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
March 4th, 2013 by Kristy

happy-gwen-card

Its a new digital release day at Some Odd Girl! On the Some Odd Girl blog we are featuring the new Happy Gwen digital stamp today and I’m geeked I finally got some crafty time (and a smidge of mojo) and got a card made :DD

its a winter miracle!

happy-gwen

This card as a decidedly shabby chic look too it to me and I don’t know how that happened, that’s not my usual style, but there it is. I kept things more light and texturey than bold colors which is my more normal go to. It has October Afternoon Paper, BG flowers and I stamped the sentiment with Memento. Gwen herself was colored with copics.

I hope you’ll stop by the blog and leave a comment to win this sweet girl and see the other creations today.

 

 

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March 1st, 2013 by Kristy

mushroom card by Kristy Dalman

Its March Challenge time at the Some Odd Girl blog! We’ve got a simple sketch that you can have a lot of fun playing with. I decided to do a simple small sized card, its 3.25″ x 3.5″, and used the Mushrooms and sentiment from the Hey Kaylee Clear Stamp set and cut out the mushes with the coordinating cut file.   

I got to use something I got for christmas from my hubs on this card too. Target had a pair of scissor that they called the original paper shredder/confetti maker which is a lot like those Martha Stewart multi blade fringe scissors, less than half the price though! I like that it did that awesome twist to the paper when I cut it :)  My hubs knows me so well!

I hope you’ll come check out the sketch and link up this month! We’d love to see you there!

 

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February 28th, 2013 by Kristy

WLCA: Coy Kaylee

 

Yesterday on the Live Color Along on Ustream I colored the digital stamp Coy Kaylee from Some Odd Girl.

Ustream was being super buggy so the video on this one might not be that wonderful to watch, I almost turned it off :/ but if you do get something out of it these are the colors I used…

Skin: E000, E21, E11, E04, R30, R32, 
Hair: E30, E33, E35, E37, RV63, RV66, RV69
Clothes: RV63, RV66, RV69, V12. V15, V17, C1, C2, C4, C7, RV21, RV23, RV29, E40, E42 
Eyes: BG23, BG45, BG49
Shadow: BV20, BV23, BV25

Now for the schedule for March! 

March 6 – 1pm EST – Sunny Tia
March 13 – 8pm EST - Peacock Kaylee
March 20 – 1pm EST –  Balloon Kaylee
March 27 – 8pm EST – Clever Kittys (March 18 release)

I’m looking into using Google Hangouts in the future so we might not be on Ustream that much longer. I have to collect some more info and give it a try and see what happens. It also saves the videos and uploads them right to YouTube afterwards so we wouldn’t have to worry about videos going away. If it works it seems like a great alternative!

 

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February 27th, 2013 by Kristy

color-challenge-cu

Happy Wednesday! Today on the Live Color Along at 8pm EST on Ustream I’ll be coloring the digital stamp Coy Kaylee from Some Odd Girl.

She’s a fun image with a lot of possibilities for light source fun :) Here’s the colors I plan on using…

Skin: E000, E21, E11, E04, R30, R32, 
Hair: E30, E33, E35, E37, RV63, RV66, RV69
Clothes: RV63, RV66, RV69, V12. V15, V17, C1, C2, C4, C7, RV21, RV23, RV29, E40, E42 
Eyes: BG23, BG45, BG49
Shadow: BV20, BV23, BV25

As always they might change a bit as I get them out or go along later. 

Now for the schedule for March! 

March 6 – 1pm EST – Sunny Tia
March 13 – 8pm EST - Peacock Kaylee
March 20 – 1pm EST –  Balloon Kaylee
March 27 – 8pm EST – Clever Kittys (March 18 release)

Check out the Digis and Clear Stamps and see if there is anything you’d like so you can Color Along with me :) If you can think of anything specific having to do or would like to see done with these images leave a comment below. 

I’ll see you LIVE on Ustream at 8pm EST!

 

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February 26th, 2013 by Kristy

sketch

Today I have a quicky sketch to share with you. 

I’ve been working on some sketches but lately with winter being so blah, I swear it never gets fully daylight around, I’ve been uninspired. Do artists admit that normally? 

What about you? Do you get the mid winter blues? What would inspire you?

