April Oddball Challenge

Welcome back to another Oddball Art Challenge!

Way to go Oddballs, participation was way up for March and we gave out lots of prizes but I think we can do even better then that for April, don't you think?

Our Oddball designers have been busy in their craft rooms and have come up with some really great projects to help get you inspired this month...

pop on over to their blogs to say hi and find out more about their projects!

created by Oddball Designer EK Gorman

Even though the twist to invite your friends for double the prizes was only for March, we still hope you will invite your friends to play along again.....

and this month you can simply tell them about the even more exciting grand prize they will have a chance at winning if they participate and are randomly selected as our Grand Prize winner!

The usual gift card prizes will still be awarded, this extra prize is in addition to the Oddball Gift Card

APRIL BONUS PRIZE

We have selected 2 Copic Ciao marker sets that pretty closely resemble Oddballs brand colors

the sets are called...

 Copic Ciao June

Copic Ciao July

as well as a 12 pc Copic Ciao storage case (empty)

Participants worldwide are eligible to win!

So invite your friends over to play along, the prize will be rewarded at random, anything goes, any stamp from any company, project can be made following any theme!

If we get a minimum of 15+ entries we will unlock the TOP 3 prizes which do require you to follow our theme and use an Oddball image

Now let's start this challenge!

created by Oddball Designer Tina Föcking

We have a few simple rules for you to follow if you want to play along in our challenge:

RULES

1. ANYTHING GOES  ~ We have a monthly theme but it's optional

(to be considered for our TOP 3 prizes you must follow our theme)

2. Please mention and link back to our challenge on your personal blogs, galleries or social media pages ~ where ever your entry is posted. (a blog is not mandatory)

3. You MUST use a digi stamp in your creation | IT CAN BE ANY DIGI STAMP FROM ANY COMPANY.

(to be considered for our TOP 3 prizes you must use an Oddball digi stamp)

4. Creations must be NEW,   no back linking 

created by Oddball Designer Deborah aka Right Brain Art

PRIZES

GRAND PRIZE

(chosen randomly)

1 winner = $10 Gift Card

+

(APRIL ONLY)

2- sets of Copic Ciao markers

1- 12 pc Copic Ciao storage case (empty)

Follow our theme to win +$3 on gift card

TOP 3

(15+ Entries ONLY)

First Place = $10 Gift Card

Second Place = $7 Gift Card

Third Place = $4 Gift Card

Must follow our theme & use an Oddball Digi to qualify for the Top 3!

Remember we need a minimum of 15 entries to draw the TOP 3 prizes so be sure to invite your friends and use our hashtag when sharing your projects on social media!

We can't wait to see what you come up with this month, use our hashtag below on social media and invite your friends to play along!

#ODDBALLARTCHALLENGE

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

March Challenge Art Journal Layout

Hey Oddballs, it's EK from ekgorman designs and I am popping into to remind you to play along with this month's Challenge.

Everyone Month, Oddball Art puts out a challenge, that has a loose theme of "Life Size Leprechauns & Unlucky Clovers".  But in reality, this month long challenge is an Anything Goes, with any stamp and any theme.

This month, Oddball is stepping up things, and letting you get two chances to win...bring a friend to the challenge and if one of you is randomly picked, both of you win.

I created an Art Journal layout for this month's challenge reminder (see it is truly an anything goes challenge) with a non-saint Patrick's Day themed digital stamp from Oddball.  I pulled out the digi IMG129 Hadley and the Hairdresser and colored her up with my copics, and then added her to a more traditional art journal page.

If you want to watch not only how I colored up the image, but see how I created the background in the art journal, pop over and watch this video now.

Thanks for popping in today, and make sure you participate.  If you need to, say I referred you to the monthly challenge.

Zombies Need Love Too

Hey Oddball fans...It's EK from ekgorman designs and I am sneaking in today to share some valentines cards I whipped up for a couple of zombies in my life...because let's be honest, zombies need love too.

 

I started by printing out the two digital stamps, IMG 280 Valentines Day Love Sick Heidi and IMG367 Valentine Undead Leni.

 

I pulled out my copics and colored in both of their undead flesh.  Leni got a pasty colored flesh using E40, E41, E43, and E44.  Heidi was colored with E40, E41, YG91, YG93, and YG95.

