Oddball Art Welcome Baby Blog Hop for DT Member Ang

Welcome Hoppers!!!  Crafting Ang of the Oddball Art DT has just had a wonderful baby boy and we are so happy you have stopped by to join in our Congratulations to her!

The Oddball Art DT Ladies have all used a version of this new stamp to create some beautiful cards and albums for her...

Download HERE

Use the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY25 for 25% OFF your purchase this weekend ONLY!

We are so excited to have you join in the fun with us!

For a chance to WIN 3 DIGITAL STAMPS of your choice from the Oddball Art Etsy Shop please do the following....

Hop to each of the 14 blogs in order to spell out the hidden phrase
at the end come back to Oddball Art Challenge Blog and leave a comment with your answer.  1 random winner will be chosen from the correct comments using Random.org

Each of the bloggers participating have hidden their "secret" letters in their blog posts somewhere for you to find, collect them all in order and spell out the following hidden phrase....

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Start HERE

Reference List of Bloggers in the Hop (in order):

Andrea
Angelique
Audrey ---->  YOU ARE HERE
Lizzy
Delores
Jenn
Julie
Lena
Lola
Monica
Naz
Granne
Shannon
Tracey

Now dont forget to come back Oddball Art Challenge Blog once you have figured out the "hidden phrase" so you can leave a comment for your chance to win!!!! Good luck! <3

DIGI CHOOSDAY CHALLENGE - WINTER BIRTHDAY

Hello and welcome back!!  It's Tuesday, which means time for a New Challenge at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog!  Make sure to check out Polkadoodles Shop - Nikky's images are such fun to color and I love how you can purchase sets that include papers, sentiments, embellies, etc. - so great to be able to do one stop shopping!

As you know, Digi Choosday Challenge Blog features a New Challenge each Tuesday and you have 2 weeks to play along, so we have our new challenge beginning today and running until December 8, but you also still have another week to play in last week's With Thanks (ends December 1), so hope you will come play along with both!

Today's New Challenge is WINTER BIRTHDAY.  Make sure you read the rules on the right sidebar at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog so that you can play along.  Also, a new DIGI CHOOSDAY DISCOUNT is available until MIDNIGHT GMT so make sure you take advantage of that!!

I chose Party, Birthday, Celebration Twiggy and Toots for this week's winter birthday theme.  The image is also included in the Twiggy and Toots Owls Digital Download Collection.   Image is colored with Copics and cut out with Xcut die.

 My sentiment is also from Twiggy and Toots Owls Digital Download Collection - I cropped it from the ticket sentiment sheet found in the collection, then made the background transparent in Gimp editing and changed the lettering color to white.  I then mounted it inside the heart embellie from Frosted Winter Octavia Digital Download Collection.  My papers and frosted tree are also from Frosted Winter Octavia Digital Download Collection.  I outlined both the heart and the tree with Copics after cutting them out with scissors.

I added a premade bow from my stash to the front.  I also added a snowflake from my stash and bling flourishes from Zva Creative to the inside of my pop up book card.

I hope you will come play along with us at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog.  Don't forget also to check out all the fabulous DT projects.  

Have you seen the latest in Nikky's Colouring Book range? We now have an amazing Coloring Club which you can join and it's only £1 a week to get loads of fabulous printable coloring pages make sure you check it out HERE!

AND as if that wasn't exciting enough, we are all thrilled to be able to reveal that you can now purchase her COLORING CALENDARS online from lots of sellers across Europe! Whoop Whoop, so exciting! They will make great Christmas gifts!!

BUY IT IN THE UK

AND IF YOU'RE IN EUROPE GET IT HERE

AND now available from Amazon is the brand spanking new OCTAVIA MOONFLY Calendar - Why not treat somebody for Christmas, Nikky's calendars make great gifts with fabulous art work which you can see month after month....

Additionally, there's fun to be had and much inspiration to be gained over at Digi Choosday Facebook Group and Polkadoodles Facebook Group, so hope you will join both places if you haven't already, and if you have, pop by for a visit and come share your Polkadoodles creations!

