tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79429968134254175852012-01-30T22:34:13.767-05:00Leah the Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13277692781569710548noreply@blogger.comBlogger6631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942996813425417585.post-55498222572239843082012-01-26T22:08:00.002-05:002012-01-26T22:10:27.890-05:00

leaving to catch a flight from Philly in just EIGHT HOURS!hope to do some blogging from Anaheim, and i'm looking forward torunning into some familiar bloggy faces at CHA! it's gonna be FABULOUS!ciao!

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it's a new challenge, folks, and the LAST for the current team at Some Odd Girl! we are TRULY lucky to have had such wonderful designers for this round, and we are sad to see them go! it's been a fun and fantastic six months, and now it's time for our Odd Girls to pass the torch along, so stay tuned for our big announcement! a very big, heartfelt THANK YOU to the girls who have rocked their

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hi there, folks! SUPER busy over here getting ready for CHA and wrapping up a lot of loose ends with work, plus i'm taking a new class that's eating up a bunch of my time, and i'm pleased to say that i've re-joined the gym!yeah, BUSY! i ain't lyin'!but it's time to share another fabulous CHARISMA challenge with you, at Team Carly is at bat and we have some amazing sponsors again this time

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we have WRAPPED UP the contest to Name That Digi at Some Odd Girl, and you're going to want to pop on over to the Some Odd Girl blog to see if it was YOU!here's the formerly nameless digi that's up for grabs:a big thank you to all who submitted names - we had some SERIOUSLY cute entries! and thank you everybody who celebrated along with our big 2nd birthday week. it's been a lot of fun!now

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it's time for more CLEAR STAMPS from Some Odd Girl!seriously, i don't know how my Holmes does it - she's a busy little bee, and she never ceases to amaze! we Odd Girls are very proudly showing off THREE brand new clear stamp sets, and they're unbelievable! one you've seen sneakin' a bit here and there on our birthday celebration banner, and that's the one i'm showing you today, in all her glory

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well, we hope you enjoyed the blog hop, everybody! lots of participation - we Odd Girls had fun selecting our faves from the term (it's nostalgic to go back through one's creations, and sometimes embarrassing!), and we hope you enjoyed our little game!from my commenters, there were THREE people who got the correct answers for the stamps used on my cards! yep, just THREE! some of you were

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hi gang! thanks so much for your lovely comments on my Some Odd Girl blog hop post! it was tough to choose my 3 fave creations from this term, and i recall some seriously LONG evenings just trying to pick out papers for layering!anywho, i just wanted to let you know that while i've gotten a ton of right answers regarding the MAIN stamp sets i used on my projects, i have to tell you that there

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morning, friends! it's a bank holiday here for me, and i am THRILLED to have the day off so i can do some catching up. hubbin is going to the 76ers game in Philly this afternoon, and i think i may just be doing a bit of pre-CHA shoppin'! :D stoked, i tell you!i'm also stoked because we have SO many exciting things going on at Some Odd Girl right now, and today we are thrilled to kick off the

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wooo hoooo! i can't believe i've been a Charisma Gal for 16 months already! i was there to celebrate Charisma's 2nd birthday, and now we are whoopin' it up for NUMBER 3!HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARISMA! and thank you to all of the Charisma Galz, who are just awesome and lovely and a fabby bunch of teamies. :)for this week's challenge (and yes, i'm LATE to the party, but we finally have our internet

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i'm SO out of the loop, because last week, my phone line started acting up, and as a result, my internet has been DOWN DOWN DOWN, not making for a very happy Orange Girl! but the dude from Verizon came this morning and replaced our line, and i hope this means lots of blissful, uninterrupted service for months to come! (i say months, because we're hoping to MOVE this year!)anywho, i'm BACK! and

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hiya folks!been without internet for the better part of a week now, so my posts are few and far between. i was NOT happy to have missed out on yesterday's fun at the Some Odd Girl blog!see the little badge in my sidebar? yeah, we have Valentine's images at Some Odd Girl, and they were just released yesterday!all week, we're showing you what the Odd Girls have done with these adorable new digis,

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morning! time for our very first Some Odd Girl challenge of the year, and we know you're going to jump into this one! anyone like BLING?yep yep! this time around, our challenge is ALL about the BLING!show us at least two different KINDS of bling on your project! not just two different colours of gems, for example, but perhaps gems and pearls, or glitter embossing and foiled paper - see where

