The Odd Girl - Kristy Dalman - Art - Illustration
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The Odd Girl - Kristy Dalman - Copic - Art - Illustration - Drawing - Stamping - Card Making - Digital Stamps - Clear Stamps
May 22nd, 2013 by Kristy

coloralong

Woot! We’re back on today! its a 1pm start time on Ustream. Today we’ll be coloring the digital stamp Pirate Kaylee so go grab her if you don’t have her, grab your markers and I’ll see you at 1!

Here’s today’s color list…

Skin: E000, E11, E04, R11, R12, R05
Hair: E23, E25, E27, E49
Eyes: B12, B14, B16
Clothes: N3, N5, N7, N9, E42, E43, E44, BG45, BG49, R08, R37, R59, W4
Trunk: E31, E33, E35, E37, Y23, Y26
Shadows: BV20, BV23, BV25

Here’s the upcoming schedule

May 29 – 8pm EST – Dandelion Fairy
June 5 – 1pm EST – School Mae

after this I have to figure out the best time as my kiddos will be on Summer vaca :)

I hope to see you there!

ETA:

PIRATE-KAYLEE

THANKS FOR WATCHING!!!

 

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May 19th, 2013 by Kristy

rainbowcake

Welcome to Paper Issues Lifestyles to “Die” For hop!

You should have arrived here from JoAnn’s blog. If this is your first stop, be sure to back that browser up to Paper Issues to start at the beginning! This Issue is sponsored by Lifestyle Crafts, gotta love that! :D  We want to see your projects using Dies or anything from your everyday life.

 

We girls on the hop were super lucky to receive some dies from Lifestyles to work with for our projects. I got a wide smantering of types and styles and was a little worries I wouldn’t be able to bring them together on a project as I wanted to use as many as I could. Luckily for me I just got in my latest batch of instagram pics (mine are printed from Kanvess) with pictures from my daughter’s birthday so I had the perfectly colorful subject to work around.

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I used 4 dies on this very CAS style LO, the scalloped corner, the banner oval, the circle and the scalloped border. The banner oval and the scalloped corner both had holes that I decided needed to be stitched which I did with Twinery twine.

Most of the papers here are from Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm, with some from my scrap box (Sassafras on the corner and Cosmo Cricket on the circle), along with Maggie Holmes’ Crate Paper for the banner oval. I NEED more of that light woodgrain paper. NEED. 

Then I have AC Thickers, MLS for the tiny letter stickers, more Dear Lizzy for the flair, BG for the wood banner, CC on the heart brad, KI Memories and Doodlebug for the washi and OA for the splatter. 

 

Next up on the hop is the awesome Shannon! 

There are 7 prize packs up for grabs that include some dies and Shape and Tape…one from each of our blogs and from the Paper Issues blog…that’s SEVEN chances to win! To be entered to win the prize for this Issue’s hop…

1. Like Lifestyle Crafts on Facebook {tell them we sent you}
2. Like Paper Issues on Facebook
3. Leave a comment

Thanks for hopping today!

 

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May 17th, 2013 by Kristy

Today my first baby, my daughter is 8 years old.

Someone fan me from my fall to the floor in disbelief? When the heck did that happen???

Tomorrow she has her dance recital so I couldn’t have her birthday party on the Saturday after so we had to move it to the Saturday before. 

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First we gave her trick candles that took her quite a bit of effort to blow out. We all thought it was hilarious, her included luckily! :)  

If you remember, my son’s bday cake a couple of weeks ago was pretty elaborate but we decided it would be fun to pull a second trick on her and make the exterior very simple. I did make a Hello Kitty and Keroppe out of modeling chocolate but that was the extent of it. The interior though was rainbow layers…

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Yes, that was her actual *gasp* face when daddy gave her the first slice! She was too busy chatting to see it until it was in front of her.

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I’m not an incredible baker, the cake is Betty Crocker with Wilton gel coloring. I can decorate, not bake lol

We had her party at  Crazy Bounce, a local place with 13 different bounce houses included and they had a ton of friends bouncing, climbing and sliding with their friends.

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Today I get to take cupcakes to her class :) She’ll love it! We’re also giving her a last present today that she has no idea about. We’re setting her up her own special area, I hope she likes it!

I hope you have an awesome weekend!

What will you be up to?

 

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May 16th, 2013 by Kristy

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I super love this pic of my little family!

We were out to dinner and my Dude was wanting to be super snuggly, and who can say no to snuggles? It was a great pic for a mother’s day type LO. 

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This little heart I created with some twine (I think its Timeless Twine but not completely sure, it was a giftie) that was glued at the key points, like where it turned or twisted, around the striped sequins, those I got on Ebay.

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The rest of these goodies, minus the thickers, blue Sassafras heart paper and blue doodlebug glitter paper, are all from Paper Issues! I know there’s Studio Calico, Allison Kreft/Websters, Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket and Crate Paper in there. I really had fun with this LO, layering it on.

I haven’t had a ton of crafting mojo of late but this was awesome and came together really easily (not quickly though lol). 

