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Saturday, February 7, 2009

OCC - Inspiration Challenge

Hello and Welcome to Our Creative Corner!! First a big thank you to all who played in last week’s Crazy for Hearts challenge – we love when you play along with us!!

A big thanks to our January host, Jennifer Meyer. Today, we introduce our February host, Laurie Schmidlin. Laurie is challenging us to an Inspiration Challenge. All you have to do is pick your favorite embellishment (ribbon, hardware, charms, flowers, etc.) and create your whole card around it! How easy is that?!?!? When you are ready to play along, simply link your card below using Mister Linky so we can all see your beautiful creation! If you upload to SCS, don't forget to include OCCC in the keywords.

Notice anything NEW? Our Creative Corner has invited Lori Boyd to join the OCC. Please join us in welcoming Lori!!

Before we show you the OCC designers' samples, we'd like to introduce and welcome our guest designer for the week, Gabriela Divine of Gabi with an Eye. Thank you SO much Gabriela for playing along with us this week! Here is Gabriela’ BEAUTIFUL card!!




Need some inspiration, check out the samples made by the OCC team members!


By Cindy Haffner -Cindy Haffner's Corner




By Dawn Easton - Treasure Oiler Designz




By Lori Boyd - By LORi Designs




By Amy Sheffer - Pickled Paper Designs




By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs




By Silke Ledlow - My Life




By Lynda Benden ~ Stamp Act




By Julee Tilman ~ Poetic Artistry




By Kim Teasdale - Paper in the Works




By Jackie Pedro ~ The Scalloped Edge



Laurie Schmidlin - Just Give Me Stamps





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48 comments:

  1. KimberleyFebruary 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    Great cards by the design team - as ever.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM

    Laurie and Jennifer - I still can't believe you chose me, little ol' me, to be featured as your guest designer. My card looks so much better on your blog than mine. Thanks so much for the privilege and honor!

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  3. SueFebruary 7, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    Great examples by the DT! It's interesting to see what inspires each of us.

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  4. Stef HFebruary 7, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    I love flowers & glitter and this sticker had both. After looking at all these beautiful samples, I'm almost embarrassed to submit mine!!! - ONLY kidding. Hey, I won't get better if I don't try!

    Thanks for another great challenge and THANK YOU ladies for the fabulous inspirations!

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    Happy Saturday Ladies!! WOWIE, all of today's samples are just beautiful! I love seeing all the different variety wrapped around one theme. Nice job!!!!!!

    Have a great week ahead!
    Wendy

    PS. A huge Congrats to Gabriela for being this week's Guest Designer! I loved your rooster card! :)

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  6. The Pink ElephantFebruary 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM

    Fantastic Cards Girls!!!

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  7. HeatherFebruary 7, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    Wonderful cards ladies! I used glitter as my fav embellishment for my card this week.

    Heather :)

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  8. BakinghandzFebruary 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM

    hi, i loved flowers, and used some to dress up the bird too :-) thanks for looking. Amy Sammy

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  9. BakinghandzFebruary 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM

    hi, i loved flowers, and used some to dress up the bird too :-) thanks for looking. Amy Sammy

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  10. LindaFebruary 8, 2009 at 12:41 AM

    Loved the DT cards! Wow, all are terrific! I know why you are on the DT :-). Thanks for the challenge.

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  11. UnknownFebruary 8, 2009 at 3:38 AM

    OMG! You guys are the best!! All the samples are just dead gorgeous!!!
    Laurie, thank you for the great challenge.

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  12. ElenaFebruary 8, 2009 at 4:21 AM

    Laurie, thank you for the great challenge! I love all of the DT cards!!! They are so beautiful and inspirational!

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM

    Thanks for the great challenge! Finally I was challenged to use some of my buttons...
    Love your DT samplers!

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  14. BarbaraFebruary 8, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    Fun challenge, and I love all your samples, ladies!! Thanks!

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  15. TerriFebruary 8, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Beautiful cards, girls...it is so much fun to see what it is exactly, that inspires us to create! Thanks for letting me play along!

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  16. Marja SchFebruary 8, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    Thanks for the lovely challenge. I love ribbon. Hope you like my card. Gr Marja

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  17. Donna BakerFebruary 8, 2009 at 6:03 PM

    beautiful cards, welcome to Laurie! I got this really pretty ribbon at Hobby Lobby this week that was perfect for this challenge!!

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  18. Jenny GroppFebruary 8, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    The cards this week are so pretty! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  19. BigganFebruary 8, 2009 at 10:24 PM

    Thanks for a great challenge! Your cards are lovely! I´ve added mine!

    Birgit/Biggan

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  20. LindaFebruary 8, 2009 at 11:50 PM

    What a wonderful variety from the DT! I was inspired by them!

    Here's what inspires me: ribbon, brads, pearls, anything that makes the card beautiful!

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  21. TerriFebruary 9, 2009 at 7:42 AM

    Beautiful cards & I think Lori is a great addition to your wonderful team!

