Holiday Giveaway

well its been way too long since we had a giveaway on this blog so here it goes.......

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO WIN!

We will have a FIRST place winner and a SECOND place winner....

10 original watercolor paintings to choose from.....I was having trouble deciding which 2 paintings to use for this giveaway so I decided why not let the winners choose, so this is how it will work....

1. Sign into Rafflecopter below and follow the easy steps to enter, there are many ways to enter giving you up to 10 entries if you choose to do them all!  You can also come back each day and enter again. 

2.  Winners will be chosen by random number using the tools supplied by Rafflecopter.  First place winner will have first choice of 1 of the 10 paintings and second place winner will get to choose 1 from the 9 paintings that are left. 

This giveaway is open to participants worldwide and shipping will be taken care of no matter where in the world you are.

All of the 10 paintings have been painted using Twinkling H2o watercolor paints on Strathmore 140lb cold pressed paper 7.5" x  11" in size.  They are numbered 1 - 10 below....

GOOD LUCK!

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DT Inspiration & Whats On My Easel Today.......

hiya oddballs!!!!!

just taking a break from wHat i'm working on today..... my book fairy painting (wip pic below)  to bring you some more new release inspirAtion from dt jennifer and naz using ready mom img#333 from sePtembers new release stamPs

download link

created bY dt jennifer

created by dt naz

and a sneak peek at wHats on my easel todAy....pLease keep in mind this painting is in its extremeLy early stages (aka. the ugly stage)  as i am still finishing the under painting so.....ya........lol........i will post again when i have more prOgress....

wip (work in progress)

acrylic on 24" x 36" gallery wrapped cotton canvas

its a long weekend here in canada for thanks giving so I am also trying to finish up a neW thanksgiving Stamp..........sorry it rEally snuck up on me this year! lol   anywho, whEn its done (hopefully today) I will be posting it in the oddball art stamps fb group as a freebie!  

in the meantime throwback to last thaNksgiving, remember mr. ted?

what kind of  "oddball" things are you working on or doing in your life right now?  you can let me know in the coments below....  

i love to hear from you guys........ 

thanks for stopping by

ps...... i wanted to have a bit of fun and try something new......so i did something unique with this blog post......the first person to figure it out successfully and tell me in the comments below what it is will win 2 free stamps of their choice from the oddball art shop......good luck!

stay creative....

Lizzy xo

Painting A Creepy Cute Fairy In Watercolors

I created this watercolor painting I titled Stardust using Twinkling H2o watercolors. (my favorite type!) 

I LOVE the Luminous Faces  set which is what I used to achieve this look of the girls face.  I don't remember exactly which ones I used in this video for skin color but they definitely came from that set.  The colors I find myself coming back to the most for skin tones are Amber Bronze, Golden Sand, Pink Cloud & Cinnamon Stick which are all part of this Luminous Faces set.  Check out my unboxing video of it HERE.   

The colors used everywhere else in this painting including her hair were

Wisteria 

Rich Cobalt (also part of the Spiced Sorbet Set)
Wild Plum (is part of the Spiced Sorbet Set)

Natural Linen (this color is part of the Luminous Faces set and its also part of the Native Blush Twenty Four Piece Mini Kit which is basically the  Luminous Faces with the addition of 12 more fun colours)

China Black (is part of the Spiced Sorbet Set)

If you've never used Twinkling H2O's before, I just have to say these little gems are such luscious, yummy colors in convenient little pots, you just spritz with water, wait a few mins and start painting, the paint never goes bad or moldy or anything, the cakes just dry and harden back up til you go to use them again!   You can use a brush, sponge or stamp to apply the paint which is so versatile, you control the consistency with how much water you add.   Then there's my favorite part, they are completely cruelty-free, everything from their company Colourarte is cruelty-free! My kind of business! <3  (I say that out of my pure joy for their products, they are not giving me anything to say that, I have in fact bought all of my paints from them.)

The only other supplies used in this painting were...

  

Masking Fluid

uni-ball Signo Gel 207 Black Ink,

And if you enjoy this image you may like IMG#160 Starlynn Queen of the Sugar Web Fairies, it is very much similar to the image in the video.

