Wonderful Windows

Hi paper people! Its Holly again and I'm excited to share my second challenge with you this week - windows!

When I first started papercrafting, I bought a few dies and had a blast cutting out shapes from my patterned papers but when I started cutting them from my card bases and making windows, I was in heaven! I really like windowed cards because you don't see them a lot in the ones you get at the store. They are so fun and a really quick way to create some dimension to your cards.

So heere's your challenge - make a papercraft that uses a window as its focal point. Cut it out however you wish - with a die, trim it with scissors or use a craft knife - whatever you want!

Check out what the Our Creative Corner designers have cut up this week to inspire you!

Guest Designer - Patti Painter

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps & Scraps

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

 

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

It's a Stamp Thing!

Krisitn TIerney - LilyBeth Boutique

and

Jennifer Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Holly Kean - Kean On Paper

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Neutrals with a POP Color Challenge Winner

Good Morning Peeps, I hope you all are busy creating with this week's challenge STAMP HAPPY. I am popping in with a quick post to announce the winner of last week's color challenge, Neutrals with a POP. There was so many amazing entries it was really a tough decision, but we finally decided to award the Top Talent Susan Roberts (rainy) from Rainy Day Creations for this beautiful creation:

Congratulations Susan! 

We all loved her design, the great texture, how she used the colors and of course her fabulous coloring on that sweet image!

Please feel free to grab the Top Talent badge from our sidebar and display it on your blog. We'll be in touch with you shortly to arrange a guest designer spot with us for an upcoming challenge.

Stamp Happy

Happy Saturday!

Holly here, as your hostess this week. I am so thrilled to be hosting my very first challenge on Our Creative Corner and actually my first challenge - ever! I really enjoy the OCC blog because I think the challenges they (and now we) post each week are fun, interesting and truly a challenge. I get to work with graphic designers in my professional life and meeting a great challenge on with creativity is right up my alley!

I've always admired those who can see beyond a pattern on paper to turn it into a base or focal point for their paper project. So as my first challenge, I'm inviting you to dig up your patterned papers and get inky by stamping right on them to create something totally new and different. Imagine the dramatic background a simple damask stamp on a stripped designer paper could create! Or grab a cute image stamp and your favorite patterned paper to make a never-been-seen-before focal point for your card!
Take a look at what the design team and guest designer have whipped up with this week's challenge:

Guest Designer - Makiko Jones

Holly Kean - Kean on Paper

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Jennifer Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Kristin Tierney - LilyBeth Boutique

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps

Vicki Burdick- It's A Stamp Thing!

Anne Marie Hile- Stampin' Anne

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Let's Get Sketchy Winner!

Good Morning Peeps, I hope you all are enjoying playing with our Neutrals with a POP Color Challenge this week. I am just popping in here quickly to announce the winner of our Let's Get Sketchy Challenge.  We have decided to award the Top Talent for that challenge to Carla Suto from Carla's Stamping Studio for this beautiful entry:

Congratulations Carla! We all just feel in love with this vintage/shabby chic creation. The attention to detail is fabulous. We loved the stitching and the colors are beautiful. We also loved the bow, doily and pretty pearls. Please feel free to grab the Top Talent badge from our sidebar and display it on your blog. We'll be in touch with you shortly to arrange a guest designer spot with us for an upcoming challenge.

Neutrals with a POP Color Challenge

Hello Peeps, I'm so glad you're joining us again this week at Our Creative Corner! Thank you to everyone who played along with the sketch challenge last week, your creations are amazing! We will be announcing the winner on Wednesday, in the mean time we have a new challenge for you, A Color Challenge. I call it a "Neutral Challenge with a POP"! But just not any neutrals and not just any Pop of color.

This color challenge is to use Basic Gray, Basic Black and the POP is Real Red, of course you can add in white or vanilla.

Let's check out what the design team and guest designer has created with these colors:

Guest Designer-Wendy Aungst

Vicki Burdick-It's A Stamp Thing

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Holly Kean - Kean on Paper

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps

Jennifer Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Kristin Tierney - LilyBeth Boutique

Fun With Fruit Winner!

Are you all busy creating for our current challenge?  Click here to check it out.  Meanwhile, I have picked the winner for last weeks Fun With Fruit challenge!  I have to say, there were some real cute ones out there, but I have to declare Malissa the winner!

This card has great balance and is simple with perfect details.  I loved the ruler ribbon and the subtle embossed texture of the kraft paper.  But the kicker is the way she tilted the main image.  It's nothing big, but it made a big impact.  Great job Malissa!