Some Odd Girl Digi Release Week

Hi!!! It's digi release week @ Some Odd Girl and have we got a treat for you! Each day, Monday through Friday, 2-3 new digis will be revealed  Not only can you buy the newly released digis but you will get a special sale price on the day they are revealed. You can read all about it on the Some Odd Girl Blog

I am showcasing Pumpkin Kody

Make sure you RUN! over to the Some Odd Girl blog to see who else is being revealed today..... 

Image: Pumpkin Cody

Papers: Basic Grey Eerie

Tag: My Mind's Eye Die Cut

Black Pearls: Kaisercraft

Colour Medium: Copic Markers

Ribbon: Stash

ABC Birthday Blog Hop & DT Whiff of Joy

ABC Challenges is celebrating their 3rd Birthday with a fabulous blog hop with loads of prizes up for grabs. 

The theme for this challenge is Y FOR YESTERDAY

Choose any past ABC Challenge theme - don't forget to let us know which challenge and the date it went live.

If you've arrived here from Ali's Blog then you're on the right track, but if not then you need to hop back to the ABC blog for the full list of hoppers. 

I chose a challenge from March '11 - P is for Pearls. It was sponsored by Whiff of Joy so I've used a Whiff of Joy image too. This cutie is one of the new mini stamps released this month - Henry Hugging Heart.  The 'Love' sentiment comes along with the stamp

My papers are from Prima's Jack & Jill collection and my pink card is from The Paper Mill. I used both the Heart and scalloped Heart nestabilities to cut out them out.

I added some white lace and flowers - from Wild Orchid Crafts, and some Pearls to tie in the challenge. 

Copics Used - E30, 31, 33, 35. R12{ears}, R22, 24, 29.

Next stop on the hop is Cathy's Blog!

Other Challenges -
Whiff of Joy - Pearls and Lace
Bearly Mine -  Anything Goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Use Shapes
Paper Take Weekly -  Anything Goes with Optional Use Buttons
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
KB Cute Monday - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
The Outlawz - Sentiment required - Anything Goes

Have fun!!
Sandie

xx

La-La Land Crafts Summer Release Blog Hop

La-La Land is gearing up for summer with new Design Team Members and some fun new stamps! We're hopping around today so you can see some amazing creations by the new team featuring these fabulous new stamps, and we hope you'll join along. 

If you've arrived here from Rosie's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, be sure to head on back to the La-La Land Crafts Blog for the full details of the hop. 

Of course it's not a hop without prizes!! To be in with a chance at winning one each of the 6 new stamps from the Summertime Collection you'll need to leave a comment on every blog you visit along the way.

Today I'm using the adorable Beach Marci paired up with some fun summery looking papers from one of the My Mind's Eye Stella Rose collections.

I have coloured her with copics - E00, 01, 11, 42, 43, 44.. Y00, 02, 11. BG000, 10, 11. R20, 22. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the pearls are Kaisercraft and the ribbon is from my stash.

Next stop is Trisha's blog, so hop on over and what she has for you today.
Don't forget to comment along the way so you can win!

Have a wonderful day!!

Sandie

xXx

Ben and Nora - All Dressed Up

Good morning! The kids are finally back in school for the most part, we still have some schools closed in more rural areas, so it's back to routine for me. Today I would like to share another new release from Whiff of Joy.

This fun image is called "Ben and Nora - New Year couple" but could be used for weddings, wedding anniversaries, graduations.. etc, etc.

I went all out with distressing, inking and layering on my papers, which are Kaisercraft 'Seaside', for this card. I also wanted to use bold, fun colours. 

The  border work is done using the French Lilies - Border Die and the swirl peeking out from behind the flower is from Romantic Swirls 2

I also punched some holes using my crop-o-dile and laced some scrappers floss though them.

My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts - they've been inked and stickled,  the leaves are from Prima and the brads are from Whiff of Joy. 

Thanks for popping in!
Have a wonderful Tuesday
Sandie
xXx

Lili of the Valley Challenge - Glitter and Glitz

Hi! I have a really quick post today - I made another card for this week's Lili of the Valley's  "Glitter and Glitz" challenge which ends in a couple of hours ..

