Meet Our Great Team

Hello Oddballs!

We are so excited to finally introduce you to our brand new,

2019
TEAM ODDBALL!

Team Oddball now has 2 fractions.... 

the Oddball Design Team that you all know and love

 & 

Our new Oddball Brand Ambassadors team

 that I just know you will adore!

Together this talented group of designers is sure to keep your feed filled with plenty of inspirational creepy cute Oddball goodness!

Now lets take a closer look at each designers work...

Tina Föcking Design Team Leader

using image #511

Visit Tina on her blog to learn more

I feel so lucky to say that these lovely designers are staying with us....

AJ Ary Jypsy

using CCC#38

Julie Gleeson

using Valentines Day Freebie

EK Gorman

using image#108

Sabrina Lamarina

using image# 289

Penny Busch

using image#194

We are proud to warmly welcome to our design team

Hadry DC

using image#234

and image#214

Right Brain Art

using image#384

Susan Renshaw

using image#93

Follow #ODDBALLDESIGNER to stay up to date with our design teams new projects!

Introducing our brand new Oddball Ambassadors Team lead by our talented Oddball Designer Eny Dunn

Eny Dunn Lead Ambassador

using image#166

 Celia Morse

using image#461

Claudia Martins

using image#3

 Suzanne Perez

using images from Creepy Cute Chronicles

Ellen Smith

using image#108

Follow #OFFICIALODDBALL to stay up to date with our Oddball Ambassadors new projects!

Learn more about of our talented designers HERE!

Frequently Irreverent

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK and I'm wondering...Have you joined the Creepy Cute Chronicles Monthly Exclusive Subscription yet?  It is just $15 for an entire year.  You not only get the weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, but a monthly exclusive creepy cute chronicles digi and instant & unlimited access to the complete Creepy Cute Chronicles image library.

My project today features this January's premium digital stamp, which really is a twofer, since these adorable digis can be separated or used together.

I created a video sharing how I colored up this stamps and assembled the card.  To watch the video in HD, click here.

The really funny thing about this card for me, is when I finished it (literally weeks ago), I did not like it.  But now...it has strangely grown on me.  There is just something about the whole thing that works...maybe it is just the sticker sentiment that does it for me, since I too am frequently irreverent.  

Make sure to pop over to the Oddball Store today and check out all the benefits of becoming a subscriber.  Need a new digital stamp like right now...well feel free to use my code DTEK10 to get 10% off your next purchase!

Whimsical Big Eye Melody the Mermaid Image No. 321 By Sabrina

hello friends of OddBall Art, I'm Sabrina and today I'm here to keep you company with my art journal ... my first post for OddBall Art, I'm so excited !!!

To create my Art Journal page I printed Whimsical Big Eye Melody the Mermaid Image No. 321 and colored with Prismacolor

On the pages of my Art Journal I laid out the plaster and, once dried, the fabulous Nuvo mousse, are fantasitche to create the backgrounds!

With the help of a stencil I spread and created thickness with Nuvo Glimmers ... glittered and create a fabulous thickness !!

I waited for the Nuvo Glimmer to be dry and I crizzed the bubbles with the transparent Nuvo Crystal Drops and I glued the fabulous Whimsical Big Eye Melody the Mermaid Image No. 321

Finally I cut out a sentiment with my Silhouette Cameo and I inserted it in my pages of Art Journal ... also some white dots created with Nuvo Crystal Drops and my pages are decorated!

Adorable, right? Find Whimsical Big Eye Melody the Mermaid Image No. 321 in the OddBall Art shop and more details about the products used on my blog Sabrina Lamarina Card Maker !

Kiss Sabrina 

I've Got It All Together

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK from ekgorman designs and I am sneaking into let you know I've got a new coloring video up.

Today I am playing around with the digital stamp IMG81 Witch Sassy & Sissy Cat and some black cardstock.  Did you know that you can print your digital stamps onto black cardstock?  That's right, you can!

Today I am using my new colored pencils to really make this image pop out on some dark cardstock.

To help everyone see how I this process of coloring on dark cardstock works, I went ahead and whipped up a little video sharing my coloring techniques.  To pop over to my channel and see the video in HD, click here.

