Winner - Black and White with a Splash of Colour

Thank you to everyone for your beautiful entries to our Black and White with a Splash challenge. What a great response there was and we thoroughly enjoyed viewing all of your fabulous creations. So without further ado, our winner for this week is ... Lisa of You Made Me Ink

A fabulous card in every way, love the splash of blue on this spectacular black and white backdrop with such glorious texture and dimension, from the beautifully bordered frame to that great image (had a little giggle at this one) and of course those flowers with the pearl centres and jewelled hat pins provide a lovely touch of elegance and style. And who would've thought that a cut out newspaper heading could work so tastefully! Well done Lisa and Congratulations on being selected as our Top Talent. Feel free to take our badge to display on your blog.

It's not too late to still play along with this weeks challenge, "Over the Edge", the creations so far are spectacular, have you got yours in the gallery? We'll be back on Saturday with a new challenge and some new inspiration!

Just Say No - PLEASE!!!!

This week's challenge here.

If you blog much, especially if you are on a design team and leave a lot of comments, you have seen the new Word Verification format that Blogger has instituted.  This is making it very difficult for us to leave comments, sometimes requiring us to enter letters two and three times because we can't make out what the letters are.  We are all busy and while we love to leave comments on your wonderful work, we will no longer leave comments on blogs using word verification.

If you are concerned about spam, go to comment moderation.  I personally moderate all comments 14 days and older.  I find that if I do get spam it usually hits the older posts.  While searching the internet for this Just Say No button, I came across a very informative post on how to turn off word verification.  So rather than reinvent the wheel, I am going to refer you to the post on the Ramblings and Photos blog.  If you need help figuring out how to turn off word verification, there are step-by-step directions and photos to walk you through.  Thanks so much to Ashley Sisk for her very informative post on the subject!

You may not even know that you are using word verification.  I believe it is turned on automatically when you create your blog.  Now is a good time to check to see if you are using it.

Feel free to leave us comments on how you feel about our new approach and as always, we thank you for stopping by Our Creative Corner.

Over the Edge

Happy Saturday and welcome back to Our Creative Corner.

It's Tui here and I am happy to be hosting our challenge again this week. Thank you to everyone who took part in our Black and White with a Splash of Colour challenge last week.  There were a lot of fantastic creations and we were simply amazed at the stunning array of cards in the gallery! On Wednesday we will be announcing our Top Talent .... it could be you!

This week the challenge I have for you is "Over the Edge" - create a card, or paper craft item with a design element that is not restricted to the boundaries of the card edges, and continues to flow off the edge of the card, for instance this could be a die cut element, a sentiment banner, a fussy cut image, ribbon etc. Push your design to the edge .... and have fun!

And just to get your inspiration flowing, we have the very talented Karen Squires of Stampin by the Bay joining us this week as our Guest Designer. Be sure to stop by and say "hi", and of course our fabulous design team have some great samples which will surely get your creative juices flowing!

Guest Designer - Karen Squires

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Susan Butler -scrumplescrunch

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Vicki Burdick~~It's a Stamp Thing

Irena Kowalczyk / Rudlis

Anita Houston

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

Everyone is welcome to play along. If you upload your card/project to SCS, please use the keyword OCCC.

We ask that you read the challenge requirements carefully and not submit work that does not fit our challenge.  Any submissions that do not follow the challenge requirements will be removed.  

We do require that your project be a new project and not back-linked to a project made before this challenge started. Please be sure you link back to the OCC blog post in order to be eligible for our Top Talent award.  This challenge closes at 11:59 p.m.Eastern Time on March 2nd.

