Blog Hop Day & the Challenge...

Welcome back to the final day of New Release week for Our Craft Lounge & Blog Hop Day.  You should have come to my blog from the button above.   Today on the OCL Blog we have pictures of all the sets ~ I know your going to LOVE THEM so if you didn't start there, you'll probably want to head back and start at the beginning.  If you get lost along the way, no worries... just go back to the OCL Blog and there is a list of hoppers there {since things don't always work out as we plan...}

My card today uses the new set called A Little Witchy ~ can you say ADORABLE!!!  I love this set & the bright fun Halloween colors to go along with it on this great Echo Park pattern paper.  I also added some Punk Purple Sparkly Fluff to the spider to make him super fuzzy! 

You can also play along this week on our weekly challenge ~ it's ANYTHING GOES!  Gotta love that huh?

Make sure you leave some love along the way on the hop because there are prizes up for grabs & I know you won't want to miss out!   All of the details are on the OCL Blog {have you gotten the picture that you probably need to check in there first ~ LOL}.

Your next stop is.... Debbie Fisher's Blog ~ or if her post isn't up go to Kim Yu's Blog.

OCL Sneak Peeks... day #2

Welcome back to Day #2 of the Our Craft Lounge sneak peeks.  Today we are showing you projects with the rest of the new sets from this summer's CHA release.

The sets I am using are two of the new Crafty Cling Rubber Singles ~ Mr Frosty & Frosty Flakes (for the background & sentiment).  I also added some Sugar Sparkly Fluff to Mr Frosty.

Yesterday I mentioned that we have a brand new product ~ Crafty Cling Rubber Singles.  I know it's kind of hard to tell online on sizes of rubber stamps, so I took a picture of both sets that I used on my project today. 

There are lots of girls playing along today so check out the complete list on the OCL Blog.  AND... don't forget to leave some love along the way because we'll have blog candy to give away this week & all of your comments count!

OCL Sneak Peeks ... day #1

It's time for ... NEW STAMPS!!!!  Woohooo! 
That's always a great thing ~ don't you think? 

Today, Our Craft Lounge is sneak peeking half of the new sets from this summer's CHA release.  Not only that ~ but we have a brand new product! They are Crafty Cling Singles ~ red rubber mini sets!  Each little set has one large main image along with a few coordinating sentiments.   The images are nice and big and perfect for shading with Copics or paper piecing and they retail for around $9.95!  How great is that? 

My project today uses the great new Single called Fall Sunflower ~ and I LOVE IT!!!!  I added some Coffee Bean Brown Sparkly Fluff to the center of the flowers & I love how they turned out!

There are lots of girls playing along today so check out the complete list on the OCL Blog.  AND... don't forget to leave some love along the way because we'll have blog candy to give away this week & all of your comments count!

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Fall Sunflower)
Sparkly Fluff ~ Our Craft Lounge (Coffee Bean Brown)
Copic Markers
Ink ~ Palette
Nestabilities
Twine ~ May Arts

Quick & Easy ...

This weekend, I was browsing through the September issue of Cards Magazine for inspiration.  I saw a cute card using the pattern paper & alphabet stickers from the Echo Park kit called For the Record & thought I'd CASE it since I have tons of it.  My card turned out a bit different because I added some fun trim from May Arts and Maya Roads but I like the extra pop the trims add to the card.

Super simple and no stamping!  It's fun to change things up a bit some times.

Make sure you check back tomorrow ~ the sneak peeks and blog hop for Our Craft Lounge begin and I know you won't want to miss a single thing!  Here's a little peek-a-boo for you...

See you tomorrow...

Sweet Baby Girl...

WOW ~ Monday is already here!   When everyone is home all weekend and underfoot, sometimes it drives me crazy.  However, this past weekend everyone needed to have some down time after an insane first week of school.  Also, the weather here in Northern Indiana was gorgeous, so it was a lovely weekend of family time & now we are on to another insane week of events.  This new high school schedule is just nutso ~ so glad it won't be like this all year long.

I was peeking around in some folders on my computer this weekend and found a bunch of cards that I haven't shown you yet!  I even double checked my blog to make sure ~ so it's bonus time!  LOL!  This sweet little card is from the Circus, Circus set by Our Craft Lounge.  I colored my image with Copic markers and then added some Brown Sugar Sparkly Fluff to the dots on the sweet giraffe.

Hope you have a great first day of the week!  I've got lots of FUN things planned for this week, so make sure you check back.

my sweet blessings...

the first day of school...

 
and i have a freshman in high school
when did that happen?

and a 6th grader...

i blinked ... and they grew up

time is going way too fast

Whimsy on Saturday...

