"Simply Meant to... Have an Awesome Birthday" Card Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack and Sally Card

Hello lovelies!

Just wanted to share a birthday card i had made back in April for a friend who is in love with NBC, I thought it would be fun to play with one of the movie quotes, instead of "simply meant to be" i made it "simply meant to...." and on the inside wrote "have an awesome birthday!" Fun right?!

Here are some pictures, I also have a youtube tutorial up on my channel, please check it out, video can be found down below!

Here is the video tutorial! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Don't forget to check out my New stamp set sneak peaks here and here

Serena Bee

My Last Oddball Art Design Team Project

Hello Lovelies,

As you have read in the title, today i am here to share with you my last project as a member of Oddball art's design team and FB co-ordinator. I had a great ride and met a lot of amazing people in the last year and i am grateful for the experience Lizzy Love gave me as being Facebook co-ordinator.

My last project is for the Facebook anything goes challenge over at Mixed Mediaology and I created a card. 

I was inspired by a photo i saw on Instagram posted by @getmessyartjournal where they made a similar background on an art journal page using washi tape. I took out all my favorite washi tapes and decided to try to re-create my own version of this.  I also added scraps of pink glitter paper that i had sitting on my desk from a previous project.

I used a flower i got from michaels a while back and some glitter pieces also from michaels. My sentiment was made using my dymo label maker and i colored up the digi with my copics.

Well, i guess this is it folks. Thanks for stopping by and thank you to Lizzy Love for having me on her design team. On that note, have you heard about the new DT call? There’s been some new changes and awesome added opportunities added and you all should check it out and apply if you are interested in being a part of a great community and Design Team. Good luck to everyone who applies.

 I can't wait to see this new design team and all the greatness coming in the future.

Talk soon <3

Serena

DIY Handmade Christmas Ornament Tutorial

Hello Lovelies!

Welcome to the first instalment of my holiday craft series for 2014! I'm really excited to present to you my handmade christmas ornament tutorial. I had a lot of fun making it and it was a quick and easy project for anyone!

Here are some pictures of my ornament

Here is the video tutorial, enjoy!

Warm Wishes,

Serena Bee

Halloween/Spooky Oddball Art Stamp Challenge! Freakshow Inspired Card

Hello Ghoulies!

Long time since I posted on here huh? I just got back from my Halloween Disney world vacation a week ago and I'm ready to get back to crafting!

 Today I am sharing my card for the recent Oddball Art Stamp Challenge! We have a Halloween/spooky/creepy challenge going on right now and it ends on Nov 15th.  If you're anything like me, and are still making Halloween cards (I'm not ready for it to be over) then you have plenty of time to enter your after Halloween projects.

Here is what I made:

I was inspired by the new season of American Horror Story's "Freakshow". This is my version of the clown.

I colored Clown Girl  with my copics and used my die cutting machine for most of the elements on this card.

I just love the ribbons I used and that bow!

I have another "Freakshow" card to share in this collection at another time, don't forget to check back for that!

Serena Bee

Too Cute To Spook Card | Oddball Art Facebook Group Challenge

Good Morning Lovelies!

Today is September 1st which means it is time for a new Oddball Art Facebook Challenge!! It also means that we had to say goodbye to some of our old DT members and hello to new members and a new Design Team structure! Thank you to Crystal GetsCrafty Jenn Engle Melissa Nash Oeters for all the amazing work you created for us, it was great working along side you talented ladies!

Now let's welcome some of our new design team member for our new term! We also have a new DT set up; we have divided the group into 2 teams. Today team A will share with you what they've created for this challenge and team B will be creating amazingness over at the blog challenge on September 15th so you don't want to miss out on that! 

Let's welcome our team A: Ria ZonneStraaltje, Monika Korjat, Vicky Fortier, Kasia Frezja Kowalczyk Curcelli, Jenn Blakeney Borjeson, and me, Serena Bee. Head on over to Oddball's Facebook page by clicking this link to see what we all created! Please note the privacy settings has changed for the group, you now must be a member in order to join. Lizzy changed it to a closed group because she will be giving away free digis in the upcoming future and wanted to keep them from spreading.  Here is a look at the free digi offered on the facebook group for this challenge, so go on over to claim it!  

How could you not want this free cutie!

 Now here is a look at what I created for this challenge, once again the theme is "anything goes"

Now here's the thing, I really set out to create something else other than a halloween card this time around, i swear I did but in the end this is what I came up with lol. It's ok, halloween is the best and I will be sending it out to a Youtube buddy!

I used image #102 Teacher With Bloody Eyeballs and colored her in with my copic markers.

I then created a bow and added a puffy eyeball sticker in the center. This is my favorite part of the card :)

Now let's get to the prizes!

