Birthday Challenges!!! - POST YOUR CARDS HERE

[Heather McNally]

Hello there! We are continuing the Birthday Celebration all week – and we want YOU to play along!!!

So you love to stamp. You love Our Craft Lounge stamps. Now you can use them to celebrate and get CHALLENGED! We’ve come up with some challenges for you to play with. Each challenge has been assigned points.

Here are the challenges (along with their points):

* Play in the OCL Monthly Sketch Challenge – 5
* Make a Scrap Page – 5
* Make a 3D project – 5
* Use 2 OCL stamp sets on a project – 3
* Create your own patterned paper using OCL stamps – 3
* Make a card that includes a photo – 3
* Make a christmas card – 3
* Bling it up using Crafty Sparkles/Sparkly Fluff - 3
* Create your own bellies using OCL products – 3
* Color challenge - black, white, pink – 3


Here are the RULES:
* Dates you can play: Monday, Nov. 16 ( 6am Pacific Time) through Sunday, Nov. 22 (11:59pm Pacific Time).
* Any and all uploads MUST be to either SCS and/or the OCL forum.
* The keyword OCL1YR must be used if you upload to SCS (if we can’t find your card, the points won’t be counted toward your total).
* Your main image MUST be an Our Craft Lounge image.
* When you post, please be sure to NOTE which challenge(s) you used on the card/project. Please do this in the SCS gallery and in the OCL forum.
* Projects can use multiple challenges (i.e. more than one challenge on a card or project) and you will receive all appropriate points. However, the more projects you make, the more points you will earn.
* The GRAND PRIZE WINNER will win a $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE to Our Craft Lounge!!!!!!!!!
* The Grand Prize Winner will be announced Monday, Nov. 23rd at 9am Pacific Time.

We can’t wait to see what you all create! This is a win-win – you get to play with your stamps and ink, create some fantastic cards and/or projects, and have the chance to win $100 to Our Craft Lounge!!! You have from now until midnight on Sunday.

READY – SET – GO . . .

[territweety]

Ok, will this count....I actually made it last week....
http://artfullystamping.blogspot.com/20 ... -gift.html
It is a 3D item - 5

[Val]

Even though I can't be part of the prize, here's my Christmas Card challenge card, it's on my blog and at SCS

[Heather McNally]

LOVE it Val - thanks for playing! This is BEAUTIFUL - and love that you used pink!

[territweety]

Here is my next card for the challenge! It meets these requirements:
* Play in the OCL Monthly Sketch Challenge – 5
* Make a christmas card – 3
* Bling it up using Crafty Sparkles/Sparkly Fluff - 3
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372 it is here on splitcoast or
http://artfullystamping.blogspot.com/20 ... rsary.html here on my blog.
I hope you like it!

[territweety]

Isn't anyone else going to play? Come on girls....post some cards.
Here are a couple more from me (I really want $100 in OCL stuff!)

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... &si=ocl1yr
Bling it up using Sparkly Fluff -3
Use 2 OCL stamp sets on a project- 3

and
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... &si=ocl1yr
Bling it up using Sparkly Fluff -3
Create your own bellies - 3

[jenniebstampin]

okay.. I finally got around to finding some time to play for the challenge! They are all posted to my splitcoaststampers gallery and my blog

splitcoaststampers http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... puser=2876
Jennie's blog Jenniebstampin.blogspot.com

Okay.. here are the descriptions - sorry there are a TON

Blue Penquins: Snow Place Like Home
Monthly challenge (5)
Blinged with crafty sparkles & sparkle fluff (3)
Christmas Card (3)
Two Sets (3) Snowy Sayings & Snow Place Like Home

Pink Penquins:
Pink/White/black Challenge (3)
Christmas card (3)
make own embellie - crafty sparkles on punched ice cycles (3)
Patterened paper using snowflakes from Snow Place like Home (3)

Blue/Yellow Fairy:
Blinged it up with crafty sparkles (3)

Pink Fairy:
blinged up with crafty sparkles (3)
Own embellishment with Sparkle fluff & flower punch (3)

Sitting Fairy:
Christmas card (3)
Blinged with crafty sparkles (3)

Mice Friends:
Background paper with stamps from Mice Friends (3)
Blinged (flower centers with crafty sparkles (3)

Red Fairy with Presents
Two sets (Sea-sons greetings, Fairy dust) (3)
christmas card (3)
Bling with crafty sparkles (3)

Scrapbook Page: (5)
Pink/white/black challenge (3)
two sets - life journey, hearts & hugs (3)
make own embellies/blinged with fluff - black sparkle fluff for flower center (3)

Photo Card (3)

Gingerbread treat box (5)


79 points!