Enjoy your day!  Many hugs!!

Additional Challenges entered:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Sparkle

Retarte - anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - use a digi or stamp
Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
Get Creative Challenges - Birthday

2 Creative Chicks - anything goes
Ooh La La Creations - let it snow

The Crazy Challenge - everything goes

A Snowflakes Promise - anything goes with Christmas or winter theme
Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes (Christmas or winter)

Cute and Cuddly Challenge at Di's Digi Designs

Happy Saturday to everyone!   Life continues busy here, hope it is going well for all of you out in blogland.    I am glad it's the weekend!!

We have a NEW CHALLENGE for you over at DI’S DIGI DESIGNS and it is CUTE AND CUDDLY.   Di has tons of images that will fit this challenge perfectly.  You have until 11:55pm EST on Friday, December 4 to come join the fun.  Remember, you don’t need to use an image from DI'S DIGI STAMPS to play along, but if you do, you have a chance to win 2 images from DI'S DIGI STAMPS in addition to a chance at the sponsor prize.   You may also use a CandiBean rubber or clear stamp to have an extra chance to win the 2 Di's Digi images.

I hope you will check out DI'S DIGI STAMPS as Di has so many wonderful images, many that would be perfect for our challenge.   You can also check out her CandiBean rubber stamps line - the newest set has just been released!  Hope you will check them out!

I decided to go with a Fall/Thanksgiving theme and I used a sentiment from our sponsor this week - Taylored Expressions, who are offering our winner a $25 voucher to their shop!  I used one of the newest images from DI’S DIGI STAMPS "Pocahontas Izzy."  Image is colored with Copics and cut out with Nesties dies.  I daubed edges of image with Distress Ink.  I am loving all the adorable animals in this image and it was so much fun to color!  DP is from Doodlebug Designs.   I sure hope you like it and will come play along!!

Additional Challenges entered:

Holiday Hair Gabbie from Faery Ink

Hello everyone!! It's time to share some Faery Ink inspiration with you today. This month we are continuing our focus on Christmas, and as you have seen throughout the start of the month, Amanda has drawn some more stunning images for all your holiday creations.

For my project this month, I chose to play with Holiday Hair Gabbie. I colored her with my Copics. I used the following color combos:

Hair: YR30, E40, YR31, E43, E44 with a hint of E47

Face: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R21

Eyes: E43, E44

Wrap: C0, C2

Reds: R27, R29, R46, R39, RV99

Greens: YG63, YG67, YG93, YG95, YG97

Golds: Y15, Y17, Y26,Y28

I also added some sparkle with Sakura and Atyou Spica pens.

Image is cut with die from my stash, designer paper is from Cloud 9 Design. I chose this fabulous two toned ribbon lying in my stash and tied a loose knot in it. I tore a piece of Core-dinations cardstock and added my clear stamp sentiment. Ornament dimensional sticker is also from my stash.

Sure hope you like my entire creation as well and hopefully it has given you some inspiration. Make sure that you visit the Faery Ink Shop to see all the wonderful images there, especially all this month's New Releases!! Also, remember to play in our challenge which you can find at Faery Ink Facebook Group.

Hugs:)

Digi Choosday - With Thanks

Hello and welcome back!!  It's Tuesday, which means time for a New Challenge at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog!  Make sure to check out Polkadoodles Shop - Nikky's images are such fun to color and I love how you can purchase sets that include papers, sentiments, embellies, etc. - so great to be able to do one stop shopping!

As you know, Digi Choosday Challenge Blog features a New Challenge each Tuesday and you have 2 weeks to play along, so we have our new challenge beginning today and running until December 1, but you also still have another week to play in last week's Christmas with Sparkle (ends November 24), so hope you will come play along with both!

Today's New Challenge is With Thanks.  Make sure you read the rules on the right sidebar at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog so that you can play along.  Also, a new DIGI CHOOSDAY DISCOUNT is available until MIDNIGHT GMT so make sure you take advantage of that!!

