~ Our Craft Lounge Sneaky Peeks! Day 1 ~
April 28th, 2010 by Holly McMillen
Hi Friends 🙂
The Our Craft Lounge designers have been busy little bees! Â Over the next three days, the team is going to be showing sneak peeks of the 13 new sets that will be released on April 30th. Â I’ve seen them all and I can tell you they are just too wonderful!
If you have arrived here today from Heather’s blog, then you are spot on! If not, you might wish to start back on the Our Craft Lounge team blog to get the list of participants (which I will list below) and instructions.
Today I am sharing a peek of the new Patriotic Parade set.  I am pretty certain I am stuck in the 80s as I love Americana. If I get the chance to make something in the genre, I do it. 🙂
The flag background was paper pieced.  I did a lot of sponging to get the effect that I was looking for.  Oh! And I wanted to share something with you.  You know how I use candy dots alot?  Well, they come in a large array of colors, but I found that I wanted them in other colors, too.  I purchased a bunch of white ones and have been coloring them with my copics! It works great!!
Here are my deets:
Stamps:Â Our Craft Lounge Patriotic Parade
Colors: GP White, Riding Hood Red, Buckaroo Blue, Close to Cocoa
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, copics, Tim Holtz’ distressing ink (antique photo and tea bag)
Accessories: Jute, wooden star buttons, star punch, dimensionals, candy dots
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Ok, now it’s time to send you hopping on over to Kendra’s blog! You can bet she will have something fun to share :).  Here is a list of the blog hop participants for today’s hop:
Amber Hillman
Beth Silaika
Cambria Turnbow
Charmaine Ikach
Chelle Fowler
Deb Felts
Deborah Anton
Denise Marzec
Heather McNally
Holly McMillen <–You are here
Kendra Wietstock
Kisa Peters
Pam Hooten
Terri Thill
Thanks so much for stopping by! Â I hope you will come back tomorrow to see the next set of peeks!! Â Have a blessed day!
Hugs,
Holly
WOW, WOW, WOW, did I say WOW? Incredible card!
Holy smokes, your coloring and sponging looks AWESOME on that main panel. Lovin’ the two stars with string too!
Love the shading on your card, very vintage! Not crazy about this stamp set but you made it more likeable!
cute set… love how you did this card!
Dang….what a CUTE card! Your coloring and sponging truly brings the images to life! I LOVE IT!!
I love your card. Such a great job with it!
LOVE this Holly! AMAZING!
Absolutely darling, Holly!! I love the rustic look you’ve given this sweet little bear!
This card is fabulous, Holly!!! Love the antique feel to it (need to get myself some of those Tim Holtz inks!!). The semi-circle of stars is fabulous along with the two at the bottom with the string through them. Wonderfully coloured image and angled sentiment. You do well in the 80s LOL ;D
Great! I am a very patriotic person (read air force brat) and this set will definitely be on my purchase list. Thanks for all the great stamp sets.
Miss Holly, your coloring is gorgeous, LOVE the shabbyness you’ve added to this card! Love it!!
FABULOUSLY shabby!! This is just gorgeous!
FABULOUS!!!!! i LOVE it!!! amazing job!!
AWESOME!! You took a cute set and made it a must have! Beautifully done!
Wow! Fantastic card. Your coloring is awesome!
SUPER card Holly!! I love it!! The sponging is beautiful! And don’t worry.. I love Americana too!! 🙂
This card is FAB-U-LOUS! Love everything about it – the image, the coloring, the embellishments! Absolutely beautiful!
Wow! Love the look and feel of your card, Holly!! I had to look twice at the flag.. thought for sure it was design paper! You are too awesome!
WOW ~ I love the vintage feel of this card with the super cute teddy bear.
Love, love, love this new set and you did an amazing job on it!
Love this set! You did a great job!
HOLLY!!! OMW – this is GORGEOUS! OMW! LOOOOOOVE this!
Holly!!! This card is GORGEOUS! STUNNING! AMAZING!
So so cute.
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WOW! You are an amazing artist. I love what you created.
Soooo CUTE!! I LOVE the sponging around the edges!
Very cute…if you’re American LOL
Adorable card! Love the antiquing.
Absolutly adorable!!! Love your color choices, makes it look vintage and festive.
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This is adorable!
Cute card, very well done, huggable!