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  • Serendipity SSCB #23 – Paper Scraps

    Posted on by Julie 6 Comments

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

    Welcome to a new challenge for  Serendipity Stamps! The Serendipity Challenge this week is Paper Scraps…make a project and use up some of those paper scraps you have! 

    For my scrap buster card, I used a whole bunch of little card stock strips..some plain, some embossed. I always have these little strips left when I trim images and I’m pretty well known for saving everything, lol. I’ve made these type of strip backgrounds before, so I dug out some Christmas colors of these strips and stuck them onto a piece of sticker paper. Originally it was 4 x 5.25, but it looked a bit too busy so I cut it down to about 2 x 5 and attached it to left side of my 4.25 x 5.50 card.

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    After stamping the tree image on white, I also stamped it a few times on some designer paper scraps and paper pieced them onto the base image. I added just a little color w/ Copics and die cut it. One of the Merrys was stamped on a scrap of white and I used a smaller Labels 17 to cut the right side of it.

    Please be sure to stop by and visit all of the Serendipity Design Team’s 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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    Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Christmas Tree, Merry Merry Merry
    Paper: Neenah white, green, dp scraps (Paper Studio, Cricut), various strips of card stock, sticker paper
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders labels 17 & petite oval dies, Cuttlebug embossing folders

     


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  • NCC Look Back at the Oct Release

    Posted on by Julie 7 Comments

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    Today we are looking back at the North Coast Creations October Release!  I just love this Christmas Beach scene and I thought it would be fun to put a frame around it and have Santa wearing a beach outfit. After looking thru my NCC images, I figured out I could put Santa’s face (from Holly Jolly Christmas) on Pool Time Buford’s body and have a Santa all ready to go for a swim. The only thing I did other than color and cut them out, was to draw the socks on his feet. I added the greeting and little clouds on top of the frame.

    The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used to color everything.NCC Southern Santa copics 02243
     You can see all of today’s projects on theNCC Blog as well as by visiting all of the NCC Team Blogs:

    Julie (you are here!) ~ Lisa ~ Dawn ~ Sandee ~ Lori ~ Cindy~

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Warmest Wishes, Holly Jolly Christmas, Pool Time Buford
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders petite oval die, fluorescent gel pens, Copic opaque white paint, Memory Box cloud dies

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  • ODBD November Release!

    Posted on by Julie 37 Comments

    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs November release! We have some fabulous Christmas images and dies to show you today!  One winner will be randomly chosen from one of the designers blog comments to receive a $50 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Store, to be used toward the purchase of ODBD Stamps.  You have until November 2, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. EST to make your comments!  The Winner will be posted on the ODBD Blog on November 3rd, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!

    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    On my first card, I used The Earth, Vintage Pattern Mini 1,  the Circle Ornament dies and the ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013.  After stamping the earth ornament and die cutting it, I added a die cut red bow, holly leaves and berries to the top. The left side of the cardinal paper was die cut and I added another die cut piece of red underneath to help define the border. The lt green/vanilla bg was stamped with Vintage Mini Pattern 1 and the green ink. The dk green is another sheet of the Christmas paper collection. I added a few die cut hanging stars to finish my 5.50 x 4.25 card.

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – The Earth, Vintage Pattern Mini 1
    Paper: vanilla, red linen, ODBD Christmas Paper Collection 2013
    Ink:  Distress Ink in fired brick, HA Field Greens
    Accessories:  ODBD Circle Ornament dies, Spellbinders bracket border, Asian accents (dk green behind the ornament) & nested pennant dies, Memory Box precious stars die

    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.comOn my second card, I used 4 inks to pounce/sponge color on white c/s then stamped the 2 large ornaments of the Vintage Pattern Ornament set w/ Versafine onyx. I wanted a much smaller ornament so I die cut a smaller circle and w/ the die still in place, I stamped the Vintage Pattern Mini 1 inside then drew the border w/ a fine black marker. I added a few dots w/ a white gel pen for some contrast. On the 2 border strips, I stamped the Vintage Pattern Mini 1 & Vintage Pattern Mini 2 and attached them to the front of my 4.25 x 5.50 card. The greeting was stamped with a combination of  red & green inks. The two smaller bows are from the stars die cut.

    Julie Warner - https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Supplies:

    Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs – Vintage Pattern Ornaments, Christmas Pattern Ornaments (sentiment), Vintage Pattern  Mini 1, Vintage Pattern Mini 2
    Paper: Neenah white
    Ink:  Distress Inks in worn lipstick, festive berries, mowed lawn, Kaleidacolor fresh greens (lightest green only), Versafine onyx
    Accessories:  ODBD Circle Ornament dies, Spellbinders circle dies, Memory Box precious stars die, white gel pen

    Thanks so much for stopping by! Please be sure to visit all of the team blogs.

    Dawn * Grace * Sandee * Lisa * Chris * Angie * Julie * Silke * Cathy 

    *Lori * Tosha * Sabrina * Audrey

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