 Lizzy has decided to shake things up so there is no longer only 1 prize, there are now 4 WINNERS for both the Facebook challenges and the Blog Challenges!!!!! How super awesome and gracious is that!!!! So here is how the new set up will work:

1st grand prize winner will receive 3 free digis of their choice

2nd prize winner will receive 2 free digis of their choice

3rd prize winner will receive 1 free digis of their choice

and there will be one winner chosen at random that will also recieve 3 free digis of their choice!!!

That is a total of 18 digis given away every month that you could potentially win!! How freakin cool is that!!

Now go on, check out the facebook group, join, get your free digi, and enter to win one of 9 prizes!! You have until October 1st to join!

Good luck :)

Serena Bee

Hey Lovelies,

It is time for a new challenge over at the Oddball Stamp Blog! The theme for this challenge is NONTRADITIONAL HAIR. Enter our challenge for a chance to win 3 free digital stamps of your choice! You have plenty of time to join; the challenge will end on September 14th! So let's get started!

This time around I made 3 project life cards for my friend Cindy's halloween giveaway. I know the theme is nontraditional hair color, but because I always use nontraditional hair colors already in most of my projects like pink, purples, and blues, for me nontraditional hair is what is considered traditional. Did I just lose you there? Hope not, so I went with black and brown.

My first card is 4x6 and I used one of my absolute all time favorite digi Bride of Frankenstein. I used a die cut tombstone and fence and a tombstone sticker along with some bling to finish off this card.

The next card is using Dracula Boy

And the last card is my favorite! I used the creepy cute ghost bat digi. I recently got eyeball epoxy stickers and I couldn't help but put them on this ghosty. It's so cute!! I then add some candy stickers and lots of bling.

which card is your favorite? I would love to hear from you.

If you are on Instagram:

Make sure to tag your pictures so we can all see what you create with Oddball Art digital stamps!

use these: @oddballartco and #oddballartchallenge . We can't wait to see you on instagram!

Thanks for stopping by! Please check out the Challenge blog to see what the other creative DT members made!

Thanks for stopping by,

Serena

Oddball Art Facebook Challenge #5

Hello Lovelies,

It's time for another Oddball Art Facebook challenge! Come join us at Oddball Art Facebook Mixed Mediaology! And as usual it is always "anything goes" as long as you use an Oddball Art Digi for this challenge. And you could win 3 free digis of your choice! Lizzy is constantly releasing new digis so there is always so much for you to choose from with 20 new digis being released every month.

Here is my project!

Yes I am still in a Halloween kick and I don't think it's going anywhere!

Added glossy accents to the bats and wink of steel to the dress and witch hat.

We have another challenge on the blog that you can join, the theme is "show us your coloring skills" join us at :www.oddballstamps.blogspot.com you have until August 14th to enter. Remember for this challenge any digi stamp is acceptable.

Don't forget we are having a Design Team call!!! Click here for more info!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to play along to win some digis!

I will be entering this card in Simon Says "Anything Goes" challenge!

Serena

Guest Designer For Octopode Factory | Project #3: Sailor Girl Card

Hello Lovelies,

Today I have my last project for my guest designer spot for the Octopode Factory. For those of you who don't know, Lily Chilvers who is the designer of The Octopode Factory, has asked me to be a guest designer for her new summer nautical digital stamps!  I had such a blast working with these summer digital stamps and I hope you all can give them a try too!

To see my first project and for more information click here.

To see my second project and for more info click here.

I created a more fancy card with lots more elements than I normally do. I learned that I really enough making more elaborate cards.

The digis I used were:

Fishes

Sailor Girl

Nautical Anchor & Starfish

Here is the process video for this card:

I just want to thank Lily again for giving me this fun opportunity! I really enjoyed working with these images.

Thanks for stopping by, let me know which project was your favorite!

Serena

Forever Haunted | Oddball Art Design Team Challenge

 Hey Lovelies,

It is time for a new challenge over at the Oddball Stamp Blog! The theme for this challenge is simple, just show off your coloring skills using any color medium you like. Just have fun with it. Enter our challenge for a chance to win 3 free digital stamps of your choice!!

So come on play along, you have plenty of time to join; the challenge will end on August 14th!

Those who follow me on Facebook and youtube know that I have been on a halloween kick, I cannot wait to get my hands on some of the new halloween goodies for this year! I am also hosting a halloween project swap this month so I've been playing with my halloween stash and created this card.

I had colored other digis using pencil crayons and water-colour crayons but I feel most comfortable with copics so I started over.

I used the Fairy Batgirl digi. I absolutely adore her. I added wink of stella in clear to her batwings and dress.

The flowers and ribbons were gifted to me in some recent happy mail from my friends Susumu and Elizabeth. 