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hey there, crafty pallies of mine! hope your 2012 is off to a fantabulatious start! mine has been flying by already, and if this is any indication of what the year's going to be like, i'm kinda scared!welp, another fun Charisma challenge this week, after a long 2-week Anything Goes challenge which had a HUGE response! thanks to everyone who played along!this week, i got to choose the challenge

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you wanna get in on the SOGgy action, right?have you seen the amazing new stamps from my Holmes-Slice, Kristy? Some Odd Girl is rockin' the lovie-dovie release right now, and now that Christmas is behind us, you are probably thinking about VALENTINE'S DAY, right? :) trying not to, i'm sure, and still recovering from a crazy holiday season, but a crafter's job is never done, is it?!thus, i

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it's time for our LAST Charisma challenge of the year, and i swear, it's an easy one!ANYTHING GOES this week at Charisma(yes, i know i'm a bit late with my posting, but i left for Canada on Wednesday afternoon as it was my dad's birthday, and my scheduled posts did not, erm, POST!)we have a few awesome sponsors, as always, and this one's going to run until the 4th of January, so you have plenty

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seriously, have you SEEN the new release at Some Odd Girl? the Odd Girls have been kicking BUTT with their newest creations featuring these gorgeous new clear stamps, and i swear i've forgotten all about Christmas! bring on the VALENTINES!i have some catching up to do, after a VERY busy week - i managed to get the reveals posted on the Some Odd Girl blog, but have yet to share them here!SOOOOO,

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an easy one for you this week at Charisma, folks!we're hoping you've got most or all of your holiday shopping and crafting out of the way, and maybe you're already working on Valentine's projects now! but for those who are still frantically trying to squeeeeeeze some projects in, this challenge is for you!we're looking for yourLAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS CRAFTING!so maybe you're putting together some

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morning, crafty peeps!super quickie post today because i have a million and one things going on around me... it's another reveal day at Some Odd Girl, and we are thrilled to share this little dude with you! i LOVE the set - 3 sentiments, 2 little heart accents, and THIS guy:it's LOVEY TOBIE and he's available for PRE-SALE right now at SomeOddGirl.com, along with Foxy and Electric Love!here's my

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hey there, friends!did you join us on the Some Odd Girl blog hop over the weekend? if so, you'll have seen these images and probably ended up wiping the drool off your keyboard - they are TOO cute! well ALL this week, we are sharing projects we made with the brand new Valentine's release, available for pre-sale each day with their reveals. and with each day's reveal, we announce the winner (or

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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!oops, no, that's not right. we're hopping in celebration of our new clear release, which drops very soon at SomeOddGirl.com! wait until you SEEEEEEEE the gorgeous, spunky, flirty stamps from this batch! our Odd Girls are knockin' it outta the park YET AGAIN with their fun creations, and i didn't know where to START! seriously, this release is absolutely adorable, and i

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but that's only because the new challenge is ANYTHING BUT CARDS!! these are always fun, and our fabulous Charisma Galz have knocked themselves out with some amazing creations!CLICK HERE to see what Team Gem has come up with, and if you play along, you can win prizes from our awesome sponsors,andandand don't forget about our Facebook group! there's always one lucky winner over there, too!

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JOIN US! our customers are invited to hop along and have some fun - click the image for the details, and see how you can win stuff, too! Some Odd Girl is CELEBRATING! (we are always looking for excuses to celebrate, actually, but still...)

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yep. there's a new challenge at Some Odd Girl, and believe me when i say this is NOT one of my faves. i'll be honest, when i put my mind to it, i actually really love the end result.EASEL CARDS are fun!i just don't make 'em, like, EVER. but a challenge is a challenge, so here we go!so we have a slew of gorgeous holiday images in digi and clear format that have been released this year. HOWEVER

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woot! another Charisma challenge for ya, folks!we had a great response to last week's Snowflakes challenge, so hopefully you'll have fun with this one... it's sponsored by the fabby Simon Says Stamp ($20 credit to their awesome store!) and Pink Cat Studio (5 digis for one lucky winnah!), and we have one special prize to award one lucky winnah for playing along in our Facebook group!CLICK HERE

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for those of you who aren't already subscribed to the newsletter, there's a BIG sale coming on Monday! check it out!

