Category: crafting

14

Sep

Nerd Bird
5 Comments   card, crafting
Some Odd Girl has some new digi stamp Owls in our shop and this one, Nerd Bird, looks more and more like Kip from Napoleon Dynamite to me the more I look at him...you can't unsee that comparison.Because its true. Ha.While Nerd Bird is not officially associated with his doppelgangercousin Kip, he is available (and way fun to color!) at Some Odd Girl. I'll be sharing my other card, with Tired...
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24

Aug

Layering a Scene in Photoshop Video Tutorial
2 Comments   tutorial
A bit agoI shared with you how to take a JPEG and turn it into a layerable PNG. From that video I had requests to show more PNGgoods, so today I'm sharing the basics of layering and sizing a scene in Photoshop. You can use the full CS version for this OR Photoshop Elements. This is going to be a little precursor to next month when I share some more advanced techniques so bust out that dusty,...
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17

Aug

Nerdy Tia Digi Stamp
0 Comments   card, card making, Uncategorized
Whoot! Its almost time for back to school! I love my kiddos but Momma needs some alone time. Today's new Some Odd Girl Digi Stamp is Nerdy Tia, she's totally ready to go back to school with her pencil and books ready.She is Tobie's counterpart from earlier in the month so if you want a geeky pair for cards or scrapbook pages, you're covered.For my card I went deep in my stash ball pen and pulled...
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10

Aug

Ollie Birthday Card
1 Comment   card, card making, crafting
I have a quick bit of Digi Stamp/Clear Stamp smish-spiration for you today.I had this cute lil digi image of Ollie Glee colored up with no place to go, he obviously was excited for somethingPutting away my clear stamps I came across the party hat Clear Stamp from Preppy Pups and finally Ollie had somewhere to go, A BIRTHDAY PARTY! Cant you see how excited he is?I had already fussy-cut...
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03

Aug

JPEG to PNG Video Tutorial
1 Comment   tutorial
Today I have a video done for Movie Monday with Some Odd Girl, bringing you a bit of an insider tip on taking your JPEG (or JPG) images and making them into easily layerable PNGs.If you're new to digi stamps, then that may sound like a ton of goobledy-gook, but it's actually pretty simple. Basically, a JPEG is an image that has a solid white background, while a PNG is a different type of image...
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27

Jul

Drink Recipe Book
1 Comment   altered art, card making, crafting
Today I'mwith you sharing a bit or inspiration you can easily make as a hostess gift or just for yourself.This lil drink recipe book can keep all your fancy drink recipes right handy, or fill it up for your hostess as a welcome gift.I created a small book, measuring at just 5.75 x 4.25, using some layered pattern paper, washi and letter stickers. Binding it was as simple as punching 3...
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09

Jun

100% Organic Awesome
4 Comments   card, card making
Today is a lil smish-up of a creation over a few different Some Odd Girl clear stamp sets, milk box from Cookies n Milk, hat and stash from the Hipster Pets, & the sentiment is from HipsterKody. I thought it all came together in a fun way, especially since he's a drinkable dude... chocolate milk drinkable, yum!Papers for this card are all from my scrap box, that floral paper is one of my...
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01

Jun

New Digi Stamp, Pearl Mermaid
4 Comments   card, card making
YAY! Today is new Digi Stamp Release Day at Some Odd Girl and here is my card for the occasion, with Pearl Mermaid.I spent a LOT of time coloring her up for the website so when I went to make the card to go with it none of the patterned paper I had seemed to "work". I ended up deciding to go very CAS and let that coloring work stand mostly alone. The patterned paper I did end up using, along...
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19

May

Leaf Magic, new digi stamp
1 Comment   card making, crafting
This week at Some Odd Girl is new digi week! I have a new girl, Leaf Magic, to add to our collection of digi stamp Fairies. She seems like the super girl of fairy land with that up, up, and away pose I think.I was REALLY unsure about the layout of this card, as I mentioned in our Facebook Community, and still am going back and forth. I think its a "like" not a "love" with this one but I'm...
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11

May

Movie Monday, Using Liquid Masking Fluid & Airbrushing
4 Comments   card, card making
Happy Monday! Today its a Movie Monday with Some Odd Girl and I am bringing you a video on using liquid masking fluid to prep for airbrushing your background. I show you how I prepped and airbrushed the background for our newest Digi Stamp, Swing Mae.Want to see the video? Hop over to the Some Odd Girl blog and see the video. I got kinda fearful doing this video so I'm sure this makes for more...
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