1. Karen C	2. Joynana	3. Tanitta
4. Hazel	5. Sandy's Stamping Scene	6. Sue C
7. Meikoningin	8. wendy bickford	9. Susie Little
10. keeley	11. Karen McAlpine	12. wendy bickford
13. Heather Cooper	14. StephC	15. Leesa aka The Navy Wife
16. Sylvia Blum	17. Claire C	18. shirley l
19. Tracey V	20. CardarTart	21. Kaija
22. Fliss	23. Mian	24. Audhild
25. Samantha :0)	26. Eva W	27. Elizabeth H.
28. chris v - easily amused	29. Susie Little	30. mueppi
31. irit	32. Karen C	33. Daniele
34. Tiggertastic	35. Rebekah	36. Julie
37. Lynne in NI	38. vanessa	39. An
40. wendy bickford	41. caro78-Pysia	42. Lisa s
43. Agnieszka/Ona	44. Tamara M	45. JANIEL
46. Einat Kessler	47. Kate	48. Lea L.
49. lalkygirl	50. Sarah	51. ~Deanne~
52. Croms	53. Becky Spinks	54. Sarah C
55. Vickie ODell	56. Patti	57. http://yogiemp.blogspot.com/2012/02/mc-feb12-off-edge-weed.html
58. Mrs. Hill	59. Carla Suto	60. scrapjoanny
61. Ellen R	62. Annette	63. Claire M
64. Sissel F	65. Biggi	66. Pia
67. Busyteresa	68. Robyn Oliver	69. Carol
70. Michey	71. Sandra	72. Glenda Atkins
73. sue w	74. Sue Law	75. Craftin Suzie
76. Lisa Minckler	77. Meighan Wheller	78. lalkygirl
79. Diane J	80. Susan (rainy)	81. Kerry Louise
82. lalkygirl	83. wendy bickford	84. tinka
85. JanR	86. Marie O	87. Patricia Razo
88. Patricia Razo

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Best Friend Winner

Good Morning! We know that you are here to find out the winner of our 'Best Friend' challenge.  But first, we want to give a huge thanks to everyone who participated in our challenge. Your creations were gorgeous, as always! We hope you enjoyed playing along. So, without further ado, our winner this week is Maya!

We just loved the soft image Maya colored with markers.  She did a fabulous job!  Maya, included both flowers in her stamped image, as well as framing her focal image with paper blossoms.  How pretty.  Maya kept her color palette soft and neutral with little touches of detail.  Congratulations Maya!  
And here is our Top Talent Award.  Please display this award with pride! Congratulations, again!

Now don't forget, there is still time to play along with this weeks challenge, 'Black and White with a splash of colour'.

Black and White with a Splash of Colour

Happy Saturday everyone and thanks for stopping by!

First up, thank you to everyone who took part in our Best Friend challenge last week, wow .... your creations were wonderful and we were blown away by the talent and thoughtfulness that went into each and every project. The recipients of these cards will be delighted by them as we were when we visited your blogs. On Wednesday we will be announcing our Top Talent .... it could by you!

Hi, it's Tui Nathan here, and I am delighted to be hosting this weeks challenge for you, which is ....

"Black and White with a splash of Colour" - create a card or paper craft item with the colours black and white, and then add a splash of colour of your choosing! Which way will you go .... classic and elegant, modern and contemporary, clean and simple or shabby chic ... the choice is yours so have fun and be creative!

And just to get your inspiration flowing, we have the very lovely Steph Lee of Arty Crafty joining us this week as our Guest Designer.  Be sure to stop by and say "hi", and of course our fabulous design team have some great samples which will surely get your creative juices flowing!

Guest Designer - Stephanie Lee

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Anita Houston

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Susan Butler -scrumplescrunch

Vicki Burdick~~It's a Stamp Thing

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

Irena Kowalczyk / Rudlis

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Everyone is welcome to play along. If you upload your card/project to SCS, please use the keyword OCCC. We do require that your project be a new project and not back-linked to a project made before this challenge started. Please be sure you link back to the OCC blog post in order to be eligible for our Top Talent award.  This challenge closes at 11:59 p.m.Eastern Time on February 25th.

