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  • North Coast Creations October Release!

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    NCC Tommy Turkey cu 04865Welcome to the North Coast Creations October Release! We have some super cute Thanksgiving & Christmas sets for you this month. 

    Prize Information:

    Just for commenting on the Design Team Blog Posts, you have a chance to win a $10 NCC Gift Certificate, good towards the purchase of NCC Stamps.  You have until October 26, 2014 at 10:00 PM EDT to leave a comments on the participating designers blogs for a chance to win!  Two random winners will be selected from the comments left on the designers blogs, the winners will be announced on the NCC Blog on October 27, 2014, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

    NCC Tommy Turkey 04862On my first card, I’m using the adorable Tommy Turkey. This little guy just makes me smile 🙂 I know turkeys aren’t usually this colorful but I wanted him all decked out in his Thanksgiving finery. We have a flock of wild turkeys that come through our back yard pretty regularly and I can assure you they are nowhere near as cute & colorful as this little guy. After coloring, I did a little out of the box on the tips of his feathers and sponged a little color around the inside while he was still in the die. I added a rusty brown frame and a few layers behind him. The stamped, die cut leaves and greeting are from Our Daily Bread designs. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Tommy Turkey, Our Daily Bread designs –  Autumn Tree, Autumn Blessings
    Paper:  white, dp (Basic Grey – Pyrus)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Distress Ink antique linen
    Accessories:  Copic markers, ODBD Fall Leaves & Acorns dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics B dies, Candi dot

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    My second card uses the really cute Snowman Family set. Don’t they look like they’re having a great time? After stamping & coloring, I added a little Copic opaque white paint for snow on the tree and ground and also for the clouds. 

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    After adding a white die cut frame on top, I white embossed some snowflakes on a piece of blue paper from the ODBD Christian Faith paper collection then attached it underneath my image. The greeting was stamped on a small oval and a stamped, die cut blue snowflake was attached on top. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used.
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Snowman Family,  Our Daily Bread designs – Sparkling Snowflakes
    Paper: Neenah white, ODBD Christian Faith paper collection
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black, danube blue, Colorbox frost white pigment
    Accessories: ODBD snowflake dies, white embossing powder, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, labels 18, Fancy Framed tags 2 (the greeting oval) dies, large crystal, Copic opaque white paint

    Please be sure to visit & comment on all the team blogs for your chance to win! 

     Lisa * Lori * Dawn * Julie * Sandee * 

    Amber * Stacy

     Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • It’s Snowing!!

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Well, it may not be snowing right now, but it is soooo cold here! This is the deep south, y’all! And as of 9:20 pm EST, it was 13 degrees! The water outside from the rain last night has long since turned to ice and we’re on our way to a predicted 6 degrees tonight (-10 with the wind chill).

    So with the winter deep freeze around here, I have two cards to share…one for the CAS challenge today (Snowflakes CAS254) and the other for the Color Challenge tomorrow. The card above is for the CAS challenge and it was super simple. ..especially since I already had the white mega oval die cut in my stash. I stamped the greeting 3 times w/o reinking and added a few snowflakes on it.

    The navy panel was stamped w/ the white chalk ink and I added some additional snow dots w/ a white gel pen. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  –Let it Snow, 4 in 1 Snowflake, Snowflake Scroll, Snow Background
    Ink:  Memento Paris Dusk, Colorbox popcorn white chalk ink
    Paper: white, navy
    Accessories:  Spellbinders mega oval die, white gel pen, stickles, rhinestone

    I was asked to be a guest designer for the Color Challenge on Splitcoast for the month of January! The colors for CC460, are Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo and Night of Navy. I don’t have the exact colors, but I found some inks and Copics which are very close and they seemed like good winter colors to me, so that’s the direction I went

    .Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Best of 2014!
    I’m so happy and honored to be a Guest Designer for the Color Challenge this month and no one was more surprised than me, lol! And along with the colors , I included the dessert of splatters.

    After masking a wide band, I stamped the winter trees in black and added a circle mask for the moon and used torn paper mask snow and sky areas. I sponged on the two inks for the night sky and and a little of the teal for the snow. I added some shadows and used the white ink and splatter background to add the snow. A white gel pen was used to bring out some of the splatters a bit more.

    I added the narrow strips down the sides (colored navy with Copics) and the greeting in the lower right. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.
    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  DRS Designs – Winter Tree Line, Warm Wishes, Splatter Background, Single Tree
    Ink:  Memento Paris Dusk, lilac posies, teal zeal, Colorbox popcorn white chalk ink, Versafine onyx
    Paper: white
    Accessories:  Copic markers, white gel pen, 7/8 circle punch

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • Snowy Night

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    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Congrats to Joy, the newest Featured Stamper on Splitcoast (FS361)! Her gallery is a delight and after browsing for a long time, I chose THIS card to case. I kept the snowy sky and tree theme, but I used different images, slightly different colors and made mine just a winter card instead of a Christmas card.

    I stamped the snow tree w/ fence on white, added a hint of color and shadows w/ some very light cool gray and a snow green Copic markers, then cut around the top edge. When I got to the tree, I left only a very small portion of the right side of the trunk. On a larger navy blue piece, I lined up where the tree would be and stamped it again w/ the popcorn white ink. I added a bit more white (for snow) on the tree with a white gel pen. I used a small die cut circle for the moon and stamped just a few of the branches w/ black. The snow was stamped using the splatter background and the popcorn ink. I added a bit of the same splatter bg on the white part using the lt blue ink. The first two lines of the greeting were added in lower left.

    Congrats again, Joy, enjoy your week! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  –Snow Tree w/ Fence, Splatter Background, Stepping Back in Time Greeting
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, summer sky, Colorbox popcorn chalk ink
    Paper: white, navy
    Accessories:  Spellbinders circle die, white gel pen, Copic markers in lt cool grays & snow green

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