 

Wanting the zombie to be the star of the show, I pulled out my W5, W6, and W9 to color in accessories around the zombies.

 

Eyes and lips were hit with a little W1, W3, and W5.

 

Finally, Leni's hair was colored with G24, G94 and G99 while Heidi's hair was colored a little more traditionally with some E44, E47, E29 and E49.  I also surrouned the zombie ladies with some R20, R22, and R24.

 

Love Sick Heidi got trimmed up a little a matted with some red cardstock.  I also pulled out some black glitter paper, so Heidi could feel special on this the day of love, and adhered it to some more red cardstock.

 

I added a few red adhesive dots some Heidi knows that she isn't left out this year for Valentine's Day.

  

 

Undead Leni got trimmed up and matted with some black cardstock.  She got some pink glitter paper that was also matted with black cardstock.

 

Leni was given a bit more glam with some black rhinestones, a black flower and some mini rhinestones. 

 As Valentine's Day approaches don't forget to give a little love to the undead in your life.  They need love too.  

If you find you need a digital stamp today, pop over to Oddball and get 10% off today, by using the code DTEK10.   

Oh Christmas Tree

Happy Oddball Christmas!!!

So one of the things I love most about designing with Oddball Art is I get to be just a little bit cooky and weird.  Based on the words I type, it is hard to tell that I am actually kind of weird.  I always have been!  So to get to design and create with art that is just as off beat as I actually am, feels like a privilege not a job.

Today, on actual Christmas Day, I feel honored to share my oddball christmas tree using digital stamp IMG487 Creepmas Tree.  I colored the image up with my copics and then added glossy accents to the tree.

I then added layers and layers of paper to make the slightly creepy tree seem normal.  Because I live in a world where my slightly weird personally is in fact normal.

So, on this, Christmas Day...

Merry Christmas Weirdo!

The Naughty List

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK from ekgorman designs and I thought I would pop in today to share a bit of a Feminine Holiday card with a new video sharing how I constructed this bit of holiday fun using Digital stamp IMG464 Santa Baby Unicorn.

To see my new video in HD, click here:

Want to get in on the crafting fun, then feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your next purchase at Oddball Art.

Sassy Witch & Sissy Cat

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK from ekgorman designs and I am popping into ask you one question...

Are you ready for Halloween?  

Needless to say the whole team over at Oddball Art is gearing up for the tricks and treats.  No seriously...you are going to want to stay tuned all week to catch sightings of the ghouls and ghosts, witches and warlocks, pumpkins and peculiars.  After all, Halloween is the best time of year over at Oddball!

Today I am wetting your whistles with this fun witch digi, IMG81 Witch Sassy & Sissy Cat.  I played around with this image last summer on black cardstock and some colored pencils, but have always wanted to color it with my copics.  Today, I felt was the day.

If you missed my previous project, you can sneak back and see it here which includes a video on how I colored the project.

But today we are playing with copics, and I just loved coloring Sassy up.  Additionally, I added a simply Halloween greeting, some halloween themed papers and of course a few appropriately colored Sparkle Blend sequins.

The full force of the Halloween explosion should begin Friday evening, but make sure you tune in all week because the team is surely to be giving teasers all week!

Want to get in on the fun, then feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your purchase!

Boo Baby Brides

Hey Oddballs...It's EK from ekgorman designs, and I am so excited to sneak in today and share a little copic color video.  I am playing around with the new collections of Boos from Oddball Art, IMG 469 Boo Baby Brides.

To jump to the HD video click here: 

Hope you enjoy watching how I color up these little lethal ladies!

And of course, like normal, if  you find that you MUST have this collection of brides, feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off you purchase!

Devilish Delights

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK from ekgorman designs sneaking in today with a little copic coloring video.

With Halloween (the best holiday) just around the corner, I have demons, spooks, ghouls and ghosts on the mind, so I thought it might be fitting to do a little devilish card that wasn't centered around Halloween, but had a bit of Devilish appeal.

I printed out IMG252 Fearsome Fiona and Teddy and then pulled out my new copic airbrush machine to play around with.  I have new video up sharing how I created everything, and if you want to see it in HD, click here.

Thanks for peeking in today.  Need to go get your own digi, feel free to us the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your next purchase!

