Ready for Sneak Peeks?

Sneak peeks of the OCL Valentine Release start today! Click here to get all the details about the release and the Blog Hop Friday.  

This set is called Wanted.  I really love it.  It's illustrated by Marianne Walker and full of fun stamps and sentiments.  You'll have to wait until Friday to see the entire set, but there are more sneak peeks through the rest of the week!  Although we call this release the Valentine release, it's full of all kinds of  love.  You'll have to see it, but I think we included something for everyone! 

Hard to see in the photo, but the grass patches and dirt have patches of Sparkly Fluff... cuz you know it just makes everything better. *wink*


Check out The Lounge for all the details, and if you'd like to see  Sneak Peeks from other new sets, check out these great designers!  More to come tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by!


Bird and Groom  - Cindy, Kisa
Hang it Up Cupid - Heather
Hearts & Hugs - Deb
The Journey - Kendra
Life Is - Kendra
Love Notes - Pam
Out for a Spin - Lila, Vicki
Fairy Dust is a Must - Carol
Granny's Truffles - Pam
Jungle Love -  Joy Charmaine,
Shamrock Blessings - Holly
Sweet on You - Amber
Wanted - Beth, Carol 

Don't forget to check out the challenges... you could win $100.00 to spend at Our Craft Lounge!  Click here for the details!

OCL Brithday Celebrations Continue!

Hey Stampers!

Ready for more birthday fun?  Our design team member and friend Heather,  posted super fun challenges starting today over at The Lounge.   

Did you know that every month we have a Sketch Challenge and the winner gets to pick a free stamp set from OCL?  It's true!  Check out the OCL Sketch Challenge forum!   Combine this with the other birthday party challenges for a chance to win $100.00 to spend at Our Craft Lounge!

Again, thanks to all of you for making it a great first year for Our Craft Lounge!   I can't tell you how blessed I feel to have such wonderful friends out there!  Stampers are THE best peeps EVAH!


pssst......Did you know that OCL is now on Facebook?  Want to become a fan?  Check it out! Click here.   One lucky winner who becomes a fan this week will win a free stamp set!  Come on over and lounge with us!

Have a wonderful day!  I hope to find some time later today to try  the great sketch above.  If you play along, please comment and leave a link so I can check out your creation!

Weekend Sketch 106

Happy Friday! I kept thinking yesterday was Friday since the kids were home on Wednesday. I think I'm finally getting better and will survive this nasty cold! Oh man, I've had a horrible time... and I'm still coughing, but I'm finally getting my energy back.

I used the stamp set Happy Holly-days and designer paper from the Fancy Pants Christmas Magic Kit to make my weekend sketch card. The sentiment is made with my Nesties and Wizard. I added sparkle using my atyou Spica pens, Sparkly Fluff, and Kaiser Rhinestones.

Hope you can play along this weekend and find some time to stamp!

Check out what the sketch team made!

Beate Johns
Charmaine Ikach
Laurie Schmidlin
MaryJo Albright
Sharon Harnist

So... you know what time it is? It's an exciting time for Our Craft Lounge. We are celebrating ONE year! Our first year, and it's been an awesome one... thanks to you! I've experienced SO much this past year! I went to both winter and summer CHAs, and this September we were invited to participate at Scrapfest in the Mall of America. THAT was fun! It was for sure the highlight of the year for me! I look forward to many more exciting times ahead! I know the entire OCL team (we've had a lot of help!) appreciates each one of you! Your support and friendship mean the world to us!

Back to the fun.....Want a chance to win some AWESOME prizes? Our friend Heather has come up with a fun Scavenger hunt that starts at 6 am (pacific time)!Get all the the details at The Lounge. If you are a member in our forums, you can also find details and post questions here. Good luck! Now, go..... get started (after you visit the sketch team). *wink*

Have a SUPER weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Holiday Recipe Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Today is the second day of the Creative Cuts & More Mega Recipe Blog Hop which features the Apron Holiday Treats Recipe Kit.

As part of the celebration CC&M will be having a great sale. For the next six days, They will offer 20% off the entire store. But act quickly, it is only for six days – this sale will end on Nov 14^th. Make sure you enter this code recipebloghop2009 during checkout.

As a continuing part of the celebration CC&M will of course give away great gifts. Each day we will give away one kit. Here is the twist – go through the blog hop, leave wonderful comments for the great designers. After you have finished the blog hop, return to www.diecutdiva.com and instead of leaving a comment, you need to share a recipe to have a chance at winning the kit. Share the recipe on your blog and link it back and get another chance to win the kit. Help us also make this a great recipe swap.

I was so excited to get my kit in the mail! I used two stamp sets from OCL, plus a few other accessories, but the rest all came from the kit... what a bargain! Those chipboard letters I got from eP, dabbed then with my Adirondack Paint Dabber, then sprinkled Sugar Crafty Sparkles all over each one, then let them dry.

I've been really sick, and just when I thought I was getting better, I'm worse again. I'm going to show you a couple of my favorite pages, and how I made my recipe cards, then post a full list of items used later this afternoon.

