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North Coast Creations Oct Release Blog Hop!

Posted on October 5, 2015 7:58 AM by Julie 9 Comments

Welcome to the North Coast Creations October Release! And wow, do we have some super cute images for your Christmas card making this year! You’re going to LOVE these!

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 7, 2015 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 8, 2015, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

Aren’t these little Caroling Penguins adorable? And they were so much fun to color! After putting them in my Misti & stamping w/ Memento, I colored them then over stamped them w/ Versafine. They were die cut w/ the largest Circle Ornament die, I added a little color around the edge then attached them to the glitter circle that was die cut w/ the largest Matting Circle die. I also used the glitter card stock for the background (cut w/ the ODBD Flourished Star Pattern die), the Flourished Vine & the ornament topper & the Wishes part of the Best Wishes die. The designer paper top & bottom (from the ODBD Christmas 2014 collection) was die cut using the ODBD Leafy Edges Borders dies. Just a note here: you are now able to purchase BOTH NCC & ODBD items in one place & not have to pay 2 shipping charges! How fabulous is that?!?

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

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations – Caroling Penguins, Santa’s Sleigh, (Sweet Christmas Wishes –inside) (ODBD –Shine On (tiny star) inside only)

Paper: X-Press It white, ivory glitter (DCWV glitter matstack), dp (ODBD –Christmas 2014 collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx

Accessories: NCC Best Wishes & Flourished Vine dies, ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Circle Ornaments, Matting Circles, Leafy Edged Borders dies, Copic markers, Misti

My second card features this cute little reindeer from the Merry & Bright set. Most of the DT got a chuckle with this one…they saw him as having a snowflake necklace..to me it looked like he had a jumper w/ a snowflake on it. Either way..he’s a cutie!
I stamped & colored him as before, then over stamped & die cut w/ the largest Stitched Oval die. The tips of his antlers got a little out of the box treatment to keep from cutting them off. I also used a gold gel pen to add some sparkle to the gold beads on the image before I attached him to a larger layer I die cut w/ the Oval die. This layer & the rest of the card front were done using papers from the ODBD Christmas 2015 collection. The little white shaped pieces above & below the main image are the largest die from the Antique Labels die.

Here’s a look at the inside where I used some left over paper & stamped the sleigh (from Santa’s Sleigh) in pear tart. Below it are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations –Merry & Bright, (Santa’s Sleigh -inside)

Paper: X-Press It white, dp (ODBD –Christmas 2015 collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx, (Memento pear tart – inside)

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Leafy Edged Borders, Ovals, Stitched Ovals, Antique Labels dies, Copic markers, Misti, Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A & B dies, gold gel pen, tiny green gems

Please be sure to stop by & comment on all the DT Blogs. It will be much appreciated & also increase your chance of winning!

Sandee * Lori * Julie * Dawn * Robin

Thanks so much for stopping by!

These are the images, dies & papers I used:

Season’s Greetings Ornament

Posted on October 1, 2015 11:32 AM by Julie Comment

For today’s Ways to Use It Challenge (WT551), use greenery, and Hope You Can Cling To (HYCCT1501C), split the difference (have greeting split the image).

The top image on my card actually comes this way…with the greeting splitting the greenery & I added the ornament under it. After placing the greeting image in my Misti, I stamped it w/ Memento, colored with Copics, over stamped w/ Versafine, then die cut w/ a pierced rectangle die. I didn’t want the piercing to include the band where the actual greeting is, so after using the outside die on the entire panel, I added the piercing die but only placed the upper cutting plate as far as the lower greeting band & applied pressure. I turned the image around & placed the upper cutting plate only as far as the top band. I like how it almost looks like a separate band, but it’s all one piece. The ornament was stamped the same way as the greeting, but I masked it & stamped the big starburst inside before coloring & over stamping. It was fussy cut & added to the panel.

These are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge …Heavy Metal (use something metallic). DRS images are not required & there’s a nice prize up for grabs.

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs- – Simple Ornament, Season’s Greetings Holly Spray, Retro Starburst

Paper: Neenah white, dk green

Ink: Memento- tuxedo black, Vesafine onyx (for over stamping)

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, pierced rectangle dies, Misti,

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ODBD October Release Blog Hop!

Posted on October 1, 2015 7:58 AM by Julie 39 Comments

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs October Release! We have some gorgeous Christmas images, dies & paper for you this month!

Prize Information: –

Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps found in the “stamps column” of the website just for commenting on the Design Team cards! You have until September 2, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EDT to leave your comments on the Designers Blogs for a chance to win! The Winners will be posted on the ODBD Blog on October 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

For my first card, I gold embossed the two background ornaments & die cut w/ the matching dies. The left ornament also has a gold embossed Flourished Alphabet letter J. The top ornament was die cut w/ the other topper die out of the same paper as the main layer. I used the largest Matting Circle die to cut the center & since the snowflake paper only has the flakes around the border, I arranged the circle opening near one corner so it would look like the flakes are circling the bottom. I used more of the snowflake paper for the gold embossed greeting & Leafy Edged Border topper. A Candi dot was added on top of the center ornament & coated w/ gold stickles & I also added some Wink of Stella on the metallic gold c/s behind the top ornament.Here’s a look at the inside.

Supplies:

Stamps: ODBD –Christmas Tunes, Elegant Embellishment set, Flourished Alphabet

Paper: vanilla, pale gold metallic, dp (ODBD – Christmas Collection 2015)

Ink: Encore Ulitmate metallic gold pigment

Accessories: ODBD Elegant Embellishments, Ovals, Flourished Star Pattern, Leafy Edged Border, Vintage Flourish Pattern, Vintage Label dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B dies, detail gold embossing powder, gold Wink of Stella pen, gold Stickles, Candi dot

My second card will have you singing Christmas Tunes! I’ve been humming them ever since I started this card. I just love a cream & gold Christmas card with lots of gold embossing, so that’s what I’ve done here.

After gold embossing the Christmas Tune, it was die cut w/ the matching Vintage Label die & the brushed gold metallic backing layer was die cut using a die from the Vintage Flourish Pattern die set. The largest gold layer was die cut with the Flourished Star Pattern largest die. The top background was a little trickier since it’s 3 layers & the top 2 are divided in 3. I first cut the cream layer, divided it but pushed the layers together to gold emboss the different Snowflakes on top & cut the bottom using the Leafy Edged Border die. I attached 3 gold layers behind them & carefully lined up the bottom & cut again. The largest faintly patterned dp layer was cut to match the bottom curve.

I used a different Leafy Edge Border to cut the cream colored border running under the greeting then stacked the gold embossed Snowflakes in the lower right. The top 2 snowflakes were fussy cut & each flake is elevated just a little from the one underneath. So it has a bit of dimension but is still, definitely mailable.

Here’s a look at the inside with more stamping & some leftover pieces from the front die cuts.

Supplies:

Stamps: ODBD – Christmas Tunes, Sparkling Snowflakes

Paper: ivory, brushed gold metallic, dp (Anna Griffin)

Ink: Encore Ulitmate metallic gold pigment (Brilliance gold & Versafine sepia on inside)

Accessories: ODBD Snowflakes, Flourished Star Pattern, Leafy Edged Border, Vintage Flourish Pattern, Vintage Label dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, detail gold embossing powder

Please be sure to visit & comment on all the DT Blogs! It will be much appreciated & definitely increase your chance of winning!

Sandee * Julie * Cathy * Amy * Dawn * Lori *

Robin T. * Lisa * Angie * Chris * Grace *

Sabrina * Silke * America * Loretta * Robin C.

Here are the sets, dies & papers I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!