Fancy Folds

Happy Saturday and welcome to a new OCC challenge! Thank you to everyone who joined in on the Fabulous Faces challenge last week, what a terrific response we had and we enjoyed viewing all of your creations. Stay tuned, the winner will be announced on Wednesday.

I’m Tui Nathan and I’m excited to be hosting here at OCC for the first time. I have chosen the “Fancy Folds” theme for this week.  There are so many different types of fancy folds out there, a lot of which I have seen, loved and even saved to do on a rainy day … but never gotten around to doing!  So now, I am not only challenging myself but also you too, to create a Fancy Fold card!

To help you out along the way, the Design Team will be providing a link or tutorial for the creation that they have made.

So without further ado, let's look at what our Guest Designer and Design Team came up with for your inspiration:

Guest Designer:  Susan Roberts

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Vicki Burdick - It's A Stamp Thing

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps & Scraps

Kristin Tierney - LilyBeth Boutique

Jen Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Holly Kean - Kean on Paper

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

Jennifer Meyer - Jennifer's Sweet Designs

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Totally Transparent Challenge WInner

It's Wednesday and time to award the Top Talent Award...Congratulations are in order for Gwenny for the beautiful card she entered into last week's transparency challenge.  We loved Gwenny's color combo and the way she positioned her main panel, leaving a thin frame of the transparency serving as a see-through window to the red panel below.  The white snowflakes stamped on the transparency are a creative reflection of the red ones on the main panel.

Wonderful work, Gwenny!  Please take our Top Talent Award button from the sidebar and display it with pride.

The current challenge (theme is Fabulous Faces) runs through midnight on Friday, October 28th.  We've already had nearly 50 entries...is yours on our site or are you still working?  You know you can work some magic with this theme!  We can't wait to see your creation.  All of us at the OCC really appreciate your enthusiasm and support of our challenges.

Fabulous Faces

Happy Saturday! I’m your host, Marjie Kemper. First , a great big thank you to everyone who played along with us last week on the transparency challenge. Your creations are truly amazing and we really enjoyed seeing all the different ways people used their transparencies. The winner will be announced on Wednesday!

I've chosen faces as our focus for this week. Show us what you’ve got… whether you like vintage ladies in lace or fresh and funky kids…. steampunk engineers or shabby chic chicks…. even photos of yourself or your family.

You can stamp, draw, paint, download them.... there are countless options! Whatever your style may be, I bet faces have played a part of your artwork at some point. We hope you’ll show us your style this week. Here’s what the design team and our wonderful guest designer have done:

Guest Designer - Carla Suto

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps & Scraps

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Jen Rzasa - Our Change of Art

Vicki Burdick-It's A Stamp Thing

Kristin Tierney - LilyBeth Boutique

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Holly Kean - Kean on Paper

We hope you'll join us in our faces challenge this week... it's open till midnight on Friday, October 28th.  

Fall Color Challenge winner

It's that time again - time to crown our latest Top Talent! The entries for the Fall Color Challenge were just wonderful - we appreciate everyone that played along, even if you thought the combo was (ahem) unusual! LOL! Anyway, the winner this week is...

Chupa - Iwona Palamountain! The coloring and paper piecing on this card is simply stunning, and the simple design with the natural elements of grass and clouds just pops off the page. The addition of a little glitter and stitching made this card even more outstanding! We really loved your creation this week. Congratulations!

There is still time to get out some transparencies and play along with this week's challenge. Saturday will come around soon also with a brand new challenge for you! Thanks for all your support of our challenge and team!

Supply Challenge: Totally Transparent

Happy Saturday and welcome to a new OCC challenge! We really enjoyed looking at all the entries for last week’s fall color challenge. The winner will be announced on Wednesday. I’m Marjie Kemper and I’m thrilled to be hosting here at OCC for the first time. I chose “Totally Transparent” as my theme because transparencies are so versatile and they can easily be used in any kind of paper crafting. I like supply challenges because they spark my creativity and prompt me to use things that might’ve been a bit neglected.

Transparencies come in all sizes, from tiny tags to full 12X12 scrapbook overlays. They can be written on, stamped, inked, painted, misted… the sky’s the limit. You can also use your clear packaging material… recycling is always a good thing! I decided to make a scrapbook layout and used a pre-made round journaling transparency on it. It’s visually appealing to put some things behind and some above your transparency, and by putting things above you can hide your adhesive (there are staples behind the blue flower on mine) below. Let's look at what our guest designer and design team came up with this week:

Guest Designer - Shannon Finch