It's Becky here today with a different kind of challenge for you. Today's challenge will require a little more explanation than my typical straightforward challenges. So here you go: *If yo...
Our Flickr Gallery 9 to 5 Contest from May 22 winner is... Diana Waite Please email us within 30 days Diana to receive your prize. If you would like to be a winner like Diana, check out our next cont...
9 to 5 CHALLENGE Hello everyone and Happy Friday. We are happy to offer another Flickr Gallery 9 to 5 Contest. Use the sketch below (by Jill Sprott), use mainly 9 to 5 products and post it on our Fli...
Hi there everyone, Mou Saha here with today's sketch. The sketch is mostly linear with a few circles on the right to break up the straight lines. I have with me Becky and here's her take! L...
We're switching things up a bit this week, bringing you a challenge on Tuesday after Monday's Memorial Day holiday here in the United States. I don't know about you, but I (Vivian) fin...
Hi Kim here, Today I thought I'd show you how you can look beyond the theme of a collection & use another point of inspiration for a completely different result.I used the '9 to 5'...
I love Pinterest. But, truth be told, I often forget about that wealth of inspiration. The other day I spent some time going through it and came across this pin that I thought would work perfectly fo...
You have asked and we listened. We want to challenge you with a sketch using our 9 to 5 line. Here's what you do: 1. Use this sketch that our DT member Roree Rumph created! 2. Use mainly '9...
Happy Monday, October Afternoon, friends! It's Amy here today with your Monday Challenge.All this week, we are featuring one of the latest and greatest product extensions for October Afternoon...
Hey! Hey! It's Friday! It's Kim here, and I am happy to be blogging again here at October Afternoon.I have a page to share you today using some of the sexy new 9-5 products. I love how they...
Hello! Wilna here today with a sketch I found on Scrapbook Ect's website. What I loved about it is the flourishes. I always love flourishes. Here is the sketch: Roree played with and made the mo...
Good morning! Danni here with today's Tuesday tutorial. I have had an idea for the incredible 9 to 5 Chapter Sheets and thought I would share that idea with you today in tutorial format. The Cha...
Quite often on scrapbook pages, the title is a separate element, set apart from the journaling. This week's challenge is to rethink that approach: work in a title seamlessly by making it part of...
Hi Kim here... I am so stoked to be guesting here at OA for May. I have always been a fan of October Afternoon, not only because as a company they always generously support the Creating Keepsakes mag...
Congrats to *Queen* Britt who summed it up quite nicely: Wow. This collection rocks! Britt, email us your information within 30 days and we will get your Cakewalk Collection Kit prize out to you. Hap...
With Mother's Day right around the corner, I (Vivian) thought I'd show you a quick and easy technique today that you can use on your Mother's Day cards. This technique was inspired by ...
Hey everyone! Roree here. It's Monday, so it's challenge time again. The girls on this team are so talented, and I admire their work so much. They are always coming up with inspiring projec...
Hello! My name's Kim Watson. I live in the beautiful city of Cape Town-that's on the very tip of South Africa—with my delish husband, two of the sweetest kids & a cat who runs our home ...
Time for your Thursday sketch, chalkboard style. That's just how I (Lexi) like to do it :) Nothing too fancy here...photo, title and journaling lined across the middle, with a scattering of embe...
Congratulations to Angie Simonet! She posted the following on our bog last week about the Fly A Kite Fabric, to win the fat quarter bundle: Oh my goodness are these eye candy or what? Love them! I wo...
Another day, another reason to celebrate! Life is a Cakewalk, and it’s time to party with October Afternoon’s new line. Whatever you’re celebrating – a birthday, an anniversary, a life milestone – Ca...
Good Morning! Becky here today with a simple envelope tutorial. I have gifts on my mind right now, with both Mother's Day and graduation celebrations coming soon. I like to give gift cards and m...
Hello! Wilna Furstenberg here with a fun challenge... USE YOUR RUBONS! We all have a few sheets in our stash that we have never used... so today Lexi and I will show you some pages where we just went...
Mother's Day is right around the corner -- May 13! -- and while finding the right gift can take a lot out of you, the same need not be true for the card. Each of the following cards came togethe...
Hey everyone! Roree here, and I have this week's Sketch Challenge for you. While trying to come up with a sketch idea, I thought it would be fun to use up those scraps and embellishments that we...
Congrats to Michelle Brooks who left this nice comment: I love this whole collection, and cannot wait to buy everything! My favorite is the sheet of paper called "shorthand", and of course ...
We are very happy to announce that October Afternoon's 'Fly a Kite' line has been released in fabric! This line of fabric is manufactured and distributed by our wonderful partners at R...
With Mother's Day just a few weeks away, who isn't going to be in search of a thoughtful gift for mom or grandma any day now? If you're from a big family like mine, then you are likel...
Hi there everyone. Marcy here to start your week off with a challenge. I love using the same element multiple times on a page for emphasis and direction. Sometimes when I want to put a lot of ele...
Hi OA fans! It's Amy here today with a little tour of my ever-evolving basement craft space.My room is quite small, only about 9'x12'. It's a half-room in our basement that adjoin...
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