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  • North Coast Creations November Recap

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    Today we are taking a look back at the North Coast Creations November Release!
    Don’t you love these cute Christmas pet sets? If his ears were a little fluffier, this cute puppy would look a lot like a blonde cocker spaniel we had. That dog’s middle name was trouble.  His first name was Tigger…mainly because when his coat was a little long, he looked a lot like a lion and because our daughter was little and that was what she wanted to name him, lol. When Tig was a few years old, we adopted a parrot…a conure named Odie. The first sound he imitated was Tig’s bark. So we had a dog and a parrot that both barked. 

    I think this set will be perfect for a Christmas card for that dog lover on your list. And the image itself can be used all year long…for pet sympathy, congrats on your new puppy..etc. I’m using at as a Christmas card w/ one of the greetings that comes with it. I stamped it with the espresso ink directly onto one of the beautiful ODBD Christmas Paper 2013 Collection. I die cut it but altered the curved ends by cutting them off straight and had the bow on the puppy out of the box. A die cut ornament from the ODBD Fancy Ornaments dies was die cut out of a red piece of the same paper pack. I added a stamped and fussy cut pine cone branch on top. The striped paper (from the same pack) was die cut on top and bottom and I added some gold pearl pen dots. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used. 

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations –Santa Paws, ODBD – Pinecone Singles
    Paper: Neenah white, ODBD Christmas paper collection 2013
    Ink: Memento espresso truffle, Colorbox warm red chalk ink
    Accessories:  Copic markers, ODBD Fancy Ornament dies, Spellbinders labels 22 &  bracket border dies, Viva gold pearl pen

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  • Serendipity SSCB #25 – Shaped Cards

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    Weekly-Favorite Welcome to a new challenge for  Serendipity Stamps! The Serendipity Challenge this week is a Shaped Card.

    I went with a snow globe shape for my little shaker card. The wonderful winter scene was stamped and colored with Copics then I added stickles to the snow for some sparkle and white dots to the sky for falling snow. While that was drying, I die cut a snow globe out of silver card stock and a larger circle to go with it. I used another size circle to cut a piece of acetate for the front. It is big enough to fit between the smaller and larger silver circles so the edges will be covered. For fun, I die cut a snowy border die out of white then snipped off a bunch of the snowflakes and sandwiched them between the layers.

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    I traced around the snow globe shape on my folded white card and fussy cut it in the same shape. After cutting the scene into a circle, I elevated the acetate layers, making sure it had silicone sealant all the way around, then added some tiny silver beads and round silver confetti (not too much..I didn’t want it cover up the scene) before sealing them together. A silver string and bow were added to the top. So it’s a card…it’s a snow globe…it’s a shaker ornament to hang on the tree! These are the Copics I used to color the scene. 

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Winter Farm
    Paper: Neenah white, brushed silver. clear acetate
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders circle dies, Memory Box frostyville border & lg snow globe dies, white gel pen, stickles, silver beads & confetti, ribbon, silver cord, silicone adhesive

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  • ODBD November Release Recap

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    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
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    Today, we are reviewing the ODBD November release.  Aren’t these ornament images and dies lovely? So perfect for all your Christmas cards and so easy to customize with whatever colors and papers you want to use. For my ornament, I stamped it w/ the concord ink and added color w/ Copic markers. The greeting was stamped on a strip of the same snowflake paper (from the ODBD Christmas Paper Collection), added a hint of color before attaching it across the ornament w/ a couple of purple mini brads.  For the snowflake paper layer, I used a French curve ruler and a craft knife to cut the curvy borders. After piercing along the edges, I added a bunch of graduating sizes of circles. These were die cut and although I didn’t use the actual die cut, I liked all the little rounded dots.

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    The snowflake paper was attached on top of another piece of designer paper. On this dp, I enhanced the lt blue areas w/ a Copic marker. After everything was attached, I added some stickles to the dots and also the centers of the snowflakes on the ornament.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Christmas Pattern Ornaments
    Paper: Neenah white, soft sky, ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013, other dp
    Ink:  Distress Ink dusty concord
    Accessories:  ODBD Circle Ornament dies, Spellbinders Asian accents die (under ornament topper),  fading dot border die (for all the little purple dots), Copic markers, stickles, French curve ruler, piercing tool & mat, brads

     


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