Playing with Textures with #236

Hi Everyone, its Penny here from  Buschcreations. Im very happy to be part of the OddBall team and to have a chance to share my projects with you.

I had such a good time playing with textures on this card.   I got some stencils and stencil brushes out and moved the stencil slightly between colours to get a textured brick look, I then remembered I had some grit paste that I hadn't tried, this stuff ended up looking like grout or concrete.  Im going to try adding colour to it next time.  

I coloured the image with copics and once I was all done, I protected the image and flicked on some paint with graphite paint pens.

Big Eye Girl & Robot Anne & Droid Image No. 236

You can visit the shop and use my DT code with your Digital Image Purchases

DTPENNY10

We look forward to seeing you on the challenge blog, or on the facebook groups.   

The team especially looks forward to your visits.

Thanks for visiting

Terror-ific

Hey Oddballs! 

It's EK here from ekgorman designs sneaking in to share my first official Halloween Card of the season using the digital stamp IMG500 Magic Pile of Creep.

Not only did I color up my first Halloween card, I did a fun little technique sharing how to back light a crowd.  Instead of trying to explain it to you, I went ahead and whipped up a little video so you can just watch!

Thanks for peeking in today and checking out this years first Halloween card (my favorite card making season)!

Find yourself needing a new digital stamp, feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your purchase!

I'm Not Random

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK here from ekgorman designs.

Today I thought I would share a little project I created using an older digi, IMG158 Hazel's Ready for Her Close Up.  With the mustache fad still in full swing, I thought it would be really fun to re-share this older image.

For this card I printed out the digi and colored it up using my copics.

Then I pulled out some printed cardstock and dies and layered the them to create a fun and 'random' card!

What fad are people telling you are over, but you think really are around to stay?  I think the the mustache is absolutely going no where soon!

Need a new digi to play with your favorite fad, feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your next Oddball Art purchase!

Be Original

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK from ekgorman designs and I am slipping in today with a card I colored using some creative coloring.

Today I am playing around with the Oddball digital art IMG185 Batzilla and my color wheel to create a truly colorful card.

Not only did I pull out my copic markers today, but I pulled my pocket color wheel.  I wanted to play around with the skin tone on Batzilla, and venture into something a little different and fun.  Using my color wheel I decided on using a Tetrad of color, or four colors even spaced out.  I decided that violet skin might be fun, so jumped off with that color.  Lining up my wheel, I discovered the three other colors, red (which turned out too orange), yellow and green, would compliment everything.

The background got a couple more colors to fill in the blank space and give the card a bit of visual interest.  Also the card got a Tim Holtz sticker sentiment to finish off the card.

I am just loving all the color on my project today.  Do you ever use a color wheel to help come up with the color scheme of your project?  Make sure you share your projects over on the Oddball Art Facebook Gallery.

Need a new digital stamp to play around with, use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your purchase!

Happiness Depends on Yourself

Hi Oddballs!  It's EK here today to share a little bit of my current Oddball project.  

Today I am playing around in my art journal along with the digital stamp IMG9 Wanda.

I went with a black and white theme when coloring the digital image in with my copic markers.  Then I fussy cut out the image so I could add it to my art journal.

For more on how I created the art journal page, hope on over to my page ekgorman designs for more details.

Want to create your own Art Journal Page and need a new image, feel free to use my discount DTEK10 to get 10% off your purchase!

Choose to See the Good

Hey Oddballs!!!  EK here to remind you about the challenge happening here!

I've created a project using this month's theme challenge theme "Goblins, Fairies and Ghouls, Oh My", however did it without using a traditional goblin, fairy, or ghoul digital image.

Instead, I pulled out a perfectly "normal" image, IMG13 Stormy, and zombified it.

Then, after turning our big eyed girl green, and giving her some new stitches, I went crazy with my copics and created a stormy background.

Want to zombify your own image for this month's challenge, using the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your purchase!

Every Road Should Have a Path

Hey Oddballs!  Ek here today to share a little bit of coloring with you.  

No video today, just a little bit of coloring for fun along with the digital stamp

IMG300 Creepy Cute Snow White Tribute Charlotte.

The digital stamp was colored with my copics and then cut out and added to some printed paper that I distressed with some metallic wax.  Finally, I added a bit of a sentiment from a Tim Holtz sentiment sticker pack.

For more on the making of this card check out my page ekgorman designs.