Some Odd Girl Hol-ODD-day Blog Hop!

Welcome to the first Some Odd Girl Hol-ODD-day Blog Hop! We're having this hop to not only show some love for all our Oddies this holiday season but to have a hop that includes them! So take a hop through our list and make sure to leave comments at every stop because the Odd Girls have some prizes to give away to celebrate but you have to complete the list to be entered. We started at the...

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Simply Betty 2ndChallenge of 12 Day's of Christmas!

Hey all! The challenge for this day is the grinch! Yay! I love the grinch!! Jim Carey was uber fantastic in the movie, he suited the role so much! Ive picked this quote from the movie 'Well pucker up and kiss it whoville' to be used as my sentiment as i thought it soo suited as esp as lola looks like she is puckering up! I've gone all grinchy colours as i couldn't find a grinchy image that i liked LOL I apologise about the pic it is soo hard to...

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The Crafty Pad - Snowflake Challenge

It's Sunday and it's time for the new challenge at the Crafty Pad! This week's challenge is Snowflakes and if you use a CP Image you will be entered into the draw twice so more chance to win! Our Sponsor is Crafty Sentiments Who has generously given this Prize of a set of 5 Christmas Digi Papers, perfect for your xmas cards! So here is my card: Challenges i'm entering: Crafty Caz Weekly Challenge 60 - Christmas Crafty Sentiments Designs...

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A Xmas Cracker!

Morning Everyone! Here is a xmas cracker i've made using the ickle cutie freebie reindeer stocking from the CCM Shop! I think i'll be making more of these as i snagged a freebie template from the Docrafts website and printed the template on the reverse of my DP and i've added faux stitching to the stars to give the cracker more cuteness! Finished it off with some gold ribbon from my stash and hey presto! Recipe: American Crafts 'Everyday' Papers CCM...

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Halloween at xmas?!

Hey there peeps! Over at Simply Betty Challenges the challenge is to use a Halloween image for a xmas project! Very unusual but hey i like unusual and totally love angelica from the shop i thought she'd be perfect as a xmas angel!! LOL So here she is: Recipe: Papers - Design House Digital Xmas Freebie Kit Digi - Angelica from Simply Betty Stamps and Sentiment from TLC Buttons from Stash Hand Stitched using Making Memories Red Thread and Pokey...

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Black Friday Sale at CCM!

To celebrate the BIGGEST SHOPPING DAY in the US (why can't i live there!LOL), we are having a 50% off sale all day at ChiChi Memories! Just enter the coupon code BLACKFRI50OFF at the  CCM shop! So, stock up with some of your favorite CCM images. If you are not sure how to enter the code, click here! &nb...

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Ickle Xmas Treat Holder

Hey everyone! Here's a ickle xmas treat holder i've made using xmas girlie from ChiChi Memories, she is perfect for this as she is such a cutie! Recipe: Trimcraft Christmas Papers Xmas girlie from Xmas Digi Set Sentiment printed from word and cut out Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle Die Sparkly blue cord from stash Promarkers to ink her in Challenges: 2Sisters Challenge 14 - Snowflakes Hodge Podge Shop Challenge 4 - Anything Goes Our Creative...

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Prezzies for Lola

Hey! Why i haven't i come across Simply Betty digis earlier?! They are totally awesome i love the quirkiness yet cute at the same time!! So i have made a quirky xmas card!! Recipe: Funky Hand Digi Papers Ticket created by me! Simply Betty - Prezzies for Lola Digi Hand Stitching Promarkers to ink in Buttons and Ribbon from Stash Challenges: Crazy for Challenges 64 - Circles Daring Cardmarkers Challenge - We Three Delightful Sketches - Baby...

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Sentimental Sundays Thanks/Thanks Giving Challenge - DT Card

Good morning Everyone! Here is my card for the Sentimental Sundays Challenge of Thanks/Thanks Giving.  I have gone for Thanks Giving as a thank you to all my blogging buddies who celebrate it so this is for you! As unfortunately we don't celebrate here in the UK i would love more holidays! LOL Recipe: Digi Papers - Little Dreamers Pumpkin Pie Digis - Turkey from Some Odd Girl and Sentiment from TLC Challenges: Creative Card Crew Challenge...

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Pretty Fall Princess

Hey All here is a card i've made by using the above colour scheme from colourQ and of course Tiddly Inks Princess thrown in too! For some reason i struggled with this colour scheme so i hope you peeps like it Recipe: Digi papers from Two Peas in a Bucket Promarkers to ink in Digis - Everyday Princess - Tiddly Inks and Sentiment - TLC Sizzix Alteration Scallop Die Challenges: Colour Q Challenge 59 Tiddly Inks Challenge 29 - Pretty Fall Princess...

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Shaker Xmas Card

Hey everyone hope your all well! well i seem to have this blasted cold that the rest of the household has been having i thought i got away with not catching but no my family is the caring and sharing type! LOL I thought i would try something different with a xmas card and make it a shaker oh what fun i had with glitter going everywhere but i managed to do it so here it is: Recipe: Funky Hand - All i want for Xmas Digi Papers Digis - Santa - Some...