I have lots of footage now so I just need to get thru it all and hopefully can get some more of these out real soon!  Thanks so much for checking out my process.
Lizzy xo

New Stamp Releases and Other Things....

HELLO!

If you are here from the BLOG HOP please click HERE to visit my blog hop post and enter my giveaway!

I have 5 new stamps in the shop today, well actually I added them a couple of days ago since I knew today would be a busy one and they have already been sold a few times so this is probably already old news to some of you! lol  BUT what you likely haven't seen yet is all of the beautiful samples created by my awesome design team!

2 of today's new releases are actually old stamps that I have redrawn to make new again....

the stunning card above was created by Bettina using IMG#22 Chloe which as you can tell by the number is one of the first few stamps I ever created.   I like to think that with every drawing I do, I get a little bit better at it.   So as time passes things will catch my eye in the older stamps and I feel an urge to redraw them lol

The timing couldn't have been more perfect with Miss Chloe and her sweet heart shaped balloon as Valentines Day is just around the corner.   If you already own the original version of this stamp it won't be difficult to spot the changes, but for those that don't, I have redrawn her head completely, touched up her clothing and the balloon just a little and added a brand new "sweetheart" sentiment to go with it as you can see in the stunning card above created by Tracey.

This adorable card above was created by Granne using Chloe and IMG#17 Patsy which is the other even older stamp that I redrew. 

With Patsy I redrew her head completely and cleaned up the lines everywhere else.  With both Chloe and Patsy you get 1 smiling girly and 1 pouting girly in each set.

This next breathtaking card was created Naz using my brand new stamp Ziggy IMG#285

I chose to name her Ziggy since I was inspired to create her the day David Bowie died.   To say I was devastated by the news would be understatement, but I picked myself up & poured all of that emotion into my artwork.   I created 2 sketches that day, one of them became this stamp which as previously mentioned I titled ZIGGY and the other became a beautiful watercolor painting of a fairy that I titled STARDUST.  

This stunning card above was created by Bettina and the next 2 beautifully colorful samples below were created by Delores...

Below you can see this super fun card created by Jenn she used my brand new image titled Mary-Jane IMG#286

I know this image isn't for everyone but those that do enjoy it I bet will really appreciate it lol  I actually didn't set out to create a new stamp with this one.   What happened was,  I painted up IMG#279 Long Day and decided to share it in 1 of my favorite facebook groups 420 Vegans as I figured the members there might really appreciate it, and it turns out they did, a lot!  So the group admin offered for me to use a piece of my artwork for their banner.   I looked at the banner they already had, which was AWESOME and decided if I was to replace it with my artwork it would have to be something brand new and just as awesome, so I got out my Twinkling H2O watercolors and got busy...

I painted the image above for the 420 Vegans banner and after realized that there may be people out there who would like to have this pot smoking girly as a stamp and so thats how Mary-Jane IMG#286 came to be!

The 5th and last new release I have to share with you today is another Seal Fundraiser Stamp Set 100% of the funds from the sale of this stamp set goes to charity and we are celebrating all month long with a Blog Hop, stop by and join in the fun, we have LOTS of prizes including an original watercolor painting, a giclee print and lots and lots of digital downloads to win! 

The beautiful card above was created by my design team member Andrea using the new Seal Fundraiser Stamp Set.

This new set comes with an extra large jpeg coloring page and a zip file containing all of the images separated into their own png files with transparent backgrounds so they can be easily moved around the page or used individually as seen in some of the samples below....

created by Bettina

created by Naz

created by Lori

created by Julie

above and below both created by Granne 

As always on the first of the month we have a brand new Challenge starting over in the Oddball Art Stamps Facebook Group

I hope you will come and join us for a chance to win some free digi stamps from my Etsy Shop

#OddballArtChallenge

I would love to hear from you...

which of the new stamps is your favorite?
is there anything you have been waiting to see as a stamp? let me know in the comments below and it just might show up in the next release February 15th!