Thanks for popping in today and checking out my project.  Make sure if you play around with some dark cardstock that you share your projects with Lizzy and the team over on the Facebook!

Need a new digital stamp, then feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your purchase from Oddball Art!

Sunshine, and Rain, and Snowstorms, Oh My!!!

Hey Oddballs!   It's EK today, sneaking in to share and Art Journal page I created using the digital stamps IMG14 Happy & Sad Kawaii Clouds and IMG15 Kawaii Clouds Rain & Snow.

For a full pictorial tutorial on how I created this page, pop on over to my home and read up on how I assembled this weather assortment.

Need a new digital stamp to help you create your own art journal page, please feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your next purchase over at the new Oddball Art Store!

Happiness is...

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK from ekgorman designs, sneaking in today to share a little CAS card I created using my favorite colored pencils.

Today I am playing around with IMG19 Camper Girl Cassidy from the Big Eyed girl collection.

For today's project I pulled out, like I said my favorite colored pencil set, the Derwent Drawing pencils.  Now I own some five different brand of colored pencils, but despite its limited color range, these are my favorite.  These colors are really soft and in a wide range of natural and sepia tones.  Needless to say, their limited color range is perfect for a clean and simple card.

I additionally added a fun sentiment added in some denim blue ink, to add to the sweet mischief look on Cassidy's face.  The card got adhered onto a Kraft A2 card frame.

Do you play around with different brands of colored pencils?  What is your favorite?  And what Oddball digital stamp is your favorite to color with your pencils?

Needing a new digi, then feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off you next 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!

2018 Oddball Design Team | Welcome!

Happy New Year!!

Steph here :)

I'm super excited to be able to finally announce the 

2018 Oddball Art Stamps Design Team

We are so honored to have such a talented and diverse group of ladies! 

I can't wait to see all the awesome creations!

We have amazing mix of card makers, mixed media artists, and so much more!

Be sure to check out all their social media links on the Design Team page. There's 

also short bios on each member so you can get to know them a bit better.
We all share one thing a love for ODDBALL ART STAMPS! 

Also we can't forget our fearless leader LIZZY LOVE, without her none of this 

would be here! 

2018 is gonna be EPIC!

Be sure to check later today for our new Blog Challenge &
the start of our monthly themed ATC swap on the Oddball Facebook group

Oddball Art Stamps 2018 Design Team Call

Attention Designers and Crafters!

We have so much creative fun happening here at Oddball Art Stamps and we are looking to expand our team!

What We Are Looking For:

We are looking for enthusiastic designers, crafters and colorists who love to create and share their creations online and who also have a passion to create with Oddball Art Stamps!

If you LOVE the images found at Oddball Art Co. Etsy Shop and are an active blogger/facebooker/Instagrammer/YouTuber  with ability to take clear, well lit photos and/or enjoy creating art tutorials using great process photos or video,  then we encourage you to apply using the email link at the bottom of this post!!

Design Team Benefits Include:

♥ Each Design Team member will get 2 FREE Digital Stamps per month as well as a coupon code for 50% off all Digital Downloads in the Oddball Art Co. Etsy Shop.

♥ Each member will be provided with a Design Team/Oddball Art Stamps Co. Badge to put in the sidebar of their blog stating their an Oddball Art Stamps Co. Design Team member.

♥Each member will be promoted on Facebook and on the blog.

♥ Each Design Team Member will be added to a private Facebook group where they can chat among themselves & Lizzy. 

♥ Each Design Team Member will be given a password for the private DT Members ONLY section of www.oddballartco.com where they can access and download Lizzy’s ‘DT Perks’

♥ Lizzy will continue to create new digital images every month so there is always a fresh selection of designs in the shop to work with.

♥ Lizzy will create holiday themed digital stamps to coincide upcoming holidays. As well if any member has a special request for a certain design that she hasn't created yet she will do her best to create it for them.

♥More info provided upon selection.

We are so excited to be expanding our Design Team and are looking forward to checking out your work!  

