Welcome to the North Coast Creations May Release! We have a couple of beautiful sets this month! One for the girly girl and one for the outdoors man in your life.Â
First, the prize details:Â
- 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 just for commenting on our Design Team cards!
- You have until May 17, 2014 at 10:00PM EDT to leave a comment on each of our designers blog posts.Â
- Our 2 random winners will be announced here on the blog on May 18,  2014, be sure to check back to see if you have won!
My first card features the new Ballet set. Such a lovely pair of ballet slippers and wonderful sayings and quotes to go with it. I took ballet as a young girl and to this day when I think of ballet slippers and tutus, I think pink. A little funny, since the first tutu I wore at a recital was orange & lime green with a Mandarin collar and sparkly to the max! Anyway, I thought this pink and white paper from the ODBD Heart & Soul collection would be perfect. I added a white embossed ODBD crochet circle behind the slippers circle. After white embossing it on white, I sponged on the pink inks then die cut it with the matching die. The slippers were colored with Copics and I used my out of the box technique and a smaller circle die to cut it out. I added a die cut ODBD Beautiful Borders die across the bottom and the sentiment was die cut with an ODBD tag die.
The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.Â
Supplies:
| Stamps: North Coast Creations – Ballet,  ODBD – Crochet Circle Plain |
| Paper:Â X-Press It, ODBD Heart & Soul paper collection |
| Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox frost white pigment, Distress Inks in angel pink & worn lipstick |
| Accessories: Copic markers,ODBD Recipe & Tag die, ODBD Crochet Circle die, ODBD Beautiful Borders dies, Spellbinders Decorative labels 22 & A2 Matting basics A dies, white embossing powder, crystals, ribbon |
For my second card, I have one for the outdoorsman or the for the family camping trip.
I first stamped the trees, masking as I went and I stamped a couple of extra trees, the camper, marshmallows and the Happy Camper sign on another piece to cut out. After coloring everything with Copics, I made a narrow dk red frame for my scene, matted it on a piece of ODBD Rustic Beauty paper collection and added the cut out parts. I used the same out of the box technique on the tops and sides of the trees that are part of the scene in order to slide the red frame underneath. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.
Supplies:
| Stamps: North Coast Creations – Happy Camper |
| Paper: X-Press It, ODBD Rustic Beauty paper collection, dk red |
| Ink:Â Memento tuxedo black |
| Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 Matting basics A & B dies |
Please be sure to stop by and visit all of the Design Team blogs for more inspiration!
Julie * Lori * Lisa * Dawn * Sandee * Amber *Â
Thanks so much for stopping by!
What a way to start the show! Julie these are both so beautifully done! Your pink card is gorgeous! And I love the way you did the little strip through the lace! The second one is such a great scene! Love it!
Your camper card is cute, and your ballet card is gorgeous!!!
I love both cards! I especially like the use of the masking technique on the camp card! Thanks for sharing
Both are awesome, Julie! The pink and white ballet card is absolutely stunning with the ODBD designer paper and white embossing and the camping scene is too adorable and clever! Love them both! HUGS!!
lol.. orange and lime green! LOVE your ultra feminine pink Ballet card, just beautiful!!
your framed camping scene is just too cute!!
Julie, I am astonished by the beauty of the ballet card and the whimsy of the camping card. You truly have a gift! My 4 year old granddaughter just had her ballet recital and she would love the pink card!! Thanks so much for the inspiration and the pure joy of looking at your art!!
What great cards! So different yet so awesome!!!
Fabulous cards using the new NCC Release Julie! Love the stunning Ballet card with all the extra details! The Happy Camper card is beautifully colored!
Love the ballet set! I have not seen another stamp set like that-very unique. Well done!
Your ballet card is so gorgeous!! Love the pink and white! Your RV card is really cute! Love those trees and firepit and marshmallows!! So cute!
Love the ballet card!! SO pretty!!!!! The camper card is real cute too!