Very recently I was asked by the lovely Jayne, from Crafty Feeling if I would like to have a play around with one of her kits. Of course one can never have too many embellishments or flowers so I was delighted!! When the kit arrived I was pleasantly surprised by just how much was in it. Loads of flowers with co-ordinating buttons, brads, ribbons, ribbon sliders & dew drops. This kit is called Vintage Delights and is available HERE

 I used Balloon Bunny and coloured him/her? with copic markers {which I will list below}. I then cut it out and mounted it on 3D pop dots. I applied glossy accents to the ballon to give it loads of dimension.

Copics Used:

Fur: C1, 3, 5

Plate: G000, 00

Cupcake: R81, 83

Cupcake paper: E50, 53

Balloon: R32, 35, 37

Papers by Kaisercraft {Gypsy Sisters}

Sentiment and image by Lili of the Valley

Embellishments from Crafty Feeling

Thanks for popping in. 

Sandie

xXx

Back to School with Creative Card Crew

Ok, so who else is having trouble believing it's the last day of August?!! The kids are back to school tomorrow and my little Princess will take her first step into a whole new world of learning. My stomach is in knots thinking about leaving her at those school gates :'( :'( Of course she is so excited and can't wait and thankfully she'll be finished at midday for the first week and a half.

So we have quite an appopriate theme on Creative Card Crew this week

Back to School

We are breing sponsored by Simon Says Stamp, our regular and valued sponsor.

My Greeting Farm image is a digi download and I've coloured her using copic sketch markers - which are on sale at a great price over in the Simon Says Stamp Store. 

I've been trying to use up papers that have just been sitting in my paper box begging not to be ignored any more. The ones I used on this card are from Kaisercraft's Gypsy Sisters collection. The red/yellow paper on the front panel is glittered and just so lovely. As the papers were such deep colours I brightened it up with a white doily, white ribbon and light coloured Wild Orchid flowers.

Thanks so much for looking in today. Be sure to visit my teamies blogs to see their wonderful creations.

I am also entering this card into Stamp Something's challenge - Back to School

Sandie

xXx

Stampin' for the Weekend - Back to School

Woo hoo, it's nearly that time again! The kids are back to school in 3 weeks and it's not a moment too soon. Rain for most of the summer (again) has left them stuck indoors and very hard to amuse. Ok, so I'll miss the morning lie ins, the pj days, the easy going routine but I won't miss the fighting, crying, whining and screaming!!! Love my kids really :) 

Anyhoooo.. enough of my rambling. The challenge on Stampin' for the Weekend for this fortnight is Back to School.

We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp, our very generous monthly sponsor and the prize up for grabs is a $25 voucher to spend in their online store!! With all the new CHA stuff coming out this is definitely a prize to have :D 

My background paper is from Kaisercraft and is called Simon Says (how apt, lol) and I've paired it with some Bo Bunny "Sophie" and brown cardstock. 

The cute image is from The Greeting Farm and she's been coloured using copic markers. I used nesties Labels 2 to cut out my image and shaded the background with Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet distress ink.

Both ribbons, button threaded with scrappers floss, Wild Orchid flowers and pink crystal gems are from my stash. 

Copics Used:

Skin: E11, E21, E51, E00, E000

Cheeks: E02

Skirt & Hairclip: E15, E18

Shirt: R81, R83, R85

Hair: E50, E53, E45

Books: B12, B14, B16 (blue) & W1, W3, W5 (grey)

Anyone for Anya? - Stitch It!

Good morning! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It's another wet day here, I think a movie and popcorn will be in the plans for this afternoon.

This week's challenge over on Anyone for Anya? is:

Stitch It - you can faux or real stitching on your card.

We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

And the prize is a $15.00 gift voucher 

For my card I used one of the fabulous CC Designs images and coloured her using copic markers. The sentiment is also CC Designs. My papers are Kaisercraft Gypsy Sisters and they're been inked with Brushed Cordoroy distress ink. As always I've added plenty of Wild Orchid Flowers and some pearls from my stash.

Be sure to hop over to the Anyone for Anya blog to check out all the wonderful DT creations and don't forget to link up to be in with a chance of winning the prize!