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Lizzy xo

Lets Do It With Rubber

It seems that there are a lot of Oddballs out there that still don't know about my line of rubber stamps available exclusively over at www.WhimsyStamps.com!

So I figured lets change that up with a little GIVE AWAY!

Currently there are 16 unique designs available and more to be released come September!
+ 2 on 50% CLEARANCE 
Moondrop 
&
Perscilla
You can check out the entire Lizzy Love Collection HERE.

PRIZE PACKAGE

1 ORIGINAL PAINTING + 1 RUBBER STAMP SET

"Plans 4 The Weekend"

Original Mixed Media Painting

5" x 7" on 140lb Cold Press paper

AND

1 Rubber Stamp Set

(If the winner already owns this stamp set they will be able to choose one they do not yet own)

HOW TO ENTER

I will be using Rafflecopter for this give away since it worked out so well last time!  You MUST purchase a rubber stamp from the WS Lizzy Love Collection between August 4 2015 and September 4 2015 to enter. You will receive 5 entries for every stamp you purchase during the qualifying period,  please enter each stamp purchased into the Rafflecoptor separately to earn all of your entries.  After which you  can also score extra entries by visiting me on FB [2 entries] and tweeting about this giveaway each day. [2 entries] 

This Give Away is open to participants all over the world!  WHIMSY STAMPS has retailers worldwide so you can find a retailer near you HERE if you dont see my collection in the retailers store that is closest to you just contact them and ask as they should be able to order in whatever you want from the WS Lizzy Love Collection. 

This give away will go til Friday September 4th 2015 at which time a winner will be randomly drawn!

Enter below......

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It Feels Like Forever Since We

talked.......   lol I'm jk of course, I am keeping my promise for a second blog post in 1 day....

I have a whole bunch of fun new images for you to play with, most of them were released on the 15th of July so you may already be playing with them lol but in case you havent seen them yet......

RELEASED JULY 15th...

Download IMG#239 HERE

Download IMG#240 HERE

Download IMG#241B HERE

Download IMG#241 HERE

Download IMG#242B HERE

Download IMG#242 HERE

Download IMG#243 HERE

 RELEASED TODAY...

Download IMG#244 HERE

Download IMG#245 HERE

This is a digital painting I've been working on of IMG#242 'Sugar', I may come back to this as I dont really feel done with it yet but the whole reason I painted it was for this blog post lol so I figured I'd share what I got done anyhow. lol 

My lovely DT ladies have put together some fabulous makes to inspire you with the new images, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do...

by Oddball Art DT Member Andrea @ http://sheepskidesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

(above 2)...

by Oddball Art DT Member Granne @ http://aavamaki.blogspot.ca/

By Oddball Art DT Member Bettina @ http://bettandshobbykrok.blogspot.ca/

(above 2)...

By Oddball Art DT Member Ang @ http://psychangelshaven.blogspot.ca/

(above 3)...

By Oddball Art DT Member Vicky @ http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/

By Oddball Art DT Member Tracey @ http://mowbraydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

By Oddball Art DT Member Jenn @ http://www.stampinangeljenn.blogspot.ca/

CONGRATULATIONS To

our July WINNERS for the Oddball Art FB Challenge!

First prize winner of 3 Free Digis of her choice - Shell Henson Becker

Second prize winner of 2 Free Digis of her choice - Susan Renshaw

Third Prize winnner of 1 Free Digi of her choice - Cindy van Oorschot(claimed)

1 Random Winner of 3 Free Digis of her choice - (chosen throughRandom.org)

No.2 - Anet Van Zyl

Thank you to everyone who played along, hope you will join us again this month for another "Anything Goes" FB Challenge!   Click HERE to enter this months Challenge, if you can not see the challenge then you are not yet a member of our FB Group, you must join the group in order to participate, thats simple, just click the join button then go back to the folder and upload your image.

#OddballArtChallenge

Thanks so much for stopping by TWICE today! lol I am finally getting over that stupid flu bug so I hope to get back on track with more regular blog posts and lots more art ...... c u soon!

xo Lizzy