You're pretty

Hi.

It's me, Lena, again. Welcome to another guest designer card for Oddball Art. This time I used the super pretty Noora (image no. 244) and I actually made a video of the whole process. Yikes! I'm not talking though... Not quite there yet...

I hope you like my video tutorial. Let us know :-)

Thank you for visiting. Don't forget to join the Creepy Cute Chronicles over at Oddball Art.

And please visit my blog as well :-) pysselokaffe.blogspot.com

Sparkle

Hi..

My name is Lena and I'm a guest designer for March with Oddball Art. I was on the design team a few years back and I still love these images with all my heart.

Today I'm using image #109, Kawaii Maddie n friends go back to school. 

My background paper is made using Distress inks and an acrylic block. I stamped and embossed my sentiment with a pretty sparkly embossing powder that I've had in my craft stash forever. The sentiment is from a stamp set by Taylored Expressions. It's called "Be a unicorn".

I used my ZIG Clean Color Brush pens to color Maddie.

I fussy cut Maddie and glued her to my pink distressed paper. A also used some sparkly paper for a frame and her spilling sparkles :-)

Don't forget to visit https://www.oddballartco.com. And please visit my blog for more details on how to make this card. Thank you :-)

Merry Oddball!!!

Creepy Glowbugg back again with what will be my last post for 2018.

I can't think of a better way to go out than with an Oddball Xmas!!

I have had a great time guest designing for Lizzy at Oddball Art Co.

I couldn't resist playing with some of the CCC freebies, 

like this simple, yet perfect holiday image from CCC#27.  

Such a fun and easy gate fold card with a Stickled and stitched die cut, 

some snowflakes, and some white Nuvo drops.

This is one of two images in this set of versatile digis #339.

I paired this one with a simple gold embossed sentiment and gold pearls.

The vibrant Copic coloring really pops against the black.

Same thing for this one, but I used silver embossing with a different

sentiment, and silver pearls and rhinestones for accents. 

Another Copic colored image from CCC#27, stitched die cuts,

and some sequins.

I love this one! Image #137 colored with Copics, against stitched die cuts,

backed onto some very busy, yet complimentary paper. Black Nuvo drops

added for texture.

Lastly, I couldn't resist these wacky critters from CCC#14 that I merged with

the jar in digi set #447.  I added their names onto the tags as well.

I added some iridescent Nuvo drops on the fronts, backed the tags onto 

black cardstock for stability and contrast, and strung them with baker's twine.

I used a white gel pen to add the "To: and From:" on the back of each tag.

It is going to be an Oddball Xmas, indeed!

Happy Holidaze and Happy New Year!!

  

Bottle cap Owls

Hi Guys!
It's Creepy Glowbugg and I'm back to guest design this month!

I am sharing a project today that is totally new for me.

First off, it requires NO coloring. Yup, I said it. No coloring at all.

I have used the adorable and beautifully vibrant pre-colored bottle cap art found here. 

I have had the bottle caps for quite some time, and in an attempt to destash a bit, 

and make a few Christmas gifts, I decided to give it a go.

I began by printing out the bottle cap art and punching out the owls with a 1" circle punch.

I used regular printer paper first, but found that photo paper works much better with the

lacquer as you will see in a minute.

I also had some tiny caps, so I punched those out with a 1/2" punch, 

only using the owls faces. 

I added holes to the small caps with my piercing tool and a hammer.

Now for some bling! 

I added various glitters and sparkly stuff to the images for sparkle and interest. 

Lots of tweezer action happening here.

Lastly, I added 3D laquer to the caps to seal in all that gorgeousness.

This was actually my first attempt at this project, and in my second attempt I used

much less laquer and got a smoother finish, which I prefer.

Once dry, I added some ridiculously strong magnets onto the backs. 

These could also be used a pendants, but I figured someone might get 

more use out of magnets. 

I attached the caps together to give them some movement,

and added a rhinestone charm. More bling never hurts, right?

Here is a good comparison on the difference between using photo paper

versus regular copy paper. The lacquer really bleaches out the image to the point

where it looks like a totally different image.

Left one is using photo paper, right one is copy paper. 

My son says the bleached ones look, "vintage". Let's go with that.

All the caps together for a group shot.

Thanks so much for having me this week.

I'll be back next Saturday with another concoction to share.

Happy Holidaze!

Always an Oddball, but now it's official

Well, looky who's guest designing this month for Oddball Art Stamps!

That's right, Creepy Glowbugg here to share a few makes using some 

of my favorite Oddball Art images, and keeping with the current

October Happy Horrors challenge theme.

First up is one of the gals from the #469 Creepy Cute Horror Girls set.

This is the Vampire girl complete with her bat companion from another 

Oddball Art image #282 Beautiful Monsters. 

   

Super fun and simple theme made almost entirely of 

hoarded die cuts.

Colored both images with Copics and fussy cut out to create the scene.

Love Lizzy's bats!!!

Next, I used an image and background paper that were freebies from 

the Creepy Chronicles newsletter. All the more reason to subscribe, I'd say! 

