NORTH COAST CREATIONS MAY NEW RELEASE

Good morning!
Welcome to the new release blog hop at North Coast Creations!

Here are some samples done with the new release from North Coast Creations and Our Daily Bread Designs.

North Coast Creations "Deer Silhouette Greetings" was used for both of my cards this morning.

The first card was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white powder on a background I made with inks and coarse salt.  I also used the Layered Lacey Squares die from Our Daily Bread Designs to frame it up.  I sponged a bit of purple and blue inks on the edges to make it stand out from the dry embossed background (made with an embossing folder).  The ribbon and bow are wide and narrow ribbons of sheer white.  For the sentiment, I used a piece of leftover inked background paper to white heat emboss the Thinking of You.  It was then foam taped to the ribbon.

For this second card, I water colored a background masking off the sun. Let dry completely then used my Misti to line up the pieces where I wanted them on my background and used Memento Black ink to stamp each piece of this scene (more than once, the reason I used my Misti tool).  I die cut the entire panel with the Vintage Flourish Pattern die from ODBD then blackened the rest of the bottom part of the image to give a cohesive look to the scene.  I then mounted it to the coral color panel which had been die cut with the Flourish Star Pattern die (for the stitch lines). Then it was mounted to a black folded card.  The popped up frame (coral color) was made with the Vintage Labels dies from ODBD for the inside cut but because that die was the largest die in the set, I used a compass and pencil to draw along the outer edge of the die about 1/4" out to make the outside cut by hand. After cutting I sponged the inside and outside edges to cover any white edges.  I like the look of the scene continuing outside the frame on this card.  To finish off this card I added the snipped black brads.  I snip the prongs because I don't want holes in my card or the extra bulk the prongs make.  They are attached with glue dots.  Tacky glue would work as well.

Just a note, I did have to trim about 1/16" off each side of the Vintage Flourish Pattern die cut so that the stitch lines of the Flourish Star Pattern could be seen because normally they are the same size. 

Thank you so much for visiting today!

Please visit my design team sisters to see more inspiration:

Lori * Julie * Lisa * Sandee * Dawn   * Robin (you are here) * Angie * Paula

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 May 31st, 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 June 1, 2015, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!
Robin

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