 

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February 25th, 2013 by Kristy

Last week at Some Odd Girl we came out with our first, and definitely not our last, Cut Files! These specifically go along with our Clear Stamps. Think digital Die Cuts as Die Cuts with your stamps are so popular right now. The files are already perfectly sized for your stamps so just Cut and Stamp! :D

In my demonstration I’m using my Cameo but if you have the Make the Cut, Sure Cuts A Lot, Silhouette Studio Designer Edition or any cutter that can use SVGs or Trace a shape/image then you can use these. 

I’ve had a few people asked about using these with the Cricut and I’ve done some research and the best info I found can be found here. It looks like in the near future Cricut will be making some upgrades that will allow the use of SVGs but currently its not available.  :3 Can we say limiting? I’m not sure if the Cricut software has a Trace function (maybe you can tell me!) but if it does then that would be the way to go.

I hope you enjoy! We’re working on the rest of them (making the thumbnails for the site is taking me longer then anything!) and I hope to have them up in the next week or two.

We have plans for lots of other Cut Files but, as you know I like hearing, what would you like to see?

 

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February 24th, 2013 by Kristy

Welcome to Paper Issues Spring into the Studio Blog Hop!

You should have arrived here from Jennie but if this is your first stop, be sure to head over to Paper Issues to start at the beginning!

10-years-layout 

I got inspired to create a LO for the hop from Patricia Roebuck when I saw one of hers on my Instagram. I hadn’t made a LO in a good while and I had some pics printed from my Instagram feed and all this Darling Dear SC goodies that it was the perfect time to create this LO! 

My hubs and I will have our 10 year wedding anny this year (though we’ve been together 12 already) and he’s my darling Dear. I call him Dear and have for all this time so the deer flair was just perfect!

All the paper pieces are from a ton of SC lines, the wood buttons are SC, the flair and the word bubble as well. The background paper is Crate, journaling card OA, stamps are from Some Odd Girl and the splatter is Glimmer Mist.

10-years

To be eligible for the hop prize here’s what you need to do:

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1. Like Studio Calico on Facebook {tell them we sent you}
2. Like Paper Issues on Facebook
3. Leave a comment on the Paper Issues Blog (though I’d heart your comments too)

on top of that Studio Calico is offering the promo code PaperIssues20 for 20% off your full order on the first month of a new subscription, good through 3/10/2013 at midnight EST.

Next up on the hop is Leah! And she’s awesome so you’ll want to continue on :)

Thanks for hopping with me!

 

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February 22nd, 2013 by Kristy

stars

I have a little sketch to share today! 

Not sure where the inspiration on this originated, but its was really fun and zen to work out all the hair loopys. I’m going to ink this and the color it with the stars illuminated, not sure beyond that.

What are you going to be working on this weekend? Anything crafty?

 

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February 21st, 2013 by Kristy

PicMonkey-Collage

OMGosh talk about headache! The plan was to have this up shortly after the Color Along yesterday but after the black hole swallowed my battery, my phone is on its last leg (it didn’t take being dumped in the wet cold snow very well after a trip in the toilet :S  ) then running out to get the batteries here we are! 

:(  Can you hear the muttered swearing from there?

If you didn’t get a chance to tune in live yesterday. I colored the Clear Stamp Wishes from Some Odd Girl in Black and White on Ustream. To do that I used 0, N0, N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N7 and went over my steps and tips on Coloring in a Balck and White style. I think this was one of the best videos to date so hop over and take a look!

Here’s what’s on the docket for next week

Feb 27 - 8pm EST:  Coy Kaylee

This is the part of the month where I need your suggestions/ideas/requests/wants for next month! Please leave any specific image or technique you’d like to see in the comments below and I’ll work them in! 

 

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February 20th, 2013 by Kristy

Wishes-cu

YAY its Wednesday! That means its Color Along Day!

I’ll be coloring the Clear Stamp Wishes from Some Odd Girl at 1pm EST on Ustream LIVE. So come chit chat and I’ll answer your questions as I go.

My kids finally have school today (after midwinter break and a snow day making a 4 day weekend  O_o ) so we’ll actually be able to do this thing today! It was close, there was a 2 hour delay and we got probably 8″ or more of snow yesterday and its still coming down. But all that is for naught as its game on!

I’ll be coloring Wishes in Black and White today using probably all the Ns I have in my arsenal. This has been a big request so I hope you all enjoy! 

Here’s what’s on the docket for next week

Feb 27 - 8pm EST:  Coy Kaylee

I’d love to hear your suggestions for images to color in March! Leave me your suggestions in the comments below so I can have the March schedule chok-full of your requests!

See you at 1pm on Ustream!

 

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