Challenge #50

Wow, what a response we had to our last challenge - 308 entries!  A very big thank you to one and all.  Let's hope this one is as popular.

We were so overwhelmed with the response that Wendi and Emma have kindly donated not one, but two vouchers.  So without further ado here are the winners ...................

Trish

MelX

Congratulations Trish and MelX!  To claim your voucher please email me at the address at the top of the page.  Hope you enjoy browsing OLL's shop and having fun with whatever you choose.  Well done!

Next we have another announcement to make.  Please welcome Susie to our Design Team.  We are all delighted that Susie accepted our invitation to join us - just wait till you see her creations!

This is what Susie says : Hi, my name is Susie.  I'm in my early 40's, Mum to 2 lovely teenage sons Reid & Woody and wife to my best friend Garry.  I have been crafting since 2005 when the bug bit me.  I now run my own design die cut business called Die Cut Dreams.  I love most types of paper crafting, and often wonder what I did with all my time before I started crafting and blogging ...... there just isn't enough hours in the day as I'm totally addicted to all things crafty and couldn't imagine life without craft and my blog.

Now on to our new challenge :
 

Challenge #50 - A Button, A Bow and some Bling

 

All you need to do to enter is leave your name and a direct link to your entry with Mr Linky so we can hop across to visit you.  If Mr Linky isn't playing, please put your entry in the comments section.  No problems if you don't have a blog, just e-mail your entry to the address at the top of the page and we will pop it onto the blog for you. 

 

As usual our DT have come up with some brilliant designs ... 

 

Beryl - Guest Designer

Susie

 

Annie

Carol

Dawn

Wendi

Anne

Challenge #49

Challenge is now closed

Hi everyone! I guess acetate isn't that popular as not many people took up our last challenge. Let's hope this one is more to everyone's taste!

Anyway, before we get onto the challenge, get yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy our post as we've a fair bit to tell you this time.

As we said last time, Dawn has now joined us as a fully fledged member of our Design Team. We welcome her with open arms as her designs are stunning. Here's a little bit about Dawn -

I am 49 years of age and married to my best friend Graham for the last 25 years. I have one daughter who will be 21 in March. I have been crafting ever since my daughter was born starting with cross stitch but rapidly moved on to card making. My style has changed sooo much over the years and has changed even more since I started blogging. I owe my blog life to my bestest crafting buddy Ali, aka Dragonlady who insisted I give blogging a try and boy am I glad she convinced me!! I work full time at the local hospital in Clinical Trials and I love my job. I have two cats called Breezer and Smudge - one's a complete lady and the other is a total tomboy. I love Formula 1, Moto GP and am an avid Manchester United supporter although I do like watching Chelsea play too (my daughter's team). Can't wait for the World Cup and will watch as much as I can although obviously it will have to fit in around my crafting.

Another announcement this time is that Beryl has joined us as our Guest Designer for March and April. Check out her blog to see her wonderful creations. Lucky Beryl has been visiting her daughter over the weekend and they were off to the SECC in Glasgow to the Craft Show. I can't wait to hear what she's bought and to see what she creates with her new stash! Here's a little bio about Beryl -

Hi, my name is Beryl and am delighted to have been invited to be Guest Designer for March and April. I have been card making for almost 7 years now and, like most of us, have been crafting one way or another all my life. One morning I was channel hopping through the Sky shopping channels, which is something I rarely did. I ended up on Create and Craft, there was a man on from The English Stamp Company, and I watched him heat emboss a stamped image with silver embossing powder. I was blown away and thought 'I could do that' and the rest is history. I hope you like my designs during the next couple of months and that you all have fun.

Ooh La La Creations have just launched their new CD. It is a wonderful collection of watercolours by Lorna Archer including scenes of villages, bridges, farm houses, French chateaux, castles, boats and rivers from many places that Lorna has visited throughout England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France.

There are 850+ printable sheets, costs £15.99 and p&p is free

Please take a few minutes to browse through PictureTrail on the sidebar to see some of the stunning designs made using the new CD


You still with me? good, now we can get onto the challenge for this fortnight :

Challenge #49 - Anything Goes + chance to win

Wendi & Emma (OLL's owners) have kindly donated a £20 gift voucher and by taking part in this challenge you will automatically be entered into the draw and one lucky winner will be picked at random by the random picky thing. Entries close at 6pm GMT on Sunday 21 March and the winner will be announced when the next challenge is posted.