I'm leaving my cards blank for now, because I'm going to give this away as a gift. I did each from the Curved Rectangle Nestie die, then cut two pieces of white cardstock for the front and the back. One side for the ingredients, the backside for the directions.



I used the stamp sets Gingerbread Fun, and Lovin' From the Oven from OCL.

So, want to see my favorite cookie recipe? Click here! My husband (yes.. he's the cookie maker at my house), always makes these during the holidays! They are melt in your mouth awesome!

Check out the Holiday Treats Apron Kit!

Have fun with the rest of the blog hop! Thanks for stopping by to see me today!

Die Cut Diva
Pam Smerker
Nathalia Castelllon

Dawn Lusk

Stephany Zerbe
Jennifer Hansen

Lisa Somerville

Lila Holgate

Kazan Clark

Rachel Hope Baird
Ellen Sosnoski

Cecilia Stricklin

Cambria Turnbow
Angie Pearl

Laura Davis

Noelle Reese

Holly Brown

Rachel Sztonyk

Deb Felts

Jen Johnson

Amber Hillman

Carla Mayfield

Cindy Lawrence

Chris Dickinson

Die Cut Diva

Weekend Sketch 105

Good Friday morning everyone! I hope you have plans to play along with us over the weekend and try Beate's fun sketch. It's suppose to storm and rain all weekend here on the coast, so looks like it's a good excuse to stay indoors and play!

I turned this sketch into a shaker card! The frame on the front is made with my circle Nesties as well as the hole in the card front. The Crystal Chunky Sparkles are held in with a frame around the back side of the circle with double stick foam tape. The fabulous paper is from my Basic Grey 6x6 Urban Prairie Paper Pad. I know it looks black in the photo, but it's actually a dark brown paper that is included in that pack.





Check out the rest of the team to see their take on this fun sketch:

Beate Johns
Charmaine Ikach
Jenn Balcer
Lori Craig
MaryJo Albright
Sharon Harnist



Supplies:

Stamps: Granny's Secrets (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: Basic Grey Urban Prairie 6x6 pad, Neenah White.
Ink: Ranger Soot Black, Copic Markers.
Other: Chunky Crystal Sparkles, Foam Tape, Nesties, Wizard, BasicGrey Rhinestones, Zip Dry, Scor-Pal, Acetate.

Hope you have a super weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Frog-la-la-la...

La, la, la la! How cute is the holiday froggie? I think he's super cute! He's out in the cold singing his little heart out... just for you! LOL.

I'm still feeling really horrible, so I didn't get much done yesterday except for more coloring. Most of it is top secret, to be revealed soon, SUPER cute new stuff. :) I'm so excited to show you our next release. More on that later.....

I'm still diggin' into my MME Colorful Christmas paper kit. YES.. I have other Christmas paper and I will open it up soon... I promise. Can I just say that the Sparkly Fluff on the ear muffs and scarf are super cool in real life? I wish you could all see it and touch it!

I'm getting delirious... dang cold. I'll see you all on Friday for the Weekend Sketch. Man, I can't believe it's almost Friday... AGAIN! I need to go to the grocery store.... Did any of this post make any sense?

Supplies:

Stamps: Hoppy Holiday (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: MME Colorful Christmas, Prism, Neenah White.
Ink: Ranger Soot Black, Copic Markers.
Other: Kaiser Rhinestones, Foam Dots, Oval Nesties, Word Window Punch, Sparkly Fluff, Quickie Glue Pen, Zip Dry, Scor-pal.

Have a great day everyone! Thanks for stopping by!

Hoppy Holidays

I told you that I love the Colorful Christmas Designer paper pack from MME right? I think I did *wink*.

This set is illustrated by Marianne Walker and it's called Hoppy Holidays. How cute is that frog? I just love that happy frog face!

He's just diggin up the snow and it's flying everywhere. Of course I added Chunky Crystal Sparkles so it's all glittery to boot! And, no card is complete without Sparkly Fluff! You can click on the images to see them larger. Don't those frog mittens crack you up?


Supplies:

Stamps: Hoppy Holidays (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: MME Colorful Christmas, Bazzill, Neenah White.
Ink: Ranger Soot Black, Copic Markers.
Other: Crystal Chunky Sparkles, Glossy Accents, Sugar Sparkly Fluff, Quickie Glue Pen, 7Gypsy Brads, Oval Nesties, Circle Punch, Scor-Pal, Zip Dry.

It seems the bug caught me. I'm sure it's not the flu, but it's a horrible cold and I've been miserable the last couple of days. It kills me to lay around, so I color... when my head isn't pounding and my nose stops running long enough. I hope tomorrow is better..... hope you are all staying healthy. Thanks for stopping by... I have another Hoppy Froggie to share with you tomorrow. :)

Autumn Garden

This week over at The Lounge, the Spotlight Stamp Set of the Week is Autumn Garden. All week long you'll see sample of this amazing stamp set illustrated by Marianne Walker.

I colored the image with Copic Markers. The paper is from Bo Bunny. I used the Label One Nesties and the ribbon is from American Crafts. All the cardstock is from Bazzill. The orange flowers all have a touch of Orange Sparkly Fluff applied with a Quickie Glue Pen.

Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by!