Our Craft Lounge...BIG NEWS!

I am sure that many of you noticed my shiny new Our Craft Lounge blog bling when I added it last week, especially since we threw a little online surprise birthday party for co-owner Joy on Thursday, but it is my privilege today to officially announce that I will be designing for Our Craft Lounge, and to reveal to you this awesome team of designers! I am so thrilled to have my name included among theirs! (Thank you so much, Cambria, Joy, and Kendra for inviting me!) These girls are amazing stampers! I've been stamping with OCL's fun images since I first saw them at i {heart} papers. You'll find these great stamp sets, fabulous papers, all kinds of embellishments and tools in Kate's online store so you can get everything you need and pay only one shipping fee, which is waived if you spend $40 or more. I really love OCL and i {heart} papers!

My card for today features the newly released Oceans of Fun! These designer papers are manufactured by different companies, but I just loved the periwinkle blue that is in both, and that was what inspired the color scheme. I stamped the sea bottom using Memento ink, then masked the image to add the octopus. I colored with a combination of Copic markers and prisma pencils/gamsol. The long card layout shows off the waves and bubbles in the designer paper. Some twine-tied buttons, sparkly ribbon and bling in perfectly matching colors finish it off!

Before you begin blog hopping to see our designers' debut creations, there are a few things I would like to mention! First is our spotlight set for this week, Bookworm. So adorable, just in time for end-of-the-year teacher thank-you's! There's also a fun sketch challenge and a brand new OCL card swap.

And now...our fabulous new design team! SO honored to serve with you, girls!

Amber Hillman
Beth Silaika
Carol Halvorson
Charmaine Ikach
Cindy Lawrence
Deb Felts (that's me! *grin*)
Denise Marzec
Heather McNally
Holly McMillen
Kendra Wietstock
Kisa Peters
Lila Holgate
Pam Hooten
Valerie Stangle

And don't forget OCL co-owners Cambria Turnbow and Joy Kennedy, original illustrator Marianne Walker, and our newest stamp illustrator, Debbie Corbori.