North Coast Creations June Release

This is my second post for today, so if you are looking for The Sweet Stop sketch challenge, please scroll down to the next post or click HERE!  

Welcome to a new release by North Coast Creations, sister company to Our Daily Bread Designs!  If you like working with silhouette images, you will love the three sets being released this month!  

This month we will be choosing 2 winners who will receive a $10 gift certificate to the North Coast Creations Store for stamps just for commenting on our Design Team cards! You have until June 17, 2013 at 9:00PM EDT to make a comment on each of our designers blog posts.  Our 2 random winners will be announced on the North Coast Creations Blog on June 18, 2013.

I LOVE working with silhouette images, so creating samples for these new sets was especially enjoyable...hope you like them!

Creative Nugget:  This first sample was made by simply embossing the image from the new Something Marvelous stamp set using white embossing powder directly on the beautiful Secret Garden DP by Graphic 45.  Two different patterns from the paper pad were mounted and stitched to Winter Wisteria and Solar Crest card stocks and attached to a Solar Crest card base.  The clouds, also from the same set, were embossed on the DP, fussy cut, and popped onto the card.  The sentiment was stamped on a hand cut banner.  A white bow was added to complete the card.

Here's another one using the 

Something Marvelous stamp set:

Creative Nugget:  For this sample I used the Speckled Gesso Resist Technique.  Gesso was lightly applied to a Manilla Tag using a credit card.  After the Gesso had dried, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, and Barn Door Distress Stains were applied and misted with water to blend the colors.  The Gesso resisted the stains leaving the white specked look you see on the card.  The edges were sponged with Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain Distress inks to tone down the bright colors and age the panel.  The silhouette image was stamped in Jet Black Archival Ink over the top.  The sentiment was stamped on a panel prepared using the same technique but with Peeled Paint stain.  Several Bo Bunny papers were stitched to a True Black panel and mounted to a Harvest Gold card base.  Button twine, a button, and several black pearls were added to finish the card.  Love how this one turned out!

Here is the beautiful Something Marvelous stamp set:

Another set being released this month is 

Heaven's Masterpiece.

Creative Nugget:  Believe it or not...this is a single layer monochromatic card...something I hardly ever do since I do love my layers!  The top of the Solar Crest card base was masked and the Gingham Background from Our Daily Bread Designs was stamped at the bottom of the card with Versafine Onyx Black ink. The silhouette image was stamped above the Gingham using the same ink.  Pearls were added to the centers of the wildflowers. The sentiment was stamped to the left of the image.  Some score lines, piercing, and Baker's Twine finish the card.

I enjoyed making this card so much that I made a whole set of cards in different colors using each of the sentiments from the set.

Here's a peek at the complete 

Heaven's Masterpiece stamp set:

The talented Coasters have been working very hard to create gorgeous samples for you with the sets from this release.  Be sure to check out their blogs and leave a comment to be eligible to win a PRIZE!

Angie~~~Dawn~~~Grace~~~Julie

Lisa~~~Lori~~~Sabrina~~~Sandee

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you've enjoyed your visit...have a marvelous day!

Hugs, 
Cathymac