1. Tami Grandi	2. MaggiesCards	3. Sally McD
4. Karen C	5. Margo	6. Zoechaos
7. Nicki LT	8. mueppi	9. Cheryl (Cafexpressions)
10. Lisa Minckler	11. Marie O	12. Lori U.
13. Kate	14. samara	15. Lin
16. Sassy Raggedy	17. Sandra	18. Stef Perry
19. Diane J	20. Lynda S	21. Lucille K
22. Kaija	23. Ellen Kristiansen	24. Stephinka
25. Gabi S	26. Suze.E	27. Melissa Craig
28. Tracey MCS	29. Dawn T	30. stempelomi
31. lis-m	32. Chris Barnes	33. Becky Spinks
34. Misti	35. Berit Synnøve	36. Deonna B
37. Pia	38. Tricia G	39. Clare
40. *Jellie*	41. Iren	42. ~amy~
43. Hazel	44. Margie Calenda	45. MaggieP
46. shirley tsai	47. Lynda Pleckan	48. Susie Little
49. Erin G.	50. Jodene	51. Mian
52. Tamie Camp	53. Suze.E	54. Krisha
55. Robyn Oliver	56. stempelomi	57. tinka
58. Susie Little	59. Patricia Razo	60. Patricia Razo
61. Lai-Yoke	62. Lai-Yoke	63. Kerry Louise
64. Patti Corriere	65. MarjaS	66. Janine B
67. CarolCel

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Love is in the Air Winner

I want to send out a big Thank You to everyone who played along and followed our recipe challenge.  There were a few requirements in this challenge, and it seemed to have stumped a few folks.  It was tough to choose a winner, but in the end the Top Talent award goes to...

 Carla S. 

 Carla had all the requirements in this recipe challenge: kraft, grey, and pink colors, some sparkle (her glitter) and a heart shape (her Valentine).  Carla had just a few layers, but her work is neat, clean and simply pretty.   Carla did a wonderful job coloring her digital image, and adding glitter to the appropriate image pieces.  Congratulations Carla S. !

It's not too late to still play along with this weeks challenge, Best Friend.  We've seen some beautiful creations so far, and we'd love to see more!  We'll be back on Saturday with a new challenge, so please come back again!

Best Friend

Happy Saturday!  It's Sharon W. of Designs by Sharon, here, hosting again this week.  I hope everyone is ready to play along with us here @ Our Creative Corner.  First, I have a little housekeeping to take care of.  Last week, I hosted a recipe challenge for a St. Valentine's Day themed challenge.  And well, there were entries that did not follow the recipe.  I'm not sure if was because of the popularity of the theme, or the title, or what.  We all have taken time and energy to both develop and participate in these challenges, and so we ask the same of you, our treasured followers and players.  Second, I would like to say Thank You to our guest designers last week!  They did a wonderful job showing their talents and creativity.  And third, a heart felt thank you for all of you who participated in last week's challenge.  I know the color combination was very creative.  

Ok, so now on for this week's challenge; 'Best Friend' is the title and theme.  This week, the challenge is a little more liberal.  Make a paper craft item (card, scrapbook page layout, a 3-D item, an altered item) for a Best Friend! It can be for a birthday, a thank you, or to just let her know she is your best friend!  The only other requirement, is to include a flower!  The flower can be hand-made, an embellishment, or a stamp.  It's your best friend, you decide what works best for your paper craft item.

The guest designer we had scheduled for this week actually joined our design team last week.  But we want to recognize Anita Houston for winning the Top Talent award recently and feature her design team card this week in our guest designer spot.  

Anita Houston - Guest Designer and New Design Team Member

Susan Butler

Vicki Burdick~~It's a Stamp Thing

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Irena Kowalczyk/Rudlis

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Everyone is welcome to play along. If you upload your card/project to SCS, please use the keyword OCCC. We do require that your project be a new project and not back-linked to a project made before this challenge started. Please be sure you link back to the OCC blog post in order to be eligible for our Top Talent award.  This challenge closes at 11:59 p.m.Eastern Time on February 17th.

