Ho Ho Ho!

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Hi friends, Aimee here. This is the time of year I start thinking about getting my Christmas cards ready. Here's an idea to send to your special friends (just because it takes a little extra time to color the background):

I used the Santa Mona and Small Doodle Alphabet stamps from Lost Coast Designs to create this card:

We'd love for you to join the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's November Challenge--"Something Seasonal." Any holiday counts! Submit your creation by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize.

Clean and Simple

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Darlene here with my first make of the month for the theme

Something Seasonal

With Thanksgiving just passed in Canada and

upcoming in the USA 

thought this simple card would work

Using the Tall Trees background stamp

I stamped it onto white cardstock then used a rectangle die cut

to cut out a portion of the image

Layered onto black cardstock - then popped it up a bit.

added a few fall leaves, and used an old saying I had in my stash

As much as it is fun to make cards with alot of elements to it, 

sometimes its nice to slow down and keep it simple.

Enter your seasonal card into the challenge, maybe win some new stamps!

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Something Seasonal Challege 215 - A Remember Day of the Dead Card

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here to share a Day of the Dead "Remember" card created for November's Something Seasonal Challenge with the Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs. You should know that this fabulous stamp comes in two different sizes. I used the larger one for this card.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs onto Copic-friendly cardstock.

Fussy-cut the Angel but trim off her halo, the design around it and the tassel fringe at the bottom of her dress. 

Use Copic markers to color the fussy-cut image, then edge the fussy-cut image with a black pen. Retrospectively, I wish I had colored her bouquet in shades of red. Alas.

Trim a piece of patterned paper to 4.75" x 6.75". Pounce an anti-static pouch onto the patterned paper panel. Cut a Post-It Note in roughly the shape of the Angel's head and place it over that part of the stamp. Place another Post-It Note over the bottom of her dress. Use VersaMark or other embossing Ink to ink her halo, the design around it, and the tassel fringe. Pour gold detail embossing powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into its container, and heat set the embossing powder.

Use a Gold Posca Paint Pen to fill in her halo. Use an orange glitter marker to fill in the triangular designs around her halo. 

Use a Gold Posca Paint Pen to add a thin gold border around the edges of the patterned paper background.

Allow the paints to dry, then adhere the fussy-cut colored Day of the Dead Angel in place.

Back a piece of gold metallic cardstock with 2" wide double-sided tape. Use a "remember" sentiment die to cut it. Adhere the sentiment die-cut to the patterned paper as shown.

Adhere the patterned paper panel to a black textured 5" x 7" card.

I hope you get the chance to join us in this month's November's Something Seasonal Challenge for the chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h and a brand new badge for your blog. 

Thanks for visiting today!

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

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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.