"iris garden" - 5 new articles
OCL Blog Hop Winner... and the winner of the Our Craft Lounge Out for a Spin stamp set is..... ~~~~~~~~~~
MaGoooo said... Oh my most Fav bike that I ever rode was the tandem that DH and I rode on our honeymoon!!! LOVE this set!!! ADORABLE card PIRIS!! November 20, 2009 10:12 AM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'll be contacting you Miss Magooooooo!!
   OCL Blog Hop ~ Valentine Release!Oh man, what fun this is going to be! There are 13 new OCL stamp sets that are being released and 1 of each of those sets is going to be given away. I'll tell ya how to have a chance to win this set below...  This is the set I'm giving away, Out for a Spin!, illustrated by Debbie Corbari Don't you just love this set? Bicycles are so popular in art right now and this is so fun, it has the cutest little stamps you can put on the bike handle bars and behind the seat. The sentiments make this set perfect for Valentines Day, birthdays and just a friend or thinking of you card!
I have 2 cards to share today, here's the 1st...
The papers I used on this card are MME Ooh LaLa, I love these papers, fun colors! I inked up the little Prima flowers with Copic markers to match the paper. I put pearls in the center of each flower. I put a large silver eyelet in the bike wheel.
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 Again, I put a large silver eyelet in the front wheel. Everything is colored with Copic markers of course! The papers are the yummy Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Mini Deck.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OK, here's what you need to do ~ comment on this post and tell me about your fave bicycle! PLEASE, leave your contact email on your post so I can contact you if you're the winner! Mine was a blue bike with a cool banana seat, perfect for toting my best friend on, oh yeah! Later on I had a 10 speed, that was stolen right out of our garage......pffffft. Go check out the other teams posts and get 12 more chances to win one of the Valentine Release sets! Commenting will end tonight Friday, November 20th at 11:00pm central time. Don't miss out! Then you can hop on over to eclecticPaperie to purchase your fave sets! Cindy, Kisa, Heather, Deb, Kendra, Lila, Vicki, Carol, Charmaine, Holly, Amber, Beth, Cami, Joy, Val, Broni, Beate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have a great day!
 Our Craft Lounge Sneak Peeks ~ Day 2Good Thursday Morning
 It's day 2 of the OCL sneak peeks for the Valentine release, I love sneak peeks, cuz I know there are fun things to come!!
The card I'm sharing today I made with the new St. Patricks set Shamrock Blessings. I love this sentiment, it's perfect for someone you want blessed on St. Patricks day.  This is a close-up of the lace flower embellishment I made. The center of the Prima flower is a clover punched, glittered up with Crafty Sparkles Irish Green and mounted on another circle punched piece of brown card stock. I covered it with Glossy Accents, when it was almost dry I stuck a clear gem in the center. I  Cosmo Cricket and this paper is perfect for a St. Patricks Day card, it's from the Earth Love Mini Deck. I love these colors Cosmo Cricket came up with!
 I remember when I was little me and my friends would make jewelry with these clover blooms. We would sit in the yard, pick them and we would split the stem and string them together to make necklaces and bracelets. This is what drew me to this set, I love these kinds of memories. Did you make clover bloom jewerly?
 Make sure and check out the other DT blogs to get some peeks! FUN!! Kisa, Heather, Kendra, Lila, Vicki, Carol, Charmaine, Holly, Beth, Cami, Joy, Broni, Beate
Stay tuned, the blog hop is tomorrow, your chance to win some sets, YIPPEE! Oh yeah, don't forget the challenges that are going on at The Lounge, man, there is SO much going on this week at OCL and prizes galore!
I hope you have a great day!
 OCL Valentine Sneak Peeks ~ Day 1Good  morning,  Another week half over, that much closer to Friday!
 Today is day #1 for the Our Craft Lounge sneak peeks of the new Valentine Release! We'll have 2 days of sneak peeks and then the blog hop will be on Friday with stamp set give-aways, stay tuned! The OCL Birthday Bash Challenges have begun, go check out the rules at The Lounge! The grand prize is amazing! I have 2 cards to share today. The first card is a vintage card made with the new Love Notes set, ahhhh, just wait until you see this set, better yet, wait until you get your hands on it!! This set will speak to all of you vintage lovers! I used one of my Spellbinders Labels 6 dies to cut the swirl and I cut out the heart and covered it with Rockstar Red Sparkly Fluff and popped it up with a foam dot. The script background is a stamp in the set. The yummy paper is Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Mini Deck. I dirtyed up the edges with Ranger Distress Vintage Photo ink and a blender tool.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My next card is everybodies fave Granny! This set is called Granny's Truffles and she's sitting in her big comphy chair eating her truffles, check out her pooched out cheek full of truffles, LOL!
Go check out these DT blogs for more peeks! Cindy, Kisa, Heather, Deb, Kendra, Lila, Vicki, Carol, Charmaine, Holly, Amber, Beth, Cami, Joy {make sure you leave comments on our peeks today & tomorrow, you will be entered in the blog hop give-away on Friday}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope y'all have a great day, I'll have another OCL sneak peek tomorrow, stay tuned!
 It's an OCL Birthday Party!Happy TGIF M  rning!It's birthday time for Our Craft Lounge and there is a big party going on! We've got a lot going on at OCL this month and we don't want you to miss out! Come and join us for all the fun! First... we are having a Scavenger Hunt and a bunch of Challenges with tons of fun prizes. Here are a few things you can look forward to starting today Friday, November 13th! Make sure you check in at The Lounge for all the details! There is a Scavenger Hunt starting today, Friday, Nov. 13th (6am Pacific Time) thru Sunday, Nov. 15th (Midnight Pacific Time)– winner will be posted on Monday Nov. 16th.
There will be a list of questions posted on both the OCL Blog and in the OCL Forum. There is going to be a challenges game and a blog hop! The prizes are YUMMAY!! There is going to be a Valentine release too, sneak peeks start Wed., November 18th with the blog hop on Friday, November 20th. Can you believe there have been 5 releases ?! That's a lot of stamp sets! Make sure you join us, the fun starts today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I made this set of gift tags in a tin and card using the Snow Place Like Home stamp set. You can make the cutest little scenes with this set. I used Sparkly Fluff, Crafty Sparkles and the pretty paper is Christmas Magic by Fancy Pants. 
 I did A LOT of masking on the card, it takes time, but, it's well worth it!  The tags are littl e scenes too, I had fun doing those. I used my scalloped oval Marvy punches, easy peasy! Am I the only one that uses eyelets anymore? I really like them and I have about 5 million of them and I gotta use 'em up!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope y'all have a great weekend!    More Recent Articles |
I always have fun with Granny, she's got on her pearls and a pretty bow in her hair 
