My First Some Odd Girl Stamp!

Hi! I really couldn't resist any longer and got my first Some Odd Girl clear stamp. I really had to to stop myself from buying them all and tell myself to buy in moderation. Hahaha. My order came so nicely packed in a white bag wrapped with twine and there was a piece of cardboard in it to keep it from getting all smashed. Well, I really loved how it came and the twine and the cardboard were too pretty to throw away so I decided to make another book! But this time for me. And the current challenge at Some Odd Girl is to Lift an Odd Girl. So I looked through all the DT's sites for some inspiration and it was hard to choose! In the end I had to go with Robin Mck's card.

I'll show the back first. I used the cardboard piece for the back of my book for stability.

This is the cover. The stamp is called Smell the Flowers Tia. I wrapped the blue twine around the front over the lace. I love that blue color! Clouds are from PTI.

Closer pic. Tia's dress, shoes, arm, hair clip, and flowers are all paper pieced. I really like paper piecing sometimes but I think I'm gonna need to buy some smaller scissors.

Thanks for reading and hope you had a great weekend!

Comments

Sunghee said…

so pretty! Love how you divided the colors. So pretty!

July 17, 2011 at 6:23 PM

Cheryl said…

So cute! Love the paper piecing! Pretty paper too! Is this your art journal?

July 17, 2011 at 7:49 PM

Lorraine said…

This is an adorable book, Eva! I love the colors, papers and your beautiful coloring of that sweet some odd girl image! I've been into paper piecing quite a bit lately - like coloring, it tends to help relax me sometimes (mindless cutting, lol).

July 17, 2011 at 9:50 PM

Sandi said…

Love how you created a scene on the cover!

July 19, 2011 at 11:34 AM

Carlie M. said…

This is a fantastic card! Robin's cards are amazing and this is a great edition of it! Great job! Thanks for joining us on Some Odd Girl!

July 21, 2011 at 8:17 AM

Anonymous said…

That's awesome Eva! I love how you used so much of the packaging! I love your take on Robin's card, its so sweet! Thanks for being Odd!

July 27, 2011 at 3:38 AM

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