Chicka-dee

Happy Hump Day, folks!

My, my, my.... time sure is flying by.

I can't believe it's almost September. Next thing you know it'll be Christmas!!!

Now my card may look simple today. But it's anything but quick! That cute Chubby Chum chick from Paper Smooches is paper pierced. Not an easy task considering the stamp's size. And of course, I decided to pop up the eyes, wings, and feet (hence, more minute and precise cutting were involved).

I also decided to upcycle on this card (hey, gotta do my part on helping the environment!). The sun was cut out of an Amy Tangerine packaging and the grass w/ fence and flowers was from the sticker packaging as well (American Greetings).

Aside from those, the other materials were Bazzill CS, Bella Blvd patterned paper (polka dots), and Echo Park (clouds). The barn/ tractor/ ducklings stickers were from American Greetings.

Toot-a-loo! Hoping to get some crafting done today!

Opposing Colors

Hi everyone,

I've had this Baby Snuggle Kaylee colored up for a while now and was pleasantly surprised when it fitted the criteria for the Some Odd Girl complimentary colors challenge. Those two colors are blue-green and red-orange.

I also used Deconstructed Sketch No. 15 for the design template.

The cardstocks are from Bazzill and Neenah. The patterned papers are all from Cosmo Cricket except the punched damask one which is from Fancy Pants Design. The pre-made tags are also from Fancy Pants Design. The ribbon is from American Craft's Dear Lizzy. Miscellaneous items include Copics, flowers, a Martha Stewart punch, and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches (Word Up sentiments).

Sorry to cut this short here. I am blogging 'real time' and gotta get to sleep. Have a wonderful day!

Vote for my Tag and Blog Candies!

Ok, folks, here are my entries for the SOG Guest DT call on Facebook. Three birthday tags, and I'm glad to say that one of them made it to the second round, the top ten.

The Big Day Tobie tag made it! If you can please take a moment to vote for my tag here. To vote, you must be a fan of the Some Odd Girl page, and comment under my pic with the word "VOTE." Simply liking it won't count although I would appreciate that as well.

To tell you the truth, I thought I'd have a better chance with the other two tags but you never know. A miracle just might occur if it was meant to be. Anyway,I'm very grateful that one of my tags got picked in the first place.

Onto the topic of blog candy now...

My BFF will be celebrating her birthday soon and will be offering some uber awesome blog candy. Pls head on over to her blog for more info.

In addition, I will be joining her on a special bloghop and will offering a small candy of my own.

It'll be on Labor Day at 8 AM East Coast time (5 AM here on the West Coast). Come join us to wish her a special day and have a chance at some blog candies. (I haven't had the chance to take a pic of my blog candy for this so I'll be adding it later).

And Amy is celebrating her 1000 sheets of paper milestone here. She's got this gigantic blog candy that you gotta check out!



Thanks so much for visiting lovees,

Sunday quickie.

Hi all! Just a quickie today. We are celebrating my bro's birthday today and I've got about five minutes to post this card.

I didn't want to waste this red scrap of cardstock so I thought I'd make a small (& skinny) card. Typically, I make 6 x 6 but sometimes you just gotta change it up!

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but I believe the image is from Tiddly Inks. Both the brads and flowery PP are from Creative Imaginations. The strips are from Nikki Sivils. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

So the contest is now closed for the Guest DT call on the Some Odd Girl facebook page. I am hoping and praying that one of my three entries made it to the top 10. I'll find out tomorrow *crosses fingers and prays!* Thank you for commenting on them! :)

Pappa... pappa... pappa... RAZZI

Ok, when you're at a special event, do you have a friend who's always toting around her camera, snapping pictures at every whim?

And just when you think she's done clicking away, she busts out with another camera or worse, her iPhone??

Hehe, folks, that IS me!!

Sure, my friends get annoyed when I ask them to pose with their significant others for the hundredth time.

And they must get embarrassed when I take pictures of the food we are served, especially when I slap their hands away from ruining the chef's presentation because I have to change the lens of my camera to the macro one I borrowed for the weekend and get that close-up of the fennel or cilantro they used (whew! *catches my breath* That is one long run-on sentence!!!).

Yes-sirrreee-bob! That IS me!!

And I'm not ashamed to admit it. Because who do they come running to when they want copies of a specific event picture?? Whose photograph do they "steal" or "borrow" on facebook when they want to post their baby shower album?

ME!! And mine!!

Which brings me to my creation for today...

This is birthday card # 3, an entry for the Guest Some Odd Girl Design Team call. (You can find # 1 and # 2 here).

See, I think I just about found each and every camera sticker/ embellishment I own (which, btw, are mostly from the Amy Tangerine line). I wanted the tag to have a paparazzi feel to it. I mean, c'mon....if I'm giving this to one of my friends, I want it to be realistic.

Basically, it comes down to this:

It's your special day and I will be there with my cameras. Get used to the clicks and flashes (which I will not be using if there's really great lighting, mind you). Because there'll be lots of picture taking. Afterall, I only want what's best for you. And to me, that's documenting many many moments of the day the world was blessed with you.

AWWWWW. Yes, I've been told that I am very sweet. :) :) :)

Kidding aside, my goal for this tag was to be a bit shabby chic.

I like how the vintage camera stickers look. I even painted the chip board camera (from Basically Bare) to match the background (which is an upcycled packaging from American Crafts) and mute down the colors.

Of course, my favorite part though (besides the adorable Photo Kaylee stamp) is that hot pink quilled camera (obtained by fussy cutting it out of a card I bought from her shop).

Lastly, the letter stickers were from My Little Shoebox.

Haha! Man! I really embellished the heck outta this tag! LOL!

Have a stellar day!! And don't forget to take lots of pictures!