OCC Challenge - Happy Fall Y'all !!!!

Hello OCC friends! Thanks to all of you who stopped by and played along with us last week, all of your samples were so inspiring!!

Since Labor Day marked the end of summer, we thought we would challenge you to make a Fall/Autumn card this week. You can interpret this any way you like, but some ideas are to use fall colors like browns, oranges, and reds - you could also incorporate pumpkins, leaves, acorns, etc.

Before we show you this week's samples, we would like to announce the winner for the Stampin' Up! goodies. Congratulations to Julie S, please email us your addy so we can get your goodies out to you.

To start us out, here is our September hostess - Dana Grothaus sample:

Remember there is never a timelimit on our challenges - feel free to participate whenever you are able. To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery, then include a link to Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC

Now let's check out the rest of the samples from the OCC girls...

By Melissa Young - Stampin Fabulous

By Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

Cards for inside the bag:

By Joycelyn Turner ~ Stamps 'n' Coffee

By Cindyb mrsbscraftroom


By Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

By Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

by Loretta Lock - love to create

By Silke Ledlow - My Life

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

OCC Challenge - Inspiration Challenge

Hello OCC friends!! Thanks to all who played in last week's color challenge, your samples were beautiful ~ Thanks for your support and outstanding inspiration week after week!!

Before we start this week's challenge, we would like to announce that we are looking for a few girls to join the OCC Design Team. If you are interested in a spot, please leave your name in Mr. Linky and include DT after your name. You will have until August 20th to apply, we then will announce the NEW DT September 1st.

This week our August hostess, Loretta Lock, has challenged the OCC to an inspiration challenge. In rural communities, it’s almost time for harvest. There is no time limit on our challenges - feel free to 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 cards from the OCC design team…

By Loretta Lock - love to create



By Joycelyn Turner ~ Stamps 'n' Coffee



By Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio



By Silke Ledlow - My Life

By Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

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

Inspiration Challenge

It's Saturday and time for another OCC challenge!

Today's challenge is an inspiration challenge using this pretty cupcake from the Martha Stewart website.

You may be inspired to recreate the picture, but that isn't necessary ... get your inspiration from the colors, make a cupcake card, something with polka dots, a Christmas card with holly maybe, etc. Make the inspiration piece your own...and don't worry, no card is 'wrong'.

Be sure to leave a comment here on this post with the link to your card/project so we can see what you've done. If you're uploading to SCS, don't forget to include OCCC in the keywords.

We're very excited to have Taylor VanBruggen as our guest designer this week...after all, the inspiration piece DOES have a cupcake in it and we all know how much Taylor loves cupcakes! Here is her adorable sample, and what a cute sentiment...

...and here are the samples from the OCC girls:

By Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper




By Dawn Easton - Treasure Oiler Designz




By Julee Tilman - Poetic Artistry




By Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner




By Amy Sheffer - Pickled Paper Designs




By Lynda Benden - Stamp Act




By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs



Have a wonderful weekend,

OCC Inspiration Challenge

Hello OCC friends! We hope you've had a great week! The response to last week's sketch challenge was amazing, and we want to thank everyone who participated!

Before we announce this week's challenge, we want to congratulate Denise, aka luvthesea on SCS, winner of the $20 gift certificate to Mothers & Daughters Creations. Denise, please contact us at ourcreativecorner6@sbcglobal.net so we can hook you up with your prize! And thanks again, Tamara, for your generosity!

This week's challenge, brought to us by our July host, Jennifer Meyer, is an Inspiration Challenge, based on this gorgeous dining room:

There are no rules per se for the inspiration challenge. Take a look at the photo and head in whatever direction you feel led! It could be colors or shapes or patterns ... anything that stirs up your creative juices. It's always fun to see the different interpretations of inspiration pieces!! There is no time limit so feel free to participate whenever you are able. Be sure to include a link to your project in the comments section, so we can see your creation. And if you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword "OCCC" (Our Creative Corner Challenge).

Take a look at what the OCC designers have put together:

By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs




By Amy Sheffer - Pickled Paper Designs



By Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper



By Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner



By Dawn Easton - Treasure Oiler Designz



By Lynda Benden - Stamp Act




By Laurie Schmidlin - Just Give Me Stamps

























We look forward to seeing your creations! Thanks for visiting Our Creative Corner!