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ODBD February Review!

Posted on February 20, 2015 4:58 AM by Julie 3 Comments

Today we are taking another look at the wonderful Our Daily Bread designs February Release! The wildflowers are perfect for so many different cards. For my card today, I went with a shaker card. I love the way they look, but they always end up being more trouble than they’re worth, lol. Or maybe that’s just me.

I wanted to keep it semi flat, so I used sequins instead of buttons or something thicker. To begin, I die cut the canning jar in my top layer. Now here, I’ll tell you, the die has two aligning dots so I did a tiny bit of surgery & removed the lower one to keep from cutting a hole below it. I stopped the die cutting machine before I reached the top “dot” & just for insurance, I added a small piece of thick cardstock under it so it wouldn’t cut a hole on top. I stamped the top part of the wildflowers (from Life is a Gift) and colored them. On the bottom white layer, I stamped the canning jar & added some stems so it would appear they continue inside the jar.

I added a piece of acetate under the top layer and two layers of card board, then the bottom layer. Before I glued the bottom layer on, I added the sequins. The twine was glued on top along with the greeting on a die cut tag.I used the largest die from Flourished Star Pattern dies to cut the largest white layer because I love the way it pierces all around the edge.

Since I didn’t use any dp, I did some two color stamping on the inside around the edges. I used the lavender ink with the silhouette wildflowers & the grape with the wildflowers from the Life is a Gift set.

These are the Copics I used. I don’t know why I had the 3 gray colors in here…I didn’t use them, lol.

Please be sure to stop by and visit all the DT blogs for more inspiration!
Cathy * Lori * Sandee * Dawn * Julie * Wanda
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Life is a Gift, Miss You, Canning Jars

Paper: Neenah white, dk purple, small scrap of silver mirror board

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, (lulu lavender & grape jelly on inside)

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star pattern, Mini Tags & Canning Jars dies, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A&B, acetate, twine, sequins

North Coast Creations February Release!

Posted on February 15, 2015 7:58 AM by Julie 12 Comments

Welcome to the North Coast Creations February Release! We have some really wonderful images for you this month! Sssssshhhh… don’t tell…we are also giving you a little sneak peek at a couple of fabulous new dies from Our Daily Bread designs (the Eggs & Grass Border dies). They will be available with the March 1st ODBD release!

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 February 17, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST 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 February 18, 2015, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

For my first card, I used the super cute Hippity Hoppity set. Don’t you just love the expression on the bunny’s face? When I think of Easter bunnies, I immediately think of pink & white. Nothing like a little fluffy white bunny with pink ears, feet & belly! I know white can be a hard color to try & shade, but if you use just a little light cool gray, it will make a huge difference. Use cool grays because on white, warm or neutrals will tend to look a little dirty. So after coloring my bunny, I used a little out of the box (click for tutorial) treatment so his ears wouldn’t be chopped off, lol. For the background I die cut an ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern background & also the layer behind the bunny out of white. I used the pink ink to sponge from the bottom up on both so they would be darker pink at the bottom & fade to white at the top. I also sponged pink on some of the die cut small eggs. I combined two of the set greetings on the large egg & added the die cut grass. Two of the smallest Aster die cuts were sponged in the center & added on either side. These are the Copics I used.

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations – Hippity Hoppity

Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It white

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress ink angel pink

Accessories: ODBD Vintage Flourish Pattern, Vintage Label, Asters dies, Eggs & Grass Border dies, Copic markers, Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder

My second card uses the beautiful Pansies set.

I went with purple pansies since that color is most prevalent in my area. They are so dramatic & velvety! I stamped the pansies twice, colored them then fussy cut them and some of the petals on the top pansy to pop up on top.

The pansies are attached to a purple die cut Quatrefoil Design . I die cut the green layer w/ the solid outline, then cut another Quatrefoil pattern out of it to get the frame. Both are attached to a white layer I cut w/ the solid die then embossed w/ the pattern die. The large white background was die cut using the Quatrefoil Pattern die. I used the largest of the Flourished Star Pattern die to cut the large purple mat then added a frame I die cut out a piece of designer paper from the Christian Faith paper collection.

Supplies:

Stamps: North Coast Creations – Pansies

Paper: Neenah white, X-Press It white, purple, moss green, dp (ODBD Christian Faith collection)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: ODBD Flourished Star Pattern, Quatrefoil Pattern, Quatrefoil Design dies, Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, petite oval dies, stickles

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Julie * Lisa * Dawn * Sandee * Patricia *

Lori * Angie * NCC Blog
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Serendipity SSCB#37 – Thankful pt 2!

Posted on November 19, 2014 12:00 AM by Julie 7 Comments

Welcome to the November Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is appropriately…Things you are Thankful or Grateful pt 2! You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. The DT has the added challenge of using a non-craft related item.. And as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player. The sale this week is Free Shipping on any US Order of $15 or more … good through Nov 26th.

For my Thanksgiving card, I stamped the beautiful Horn of Plenty, colored it with Copics, then die cut it. A gold, leaf border die cut square was added underneath before attaching to a large chocolate colored layer.

I used a Cheery Lynn Chrysanthemum die to make the white flower and a CL sunflower die on the yellow flower. I also used a CL fanciful flourish die. Embedded in my corner fall corsage arrangement, I have my non-craft item…the netting. It’s actually from a bag of lemons and I used an orange Copic to make the yellow a bit deeper. A little raffia tied in a loose bow adds the finishing touch. The tag was die cut and stamped with the Small Happy Thanksgiving and I used a Copic to color the border of it.
On the inside, I used a leftover narrow frame that I also colored w/ Copics, some leftover chrysanthemum petals and a band of the chocolate on which I stamped the small Maple Leaf.
As an extra non-craft item, I used my envelope punch board to make a sturdy envelope out of an old calendar page. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit and comment on all the DT blogs so you’ll be entered to win!

Special Guest Designer: Lisa Minckler

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Horn of Plenty 672K, Happy Thanksgiving Small 666C, Happy Thanksgiving 1127D, Maple Leaf set 806QCL

Paper:X-Press It white, chocolate brown, goldenrod, lt yellow, green, fall calendar page

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, cantaloup & tangelo (for sponging the sunflower)

Accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, labels 22, leafy squares, std tag dies, Copic markers, Cheery Lynn dies (Chrysanthemum CL-B311, Fanciful Flourish CL-B117, Sunflower, mini brad, raffia, netting from lemon bag, envelope punch board (We R Memory Keepers)

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