ATC Swap

I have made this ATC for the August ATC Swap for Oddball Art Stamps. The theme is "Lost Souls of Innocent Dolls".  I have used the Oddball Art Co. IMG#4 and the words from the Cliff Richard hit "Living Doll"

"Living Doll" is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still 'the Drifters') in 1959. It was the top selling single in the UK in 1959. It has topped the UK charts twice; in its original version in 1959 (their first number 1 single) and a new version recorded in 1986 in aid of Comic Relief.

I don't want to give away my age, but let's just say I remember the 1959 version lol

I am entering:

http://atcaroundtheworld.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-44-text.html

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I'm at it again, can't get enough ATCs

For my post for Oddball Art Stamps, I am reminding members of our Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/OddballArtStamps/ that our July ATC/Coin Swap is coming to a close soon.  This is my inspiration for the reminder:

The link for the ATC Swap is here https://www.oddballartco.com/community/oddball-art-swaps/welcome-to-the-oddball-art-atc-swap-for-july-2018.  This is where your ATCs will be added for the swap.  The closing date is 23rd July and partners are allocated on 24th July, by our Host Tina Focking.

The images I have used on these ATCs are

Top 2 -  Lazy Louise

The ATC Coin also has Torn Paper Frames, a fun image to have in your digital stamps stash.

Next we have Cool Hippie Flower Power Peace Van

And last, but not least, I have used a previous Newsletter freebie https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-paper-10pc-dots-doodles-8-5-x-11-300dpi-by-lizzy-love now available to purchase in the shop.  I have added Spooky Cute Bed Sheet Ghost.

Now don't forget any time you want to purchase any images from Oddball Art Co. you can use my discount code


                       DTGAIL10

I hope to see you at one of our Oddball Swaps

Oddball Art Stamps July 2018 ATC Reminder

This month at Oddball Art Stamps our theme is "Dots and Doodles".  I had lots of fun with this theme, not sure whether to use the theme in the background or in the image, I attempted both. Here are some backgrounds dotted and doodled.  Also for this month's swap Lizzy and Tina decided to add ATC Coins to our swap.  As it was short notice, members have the choice, coins or cards, or a mix of both.

The one on the left is halfway through the process as I decided to colour more doodling in.

I have gone a bit berserk with ATCs this month and here are the results, not sure which ones to use yet for the swap.  The extras will probably make it into my swap goodies, but who knows, I might not want to part with some and keep them for my own collection.

For the left ATC I have used Img#121 (just the face) with Img# 334 Frame.  In the right ATC I have Fay the Fancy Fairy, available as a rubber stamp in the store and the Newsletter freebie sentiment from our Newsletter.

This left one has a background using a Newsletter Freebie paper  Space Skulls available in the shop now and a cloud from Img #28.  The right one is Img#381 and recognise the background from my background photos.

My last ATC is a coin, another ATC format we are trying at Oddball Stamps.  They are so easy to create - I am a fan!  Here I have used the Baby Elephant from Img#365 and I have used one of the Dots and Doodles digital paper on his body.

I hope you like my array of ATCs and join us in the July ATC Swap.  Don't forget if you are following any of the links to the images I have used, you can use my discount code to save a further 10% on your order.

                               DTGAIL10

I am entering the following:

https://hutcho53.blogspot.com/2018/07/oddball-art-stamps-july-2018-atc.html
http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/07/challenge-66.html
http://colouringinscrapland.blogspot.com/2018/07/nuevo-reto-del-mes-de-julio-todo-vale-o.html

Oddball Art Co. June 2018 ATC Swap Reminder

This month's theme over at Oddball Art Co. is Mermaids in Outer Space.  Today I am showing you the three ATCs I made for this swap.  The swap has now been moved to the new website, and the direct link is here

I have used a couple of images and ATC#1 has a bit of the freebie digital paper given to us in the Oddball Newsletter.  You can sign up for this newsletter on the Home page of the website https://www.oddballartco.com/.  Look for the Creepy Cute Chronicles Friday Night Newsletter sign-up and you may receive a freebie every newsletter, who knows.