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'cuz i loves me some pretty papers, i decided to get a little outside of my comfort zone and combine some pretties for the TAGS challenge at Paper Pretties this week. some people really enjoy making tags - i just can't seem to get it, and my "customers" usually shy away from them, so i stick with the cards. if i hang onto a tag too long, i usually slap it on a card, doctor it up a bit, and

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er... no, not quite, but it sounds like it! most sheiks are a bit on the shabby side anyway, right?anyway, that's not my point tonight. my point is a shabby chic card, made for the challenges at:Crafts and Me - "shabby chic/vintage"ABC Challenge - "D is for DAZZLE" (the letters are super sparkly and i love the pearl/rhinestone mix in that flourish!)this is a very different kind of image for me

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woot! i always see those gorgeous Trigs, and i never get around to participating, though TONS of them have inspired me since i've been nosin' about the Moxie Fab World blog.so i played! FINALLY!check out this beautiful trigger - home decor to make my mouth water...and i love it. i love the repetition of the colours, the negative space, loads of pretty neutrals, and i knew exactly what i wanted

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so i saw THIS POST on the Paper Connections blog a while back. and the cards using the strips are fabulous, but i HAD to try the ones with the grid patterns, because i'm forever looking for ways to play with my scoring board. (i implore you to CLICK THE LINK! you will be glad you did, unless you find you're suddenly unable to put your 7/8" square punch down!)SO.i decided to kick it up a notch

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LOVE this girl. seriously. she's a new Kaylee in the Some Odd Girl family, and she is stinkin' cute! see for yourself:no, really, LOOK at her:the stripes! the layered shirts! that pudgy little happy face!I.LOVE.HER.that's Bright Lights Kaylee. and this card is for the challenges at:DYSU - they're looking for "a splash of blue" (little blue in the stripes and a few blue bulbs)Paper Pretties

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afternoon, crafty friends.anyone in the New Jersey area and looking for some craft fair fun on December 3rd? i will be an exhibiting vendor at the Eastern High School Craft Fair in Voorhees, NJ, with cards and tags and probably some of those fabby little matchbook style gift boxes, and i hope to see you there!i actually just responded to an email from a woman who bought some cards from me last

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mornin', folks. i know i've been pretty quiet of late, but i'm hanging in there and trying to hold it all together. i've had very little mojo, but decided i needed to do something to clear my mind the other day, so i've combined my Some Odd Girl and Charisma challenges into one little project.first, Charisma is looking for LACE AND PEARLS on your creations this week. make it as girlie and

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rough time here, so i'm off for a few days. be back, hopefully with my chin up. take care, friends. and take a moment to give your animals some love, okay?xo

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and i couldn't see myself using ANYTHING but a Nouveau Girl for my card.HERE is the challenge at Some Odd Girl for the next two weeks.... we want to see you create something using this as your inspiration:it's lovely art by Alphonse Mucha, who is known as "the father of Art Nouveau" - makes sense when we've just released the Nouveau Girls stamps and website, right?you may have seen this little

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good morning, crafty friends...it's a difficult time for me at the Chateau l'Orange, as we await news from the emergency veterinary clinic about my poor Miss Ophelia. we had a very late night, and unfortunately we had to leave her in Levittown while they continue to run tests. it's serious - i won't go into detail because it's far too saddening and i am about to start my day (at work, trying to

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wooooooo hoooooooo!we have been VERY anxiously awaiting this day, and we are SO excited you've joined us for the Nouveau Girls official blog hop! welcome!you've seen sneaks of these fabulously gorgeous ladies here and there, but today, we are showing you the Nouveau Girls in all their glory and adding a little extra fun to the event! the Nouveau Girls are available NOW at SomeOddGirl.com in

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yep, it's a BIG giveaway, and the magic number is 30 to commemorate my darling Kristy's 30th birthday. she's been celebrating ALL MONTH (because that's flippin' fantastic) and i wanted to get in on the action!CLICK HERE to go to the giveaway post and see what you have to do. there's not much time, but you could be one of 6 lucky people to win 5 SOGgy digis from SomeOddGirl.com!the rules are

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well this is new for me! i'm scheduling this post from Cape May, from my netbook, and i hope it pops up on Thursday morning with no issues!if you're here, welcome! hope you're all having a wonderfully crafty week, and you MUST be here because it's time for a new Charisma challenge! WOOT! this one's open to anything and everything - you'll have no trouble playing along! i'd personally love to see

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morning!i'm a day late, but yesterday was ROUGH, with a training class an hour and a half away and a nasty migraine sticking with me ALL day. over that hump now, thank goodness, because today is my last day of work and i'm OFF FOR A WEEK! my leedle english bird is coming for her visit, and we shall CRAFT! oh yes.anywho, yesterday, we posted a brand new challenge at Some Odd Girl, and we hope

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wanna play along? get out your stencils or your Cuttlebug or your Sizzix and join us!this week, the Charisma Galz are challenging you to EMBOSS on your projects! nice and simple, right? well i took exactly that approach, and while it's Team Gem's turn at bat, some of Team Carly decided to play along too. CLICK HERE to get to the challenge and see what the talented Charisma Galz have done!

