What are you looking for? Glad you asked! 

- First and foremost we are looking for a crafter with great enthusiasm who LOVES what they do and puts pride into their craft! All styles and skill levels are welcome AND encouraged to apply! 

- Someone who loves to share their projects on an active blog and would share Some Odd Girl projects, releases and events.

- A crafter who is dedicated and can commit to keeping a schedule by turning projects in on time, is flexible and can openly communicate with the DT Coordinator

What would I be responsible for? Another great question!

- Submitting projects monthly for our blog challenges and commenting on challenge entries

- Creating projects that help promote new product releases

- Submitting your projects to 2 online galleries (ie: Splitcoast Stampers, 2 Peas in a Bucket, Scrapbook.com etc.)

What are the perks for being an Odd Girl? Now the fun part!

- Product to work with from each release, both Clear Stamps and Digital Stamps

- Compensation for any print magazine publication during your term

- a 25% Design Team Discount in our shop for the whole 6 month term

How do I apply? Man you are full of awesome questions! Applying is easy. Send the following information to designteam@someoddgirl.com. PLEASE make sure that everything is included in your email as we can not accept applications that do not have all of the information required.

Name
Address
Email
Link to your blog
Online Galleries you post to (links)

Tell us a little about yourself!
What design teams are you currently on?
Past design teams? (none are required)
Past Publications? (none are required)
Why would you make a great Odd Girl? 

Attach pictures of 3 projects that you think best represent you and your style 1 MUST have a colored image. We would LOVE to see projects using Some Odd Girl stamps and digis but it is not required.

This call runs thru January 15th (midnight EST late applications will not be accepted). Please remember it takes time to go thru the 100s of applications we receive so please try not to email about the status of your application, we love and appreciate the enthusiasm but answering slows down the process. 

We’re not quite done!

In addition to our regular team call we are looking for 3 girls to be on a special part of our Odd Girls and work with our Nouveau Girls stamps. You can apply for both a Nouveau Girls spot and a regular team spot or just for this special team.

Responsibilities for this special team include 1-2 projects per month with accompanying how to or about to feature on the Nouveau Girls Blog. Knowledge of WordPress is a plus but not required. These 3 Odd girls will be the only ones receiving the Nouveau Girls Releases to work with during their term. We are looking for are looking for a variety of projects to feature so keep that in mind when you apply. To be considered for this special team please put “Nouveau Girls only” or “Nouveau Girls both” next to your name with your application.

So! Get those applications together and apply! You could be our newest Odd Girl! 

So.. on to the frame. I guess this is the first thing of this sort I’ve actually attempted, so I’ll try and talk you through it.

I actually bought this frame looking the way it is with the dark brown/ mahogany appearance. So I went with oranges, blues, teal and greens to match. I coloured this beauties skin and hair using Copics and her dress, flowers and accessories using ProMarkers. I used all three sizes of butterlies from the Bliss set, stamped in Pumpkin Pie, Blue Bayou, Sage Shadow and Taken with Teal inks from SU! then fussy cut them out to adhere them to the top left corner.

If I was to recreate this I would leave a smaller white border around each of the cut out elements, but I guess we’re our own worst critics, right?

That just about covers it, I think. You know you’ll want your own set of Nouveau Girls, so pick them up NOW!!

Take it easy. xo ~ Lou. 

You can use the same tissue as you use when you have a cold. Un-used of course . Take one out and the stamp your image on the tissue. I have use a non waterproof black ink pad and then I colored it with Promarker.

I have used the beautiful “Bliss” for my project.

 
When you have colored the image, you have to cut it out. You need to cut as close as you can to image.

 When you have cut out the image, you separate all the layers of the tissue, so you only have one
thin layer left with the image.

 You place the image on your candle and then you cover it with a piece af baking paper (cover the whole candle to be on the safe side). Then you use a heat gun to melt the image on to the candle. You see the colors changing, that way you know the candle is done. 

Take gently of the paper and voilà – the image is stuck to the candle!

I hope you get what I mean. It´s really easy and fun and such a great gift to give away. I tried on a old candle
first before I got serious with a new one.

 Have a great craftin day!

hugs Christina

Katie!!!

Congrats Katie! Email me with your address so I can send you your goodies  

Join us back here next week for some more projects and fun! 

