OCC - Sketch Challenge

It's a beautiful day for another challenge at Our Creative Corner :) I am today's host and it's a sketch challenge...I figured that you all needed a break after last week's Limited Supply Challenge *wink* You're going want to play along this week for sure because there is a giveaway!! Lori McCroskey, owner of Clear Dollar Stamps has generously donated this week's prize of $25 worth of the stamps of your own choosing :)




And since there is a big Clear Dollar Stamps prize being given away, I decided to use my CDS Thankful for You set. I paper tole'd the flowers and coloured the centers with my glitter pen so that they have the slightest of gold shimmer to it. The vase has been coated in a layer of crystal effects to give it a little bit of gloss and pizazz. *grin*



I wanted to show you my interesting ribbon treatment. I am always trying to think of different fun things to try on my cards and today's ribbon treatment was something of a happy mistake. The swirls are actually some of the long Spellbinder's Doodle Parts Dies that have been die cut, embossed and then sponged with close to cocoa ink. I was trying to arranged them on my card and it just started to look a little too busy, so I started giving them a haircut :) I arranged so that they looked like they were actually one die cut and then hid the cut off parts behind the layer of ribbon. I really wanted this card to be feminine, so I added the gemstone brad to the center of my metal filigree flower.



So now that you have seen my card and know that there is a lucrative giveaway, please check out what the OCC girls have put together for you :) For all the info on how to enter the contest please visit Our Creative Corner!

Jennifer Meyer
Laurie Schmidlin
Cindy Haffner
Silke Ledlow
Lori Boyd
Vicki Garrett
Jenny Gropp
Frances Bryne
Robin Willis
Loretta Lock

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Thankful for You
Paper: PTI White, Close to Cocoa, Watercolour, My Mind's Eye DP, Basic Grey DP
Ink: Basic Black, Versa Mark, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestablilities and Doodle Part Dies, Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Aqua Painter, Re-Inkers, Dimensionals, Sponges, Ribbon, Filigree Brads, Gemstone Brads, Crystal Effects