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:

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Did I roll My Eyes

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK from ekgorman designs, and I am sneaking in to let you know that Halloween may be over, but the creep isn't over at Oddball Arts.  We hold onto the creepy cute all year long.

Today I pulled out a bit of my snarky side, using this older digital stamp, IMG 122 Zombie Girl with Balloon.

There are actually a couple of digital balloon options for this digi, and I transferred out the original for the creepy eye ballon.  Then using my copic markers, I colored in the sweet zombie gal, trying to keep her colors bold despite her undead status.

I found the Ranger sentiment sticker after coloring the card, and needless to say knew it was the perfect one for this project. 

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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!

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!

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.

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July Challenge Reminder

Hey Oddballs!  It's EK, from ekgorman designs here and I'm wondering something.

Have you played along yet with the current July Challenge happening here at Oddball Art?  If not what are you waiting for?  There are potentially free digital stamps available just for participating.

The theme for the challenge is always an Anything Goes Challenge, but with the optional theme this month of Dots and Doodles.  Want a chance to win even more digital stamps, then play along with the theme and use an Oddball Art Digital stamp.

I am playing with a new digital stamp added to the shop at the top of the month just for this theme.  The digi IMG#448 Pineapple Doodles Spooky Sweet appears to be a sweet pineapple stamp at first glance, but if you look just a little closer, you will see the amazing oddball twist thrown in.

I printed the digital stamp just as it comes when you down load it, to show how cute this image would be as a one layered card.  I colored all the pineapples up with my copics, trying to add some shadows into add a little dimension despite the card being one layered.

To add some more visual interest to the card, I added a burst of color around the edges using Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide and then a little splash of Worn Lipstick.

Thanks so much for peaking in at my challenge card.  Don't forget to add your card up by the end of the month for your chance to be picked as one of the random winners.  

Need a new digital stamp to play with, then please feel free to use the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your 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.

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Rawr!!!

Hey Oddballs!  Design Team Member, EK here today to share a little clean and simple card making.

One of the things I love most about Oddball Art is that the digital stamps stand on their own, and do not need all the bells and whistles to make a project that is special.  Just a couple of coloring pens or pencils and the digital stamps are enough to make a stunning project.

Today, I am proving that theory with the super cute (and one of the original) digi IMG16 Big Eye Girl In Monster Hood Teddy.

This image always reminds me a little with Mike and Sully (from Monsters), so I colored her up using a combination of teal blues and lime greens using my copics.  The teal shades were created with BG07, BG18 and BG78.  The lime tones were created with YG21, YG13 and YG06.

Yes, I ended up using a little bit of a line green matting, and a couple of green stickles, but the rest of the card is just the digital image colored.

Needing your own image to color up Clean and Simple, us the code DTEK10 to get 10% off your purchase!

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!