I have chosen Oddella Fairy for my With Thanks creation.  She is colored with Copics and cut with Nellie's die.  I chose Frantic Stamper die for the stitched square pieces and used an MFT die to cut the outside frame - with the x's on it.  I added Wild Orchid flowers on the right of the image.  I also added some gold cord where the top of the card cuts off on my fancy fold.

  I used a frame, sentiment and the purple polka dot paper from Eden Big Kahuna Digital Download Bundle - you can find all the frames only in Eden Collection In the Frame Bundle, the specific paper I chose can be found in the Eden Collection Paper Heaven 5 Bundle as well and all the sentiments are also located in the Eden Collection Say It All Bundle.  Sentiment is cut with Nellie's die as well and I added a button from Queen and Co.  

My kraft colored design paper with flowers is from Winston Deluxe Full Collection and the green flowered paper is from Work and Play Volume 11 Digital Download Collection and is found in the girls paper section.

I hope you will come play along with us at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog.  Don't forget also to check out all the fabulous DT projects.  

Have you seen the latest in Nikky's Colouring Book range? We now have an amazing Colouring Club which you can join and it's only £1 a week to get loads of fabulous printable colouring pages make sure you check it out HERE!

AND as if that wasnt exciting enough, we are all thrilled to be able to reveal that you can now purchase her COLOURING CALENDARS online from lots of sellers across Europe! Whoop Whoop, so exciting! They will make great Christmas gifts!!

BUY IT IN THE UK

AND IF YOU'RE IN EUROPE GET IT HERE

AND now available from Amazon is the brand spanking new OCTAVIA MOONFLY Calendar - Why not treat somebody for Christmas, Nikky's calendars make great gifts with fabulous art work which you can see month after month....

Additionally, there's fun to be had and much inspiration to be gained over at Digi Choosday Facebook Group and Polkadoodles Facebook Group, so hope you will join both places if you haven't already, and if you have, pop by for a visit and come share your Polkadoodles creations!

Enjoy your day!  Many hugs!!

Additional Challenges entered:

Artistic Inspirations - anything goes with twist of feminine

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Craft Your Passion - anything goes

Eureka Stamps - anything goes

Karleigh Sue Challenge - one for the girls

Path of Positivity - Gratefulness

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - thanks/Thanksgiving

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - anything goes with twist of add some purple

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

Shopping Our Stash - Thanks

Anything Goes with a Twist of Add A Sentiment at Julia Spiri!

Sorry I am running a wee bit late today, kids are on an altered school schedule, so I am all out of whack LOL!  Today is the start of a New Challenge at Julia Spiri Challenge.   The challenges are every other Thursday.

Our theme is always Anything Goes with a twist, the design team follows the twist and although we would like you to do the same, it is not essential.

Winners will be announced the following week and the prize must be claimed before the next challenge goes live.  The winner will be chosen at random and there will be a Top 3 will be chosen by the design team.

You can play along with any image but will be limited to 3 entries.  However, if you enter with an image from Julia Spiri Etsy Shop, you can play as much as you wish. You may also enter your project into as many other challenges as you wish.

Our chosen winner will receive 2 images but if the random winner has used a Julia Spiri Etsy Shop image you will get 4 images and a GDT spot for a future challenge!!

Your creation must be new and posted on or after the Thursday the challenge goes live.  Please link to your page rather than your blog as a whole.

All types of paper crafting projects, cards, altered art, up-cycling, ATC's etc. are allowed and encouraged!

We hope you choose to become one of our followers.  We also have a Stamps By Julia Spiri Facebook Fan Group, which has challenges using Julia Spiri Etsy Shop images so if you have used one of Julia's images in this challenge make sure to enter it there too!  This gives you another chance to win image and GDT spots!!

Our challenge theme this time is Anything goes with a twist and the twist is Add a Sentiment.  You can find tons of cute images to use at Julia Spiri Etsy Shop, so hope you will go have a look around!

