Our Creative Corner! Border Punch Challenge and Blog Candy!

This week Our June Hostess, Jennifer Meyer challenged us to use Border Punches. I LOVE my border punches, ALL of them!!!! But these are the two that I tend to use the most. The winner of this weeks challenge will win a goody bag from Stamps and Smiles . If you play the challenge, don't forget to head on over to the OCC blog and link your creation there. Also, check out the fabulous designs from my fellow designers by following the links on my side bar!

You might be wondering if you're on the right sight if you're looking at this card!!! Elegant is not a style that I do often......and in my opionion it's not the style that I do best, my tendency is to lean toward the cute and sometimes bizarre!!!! So sometimes its very cool to step outside of the box and do something different!

And HEY!!! I think I'm going to make 95,000 hits today!!! Now THAT is exciting............and I was thinking it might be nice to have a little blog candy! Nothing Spectacular, just an assortment of 5 or 6 of my handmade cards with a sweet suprise tucked in.

Would you like to win?? Just leave a comment and i'll choose a random winner on Monday! I'm interested to hear what kind of challenges you would be interested in......which one's inspire you!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hanna Stamps Bridal
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Neenah White, Basic Grey Sultry
Acc: Nesties Label and Oval Dies, Martha Stewart Southwestern Border Punch and Mini Hearts and Scallops, SU Pretties kit flowers and pearls, white organdy ribbon and dollar store charm

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki~~~~~

Lets try this again! Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge and Hanna Sneak Peek Day two

Kay, so here we go again!!!! LOL!!! If you were following my blog last Saturday, this sketch may look familiar............usually I am SO far behind that if I were a pup, i'd be chasing my tail......but last week, I was ahead of myself, missed the mark on the challenge and most brilliantly (rolls eyes!) was a week ahead. I DO love this sketch though and for variety's sake decided to adapt it to a 6x6 sized card.

The Large DP background is a Karen Foster Paper that I've had around for a long time, the Bubbly DP is Archaic by Basic Grey.  River Rock and Artichoke make for a complimentary background. 

I just love those little peeps in this set!!! I coloured them loosely in a colouring book type of style, with rough shading, for a different effect.........hmm I'd love to give it some kind of eloquent handle, but I couldn't think of anything clever......been sitting in the computer chair for quite awhile tonight and besides having a numb posterior, the stabbing pain between my shoulder blades prevails my brain from working!

This image is a new image called Stamposaurus. It will be release on Monday over at Hanna Stamps! Follow the links on my sidebar to see more great sneaks from my fellow Hanna DT Members and while you're at it, check out the OCC 

to see the sweet, elegant and funky adaptations of this sketch~! and to play along if you wish!

Happy Stamping!

and stay tuned for more sneaks tomoz~!

*****Vicki~~~~~~

OCC Colour Challenge-Marlin gets my mojo back!

Sorry if I've been a little scarce this week........it's not that I have lost my stamping mojo again, but rather busy times at work and my focus on going to the gym and working out. That being said, I haven't had quite  the zest for stamping..................luckily I have a friend who's helping me to get my stamping Mojo back...............hehe

I think I mentioned Marlin Shortly after VICTOPIA..................that Crazy Wonderful Sister of my Best Friend Jacqui not only suprised me with herself, but with this sweet little fellow as well!

I love Diana as much as I love Jax and we have had a running dialogue about Monkey's since SU released  that Sock Monkey set last year..........let's just say our opinions strongly differ on the appeal of that one and needless to say, I don't have it. 

Interestingly enough, I used to make Sock Monkeys, but I never did keep one for myself. Even though I'm not a fan of the set, I LOVE Monkey images, stuffies and of course Sock Monkeys........and so I now have Marlin, who reminds me of Di, although he is far less cheery at times and can be somewhat stubborn.

So, I found that I really couldn't get into stamping too much the other night, so I thought I'd bring Marlin out for inspiration.............he tended to get a little distraught about what to stamp, so I set him to work in his wee chair, but nothing!!!!  It seems that poor Marlin had no mojo either!

Fortunately Marlin came equipped with toys, some of which I will share with you another time and his very own bag of MOJO!!!!! Thankfully, Marlin is a rather considerate monkey with attributes likened to his former mama (Di, you surely didn't deprive him of Oxygen on the Plane did you???) and shared his Mojo's with me......which allowed me to get to stamping.........not sure if the Mojo is magic, but what I do know is that sugar mixes well with stamping!!!

Marlin and me have had some other adventures since he emigrated to Canada from Arizona.......thankfully his sock body is keeping him warm and he seems to have adjusted well to the Chilly Northern Temperatures.  I can't wait to share what he's been up to, the cheeky Monkey!!! I think that Di sewed in some of her spirit!!! lol!!!

Oh yes, about the card! The OCC Challenge was designed by Robin Willis this week, who will no longer be participating in the OCC Group. We'll miss you Robin and you can feel free to follow her work by clicking on the link on my sidebar. 

The challenge was to create a card using Bashful Blue, Rose Red and Certainly Celery.

This sweet image has just been release by Kristi Ferro over at Hanna Stamps! Hanna Graduates and is available now, along with a sweet Riley Graduate. Hop on over to Hanna Stamps to see what's new!

My card is fairly simple, but I have been partial to clean design and cardstock as of late!!! I used cuttle bug and a EK Success Border punch for a wee bit of dimension, some pomegranite Ribbon and copics for colouring.

Hope you enjoy your weekend! In Canada we celebrate Queen Victoria's Birthday, which means a long weekend for me! Hope to have some more samples for your viewing pleasure over the course of the weekend!

Happy Stamping!

*****Vicki~~~~~