Little birdie told me....

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Hey - Darlene here with three round ATC's to share today in our 

Bright and Cheerful challenge this month.

Now if you have not done a round ATC these are 2 1/2 inches round

Using the Whimsical Birds

Ruthie / Clara and Spike 

Couple of the backgrounds were the 

Doodle Circles and the Corner Swirl

All the birds were stamped , coloured , and fussy cut out

And thinking of birds flying away made me think of travelling so 

added the words to make me dream of a holiday !

So - be sure to enter the Bright and Cheerful theme this month.

We always love to see all the different artwork out there.

And maybe win some new rubber !!!

Stand Out!

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Hello, Aimee here with this fun creation for the Bright & Cheerful challenge. The older I get, the more confident I feel in who I am. I worry SO MUCH LESS about fitting in than when I was a teenager. This card embodies what I hope we can all learn to appreciate about ourselves--being unique and standing out is what makes this world a beautiful place!

This card uses the TaDa Mouse, Brush Strokes and Born to Stand Out stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda. As you can see in the following photo tutorial, only the upper portion of the full mouse stamp can be seen: 

There's still a few days left in January for you to submit a Bright & Cheerful creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. It's your chance to get creative and maybe even win a prize!

Bright and Cheerful: Bird Diva

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here again. Today I would love to show you a Bright and Cheerful card for our current challenge. 

I made it onto a background coloured with blue acrylic ink and water. I stamped the divas, text and birds with black ink and coloured them with colour pencils and gelpen. 

Stamps used : Bird Diva with Face, Flying Moon, Travel Quotes and Carmens Verandas Flying Birds. 

Join our challege, so much fun!

See you next time, have a nice day!

Liesbeth XX

Fox tag

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Cathy here with a tag for you today.

Stamps Used:

Mona ATC window

Foxy Roxy

I started out with a white tag and some light pink distress ink to have a base color. I then took a Tim Holtz stencil and a darker pink distress ink to make rays. I took Mona ATC window and the same dark pink ink and stamped in the opening of the stencil. 

Next, I stamped Foxy Roxy and then colored him with copic and cut him out. I added him to the bottom of the tag and then I added some glitter hearts to the whole tags. 

You still have time to join the challenge.

Pretty Parrot

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Hello Portal Peeps!  We are feeling all Bright and Cheerful for January so join us and kick those winter blues.  Gail here today and I've used Lost Coast Designs Polly Parrot on a pretty alcohol ink background.

I made the alcohol ink background and then stamped Polly Parrot directly on the background using archival black ink.  I added some colour to Polly using sharpies and a bit of white gel pen.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Heart on red card with sepia archival and fussy cut.  Then I stamped the Carmen's Veranda Weird People sentiment using black archival and cut around the parrots head so I could slip the heart in place.

Thanks for dropping by.   Grab your Bright and Cheerful colours and stamps and join the fun.  The team will be sharing all month, so do pop back often to check out their awesome makes and inspiration.

Its a bright and cheerful bookmark.

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Hi there, Riet here. 

This bookmark is so bright and cheerfull, 

and that is also the challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

This is what I used for this bookmark.

Pope clown.

Just faces set.

Me to you, embossingfolder.

Balloon die.

Distress Oxide,

Kitch Flamingo,

Musterd seed,

Twisted citron,

Lucky clover,

Peacock feathers,

Wilted violet.

Distressink,

Musterd seed,

Spiced marmelade.

4 colors acrylic spray paint.

Blue, turqoise, green and purple.

Versafine onyx black

Stazon saddle brown.

White smooth paper 6x20cm / 2,3x7,8inch.

Paper for the balloon and  Pope clown.

Black cardstock.

Color pencils or markers.

White gell pen.

How to make the bookmark.

Make spots that blend into each other with the 6 Distress oxide colours.

Let dry well.

Spray the acrylic paint on to the distress oxide.

Embos the left side of the bookmark.

Lightly sand the embossing areas with a sanding block.

Stamp the clown with the Versafine onyx black.

Color and cut him out.

Use the white gell pen for some accents.

Die cut the balloon and color it with de distressink.

Stamp the moon face with the Stazon saddle brown.

Color the eyes with the white gell pen.

Mat the card with the black cardstock and glue the clown and balloon in place.

Maybe you can make something with the Bright and Cheerful theme.

Then join the challenge and maybe you'll be the next winner.

Hope to see your work at the challenge.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!