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ChiChi Memories Sketch Challenge 19

Hello everyone!  its sketch time over at CCM! What a fab sketch to use and i came up with this using Sweetie freebie available here: Recipe: American Crafts 'Everyday' papers Digis - Sweetie from CCM and Sentiment from Whimsey Promarkers to ink in Aqua ink pad to ink the edges of the papers foam pads to raise the cuties and sentiment Challenges: Fresh Brewed Designs - Show off your style Lollipop Craft Challenge 16 - Girlie Paper...

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Cupcake Cards and Craft DT Call

Hey Everyone! We are looking for two more designers to join our team to create 2 projects using Cupcake Cards and Crafts Digi Papers (cards, scrapbooking etc) a month as a minimum but your are quite welcome to do more and even better its open to everyone whatever your abilities or where you live! So check out the deets below ignore the cut off date just email mandy So what are you waiting for get your apps in to Mandy right away! LOL...

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The Crafty Pad Challenge - Christmas Sparkle

Hello! It's Sunday already and its time for the new challenge at The Crafty Pad! This week's theme is Christmas Sparkle so get out those ever so gorg glittery bits and away you go and get some Christmas cards done! This week's Sponsor is Lou at Creative Craft World The ever so yummy Prize is  MME gift pack 9 including 12x12 paper pack, bazzill match pack, ribbons and brads. So here is my card: Recipe:Papermania Mistletole Kisses Papers,...

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Little Bear Gift Card Holder

Here is a ickle xmas gift card holder that ive made using Little Bear from the xmas digi set from ChiChi Memories just a quick and easy way to make a gift card holder cute by using Little Bear! Recipe: Papermania Mistletoe Papers Ribbon from Stash Little Bear from CCM Xmas Set Promarkers Challenges: Creative Inspirations Challenge 47 - Chrsitmas Hugz...

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Christmas Cupcake

Hey all hope your all well! Here is another Xmas card i've made using Cupcake Cards and Crafts Digital Papers known as Jolly Hollidays which are available now in the shop so what are you waiting for go there now and get some yumminess as i have shown in my previous posts they can also be used for birthdays, general use as they are so verstaile and did i mention the colours are just soo totally on trend right now! I treated my self to some meljen...

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A New Look!

Hey Everyone! It;s still me Sal just had a play with blogger and came up with this!...

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Hey Cupcake!

Hello! Here is a card I've made for my work buddy Alison who's birthday isn't till December but i thought i might as well do it now and lets me have more time to make the xmas cards LOL I was inspired by the Background Challenge at Some Odd Girl where you have to create your own background which i did by using cupcake digi from SOG and placing him all over on angles using Gimp and inking in with my promarkers and came up with this: Here is my...

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Birthday Card for my Niece

Hey Peeps!   Here's a card i'd share with you all that i've made for my niece Kirstie.  I've gained inspiration from the Lil Boutique Challenge of Black, White plus another colour which i've gone for pink and plus its gets me to play with the lil lolitas too! mwhahaha! LOL So here it is:                                       ...

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Merry Xmas Little Bear!

Hey everyone!Here's a quick and cute card i've made using ChiChi memories Xmas Set i've used the tree and little bear from the set so go and check out the shop to get your mits on the cuties!  It only took 10 mins Talk about quick n easy! Recipe: Papermania Mistole Kisses Papers, Snowflake Embellishments Digis - ChiChi Memories Xmas Set Promarkers to ink in Teal Ink Pad to ink the edge of my paper and all done! Here's the challenges i'm...

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First Sentiment Sunday's DT Card!

Hey peeps! Happy Sunday! This is my first DT Card for Sentiment Sundays and the challenge this week is to follow Dorcas's Sketch:  It's a birthday card that i've made for my hubby's work mate mike for his birthday on sunday.  The ticket sentiment was created by yours truly and i think it turned out quite well for a first attempt! I just couldnt find a sentiment out there that would fit for his card so i created my own LOL Recipe: Random...

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ChiChi Memories Sketch Challenge 18 and a Blog Hop!

Happy Thursday Peeps! It;s that time again for the sketch challenge at CCM! Its the usual follow the sketch and use a ChiChi Memories Digi and guess what!! There is even a xmassy freebie in the shop here so what are you waiting for get some ChiChi love and you never know you may win some more yummy digis! So here is my take on the sketch: Recipe:Digi Papers and Sentiment from the Jolly Hollidays Collection from Cupcake Cards and CraftsFreddie as...

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A special card for my hubby

At last im back!! dont you just love it when you dont have a laptop and you have plenty to blog about but hey ho time to play catch up lol Heres a card ive made for my hubby in a couple of weeks it will 10 years since we started going out at a mere 15 year old!!Dosent the time fly when your having fun! I was inspired by the Tiddly Inks challenge to make a spinner card and here is how it turned out, i thought i would go a bit grungy and quirky and...

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The Crafty Pad Challenge 95!

Hello!!! At last im playing catch up with my posts! Im back on blog land! Hurrah!! This week our challenge at The Crafty Pad is STITCHINGWe would like to see some stitching on your project real or faux.Our sponsor this week is Robyn Fetish The prize is 5 of Robyn's lovely images.This week the DT are all using Robyn's images.So here's my trinagle tri fold card using Puppy Paws:Inside: Challenges i'm entering: Crafty Card Markers Challenge 33...

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