Who are you calling an Oddball?!

Man, it has been far too long since I've blogged about what I've been creating.

In a nutshell, I've spent the last few weeks preparing for my very first vendor

spot at a local horror convention. I've been painting my ass of and working with 

polymer clay again, in the hopes of selling everything and making a huge profit

on all of my hard work. These are my people, after all.

Well, I guess the people with money didn't get the memo.
There was a two day music festival in town that weekend. Most of the vendors
didn't do very well, and some of us chose to blame our lack of sales on this single fact.
And the fact that we as vendors are competing for sales against awesome celebrities
who charge a small fortune for their photos and autographs.
Sacramento isn't quite the financial mecca that can sustain both types of spenders.
Either, or folks.

Anyhoo, it was a great experience, and I met some of the most amazing creatives.

It is so nice to be surrounded by like minded people who speak my language of

art and horror. I may try my luck again in June. This time I'll spend more time on
my original pieces. Live and learn.

And as if that update wasn't enough, I have a couple of fun cards I made for my

guest DT gig over at Oddball Art Stamps.
Yep, always an oddball, now it's official.

  The current challenge theme is Happy Horrors.

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

for my last guest spot with the Oddballs.

My soft underbelly is hanging out...

In keeping with my attempt to use previously unused

images from my stash, I have come to the slightly

embarrassing conclusion that I have amassed quite

a collection of cute and sweet images. It's no wonder I haven't

had a chance to play with them. What with my dark side

almost always in the creative driver's seat. 

Today's project uses a sweet, yet slightly maniacal image.

With Valentine's Day on the horizon I figured I'd play with

pinks and grays for a soft and girly Valentine look. 

Seemed like a good time to use some Martha Stewart punches.

The bat fence, and the skulls and crossbones are a couple of

my absolute favorite MS punches. I think I use the drippy goo

punch the most, though.

This image is called, "Buttons", from Make It Crafty.

She's super cute! I've had her for quite long time.

I'm glad I finally colored her up.

I kinda have a crap-ton of this sickly sweet sheer rose ribbon.

I chopped off a couple of buds, and then rubbed some gray ink

over the tops of them to grunge them up a bit. That pink was

just too bright for me in the beginning.

I'm on a frantage kick lately, and since I have some in pink that never

gets used, I figured, "why not?". I also dropped some color fragments in black, 

white, and gray into the frantage, but it barely shows. Well, actually it showed 

too much, so I added more frantage over the top to help it blend in a bit.

I also broke out my envelope punch board to make the tab that says, "loved".   

Hope I didn't lose any of my darker fiends who stop by to see my

creepier concoctions. Have no fear!

I'll be back next Monday with the antithesis of this card. 

What is the opposite of loved? 

I have a feeling you've guessed it already. 

Thank you to everyone who left me a message on my last post.

I didn't mean to sound quite so pathetic, like "No one ever stops

by to see me anymore! Boo hoo". It just seems that with the popularity

of face book and other social media sites, the traffic from blogger has really

slowed down quite a bit. I'm glad to to know you're still out there

like a silent stalker. Watching...

I'd love to enter this card in the following challenges:

Craft Hoarders Anonymous - Choose your challenge

*ink, ribbon, punching, heat embossing/ frantage, and bling* 

Monday Morning Challenge - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze - Love is in the Air

That Craft Place - Love/Valentine

Kit and Clowder Ning Group - January Anything Goes 

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Have a Heart

Creepy, but cute.

Hallowe'en has kicked into full gear!

The smell of pumpkin candles and wet paint permeates the air in my house.

The race is on to finish all of the Hallowe'en projects on my numerous lists. 

Some may, but most won't see completion this year, at least.

The current challenge at Wicked Wednesday ATC challenges is 

Cute and Creepy sponsored by Dilly Beans.

I have used #483 Monsters for my Cute and Creepy ATC.

I colored the trio with Copics, fussy cut, and popped them up

from the shoulders up, with foam dots. I added a small

premade tag and some rhinestones. Lastly, I added some white

accents with a gelly roll pen. 

Ta-dah!

Thanks for stopping by!