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  22. RiinaFebruary 9, 2009 at 4:45 PM

    Lovely cards this week!

    Mine favorite embellishment is retro flower in different sizes.

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  23. Sue McMahonFebruary 9, 2009 at 4:57 PM

    Hi! This is my first OCC card entry. This is a great challenge! I love seeing everyone's favorite embellishments! All of the cards are very pretty! Great job ladies!

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  24. ~Lori RoopFebruary 9, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    Congrats Gabriela!! How exciting for you!!

    Great cards ladies! Here's MINE

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  25. ~Lori RoopFebruary 9, 2009 at 9:27 PM

    Sorry, for posting the link in my comment! Duh!! I don't know what I was thinking!!

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  26. Carla S.February 9, 2009 at 9:39 PM

    Thanks for the fun challenge, Laurie! The DT samples are fantastic! Thanks for the inspiration!
    Carla

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  27. ScrappyKyFebruary 9, 2009 at 11:41 PM

    Thanks for the challenge! I love seeing everyone's examples! I posted a link to my contribution too.

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  28. DeniseFebruary 10, 2009 at 4:16 AM

    Thanks for the challenge Ladies, and as always~ beautiful, beautiful samples!

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  29. ChrissieFebruary 10, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    I love to do triple embossing and I combined this challenge with the sketch from Tag You're it.
    By the way I love using Mr Linky. It makes it so much easier to view other Bloggers' creations!
    Thank you for incorporating this facility
    Chrissie

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  30. CraftyCFebruary 10, 2009 at 11:37 AM

    Have made a stamped image folder, used Mr Linky and added it to my blog!
    Thanks
    Clairexx

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  31. UnknownFebruary 10, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    i LOVE embellies - so this was easy!! i posted my linky!

    fabby stuff by the DT girls as always!!

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  32. Chris Olsen, GlowbugFebruary 10, 2009 at 4:48 PM

    Thanks so much for this Inspiration Challenge Laurie!!! It was so much fun using my favorite embellishment.

    Love all the designs from the DT!!

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  33. GirlsinthecraftFebruary 10, 2009 at 9:51 PM

    Here's my second week entry. I am having a blast with this. Thanks, Deanna
    http://girlsinthecraft.blogspot.com/search/label/Here%27s%20mine

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  34. Sandra MacLeanFebruary 11, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    Thanks so much for a great challenge! All your samples are devine! My inspiration and favorite embellishment is ribbon. I posted a link to my card...#51.

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  35. Wanda CullenFebruary 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    Great challenge, Laurie! Had fun designing a card around a chipboard tulip that I've been hoarding. As always, the design team has given us some gorgeous creations to admire!

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  36. Stamp and SmileFebruary 12, 2009 at 3:15 AM

    Super fun challenge this week!!! I pulled out my metal hardware and silver pearls that I fell in LOVE with recently!! Really some FABULOUS cards I'm seeing with this week’s challenge... Smiles!! :)

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  37. AnnieFebruary 12, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    The DT work just takes my breadth away - such beautiful cards.

    Ann xxx

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  38. TanyaFebruary 13, 2009 at 1:32 AM

    What a smart idea! :)
    The samples are all stunning! You guys are awesome!

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  39. Lorraine AFebruary 13, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    Lovely DT cards and fab theme too :-) You can see my card here
    Lorraine

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  40. GretchenFebruary 13, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Beautiful examples!!nWhat fun challenge- I couldn't decide what to use so I made a couple cards!

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  41. Ann WhitfieldFebruary 13, 2009 at 5:36 PM

    Great challenge and gorgeous DT cards

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  42. Deborah MarchFebruary 13, 2009 at 10:49 PM

    Well, it's nearly time for a new challenge, but since I just found your blog, I decided to post mine too. The designers' samples are absolutely OUTSTANDING!! Thanks so much for the inspiration! I'll be back tomorrow for sure!

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  43. Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkieFebruary 14, 2009 at 4:50 AM

    My new fav embellie is Tim Holtz crackle paint. Thanks for a great challenge and congrats to everyone who played on their beautiful work!

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  44. Dori SheltonFebruary 14, 2009 at 5:11 PM

    Just posted mine. Be sure to scroll down a bit if you take a look at it because it's actually towards the bottom of the post.

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  45. Fonda @Southern ScrapsFebruary 14, 2009 at 7:09 PM

    Late, I know. I just posted mine. Fun challenge.

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  46. CarolFebruary 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    Yup, I'm running a few weeks behind, ;0). Love to look at the DT cards!

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  47. Rachel HopeFebruary 23, 2009 at 2:19 PM

    Fun challenge!!! I added a tag to this little Memory Game Tin I made...

    http://hopestampseternal.blogspot.com/2009/02/memory-game.html

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  48. UnknownFebruary 28, 2009 at 10:15 AM

    hi! thanks for encouraging me to pull out my tags!!!

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