So I did with my Copics but the only place that looked like a good home for the above stamp Believe, was a jewelry box.  I purchased an unfinished wooden box from my local scrapbook store and painted it with a champagne metallic acrylic paint.  Next I chose a fabulous paper from My Minds Eye and and embellished.  The Nouveau girl came next.

She is stunning on this box.  Here in another photo at a different angel.

For the altered frame below I stamped Bliss on X-Press it blending paper and colored her with my Copics. 

The background first and colored a number of the accent flowers that come with Bliss.  I randomly placed those on the paper.  The frame was a bit of a challenge as it was a cheap frame and I’m not even sure what the surface was – I think plastic.  I roughed it up a bit and added some of the same champagne paint only to have the frame look silver which didn’t really match the warm tones I was trying for. 

I then added some Lindy’s Gang Starburst Spritz to get a gorgeous glimmer and warm bronze tone.  Once I put the frame completely together I added a number of simple embellishments on the front including mulberry paper rose, acrylic rose and a few paper and chipboard accents.

Don’t forget to stop by and pick up some of your very own Nouveau Girls!  You won’t be disappointed!

I LOVE this beauty and had so much fun creating this mini album.  All stamped images are from the three new releases from the Nouveau line at Some Odd Girl.

Here are the pages of the entire album.  All paper is from the Echo Park line.  All flowers are from the Recollections company or are mulberry paper roses.  Fibers and trim are from Froggy Feathers Etsy store except for the Tulle which was bought at my local craft store.

I hope you enjoyed my mini album using these wonderful Nouveau girls!  They are truly fabulous and so fun to work with.  I have a video HERE showing the album with a bit more detail.

When my Nouveau Girls Stamps arrived, I had to try them on my Shink Plastic. Now I had never done this before….so it was def something new for me. The above pictures is the actual stamp (size) compared to the Shrink Plastic once it’s heated up. The Shrink Plastic says it will shrink to 45% of original size. Hmm….looks smaller than that to me !

Here are a few tips for Shrink Plastic use: (remember I am no pro-lol)

-you MUST stamp with Staz-On ink. Memento ink just rubs off

- if coloring with pencils, you must sand the paper first so the color has somewhere to stick (I haven’t tried copics yet)

-colors you use to color with will be brighter/shaper once the plastic is shrunk

-you must use a pair of tweezers or something of the sort to hold down the plastic while you heat it with your heat tool or else your burn your fingerprints off. (you can also heat it in the oven- there are directions for that). I simply used my heat tool. 

- while in the heating process, the plastic shrivels up  to the point where it looks like it’s stuck shut, then as it completes the process, it actually unfolds on itself  (with a little help from the tweezers)

Once complete, my shrunk “Believe”, “Bliss” & “Grow” are  5 cm tall. 

Here I made a pair of earrings for my daughter. 

And a pocket zipper attachment for my sweater (below) . My front zipper fell off completely, so that’s why the pocket….I KNOW someone was wondering! LOL

I hope I have inspired you to try something new. Something you never dreamed of doing before!?!

Odd Girl Corry

First though, this is the Nouveau Girls new blog home. The Girls are still part of Some Odd Girl but we thought it might be fun to give them a place to shine as our new line. We really think that they will not only be great for cardmaking but other creative projects like ATCs, altered art, art journals and more! We want to feature all that and more along with projects by you. We’ll be doing some special things with this new line really soon so you’ll want to be ready. 

In the Gallery page you’ll find a continuing linky for projects that you create and blog about with the Nouveau Girls stamps. No special challenge or project required. Each Linky will last a month then move down (not deleted) for a new month’s linky. Just a way to share your projects.

Now to the fun stuff today! If you are starting here… well you need to start at the beginning at our old blogspot blog. And hop thru and see all the Odd Girls in action! They’ve worked their tails off  You have to comment on every stop to win all 3 designs from this new line. You have thru November 1st (@ midnight EST) to get your comments in. 

So let me introduce you to our Nouveau Girls! 

 

Elena
 

Believe

Create your own garden with a sentiment and accessories that coordinate with our main image as she wears poppies in her hair. Use the stem stamp from “Bliss” to make many different motifs.
 

 

So I’d love to hear what you think! Which has stolen your heart? Each has their own little personality
 

The fun isn’t over this week though. The rest of the week (wednesday – friday) is filled with projects that show just how versatile these new sets are and I know you’re going to want to see them! Above and beyond  Thanks for hopping and STAY ODD!