Game On

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today with my first inspiration piece for the Inchie Twinchie Domino Challenge.  I decided to chop up my background into bits and piece it back together.

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Dice Background using yellow ink on white card and then chopped it into 1" x 1", 2" x 2" and 2" x 1" pieces.  I arranged the inchie, twinchie and domino size pieces onto a black card square and then added a yellow mat behind.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock Standing on white card with black ink, fussy cut him and added him to the card.  To finish I stamped Lost Coast Designs Happy Birthday on one of the domino pieces. 

For September we want to see your stamped makes featuring Inchies (1" x 1"), Twinchies (2" x 2"), and/or Dominos (2" x 1")  You can make said Inchies, Twinchies or Dominos with real rubber or clear stamping, or you can incorporate these sizes into your project in another way, perhaps chop up your background, or your foreground, cut windows, or maybe make a three dimensional shape, or a tiny album.  

The team is sharing awesome projects all month so do scroll down and pop back to check out all the amazing inspiration. 

CHALLENGE #201 - INCHIE TWINCHIE DOMINO

Welcome back to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

 

Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

It's time for our new Challenge.
Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st every month, with chances to win Lost Coast dollars. We will be announcing winners on the 5th of the month, so do pop back and see who wowed the team and gets our snazzy blog badge and the coveted Lost Coast dollars.

Now for our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #201

INCHIE TWINCHIE DOMINO

For September we want to see your stamped makes featuring Inchies (1" x 1"), Twinchies (2" x 2"), and/or Dominos (2" x 1")  You can make said Inchies, Twinchies or Dominos with real rubber or clear stamping, or you can incorporate these sizes into your project in another way, perhaps chop up your background, or your foreground, cut windows, or maybe make a three dimensional shape, or a tiny album.
Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project.  A small stamped sentiment in a sea of die cuts or digi images will not qualify to win the prize and you may be deleted!!!!  Bwahahhaaahaha.

Please read the updated Challenge Rules to ensure your entries qualify to win this month's prize!

You are welcome to play in our Challenges using rubber stamp images from any company but if you use any of our Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps...we love it when you do...then you could win a bigger prize in our random prize drawing.  All winners get our snazzy Challenge Winner's Badge to proudly display on their blogs!

If you don't have a blog then no prob, you can still play in our challenges by sharing your projects from public photo sharing sites which includes our Facebook Company Pages for Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.  Please include our Challenge info and the link back to our challenge in your photo's description!  As long as the privacy setting for your photo is public you're good to go.  See, it's so easy to join the fun!  FYI, you can't link up projects shared in closed Facebook groups! 

Here's some inspiration from the team to get us started.  ENJOY!

 
 Aimee used Carmen's Veranda Farmer Chicken with Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery for a fabulous inchie background

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Small City and Daisy Flourish with Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background to make twinchies 
 
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery for her colourful background and on her inchie, twinchie and domino focal points.

Happy birthday is from the Misc words sheet.

 
Now it's your turn.  Are you up for the challenge?  We can't wait to see your projects!  
Submit your entries in the linky party below by 23.59 PST on the 30th and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back and join the fun.

Happy Stamping!
Gail
Challenge Host

Challenge #201 - Inchie Twinchie Domino
September 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, September 30th 23.59 PST.
All entries must be entered in our link up but your don't need a blog to win.  See our RULES page for more info
 

 

Naughty or Nice

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with some last hour inspiration for the Cats and Dogs Challenge.  I have had such a blast with this challenge, and I think the team has too, with so many awesome canine and feline delights.  I decided to use Pokey Dog again and combined him with some die cuts for some festive fun.

I cut a hexagon card base using Tonic dies and stamped the large Shadow Circle Frame with orange ink.  I stamped Pokey Dog and fussy cut him and arranged him with my Tattered Lace die cut wreath.  To finish I stamped Lost Coast Designs Merry Christmas.

You have until 23.59 on the 31st to link up your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs.  Don't forget to scroll down for awesome inspiration from the team.

Hope to see you in the linky.  Hugz

Challenge 200 - Cats and Dogs!

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here today to share a card created for the August Cats and Dogs Challenge 200 with the Poky Cat and Fat Cat Rubber Stamps by Lost Coast Designs.

The Poky Cat and Fat Cat Rubber Stamps were stamped twice with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto white cardstock and onto repositionable sticker paper.

The sticker paper versions were fussy-cut and adhered onto their counterparts on the image panel to mask them.  A piece of repositionable scotch tape was placed horizontally across the image panel, covering their paws and the bottom of the panel.

Blue dye ink was brushed over the masked images. The image panel was then cut with a die. 

The masks and the tape were lifted and the images were colored with Copic markers. The area around and below Poky Cat and Fat Cat's paws was also colored with Copic markers.

The same blue dye ink was used to edge the top part of the image panel and a Copic marker was used to edge the bottom part of the image panel.

Orange patterned paper was die-cut with both a decorative rectangle die and sentiment label die. The rectangle die was used to mat the image panel. A sticker sentiment was adhered to the sentiment label die.

Patterned papers were layered as shown and trimmed to 5.75" square to create the background panel.  The matted image panel and the sentiment were adhered the background panel, then to an orange 6" card. Black rhinestones were added to finish the card.

You still have a few days to enter this month's Cats and Dogs Challenge for a chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h! 

Thanks for visiting today!

Underlay

Welcome back to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

 

Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today with Taco John.  I stamped and fussy cut him the other day and he looks hopefully at me every time I sit at my desk, so I decided to combine him today with some happy yellow papers and a little stitching.

 

He's just so adorbs!!!!  He is stamped on a scrap of patterned card with brown archival ink and I added a little distress marker colour.  The happy birthday is from Lost Coast Designs Party Words.  The panel behind his head was a bit of sock packaging (gotta love it when they use kraft) cut with a postage die (I have so many but probably Gummiapan cos it's square) and then I used a nifty little die from Your Next Stamp to cut the holes.  Then I stitched with a delicious variegated wool I scored in the bargain basket the other day.

 

Inside it's a bit of a sunny explosion so I added a writing panel then stamped Taco John again, peeking onto the card, and Lost Coast Designs Do I Smell Cake sentiment.  

Link up your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs and
don't forget to check back often for awesome inspiration from the team.

Hope to see you in the linky.  Hugz

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

#200 Cats and Dogs, thats so much fun.

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Hi there, Riet here.

This is my last card for the Cats and Dogs challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda Stamps.

The challenge runs until the end of the month, so if you're interested, you can still participate.

For this card, I used Carmen's Veranda Carmendog stamp.

And the border is Checkerboard Rustic from Lost Coast Designs.

The text is from a sheet called Party Words.

I was in the garden with the spin art machine for a background.

I absolutely love the spinart machine and had so much fun with it.

I got such great results with it.

Do you also have a spinart machine?

It's so much fun.

Hope to see you at the challenge! Here's the link.

THE CHALLENGE!