So, now that you have all the information, come and play along with us!!

My creation today features the image Little Lori from Julia Spiri Etsy Shop.  Image is colored with Copics and cut with Nestie.  I also cut the background of the image with Nestie and added some doodles with my Staedler pen.  Flower and sentiment also cut with Nesties.  DP is Doodlebug Designs, sentiment is from my stash and bling is Bo Bunny.  Sure hope you like it and will come play along in our challenge at Julia Spiri Challenge.

DIGI CHOOSDAY CHALLENGE - CHRISTMAS WITH SPARKLE

Hello and welcome back!!  It's Tuesday, which means time for a New Challenge at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog!  Make sure to check out Polkadoodles Shop - Nikky's images are such fun to color and I love how the sets include papers, sentiments, embellies, etc. - so great to be able to do one stop shopping!

As you know, Digi Choosday Challenge Blog features a New Challenge each Tuesday and you have 2 weeks to play along, so we have our new challenge beginning today and running until November 24, but you also still have another week to play in last week's Red, Orange and/or Brown Challenge (ends November 17), so hope you will come play along with both!

Today's New Challenge is Christmas with Sparkle.  Make sure you read the rules on the right sidebar at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog so that you can play along.  Also, a new DIGI CHOOSDAY DISCOUNT is available until MIDNIGHT GMT so make sure you take advantage of that!!

For my Christmas sparkle card, I have has used Hollybobs Angel digi image which can also be found in Work and Play Volume 5 Festive Hollybobs Full Download. This image was such fun to color with Copics and I added Stickles and glitter pen for some added sparkle after cutting it out with Nellie's die. 

Papers and sentiment are from Angelberry Christmas CD Rom.  Sentiment and backing are cut out with Tattered Lace dies.  Flowers and tree are from the Octavia Frosted Winter Digital Download and cut out by hand.   I also added some bling snowflakes from my stash.  Sure hope you like it!

 Outside of card

Inside of card

Close up of image

I hope you will come play along with us at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog.  Don't forget also to check out all the fabulous DT projects.  

Have you seen the latest in Nikky's Colouring Book range? We now have an amazing Colouring Club which you can join and it's only £1 a week to get loads of fabulous printable colouring pages make sure you check it out HERE!

AND as if that wasnt exciting enough, we are all thrilled to be able to reveal that you can now purchase her COLOURING CALENDARS online from lots of sellers across Europe! Whoop Whoop, so exciting! They will make great Christmas gifts!!

BUY IT IN THE UK

AND IF YOU'RE IN EUROPE GET IT HERE

Additionally, there's fun to be had and much inspiration to be gained over at Digi Choosday Facebook Group and Polkadoodles Facebook Group, so hope you will join both places if you haven't already, and if you have, pop by for a visit and come share your Polkadoodles creations!

Enjoy your day!  Many hugs!!

Additional Challenges entered:
Artistic Inspirations - anything goes with twist of feminine
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Love to Scrap- bling
Merry Monday Christmas Card Club - Christmas in pink, green and white
Not Just Cards - anything goes
The Crazy Challenge- pretty in pink
Where the HeART is - anything goes/winter blues
A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes with Winter or Christmas
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - make it sparkleGreat Impressions - bling on the holidays

Tic Tac Toe - 3 in a row Challenge at Di's Digi Designs

Happy Saturday to everyone!   Life has been busy here, hope it is going well for all of you out in blogland.   Happy news today is that almost a year after we moved, our old house has FINALLY sold as of 12pm EST yesterday.  We are so relieved and excited, but honestly, mostly just relieved.  The past 4-6 weeks had been incredibly stressful and hopefully that stress will ease up a bit now.

