Our Creative Corner - Color/Texture Challenge

Hello OCC friends & thanks for stopping by!! We would like to thanks all those that stopped by and played along with our sketch challenge, you amazed us all with your beautiful layouts!! Before we show you today’s samples, we would like to announce our featured designer, Kathrin from Kruemels Bastel- Blog. Below you will see her gorgeous sample using our sketch layout, please stop by Kathrin's Blog to see her amazing work!!

This week, Loretta Lock, has challenged the OCC to a Color/Texture challenge. Sometimes, texture speaks louder than colour. Your challenge is to make a black and white card with lots of texture. And as a bonus, use text as your focal image rather than a coloured image…

There is no time limit on our challenges - participate whenever you are able. To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave us a comment linking to your project so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC

Now let's check out the musical samples by the OCC ~

Julie Leblanc ~ KewlStamps-n-More

Sarah Gough - Thinking Stamps

Loretta Lock - love to create

Joycelyn Pelkey - Stamps 'n' Coffee


Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Dana Grothaus - Dana's Dabbling Studio

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie


Diane Gilbert ~ My Little Stampin' Spot!

Our Creative Corner - Sketch Challenge

Welcome back to another creative challenge at the OCC! We want to thank all those that stopped by and played along with our masculine birthday challenge last week. All of your cards and projects were amazing and we were all so impressed and inspired by you!! Speaking of last week's challenge, we would like to spotlight one of our participants from last weeks challenge. Jennifer from Jennifer's Designs - way to go, !!!


Now, onto this week's challenge. This week we have a fun sketch layout. We hope you are inspired by the samples below and we look forward to seeing your designs this coming week!! To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then link it here with the direct link with our NEW linky system. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC

Here are the samples from the OCC Design team:

Loretta Lock - love to create

Sarah Gough - Thinking Stamps

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Joycelyn Turner - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Dana Grothaus - Dana's Dabbling Studio

Julie ~ KewlStamps-n-More

Diane Gilbert ~ My Little Stampin Spot!

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Our Creative Corner - Masculine Birthday - Let's Hear it for the Boys!

Welcome back OCC friends!! We want to thank all those that stopped by & played along with our Anniversary card challenge last week, there was so much creativity that poured out - WOW!!

From the samples last week, here is one of the beautiful sample's. We are featuring Julie Ranae from Julie's Open Window - what a gorgeous layout, And this card feels like all sorts of pink vintage happiness!! You can check out Julie's blog to see more of her stunning creations!! Julie, please contact Loretta for the information to claim your i {heart} papers gift certificate by leaving your contact information in a comment on her blog.

This week our challenge is to create a card for the special men in our lives, and it's always a good thing to have a card or two in our stash to celebrate their special day! Your challenge this week is to make a masculine birthday card. No tricks or a recipe to follow... Simply create a card for that special guy in your life to celebrate his birthday.

To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then link it here with the direct link with our NEW linky system. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC

Here are some samples from our Design Team to get your juices flowing. Our May hostess will start us off:


Loretta Lock - love to create

Designed by Sarah Gough - Thinking Stamps

Julie Leblanc ~ "Kewl"Stamps-n-More

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper



Dana Grothaus - Dana's Dabbling Studio

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping



Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie



Diane Gilbert ~ My Little Stampin' Spot!

Our Creative Corner - Which Anniversary is it?!!!

Hello friends... Welcome to another fun challenge here at Our Creative Corner!! We want to thank all those that stopped by & played along with our no flower Mother's Day card! What amazing creativity that you used butterflies, critters and classy flourishes instead!!

Here is a beautiful sample from last week's challenge. We are featuring Iwona Palamountain from Random Acts of Creativity - what a gorgeous layout, design and what wonderful little button accents!! You can check out Iwona's blog to see more of her stunning creations!!

Our sponsor this week is i {heart} papers! They are an online store for paper crafters. They have a wide variety of stamps, papers, copic markers, tools, and embellishments. Kate, the owner, is generously giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one random participant this week. In order to qualify for this prize, you have to submit your creation no later then Friday, May 14th by 10:00 PM EST. Be sure to stop by the i {heart} papers store to see all the fabulous goodies!

Now, on to this weeks challenge! With spring, wedding season has begun. This means that ANNIVERSARY season has begun as well! From our May hostess, Loretta, our is challenge is to make an Anniversary card with the recipient's specific year in mind. We all know the 25th anniversary is silver and the 50th is golden, but what about the twelfth anniversary or the seventh? Feel free to use this link for happy-anniversary.com and make a card based on either your anniversary or the anniversary year of the recipient. Or just pick your favourite anniversary gifts by year to inspire your card!

To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then link it here with the direct link with our NEW linky system. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC

Here are some samples from our Design Team to get your juices flowing. Our May hostess will start us off:


Loretta Lock - love to create


Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Dana Grothaus - Dana's Dabbling Studio

Julie Leblanc ~ "Kewl"Stamps-n-More

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie


Joycelyn Pelkey ~ Stamps 'n' Coffee


Sarah Gough - Thinking Stamps

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping


Diane Gilbert ~ 'My Little Stampin' Spot!'

OCC Challenge - Mother's Day Card - Look Ma! No Flowers!

Welcome OCC friends... Welcome to another fun challenge here at Our Creative Corner!! We want to thank all those that stopped by & played along with our challenges last month. Our April hostess, Dana, did a spectacular job with so many wonderful and creative challenges for us to play along with! Thank-you, Dana!!!

We are happy to announce that the winner of the $30 Paper Maniac gift certificate is #272 Regina Jones. Congratulations Regina! Please email Dana Grothaus to claim your prize. Take a look at Regina's beautiful creation;


Now, onto this week's challenge. We have a new month, and that means a new hostess. Let's welcome our May hostess, Loretta Lock. This week Loretta is challenging all of us to make a Mother’s Day card with no flowers or blossoms. Flower shops will be full of beautiful blooms of many beautiful fragrances and vibrant colours. This will be a card that we can give along with a beautiful bouquet without competing with natural floral beauty! Everyone is invited to play along and we can't wait to see your cards this week!

Please remember there is no time limit on our challenges - participate whenever you are able. To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then leave us a comment linking to your card/project so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC

Here are some samples from our Design Team to spark your inspiration. Our May hostess will start us off;


Loretta Lock - love to create



Sarah Gough - Thinking Stamps

Designed by Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Designed by Dana Grothaus - Dana's Dabbling Studio

Designed by Diane Gilbert ~ 'My Little Stampin' Spot!'

Designed by Julie ~ "Kewl"Stamps-n-More

Designed by Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie