Good Bye and Hello - Announcing Our New Design Team

A huge thank you to all who applied for a design team position with Our Creative Corner.  We all took part in the review and recommendation of the new members.  It was a tough choice with so many great entries and now we have five new design team members.

But before they are introduced, we have to say a sad goodbye to two of our team members who are moving on to bigger and better things.

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps

Jennifer Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Please join us in thanking these two talented paper crafters for all the wonderful inspiration they have provided during their time with Our Creative Corner and in wishing them all the best as they continue to pursue their individual interests.  They will definitely be missed!

Now it's time to meet our new designers who will be joining the weekly inspiration line up.  You may already know some of them as they have been regular players here at Our Creative Corner.  Please welcome:

Sue Butler - Scrumplescrunch

Anita Houston - The Artful Maven Haven

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Irena Kowalczyk (aka Rudlis) - Love, Life and Crafts

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

A big welcome, ladies, from all of us here at Our Creative Corner.  We're thrilled that you have joined our team!

Hip to Be Square Sketch Challenge

Thanks for stopping by to check out this week's challenge! I'm Lori Rider hosting again this week, and first I want to say thank you to everyone who played along with last week's inspiration challenge. Your creations were, well, inspirational! Please come back on Wednesday to see the challenge winner. Today I have a sketch challenge for you:

That's all there is to it! Now here are our fabulous team and this week's guest designer to kick off the challenge.

Guest Designer - Karli Miranda

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Marjie Kemper - http://www.marjiekemper.typepad.com/

Vicki Burdick~~It's A Stamp Thing

Anne Marie Hile ~ Stampin' Anne

Jen Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Paper Piecing with a TWIST Challenge Winner

Hello all and Happy Wednesday! Vicki here to announce our Top Talent Award Winner for the "Paper Piecing with a Twist" challenge. Before I get to that, we want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who participated in the challenge here at Our Creative Corner. There were so many wonderful entries we are so happy you shared your inspiration and creativity with us. We had a hard time just picking one winner but in the end went with this beauty by Anni Karten:

We all loved the flower pieced with the beautiful DSP while keeping the card simple to let the flower shine! Just gorgeous!

Congratulations Anni,  be sure and grab the Our Creative Corner top Talent Badge to display on your blog and thank you so much for playing along last week.

There is still a few days left to participate in our current Inspiration Challenge so be sure and check it out.

Thanks for stopping by today, Have a great day!!

Design Team Call

Looking for this week's challenge?  Click here.

It's time once again to build up our design team.  The end of our term is coming up and several of our talented designers are moving on to new endeavors.  We will have five new openings on our design team and the next OCC designer could be YOU!

We want you to show us your best work, something that depicts your style.  It does not need to be a new creation although if you want to make something brand new, go for it.  We would ask that it be something not more than 6 months old.  Please don't think you need to match up your style to what you see here from our DT.  We want to be representative of many styles so that all players feel welcome.  So whether your style is clean and simple, fussy and frilly, artsy or grungy, let it fly.  Show us something that really shows where you are as an artist.

This DT call will remain open through midnight ET on Monday, January 23rd.  Those chosen will be notified by Saturday, January 28th and your first challenge with us will be Saturday, February 4th.  You must have had a blog for at least six months.  You will be required to do a blog post for each of our challenges.  Other requirements can be found on the DT Requirements tab above.

Any questions can be addressed to Linda Coughlin at thefunkiejunkie@gmail.com.  Can't wait to see all the beautiful work that we know will be submitted!

Oh Baby! Inspiration Challenge

Welcome to another Saturday and another challenge! I'm Lori Rider, your host this week. I love inspiration challenges so I thought I would bring you one this weekend. I hope you enjoy it!

This photo comes from the Hostess with the Mostess, whose blog is always full of gorgeousness. Isn't this table spectacular? It's from a baby shower and was clearly a very fabulous occasion. For this challenge, please choose at least two elements from the photo to serve as inspiration for your creation and tell us about how they inspired you. If you wish, since this is from a baby shower, go one step further and give your project a baby theme!

Here are the guest designer and team projects to get you thinking and inking:

Guest Designer - Tracy MacDonald

Inspired by the colours blue, yellow, brown and the glassware

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

I incorporated the colors, the flowers, the coral ribbon, and the rhinestones in the background.

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Inspired by the colors: blue, coral, vanilla, and brown, and the tree in the background.
[the tree made me think of birds, and a nest (aka home)].

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps & Scraps

Inspired by the brown branch and the blue frosting

Vicki Burdick~~It's A Stamp Thing

I was inspired by the colors: coral, blue, vanilla and browns and all the circular shapes of the cakes and bowls.

Jen Rzasa - Our Change of Art

I was inspired by the colors and the branch in the background.

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

I was inspired by the blue and coral shades, all of the circular elements and the baby theme. 

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Inspired by the branch, the colors and the flowers.

Show Us Your Shapes Challenge Winner

Hello all and Happy Wednesday! Vicki here to announce our Top Talent Award Winner for the "Show Us Your Shapes" challenge. Before I get to that, we want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who participated in the challenge here at Our Creative Corner. There were so many wonderful entries we are so happy you shared your inspiration and creativity with us.

Our Top Talent Winner for the Challenge is: Karen Squires from Stampin' By The Bay with this fabulous shaped Owl:

Congratulations Karen! We all loved the owl you created here, so creative and sweet! Karen be sure and grab the Our Creative Corner top Talent Badge to display on your blog and thank you so much for playing along last week.

There is still a few days left to play in our Paper Piecing with a Twist Challenge. Click HERE for all the details.
Have a great day!

Paper Piecing with a TWIST Challenge

Hello Stamping Friends, Vicki  here again from It's A Stamp Thing and I will be your challenge hostess again thsi week. But first we want to thank all of you who joined us last week on our Show Us Your Shapes Challenge, you were all so creative with your designs, we will post our choice for the Top Award on Wednesday.

Now onto this week's challenge:

Paper Piecing, Use some kind of paper piecing on your card or project this week. Stamp something and use some Designer Paper to piece an element of the stamp or paper piece your Background. In addition NO ribbon and only one embellishment is allowed.

Here is some inspiration from our Design Team and wonderful guest designer to get you started:

Guest Designer - Sabrina Radeck

Vicki Burdick~ It's A Stamp Thing

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps & Scraps

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Bright & Happy New Year Challenge Winner

Hello there and Happy Wednesday! Anne Marie here to announce our Top Talent Award Winner for the "Bright & Happy New Year" color challenge. Before I get to that, we want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who participated in the challenge here at Our Creative Corner. There were so many wonderful entries showcasing the color combo and we are so happy you shared your inspiration and creativity with us. 

Our Top Talent Winner for the Challenge is:

Noelle McAdams from Paper & Ice!! 

Congratulations, Noelle! What a fun and whimsical card, full of beautiful details. From the embossed background, to the way she highlighted the birthday girl's age, to all that sparkly bling...this card is sure to bring a big smile to the face of her little god-daughter. Just adorable! Noelle, please be sure to grab the Our Creative Corner Top Talent Badge to display on your blog and thank you for playing along last week! 

There are still a few days left to play in our "Show Us Your Shapes" challenge this week. Click HERE for more details. We hope you will join us! 

Also, earlier today we announced our Design Team Call! Click HERE for the info. The call is open through January 23rd. 

Have a great day, 

Show Us Your Shapes Challenge

Hello Stamping Friends, Vicki here from It's A Stamp Thing and I will be hosting the challenge this week. First up we want to thank every one who joined us last week on our Bright and Happy New Year Challenge. We are busy pouring over all your fabulous entries and will post the "Top Talent" winner on Wednesday.

Now onto this week's challenge, My challenge to you is:  "Show Us your Shape", Shaped cards. Anything but a square or rectangle, you can find so many cute templates on the internet or use a die or cut file and your imagination and show us your shapes!! Here is some inspiration from our Design Team to get you started:

Vicki Burdick~It's a Stamp Thing

Jennifer Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

Home for the Holidays Winner

Hi All, its Sharon, I hope that all of you have had a wonderful holiday spent with family and friends.  I am here to announce our Top Talent Award Winner from our Home for the Holidays challenge.  I'd like to thank all of those who have played along in our challenge.  We all understand that that time of year can be especially busy. We had 23 participants in the Home for the Holidays challenge, and they were all wonderful to see!   Our Top Talent Award goes to #18 Marie O, of Ink'd Wings.

We were all impressed with the level of detail on Marie's card.  And her iris folding is quite beautiful!  Marie gives a wonderfully detailed explanation on her blog as to what products and techniques she used to create this master piece.  So Marie, make sure that you grab the Our Creative Corner Top Talent badge and thank you for sharing such a beautiful card with all of us.

We hope all of you enjoyed a safe and joyous holiday season, and please play along with us for more challenges.  There is still time left to submit an entry to our Bright and Happy New Year challenge, here.