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okay folks, it's time for you to jump on board another Charisma challenge - this week, we have two FABULOUS sponsors - The Stamping Boutique and Some Odd Girl (and the prizes are ALWAYS great!), plus we have a special prize for one lucky player in our Facebook group....so with that,we want to see you use STITCHING (real or faux)i am by no means in love with my sewing machine, and the needle and

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hiya friends!today is a VERY special day, for those of you who didn't already know.you know my Holmes-Kristy-Dollie? the ODD GIRL, herself?it's her BIRTHDAY!and i want to wish her a very, very happy 30th... while i'm not there to celebrate in person, and i can't have a drink because i'm on antibiotics for this nasty ear infection, i will see her in a few months and we'll make up for it then! :

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i LOVE this girl.it's no secret that Kaylee is my absolute fave of the Some Odd Girl family (and even with AMAZING things around the corner, that's not going to change, but wait until you see what's coming!), so it's also no surprise that i love THIS girl so very, very much! look at the twinkle in her eyes! look at that fantastic outfit! what's not to love?so i had to colour her up for the new

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WOOT!another stunningly gorgeous release from Some Odd Girl, and i am LOVING these new digis! have you been following what's going on at the Some Odd Girl blog? wellllllll, you may or may not have known that each day this week has brought you new digi reveals, and each of those digis on those given days are ON SALE at SomeOddGirl.com!so there have been a bunch already released and on sale this

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hi gang! what's cookin'?has the cool weather hit your neck of the woods yet? it's cooling off here (although we have our warm days, which are, uh, YUCK), and sleeping with the windows open at night has been lovely!anywho, i hope you're ready for another fabulous Charisma challenge, 'cuz we Charisma Galz have LOTS of pretties to share!CLICK HERE to see what everyone did for the current challenge

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GROOVY!yeah, we have three more digis available in the store today, and this girl has to be one of my faves. well, we all know Kaylee's my favourite in the Some Odd Girl family, but this one is just ridiculously cute. wouldn't you agree?meet 70s Kaylee!love that little outfit - the tube top and the suspender dress, and those drab loafers! TOTALLY 70s!anywho... we are on day three of our digi

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THREE new digis are droppin' at SomeOddGirl.com today, and if you love 'em as much as we do, you should grab 'em, 'cuz they're on sale TODAY ONLY! every day this week, the Odd Girls are sharing our projects created using the brand new digi batch, and every day there will be new digis on sale.we're starting today with some Halloween fun!please welcome to the Some Odd Girl family, MUMMY TOBIE!

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okay gang, there was an uber secret mission taking place, and when the cat was finally let out of the bag, we KNEW it was going to be a big to-do!CLICK HERE to check out the Some Odd Girl SNEAKS HOP! we have a whole slew of digis starting on Monday at SomeOddGirl.com, and we have some VERY special guests showcasing some of the new images!PEEKABOO! get more peeks today by visiting our

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me again!i got a little inspiration from the Creative Insprirations blog (their theme is Let's Celebrate!) and from Creative Card Crew (who want to see BABY themed projects), and put together a little card for a friend who's expecting:i LURRRVE the Maya Road doily trim stamp - it was just the touch i needed for this card!heading out to the doctor soon, but have been working on more baby cards,

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seriously, we Odd Girls went to TOWN with this challenge. i knew from go what i wanted to do when i saw the photo Kristy gave us, and it turned out exactly as i'd hoped! our new Some Odd Girl challenge is an INSPIRATION challenge,which has JUST kicked off!when i saw the image for this challenge, my mind INSTANTLY turnedto my Jolly by Golly mini deck from Cosmo Cricket and THIS little card was

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i haven't been playing along a whole lot with outside challenges, but i saw a sketch on the Moxie Fab blog and my head nearly a'sploded! i had an idea, and i couldn't do ANYthing until i was able to execute it.check out the sketch:so of course, one would imagine banners for those pointed pieces, because they make perfect sense, right? well i envisioned something a little different inside this

