Our Creative Corner

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Our Creative Corner Challenge

Hello OCC friends!! Thanks to all those that stopped by and played along with us last week, your cards/projects were so pretty using the colors from our color challenge!!

Before we start with today’s challenge, we would like to invite you to our weekly sketch challenge. Every Thursday, we will post a NEW sketch. We warmly invite you to play along, feel free to use your favorite stamps and supplies.

This week our October host, Lori Rider, has a fun challenge for you to try. Create a card or a project inspired by your favorite holiday book or movie. We just want to see where your imagination takes you. Don't forget to share where you got your inspiration from! Here are some examples of books and movies to help inspire you:

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Heart of Darkness
Psycho, The Birds, any other Hitchcock
Beetlejuice
Where the Wild Things Are
Harry Potter
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Polar Express
Elf
Nutcracker
Christmas Story

Our October host, Lori Rider, will lead us off:

Melissa Young - Stampin Fabulous

Joycelyn Turner - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

Loretta Lock - love to create

Dana Grothaus- Dana's Dabbling Studio

by Cindy Burgess

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

By Silke Ledlow - My Life

By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Sketch Challenge SASSC37

Hello OCC friends!! It's time for our weekly sketch challenge "SASSC37" over at Stamps and Smiles. We warmly invite you to play along with us, feel free to use your favorite stamps and supplies!

This sample was created by Jennifer Meyer. She used a NEW stamp set by Stamps and Smiles called Tis the Season to be Jolly. Please stop by her Christmas blog for a chance to win this card.

There are 5 NEW stamp sets available at the Stamps and Smiles store - Save 15% if you buy the whole stamp bundle. See you on Saturday with another fun challenge and samples.

When you play along with us, please don't forget to post your name and your link with Mr. Linky so we can easily find you. To be eligible for the Stamps and Smiles goodie bag, please have your card/project uploaded no later then Wednesday at 6 pm CST.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Color Challenge

Hello OCC friends!! Welcome to another challenge here at Our Creative Corner! We want to thank all those that stopped by and played along with us last week sketch challenge. Wasn't that a fun one?

Before we start with the challenge, we would like to announce the winner for the Stamp and Smiles Giveaway. Congratulations to Vicki Dutcher. Please email us your address so we can get your goodies out to you.

This week the OCC has been challenged to a Color Challenge? Lori Rider has put together a great color combination for the fall: Blush Blossom, Sage Shadow, Handsome Hunter and Soft Suede - feel free to use colors that are similar.

Our October host, Lori Rider, leads off with the first of our color challenge samples:

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

By Joycelyn Turner-

Melissa Young - Stampin Fabulous

Dana Grothaus - Dana's Dabbling Studio

By Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

By Cindy Burgess

By Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

By Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

By Silke Ledlow - My Life

By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

Before we go, don’t forget to join us on Thursday over at the Stamps and Smiles blog for Jennifer’s weekly sketch challenge. Each week one lucky participant will win a Stamps and Smiles goodie bag.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Our Creative Corner - Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to Our Creative Corner! Thanks for all those that stopped by and played along with us last week, all of your samples using the Journals by Monique Duval were very inspirational!!

This week we have a fun giveaway!! Jennifer just released 5 NEW sets from her Fall/Winter stamp line from Stamps and Smiles. One lucky winner will receive a 25$ Gift Certificate to her store.

This week our October host, Lori Rider, has challenged the OCC to a sketch challenge. Here is here sample layout:

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 for the OCC…

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Melissa Young - Stampin Fabulous

Dana Grothaus - Dana's Dabbling Studio

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping
By Cindy Burgess

By Loretta Lock - love to create

By Silke Ledlow - My Life

By Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Saturday, October 3, 2009

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