Pear Square

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Hi all, Aimee here with an all-occasion card perfect for last-minute gifts:

I used the Pear Square stamp from Carmen's Veranda and the Pieces of Calligraphy and Grunge Border stamps from Lost Coast Designs. Follow along to see how I made it:

This month the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is hosting a "Fruit, Flower and Foliage" Challenge, perfect for the summer month of June. Post your own creation to the blog by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize. 

Rose slimline card by Cathy

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Good morning, Cathy here with a slimline card for you today.

Stamp used:

 Open Rose

I started out by stamping the rose and coloring it with copic markers. Then I splattered with a black paint pen. I then layered it on black glitter cardstock. then on a white card base.

Moose on the Loose

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Hey Darlene here with my first make this month with the theme

Fruit , Flower, Foliage

For this one I chose the background stamp Tall Trees

Embossed it in gold onto white cardstock, plus I did some gold embossing on the edges.

Did a moon in behind the trees, a few gold threads and a couple of gold leaves.

I made a small slit so it looked like the (die cut) moose was walking by the trees.

Several layers of cardstock, one of them being gold of course.

Hope to see your make  entered his month !!  maybe win some new stamps!!

CHALLENGE #210 - FRUIT, FLOWER AND FOLIAGE

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 #210

FRUIT, FLOWER AND FOLIAGE

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring fruit, flowers or any sort of foliage.  Easy!!  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 gorgeous inspiration from the team to get us started.  ENJOY!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Roses and Pieces of Calligraphy.

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Large Shrubbery with Carmen's Veranda 
Questionable Life Choice sentiment.

  
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Ironwork Border and Shadow Frame with Carmen's Veranda Open Rose and Leave a Trail sentiment.

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 #210 - Fruit, Flower and Foliage
June 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, June 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
 

 

Traveling Companion

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Hi friends, Aimee here! This Cat and Bird stamp from Lost Coast Designs and Travel with You sentiment from Carmen's Veranda are two new stamps for me to play with. They pair nicely for this month's No Bodies Here challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. 

Follow along with this pictorial to make this relatively simple card:

If you work quickly, there's still time to submit your No Bodies Here creation here by May 31. Maybe you'll win this month's prize?!?

No Body Here Challenge -- A CAS Cat Card

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here today to share a CAS cat-themed card created for the Lost Coast Designs Portal to Creativity May "No Body Here Challenge 209" with the "House of Cat Hair" Clear Sentiment Stamp by Carmen's Veranda. 

If the "House of Cat Hair" sentiment is true, my house must be overflowing with ectasy!

This card was quick and easy, which sometimes is great fun!

I started the card by using Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stencil cats onto a piece of patterned paper. 

I then used the same ink to stamp the "House of Cat Hair" sentiment onto a second piece of the same patterned paper. A decorative rectangle cutting die was used to cut the sentiment-stamped patterned paper. Black cardstock was cut with the next largest rectangle. The sentiment die-cut was edged with black ink and matted with the slightly larger rectangle die-cut.

The patterned paper was trimmed, edged with black ink and adhered to a black card.

You still have a tiny bit of time to play along with this month's "No Body Here Challenge 209" for the chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Cash.

Thank you for visiting today!