Purple and Silver Christmas Winner

Hello Everyone
Apologies for the late post of our winner To our 'Purple and Silver' Challenge.
 

 Firstly, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are starting to recover from the over indulgence.  And I hope you are having time to get back into some crafting.
Thanks to all those who played along with our Purple and Silver Christmas challenge, lots of gorgeous work for me to choose a winner from, and here it is, our winner for this week is Trace from Inky Pinky Craft.

I loved that Trace used primarily purples and silver for her tag, the wire and star are a fantastic touch and the beautiful purple frosted

flower a gorgeous finishing touch.
Congratulations Trace, here is  your winners badge for your blog.

 Sue here.....
Just a reminder to you all, Top Talent will resume on January 3rd, so check in and see who is spotlighted, and our first Challenge at OCC for 2013 is January 5th, and I can let you know it will be hosted by Sharon Wheet, so you may have a little inkling what her theme will be.
Looking forward to catching up with you then.
In the mean time have a Happy New Year.
Smiles:)
Sue

Winner - One stitch at a time!

Hi there.  First of all I want to thank everyone for participating in last week's challenge. Your creations have been amazing. I really had a hard job deciding which card to pick as a winner, but this card is a great interpretation of the challenge.

Congratulations to Anita Houston at The Artful Maven Haven! I love what she has done with her project. She not only created a gorgeous background but also combined all the elements in a very exquisite way. Please Anita feel free to pick up the Top Talent's winner badge and display it proudly on your blog.

It's not too late to play along with challenge "It's a Purple and Silver Christmas". Please make sure you link back to us when you post your submission. Don't forget to come back and check out our Top Talent Thursday tomorrow! We shall return with a new challenge on Saturday, and tons of inspiration for you.

It's a Purple and Silver Christmas!

Hi everyone, Chris here. Firstly, thank you all for playing along with our recent challenges, and well done to all of our Top Talent winners.

This week is my turn to set a challenge for you. My favourite colour of all is purple, and at Christmas, while I like traditional colours, I also love purple married up with silver. So this week I am challenging you to use purple and silver for your project. You can use other colours too, just as long as purple and silver are the focus colours. Since this is our last challenge before we take a break for Christmas, let's also make it a Christmas project. Here is what the Design Team have come up with for your inspiration:

Lisa - You Made Me Ink!

Christina Barnes - Dot Dot Stamping Designs

Paula McClane - Scrap Addict's Attic

Susan-scrumplescrunch

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Liliana Inguanti- Stampin from Home

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Irena Kowalczyk/Rudlis - love, life and crafts

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Top Talent Thursday!

 

Welcome back to
Our Creative Corner.

It is with utmost pleasure that I present to you this Thursday all the way from the Netherlands, a multi-talented artist, not only does she make beautiful cards, but her other accomplishments lie in Photography, Drawing and Painting; (Oils, Acrylics Pastel, and Watercolour ) and if that is not enough she is a Great Grandmother as well!!!!
No surprise then that she won the “Make your Own Background ‘ Challenge.
Please welcome and congratulate our Guest and ‘Top Talent’ for this Thursday 13th December 2012.
And the last for this year!
JANNY! Janny's cards and creations.
We are so thrilled to showcase her work, but first let us learn a little bit about her.

Questions:
1.) ‘Where do you Live’?
My name is Janny van der Male and I live in the village called Leidschendam near The Haque. (in the west part of Holland)

2.) Describe yourself in five words.
 Creative (cards and paintings), liked to travel,

3.) How would you describe your art for the general public audience if they have never seen it before? 
I make different kinds of cards but preferably with stamps. I like to design the backgrounds also. In addition, I also paint (http://jannys-art.blogspot.nl/) and I Like to make photographs. (http://www.fotopaginajanny.blogspot.nl/)

4.) What colour inspires your creativity?
Blue (water colors) and lilac (In different shades)

5.) What makes you happy?
 My family and all kinds of creativity

6.) What colour do you hardly ever use?
I dislike the colors Black and Red (except in Christmas time).


I think we can all see how you enjoy painting, because this card you have presented is unique in design and colour palette, but still carries the Christmas feeling.






















Thank you Janny for being our 'Thursday's Top Talent'. and sharing such wonderful inspiration with us!

JANNY’S BLOG:
Janny’s Card Creations!
While there check out her Art Blog.

If you'd like the chance to be part of 'Top Talent Thursday' at Our Creative Corner, simply join in our current challenge; ‘Stitching and Fabrics’ HERE.
There's still time to participate.

This is the last Top Talent Post for 2012......we will reconvene January 3rd 2013.

"Thank you each and everyone for your continued support throughout 2012, we value and acknowledge your patronage very much.
We hope you have a Christmas that is all you hope it will be, and however you celebrate, may it be a happy and joyful one, with special moments to cherish.
This is a time of giving, and to share the blessings that we have to others, so that they too can feel the spirit of Christmas."
Merry Christmas to you all!
From the team at Our Creative Corner.

My personal wish for the New Year is to retain a positive attitude, with the expectation that my creative mind will be complacent to my needs and not falter too often;
It maybe a big ask!

Smiles:)
Sue.



"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Winner- Santa Claus is Coming

Hi again everyone, and thanks for joining us for last week's.  Lots of gorgeous creations again, but I think this week's winner really nailed the challenge.

Congratulations Birgit, I love your matchbox!

 

Birgit, feel free to add our Top Talent winner's badge to your blog, you will find it on our sidebar.  We will be in touch with you very soon to arrange for you to be a guest designer for Our Creative Corner. 

And don't forget to scroll down to see this week's fabulous challenge, we look forward to seeing all of your wonderful creative projects.

