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I made this for the Splitcoast Color Challenge (CC611)..red, green & vanilla. Perfect color combo for a Christmas card.

Truth be told, this is the first thing I’ve made in over a week. I’ve been seriously under the weather. Fever is gone, but so is my voice! And my throat & chest feel like they’re on fire w/ the cough that’s still hanging in there. I’m pretty sure this was helped along by all the smoke we’ve had from the fires north of us. 

The pinecone was colored & fussy cut. I found a scrap of ivory linen so I stamped the pine branches & greeting on it then added the pinecone. The kraft bg was die cut then embossed w/ a corner flourish. I rubbed over the top w/ a white pencil then added sequins & some stickles for the sparkle.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used on the pine cone.


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I’m also adding this to Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge, Make Your Mark
And Simon Says Wed. Challenge – Anything Goes

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Pine Cone w Bow 1001G	Christmas To You 618E	Pine Bough 467K	Richly Blessed 865G
Sizzix Flourish & Postcard set 657666	Staples 110# white card stock	X-Press It Blending Card	MISTI
Memento Inks	AC color card stock	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies	Neenah Linen cardstock
Sequins	Prismacolor Pencils	Stickles

 
Welcome to the North Coast Creations November Release! We have some really cute new Christmas images & a matching Reindeer die this month! You are really going to love these for your Christmas card making.

On my Santa Star card, I decided to make it into a shaker card. I really love shakers & I think they add a little something extra & kids love them. The shaker on this was made using a cellophane pouch I made out of a little envelope that embellishments come in. There’s not a lot of depth or bulk to it so it’s definitely mailable. 

After die cutting the white top panel w/ the Double Stitched Rectangles, I positioned the largest Double Stitched Star die at an angle toward the top. The largest Sparkling Star die was used to cut the red frame behind it & I used the smallest star dies to die cut all the sparkly stars I put inside the shaker. After sealing it, I attached it behind the star opening & added a thin foam sheet under it give it a bit of room. I added a green paper star behind it before I attached it all to the striped paper. Santa was colored w/ Copics & fussy cut. The greeting was stamped on another star & the glittery presents added beside Santa.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.


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For my Rudolph card, after stamping & coloring him, he was die cut w/ the matching die. I found some paper in my stash that had a row of little red nosed reindeer on it so I cut just that strip & found some other papers that coordinated w/ it. The greeting was stamped on a Stitched Oval & backed w/ a plain Oval & I thought it needed a little something extra so I die cut the stars using the Splendorous Stars & Shining Star dies.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

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Rudolph stamp/die NCS6-220	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147	Sparkling Stars dies CBD79	Double Stitched Stars dies CBD128
Ovals dies CBD112	Splendorous Stars dies CBD78	Shining Star die CBD80	Double Stitched Circles dies CBD136	Copic Sketch Markers
Memento Inks	MISTI	We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	DCWV The Christmas Combo	Pink Paislee Snow Village	DCWV Glitter Matstack	Pebbles Welcome Christmas
TPS The Shoppe on the Square

Welcome to the North Coast Creations October Blog Hop! We have some super cute new images & some terrific dies to go this month! You are really going to love these!

For my first card, I colored Peaches the Parrot to look like a green wing macaw because in my opinion, green wings are one of the most colorful of the macaws. After stamping, I used Copics to color him then over stamped to sharpen up the details again. A Pierced Oval die was used to cut him out & I had to do a little out of the box to keep from cutting off his tail. I used larger Ovals & Pierced Ovals to make a 2 layered frame around him. Portions of a Flourished Vine were added, cut out of the same green as the frame. The Happy Birthday was die cut once out of black & once out of white & stacked, a little offset.Here’s a look at the inside..the images & greeting are from the Little Birdies set. Below it are the Copics I used.

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So how cute are these little Dinosaurs? Totally adorbs, I’d say! To me, the little guy in the middle looked like a baby w/ those big ol’ eyes of his, so I thought why not add a cracked Egg & complete the picture? The other two are either the proud parents or siblings. I used a die cut tree branch from the Who Loves You set & some fussy cut firs from the Happy Camper set to add a little scenery behind them. The blue clouds are from the Something Marvelous set.

The top white layer was die cut using the Double Stitched Rectangles & it was matted onto a piece of orange polka dot paper.  

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Surprise! No orange Copics on baby. I just used a base of the Y18 & colored/shaded w/ the R21, R22 & R05 on top.

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My last card, features the brand new Bunny die to go w/ the super cute Hippity Hoppity set. The challenge for me with this one was to try & make a card using a bunny & not have it be an Easter card.  So I stamped, colored & die cut 2 bunnies then made a bow tie for the boy (the bow from the Peaceful Poinsettias dies was the perfect size!) & a hair bow for the girl (from the Circle Ornaments dies).

I die cut the layers of white, blue & blue polka dot papers using Rectangle & Pierced Rectangle dies, then used a Circle die to cut out the opening on the side for the little girl bunny to peek around. The greeting circles were cut & I added some Mini Double Stitched Hearts below the greeting. It just looked a little blank in the right corner, so I added a white Gilded Gate across the bottom.

Here’s the inside, using some leftovers…originally, the greeting circles were bigger & I cut them down a size & these are the leftover rings. Below this are the Copics I used.

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Peaches the Parrot NCC95	You Are Dino-Mite NCS4-193	Hippity Hoppity NCC218	Happy Camper NCC62	Who Loves You NCC109
Little Birdies NCS1-173	Foliage & Leaves dies	Rectangles dies CBD122	Pierced Rectangles dies CBD147	Circles dies CBD142
Pierced Circles dies CBD162	Peaceful Poinsettia dies CBD112	Blessed Easter	Mini Stitched Hearts dies CBD170	Circle Ornament dies CSBD45
Ovals dies CBD112	Pierced Ovals dies CBD172	Double Stitched Rectangles dies CBD123	Gilded Gate dies	Birthday Brights paper ODP25
Old Glory paper	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Distress Inks	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	MISTI