Our ATC swap ends on 23rd June and you will allocated swap partners depending on you make 1,2 or 3 ATCs.  Hope to see you there.

I have used the following images on my ATCs:

#1  Free newsletter digital paper, Robot IMG#236, IMG#378, 3 Moon series bottlecaps

#2  IMG#321

#3  IMG#378      with a few changes to the signpost destinations   AND LAST BUT LEAST

DON'T FORGET MY DISCOUNT CODE       DTGAIL10

See you at my next Oddball Art Co. post.

Oddball Art Stamps - Postcards

I have been seeing so many lovely creations that arrive with my ATC swaps each month, so I have decided to give this postcard thing a go and send them with my ATCs.  First of all I found a postcard back to use on some that represented that I live in Australia and that mail can take a while from my country to its destination, something that is frustrating me to no end.  Next I printed out the freebie paper Lizzy kindly gave us in the first newsletter, first just on copy paper. Ok so I have postcard backs and patterned paper, I then matted the patterned paper on cardstock and put the postcard on the back.

As you see I then decorated the front with IMG442, a digi specially designed for our Mermaids from Outer Space June theme.  The digi is available here https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-mermaids-from-outerspace-image-no-442.  Now with these postcards I have an Oddball image on the front and I can use the back to send a little message to my swap partner.

Now I thought, let's change it up a bit and print on cardstock.  I decided to find another postcard template.  This time I wanted to try doing everything on one side.  I use Publisher for setting up my digi stamps, only because, I am more familiar with it due to many years of newsletters for various groups my kids and I have belonged to.  I always got the newsletter editor jobs and that's why I purchased Publisher.  Word probably works the same, but I guess it is just what you are used to!  I set up 4 postcards to a page and began putting text and a few miscellaneous Oddball images on the page.  This is printed on ordinary cardstock, and if the Copics are not successful on this, I will just use other markers.  I also printed on my Copic cardstock, another Mermaids in Outer Space image, larger this time, because I must admit I went a little too small the last time, which made me not as happy with my colouring.

Here is the finished product and some spares for me to use on future swaps.

Postcards for my ATC Swaps, so happy with this project.  Now I have more options of what to send with my ATCs.

Don't forget our Blog Challenge this month with the optional theme of Mermaids of Outer Space.  Here is the link to Blog Challenge

and our ATC Swap has moved to the new website  here ATC Swap

Don't forget when you are looking to purchase some images, use my discount code for a further 10% of your order.  It is

                                                   DTGAIL10                               

Fay the Fancy Fairy

Hey Oddball Fans,

Do we have a special surprise for you.  Lizzy from Oddball Art Co. still has some of her images available in red rubber and now that her new website is coming along nicely, she has decided to start listing them.  The first one up on the website shop is Fay the Fancy Fairy.  She is the cutest and comes with a sentiment already - https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/rubber-stamp-fay-the-fancy-fairy

Go to https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/rubber-stamp-fay-the-fancy-fairy and check out this red rubber stamp.  You will find Lizzy has very limited supplies of these exclusive stamps and when they are gone, they are gone, and guess what, I tried my discount code on the rubber stamp and it works, so you are good for a 10% discount off the price of the red rubber stamp if you use my code

                                                                   DTGAIL10

Take a look at Oddball's new website, it is evolving quite nicely, be sure to sign up for an account, as well as the newsletter (top right corner);  if your name is registered who knows what freebies and specials you may receive once Lizzy has completed the huge task of  creating a new website and transferring her shop over from Etsy.

https://www.oddballartco.com/

There is lots to browse, let your fingers do the walking and check out every nook and cranny and familiarise yourself with the Community tab, which includes the forum with tips and tutorials and the challenge blog is now attached to this website too.

