OCC ~ Black & White

Hello Everyone welcome to Saturday and another challenge from 'Our Creative Corner'. I hope your all having a wonderful weekend so far!


This week our May hostess Loretta Lock challenged us to make a Black & White card with the focal point being the text. Here is my creation, hop on over to the OCC to see what the other Design Team Members have created and be creative yourself!



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Stamps: Over the Hill (retired)
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper white, DSP (unknown)
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Black Satin Ribbon

OCC Challenge ~ Sketch

Hello Everyone and welcome to Saturday and another Challenge from 'Our Creative Corner'. This week our May hostess Loretta Lock is challenging us with this wonderful sketch. Hop on over to the OCC to check out what the other Design Team members have created and be inspired!


I just couldn't resist using another image from the Pure Innocence line. This cute little image is called Sunshinny Day. I was also inspired to use this week's ColourQ Challenge #33. I just love the way these colors came together!




If you stopped on over here earlier in the week, I will have to apologize for not posting anything all week. I have been fighting a cold and haven't had the energy to do much in the creative world.



Well off to a 10 mile family bike trip with my family and some of my brothers and their families. Hopefully I have enough energy to finish the trip!




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Stamps: Swirls & Blossoms bg(retired), Sunshinny Day (Pure Innocence)
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Kiwi Kiss, Soft Suede, Whisper White,
Ink: Black Pallette, Bermuda Bay, Summer Sun, Bashful Blue, Soft Suede, Blush Blossom,
Accessories: Blender Pen, White Chochet Flower, Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Button, Bermuda Bay Ribbon, Nestibilities Ovals.

OCC Challenge ~ Masculine Birthday

Hello everyone and welcome to Saturday and another Challenge from 'Our Creative Corner'. This week our May hostess, Loretta Lock is challenging us to create a masculine birthday card. I for one need to make more masculine cards, for some reason, I always seem to make more feminine cards than anything else! Anyways, here is my masculine birthday card for this week's challenge. Hop on over to the OCC and check out what the other design team members have created and be inspired to create your own Masculine card!




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Stamps: Card Games, Sincere Salutations.
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, JackPot DSP
Ink: Black Craft Ink,
Accessories: Ribbon Originals, Clear embossing powder, Silver brads, small corner rounder, Curly Label punch, Key Tag punch, Photo Corner punch.

Enjoy Every Moment

Hello everyone and welcome to Thursday!!

When I first started this card I had every intention on using this week's Curtain Call 29 Colors and the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 68. Well, I used the colors, but the sketch, didn't come so easy, in fact, I used only half of the sketch LOL! Oh well, I hope you like it any way!

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Stamps: Enjoy Every Moment

Paper: Tangerine Tango cs & dsp, Summer Sun, Bordering Blue, Whisper White

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Summer Sun

Accessories: White Crochet Flowers, Sherbet Designer buttons, Silver brad, Blue Grosgrain ribbon, Linen Thread

Anniversary Challenge with a twist

Hello Everyone and welcome to Saturday and another challenge from 'Our Creative Corner'.

This week our May hostess Loretta Lock is challenging us to create an anniversary card. Not just any old anniversary card, but one that is inspired by the recipient's specific year in mind. Feel free to use this link to Happy Anniversary.com and make a card based on either your anniversary or the anniversary year of another recipient. Or just pick your favorite anniversary gifts by year to inspire your card.

My card was inspired by the traditional 25th anniversary ~ Silver. Head on over to the OCC and check out what the other design team members have created and be inspired to create your own anniversary card!

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Stamps: No Stamps used on this card

Paper: Basic Gray textured CS & DSP, Going Gray textured CS

Ink: Going Gray

Accessories: XL Two-Step Bird punch, Silver HodgePodge Hardware, White Crochet Flowers, Pink Epoxy brads, Silver Organdy ribbon, Pop-up glue dots, sponge, Non- SU products ~ Nestibilities oval, Robin's Eggs.

Have a Blooming Good Day!

Hello Everyone and welcome to a quick, late Friday Night post!!



I couldn't resist using another image by Pure Innocence called 'Blooming Good Day'. I was also inspired to use this week's Curtain Call Color Challenge #28! Stop by Stacey's blog and check out her wonderful creations and while your there check out all the great cards made using this week's color challenge!




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Stamps: Swirls & Blossoms BG, 'Bloomin Good Day' by Pure Innocence.
Paper: Kraft, Not Quite Navy, Rose Red, Whisper White, Watercolor paper.
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Rose Red, Blush Blossom, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry, White Craft Ink, Noir Black Palette.
Accessories: Large Oval punch, Rose Red button, Linen Thread, Blender Pen, Nestibilities

Pure Innocence & Colour Q!

Hello everyone and welcome to Thursday! So sorry I've been a little quite this week but it's been another busy one!!

Today's card was inspired by this week's Colour Q Challenge and Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 67. When I saw the colors for this week's Colour Q Challenge I knew right away I wanted to use this cute image by Pure Innocence called 'My Umbrella'. I am in LOVE with these sweet little images! And of course I can always count on a great sketch by Karen and her Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges!!

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Stamps: 'My Umbrella' by Pure Innocence
Paper: Tempting Turquoise textured cs & dsp, Crushed Curry cs & dsp, Watercolor paper
Ink: Noir Black Palette, Brillant Blue, Certainly Celery, Crushed Curry, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Blush Blossom, Pink Pirouette.
Accessories: Blender Pen, White ~ Fleurettes II, Kiwi Corduroy buttons, Turquoise Ribbon, Pop-up Glue dots.

OCC Mother's Day Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to Saturday and another challenge from the OCC Design Team! Today is the first day of May and our hostess for this month over at Our Creative Corner is Loretta Lock from Love to Create . Loretta's Challenge for us this week is to make a Mother's Day card with no Flowers! Hmmmmm ..... here is what I came up with, what about you?

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Stamps: No stamps used on this card

Paper: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Whisper White, Regal Rose DSP, Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin'

Ink: Regal Rose

Accessories: Hodge Podge Hardware, Buttons, Linen Thread, Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, 'Flirty' Ribbon Originals, Nestibilites

Edit to post: I was asked about the hearts on this card, if they were a die or not. They are actually stickers from a Simply Scrappin' Scrapbook kit by Stamping Up!~ The Name of the kit is called 'Love Sparkles'. I placed each heart sticker onto a piece of whisper white cardstock and cut around each one of them as I did not want them to be 'sticky' on the back.