OCL Blog Hop Winner!

Happy day all!

It's time to pick the winner of the Our Craft Lounge blog hop Holiday Release stamp set!

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FibreJunky said...
This might be my favourite set so far. Thanks for the chance to win it!
Congrats FibreJunky!!

OCL Holiday Release Blog Hop!

Today is the day for the Our Craft Lounge
Holiday Release blog hop!! There will be 31 sets given away to 31 lucky winners. The sets go on sale today in your retail stores and online, the list of stores is on the OCL website under Find Us!

I'm giving away this new set called Fueled by Caffeine, I love the retro look of this set. Here's a look at the set you'll win if you're chosen...

Pretty cool, huh? Like I said I love the retro look, and the sentiments are perfect, love it!!
Supplies: Stamps - OCL Fueled by Caffeine. Paper - GP white, red cs, MME Penny Lane. Ink - Ranger Distress Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Copic markers. Acces. - ribbon, Heidi Swapp Ghost Shape heart (behind the button on the bow), brown twine from Walmart, button, brown brads, OCL Crafty Sparkles Coffee Bean (on the coffee in the cups), Glossy Accents (in the cups). Tools - Nestie Scalloped Rectangle, ticket corner punch, word window punch, sewing machine, Scor-Pal, paper distresser, blending tool.
Here's the dirt - go to the OCL blog and follow the links to the blogs that are in the hop and leave a comment. That's it, how easy is that?! Each blogger will be showcasing the stamp set you can win on her blog. The winners will be chosen Sunday Aug. 9 - PLEASE LEAVE YOUR NAME & EMAIL ADDY ON YOUR COMMENT, if you do not have a blogger account. If I can't contact you I'll have to pick another winner and we wouldn't want that to happen!

Have a happy OCL bloggin' day!

OCL sneak peek day 3 {Parka Penguins} & flowers

Here we are, our 3rd and final day of the
Our Craft Lounge sneak peeks!

Tomorrow the fun blog hoppin' begins. Don't forget to go to the OCL blog and follow all the links and comment for your chance to win one of the new Holiday Release sets. The bloggers will be featuring the set they will be giving away, I love a good giveaway, 31 sets = 31 winners, WOWOWOW!

My card today is from 2 new OCL sets Parka Penguins and Snowy Sayings another fave illustrated by Debbie Corbari and the sentiment set is perfect for the Christmas/Winter sets! I fell in love with these little sweeties as soon as I saw them! Wouldn't they make some sweet little tags for Christmas?!

I decided to make a pastel pink card to add to the sweetness factor. I added a flower I made from a strip of pink gingham fabric, you can see how I make them here.

Go on over to the OCL blog and check out the links for the other sneakers blogs, there are 10 more sets being peeked today, FUN!

Supplies: Stamps - OCL Parka Penguins. Paper - GP white, pink cs. Ink - Ranger Distress Black Soot, pink craft & Copic markers. Acces. - pink gingham flower, grungeboard snowflake, Sparkly Fluff Sugar (on parka hoods), Crafty Sparkles Ice Crystals (on Martha icicle punch border, snow drifts, snowflake), Acrylic Paint Dauber Pearl (painted the snowflake), crystal stickers (on sled), white organdy ribbon, Martha bakers twine (in buttons), pink eyelets. Tools - Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Tiny Bubbles, Mega Nesties Curved Rectangles, Scor-Pal, Martha border punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Crop-a-dile.

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I thought I'd show you some pink flower pic's since I'm focusing on pink today. They are called naked ladies or surprise lilies. They grow just foilage in the Spring and the foilage dies down and you think they are dead, then the next thing you know these pretty flowers pop up. No leaves or foilage on the stems. This is a picture of a clump of them in my flower bed.Here is a closeup of one of the blooms. It's just shimmering in the sun light, I hope you can see that!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

OCL sneak peek day 2! {Thankful Flourishes}

YIPPEE, here we are in day 2 of the Our Craft
Lounge sneak peeks!!

Today I'm showing you a card made with the new OCL stamp set Thankful Flourishes. Aren't the flowers pretty? I love working with flower stamps, it makes it so easy working with stamps you love! Wait until you see the whole set, you'll love it too!

Supplies: Stamps - OCL Thankful Flourishes. Paper - GP white, orange & red cs, MME Penny Lane. Ink - Ranger Distress Black Soot, Vintage Photo, Copic markers. Acces. - vintage buttons, May Arts ribbon, Martha Stewart heart crystal sticker. Tools - Martha Stewart lace border punch, blending tool, tracing wheel, Scor-Pal.

