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North Coast Creations November Release Blog Hop!

Posted on November 5, 2015 7:58 AM by Julie 4 Comments

Welcome to the North Coast Creations November Release! And wow, do we have some fabulously cute images for your Christmas card making this year! You’re going to LOVE these!
How can you not love a Christmas Cactus all decked out w/ shiny lights? It just screams Southwest! As a native Texan, I adore SW themed images and this one is right up my alley.

After I stamped, colored, over stamped & fussy cut the Cactus Lights image, I kept picturing a little window scene so that’s what I tried to recreate. ODBD has several window dies, but I just felt like it needed to be round on top & not too big. (Please note: the ODBD site is having technical difficulties so the pictures & links may not be working for a day or two). I used a resizing trick I came up with a long time ago, but instead of making it bigger, I made the window smaller by cutting just the top part down to the middle of the first set of square panes, turning the die around & moving the bottom up. Then I cut the bottom part only & there you go..a window that is shorter by one set of square panes. I added 4 die cut shutters (for blinds) from the Welcoming Window die & a piece of dp behind it that is Christmasy but still has a SW look to it. On the white layer, I stamped the greeting at the bottom & used a SW border folder to emboss just under the dp. I used the O from the Joy image as a wreath for the window.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations –Cactus Lights, Joy

Paper: X-Press It white, Neenah white, kraft, dp (DCWV -The Christmas matstack)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp after coloring), (Distress ink twisted citron on inside)

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Welcoming Window, Window dies, Copic markers, Misti, Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A & B dies, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Southwest borders set)

On my second card, I used the super cute Santa Buford. After stamping w/ Memento, I colored him using a combination of Copics & Prismacolor pencils. His jacket & bag are mostly pencils & Buford is mostly Copics w/ a white pencil highlight. I just love the way Prismacolors look when used on this lt kraft c/s. And since he was still in my Misti, I stamped over him w/ Versafine after I was finished coloring. This really brings back the lines you tend to lose when using Prismacolor pencils. He was die cut w/ a Circle Ornament & I did my out of the box tech to keep from cutting off his tail.

I put together the 3 pieces of dp to get my background then added the die cut Merry w/ a few stockings fussy cut from the dp. The Medium Bow was die cut from red & I used a small letter J punch to make the candy canes on the bow. The cut glass button was clear & I used a red copic to color it.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations –Santa Buford (Holly Jolly Christmas -inside greeting)

Paper: lt kraft, red, white, dp (Pebbles – Welcome Christmas)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp after coloring)

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Circle Ornaments, Matting Circles, Medium Bow, Merry Christmas dies, Copic markers, Misti, Prismacolor pencils, glass gem, small letter J punch (used for candy canes on bow)

Please be sure to visit & comment on all the DT Blogs! This is so much appreciated!

Julie * Sandee * Amy * Dawn *

Lori* Sabrina

Thanks so much for stopping by!

These are the sets & dies I used:

Autumn Colors

Posted on October 30, 2015 10:47 AM by Julie Comment

Three wonderful challenges today on Splitcoast & I was able to combine them! The F4A297 (fall colors), the MIX144 (fall colors), and HYCCT1530TEAM (turning you loose). The first 2 are pretty easy to see..for the MIX I have a combo of Distress ink/watercolor in my background, Copics & Versafine ink on the image. Hope that’s enough! For the HYCCT, I used the Wrinkle Free Distress tutorial. I don’t think I’ve ever done it before & I added another wrinkle because the bg is second generation. I had a combo of Distress inks & a little water color on my craft sheet & when I lifted the w/c paper up, it had way too much on it so I pressed another piece of w/c paper to the w/c sheet I just lifted to soak up the excess.

After I dried the bg, I used a Sizzix die on opposite corners & attached it to a dk green bg. The image was stamped w/ Memento, colored w/ Copics then over stamped w/ Versafine. I used a pierced square die & also did a little out of the box on the top of the image. The leaf pile was fussy cut & added on top.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by! This is also for the DRS Thursday Challenge..That’s Tasty! Have a food item on your project. DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs- Bountiful Basket, Changing Leaves Greeting, (1 Line Thanksgiving- inside), Leaf Pile

Paper: X-Press It white, thin water color paper, dk green

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (for over stamping after coloring), Distress inks marigold, straw, marmalade, persimmon

Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, squares, pierced squares dies, Misti, water colors, Sizzix #660220 dies

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Serendipity October Blog Hop!

Posted on October 2, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 20 Comments

Welcome to the Serendipity October Blog Hop! We are showing off some fabulous new images & dies! If you arrived here from Jenny’s Blog , you are in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.

The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday October 4 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to SS. Mary will announced a winner on Monday Oct 5. Special: 40% off the highest priced item in your cart when you use Code “40fromhigh1015”. Offer good Friday Oct 2 – Sunday Oct 4th. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Wheel in Snow. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps!

For my first card, I put this super cute little witch from the Halloween Pops set into my Misti, stamped her with Memento & colored her with Copics. To add a little interest, I used the blender to add polka dots to her dress. Then I over stamped the image with Versafine (this really brings out the details!) & die cut with a stitched rectangle. I had to do a little out of the box treatment to keep from cutting off her hat & broom & I also trimmed the edges a little closer. The moon & top of the cauldron were stamped with white ink onto the black c/s & the dp strips are all from the same sheet…I just used a few areas of it. I added some orange stickles to her belt & hat band & crystal stickles to the moon.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Halloween Pops set, Happy Halloween

Paper: X-Press It white, black, dp (Recollections – Midnight Magic)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (to overstamp image after coloring)

Accessories: Serendipity Creepy Wreath die (inside), Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, MISTI, Copic markers, stickles, stitched rectangle dies, fishtail flag dies

For this card, I used the fun new Hocus Pocus image. Usually, I color first then see if I have paper to match, but I picked the paper first on this one so I could use Copics to go with it. I love open areas on words…it gives me a lot of opportunity to change the colors to suit.

After stamping, coloring & over stamping, I die cut it..but I had to do a little resizing (pls click link for explanation) to make it fit, so the panel is now much longer than the actual die. It’s backed w/ a vanilla rectangle layer & I added some of the die cut Creepy Wreath on top & bottom. A few bats & a cat from the wreath set were also added.

You can probably see it better in the pic above..I added some Wink of Stella to the colored areas. I wanted a little sparkle but I didn’t want to cover all the coloring. Here’s a look at the inside & also the Copics I used.

Supplies: