Hi, everyone!!! Welcome to the North Coast Creations May New Release party!!! Below are the two new stamps sets for this release. I am super excited to have two more masculine sets in my stamp collection....woo hoo!!! Aren't they awesome?! (Click on each photo for a closer look!)
Here are some additional items used for my samples today:
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For my first card, I used the 'Deer Silhouette Greetings' set. The deer, grass, and tree were stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then the rest of the scene was sponged over scratch paper masking, using teal and purple inks. The moon is merely the white cardstock which was masked with a circle. Matching purple baker's twine, pearls, and tiny metallic star sequins were added for embellishments.....and paper piercing, of course!!
My second card features the new 'Sail Away' set, along with the following items from sister company Our Daily Bread designs: ODBD Custom 'Faithful Fish Pattern Die and Debossing Plate', ODBD Custom 'Elegant Ovals' Dies, ODBD Custom 'Pennants' Dies, and some awesome designer paper from the soon-to-be-released ODBD 'Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection' (available June 1st). The scene was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then all of the white parts you see were masked with scratch paper so that the scene could be sponged, then highlighted with markers and a white paint pen.
Thanks for hanging out with us today!!!
Blessings,
Hi, everyone!! Today's Ways To Use It Challenge at Splitcoast is to use your favorite crafty tools......hands down, mine is my paper piercer!! Coming in second are my little sponge daubers....I LOVE to color with sponges!! The stamps used on my card are new from North Coast Creations (Our Daily Bread designs' sister company), called 'Deer Silhouette Greetings'(available tomorrow). The ODBD Custom Window Dies set was used to cut out the window and curtains and both patterns of designer paper are from an upcoming release from ODBD called the 'Vintage Ephemera Paper Collection' (available June 1st).
Thanks for stopping by today!! Come back tomorrow for the North Coast Creations May New Release reveal!!!
God bless!
Hi, everyone!! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose one of the scrumptious color combinations from the Color Inspirations Pinterest board which was pinned by Michael's Stores.....I fell in love with the soft colors from this combination. My card design was inspired by this gorgeous card by this week's Featured Stamper, Brenda aka tessaduck....congrats, Brenda!! This is my first try with the inlaid die-cut technique, where several die cuts cut into each other for an overlap effect. I used the ODBD Custom 'Trois Papillons' Dies to cut the shapes from the cantaloupe cardstock. The 'Belles Vignes' background was white embossed, cut out with the same dies, then sponged in cantaloupe, rose and plum. The 3d butterfly was white embossed using the matching 'Trois Jolie Papillons' set and sponged in the same colors. The sentiment from 'Life is a Gift' was also embossed in white, taking care to not leave any white speckles on the cantaloupe background.
I loved Brenda's gallery so much, that I had to go back for seconds. I loved this adorable birdie card with the sponged background and one of my fave sentiments. For the background, I decided to use a stencil which I bought several months ago, but had not tried yet. The bird and sentiment are from 'Spread Your Wings' and the birdie was cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Birds and Nest' Dies.
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God bless!
Hi, everyone!! This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Naomi Witzke aka NaomiW....congrats, Naomi!!!! I chose this beautiful card to recreate since I loved the stamping in the center surrounded by flowers....what a lovely frame! This week's Inspiration Challenge is to find inspiration on the 'Barbie Dolls - Let's Play' Pinterest Board.....I chose this gorgeous photo for inspiration....loved the mauve colors and roses. I will also be submitting this to the Ways To Use It 'May Flowers' Challenge. For my card, I stamped the 'Lord's Prayer Script' in Stazon Jet Black on white cardstock, then stamped the image from 'Rose Bouquet' many times around the edges using masking. The center was sponged in aqua and the roses were colored with markers. The smallest butterfly from the 'Trois Jolies Papillons' set was stamped twice, one was cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Trois Papillons' Dies, the other was fussy cut then glued in the center to create a 3d look with the wings. Baker's twine, pearls, and paper piercing were added as finishing touches.
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Blessings,
Hi, everyone! This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Polly aka peeps321....congrats, Polly!!! I chose this super cute card as inspiration to make this Mother's Day card. The basket from 'Basket of Blessings' was stamped in black, colored with Creamy Caramel, then fussy cut and popped up with foam tape. The various flowers were cut from both the ODBD Custom 'Birds and Nest' dies and the ODBD Custom 'Asters and Leaves' dies, sponged with Daffodil Delight, then highlighted with stickles. The grass was cut with the ODBD Custom 'Grass Border' Die (the negative die cut was used inside the basket as filler material behind the flowers). The bumble-bee from 'Butterfly and Bugs' was stamped, colored, cut out with the ODBD Custom 'Butterfly and Bugs' Dies, then the wings were colored with a glitter pen. Instead of water-coloring the background, I sponged some clouds over a scalloped circle. The Daffodil seam binding bow was tied with a Bow Easy.
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Blessings,
Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the art gallery of Ramon Santiago. I heat embossed several crosses a few days ago, but wasn't sure which embossing powder I liked or which color to pair with it until I saw this painting...this smoky shade of blue was perfect! This is a quick and easy 1st confirmation card I made using the 'Never Give Up' grunge cross set (unfortunately, this is discontinued now) and a sentiment from 'Confirmation'. The grunge image was stamped in blue onto the card base; the grunge cross single was heat embossed with Pewter embossing powder, cut out with the ODBD Custom Grunge Cross Die, then colored with a matching blue marker. The small cross layered on top is from the ODBD Custom 'Ornamental Crosses' Dies set. On the inside I used an encouraging scripture verse from one of the Scripture Collection sets at Our Daily Bread designs.
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Blessings,