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so have you HOPPED? seriously, if you haven't, you SHOULD! there are only 3 hours left for you to leave comments at every stop along the Some Odd Girl blog hop, and you might be the lucky winner! of what? i can't tell you yet. :) but it's gonna be FABULOUS, 'cuz my Holmes-Kristy-Dollie wouldn't have it any other way!if you didn't see 'em, here's the ENTIRE release - you can grab 'em at

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wooooooooo hoooooooooo!so you've SEEN all the gorgeous holiday stamps being released this Monday at SomeOddGirl.com? you have, right? well today, you're seeing brand new BIG SETS all over the Odd Girls' blogs, and new ways of playing with the brand new Gwen stamps in the Some Odd Girl family!you may have started at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog (which would be the first stop along the way),

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right. so it's time for our FOURTH fabby sneak at Some Odd Girl, and if you liked what i showed you yesterday, you're going to LURRRRRVE this one! we Odd Girls are showcasing the next new clear stamp set, featuring our brand new member of the Some Odd Girl family, GWEN! she's a new friend for Kaylee and Mae (and we wonder if that hunky stud Kody will take a liking to her...), and she has those

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morning, crafty peeps! what's cookin'? it's been a super busy in the l'Orange household, with preparations being made for Green Day this weekend (not the band, but our town's big recycling push), for which my bank is the main sponsor, and for a craft fair next weekend, and with hubbin back to school and The Son recovering from a nasty foot injury... but i've still gotten my craft on!pop back

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and FINALLY, we get to introduce you to the lovely new addition to the Some Odd Girl family! we have Kaylee (my girl) with her crazy fashion sense and short, spunky hair, and we have Mae, who is slightly more reserved and has that classic look, with her long, straight hair and demure smile. but TODAY, we are welcoming their new friend, GWEN!we have two Gwen sets for this release, and for this

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woot!i'm in LOVE.Some Odd Girl does it again! i'm seriously in LOVE with these brand new holiday stamps (these are clear stamps, not digis, but there's another digi release coming soon, too!). they stamp so nicely, there are fun accessory and sentiment accompaniments, and, as always, the images are a DREAM to colour. so it was no surprise when i almost couldn't stop myself from colouring up

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good morning, craftily Odd friends!did you happen to notice that little Some Odd Girl icon in my sidebar these last couple of weeks? did you think to yourself, "hmm, the holidays are still kinda far away - it's not even Halloween yet!", by any chance? wellllllll, as of right now, there are only 101 days until Christmas Eve, and i, for one, am determined to be a LITTLE more prepared this year!

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hiya! it's time! we Odd Girls have been busy indeed! gearing up for a new release that's right around the corner (we'll be sharing sneaks next week, in fact!), and filling up galleries and our Pinterest board, and always having fun with the challenges because we LOVE working with SOGgies!today, we have a challenge that, i must admit, was NOT among my faves. but hey, it's a challenge, so i

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okay, kids!it's time for another CHARISMA challenge! we want to see your projects that are...INSPIRED BY A SONG!it's Team Gem's turn, so the Team Carly gang (that's me) got to sit on the bench. ;)CLICK HERE to see what Team Gem came up with, and play along for your chance to win fabby prizes from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and The Stamping Boutique! ANNNNNND, if you play along in our Facebook group,

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it's a free-for-all this week at Charisma, folks! YEP! make whatever you'd like and enter it for our challenge this week, and you'll be entered to win YUMMY things from Simon Says Stamp, OR from Pink Cat Studio, two of our regular and superbly awesome sponsors! wanna play? CLICK HERE to check out the fabby creations from all the Charisma Galz (well, it's Team Carly at bat this week, so come

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okay, for the last two or three days, it seems that i'm getting BOMBARDED with pop-ups when i visit some of my favourite manufacturers' blogs. am i the only one getting those? one is some crap to do with winning fabulous prizes if i take a survey. the other thing i'm noticing is happening EVERYWHERE around blogger. when i go to my dashboard or visit the blogs, lots of words are highlighted and

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WOOT! it's SOGgy time! :) seriously, the last challenge was AWESOME, and i loved seeing all the combinations with complimentary colors... this one was a bit trickier for me, because this is not a technique i use often, and with which i sometimes struggle. in the end, i was pleased, but i'm sure it's just because this little girl would look cute no matter WHAT anyone did with colouring or

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it's time for another Charisma challenge, folks! i didn't play along this round, as it's Team Gem's turn, but there are some GORGEOUS entries, and a couple of fabby little prize packs up for grabs from: Digi Stamp Boutique - 6 single digis of the winner's choice! and a BRAND NEW sponsor, The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - THIS awesome little package: MMMM, look at all that gorgeous PINK! i

