Oddly Black & White

Today, Some Odd Girl is having a challenge where you have to colour your image in Black & White but then you can use it with coloured papers.  In other words, only the image must be black and white!

Not really my favourite way to colour up an image but I had to give it a go just for fun and managed to produce this birthday  card:

Paper: cardstock (PTI); Neenah; Patterned Paper (Colorbok - English Moss)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers; Versamark
Stamps: Some Odd Girl (HollyDay Gwen); Hero Arts (CG300 - Life of the Party Words)
Other: PTI Bloom Builders #3; gems (Hero Arts); Glossy Accents; Crystal Stickles; CLear embossing powder

I matted the smokey gray notecard with a ready made clear embossed green cardstock.  The background stamp used here is from Hero Arts, called Life of the Party Words.  I added a strip of designer paper to the bottom and a "half" bloom in the top corner to which I added a glass gem which I had won some time ago, it was just the perfect green.

I took the easy way out to colour my Odd Girl, three shades of Copic markers, the only place that I blended was in the hair.  I added some glossy accents on a few areas.  I added two black gems to the clip in her hair and a bit of stickles.  I also added some stickles to the edge of her dress and of course, because this was supposed to be purely black and white.....the stickles has taken on the green in its reflection!  But believe me whe I tell you that I added Crystal Ranger stickles, not green!!!

She is a sweet little girl and I'll keep it for a rainy day when I need a girly birthday card.

I hope you are all having a great day!

Sweetest Wishes

A short post today.  I was colouring one of the Odd Girls yesterday and then finished up a card with her last night.  This is Tree Trimming Kaylee.

Paper: Hero Arts (pool notecard and designer paper); Neenah; scraps of patterned paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers
Stamps: Some Odd Girl
Other: Glossy Accents; Stickles

She is just so pretty!  My colouring isn't though!  That's what happens when your husband calls you in the middle of colouring with Copics!

I added a touch of Glossy Accents here and there, and some stickles to the frills on her skirt.

Sorry it's so short today.  Thank you for visiting me though.

Miss You

It's so funny, invariably, subconsciously, when my husband goes away, I land up making an "I Miss You" card or something with a sentiment along those lines!

I had coloured in another "Some Odd Girl" image the other day and today I was inspired to actually use her.  I dug out some very, very old paper, really, probably 10 years old, so I cannot tell you who it is by, but it's nice and retro and I think it looks great with my coloured image, HollyDay Gwen. I like her because although she was released as a Christmas stamp, she can be used for anything really.

Paper: notecard (Paper Studio); Neenah; patterned paper (unknown)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics; Memento Pear Tart; Shabby Shutters DI
Stamps: Some Odd Girl; Hero Arts (Envelope Pattern)
Other: stitching; gems; Sizzix Tag die

The Simon Says Stamp challenge for this week is to use sparkle and bling!  I  am not really a sparkly or lots of gem type of person, but I did do just a little on the above card with a few gems and some glossy accents on her eyes, hairclip, shoes...not much.  And this is what you could win, so I guess it's totally worth a try:

I've never done that wonky sewing but it was fun, so I may have to do it again!

Friends are Great Gifts

That really is true isn't it!  Friends are truly a great gift that we should cherish.  I really liked this sentiment that can be found in the "Gifty Gwen" set from Some Odd Girl.  I used Gwen on my card, she has such a sweet face.

Paper: notecard (Paper Studio); Neenah; patterned paper (Echo Park); cardstock (PTI)
Ink: Copics; Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps: Some Odd Girl
Other: CB Embossing folder; Stampin' Up Scalloped Edge punch; Glossy Accents; Flower (very old stash); tag (a gift from Michelle)

I actually used one of the sketches from this month's Hero Arts contest to nudge me along in making this card, and it helped (so thank you HA!).

Isn't she just too sweet!  I added some glossy accents here and there for some shine and texture as this will most likely be a card that my daughter could use if she wanted to for one of her friends.

I had a great start to my day, Lisa and I went to the gym and worked out, it felt awesome!  And the weather here in Houston continues to be perfect!

Wishing you all an awesome day.  I also want to say thank you to the new visitors to my blog who are leaving me such sweet comments, it's really nice of you to take the time to pop in!