[StampinChrissylea]

Hello and Happy Birthday OCL!

OCL1YR

Color Challenge
Christmas Card


Pattern Paper is Daisy Ds
Black, White Cardstock
Hollyhock ink, black pen, glitter pen
misc ribbon
Martha Stewart lace punch
Images were stamped three times each and cut out and put together with pop dots. Black cardstock made a shadow effect.

[StampinChrissylea]

OCL1YR

Use 2 OCL sets
Use OCL stamps for pattern paper
Christmas Card

The background reads 'christmas coffee'
Colored with Copics
Cranberry, Ivy, craft cardstocks
Scrap cording
Cranberry, Ivy, brown inks

[StampinChrissylea]

OCL1YR

Sketch Challenge
Christmas Card

Papers are Creative memories
Coordinating ivy cardstocks
Ivy and cranberry inks
Cranberry flowers

[jenniebstampin]

Chrissylea
your cards are darling! You did great making the background paper! I always forget to do that... so this was a great challenge!

Jennie

[jenniebstampin]

OKAY... sorry guys/gals, I just had to play some more... I love challenges. I posted two more cards on my splitcoast stampers gallery. I wish I could post them here but my camera makes the files tooooo big. sorry!

so hop on over to SCS and check them out. i will post them to my blog in the next few days but it is dinner time and I gotta run.

here is my gallery
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... puser=2876

out for a spin - Pink Peddles
This card was loads of fun using out for a spin.
sparkles & fluff (3) did you see the fluffy seat cover
pink/white/black (3)
background made with stamps (3) (hugs & wishes)
two sets (3)

the other one is made with Friendly flowers. it started out being pink/white and black but I had to add green. It does though have several fun things on it that go along with this weeks challenge.

Friendly Flowers
sparkle fluff for center of flower (3)
background made with stamp set (same set - friendly flowers) (3)
The button is from Stamples it was a decorator paper clip.. just took the clip off for the added touch to this card.

this week has been fun. thank goodness for my stamping it is my therapy.. cheaper than prozac! Okay maybe not.... LOL but more fun!

[territweety]

Ok, here are the rest of my projects for the challenge! It was fun!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372
3D Project - 5

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372
3D project - 5
Use 2 OCL stamp sets on a project - 3

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372
3D project - 5
Create your own patterned paper - 3

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372
Use 2 OCL stamp sets - 3
Make a Christmas Card - 3
Bling it up with Sparkly Fluff - 3

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372
3D project -5
Bling it up with Sparkly Fluff (on his hat and tummy)

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372
Play in the OCL monthly sketch challenge - 5
Use 2 OCL stamp sets - 3
Create your own patterened paper - 3
Make a Christmas card - 3
Bling it up using fluff and sparkles - 3
Color challenge, black, white pink - 3

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372
3D project -5
Use 2 OCL stamp sets - 3
Bling it up with fluff - 3
Color challenge, black, white and pink - 3

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... ppuser=372
3D project - 5
Use 2 OCL stamp sets - 3
Bling it up using fluff - 3
Color challenge, black, pink and white - 3

[jenniebstampin]

okay... 1 more.. i made it this weekend so I thought it would be fair to submit it... I have lots of cards done but only submitted ones I made this weekend to make it fair.. Go Terri

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... puser=2876
christmas 5
sparkle 3

[jenniebstampin]

Ok.. thought I was done, but had to do two more! I love how these turned out....


http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... puser=2876

Red/black - Reindeer Kisses
Christmas Card (5)
bling with chunky sparkles (3)

Green/burgundy Reindeer Kisses
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/galle ... puser=2876

Christmas Card (5)
bling with chunky gliter (3)
background paper made with stamps (snowflakes on dots & burgundy paper) (3)
Two sets (purfect Christmas & Reindeer wishes) (3)

I think that is 22 points

[jenniebstampin]

Whew Hew... I will make sure and share my stamps with my class guests.. so make sure to come to a class in my area and use these new things on projects - see crafty events. My class guests love OCL stamps.

[StampinChrissylea]

Great submissions Jennie and everyone!

For some reason, some of my replies keep getting deleted...Heather if you have tried to get back in touch with me please just email me directly at clhouchins AT gmail DOT com.

Thanks!