CHALLENGE #215 - SOMETHING SEASONAL

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Hello Portal Peeps.   

I hope you have enjoyed the past month of awesome inspiration from the team.  

Now 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 #215

SOMETHING SEASONAL

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring something seasonal.  Maybe you are celebrating Day Of The Dead and All Saints.  Maybe you are thinking of Thanksgiving.  Or maybe your thoughts have turned to Winter and Christmas.  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!

 
 Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Persian Skull

 

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Mini-Gnome Santa with Toys

 

 Riet used Lost Coast Designs Praying Angel, Daisy Flourish, Music Border and Misc Words.

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 #215 - Something Seasonal
November 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Monday, November 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
 

 

31 Days of Halloween Challenge - Day 31, Fright Night

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!

Greetings! You've got Kathi here to share a card created for Day 31 of the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge with the new Cartoon Girl Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs! She's one of four new stamps that are utterly fabulous and all have wonderful facial expressions!

I thought that the Cartoon Girl looks a bit terrified, so being that it's Halloween and all, I created a spooky graveyard scene for her.

I stamped Cartoon Girl with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, fussy-cut the image, and colored it with Copic markers. When I was done, I used a black pen to edge the fussy-cut image to avoid those ghastly white edges. Cartoon Girl was set aside while her setting was being made.

Green cardstock was cut with wavy curved edge dies, then edged with darker green dye ink. They were layered and adhered to a 4.75" x 6.75" piece of white-speckled navy cardstock to create the image panel. A thin strip of edged green cardstock was adhered to the bottom of the panel. The grassy cemetery was edged with the same darker green dye ink.

The gravestones were die-cut from very light textured grey cardstock and some greenish grey cardstock. Light grey dye ink was used to edge and age them. They were then tucked into the hills and adhered to the grassy cemetery.

Textured grey cardstock was cut with gargoyle column/ attached gate dies and additional gate dies. The gargoyles were colored with Copic markers, then red glitter markers were used to color the eyes, so the gargoyles look demonic. The gates were colored with black metallic markers. 

The gargoyle column/gates and the additional gates were adhered to the scene, 

The fussy-cut and colored Cartoon Girl was adhered to the card front as shown.

A sticker sentiment was adhered to the top sky area of the card. A Bats die from the same die set was used to cut a strip of textured black cardstock then the bats were adhered to the card front as shown. 

The cardfront was adhered to a 5" x 7" textured black card.

You still have a bit of time to enter the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's October 31 Days of Halloween Challenge challenge for the chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h!





Have a safe and happy Halloween! Thanks for visiting today!

Day 30 of 31 days of Halloween

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🎃Happy All Hallow's Eve🎃

Good morning, Cathy here with day 30 of the 31 days of Halloween. 

Stamps Used:
Skull border

brush strokes

witch gnome

I started out by stamping with the splatter stamp in orange and purple distress inks. Then I stamped the skull border on the bottom of the card. 

I then stamped and colored the with gnome. I also added some sparkle to the wand.

Then added some Halloween paper strip and label to the card.

You still have one day to join the Halloween fun.

31 Days of Halloween, Day 29: 'Tis Near Halloween

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Boo! Aimee here. It's just two more days until Halloween! Have you purchased your candy? Organized your costume? 

This card was made with the MRaven1 and Brush Strokes stamps (for the faint print on the moon) from Lost Coast Designs, as well as a portion of the Witches Go Riding sentiment from Carmen's Veranda.

We hope you'll join us for the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Submit your creation by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize.

 

31 Days of Halloween - Day 28

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!

Greetings! You've got Kathi here to share a card created for Day 28 of our October 31 Days of Halloween Challenge with the Witch 2 Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Witch 2 Rubber Stamp onto a 6" square piece of Bristol Paper. Heat set the image, then color it with Copic markers.

Place the image panel onto a magnetic craft surface, then place a circle mask over the colored image. This white circle area will become the moon.

Brush dark blue dye ink around the outside edges of the image panel and over the outside of the circle mask. Brush a lighter blue dye ink over the panel working from the outside edges towards the circle mask, blending as you go. Brush a brighter blue dye ink onto the image panel and over the outside of the circle mask. 

Finish the background night sky by brushing two colors of violet dye inks over the panel and the outside of the circle mask.

Remove the circle mask and heat set the image panel.

Add a bit of removable adhesive to the moon, then secure the circle mask back in place. Use magnets and/or tape to secure the riding witch stencil over the image panel. 

Brush Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the image panel. Use a very small brush to apply White Shimmer Delicata Ink over the large diamond shapes on the stencil.

Remove both the stencil and the circle mask from the image panel. Carefully remove the adhesive from the moon area of the image panel. 

Heat set the image panel. 

Trim the image panel to 5.5" square and edge with the Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink. 

Trim a piece of silver metallic cardstock to 5.75" and use this to mat the image panel.

Add double-sided tape to the reverse of a strip of the remaining silver metallic cardstock, then use alphabet cutting dies to cut the letters needed for the sentiment. Adhere the "We Ride" sentiment die-cut letters to the matted image panel as shown. 

 Adhere the matted card front to a 6" square black card.

You still have time to enter this month's challenge for the chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h!

Thanks for visiting today!

27th Day of the 31 Days of Halloween

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Darlene here with my day 27 of the 31 days of halloween make.

Using one of our newer cat stamps  

I emobossed the cat unto white cardstock then fussy cut it out.

And of course coloured it in.

The hat was embossed on purple cardstock then fussy cut out.

it is from the Gnome witch on broom stamp

added a small star diecut which does have some

sparkle to it

The side of the card has had the edges torn off.

Spider web embossed background, a feather behind the hat, bit of

silver threads - saying from my stash and whoo hoo

This would also be great for anyone who has a halloween birthday !

Enter your Halloween make in our challenge -

maybe win some new stamps !!

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