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  • NCC August Release

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    Welcome to the North Coast Creations August Release! And wow, do we have some super cute images & fabulous dies to go with them! You’re going to flip over 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 August 30, 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 August 31, 2015, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

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    On my first card, I wanted a night time look, since owls are mostly nocturnal, so I started with a piece of textured navy card stock. The owls & branches were stamped first with Memento, colored with Copics,  over stamped with Versafine, then die cut with the matching dies. I used a series of circle dies to cut out the circle for the “moon” and the white ring around it. The moon, the Flourished Vine, Happy Birthday & largest yellow layer were sponged because I didn’t have the color of yellow I wanted.

    Here’s a look at the inside & also the Copics I used.NCC Owl Bday inside 07170NCC Owl Bday copics 07161owl bday copics
    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Who Loves You?
    Paper:  X-Press It white, dark navy textured
    Ink:  Versafine onyx, Memento tuxedo black, Kaleidacolor melon melody (yellows/oranges only)
    Accessories: NCC Owl Family, Happy Birthday, Leafy Flourish dies, ODBD Flourished Star Pattern die, Copic markers, neon yellow Sharpie, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circle dies, Misti

     My next card has the entire, cute as can be, owl family again. NCC Thinking Owls cu 07177
    Weekly-Favorite
    After stamping, coloring & die cutting as before, I thought they would look cute if I had them in their “rooms” in the trees. So I stamped the ODBD Birch Tree Bg on white, added just a hint of color, then die cut the holes & added rings around them to help set them apart. 
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    After adding a black layer behind the birches, I put my owls in the holes then added a finely corrugated tan layer. Three tree limbs were stamped, die cut & attached vertically. The greeting was die cut twice, stacked together for dimension and added to a tan die cut oval. 

    Here’s a look at the inside & the Copics I used.NCC Thinking Owls inside 07182NCC THinking Owls copics 07175
    Supplies:

    Stamps: North Coast Creations – Who Loves You? : ODBD Birch Tree Background
    Paper:  X-Press It white, finely corrugated sand, black
    Ink:  Versafine onyx, Memento tuxedo black, cottage ivy & peanut brittle (inside)
    Accessories: NCC Owl Family, Thinking of You dies, ODBD Oval & Stitched Oval dies, Copic markers, neon yellow Sharpie, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circle dies, Misti

    Please be sure to visit & comment on all the DT Blogs to increase your chance of winning! 
    Julie * Lori * Dawn * Sandee * Angie * 

    Amy * Robin * Cathy

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
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  • Summer Treehouse


    Treehouse 03848For today’s Free For All Challenge (F4A227)  on Splitcoast, the theme is Summer. I remember spending many a summer day in a treehouse my best friend Emily and I built when we were around 8 or 9.  Ours had 2 stories and it was awesome! Emily had a twin sister who was besties with my sis. They were no where near as tomboy as we were. So we tried to charge them a nickel to come up in our fabulous treehouse. They decided they’d build their own in a nearby tree. Oh man…Emily and I almost fell our of our treehouse laughing. They tried to build it from the top down and didn’t get very far. A couple of boards, then they’d want to paint. 

    So my treehouse was stamped, colored and die cut. I started by stamping the fence, masking as I went, then masked the whole fence and stamped the treehouse behind it. The red, lt blue and navy layers were all leftovers and they fit just about exactly so I used them. The greeting was stamped on the lt blue and to fill in down the left side, I embossed a border. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used.
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    Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge. The challenge is pretty easy…just show us your new toys..an image, a die cut, an embossing folder…whatever’s new! DRS images are not required so head on over and link up!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs – Treehouse, Sending You Sunshine Greeting,Add a Fence
    Paper: X-press it white, lt blue, navy blue, red
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Sizzix embossing folder (Patterns & Stitches set)

  • Snowy Night

    Julie Warner – https://thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com
    Weekly-Favorite
    Congrats to Joy, the newest Featured Stamper on Splitcoast (FS361)! Her gallery is a delight and after browsing for a long time, I chose THIS card to case. I kept the snowy sky and tree theme, but I used different images, slightly different colors and made mine just a winter card instead of a Christmas card.

    I stamped the snow tree w/ fence on white, added a hint of color and shadows w/ some very light cool gray and a snow green Copic markers, then cut around the top edge. When I got to the tree, I left only a very small portion of the right side of the trunk. On a larger navy blue piece, I lined up where the tree would be and stamped it again w/ the popcorn white ink. I added a bit more white (for snow) on the tree with a white gel pen. I used a small die cut circle for the moon and stamped just a few of the branches w/ black. The snow was stamped using the splatter background and the popcorn ink. I added a bit of the same splatter bg on the white part using the lt blue ink. The first two lines of the greeting were added in lower left.

    Congrats again, Joy, enjoy your week! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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    Supplies:

    Stamps: DRS Designs  –Snow Tree w/ Fence, Splatter Background, Stepping Back in Time Greeting
    Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, summer sky, Colorbox popcorn chalk ink
    Paper: white, navy
    Accessories:  Spellbinders circle die, white gel pen, Copic markers in lt cool grays & snow green