Now the other purpose of introducing Fay the Fancy Fairy is to remind you about our monthly ATC swap.  I have already entered two ATCs into the album, but I have also made a Fay the Fancy Fairy ATC for our May theme, Goblins, Fairies and Ghouls, Oh My!  She will also be going into the album and some lucky participant in this month's swap will receive her - a Special Edition ATC I think we will call her.  So if you haven't put your name down for this month's swap, do it now and you could be the lucky one to receive this special edition ATC.  Go to our Facebook group now and sign up.  You will find the ATC Swap posted in the pinned post and our host this month is Jennifer Greco and she would love to see your name there.  We would love to see some new faces and styles.  ATCs are great fun and if you are strapped for time, you only need to make one to join in the fun.  ATCs are fun all the time, no matter what the present craze is, you can't go past the fun in receiving an envelope from who knows where - Canada, America, Australia, Sweden, Germany Finland - I could go on - anywhere in the world - and the friendships you form from one little rectange 2.5" x 3.5" are AMAZING to say the least.

Have I convinced you yet to take the plunge, here is the link  to join our group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/OddballArtStamps/

and if you are already a member of our group, here is the link direct to this month's swap

https://www.facebook.com/events/969255743252926/

See you next post and remember Fay the Fancy Fairy is not available as a digi, only red rubber and stocks of each rubber stamp Lizzy lists on the website will be limited.

Oddball Art Co. May ATC Swap

At Oddball Art Co. we continue our monthly theme with our ATC Swap.  May's theme is Goblins, Fairies and Ghouls Oh My!  I have created two ATCs to swap using IMG#171 Gwendolyn the Ghoul.

IMG#171 has two images to it, so it is great value.  Gwendolyn is available here https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-creepycute-zombie-girl-171

and don;t forget my discount at the Oddball shop https://www.oddballartco.com/shop

                                                                 DTGAIL10

There is still time to join in our May ATC swap too over in our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/OddballArtStamps/

Oddball Art Stamps April ATC Swap "Messy & Sketchy"

A messy theme to work with this month, so what better way for Gail to stop procrastinating over the Gelli Plate so in I went.  Acrylic paints and bubble wrap to start off with, but I am excited to have a go and guess what it also opened the way to me getting out my Distress Oxides and giving them a try  with watercolour paper but you will see them later, maybe next month.  Get back on the track Gail.  OK todays ATCs is what this post is all about.


My April ATCs "Messy & Sketchy"

For ATCs #1 and #3 I have used IMG#337, but with ATC#3 I have added a cloud from #269, a sun from #313/313B and #343 Stars and Bubbles.


ATC#2 is using IMG#254.


All these digis are available in the new Oddball Art Stamps website.  Here are all the links you will need for these digis.




https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-set-of-10-suns-with-without-faces-image-no-313
https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-hand-drawn-stars-and-bubbles-no-343
https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-whimsical-dancing-trees-set-2-image-no-337
https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-baby-hanging-clothesline-here-for-the-baby-image-no-269


And don't forget my discount code over at the shop to save 10% on your orders.


                                                                     DTGAIL10














I am loving the ATC swaps, I hope you will join them each month, there is still time for this month's if you don't procrastinate.  Head over to our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/OddballArtStamps/ and join in the Oddball fun we have every month. 


If you are already a member, here is the link for this month's album.  Get your ATCs in there quick.  Mine will be there soon.

Confessions of an Oddball

I have a confession to make!  I have an addiction - it's the Oddball Art Stamps Facebook Group ATC monthly swaps.  There I have confessed!  I just got so excited about this month's theme "Itsy, Bitsy, Teeny, Weeny", I just kept creating and I have ended up with 6 ATCs, not the required amount of 1-3.  What is a girl to do?  Well, I have a solution - instead of my little extras, or maybe as well as, I will pick an extra one to go to my swap partner.  Here is my selection, but you will have to check the ATC Album to see which three I put in there.

Here is the list of images I have used in the six cards.  I hope you don't spot my stuff-up, well a dinosaur looks like a dragon to me, that's my story and I am sticking to it. 


Etsy shop link https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/OddballArtCo


Images used:  #290;  #309;  #342 ($1 bin);  #224 ($1 bin);  #136;  #319;  #360;  #306 


When you are over at the Etsy shop don't forget to use my discount code to get 10% off your whole order, even the dollar bin.


                                                      DTGAIL10


If you are not a member of our Group on Facebook, go over there right now https://www.facebook.com/groups/OddballArtStamps/ and join in the Oddball fun, especially the monthly ATC swaps, love them!