OCL71 Love Birds

 Just another post this week, with a sketch challenge from Our Craft Lounge. I only have 4 stamp sets from OCL and I have managed to use all four this month for their challenges. YEAH me.  Today, I used For the Love of Birds. This was a fun and easy sketch and I am finding that I like following sketches.

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Stamp set from Our Craft Lounge : For the Love of Birds
Papers: Gossamer by Memory Box, Hollyhock from CTMH

OCL68 CASE Challenge

Amber  Hillman's Card

 This is my second post for today and I have another card for Our Craft Lounge challenge. It is to CASE someone who has used an OCL stamp set, but I am to use a different set. Well, I chose to use Barnyard Banter. I bought this set about 3 months ago and it has yet to be inked before this challenge. So, here is my CASED card. I CASED  Amber Hillman's Feb 14th blog post.
Stamp set: Barnyard Banter, OCL
Ink: CTMH Holiday Red, Cocoa and Distressed Ink Tea Bag and Copic N3
Paper: Crushed Curry SU and CTMH Cocoa

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OCL69 Color Challenge

Over at Our Craft Lounge, they are having a color challenge. As of this post, you still have 7 days to enter.  I love the colors they chose, so here is my entry. I used two different sets to make this card. The first is Build a Bouquet for my flowers. I stamped once on my card and then I added a second layer to the flower. I curled a few of the flower petals for interest. The second set I used is For the Love of Birds. I used the Congratulations sentiment for this card. I love that it is so delicate and has beautiful script. I used the Skor-Buddy to make my two score lines and a Fiskars punch for my card edge. It is a simple and clean card, but I love the fresh look for summer. Thanks for taking a look.

OCL70 Granny's Truffles

 

 Over at Our Craft Lounge,http://www.blog2.ourcraftlounge.com/?p=5266 they are have a challenge of masking. So, I used Granny's Truffles for my card today. I used Faber-Castell watercolor pencils for my project. The border is cut with an older Fiskar punch. I used Spellbinders die cut for my image and background blue paper. The sentiment is from the Granny's Truffles and I had to use my Place a Stamp tool to get the words to work for the circle. I place the conclusion of the sentiment on the inside. 

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Another Bouquet

Spring is teasing us with some warm sunny days and some cloudy, rainy, cold days, so want to surround myself with flowers. I made this card for my mom for Mothers' Day. I used my Build A Bouquet stamp set from Our Craft Lounge. I am having so much fun with this set (yes, my last post I also used this same set).  But look how different a color can make. I also used my cricut storybook cartridge for the vine and flourish. I am entering this in several challenges this week. Items I used to make this card: Cuttlebug swiss dot embossing folder, Cricut Storybook cartridge, a plain doily, CTMH Heavenly Blue and Grape Sherbet (discontinued colors) ink., misc papers from my stash, bling and a CLEAR stickpin from my friend Linda.
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A Bit Bold

Springtime is here and I am all set for flowers. My daffodils are almost gone, few of my tulips are blooming and my paper flowers are bold. This card was made for several challenges OCL, CRU#29). I CASED the card for the sketch. The stamp set, Build a Bouquet,  is from Our Craft Lounge . The paper I used today is from  DCWV, the  Citrus matstack. Sometimes I just need a card for whatever, so I didn't put a sentiment on the front. Thanks for visiting.

OCL52 Challenge

Over at Our Craft Lounge they are having a challenge using buttons and bows on our projects. I am using the ONLY set I have from OCL- For the Love of Birds. Someday I hope to own another, because I think the company is going to get tired of me using the same set over and over again for all their challenges LOL. But, I love this set. It has a very soft and gentle look. It is still before Valentine's Day, so I thought I would use the LOVE as my main focus. I had fun with this challenge and I hope you can join in on the fun. Thanks for looking.

Well, it is Feb. 14th and I just got an Honorable Mention from Our Craft Lounge for my card. Thank you OCL for recognizing my card. Here is the blinkie for my Honorable Mention. 

My Very First Card Challenge Post with Our Craft Lounge #47

Well, about a week or so ago, I received a stamp set from one of the OCL facebook blogs contests. I was so excited to win For the Love of Birds set. This is my first and only set from OCL and I just love it. Then a challenge came up and I decided it was time to take the plunge. So, I have four cards I made for the challenge. If they didn't have a challenge, I was still going to post a card to thank them for the wonderful set of stamps. So here are my entries for OCL#47

  

I made this card for my husband for Valentine's Day. He is a no fuss kind of guy, so I kept it simple.

 

This is just another simple card that I made for my friend to give to her husband. They have a cabin by the river and love the outdoors.  

I made this easel card and tried to keep it simple and with the kraft, red and black theme of the challenge. I think I will give this one to my daughter and future son-in-law for Valentine's day. I just love this stamp set.      

  

This is my favorite card. I made this card to congratulate my daughter and future son-in-law on their recent engagement. Did I say that I really, really love this stamp set. 

Well, those are my cards that I am submitting to OCL for the #47OCL challenge. If I missed the challenge, oh, well, I just loved making the cards to show OCL that I did use the set that I won and that I really appreciated winning.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day.

Joan