You can apply by sending an email to: Stephanie  subject: Oddball DT Application body: link to blog and any other social media links you want us to look at, and an image of your favorite project created using an Oddball image. 

2017 Design Team Call | Oddball Art Stamps

Attention Designers and Crafters!

We have so much creative fun happening here at Oddball Art Stamps.....  you may have seen that we launched "Technique A Week" back in February, every week an Oddball Designer or myself demonstrates a new art technique.   We are also continuing on this year with our 2 monthly challenges both here on the blog and in our FB Group.

With everything in the works we are now looking to fill a few positions on the team...

What We Are Looking For:

We are looking for enthusiastic designers, crafters and colorists who love to create and share their creations online and who also have a passion to create with Oddball Art Stamps!

If you LOVE the images found at Oddball Art Co. Etsy Shop and are an active blogger/facebooker with great coloring skills and ability to take clear, well lit photos and/or enjoy creating art tutorials using great process photos or video,  then we encourage you to apply using the link up at the bottom of this post!!

Design Team Benefits Include:

♥ Each Design Team member will get 2 FREE Digital Stamps per month as well as a coupon code for 50% off all Digital Downloads in the Oddball Art Co. Etsy Shop.

♥ Each member will be provided with a Design Team/Oddball Art Stamps Co. Badge to put in the sidebar of their blog stating their an Oddball Art Stamps Co. Design Team member.

♥Each member will be promoted on Facebook and on the blog whenever possible (we hope they will do the same on their personal blogs and FB pages.. a win/win for everyone!).

♥ Each Design Team Member will be joined in to a private Facebook group where they can chat among themselves and to Lizzy. 

♥ Each Design Team Member will be given a password for the private DT Members ONLY section of www.oddballartco.com where they can access and download Lizzy’s ‘DT Perks’

♥ Lizzy will continue to create new digital images every month so there is always a fresh selection of designs in the shop to work with.

♥ Lizzy will create holiday themed digital stamps to coincide upcoming holidays. As well if any member has a special request for a certain design that she hasn't created yet she will do her best to create it for them.

We are so excited to be expanding our Design Team and are looking forward to checking out your work!  Apply now using the link up below.....

(alternatively you can apply by sending an email to: Lizzy subject: DT Application body: link to blog and any other social media links you want us to look at, and an image of your favorite project created using an Oddball image.)   

PLEASE NOTE WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS BY EMAIL RIGHT UP TIL MIDNIGHT EST.  ~  WE ARE ALSO GIVING AWAY A 1 DAY STAMP FREEBIE IN THE ODDBALL ART STAMPS FB GROUP  SO GO DOWNLOAD IT B4 IT DISAPPEARS!

An InLinkz Link-up

It´s Technique Time: Soap Bubble

Hello Oddballs

Tina: It´s technique time...

Today I would like to show you, as you can easily create a background.

The technique is called

"Soap Bubble Technique"

And here comes the photo tutorial

1.

You need

*Disposable gloves

*Drinking straws

*Something to stir

*Not too high containers

*Acrylic paints of your choice

*Dish Soap

2.

Now you put some dish soap in your bowl...

3.

and add a little color to it ...

mix it

4.

Now use the drinking straw carefully,

until there are so many bubbles that protrude beyond the edge.

If it does not make enough bubbles ... 

the mixture simply with the ingredients still expand.

5.

Now take a white piece of Cardstock and

place it gently over the bubbles.

Then lift the paper off immediately.

6.

The result should look something like this ...

The process a few times in different places

repeat on the paper!

7.

Now you can repeat everything with one or two other colors,

until you like the background.

And now everything has to dry well ... about 2-3 hrs.

Do not dab with a cloth over it . it ruins the soap bubbles!

In the meantime you can edit the motif or

prepare the design of your card.

Here is my finish card

I used for this Easter card the image

"Evie n Bunny"

#30

I colored with Touch Twin Markers

Can you see

how beautiful the soap bubbles look in the background?

I would be very happy,

if you use this technique for your next work and

took part in our Challenge in the Oddball Facebook Group.

This way...

See you soon...

Tina 

"PaperPlotterLotta"