Leah the Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13277692781569710548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942996813425417585.post-25362082485219638832011-08-20T11:00:00.003-04:002011-08-20T11:04:46.577-04:00

i ordered my netbook today from NewEgg.com! (and it's pretty.) now i hope i can figure out how to WORK the thing. i already know i'm going to need a case, and a little portable mouse, because i HATE the touchpads. i've also been ORDERED to purchase the Slice (if i can find it on CropChocolate.com again - they change their deals all the time and i haven't seen this one in a week or more). the

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mornin', folks! can't believe another week's almost gone and we are that much closer to the end of the summer... to be honest, i'm rather excited, because i'll have my morning alone time back! :) shhh, don't tell hubbin i said that! i spent this evening at the little coffeehouse downtown altering a dressform - i'll have to try to get in there to take photos, because it was my first attempt at

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mornin'! bet you haven't had enough SOGgy action from me lately, have ya? well today we're launching another challenge - our FIRST with the brand new design team - at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog, and we had lots of fun with COLOUR this time around! your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to choose two COMPLIMENTARY colours on the Colour Wheel and create a project with them. skin

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*wink wink, nudge nudge* SO! it's time for another Charisma challenge, and i suppose i really couldn't help myself for jumping in on it, even though it's not my team's week to submit. we have awesome sponsors, folks. seriously. The Stamping Boutique and Some Odd Girl are offering up some freebies for our lucky winners, and, well, you know me. ;) our Charisma challenge? DISTRESSING! this

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i decided to keep going since i seem to have caught a bit of the mojo bug this week! this one's simple, but i didn't want to overdo it with too many shades of yellow... (and believe it or not, these types of cards often take me MUCH longer to make than my usual busy style!)i played along at Creative Inspirationsthey're looking for LEMONADE! (yellow and white only)usually i have HORRIBLE luck

Leah the Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13277692781569710548noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942996813425417585.post-54707145788354592572011-08-06T15:15:00.006-04:002011-08-08T07:49:53.780-04:00

hiya! what's cookin', folks? i'm throwin' up this post 'cuz i haven't done much crafting outside of DT work lately, and i had a bit of downtime last night and this morning, so i was actually playin' along around the rest of the Blogosphere... how's about a little SOGgy action? i think '50s Kaylee may be my SECOND fave image from Some Odd Girl (next to the spunky new Punk Kaylee, who will be

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it's time! this week, at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog, we're introducing ALL of the new Odd Girls (some returning - hellllooooo!), and sharing a whole new batch of sneaks with you! i have been SO excited about this day, to FINALLY share a project using what may be my absolutely favourite SOGgy to date, because she'll be available at SomeOddGirl.com on TUESDAY with the rest of this week's

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morning, crafty peeps! i am THOROUGHLY exhausted from a crazy week, following an equally crazy week, but i'm h0ping life, as i know it, will be getting back to normal within the next day or two. so it's back to business!today, we unveiled a brand new look at Charisma, along with some fresh faces! a couple of little changes, and a fun new challenge - you'll just HAVE to pop over for a look now,

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we're coming up on the end of the term for our Odd Girls, and we want to send them off with a little THANK YOU - hence the theme for this round's challenge!Some Odd Girl wants your creations that say THANK YOU...whether they're cards or tags or canvases, they should say THANK YOU to someone for that awesome thing they did, or for being that utterly amazing person you know them to be (rather than

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WOOT! another Charisma challenge, and i loved this one, because i am rather enamoured with my gorgeous Miss Ophelia.so i'm just gonna cut right to the chase, and let you know that the new challenge this week at Charisma is....FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS!we are sponsored by the fabulous DigiStamp Boutique, who is giving one winner SIX single digis of their choice (SWEET!), and by the lovely Bunny Zoe

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new challenge up, folks! and i LOVED this one, because i'm all about the happy, bright colours.when i saw our theme was...SUNNY COLOURS...i was overjoyed! orange and yellowy GOODNESS?! yes, please!so you wanna play along at Charisma this week? join us! CLICK HERE for the new challenge, and check out what the fabby Charisma Galz have done to strut their stuff this round!OH, and did i mention

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morning, folks! hope all is well in your respective necks of the woods!life is very busy here, and i am preparing for a visit from my biffy this Thursday night. he'll be here for 10 days, and we have a lot of evenings planned! as usual, at least one of those evenings will be filled with crafty goodness, and he'll be making cards with me. ;) besides that, we have bowling, ice cream,