To join in the challenge, please post your design onto your blog with a link to our challenge and leave a comment on our blog with a link directly to your work. If you don't have a blog that's not a problem, just email your project to the address at the top of the page. You can combine our challenge with any others you wish. It's not essential that you use an OLL product on your creation but of course we are delighted if you do. If you don't have any OLL designs and would like to try them out, check out the March freebies. Good luck and enjoy crafting!

DT Inspiration

Beryl (GD for March and April)

Dawn

(insert for above card)

Annie

Anne

Carol

Wendi

Freebies

Sneaky peek from the March freebies.  Click here for all the downloads, ENJOY!

Challenge #48

Hi everyone!  I can't believe it's challenge time again, where has the last couple of weeks gone? There was an awesome number of entries for the LOVE theme.  The team have so enjoyed sharing all your creations and hopping onto your blogs.

Challenge #48 - Acetate (somewhere on your project)

To join in the challenge, please post your design onto your blog with a link to our challenge and leave a comment on our blog with a link to your work. If you don't have a blog that's not a problem, just email your project to the address on the sidebar. You can combine our challenge with any others you wish and it is not essential that you use an OLL product on your creation but of course are over the moon if you do. If you don't have any OLL designs check out the February freebies.

* * * * * *  N E W S  * * * * * *

As mentioned in the last two challenges we are going to choose, from the entries from Challenges #46 & #47, a permanent Design Team Member and a new Guest Designer for March and April.   Dawn, who has been our guest designer for January and February, came up with such stunning creations that she was invited to be a permanent member of our team and, thankfully, she accepted.  Pop across to Dawn's Blog to check out her fabulous work.  Don't despair though, we're still looking for another permanent teamie.

Keep your eyes peeled, the new Ooh La La Creations CD is that close to being in the shop.  ** UPDATE ** the new CD is now in the shop.  It's called Watercolour Memories.

Keep crafting and I hope you will join in with our latest challenge. 

DT Inspiration

Annie

Carol

Dawn (Jan / Feb GD)

Anne

Challenge #47

Wow girls, what a response we had to our last challenge you obviously love distressing.  Me, I'm more prone to stressing!

Challenge #47 - Love

Although it's almost Valentines Day your project doesn't have to be a Valentine card, it just has to be your interpretation of LOVE.

To join in the challenge, please post your design onto your blog with a link to our challenge and leave us a comment with a link to your work. If you don't have a blog please email your project to me at the address on the sidebar. You can combine our challenge with any others you wish. It is not essential that you use an OLL product on your creation but of course we love it if you do. If you don't have any OLL designs check out the February freebies (see previous post).

We will be inviting one of our challengers to be our new guest designer for March/April and the person will be chosen from the entries from this, and the previous, challenge. Mojos at the ready, you could be our next GD.

Before the DT inspiration here's a sneak peek of an image from Ooh La La Creations new CD which will be for sale VERY soon.

I'm sure that little snippet will whet your appetite. I certainly can't wait for it to come out.

DT Inspiration

Annie

Carol

Our Guest Designer for January / February - Dawn

Anne

Wendi

Freebies

Here are a couple of tasters of what's on offer in the February Freebies.

     

If you want to see what else there is click here and download to your heart's content.

Challenge #46

Hi one and all. All the festivities are well past now and everything is back to 'normal', whatever that is! Thanks to all who joined in our last challenge and we look forward to seeing you again this time.

Our challenge this fortnight is something that takes me out of my comfort zone but I did enjoy doing it so you may well see me using this technique again.

Challenge #46 - Distressing

To join in the challenge, please post your design onto your blog with a link to our challenge and leave us a comment with a link to your work. If you don't have a blog please email your project to me at the address on the sidebar. You can combine our challenge with any others you wish. It is not essential that you use an OLL product on your creation but of course we love it if you do.

