Love Bites: An Anti-Valentine from the Heart

With Valentines day just around the corners, it seemed about time for my annual anti valentines card. It is not that I am against Valentine's Day or anything, I just find the card against it so much more fun than the ones for it. I thought this digital stamp, IMG#506 Vamp Boy Mr. Valentine from Oddball Art is perfect for my anti-Valentine.

I started by printing out the digital stamp onto some cardstock and coloring it with my copic markers.

I then fussy cut out both the image and the sentiment so they could float on my card.

To create the background, I dripped Dr. Ph Martin's Hydrus water color ink in red down some heavy duty cardstock along with a few well placed splatters. Let me know in the comments below if this came out just a little too realistic.

To finish the background off, I added a heavy rubbing of Black Soot Distress Oxide around the edge.

I finished the card by adhering the background to an A2 card frame, and then adhere Mr. Vamp to the background. I also floated the sentiment with a little three dimensional tape so it is popped up.

Let me know what you think of my anti-Valentine and if you make fun cards like this during the love holiday. Until then, happy crafting.

Stay Cute

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK popping in with a brand new card designs.  Anyone else during these strange times finding they now have day jammies and then switch into their night jammies?  I never wear jammies during the day normally, and rarely wear work out cloths unless I am actually working out.  However, with my family staying home to flatten the curve, I find that all of us dress like we are constantly off to bed.

Yesterday, I walked down fully dressed in adult cloths (really nothing fancy, just jeans and cute top) and my children asked where I was going.  I informed that today I was going to dress like life was normal, and stay cute.  This morning, all three of my kids (one a teenager, and the other two preteens) walked down dressed for school like they had prior to covid.  I asked what they were doing, knowing that I too was dressed like normal, and my 11 year old said simply, "Staying Cute."

I thought it would only appropriate today to pull out the digital stamp IMG471 Skull and Ball Cap from Oddball Art and create a little card to remind us all to Stay Cute!  (By the way dressing in 'real' cloths really helped my outlook on my day, if you were wondering.  I'm curious to see if it does the same for my kids).

I started by printing out the digital image onto some cardstock.  Then using my copic markers I colored the image.

After coloring in the image (and aiming for a girly feel despite the skull), I fussy cut out the focal image.

I have been playing with my alcohol inks a lot lately and decided to create a fun purple and grey background for my oddball stamp.  I used Pebble, Purple Twilight and Wild Plum to create this background.

I adhered the background to an A2 card frame and then adhered with double sided tape the skull to the background.

Finally, I added a sentiment from Tim Holtz Snarky sticker collection.  I think no truer sentiment could be used in these strange times.

I hope my card finds you happy, healthy, still possessing a sense of humor, and frankly staying cute.

If you are looking for some new images to color while you finish up doing nothing from yesterday, pop over to Oddball Art to snag a few new digital stamps.  Oddball Art is known for their whimsical images with a touch of humor.  And you don't have to wait to the mailman to arrive to get crafting.  All you have to do is print!

Make sure you share you work over on the Oddball Art Facebook Ground with the design team so we can see what you are up to.  Until then, happy crafting!

Age of Aquarius

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK.  Have you ever seen the Zodiac Signs digital stamps from Oddball Art?  I am not really a zodiac person, but I am obsessing about the digital stamps that Lizzy Love has draw!  They are frankly perfect!

So since I am frankly drooling over the images, I thought I would go ahead and feature them.  I am leaping off with Aquarius since we are in the Age of Aquarius (and will back track to Capricorn at some point).

I colored up the IMG496 12 Odd Oracles- Aquarius  with my copics and layered it on top of several coordinating papers.  I also gave a clear layer of Nuvo drops over all the ribbons to add to the water feel of the card!

Let us know in the comments below if you are digging this odd look at zodiac signs as much as I am!  Until then, Happy crafting!

If You Knew My Family

Hey Oddballs.  It's EK and I've been making of course a ton of holiday cards lately, and am feeling a little burnt out. Don't get me wrong, I love holiday cards, but most of them are so serious. 

So I thought I would take a little break and create a bit of fun to my holiday card line up. Did you know that Oddball Art has a whole collection of holiday themed digital stamps?  Today I pulled two different digis out to create my humorous holiday card.  Today I am playing with IMG491 Scrooges's Kitty and IMG352 Xmas Fred Bear.

I pulled out my colored pencils to color these images, and I just love how the cat looks like he is so very guilty of something.  What?  We don't know, but diffidently guilty.

  

I like how these images make a card perfect for any cat family, but it is still pretty light hearted.  I also like the sticker sentiment i pulled out to finish the card.  It says, "if you meet my family you would understand", and lets be honest...that could not be more true.

Do you like serious cards, or ones that are lighthearted?  Let me know in the comments below what your favorite type of holiday cards are to make.  Until then, Happy Crafting.

I Will Hex You!

Hey Oddballs...Its EK Gorman and I am popping in to remind you that it is Friday night so that means it is time for a brand new Creepy Cute Chronicles from Oddball Art.  This week I am playing with the awesome CCC69 Coffee Hex digi stamp and IMG500 Magical Pile of Creeps.  I don't know about you, but I would not deny these guys coffee.

For these images I pulled out my colored pencils and colored in this image, and then added some distress oxide in both Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy.  

If you are not yet signed up for this free weekly newsletter you are missing out.  Don't loss your chance to own this super cute coffee mug.  Until then, Happy Crafting.

