• Tag Archives Birthday
  • North Coast Creations Look Back

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    Today we are taking another look at the North Coast Creations January release! This is such a fabulous release, with beautiful florals and lovely greetings for all occasions. For my card, I used the Floral Sentiments 2 and two ODBD images that complement it and the paper I used.

    On a piece of the designer paper, I stamped the Happy Birthday greeting with the chalk ink in a section of the dp that seemed perfect for it. After die cutting on a curve, I also die cut a border section using the reverse side of the same piece of dp. I stamped the sweet branch image w/ the teal ink, added a hint of color and fussy cut it.On a piece of ivory card stock, I stamped the ODBD honeycomb bg with a combination of the two distress inks and the Memento ink. I added color with Copics in just a few of the honeycombs and sponged the edges with the straw ink. Since the card front was white, I also sponged the edges of it to better coordinate. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

     

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to check out the NCC Blog and all of the DT blogs for more inspiration!

    Lori * Julie * Amber Dawn * Lisa * Sabrina 

    *Sandee

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Floral Sentiments 2, ODBD Simple Things & Honeycomb background
    Paper: ivory, dp (Authentique – Summer)
    Ink: Distress Inks tumbled glass, scattered straw, Memento teal zeal, Colorbox deep lagoon chalk ink
    Accessories:  Spellbinders curved borders die, buttons, Copic markers, buttons

  • Serendipity Stamps SSCB #28 -Typeprint or Music

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com

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    Welcome to  the February challenge for  Serendipity Stamps!  We’re switching things up a bit in 2014…The challenges will now be MONTHLY so you have longer to play. The design team will still provide inspiration twice a month (every other Wednesday), but you will have the whole month to play along! The Serendipity Challenge this month is Type Print or Sheet Music.  And for the Design Team, we’ve added the twist of a food theme with the print. You can find all the details on how to play along with us at the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. With each challenge we always have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. The sale of the week is 40% Off Coupon – from now through February 12th get 40% off the highest priced item in your cart when you enter the code “40fromhigh214” during checkout.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    For my foodie card using type print, I chose this sweet cupcake & candle die. I die cut the cupcake a few times out of white card stock, glued two together and attached them over a fussy cut cupcake. To know where to cut the solid version, I use the die to just emboss (not cut) another cupcake, then cut around the outside edge. The third die cut version I colored w/ yellow and pink Copic markers then attached it on top for a little more dimension. Then I added some stickles on the icing for a little sparkle.

    The type print is all over the paper I used. I thought this collection of Basic Grey would be perfect as every piece has type print all over it. I die cut the pink layers around the cupcake and fussy cut the black print layer. The bottom of two of the larger layers were die cut with a border die and I used some Ranger black enamel to make the black dots. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to stop by and visit all of the Design Team blogs:
    Jeanne Jachna
    Marybeth Lopez
    Miriam Napier
    Pauline Pollington
    Jenny Gropp
    Vickie Zimmer
    Julie Warner – you are here!

    Karen Amidon
    Anya Schrier

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Everyday Words Small
    Paper: white, dp (Basic Grey – Out of Print collection)
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories: Serendipity Cupcake & Candle die,  Spellbinders labels 22 & Classic inserts 3 edge dies, Copic markers, stickles, Ranger black enamel accents

  • Joy in a Jar

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    A big CONGRATS to Doni, the newest Featured Stamper (FS364) on Splitcoast! What a fantabulous gallery she has and I wish I could do CAS (clean & simple) as well as Doni. Believe it or not, I cased THIS card of hers. I loved the image cut out and on top of the pennant flag. Well, we all know how “stuff” happens…and it morphed. I kept the flag but since I turned it sideways I had to move the image more off of the flag to keep it balanced. I also changed the colors and added sequins, just ’cause.

    After stamping the Joy in a Jar image once on white and again on a dotted yellow piece of dp, I die cut the white image and used a 1″ circle punch for the yellow circle and a die for the navy circle. The apothecary jar was also stamped onto navy (very hard to see here), die cut w/ the matching die and the label was added on top. Some narrow white ribbon was colored w/ yellow Copics  and added to the jar. HINT: I also used a Prussian blue Copic marker to color a few lt blue sequins to match (it works!). The flag was die cut and the little narrow yellow strip is a cut off piece (the paper is double sided) so I placed it across the flag and added a fussy cut little image. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Congrats again, Doni!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Apothecary BottlesJoy in a Jar
    Paper: Neenah white, navy, butter yellow, dp (Teresa Collins- Everyday Moments)
    Ink: Ancient Page indigo
    Accessories:  ODBD Apothecary Bottles diesODBD Antique Label dies, , yellow & Prussian blue Copic markers, ribbon, sequins