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Archive for December, 2018

Welcome to the North Coast Creations December Release! We have some really cute images & matching papers for you!  These Christmas critters are just adorable & so fun to color!

For my first card, I used this caroling trio. After stamping & coloring, I die cut & added a silver glitter die cut Fancy Circle behind it. I used some of the little All the papers are from the matching Very Merry paper pad & the greeting is from a fabulous set of Holiday Words. 

Here’s the inside & the Copic colors I used.

My second card uses another image from the set & more of the coordinating papers.

After stamping & coloring I again die cut w/ the Double Stitched Circles dies. I lined up where the circle would be & stamped the branches again on the blue layer. I wanted it to look like the owls were in front of a huge moon w/ the dark blue sky behind them.

I also die cut a couple of the Elegant Emboss embellishment ornaments out of white then snipped out the snowflakes to add on the blue background.

Here’s the inside & the Copic colors I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Very Merry	Very Merry paper	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies	Double Stitched Circles Dies	Elegant Embellishments dies
Holiday Words dies	Fancy Circles dies	Leafy Edged Borders Dies	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	MISTI

Such a wonderful inspiration site Stacy chose! I’m sure a lot of people are familiar w/ Shutterstock..they have so many fabulous photos & clip art. I was inspired by THIS picture. I started w/ a new set from North Coast Creations w/ cute little critters & my card just evolved into what you see.

After stamping & coloring the polar bear family, I added a stitched circle frame then a stitched rectangle frame w/ a smaller stitched rectangle window on top of it. I die cut some white & snowflake paper hills, added them to the bottom & then attached my little fussy cut penguin. The greeting was die cut & colored w/ Copics as well as the narrow blue frame around everything.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used. For the snowflakes, I punched some different sized snowflakes in a piece of scrap paper & used it as a stencil to sponge on the ink

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Supplies:

 

Very Merry	Old Fashioned Santa	Very Merry paper	Double Stitched Rectangles Dies	Double Stitched Circles Dies
Holiday Words dies	Leafy Edged Borders Dies	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	MISTI	Marvy 5/8” Snowflake Punch LV-CP25

A big congrats to Vicki, the newest Featured Stamper! She has such a fab gallery & always leaves the sweetest comments. After much browsing, I chose THIS to case. I kept the gold embossed tree & Christmas theme but used different images & different dies. Also as a nod to her living in Hawaii, I used a beach shells tropical themed tree.

I gold embossed the image on some confetti sand card stock then I added just a touch of color w/ some Prismacolor pencils. On the darker sand c/s, I gold embossed the Splatter Bg on the lower section then used a curved die to cut the lower part of the tree layer. The new greeting was also gold embossed & die cut w/ a circle die. I added some gold thread tied in a bow just under the top of it.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

Seashell Christmas Tree 808L	Seas and Greetings 811C	Deco Peace & Joy 355G	Splatter Bg 855H	4 in 1 Seashells 473F
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	RN Mirror Gold embossing powder	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Prismacolor Pencils
Ultimate Metallic Ink	Brilliance Inks	AC color card stock	Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180