OCC - My Favourite Card Colours

It's that time again! The OCC Challenge is up and it's to use your favourite colours on a card! What a fun challenge! It should make for some very fun colour combo's dontcha think? I chose to use Riding Hood Red and some soft buttery yellow designer papers. These colours are very rich and right up my alley as I am an earth tone girl at heart :)



I decided that it was time to do something wild and crazy for a change. Something that is almost unthinkable for me. Something that it usually monumental in my card making... I bypassed my sewing machine while creating this card. *Shocking* I know! My card actually is a 4 1/4" square, so you can imagine how tiny those little squares are. I wanted to get my card finished up earlier this evening so I managed to stroll right past my sewing machine that was glaring at me from across the room! I also managed to restrain myself from threading some of the buttons! ...might be the lack of linen thread in my possession but I can't say for sure ;)

This card has been paper toled and sponged and I also added some piercing for extra texture and interest. To see the rest of the Design Teams creations you can either pop by Our Creative Corner or click on the individual DT links below :)

Jennifer Meyer

Jocelyne Turner
Cindy Haffner
Silke Ledlow
Lori Boyd
Vicki Garrett
Jenny Gropp
Frances Bryne
Robin Willis
Loretta Lock

Before I end this post I would like to take a minute to thank all of the OCC ladies for making my stay on the team so enjoyable :) This is my last sample as an OCC Designer as I have decided to give up my position on the team to concentrate on spending more time with my family. Spring is here and so are the many requests to go to the park, ride bikes and go camping. My little ones are determined to make me spend less time holed up in my craft room and more time enjoying the great outdoors. Please....help...me! lol


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts Cupcakes
Paper: Gina K, Riding Hood Red, Watercolour, K&Co DP, Scenic Route DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Emobossing Folders, Clear Embossing Powder, Linen Thread, Buttons, Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Mat Pack Piercing Tool, Distressing Tool, Sponges, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

A Little Sweetness

This Hero Arts design is so scrumptious! I just had to make this card full of sweetness with the colours and the yummy Bazzil Bling CS and Dewdrops! I just love these pinks with the green. The daisy bucket designer paper worked well the the cherry cupcake because the the little dots look like cherries - the dewdrops remind me of them as well. Some of my newly favourite items happen to be the dewdrops and Bazzil Bling CS :) This card is very fun and I put the quote "You add sweetness to my life!" inside the card.


The background has been embossed with iridescent ice embossing powder and highlighted with stickles. Apparently I am all about the 'bling' these days! lol - What girl doesn't like a little sparkle in her life :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts, Fairies
Paper: Daisy Bucket DP, Bazzil Bling, Papertrey White, Watercolour
Ink: SU Markers, Pretty in Pink, Versa Mark, Basic Black, Green Galore
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Embossing Powder, Dewdrops, Glue Dots, Stickles, Dimensionals, Sponges, Photo Corner Punch, Grosgrain Ribbon

A Fuzzy Rubber Ducky?

I love this little stamp by Stampendous (nursery set). It's darling and he reminds me of the song "Rubber Ducky" all the time. Guess what I was singing when I was making this card? lol

My sewing machine has certainly been getting a workout lately! I started by creating waves in the background by using two different shades of cardstock (Night of Navy and Not Quite Navy). I added texture by running each colour through my cuttlebug using 2 different embossing folders, then sponged Night of Navy on the edges. I stacked the waves to add some visual dimension and then quilted it with my sewing machine.















For the background colour I used Soft Sky and sponged with with Bashful Blue and Boardering Blue inks. Most of the layers on this card are popped up on dimensionals once again! Apparently I am all about dimension these days!
















The main image is coloured with my markers and then blended with an aqua painter.The little ducks beak and waves have been heat embossed using a Versa Marker and Clear Embossing Powder. This adds a really lovely glossiness (is that even a word) and makes the image a little bit realistic :) I was intending to make this card a little less nautical looking and hoping it to be and a little more babyish... but we all know how these things can take on lives of their own! Maybe this card would make a nice baby's first birthday card!

Tip: No matter what the card base colour is, I always add a card insert. I always stamp a co-ordinating image on the inside of the card as well as the same image on the envelope to match. A well made card pays attention to detail and it is always appreciated by the receiver. It is guarunteed to get lots of ooh's and aah's! - Even from tho postmaster!!!


















Card Recipe:

Stamps: Stampendous Nursery, Local King Rubber Stamps
Paper: Real Red, Papertrey White, Not Quite Navy, Night of Navy, Soft Sky
Inks: Basic Black, Versa Mark and Marker, Bashful Blue, Boardering Blue, Night of Navy, SU Markers
Others: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Aqua Painter, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Markers, Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch