challenge- Do It With Digi's).

Thanks so much Lynn for appreciating me, my work & my blog, enough to get this award!

(PS-the award may look different cuz the whole Digi's With Attitude! blog got a complete makever along with new badges!! Aren't they great! )

NOW- not only can I display my 'tude award with honor, it also comes with a special $5.00 gift cert. from the Digi's With Attitude! store. I just have to follow a few simple steps and I am on my way to shopping my little heart out!!

FIRST- I must give this award to 5 people: this time I have chosen some regular commenters.

DORA

STACIE

DEBS
MARGREET
VINTAGE MILLY

THEN- I must tell you 3 things about myself:

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

1. I am a pretty kind & generous person, until you cross me, then I am your worst nigtmare.

2. Because of #1, I have only a handful of close friends who are worth my time & energy. Quality not quantity is how the saying goes!

3.  I have found a home away from home in blogland.........thank you!

Now to redeem your award gift cert. Just follow THIS LINK & follow the steps TO GET YOUR COUPON.

Fairy Fun Friday-DT- Make Your Own Flowers

This is my 3rd post for today.

For my Fussy & Fancy DT click HERE

For my Digi's with Attitude! GDT click HERE

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PHOTO FIRST:

I'd like to introduce you to my 3 kids. Hannah 9 yrs, Reade 3 yrs & Merik 7 months all dressed for Halloween!

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Now......for the task at hand!

For the next two weeks at Prairie Fairy Fun Friday we want you to:

MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWERS

There are plenty of tutorial for this out there. Like this one. Or this one. Or numerous other ones on Splitcoaststampers !

I used the image from Prairie Fairy Designs, called Sugar Fairy.

I used the Fan Fold tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. 

I added brads to the center of my flowers & to the bigger flower I added a crocheted flower from CTMH. I sponged it with a little bit of orange & yellow color.

All of the paper is S.E.I. Moonrise collection. I love the bling that it provides.

Sketch is Card Patterns.

In the picture below I tried to get a good shot of the crystal effects I added to the coffee/tea within the cup.

We hope to see you at Fairy Fun Friday this week for our challenge. If you can't participate, at least come give the DT a little bit of love.....we've been making flowers 'out the ying-yang'!!

Challenges for my card:

Wee Memories - anything goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar- relish to embellish

Digital Tuesdays- I've been framed

Stamp Insanity- punch drunk love

GDT card for Digi's With Attitude!

This is post #2 for today. For Fairy Fun Friday DT card, stay tuned.
For Fussy & Fancy DT card, scroll down.

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I was so super honored when Cindy-Lynn of Digi's With Attitude! asked me to be a GDT for her challenge. Her digi's of 'Grumpy Gretchens' are unique & one of a kind, kinda like me, maybe that's why I like them!! haha

The 'Grumpy Gretchen' line has been expanded this month & we get to work with the new releases.

To see these new releases, hop on over to the Digi's With Attitude! store.

ALSO- there will be 3 new Gretchens released every week this month!! You don't wanna miss them!

Let's get started shall we. At the Digi's With Attitude! challenge this week we want to see:

A WESTERN THEME.

Get out those horses, cowboy boots, cowboy hats & start line dancin' over to this challenge for a chance to win some My Grafico papers as well as a $10.00 gift cert to the Digi's With Attitude! Store.

The lace trim I got at our local fabric shop that is closing down. I asked the person I was with if I should buy it......(bags & bags of it- different colors, styles, designs) & she said "if you plan on putting curtains on your cards. Lots of curtains." We both laughed after I told her to 'shut up'.

So I bought it (well a couple bags anyways) and thought it would add a little feminity to my rough & tumble, sexy, saucy  'Grumpy Gretchen Cowgirl'.

Oxymoron much?

By the way, the sentiment is from the Digi's With Attitude! store as well.

The flowers are WOC.

Now let's see your interpretation of Western!!

Remember it does not have to be a Digi's With Attitude! image, but we would love if you used them!

Challengs for my card:

Incy Wincy- anything goes

Lexi's Creations- anything goes

Aly's Sunday Challenge- distressed

Paper Players- anything goes