OCL at CHA!

I'm back from the Chicago CHA show and thought I would show you some pictures of what I was up to all week long.

Here is the focus of the beautiful pink and orange booth ~ let me tell you, this booth just POPS right out to everyone as they walk by!

Our fun pink fridge and the Sparkly Fluff display get lots of looks. BTW ~ we have SIX new colors of Sparkly Fluff coming out soon along with 24 new stamp sets!!!!

The gorgeous samples from our wonderful Design Team are always the hit of the booth!

So many gorgeous things to look at that you can hardly take it all in with one visit!

Joy Kennedy (OCL General Manager), Mama (Joy's mom), and Michelle Yager all say hello on day #2 of the show.

Kimberly McCausland (the OCL Sales Manager) does a Make and Take with Deb Felts.

The show is over and my BFF Roomie, Cindy Lawrence, takes a break while we wait for the wood crates to arrive.

Joy, Cindy, Deb, and Kimberly & I all took a break while we waited to load everything up. Joy even got her iPad out so we could watch a few episodes of Glee!

The week was a blast ~ but very exhausting! I'll have some product pictures and more photos of friends over the next few days.

A Day at the Beach

Treasured Friends by Our Craft Lounge

I'm back from CHA and will have some pictures to share this week, but I'm still getting back into the swing of things today. Once I get things organized and unpacked, I'll post some CHA reports.

Have a great day!

Goofy Little Monster

Lots of dots on this little guy! I used the Little Monsters Sixlet set by Lizzie Anne Designs for this fun card.

OCL Sketch Challenge #24

Sorry ~ I should have given you some warning to put your shades on for this one! Today's sketch features the OCL set Flower Power! Dont' forget to play along and link your post to the OCL Blog so you have a chance to win!

Supplies from i{heart}papers: Stamps ~ OCL (Flower Power); Ink ~ Palette; Copic Markers (YR18, G07, RV17, V17); Nestabilities.

Baby Bee

I found this PERFECT paper from American Crafts to use for this card ~ love it! The layout was inspired by Joslyn from the Lizzie Anne Team ~ she always has such great layouts and beautiful techniques. I used the sweet bee from the Great Expectations Sixlet set by Lizzie Anne Designs.

Class Cards

Today I have some sweet and simple cards that I made for a Sparkly Fluff class at our local scrapbook store. I used the Tweet Thang set by Our Craft Lounge. I used Real Juicy Orange Sparkly Fluff on both cards and then fluffed the brads on the second card with Lemon Drop.

Lizzie Anne Project of the Month!

While I'm gone, I wanted to show you this fun project I made for the Lizzie Anne Designs Project of the Month. It's a clear card using this fun clear sheet from KI Memories.

Instructions:

1) Trim plastic sheet 4 1/2" x 12" and score at 6" for your card base. Round corners if desired
2) Stamp image in black ink and color. Add clear glitter to the clouds & yellow glitter to the sun.
3) Cut Nestibility shapes and embossing design with embossing folder. Attach to card base with strong adhesive.
4) Tie ribbon through button holes and attach to the corner of the image with glue dots.
5) Since the plastic sheet is transparent, you will need to add the same shape to the left side inside of the card to cover up any adhesive from the image on the front. Stamp some images and attach with strong adhesive.
6) Finish off the card with another piece of cardstock - be careful that the image is smaller or placed exactly in the same spot so you can't see it when the card is closed. Stamp a sentiment and leave room to write your greeting.

Supplies Used:
Stamps ~ Turn Toward the Sun - August '10 Monthly Mix; Supplies ~ Clear Plastic Starburst Sheet - KI Memories Sheer Delights; Ink ~ Palette, Copics; Clear Glitter; Button ~ Foof-a-la; Ribbon ~ May Arts; Nestabilties

Time for some BBQing...

This cute store display card I made uses two fun sets by Our Craft Lounge ~ Life is a Picnic & Bring on the BBQ . I also used a little bit of 24 Kt Gold Sparkly Fluff on the corn and some Appletini Sparkly Fluff on the grass to make the image pop!

I'm off to CHA today ~ can't wait to share all the fun new things with you. But don't worry, I have posts scheduled all week.

Enjoy!

Stamps by Lizzie Anne Designs ~ Brilliant Blooms Sixlet Set

Enjoy your Sunday!

Happy, Happy, Happy...birthday!

No chit chat today ~ working away on CHA projects. Just wanted to share this project using my Say It Big set by Our Craft Lounge. Have a great day!

OCL Sketch Challenge #23

I'm going a little outside of my safe zone today with this card. I am not much a silhoutte girl ~ I like them, but I can't always do them. So for today's sketch I tried it ~ and felt pretty OK about the result. I used two OCL sets today ~ Fishing with Dad & Vintage Swirls for the background. This card is in honor of my dad today because it's his birthday! Happy Birthday Dad!

Today's sketch is based on one of my cards ~ here is my original (which is much more my style). This card is somewhere on my blog, but after spending 10 minutes hunting for it, I just decided to put up the picture. I used the very popular set Out for a Spin on my original card.

So go take a peek at the sketch on the OCL Blog and see what you come up with this week.

Wanna come LOUNGE with us?

Hey Peeps ~ welcome to another Thursday! Are you heading to Chicago for CHA next week? Well if you do, make sure you stop by the OCL booth (#2020) to say hello! In fact, the cute little bar and stool in my card today will look very familar to you if you do stop by. These images are from the set called Live, Laugh, Lounge and they match our CHA booth exactly!

I had lots of fun playing with new sets yesterday and can't wait to show you all the 3D projects I made! Soon girls, very soon!

Turn Toward the Sun!

That's the name of this month's edition of the Monthly Mix by Lizzie Anne Designs. My card for today is a super simple and very FAST card. I simply stamped the image on my yellow pattern paper and trimmed it to fit inside the scalloped Nestability. Both pattern papers are by October Afternoon (Thrift Shop & Fly a Kite).

IHP Challenge Day!

It's time to USE IT UP! Kate has a HUGE stash of 12x12 pattern paper just dying to be played with and it's all on sale! So our design team challenge this month was to use some of those gorgeous papers. I think I used 7 different papers on this scrapbook page. All of the papers came from some fun kits Kate has by My Mind's Eye ~ Hello Beautiful & Isn't She Lovely. Then I added some buttons and added some Hero Arts gems ~ just so they weren't naked!

Here's a list of the DT girls so you can see what they came up with this month!

Carolyn
Cathleen
Deb
Gretchen
Kendra
Loretta
Lori
Lynn
Megan
Tracy
Kate