One Stitch at a Time!

Hi there! Welcome to another fun challenge at Our Creative Corner. Liliana here and I am so excited to be your hostess this week.

First I would like to thank everyone who participated in last week's challenge, "Santa Claus is coming". Your creations have been amazing.

For this challenge, you have to use fabrics in any part of your card, either as a flower, a small embellishment, or whatever you want! I also want to see stitching, either faux stitching or machine stitching. Please specify where you used your fabric if it is not noticeable in the project, and above all
have fun!

Lisa - You Made Me Ink!

Fabric Background and Machine Stitching

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Susan-scrumplescrunch

Christina Barnes - Dot Dot Stamping Designs

Paula McClane - ScrapAddict's Attic

Liliana Inguanti- Stampin from Home

Fabric background, vertical panel and tree, machine and hand stitching

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Printed Image on Canvas

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Irena Kowalczyk/Rudlis - love, life and crafts

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

Top Talent Thursday

Welcome back to
Our Creative Corner.

It is with utmost pleasure that I present to you this Thursday all the way from the United Kingdom, a very talented card-maker, mastering many genres and who describes herself, and I quote; 
"Being of a stubborn and contrary disposition, I do not like to be defeated!"
Please welcome and congratulate our Guest and ‘Top Talent’ this week and the winner of our Silhouette Challenge;
JOAN:
We are so thrilled to showcase her work, but first let us learn a little bit about her.

Questions:
1.) ‘Where do you Live’?
I live in a village called Hampsthwaite, about 5 miles from Harrogate and in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales

2.) About how many hours do you spend crafting per week?
Too many!  I usually spend a few hours each night. Being a night owl I rarely stop before midnight and if I’m really enjoying what I’m doing it can be 1 or 2am. Recently I’ve been spending more time in the afternoons too, we are retired and housework is low on my list of priorities.
( Ha! Joan I fear you are not alone re the household chores!)

3.) How long have you been crafting and what made you start crafting?
I’ve always messed about with something, making clothes for my sisters dolls when we were quite young, took evening classes in art when I left school, I have done quite a lot of water colour painting  classes, also calligraphy . About twenty years ago I saw my first rubber stamps at a little Christmas fair and I was hooked, I bought a set of stamps (foam backed in a plastic wallet) a pot of embossing powder and an ink pad ,when I got home I didn’t know what to do with them. Fortunately I met a lady who kindly invited me into her home and showed me how to use them. I joined a craft club and then started taking classes with Dyan Reveley  who was just starting out on her own and later some with Kay from Indigo Blue.

4.) Do you have your own creative space in your home?
To my great regret I don’t have my own craft room but I have taken over our dining room, we rarely entertain other than family and they put up with the clutter. I do have to have a major clear up for Christmas though!

5.) What colour inspires your creativity?
That’s a hard question! My favourite projects are vintage and I love the shabby colours, browns, creams,  dusky pinks and soft greens but then again I love red too.
( These are my favourites too!)

6.) Any insight/Inspiration you would like to share with someone starting out in this hobby?
Enjoy what you do!  experiment, try new techniques, if it doesn’t work first time have another go. There is a wealth of information and tuition on the internet and most of its free. If you don’t understand, ask!  Crafters are the friendliest people on earth.
( I concur.)





















Thank you Joan for being our 'Thursday's Top Talent'.  and sharing such wonderful inspiration with us!

JOANS BLOG:
Late Night Stamping.

If you'd like the chance to be part of 'Top Talent Thursday'.at Our Creative Corner, simply join in our current challenge 'Santa Claus is coming'; here!
There is still time to participate.

Smiles:)
Sue.

"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Winner - ABC Challenge

Hello Everyone,
 I'm Irena Kowalczyk, here to announce the winner for last week's "ABC Challenge"! 
We appreciate the amazing entries for this really fun challenge! Thank you all for your creations!
 Unfortunately, we can choose one creation.

 Our winner is Nicola, whose amazing card was a standout. Every detail is perfect. So well deserved! 
Congratulations, Nicola, on being our choice for TOP TALENT! Feel free to take our badge to display on your blog!

 It's not too late to play along with challenge "Santa Claus is coming".   
Please make sure you link back to us when you post your submission. Don't forget to come back and check out our Top Talent Thursday tomorrow!
We shall return with a new challenge on Saturday, and tons of inspiration for you. Until then, happy crafting!

Santa Claus is Coming!

Hello Everyone.

Welcome to  Our Creative Corner.

 It's me, Rudlis here again to inspire you for another week, with some creativity not just from me but from my teamies as well. 

I would like to extend a warm thank you to everyone who participated in last week's challenge "ABC" The wonderful entries were really creative. 

I'm sure everyone is waiting for the arrival of Santa Claus. That is why I suggest this week  the challenge:

Santa Claus is Coming! 

 Please do work in vintage style. Santa Claus must be!  It should add something red (button, ribbon, brad).

 

You can use this image. 

 Free image from this page - http://olddesignshop.com/2011/12/free-vintage-santa-greeting-card/

 Remember!
 Total number of Challenges you are allowed to enter is:
 FOUR, including ours!

Here are samples from our design team for your inspiration. 

Happy crafting!

 Lisa - You Made Me Ink!

 

 Susan-scrumplescrunch!

 Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

 

Christina Barnes - Dot Dot Stamping Designs

 

Paula McClane - Scrap Addict's Attic

 

 

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

 

Kim Price - Inkognito

 

 Liliana Inguanti-Garcia -Stampin from Home

 

 Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

 

Irena Kowalczyk/Rudlis - love, life and crafts