If you don't have any OLL designs there are some lovely freebies in the shop for you to try before you buy. Wendi and Emma also have a new CD coming out soon and there are some sneak previews on Wendi's blog. From what I've seen it looks like another showstopper.

Last and by no means least, we will be inviting a challenger to be our new guest designer for March/April chosen from the entries from this, and the next, challenge. Get your mojo working ladies - you could be our next GD.

Our DT inspiration

Dawn - our January/February GD

Annie

Anne

Wendi

Challenge #45

Happy New Year! Everyone at OLL hopes that 2010 will be happy, healthy and prosperous for you and you will try to join us as often as time permits. The challenge this fortnight is :

Challenge #45 - Create a Scene

which I think is quite apt with the horrendous weather in the UK which is indeed creating a scene and everyone is totally fed up of it all. You can design your project in whatever context you take the theme as there are many ways of creating a scene!!!

This time we are pleased to welcome Dawn who is our Guest Designer for January and February. I'm sure you will love her work as much as we do.

Lots of love also goes to our DT member Annie who has just had an op and will be out of action for a little while. We all hope that you get on the road to recovery very quickly.

There are some stunning CDs and downloads on the OLL website along with some freebies that you might like to try out. Remember it is not necessary to use OLL products on your card, but we love it when you do.

To join in the challenge, please post your design onto your blog with a link to our challenge and leave us a comment with a link to your work. If you don't have a blog please email your project to the address on the sidebar.

Guest Designer - Dawn

Carol

Annie

Wendi

Challenge #44

A big thank you to all our challengers for making time over Christmas to join us.  I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and didn't over-indulge!!!  I hope you are all keeping safe and warm and that the bad weather isn't creating too much havoc.  I have left sunny Spain for 3 weeks and am in snowy Scotland spending time over the festive season with my family ... brr.

Now, on to our challenge for this fortnight :

Challenge #44

Sketch

Wendi and Emma of Ooh La La Creations have some stunning CDs and downloads on their website along with some freebies that you might like to try out.  Remember it is not necessary to use OLL products on your card (although of course we love it when you do).

To join in the challenge, please post your design onto your blog with a link to our challenge and leave us a comment with a link to your work.  If you don't have a blog please email your project to the address on the sidebar.

Annie

Carol

Finally, I have one little apology to make - I forgot to send my project to my computer in Scotland so unfortunately there are no designs from me for this, and the next, challenge.  I'm sure all your entries will more than make up for my forgetfulness - I'm off to sit on the naughty step. xx

MERRY  CHRISTMAS
with love from all at Ooh La La Creations xx

Challenge #43

Hello one and all!  A big thank you to everyone who joined in our last challenge, we had some wonderful entries - your designs were stunning girls.  Another 2 weeks nearer to Christmas and thankfully all my cards are done and posted, my pressies are bought and wrapped so I can relax a bit now.  Hopefully you will manage to squeeze in this challenge on the run up to the festive season.

Challenge # 43 - Colour Combo

Brown & Pink

Wendi and Emma of Ooh La La Creations have some stunning CDs and downloads on their website along with some freebies that you might like to try out.  Remember it is not necessary to use OLL products on your card (although of course we love it when you do).

To join in the challenge, please post your design on your blog with a link to our challenge and leave us a comment with a link to your work.  If you don't have a blog you can always email your project to us.

All that is left now is to wish you and your families a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas from Wendi, Emma and all the Design Team and to leave you with the DT's take on this theme.

Annie

Carol

Anne

** NEWS ** NEWS **

We have a Guest Designer! 

Dawn (aka Crafty Kitten) is going to be with us for January and February. Please pop along to Cards for Every Occasion to find out more about Dawn and see her fantastic creations. 

Welcome Dawn, from all of us at Ooh La La Creations, we hope you will enjoy your time with us and we hope all our followers will find your work as inspiring as we do.

Challenge #42

Hi everyone and thanks to all those who entered our last theme, there were so many wonderful entries. Another fortnight nearer Christmas, aaah cards still not finished but almost all my pressies bought. Hope you are all getting prepared for the holidays and will have time to squeeze in this challenge during such a busy time.

Challenge #42 - Child's Card

Here's some inspiration from our DT

Carol

Annie

Anne

Wendi

Debs