1. Viv	2. An	3. Karen C
4. Berit Synnøve	5. Hazel	6. Gerlinde
7. Lynda S	8. Lin	9. Merkkari
10. Desire Fourie	11. Wenche	12. Stephinka
13. yogi	14. Becky Spinks	15. Rosemary D
16. Mary*B birthdaycard	17. Randi Th.	18. Gro Tjeltveit
19. Kaija	20. Tracy MacDonald	21. Chupa
22. Lori	23. Stephanie G	24. Sissel F
25. Marie O	26. Melina	27. An2
28. Judy May	29. Maya	30. Gro Tjeltveit
31. Jac	32. Julie M	33. Katie Tate
34. Jennifer Scull	35. Mervi	36. Geraldine Andrade
37. Ria (age 15)	38. Pursuit of Stampiness	39. ScrappySandie
40. shirley l	41. Katharina	42. Erica Beth Cerwin
43. stef h	44. Liliana Inguanti	45. Carla Suto
46. Lesley Croghan	47. Carly B	48. Susan G
49. Gro Tjeltveit	50. Karin	51. Kristin
52. Nixe-Moni	53. Amy Lazzell	54. Erin G.
55. Lisa Minckler	56. pcbcarole	57. Tricia G

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Hip to Be Square Winner!

A big thanks to everyone who played along with our sketch challenge. It looks like it scared some people away, LOL, but those of you who played along seemed to really love it, which makes me beyond happy! It was tough to choose a winner, but in the end the Top Talent award goes to...

Amy Lazzell!

The mix of punches, images and textures on Amy's card is a showstopper. The buttons, pearls and twine add so much interest. She put a lot of detail into this sketch and her effort paid off! Congratulations, Amy!

It's not too late to join in our Valentine's recipe challenge - we've seen some lovely creations so far and we'd love to see more! We'll be back on Saturday with our new challenge so please come back again!

Love is in the Air - A Recipe Challenge (please read the challenge requirements and do not enter if your project does not meet them)

Good Morning! I hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start.  It's Sharon, from Designs by Sharon, and I will be your hostess this week.  Before we get started with a new challenge, let me extend our gratitude to all of you who played along with us in last week's challenge:  Hip to be Square brought to us by the talented Lori Rider.  Everyone did a fabulous job!

And don't forget, we are welcoming five new designers this week so please give a warm welcome to:

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

Now onto this week's challenge.  My goal for this challenge was to inspire you to create something romantic and beautiful for St. Valentine's Day.  So, here it is!  This week's challenge is entitled, ' Love is in the air'.  Make a St. Valentine's Day paper craft item (card, scrapbook page layout, 3-D item, or an altered item) using the colors Pink, Grey, and Kraft.  Now, I'm a girly-girl, so add some sparkle to your paper craft item (rhinestones, glitter, metal) anything that shines!  And don't forget to include a heart-shape.  Before you think these colors are a bit off, check out what these fabulously talented ladies have created!  Let us inspire you, to create the perfect Valentine!

Guest Designer - Noelle McAdams

Guest Designer - Marie at Ink'd Wings

 Sue Butler

Anita Houston

Meihsia Liu

Vicki Burdick~~It's a Stamp Thing

Irena Kowalczyk/Rudlis

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Everyone is welcome to play along. If you upload your card/project to SCS, please use the keyword OCCC. We do require that your project be a new project and not back-linked to a project made before this challenge started. Please be sure you link back to the OCC blog post in order to be eligible for our Top Talent award.  This challenge closes at 11:59 p.m.Eastern Time on February 10th.

1. Karin	2. Miesje	3. Cindy
4. Sandra	5. Janine B	6. Anna C
7. Liliana Inguanti	8. Stephinka	9. Lovely Linda
10. birgit	11. Alexis	12. bex
13. Lisette	14. Stephinka	15. Carol (Carol's Creations)
16. Margo	17. Kristin	18. Jenny Engelke
19. Gro Tjeltveit	20. Creative Journey - Christine	21. Rosemary D
22. Lezlie Sherman	23. Berit Synnøve	24. Sarah C
25. Joyce	26. Doreen O	27. Carla Suto
28. Kathy	29. Natalie	30. an
31. tinka	32. Biggi	33. Kelly

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