Make sure and check out the OCL blog for links to more peeks of this OCL release! Tomorrow is the last day of the sneak peeks and Thursday the blog hop begins!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

OCL sneak peek time day 1 {For-bitten}

It's that time again, Our Craft Lounge sneak
peeks! There are 31 sets coming out for the Holiday Release, I have to tell you this is the BEST release yet! Hold on to your witch hats and santa hats and penguin parka's and scarecrows, you're in for a ride!!

Have any of y'all ever heard of Twilight, the book series with the vampires and wolves?! This set, For-bitten, is based on the series. Illustrator Debbie Corbari really rocked this set! Halloween is my FAVE holiday for paper crafting, I like the candy too!

The stamps and sentiments are spot on, I L O V E it and if you love Twilight or

Halloween, no doubt, you'll be ordering this one!

I have 2 cards to share today, both using For-bitten by OCL. You can see some of the stamps in this set from these 2 cards, man, I had fun with them!
Supplies for both cards: Stamps - OCL For-bitten. Paper - GP white, red, black, sand, MME Just Dreamy 2, Cosmo Cricket Haunted, Junkitz Halloween Words. Ink - Ranger Distress Black Soot, Copic markers. Acces. - orange Dot Sparklers, Glossy Accents, Hero Arts black gems, clear button, stick pin, Crafty Sparkles Ice Crystals, Sparkly Fluff Eyeliner Black, May Arts gingham ribbon, black organdy ribbon, Prima flower, red heart stick pin, chipboard coaster. Tools - pinking shears, tracing wheel, circle & slit punches, Martha Stewart punch, Nesties Labels 4 & Mega Curved Rectangles, Cuttlebug heart die, black hemp, black eyelets, Scor-Pal, Crop-a-dile.

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Stay tuned, there will be 2 more days of sneak peeks and a blog hop with your chance to win a new OCL release set on every blog Aug. 6! The new sets will go on sale at stores and online Aug. 6 also!

OCL has a brand new blog!! Now you can keep up with OCL news and art! All of the sneaky peekers for this new release are listed on the blog, make sure you go check them all out, you'll be glad you did!

Have a great day, see you tamarrah!

OCL Flyin' Birthday candy box & tag

Good day people! I've got a candy box and tag to share.
I bought a box of Hot Tamales at Walmart and thought I would cover it and make a matching tag for a little boy's birthday. I used the Flyin' Birthday stamp set from Our Craft Lounge. This is such a cute set for little boys birthdays or big boys and girls congrats cards like I made here.
I stamped the images, cut them out and popped them up on the tag with dimensionals. I added a silver brad to the plane propeller and 2 at the bottom of the tag. I stamped the scarf colored it with a red Copic and glued on Crafty Sparkly Fluff in Rockstar Red, cut it out and popped it up.

Supplies: Stamps - OCL Flyin' Birthday. Paper - GP white, Cosmo Cricket Get Happy. Ink - Ranger Distress Black Soot, Copic markers. Acces. - box of Hot Tamales, Sparkly Fluff in Rock Star Red, Crafty Sparkles in Lemon Drop Yellow (candle flame), Glossy Accents, big silver eyelet, silver brads, red twill, brown twine from Walmart. Tools - Crop-a-dile, hole punch.
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My friends and fellow design team members are working and playing really hard at the Craft and Hobby Association in Florida! I wish I could be there, I know there are lots of smiles, hugs and oohing and ahhhing going around! I can't wait to hear all about it!!

New Crafty Secrets Postcard Kits!

Hi all! It's Halloween in July

The Crafty Secrets DT got the go ahead from Sandy
Redburn to show sneak peeks of the new Vintage Postcard Kits that will debut at CHA! I can't wait for y'all to see them, they are FUN with so many possibilities! I used the Halloween kit to make a banner. The kits come with images, a stamp set and chipboard postcards and small chipboard pieces you can use.

I used paper from an old record book for my background paper and stamped them with some of the stamps that come with the Halloween Kit and colored them in with Copics.
I glittered up a chipboard b for the first banner piece and the big black buttons are the o's, it spells out boo!

I cut out some of the images and glued them on the chipboard.

Check out the Crafty Secrets blog to hear about all the new kits, there are 4 of them coming out and 4 coming out later. Sandy is having a give away, make sure you go to the blog and leave a comment for your chance to win! You can see more of the DT creations too!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Remember my toothache? Well, I went to the dreaded dentist (I really like everyone there, they baby me, cause I am a real baby when it comes to dental work) and I have to have TWO root canals, that's right, TWO! ugh. I'm just terrified about that, I've heard horror stories about root canals. But, my tooth is hurting so bad, it's just unreal. Thank goodness for pain meds. I'll be so glad when it's all over with!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I hope you have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

New Crafty Secrets Thanksgiving set!