We have a NEW CHALLENGE for you over at DI’S DIGI DESIGNS and it is TIC TAC TOE - just use the board below and use any 3 across, down or diagonal on your creation to come play along.   Di has tons of images that will fit this challenge perfectly.  You have until 11:55pm EST on Friday, November 20 to come join the fun.  Remember, you don’t need to use an image from DI'S DIGI STAMPS to play along, but if you do, you have a chance to win 2 images from DI'S DIGI STAMPS in addition to a chance at the sponsor prize.   You may also use a CandiBean rubber or clear stamp to have an extra chance to win the 2 Di's Digi images.

I hope you will check out DI'S DIGI STAMPS as Di has so many wonderful images, many that would be perfect for our challenge.   You can also check out her CandiBean rubber stamps line - the newest set has just been released!  Hope you will check them out!

I decided to go with a Fall/Autumn theme this time around.  I chose the middle row from the Tic Tac Toe board - die cuts, digi, hand colored image.  I used one of the newest images from DI’S DIGI STAMPS "Harvest Hedgehogs."  Image is colored with Copics and cut out with Avery Elle die.  Sentiment is from Scrappy Moms and cut with Sizzix die.  DP is Doodlebug Designs.  Stickers are from my stash.  I also used ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and circle shaped die cuts done with Tattered Lace dies.   I sure hope you like it and will come play along!!

Additional Challenges entered:

DIGI CHOOSDAY RED, ORANGE and/or BROWN CHALLENGE

Hello and welcome back!!  It's Tuesday, which means time for a New Challenge at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog!  Make sure to check out Polkadoodles Shop - Nikky's images are such fun to color and I love how the sets include papers, sentiments, embellies, etc. - so great to be able to do one stop shopping!

As you know, Digi Choosday Challenge Blog features a New Challenge each Tuesday and you have 2 weeks to play along, so we have our new challenge beginning today and running until November 17, but you also still have another week to play in last week's Favorite Color Combo Challenge (ends November 10), so hope you will come play along with both!

Today's New Challenge is to use RED, ORANGE and/or BROWN.  Make sure you read the rules on the right sidebar at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog so that you can play along.  Also, a new DIGI CHOOSDAY DISCOUNT is available for 24 hrs. once the new challenge posts at 8am BST, so make sure you take advantage of that!!

I took the perimeters of this challenge quite literally on all parts of my card and coloring.  I chose the image Octavia Moonfly Wistful, which is available as a single image (both black and white and colored versions are included) or you can get her as part of Octavia Moonfly Big Kahuna Digital Craft Bundle, which is where I got my image.   Image is colored in mostly sepia tones with highlights of orange and red using my Copics for all of the image.  Image is cut out with Nestie.

I also found my sentiment in the Octavia Moonfly Big Kahuna Digital Craft Bundle.  It is cut out with Bo Bunny die and button from Bag O Buttons added.  I also daubed the sentiment tag with Distress Ink.

The kraft paper with the mushrooms and ladybugs is from Winston Deluxe Full Collection, the orange striped paper is from Halloween/Autumn Paper Heaven 2 and the red paper is from Work and Play Volume 1 Collection, found in the boy bodybuilder section.  Mushroom and pumpkin embellies are from Autumn/Fall Digis Colored Bundle and I have cut those out with scissors.

I hope you will come play along with us at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog.  Don't forget also to check out all the fabulous DT projects.  

Additionally, there's fun to be had and much inspiration to be gained over at Digi Choosday Facebook Group and Polkadoodles Facebook Group, so hope you will join both places if you haven't already, and if you have, pop by for a visit and come share your Polkadoodles creations!

Enjoy your day!  Many hugs!!

Additional Challenges entered:

ABC Challenge - U is for Unlimited (anything goes)

Crafts Galore Encore - use a stamp or digi

Crafty Time- embellish it

Doodle Pantry - any digi goes

CCC Digi Creations - anything goes

Dies R Us Challenge - fall plus die cuts

Digistamps 4 Joy - anything goes w twist of Autumn

Nordsalten Hobbyklubb - fall

Paradise of Stamps- Autumn

Scribbles Designs Challenge - fancy folds