The End of Summer

There is still plenty of time to play with the currently Monthly Challenge over at Oddball Art!  This month's optional theme is Sweet Lemon Sour, so a really fun open theme to get involved and maybe even walk away with a prize from Oddball Art!

Today I am playing around with not only IMG 505 Creepy Cute Coconut but also the August exclusive stamp set for the Creepy Cute Chronicles premium subscription.
If you are not yet aware of the Premium Membership, it is a yearly subscription that not only gets you each month's premium digital image, but also instant access to all of the Creepy Cute Chronicles digital images.  Just so you know as of publication, there is 65 different images and on Friday, there will be one more!

I don't know about you, but the end of summer vacation, and well, frankly summer itself is quickly rushing up towards us.  And like a really good glass a Lemonade, I find it both sweet and sour.  The heat will soon be done, and the beauty of fall is on the horizon, and yet at the same time, the kiddos are back in school and the hectic race of that life making things just a little sour.  You might find it funny, but I actually like having the kids home on break, and each time a new school year starts, I get a little sad because of how fast they are growing.

So my project today is to sort of reflect those feelings I am having about the end of summer: the ice is melting, and the cocktail is gone.

I colored up my project with my copics and kept the card a single layered project.  I wrote in 'the end of summer' with my pen just so we don't think the card is too depressing.

I can't wait to see how you play along with this fun Oddball Art theme.  Struggling with the theme,  well, go ahead and submit a project anyway.  The theme is always optional, so you totally should get involved.  Until then, happy crafting.

Creepy Cute Chronicles #64

Hey Everyone!  It's EK and I am popping in to remind you that it is Friday night, so that means it is time for a for a brand new Creepy Cute Chronicles from Oddball Art.  This is the digital art of Buster Bites that is included inside this week's free newsletter.

I colored the image up using my colored pencils and used plenty of Gamsol

 to make it look like it wasn't simply colored pencils. 

Now, the question really is, did you sing along when you read the sentiment?  Let me know in the comments below.  Until then, Happy Crafting.

July Challenge Winner

 Our July Oddball Challenge has come to a close and we would like to thank everyone who came out to play with us in this challenge!

Our theme for July was Glow in the Dark Day Dreams and we really enjoyed all of your creative projects you submitted and of course visiting your social media to say hi!

Unfortunately we did not quite make the minimum 15 entries needed to unlock those TOP 3 prizes so we only have the 1 grand prize winner today...... and with that I would like to congratulate Doreen!

Doreen followed our theme which means she has won herself a $13 gift card for the Oddball Stamp Shop.

We will open our August challenge for entries tomorrow so we hope you will come out and join us!

Please contact Lizzy by August 30th to claim your prize  

#OddballArtChallenge

As If It's A Bad Thing

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK from ekgormandesigns.com.  Not only am I popping in today to remind you that there is till plenty of time to play along with the Glow in the Dark Day Dreams theme challenge over at Oddball Art, but I wondering if you have signed up yet for their monthly subscription.

Today I am creating a copic colored card using the July Premium all access digital stamp and using it in a way that plays along with the theme this month.

I also created a little coloring video to help you see exactly how I created it.  To watch today's video in HD, click here.

I hope this video inspires you to play along this month with our challenge and maybe even to sign up for the full access membership.

Thanks for popping in today, and let me know in the comments below if you think she ended up glowing.  Until then, Happy crafting.

A Fairies Tall Tale

Hey there Oddballs!

How do you like our new mischievous fairy and her tattered bunny? 

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Just looking at this pair inspires so many stories in my mind of what they could possibly be up to....

where they've been & where they're going!

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This 11 piece image set is our Creepy Cute Chronicles Monthly Exclusive and is now ready to download for premium subscribers!

Oddball Designer Hadry has created such a lovely tag out of this set, its so beautiful I just have to show you some more pics of it, check it out....

So much fabulous texture!

and this color palette is candy for my eyes!

Just a couple of things before I go.....

If you have already subscribed as a premium member but are not able to access the download page please make sure you are logged in under the same account that you subscribed as a premium member under.

and lastly if you would like to grab this image before its gone

It is ONLY available until July 31st before it's gone forever!

Subscribe to one of our premium tiers for only $2 a month OR $15 a year (better deal)
you can find all of the details HERE

July Oddball Challenge

I think this image will help you create a perfectly themed project for this months challenge, dont you?

Remember to use one or all of our hashtags so we can check out your creative works and for a chance to be featured in our IG stories!

#OddballArtChallenge
#OddballArtStamps
#CreepyCuteChronicles

Thanks for stopping by today!

Lizzy xo

Powdered Peach Scone Challenge Reminder

Hey everyone!  It's EK from ekgorman designs and I am sneaking in to let you know that there is still plenty of time to play with the June 2019 Powdered Peach Scones challenge over at Oddball Art.  This is a full month Anything Goes challenge with all sorts of cool prize opportunity for just playing along.

Today I am playing around with two older Oddball Digital.  I wanted to go with a Alice in Wonderland theme today so I pulled out IMG324 Alice in Wonderland and IMG325 White Rabbit.

I started this project by going a little stencil/distress ink happy, and covering some thick cardstock.  I then colored my digital stamps with my copic markers and fussy cut them out.

I added not only a black frame to the card, but also two snarky sentiments that really seemed to fit the whole project.  If it too small for you to ready its says "She was tempted to cause a scene. ... She could see no good reason to act her age."

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this fun challenge.  Until then, happy crafting.