Inspiration Challenge - Journals by Monique Duval

Hello OCC friends!! Thanks to all who stopped by and played in last week's monochromatic challenge, your creations were amazing!!

Before we start this week's challenge we have a little announcement. Jennifer is releasing her Fall/Winter stamp line. The party will start on Monday, October 5th – Friday, October 9th. She will have a full week of samples, challenges and giveaways!! For more information, please visit the Stamps and Smiles Blog.

We would like to thank Dana Grothaus for the awesome line-up of challenges last month!! Woo Hoo!! Please help us welcome our October host, Lori Rider. Lori has challenged us this week to find inspiration in one or both of these journals by Monique Duval. The quotes alone are inspiring - we hope *you* are inspired to come and play along!

To start us out, here is Lori Rider’s card:

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. Remember, there are no time limits to our challenges. Feel free to play along whenever you're able. If you upload to SCS, use keyword: OCCC

Now let’s check out the rest of the samples from the OCC Design Team:

Melissa Young - Stampin' Fabulous

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Dana Grothaus - Dana's Dabbling Studio



Joycelyn Turner - Stamps 'n' Coffee

By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs



Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

By Loretta Lock - love to create



Silke Ledlow - My Life

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Cindy B mrsbscraftroom

OCC Challenge - Monochromatic Mania

Hey there OCC fans, so glad you are visiting Our Creative Corner today!! Thanks for stopping by last week and playing along, there were so many awesome entries for the color combo challenge - WOW!!

This week we are making monochromatic cards. You can incorporate as many colors of one shade onto your card/project. You may also use neutrals (White, Cream, Kraft, and Black). We are anxious to what you create!

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

Remember there is never a 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 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...

Joycelyn Turner ~ Stamps 'n' Coffee



Melissa Young - Stampin Fabulous

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie



By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

Cindy Burgess mrsbscraftroom

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper



Loretta Lock - love to create



Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

By Silke Ledlow - My Life

Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge

Hello OCC friends! Stamps and Smiles has a NEW sketch challenge posted every Thursday. Each week, one lucky participant will receive a fun goodie bag. We warmly invite you to play along, please use your favorite stamps and supplies.

OCC Challenge - A Yummy Color Combo

Hello! Welcome back to Our Creative Corner. We were delighted to have so many of you play along with us last week - your samples were so amazing and inspirational!!

Today we will be making cards inspired by the colors in the delicious picture below. The colors to use are light pink, hot pink, brown, and white. We can't wait to see what your delicious layouts!

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

Remember there is never a 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 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...

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Joycelyn Turner ~ Stamps 'n' Coffee



By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs


Melissa Young - Stampin Fabulous



Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

CindyB mrsbscraftroom

By Silke Ledlow - My Life

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