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}~

Rizzobear is off to school!

I cannot believe my little Rizzobear is going to be four years old on August 30th.  Where did these four years go?!  Along with the excitement of her "Princess Hello Kitty My Little Pony Rapunzel" Birthday Party that I have the pleasure of planning (this is the last year that she gets to pick the theme!), she's super excited about starting big girl preschool on August 21st.

I really love the school district we're in.  Her preschool teacher asked to for an in-home meet and greet, where she got to meet Rizzo and overload me with paperwork.  #1 on the list is that she needs a folder.  The left side is for transporting important papers home, and the right side is for returning things to school.  I was going to go to the store and pick her up a generic Hello Kitty folder, but I couldn't dare send her off to school with a boring ol' Hello Kitty folder. 

I decided to do this instead:

She needed something personalized. I've cursed her, really...never will she walk into a souvenir shop and find a mug or key chain sporting her name.  So, I dusted off the Cricut and made some letters.

 Then I made her "home" and "school" sides.  For the "home" side, I used Some Odd Girl's Little Love Tia.

 For the "school" side, I used Some Odd Girl's Teacher's Pet Tia. 

After I got everything laid out, I put a layer of Mod Podge over the inside and out, to ensure nothing gets ripped.

Hopefully, she loves it!  My luck, she'll ask for a Hello Kitty folder.  =o D

Thanks for looking!

MAL: Queen Of The Entire Freakin' Universe

I was telling a friend of mine (who also happens to be a manager in my department) about Unity Stamp Co.'s May Kit of the Month.  There's one sentiment in there that I just love.  It states, "It's not east being Queen of the entire freakin' universe."  I told her I really wanted to make a card with it, but I didn't have anyone in mind to be the recipient.  She said, "Hello?!  Me!  I'm Queen of the entire freakin' universe."  I giggled and told her that she would have one coming her way.

I decided to make a hanger for her door instead:

The paper is all Papertrey Ink and the stamps are all from Unity Stamp Co.'s May KOTM.  I colored using Copics.

 Copics: E11, E00, E000, YG09, YG07, YG06, YR09, YR07, YR04, C3, C2, C1

Copics: E11, E00, E000, R39, R27, C10, C9, C7, C6, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1

This one was slightly more complicated.  Copics: E11, E00, E000, B29, B28, B24, BV08, BG17, BG18, YG06, B14, B41, W2, G02, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday To One Of My Favs!

Inspired by Pinterest, I made this for one of my favorite little girls.  Part of me is hoping her Mommy and Snowdaddy don't see it, but if they do they have to *promise* not to tell her!

So, what did I make?  I made Olive her very own Kleenex box cover up!

Here is the front.

Both sides are the same with butterflies.

And the back is a birthday cake.

The top has a few more butterflies, and of course the hole for the kleenex box.  It's totally reusable too!  Just slip the empty Kleenex box out of the bottom and replace with a full one!  If it's not your birthday, just rotate the box to the butterfly side!

Now, you ask yourself, what on Earth does an eight year-old girl want with a Kleenex box cover.  Well, duh!  It's pretty!

Ok, ok, ok, so it serves another purpose.  It's just a ruse.  Little Olive goes to blow her nose only to find that there's only one Kleenex!  

MONEY!!!

...AND MORE MONEY!!!

She is currently in love with Skylanders.  I didn't know what they were, so I looked them up and could believe it was SPYRO!  I love love love love love Spyro.  I still bust out the original for the PS1 every once in awhile.  The series went to the crapper when Universal bought it out from Insomniac, but the originals were epic.  So, I printed off and colored a Spyro for her birthday "card" and the end of the monies.

I hope she likes it!

Thanks for looking!

Rizzo's Good Girl Chart

My Rizzobear decided to wait until she was three to hit the terrible twos.  Her behavior lately has been whiny, rude, defiant, and outright appalling. I can't believe I'm already saying, "What happened to my precious baby girl?!"