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pick an Odd Girl.....and LIFT her project!nice and easy for this round, right? scroll through the Some Odd Girl challenge blog all you like until you find a project that really grabs you, and lift it! that's our challenge, and you have two weeks to play!i seriously love ALL of our Odd Girls and their projects, but as i scrolled through the posts, this one just leapt out at me, and i HAD to lift

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i know it's only SUNday, but i had an idea when i saw the Mojo Monday sketch, and i had to jump in before it closed off tonight! so i'm using up some bits and bobs, and this cute little ducky was sent to me by the lovely Crystal AGES ago, so it's time he got some luv. :)i have this HUGE tin of chipboard stuff, and i never seem to pull it out when i'm playing with my crafties. so today, when i

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okay gang, the big day is HEEEEERE! we're ready to have some serious FUN! it's a....Some Odd Girl BLOG HOP!including our final sneak of the week, and a yummy PRIZE (or more) to be won!SOOOOOO, welcome! and thanks so much for swingin' by! i hope you're loving what you've seen so far (and just wait until you see what's ahead!).you should have started off right at the Some Odd Girl challenge

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okay, i don't use NEARLY enough boy images on my cards - that's a fact. but TODAY, we are sharing another sneak at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog, and hoooooooooooo, baby! i LOVE this little dude! it's day 4 of Sneaks week, and we are excited for you to have a gander at the newest addition to the TOBIE bunch.....BIG DAY TOBIE!do you LURRRRVE him?! isn't he the happiest little guy you've

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morning, crafty peeps! i hope you're all having a fabulous week! Thursday is an exciting day for me at work, and i'll fill you in on that later, but for now, a new challenge at CHARISMA! :)this week, we're looking for your best FLOWERY creations!i know loads of people already use flowers on their projects, but i'm hoping we'll see a little EXTRA for this round (otherwise it's not much of a

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hey there folks! DAY THREE of the Some Odd Girl sneaks, and we Odd Girls are having TOO much fun with the brand new clear stamps! that's right, a whole new batch, and they'll be available at SomeOddGirl.com next TUESDAY!i've shown you two little lovelies already, but today, we have someone extra sweet to share...meet Tiny Baker Tia!i just love the little cupcake, and how her hat is just WAY TOO

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a big thank you to the ever-wonderful Vee, my Charisma sistah, who bestowed upon me a very sweet award....IRRESISTIBLY sweet, in fact!i explained to Vee that i'm usually AWFUL when it comes to receiving and giving awards, but those strawberries just looked SOOOO scrummy, i had to jump on this one. :) sooooo, i am supposed to share 7 facts about myself and then share the award with 8 bloggy

Leah the Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13277692781569710548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942996813425417585.post-22534392360918985852011-07-05T07:55:00.004-04:002011-07-05T08:11:20.859-04:00

hey there, crafty pallies of mine! glad you stopped by again to visit, because i have ANOTHER fabby little sneak to share with you! all this week at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog, we are proudly showing off the brand new clear stamps which will be released next Tuesday. yesterday, i showed you the lovely Sweet Thinkin Mae, and today, my fave girl has a new toy!heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's

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it's DAY ONE of Sneaks Week at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog! that's right, another fantastic clear stamp release (and just following a fabulous summer digi release too) - Kristy-Holmes-Dollie has been VERY busy!today, i am THRILLED to show you the first of the sneaks - and lemme tell ya, this little miss has been VERY well-received by the Odd Girls! another beautiful Mae to join the SOGgy

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hey there, crafty friends! hope you're having a wonderful weekend, full of crafting and/or time with loved ones! i was fortunate enough to get an extra day off, so i'm enjoying a FOUR-DAY WEEKEND, which has been blissful so far!i was ALSO fortunate enough to be invited to the Quirky Crafts challenge blog to be one of their guest designers, and this week they have a SUPER fun challenge going on

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this one's not for any DT assignment, just 'cuz i was excited about combining these two images and found a few challenges with which i wanted to play along...so i guess i'll cut right to the chase...i used Sigh Mae from Some Odd Girland the super versatile The Ivy Swing from Make it Crafty:check out those big pale blue eyes!LOVE the way these two came together... ANNNNNNND, the sentiment is

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it's time for another Charisma design team call! there are lots of exciting things going on behind the scenes on the Charisma blog, and we're looking for more Charisma Galz to join our team!CLICK HERE for the call, and jump on the bandwagon! Carlyann has a fabby little (HUGE) blog, with lots of wonderful challenges, great sponsors, and a nifty team! *wink, wink*have YOU got Charisma?!

