Hey there, Odd friends!  Leah the Orange here, and we’re greeting the weekend in STYLE today!  Not only do we have a couple of stunning spotlights to share and inspire, but we have WINNERS to announce from our January challenge!  Yep!  The challenge ended Wednesday night, so we’ve been oohing and ahhing over your amazing creations and we are ready to share some good news!

First, let’s check out the spotlights, shall we?

This beauty comes from our gallery at Some Odd World, and it grabbed me IMMEDIATELY because of all the crazy awesome layering and details.  The distressing – PERFECTION.  I was in awe of the fact that each layer is matted and perfectly distressed (you almost can’t tell it’s matted!), and then I looked closely and noticed that there are a bazillion tiny flowers added in for LOADS of depth and interest!  Seriously!  Check out our girl, Spunky Sprite (digi), in all her glory here!

GORGEOUS, Lou!  Thank you so much for sharing at Some Odd World!

Next, WHOA!  This card was also shared in our gallery at Some Odd World, and it’s kinda got that certain je ne sais quoi that grabs you and pulls you in.  The details in the coloring, I think, are what earned this project a spot on this page today.  But there’s just something about the colors and the stripes and the strips of ribbon and the simple bling that make this Mad Hatter Kody (digi) card super FAB!  Check him out!

I love this for all its clean and simple madness, Liz!  Love him!

Congrats on your spotlight, ladies!  I am certainly inspired by your projects, so I hope our readers in the blogosphere are, too!

Next up, I just want to thank everyone for playing along for our January challenge…  We had 36 entries, many of which came from NEW faces to Some Odd Girl!  We love seeing new people playing along, so WELCOME, to those of you who are new to our little community!  Tomorrow we will start a brand new challenge, so we hope to see many of you returning and bringing a friend along for the ride!  🙂

So without further ado, we have a random winner and a favorite to announce! 

First, our random winner is…

Stephanie this is just BEAUTIFUL!  Flag Wavin’ Mae looks STUNNING!  I love the way you’ve combined your colors and patterns, and layers and clusters just make my creative eye happy! Please send an email to Kristy@someoddgirl.com letting her know which 3 digis you’d like from the shop, and she’ll get you all hooked up! 

And our fave project (seriously, this was TOUGH!)…

Tracy – I think EVERYBODY should have a Happy Gwen (digi) name tag!  Not only did you rock the color that scares the heck out of me, but this is a great take on our challenge!  You not only created a tag, but you can wear it proudly and show off your mad SOGgy skillz!  🙂  Love your project!  Please email Kristy@someoddgirl.com and let her know which stamp set you’d like from the store, and include your mailing address so she can send that out to you.

Congratulations, ladies, and thank you SO, SO much for playing along!  We can’t wait to see what you make with your new SOGgies!  Maybe tomorrow’s challenge will inspire you.  Or maybe you’ll share on our Facebook page, or in the gallery at Some Odd World.  Either way, please share! 

Happy Friday, spotlightees and winners!  And have a wonderful weekend, Odd friends!  We’ll be back tomorrow at 9 am for our new challenge!