Whimsy & Stars Studios ~ Posie Fairy

OCL/May Arts Day #5... OCL DOT Challenge

I'm sad to say that Day #5 of the OCL/May Arts week is here and it's the last day for the Blog Hop. However, May Arts will still be showing projects through Monday & blog candy is still up for grabs!  Not only that, but make sure you come back next week because we will be having Sneak Peeks and a Blog Hop for OCL's new CHA release.  The fun just never stops does it?

OK ~ so on with the fun for today!  Not only are we still showing great OCL/May Arts projects, but it's also time for our Friday OCL Challenge.  This week our challenge is Clean & Simple with DOTS!  I adore Polka-Dots and they are everywhere right now!    Want to play along on the challenge too?  Well it's easy peasy!  Just make your card and add it to the OCL Blog anytime in the next week.  We have a new challenge posted each week and we can't wait to see what you come up with.

Here's my bright little project for today.  I used the adorable Sunshine Cheer set and added the pretty white lace trim and some sheer black/white polka-dot ribbon from May Arts. 

You'll want to check out the OCL Blog  because we have a list of  designers who have projects to share.   And the May Arts Blog has some great OCL sets up for grabs so don’t forget to leave some love everywhere each and every day!

Now for the blog candy details!!  May Arts sent us extra spools of YUMMY ribbon & we sent them some extra OCL Stamp sets to share with all of you!   WOOHOOO!  OCL will have 3 BIG prizes to give away at the end of the day today!    You still have lots of ways to enter + one BONUS entry!    

Each day, leave comments…

1.       1) on the OCL Blog,

2.       2) on each designer’s blog (from the list of those playing along that day), and

3.       3) on our Facebook page. 

BONUS ENTRY:   If you “LIKE” OCL on Facebook, you’ll get a bonus entry (as long as you tell us you did it).  

The winner will be announced on the OCL Blog & FB page next week.

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Sunshine Cheer)
Sparkly Fluff ~ Our Craft Lounge (Sugar)
Pattern Paper ~ Echo Park (Summer Days)
Ink ~ Palette
Copics (Y17, Y32, C1, R29)
May Arts ~ Lace Trim, Sheer Dot
Nestabilities ~ Blossom
Embossing Folder ~ Quickuts

OCL/May Arts Day #4 ... Pretty Trimmings

Here we are on day #4 of the OCL/May Arts week!  The week is winding down, but the project just keep coming.

My project today uses two great OCL sets ~ Dandy Days & Butterfly Kisses (for the text background).  I think they pair up perfectly with the cream crochet trim, the natural twine and the green velvet crochet trim by May Arts. 

You'll want to check out the OCL Blog  because we have a list of  designers who have projects to share.   And the May Arts Blog has some great OCL sets up for grabs so don’t forget to leave some love everywhere each and every day!

Here we go again with the blog candy details!!  May Arts sent us extra spools of YUMMY ribbon & we sent them some extra OCL Stamp sets to share with all of you!   WOOHOOO!  OCL will have 3 BIG prizes to give away this Friday, August 26th!    You have lots of ways to enter EVERY SINGLE DAY this week + one BONUS entry!    

Each day, leave comments…

1.       1) on the OCL Blog,

2.       2) on each designer’s blog (from the list of those playing along that day), and

3.       3) on our Facebook page. 

BONUS ENTRY:   If you “LIKE” OCL on Facebook, you’ll get a bonus entry (as long as you tell us you did it).  

Come on back tomorrow because I'll have another fabulous OCL/May Arts treasure to share with you & the new OCL Challenge for this week!

OCL/May Arts Day #3 ... Clean & Simple

Day #3 is here already!  Have you been hopping around the last few days?  It's been fun to see all the creativity our team has with the fabulous OCL images and May Arts ribbon paired up! 

My project today uses one of my favorite sets ~ Pretty Petals and the sentiment is from Big Birthday Wishes, another must have set!  I went super clean and simple today but I love how bright and bold the card turned out.  Then I added some Rockstar Red Sparkly Fluff to the flower centers so they would POP!   I used the pretty green gingham check ribbon from May Arts and just double wrapped it around the card ~ easy peasy and super pretty!

You'll want to check out the OCL Blog  because we have a list of  designers who have projects to share.   And the May Arts Blog has some great OCL sets up for grabs so don’t forget to leave some love everywhere each and every day!

Now for the blog candy details!!  May Arts sent us extra spools of YUMMY ribbon & we sent them some extra OCL Stamp sets to share with all of you!   WOOHOOO!  OCL will have 3 BIG prizes to give away this Friday, August 26th!    You have lots of ways to enter EVERY SINGLE DAY this week + one BONUS entry!    