I used my new Diemond Dies to create this circle card and my new Bigkick that I won from Susumu.

Isn't she lovely? 

If you are on Instagram:

Make sure to tag your pictures so we can all see what you create with Oddball Art digital stamps!

use these: @oddballartco and #oddballartchallenge . We can't wait to see you on instagram!

Thanks for stopping by! Please check out the Challenge blog to see what the other creative DT members made!

Serena

Guest Designer For Octopode Factory's New Nautical Digi Stamps | Project #2 | Underwater Art Journal Page

Hello Lovelies,

Today I have my second guest designer project for the Octopode Factory. For those of you who don't know, Lily Chilvers who is the designer of The Octopode Factory, has asked me to be a guest designer for her new summer nautical digital stamps! 

To see my first project and for more information click here.

This time I made an art journal page. I was really inspired by the octopus digi and all the fishes so I wanted to make an under the sea page. I truly love the ocean, going to the beach, and swimming, I swear I was a mermaid in my past life (one could hope!)

The sentiment was just something that came to me when working on this page.

 Love this octopus!

Love how I created the sea floor, it's so dimensional and sparkly.

Here is a video so you can see how this page was made:

The digis I used were:

Fishes

Octopus

Nautical Anchor & Starfish

Thanks for stopping by, let me know what you think and make sure to check back next week for my 3rd project!

Serena

Guest Designer For Octopode Factory's New Nautical Digi Stamps | Project #1 Masculine Birthday Card

Hello Lovelies! 

Today is the beginning of something special I have planned for the month of July. The lovely Lily Chilvers who is the designer of one of my favorite stamp companies, The Octopode Factory, has asked me to be a guest designer for her new summer nautical digital stamps! I was over the moon and so honored to have been asked because I absolutely love her drawing style and digis.

  I wanted to do something special because this is the first time I was ever contacted by a company to showcase their work and also because it is one of my favorite companies. So I have come up with 3 different projects for the month of July 2014! I will post a new video along with a corresponding blog post on every week.

So without any further ado, here is my first project:

I made a clean and simple birthday card for my father. He loves fishing so when I saw this adorable fishy I knew just what to put on his birthday card. This digi is perfect for masculine cards. This digi is called fishes and it also comes with a fish border which you will see used in later projects.

I added stickles to really make him stand out.

If you want further detail on how this card was made and which products I used, check out my video down below:

I hope you like my CAS card for this week. 

Don't forget to check back next Tuesday when I share a new project showcasing more nautical digis from The Octopode Factory!

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena

Oddball Art Co Design Team Challenge #3: Girly Glam

Hello Lovelies,

I am here today with the 3rd Oddball Art Stamp challenge for the month of May! 

 The theme for this challenge is GIRLY GLAM. You could enter any recent project you made along as it fits in with the theme, easy right? You could use bright colors, pearls, sequins, gems, and glitter, whatever screams girly and glam to you. Enter our challenge for a chance to win 3 free digital stamps of your choice!!

So come on, choose a digi and play along! You have plenty of time to join; the challenge will end on June 14th!

As my design team project, I decided to make a 4x6 postcard for a swap I am having with a online friend. 

I had a lot of fun playing with different ink/paint mediums to make the background. I have a process video down below so you could watch how this postcard was made.

I colored this girl digi in with my copics. She is one of my favorites from Lizzy, so cute and I love the panda hoody, it's so pastel goth! 

I added a lot of shimmer to her with my Wink of Stella clear shimmer pen which you can see in the picture below. 

And to add even more glam I added a mix of sequins, rhinestones, and sparkly stars. Not to mention there is a subtle shimmer on the background as well from my Heidi Swapp mists.

Here's the process:

If your are on Instagram:

Make sure to tag your pictures so we can all see what you create with Oddball Art digital stamps!

use these: @oddballartco and #oddballartchallenge . We can't wait to see you on instagram!

Thanks for stopping by! Please check out the Challenge blog to see what the other creative DT members made!

Serena Bee

Dream Deeply {Art Journal Page}

Hello Lovelies,

I am back with an other Oddball Art Stamp Design Team share!

Every 1st of the month we have an "anything goes" using an Oddball art digi challenge over on the Oddball Art's Facebook Page. 

We were given this adorable Big Eyed Girl digi and she is one of my favorites! I made an art journal page:

Sentiment is from an AFI song

My favorite part are these glittered stars

I really enjoyed working on the background of this page. I have a video where I go through the step by teps  in creating this page, please watch below:

Remember, our month long challenge over at the Oddball Art Blog is still going on. You have until May 14th to enter your Easter/Spring project! 

I will also be entering this page on Simon Says Challenge for this week, the theme is Anything Goes.

Thanks For stopping by,

Serena