I’m linking it up to the current Paper Issues theme sponsored by Pink Paislee where they are looking for Mother’s Day projects or anything using Pink Paislee. You know you have some so get on it, you have thru Saturday! :)

 

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May 15th, 2013 by Kristy

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*** I’ve been down and out with the flu since Monday and my fam since last week so this week’s color along is getting pushed back a week to when I can sit at my desk for an hour***

Here’s the colors I used for this No-Lines edition of the color along

Skin: YR000, YR00, E11, E21, E04, R11, R12, R34
Hair: E30, E31, E34, E37, E59
Clothes: Y32, Y35, Y38, Y26, E55, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG67
Basket: E53, E55, E57
Shadows: BV20, BV23, BV25

I had to put an hour and a half cap on this one, I knew it would take longer. You can see that on my Ustream Channel (I can’t direct link to the video but you’ll see it in the video list). 

I used Xpress It for the paper and with as much color as I was laying down I really regret it. It got the dreaded gunks so I couldn’t tweak the shading as much as I wanted. If you don’t layer as much as I do then the wonderful blendability of the Xpress It will be great for you but I lay it on thick.

Here’s the upcoming schedule…

May 22 – 1pm EST – Pirate Kaylee
May 29 – 8pm EST – Dandelion Fairy
June 5 – 1pm EST – School Mae

If you colored along on this one I hope you’ll share your own No-Lines coloring!

 

If you are looking for a coloring challenge to get in on check out the 30 Day Coloring Challenge going on over at the Some Odd Girl Community! Don’t worry about being behind, just start with Day 1 when you’re ready! 30 fun prompts to get you out of your coloring box.

 

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May 8th, 2013 by Kristy

coloralong

 

 

Hi Everyone! Today I’m going to be coloring the digital stamp Picnic Mae LIVE on Ustream tonight at 8pm EST.

She’s so cute and perfect for the season! 

Here’s the color list for today…

Skin: YR000, YR00, E11, E21, E04, R11, R12, R34
Hair: E30, E31, E34, E37
Clothes: Y32, Y35, Y38, Y26, E55, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG67
Basket: E53, E55, E57
Shadows: BV20, BV23, BV25

There were some requests to do a No-Lines Color Along last week so we’re going to give that a go tonight too. 

As long as Ustream complies tonight. 

Here’s the rest of the schedule for the month…

May 15 – 1pm EST – Pirate Kaylee
May 22 – 8pm EST – Dandelion Fairy
May 29 – 1pm EST – School Mae

 

PLEASE let me know if there are any thing you’d like to see covered in an upcoming Color Along! I love doing this with you guys and your suggestions are very helpful and I hope to you useful!

 

 

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May 7th, 2013 by Kristy

Mushroom-Garden-diptic

Last night I had a crap ton of fun watching a movie with my hubs and coloring up this image for the release at Some Odd Girl today. New Background digis are headed into the shop with more on the way! 

I’m not sure why this was so much fun but omg I colored this sucker for over an hour, almost 2 maybe (how long is the movie Bad Boys 2? that’s what hubs wanted to watch) and super enjoyed it. 

I googled mushroom pics for my colors and went to town! I didn’t write it down, there’d be about a million markers anyway but there’s plenty of room to play.

If you want to see how you can use this with your other digis, hop over to the Some Odd Girl blog today and check out Katie’s AWESOME Digital Merging Tutorial! You’ll be a pro in no time!

 

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May 1st, 2013 by Kristy

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thanks to you chatty and awesome people who joined me today for the Wednesday LIVE Color Along with Alice Mae! 

you all totally rocked!  rckhnds

Here’s the colors for today:

Hair: YR20, YR21, E53, E55, E57
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R21, R22
Dress: B00, B12, B14, B16, B18, C0, C2, C4, C7
Eyes: B00, B02, B06
Shadow: BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29

Now here’s the schedule for thru May…

May 1 – 1pm EST – Alice Mae (seemed appropriate after Mad Hatter.)
May 8 – 8pm EST – Picnic Mae
May 15 – 1pm EST – Pirate Kaylee
May 22 – 8pm EST – Dandelion Fairy
May 29 – 1pm EST – School Mae

 

PLEASE let me know if there are any thing you’d like to see covered in an upcoming Color Along! I love doing this with you guys and your suggestions are very helpful and I hope to you useful!

 

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May 1st, 2013 by Kristy

coloralong

 

Last week, though a huge Ustream flub, I colored the digi Mad Hatter Kody so this week it seems only appropriate that we color Alice Mae, a digital stamp from Some Odd Girl. I’ll be coloring LIVE on Ustream at 1pm EST. 

I need to get a move on as my desk is TRASHED.

Anyways

Here’s the colors for today:

Hair: YR20, YR21, E53, E55, E57
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, R20, R21, R22
Dress: B00, B12, B14, B16, B18, C0, C2, C4
Eyes: B00, B02, B06
Shadow: BV20, BV23, BV25

Now here’s the schedule for thru May…

May 1 – 1pm EST – Alice Mae (seemed appropriate after Mad Hatter.)
May 8 – 8pm EST – Picnic Mae
May 15 – 1pm EST – Pirate Kaylee
May 22 – 8pm EST – Dandelion Fairy
May 29 – 1pm EST – School Mae

I hope to see you there! 1pm!

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April 30th, 2013 by Kristy

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Howdy folks! I’ve been in a crafty slump if you haven’t noticed but my drawing mojo hasn’t been dampened any

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they’re normally so very co-dependent that I think they should get a room

So until I can recover my mojo

and I’m really trying!

you’ll have a lot more sketches and stuff out of me. I hope you don’t mind!

 

this sketch is of my daughter, though right now I’m imaging its my crafty mojo. 

 

btw! You have thru tomorrow to enter Odd Idol! The prize is amazing and passed the $600 mark so go see it!!!

 

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