Rizzo is also a people pleaser.  She responds fantastically to positive reinforcement.  When she was potty training shorty after she turned two, I made her a potty chart.  It took two weeks for her to be potty trained, and she's only had one accident.  I blame her Gie Gie (my Mom) for that one.  Rizzo was so excited she had come to visit that she didn't realize she had to pee until it was too late.  So, long story short: Rizzo loves to get that sticker!

When her behavior started getting rough around the edges, I thought perhaps a "Good Girl Chart" would be just the ticket to nip it in the bud.

Here is what I made:

The base is Stampin' Up!'s Blushing Bride.  The white is Papertrey Ink's White cardstock.  The pattern paper is from DVCW's Dots, Stripes, and Plaids paper stack.

The frame is one of the fabulous freebies given away by Tiddly Inks during their 2 year anniversary.
 

I printed off "Rizzo's Good Girl Chart" on Papertrey Ink's white cardstock and cut it out using Papertrey Ink's Mat Stack 5.

This little fairy beaut Tiddly Ink's Wryn - Fairy Friends colored using Copics.

And this darling fairy girl is Tiddly Ink's Fairy Wishes.  I just adore Wryn!

 

Rizzo got to do the butterflies.  They are from EK Success (purchased at Michaels, I believe).

For the rewards, if she's good girl all week (of course, I allow some give...she is three), then she gets a special prize on Saturday such crafting time with Mommy or a special dessert.

I also did myself a favor my placing a hollow backing to the back of the frame and making the list tabbed so I could reuse this chart.

Here's hoping this works!  Thanks for looking!

Rizzo Makes an Easter Bunny

Rizzobear and Mama made an Easter Bunny today.  Mama had to help because hot glue was involved.  I didn't take any pictures of the assembly.  It's basically just felt, pipe cleaners, pom poms, and poofy balls.

Behold!  The Easter Bunny!

Some Odd Bookmarks!

Some Odd Girl stamps recently released their Geeky Mae digi.  I fell in love immediately! I was fortunate enough to win this gem in their blog give-away.  I was so excited to make some bookmarks.  I made two: one for myself, one for my friend Jenni.  

Here is what I made:

The pattern paper is from DCWV's Animal Crackers paper stack.  I intentionally left the center white for it's intended purpose.

I colored using Copics.

Then sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co.

The pattern paper used on this one is from DCWV's Sweets paper stack.

I purposefully did them both the same since Jenni and I will be using them for the same thing.  =o )

Thanks for looking!

Rizzo's Adventures in Play-dohland

Rizzo and I decided to make play-doh.  I thought I would post the recipe online for friends who would be interested in doing the same.  It was fun and the play-doh turned out GREAT!

Start by adding 2 cups of flour.

  

 Then add 1 cup of salt.

Add 1 Tbsp of Cream of Tartar for elasticity.

...and 2 Tbsp of Canola Oil.

Last, add 2 cups of warm water and stir.

You want to stir it until it's well mixed.

 Set it on the stove and stir constantly over low heat.

It starts off nice and smooth.

It'll start to thicken up and get difficult to stir.  It got a little too hard for Rizzo's little arms, so Daddy stepped in to take over.

It continues to thicken, and takes some real muscle.  Daddy was starting to get tired.

 It's done when the mixture starts to pull away from the edges and clump in the center.  Stir for about 2 minutes more, or until you can stick your finger in the dough and it doesn't stick to you.

 

Then empty it onto a sheet to cool.

It takes a while.  Rizzo was very patient.

Rizzo checked to see if it was cool...

...and left a hand print, which gave us an idea!

Mommy/Daughter handprints!  The play-doh is cooling nicely and molds well.

When it cools, divide the dough into fourths and roll into balls.  Tear them in half and put food coloring in the center.

Knead the food coloring from the inside out, and there you have it!  Play-doh!

 

And now the photos of Rizzo and her play-doh.

It squishes nicely.

I came out to find this on the table.  I think Daddy had something to do with it.

He also helped Rizzo build a Smurf village.

Complete with Papa Smurf.