Hi there people. I'm in SO MUCH PAIN. I've got a major toothache, my first one ever. I've got a dentist appt. in the morning. I HATE going to the dentist , that's probably why I have a toothache. ugh...
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I thought I'd show you a sneak peek of the Crafty Secrets Thanksgiving set that will debut at CHA in Florida! It's a large set with some sweeeeet stamps in it! I can't wait for you Crafty fans to see it, I know you'll love it!

Sandy, Lisa & Vicki are busy, busy, busy gettin' ready to knock your socks off with Crafty Secrets product! If you're going to CHA make sure you stop by and see them!



Supplies: Stamps - CS Thanksgiving. Paper - CS Pastel Paper Pad GP white. Ink - Ranger Distress Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo, Copics. Acces. - CS Sweet Chips Die Cut Shapes, ribbon, vintage lace, lace flower, heart charm, Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist, Kaiser Pearls, button, cotton string, Prima flowers. Tools - Nestie Mega Curved Rectangles, Martha Stewart lace punch, needle & thread (for sewing on the charm), sewing machine, blending tool, Big Shot.

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Here's a picture of my pin cushion collection. I have all kinds of pins too from straight pins to hat pins to decorative pins.
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Well, please say a prayer for me, geeez, I hate the dentist....

Have a super day, thanks for stopping by!

Flyin' Birthday - OCL July sketch challenge

It's time for the July sketch challenge over at
Our Craft Lounge! WOOHOO!
Here's the details on how to play along....
Winner will receive one stamp set of your choice from Our Craft Lounge!

Guidelines and Rules• Follow the sketch (you may do whatever inspires you, but it has to be based on the sketch).• Use any OCL stamps/set that you wish.• Leave a link on this thread.
Dates and Deadlines: You have until July 25th (midnight Pacific Standard Time) to share your creations and be entered in the contest.
A winner will be chosen and posted on this thread on July 26th at 5pm PST.


Here is the sketch:













I used the OCL set Flyin' Birthday for a congrats card. I made a few changes to the sketch, I made an A2 instead of a square card and I used 3 embellishments along the bottom instead of 5.

I hope you can play along, you have almost a month!

Supplies: Stamps - OCL Flyin' Birthday. Paper - SU! Chocolate Chip, GP white, Cosmo Cricket Get Happy. Ink - Ranger Distress Black Soot, Walnut Stain, SU! Chocolate Chip marker, Copics. Acces. - brown brads, ribbon, brown twine (Wal-Mart),
Crafty Sparkles Ice Crystals, button. Tools - blending tool, Scor-Pal, Nestie classic scalloped rect. (lg), Marvy small scalloped punch, sewing machine, Big Shot.
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I hope you have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Secrets challenge time!

The Crafty Secrets DT girls are doing another challenge, we're all doing a tutorial for you! I decided to do a tutorial on the lace flower embellishments I've been using a lot lately. I put this one on top of an altered recipe box, it's on the handle of the box.

Here are the supplies I used: lace (this is from a flea market), white cotton string, ribbon, needle & thread, vintage button, E6000 (or other strong adhesive), silver spoon (another flea market find). Here is a before picture of the vintage file box, it's bigger than a regular recipe box, it holds the big index cards. My mom had this and I snatched it up!
For the lace flower, cut your lace 5 - 6", wide lace needs to be longer for the flower to gather nicely. Do a running stitch along the edge of the lace gathering it up as you go.
When you get to the end pull the thread and gather the lace, pulling as hard as you can with out breaking the thread. I use quilting thread, it's strong.Line up the 2 ends and stitch together, knot it and cut the thread.
Tie a bow in your ribbon and glue it on top of the lace flower. Thread the string through the button and tie it in a bow on the back of the button, glue that on top of the ribbon. I let this dry over night.I bent the spoon to form more of a handle and glued my lace flower embellishment on the spoon.
Here is a closeup of the button, I love the cut-outs in it!


I glued the spoon handle on top of the recipe box.

I covered the box with paper from the CS Radiant Paper Pad, I used Mod Podge to glue the paper on. I used the Crafty Secrets Creative Scraps (Garden, Domestic Goddess & Girlfriends), Tim Holtz style, using his Fragments. I glued a Fragment on the part of a Creative Scrap I wanted to use with Glossy Accents, let that dry, cut around the Fragment and glued it on the box lid. I put a Tim Holtz Keyhole in the center of the lid.

I used more Creative Scraps on the box, I mounted them on black card stock before I glued them on.
I threaded the buttons with the cotton thread and glued them on the box.I love the look of the Creative Scraps used this way!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Make sure you check out the other DT blogs below, they have some great tutorials to show you and Heidi has a give-away going on too!!

Anna Wight
Heidi Blankenship
Linda Duke
Lisa Zappa
Marisa Grossman
Melissa Phillips
Michele Kovack
Michelle VanEtten
Vicki Chrisman
Vivian Peters

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