Welcome to the North Coast Creations March Release! We have some super cute sets this month…perfect for Spring & Easter. First the prize details:
- Two winners will be randomly chosen from the comments left on the Designers Blogs to receive a $10 gift certificate good towards the purchase of NCC stamps.
- You have until March 17, 2014 at 10:00PMÂ EDT to leave a comment on each of our designers blog posts.
- The two random winners will be announced on the NCCÂ Blog on March 18, 2014, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!
For my first card, I used this sweet Happy Spring set. Aren’t these little ducklings adorable? You can almost feel how soft and fuzzy they are! After stamping & coloring, I used my out of the box technique and die cut with a square. I left the die in place and sponged a little yellow ink inside the corners. The leaf sprigs were die cut using an ODBD Fancy Foliage die and I used the tag die from the ODBD Recipe & tag dies for the greeting. The background was stamped with just the orange & yellow colors of a rainbow pad using the ODBD Vintage Mini 1 image and a left over corner of the ODBD Daisy Chain die was added on the right. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.
Supplies:
| Stamps: North Coast Creations – Happy Spring,  ODBD Vintage Pattern Mini Bg 1 |
| Paper:Â X-Press It, lt orange |
| Ink:Â Memento tuxedo black, Versfine onyx (greeting), Kaliedacolor Melon melody |
| Accessories: Copic markers,  ODBD Fancy Foliage dies, ODBD Daisy Chain Bg die, ODBD Recipe & Tag die, Spellbinders square die, Perfect Paper Crafting mini rulers |
On my second card, I used the wonderful Easter Basket set. Isn’t it pretty? After coloring, I die cut a rectangle frame out of white textured card stock and added the greeting on the frame. I didn’t have any paper to go with it, so I made a background using a spritzer & several Easter colors of Copic markers. After spritzing, I used a small paintbrush dipped in Copic blender solution to splatter it creating the Easter egg colored background you see here.
The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.
Supplies:
| Stamps: North Coast Creations – Easter Basket |
| Paper:Â X-Press It, Bazzill white |
| Ink:Â Memento tuxedo black, Versfine onyx (greeting) |
| Accessories: Copic markers, Copic blender solution, Perfect Paper Crafting airbrush spritzer, Spellbinders rectangle die |
Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit all the DT Blogs for more springy inspiration!
Lisa  * Julie * Sandee * Dawn * Sabrina * Amber *Â
I’m also adding this to the Rogue Redheads Challenge..Make you own background.
Both very pretty cards…love the bright springy colors! And I love the ducky sentiment!
You are queen of “out of the box” die cutting! My favorite though is the second card with those lovely colors and custom made dp! Gorgeous!
I love your cards, they are beautiful! TFS!
Oh goodness Julie! These are both so fabulous! Love the colors and designs. I really like the frame you made for the Easter Basket!
Your cards are adorable! I LOVE the splattered background on your Easter basket card – what a wonderful effect you’ve achieved by going over the colors with the Copic blender solution. Thank you so much for playing in our challenge at Rogue Redhead Designs this month!
Amazing background! Thanks for another great entry in the RRD Holiday Inspiration Challenge.
Both projects are so pretty Julie! I love your coloring on both! The ducks look so real and that basket with eggs is adorable! Thanks for inspiring me!
Julie, my friend, both of your cards are over the top gorgeous! You are so awesome in coloring with your Copics….sigh…I need to come and visit you and get some lessons! 😀 Hugs, Sabrina
Oh my gosh, your Copic coloring skills are so beautifully shown here on your cards. The little duck card is too cute and the Easter basket card is gorgeous. Both are beautifully done and the stamp sets…lovely.
Love your out of box, adorable duckling card…
what a perfect background for the egg basket! clever you
Your cards are so pretty and vivid! Great coloring job, very eye-catching.
Love your cards. Makes me ready to get making cards with bright colors
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OK JULIE!!! DIED & GONE TO HEAVEN with what you’ve done here!!!!!!!! Your first card is ADORABLE!!!! LOOKS LIKE A STORY BOOK IMAGE—SUCH GORGEOUS COLORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)LOOOOOVE ALL THE DETAIL WORK! Your second card—-is WONDERFUL with the back ground you’ve created & your coloring is GORGEOUS AGAIN!!!!!!!!:) LOOOOOOVE THE COLORS!!!!!!:)
Beautiful coloring. I especially like the Easter Basket.
Both of your cards are so darling. The bright colors are so cheery and really welcome in springtime.
Super cute cards! Beautiful coloring!!
Love how you did your basket! Beautiful coloring on both cards.