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Hello Oddies! It’s Giada here and I want to share with you the card I made for my boyfriend in order to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Since we’re currently living apart from each other, this delay doesn’t really matter: I’m going to give him this card in a week!

I couldn’t resist the temptation to use this super cute couple of donuts, in particular the male one – with his adorable glasses and tie. I printed them on white cardstock, colored with alcohol markers and fussy cut.

As they are quite big, I decided to keep the card simple by choosing two patterned papers that match the design and the colors of the subjects, one in pink and the other one in brown with a woodgrain effect.

I really love how it turned out… and you? Did you create a card for your Valentine? Share with us your cards on Some Odd Girl Facebook Community! Thank you for stopping by!

Giada

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Hi Oddies and happy New Year! I’m finally back to not-Christmas-related cards with not-Christmas-related digital stamps: today I chose these two mini fairies in order to create an ethereal card full of magic.

I love this kind of scenes because they are perfect for children and for people who seem to be head over heels – like me, of course!

First of all I printed the fairies on a piece of white cardstock, I colored them with alcohol markers and fussy cut. I used the same shades of colors for both of them, picking dark blues for the dress and light browns for the hair.

I also added white highlights and golden details with gel pens.

At this point I built my background using glitters pastes and a stencil with stars on a kraft cardstock. I picked blue and white pastes as they matched the colors of the fairies.

After everything was dried, I heat embossed a sentiment that says “Best wishes to a special friend” with gold embossing powder on a strip of vellum. Finally I adhered everything on my card base and… that’s all!

How did you start the New Year? Do you have some good intentions concerning crafting? Let us know in our Facebook community!

Giada

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Hi everyone! It’s Giada here and today I’m sharing more Holidays projects with you. I’m getting ready for Christmas because I’m mass-producing cards as a busy bee, but it seems that all the effort is worth it!

In this blog post I’m showcasing a couple of cards with Tobie dressed up like Santa’s helper (and colored with different color palettes). In the first card I used mint, grey, white and silver colors and I put the image on a coordinated patterned paper.

At the same time, I wanted to color Tobie with traditional Christmas shades. In this case I chose red, green, white and gold and I picked two patterned paper with the same colors. I used alcohol markers as my coloring medium.

I really like both versions, especially thanks to Tobie‘s face: his tongue makes me think of me and my brother – we did the same when we were children and focused on a job!

And what about you: what are your favorite subjects and shades for Holidays cards? Tell us and share your project in our Facebook Community – if you’re not in, let’s join us!

Giada