SOG Inspiration

Good morning, peeps! I come to you today with a Some Odd Girl Inspiration post. Do you have a last minute gift to prepare for Christmas? This is the perfect quick gift solution. All you need are a few tools, a cute SOG image and some hot cocoa! I used Cuppa Mae (digi) because she just seemed perfect for this project and a sentiment from Warm Wishes Tia.

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration! Don't forget to join us this month for the Make Your Own Background challenge and there are always lots of fun happenings in the Ning community! Hope to see you there soon!

SOG Featured Digi - Snowman Tobie

This month, our featured digi is the oh-so-appropriate Snowman Tobie! I hear rumors from way down here in Florida that everyone north of me is snowed in. Pity. *Grins* I'm just kidding. I actually envy all the snowbirds. I could use some hot cocoa right about now, but it's hard to work up to it when it's 85 degrees outside.

This was my first attempt coloring snow, and I had so much fun with adding texture and shading. I thought the sentiment from Snow Bunny is just perfect. Thanks for visiting and Warm Wishes from down here in Florida!

Fall Owls - SOG Style

I knew I needed these stamps as soon as they previewed on Some Odd Girl! Anyone who knows me know that I have a not-so-minor obsession with owls! They are all over my house in various forms and I've been collecting them for almost 15 years now. It's so nice (and dangerous) that they are so popular now because I have so many more options to choose from.

Here, you'll have my owl interpretations two ways. The first, I'm entering into the September Sketch challenge. The goal was to use this template for my card.

The stamps I used were from the Some Odd Girl Owl-Days. They seem to be technically meant for Christmas or Birthdays by the looks of them, but I thought they had fall written all over their cute little faces.



The first route I went was to go a little more fun and Halloweeny with the owl. I loved that the sketch gave me a kind of moon for the owl to hover in. I gave him a little extra shadow with the W3 & W4 Copics directly on the background paper, so that no matter what direction you view him from, there is a distinct shadow behind him. I also colored some wooden stars with my Tim Holtz Distress Markers and stuck those all over the place.

For the second take, I didn't use the Sketch and I went more Thanksgiving than Halloween. I just love the fall, don't you? I wanted this owl to have a bit more realistic coloring, so I looked at some photos online and tried to recreate some of the feather patterns on the Barred Owl. The acorn stamp is from the Nutsy Kaylee stamp and colored with Distress Markers.

The papers from both cards are from the Recollections Night and Fall line that I've been wanting to use since I bought them on clearance last winter. *Giggles* This was a pretty good excuse, I think!

Happy 4th 'Murica!

In celebration of July 4th, have this sweet card with a Saturated Canary Bikini's & Burgers image. I thought it was appropriate!

Now, I'm off to find a juicy burger of my own!!