Each day, leave comments…

1.       1) on the OCL Blog,

2.       2) on each designer’s blog (from the list of those playing along that day), and

3.       3) on our Facebook page. 

BONUS ENTRY:   If you “LIKE” OCL on Facebook, you’ll get a bonus entry (as long as you tell us you did it).  

Come on back tomorrow because I'll have another fabulous OCL/May Arts treasure to share with you!

OCL/May Arts Day #2 ... Perfect Little Posies

Welcome back to day #2 of our fun OCL/May Arts Week.  My project today uses two stamp sets by Our Craft Lounge ~ Say it with Flowers & Build-A-Bouquet.   I also used 3 of the fabulous ribbons May Arts sent us ~ Lace Trim, Red Polka-Dot Grosgrain, and a gorgeous sheer ribbon with Rosettes.  I trimmed a trio of sweet little rosettes from the ribbon and placed some stamped leaves under them.   The sentiment is a clear stamp so I attached it to my block in a curvy pattern ~ too fun!  The final touch was to add some sweet clear gems to the flowers and sentiment. 

You'll want to check out the OCL Blog & May Arts Blog because both blogs will have samples and list of  designers who have projects to share.   Don’t forget to leave some love everywhere each and every day because there will be lots of blog candy going on!

Now for the blog candy details!!  May Arts sent us extra spools of YUMMY ribbon & we sent them some extra OCL Stamp sets to share with all of you!   WOOHOOO!  OCL will have 3 BIG prizes to give away this Friday, August 26th!    You have lots of ways to enter EVERY SINGLE DAY this week + one BONUS entry!    

Each day, leave comments…

1.       1) on the OCL Blog,

2.       2) on each designer’s blog (from the list of those playing along that day), and

3.       3) on our Facebook page. 

BONUS ENTRY:   If you “LIKE” OCL on Facebook, you’ll get a bonus entry (as long as you tell us you did it).  

Come on back tomorrow because I'll have another fabulous OCL/May Arts treasure to share with you!

OCL & May Arts Team Up!

I am so happy to announce that this week Our Craft Lounge and May Arts are teaming up to show you some amazing products from both companies!   I've peeked at the projects by the OCL designers and "WOW"  is the word that comes to mind!  I know the projects by the May Arts designers will be equally impressive. 

My project for today uses a pretty set called Nature's Notes.  The set has been around for a long time, but it's actually the first time I've used it ~ and it won't be the last!  I stamped the background with Vanilla pigment ink and I heat embossed the butterfly and colored it with Copic Markers and then added some blue and green Pearl Ex.   I really love how this card turned out!  The May Arts products I used ~ blue crochet trim (361-58-34) and this cool natural jute (QW09).  

You'll want to check out the OCL Blog & May Arts Blog because both blogs will have samples and a list of designers who have projects to share as well.   Don’t forget to leave some love everywhere each and every day because there will be lots of blog candy flying around this week!

Thanks so much to Bethney and May Arts for sending our designers such FANTASTIC ribbons and trims to play with this week!

Now for the blog candy details!!  May Arts sent us extra spools of YUMMY ribbon & we sent them some extra OCL Stamp sets to share with all of you!   WOOHOOO!  OCL will have 3 BIG prizes to give away this Friday, August 26th!    You have lots of ways to enter EVERY SINGLE DAY this week + one BONUS entry!    

Each day, leave comments…

1.       1) on the OCL Blog,

2.       2) on each designer’s blog (from the list of those playing along that day), and

3.       3) on our Facebook page. 

BONUS ENTRY:   If you “LIKE” OCL on Facebook, you’ll get a bonus entry (as long as you tell us you did it).  

Come on back tomorrow because I'll have another fabulous OCL/May Arts treasure to share with you!

Supplies:
Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Nature's Notes)
Ribbon/Trim ~ May Arts (361-58-34 Blue Crochet Trim 5/8"; Natural Jute QW09)
Copics ~ BG10, BG72, BG75, YG17
Pearl Ex ~ Aqua Blue, Bright Blue, Green
Pigment Ink ~ Vanilla, Black
Embossing Powder ~ Clear
Gems ~ Kaiser (Clear - colored with BG72 Copic)
Nestabilities ~ Circle, Big Scallop Circle
Foam Dots

Just Because {13}...

a new one from my daughter...

 

Good Luck Shout Out!

Just a little Saturday Shout Out to you!

 

Shout it Out! by Our Craft Lounge