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mornin'!got me a yucky migraine today, which honestly has NOTHING to do with going out last night with my co-worker darlings to celebrate our branch's huge success (we hit our target for the entire year in less than six months!), so i'm going to have to make this quick so i can get ready for work...did you see that the Design Team call is OPEN for Some Odd Girl?! yep yep! you absolutely WANT to

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I DO, I DO!it's stinkin' hot here right now, and while i DO believe i'm having a hot flash, nobody can deny that the temps in South Jersey are climbing. i hope the weekend isn't too crazy, because i'm looking forward to a FOUR-DAY-WEEKEND and that's a lovely thing!anywho, it's time for another CHARISMA challenge!everyone did a fabby job with the White plus One challenge last week (i had fun with

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could it be YOU?!are you ODD?!do you love the SOGgies as much as we do?if so, show us whatcha got!

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i've been on DT holidays for the last two weeks, but i'm thrilled to be back, bringing you a brand new challenge at Charisma!for this one, we want to see....WHITE PLUS ONE!right. so, white, with one other colour. it doesn't have to be MOSTLY white, but that's the route i took with this one. check it out:loving the soft palette, and that lacy scallopy trim? yeah, that's a hot border stamp from

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the Quirky Crafts challenge has come to an end, and now it's time for them to choose a winner! the challenge was "Under the Sea", and here's the card i submitted:i had a TON of fun making my card, and i was thrilled at how the coral turned out, but trust me, there are some great submissions - so PLEASE, drop by and vote for your fave! the winner receives 3 digis and the option to be a guest

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okay folks, i've been DYING for this day to come along... i have a special little miss to share with you today, and some of you are going to absolutely LOVE her, and need her NOW! but you won't be able to get your hands on this little cutie for a bit... i'll keep you posted! (we have a release date, so once we can start talking about it, i promise to let you all in on it)today is CHALLENGE

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CLICKETY CLICK for the HOT new summer digi release!seriously adorable. you saw a few of them HERE and HERE if you visited recently, but there are others you won't want to miss! YAY! when Some Odd Girl says it's summer time, it's SUMMER TIME! :) let's turn up the heat!

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CLICK HERE, folks!we're looking for the next batch of Odd Girls, and you DON'T want to miss out on this opportunity! the SOGgies are taking craft land by STORM, and you'll love working with Kristy's images, not to mention a super fun team, a fabby "boss", and lots and lots of perks!you wanna be Odd?you think you're Odd enough? :)you don't actually have to be a weirdo or anything, and we welcome

Leah the Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13277692781569710548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942996813425417585.post-53614070565744772812011-06-09T09:00:00.000-04:002011-06-09T09:00:14.186-04:00

it's the end of Sneak Week at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog, and we've shown you 6 adorable images so far... today we have the final 3 from this release, and i think i'm in LURRRRRVE!so we have this fantastic release that will be available at SomeOddGirl.com next TUESDAY, June 14th, and we've been doin' it up all summery-like at THE BLOG, so you may have been drooling over the newest of the

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this was a bit of a take off from my usual style these days, but i had SO much flippin' fun making this card, and i couldn't wait for today's sneak!at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog, we're sharing sneaks and big news with you ALL WEEK! there's a brand new digi release coming out next Tuesday, and yesterday you got to see Beachy Tia and Beach Babe Kaylee... i'm SURE that got you a little

Leah the Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13277692781569710548noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942996813425417585.post-46510124822929004502011-06-06T09:00:00.001-04:002011-06-06T21:51:22.132-04:00

day one of sneaks is here!wanna see what the fuss is all about?!CLICK HERE to see the first two images, including the rest of the little miss up there! :)i'll have a sneak to share tomorrow, and i am in LURRRRRVEwith the new summer digis, so you won't wanna miss it!***EDITED TO ADD***if you're into FREE STUFF, leave a comment on each of the sneaks posts at the Some Odd Girl challenge blog this

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morning! BUSY week ahead of us, with Some Odd Girl sneaks happenin'! today through Thursday, we will be showing you the next batch of digis, released NEXT WEEK! pop on over to the Some Odd Girl challenge blog to see today's sneaks in.... oh, about a half HOUR! :)i had the colouring bug over the weekend, and busted out some images i've either NEVER played with, or haven't touched in forever.

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