She's gorgeous and so fun to create with.

She is from the CCC#18 edition.

I added some more of my ancient die cuts. They went perfectly

with the creepy cute striped background paper from the CCC#20 edition.  

This is the final creation, complete with die cuts, Copic colored main image, 

Nuvo drops, and don't forget that fabulous background paper.

I'll be back in a few more days with some more of my creepy concoctions.

June 2018 Oddball Challenge ~ Mermaids From Outerspace

Hello Oddballs!

It's time for our June 2018  #OddballArtChallenge 

We had such a fun Challenge last month with our Fairies, Goblins & Ghouls Oh My theme we were able to choose a TOP 3 for prizes a long side our GRAND PRIZE winner! YAY! 

Be sure to visit our WINNERS POST to see if you're one of our winners of the May Challenge!

Our monthly blog challenges run from the 1st til the end of the month. 

Now for our brand new challenge!

for

JUNE 2018

Just as in previous months we will have a theme BUT it's optional so...

you can enter our challenge using any stamp from any company with any theme BUT if you do decide to follow our theme:

"MERMAIDS FROM OUTERSPACE"

and are chosen as one of our winners
you will receive +1 digi stamp with your prize.

1 Grand Prize = 3 Digi Stamps

TOP 3

First Place = 3 Digi Stamps

Second Place = 2 Digi Stamps

Third Place = 1 Digi Stamp

Follow our theme to win +1 Digi Stamps!

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

1. We have a monthly theme but it's optional (see note below)
2. Please mention and link back to our challenge on your personal blogs/galleries
3. Creations must be NEW, no backlinking
4. Limit of 3 entries per person

NOTE: 

• regarding our optional theme:  if you are chosen as our winner AND you have followed the theme for that month you will win 1 extra stamp
•  regarding Top 3: we only have a Top 3 if we have AT LEAST 15 entries minimum into our challenge. We had 15+ entries last month and would love to see even more this month so we can continue to give away Top 3 prizes as well! So, don't forget to tell your friends about our challenge and encourage them to come and play along!!

Now for some Design Team Inspiration:

Our amazingly awesome Oddball design team will be posting inspiration throughout the entire month so be sure to subscribe to our blog for daily updates!

This month we are so pleased to introduce you to our Guest Designer for June 2018 

Tammy-Michelle Lee

and we are tickled pink to have her 😉

Tammy created this gorgeous Mermaid on another planet Journal spread 

using Image#378 Haunted Mermaid & Image#323 Sid the Silly Seahorse

Head on over to Tammy's Instagram to see how she created this fabulous spread complete with step by step pics! 

Our Oddball Designers

EK Gorman used this new release Image #442 Mermaids from Outerspace that I created specially for this months theme.   

I just love what she did with her Copics here it turned out absolutely stunning, be sure to head on over to her blog to read more about how she did it.

Heike Koch also used Image#378 Haunted Mermaid along with some of our brand new Digi Papers just released today!

Check out this sparkling beauty from Julie Gleeson using the new Image #442 Mermaids from Outerspace stamp....be sure to visit her blog to learn more about it!

Tina Foecking has used Image#319 "Molly the Mischievous Mermaid"

to create this fun tag with the perfect sentiment!  Be sure to check her out on her blog!

 

AJ has put together this beautiful card using the new Image #442 Mermaids from Outerspace and it came out so "painterly" I just love it!

Check out Angie Jones with her whimsical interpretation of the new release Image #442 Mermaids from Outerspace looks like it came straight out of a story book doesn't it?

Now we are looking forward to seeing what you come up with for our new challenge!

Fight Cancer Like A Girl | Oddball Guest Designer Laurie Quick

Hey there Oddballs, Lizzy here.......

As a cancer survivor myself (33 years omg I feel old typing that lol).......  I am thrilled to bring you 3 beautifully pink "breast cancer awareness" cards created using 3 Oddball Stamp images by our Guest Designer & Breast Cancer Survivor herself......... Laurie Quick!

The images that Laurie chose to work with were not designed specifically for Breast Cancer awareness however you wouldn't know it by looking at these gorgeous cards.   

Laurie really took them to the next level adding in pink ribbon tattoos and pink bras, scroll down to check them out...

I absolutely adore the pink feathers & the ATC card above created with Oddball Img#295 Jessica B. Giggles.  Jessica sports the pink ribbon tattoo to match her pink hair, panties and stockings.  A perfect representative for Breast cancer awareness if you ask me!  

On the ATC card above Laurie used Oddball Img#166 Ivy Peek A Boo Burlesque Girl  adding in the pink bra and pink ribbon tattoo on her shoulder matching her pink hair perfectly.

Finally for the 3rd and last ATC card Laurie used Oddball Img#187 Felicity Boxer/Fighter  and it was a match made in boxer heaven, if I do say so myself!  😉   I loved seeing Felicity with her pink hair and boxing gloves!   Fabulous! 

I asked Laurie about her battle with breast cancer and she had this to say....

  I couldn't agree more! 💝

~Lizzy

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