Some Odd Girl Hol-ODD-Day Hop!

Hello Odd Friends!

Are you playing along with the Some Odd Girl Hol-ODD-Day hop?  If you are, great!  If not, you should be!  All you have to do is link up a Holiday themed Some Odd Girl project (new or old). Hop on over to the Some Odd Girl Blog for the deets.

So, if you read my Some Odd Girl December Sketch post, you'd know that I love Winter.  It is by far my favorite season!  I love the holidays, the snow, polar bear themed goodness, and the plethora of peppermint scented everythings!  Bath and Body works releases their Twisted Peppermint line.  Yankee Candle releases their peppermint candles.  Peppermint bath salts, candy; this year I even found peppermint Chapstick!

Since my last card was a Polar Bear, I decided I would turn my focus and use Elf Kaylee to create a peppermint themed treat box:

Again, this is not a card...it's a box!  

With peppermints.  I love peppermints.  Both the peppermint paper and ribbon are from Michaels.  (I got them last year, so I'm not sure if they have currently have any.)

The top layers is actually a blue diamond pattern, but it's hard to see in the photos.

I colored Ms. Kaylee using Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11
Hair: E21, E31, E33, E35, E55, E57
Reds: E77, R35, E29
Greens: G18, G17, G16, G05, G02
Whites: W7 - W0 (all)
Gold: Y28, Y26, Y18
...and Stickles.  Lots of Frosted Lace and Xmas Red Stickles!

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Tremendous Treats: Christmas set.  I stamped it in Stampin' Up!'s Red Riding Hood.

Here's a final view with the box and the lid.  =o D

Thanks for looking!

~{Puffy Hearts}~

Stamp-A-Faire: Tie-Dye Challenge!

Today was Papertrey Ink's first online only Stamp-A-Faire.  You can follow all of the activity on Nicole Heady's blog.

Next was the Tie-Die challenge!

I used the shaving cream technique!

Here is my card:

This was the second card I made. I didn't like the first one, but I was super excited about how this one turned out!  The solid papers are Papertrey Ink's True Black/Stamper Select White and SU!'s Brilliant Blue.  I used Adirondack's Stream and Sailboat alcohol inks in the shaving cream.  The tie-die paper base is actually water color paper.  I was curious to see the difference.  I will use watercolor paper for this technique in the future.

The butterfly is Recollections embellishment.

The Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's We Go Together Stamp Set.  The rhinestones are just random Michael's stones.  I don't have the tag anymore, but I assume they're Recollections.

 Thanks for looking!

Daddy's Day

Father's day is around the corner.  I really suck at making masculine cards.  Period.

Regardless, here is the card I made for my Papa:

The card base is Papertrey's True Black cardstock.  The pattern papers are from Tim Holtz paper pack.

The car is from Unity's February KOTM.  The 'DAD' is from Papertrey Ink's Framed Stamp set.

I used ink applicators and distressing pads to create the background.  Then I applied the clock stamps (Tim Holtz) using the water embossing technique.

Water embossing:  Press stamp into embossing pad (I use Versamark) and spray with water.  Stamp onto card and remove immediately. Set with embossing gun.

Thanks for looking!

Snowpeople Wedding Invitations

You may look at the title of this post and assume you're about to see Winter themed Wedding invitations.  Well, not exactly.

Two of my favorite people are getting married in October, and it just so happens their last name is (and will be) Snow.

I offered to make them their Wedding invitations.  Here is what I came up with for the invitations and R.S.V.P. cards:

 

I printed the invitation and R.S.V.P. cards using my good ol' HP 3100 on Papertrey Ink's White Cardstock.

R.S.V.P. cards:

The heart stamp on the R.S.V.P. cards is from Papertrey Ink's Love & Marriage stamp set.

I mounted the printed invitation on Papertrey Ink's black cardstock and put corners over the edges.  The corners are cutout using EK Success' photo corner punch.

The flourishes are from a stamp set I got "way back in the day" and it was not a name brand.  I don't have the package anymore, so I can't tell you who made them.  It was a clearance rack score at one of my favorite paper crafty supply stores. (R.I.P. Memories on Fifth.)  I stamped the flourish using Stampin' Up!'s Cherry Cobbler.  I had to stamp each flourish twice (stamping, then stamping again over the same image) to get the coverage that I wanted.

I originally tried using self-adhesive rhinestones, but they kept falling off.  So I bought some bulk 4mm rhinestones from Amazon.com and adhered them using Scotch's Quick-Dry Adhesive.  (This is quickly becoming my favorite adhesive!)  

Note:  This adhesive comes out really quick, so I painted the glue on the invitation where I wanted the rhinestones using a small paint brush.  I then positioned the rhinestone over the glue and set using an x-acto knife.

So, there you have it!  100 Snowpeople invitations.

Thanks for looking!

Giggles For Some Odd Sketch.

Some Odd Girl has challenged us with a Sketch Challenge.  Here is our sketch inspiration:

Here is the card I made:

 The card base is Papertrey Ink's white cardstock.  The pattern paper is from Echo Park Paper's Springtime pack.

The image is Some Odd Girl's Giggle Fairy.  Isn't she ah-dorable?!  I colored her using Copics:

Skin: E11, E00, E000, R81

Hair: R27, E19, E17, E15, E13

Skirt: G24, G82, YG03

Shirt: R83, R81

Belt: E17, E15

Wings: C3, C2, C1, [Diamond Stickles!!]

Eyes: B07, B05, B02, B00

The flowers were made using Papertrey Ink's Bloom Builder and random Recollections papers from Michaels.  I attached them using sparkly black brads.  I *love* this die set.  Admittedly, I don't use it very often because it's kind of a pain.  The dots scattered about are actually the scraps from cutting out the blooms.  The sentiment is from a Fiskars Sentiments set.

The leaf cutouts are from Papertrey Ink's Leaf Print dies.

Last but not least, I had to add another picture of the sparkly Stickles.  Ya'll know how much I love my Stickles!

Thanks for looking!

March SFYTT: She flies with her own wings

Just a quick post to share the card I made for the March SFYTT.  Sorry to keep this short, but it's been a long day and my bed is calling  yelling for me to be in it.

Here is the sketch:

...and here is the card I made.  I flipped the sketch on its side.

The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black.  The layers are Stampin' Up!'s Island Indigo and Confetti Cream. The inks are Stampin' Up!'s Island Indigo and Calypso Coral.

The sentiment and background Butterflies are from Unity Stamp Co's 'She flies with her own wings' add-on to the Feb KOTM.  The Butterfly embellishment is from Papertrey Ink's Butterfly Dreams set.