Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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.


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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

27th Day of the 31 Days of Halloween

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!


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 !


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maybe win some new stamps !!

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Monday, October 26, 2026

31 Days of Halloween day 26, candy/gift box.

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!

Hi, Riet here with a cute little Halloween candy/gift box.
I had some scraps left over from my last project and used them for this box.
It would be a shame to throw them away, wouldn't it?
What did I use for it? 
We r Makers gift box punch board 
Bow die
Bat die
Small tag punch/die
Ecoline markers: 
600 Green, 237 Deep Orange, 548 Blue violet.
(Any other brand waterbased markers will do fine). 
Black waterproof ink pad.
Watercolor paper.

The background was created by coloring directly onto the stamp with the ecoline markers.
 Spray a very small amount of water onto it and press it down.
Be sure to use watercolor paper for this.
Allow it to dry thoroughly.
Now for the box.
Select the size on the punch board.
My box measures 6.5cm x 6.5cm x 6.5cm.
Cut 4 pieces of the skull-patterned background paper for the sides of the box.
Die-cut the bows and add detail to them using the stamps.
Die-cut a bat.
Since the box still needs to be able to open, I opted for a paper band.
I sized it to fit and glued the bow onto it.
And now for the mini tag.
Stamp the little witch using black waterproof ink.
I colored her—as well as the background—with Derwent Chromaflow pencils.
I added some glitter to the stars on her hat using Ranger Stickles.
Glue the tip of the tag just below the paper ribbon.
And with that, the little box is finished.
I hope you enjoyed it.
Why not join in with our challenge? The team would love that!
And, of course, you’ll also have a chance to win a prize.
Have a wonderful day, and until next time!

Sunday, October 25, 2026

31 Days of Halloween Day 25 - Embrace Your Inner Witch

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 for Day 25 of our 31 Days of Halloween extravaganza here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.   I hope you have had time to check out all the amazing makes from the team and also link up something for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$'s.
Today Lost Coast Designs Witch 2 is out and about making sure her broom is in trim for the big night!!
I made a distress ink blended background and stamped Lost Coast Designs Flagstone Background with black archival ink.  I stamped the Witch on white card, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut her.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda When Witches Go Riding sentiment on white card, grunged it up a bit and set it on an offset black layer.

Saturday, October 24, 2026

31 Days of Halloween Day 24 - Have You Hugged Your Mummy Today

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 for Day 24 of our 31 Days of Halloween extravaganza. The big day is drawing near!!!!  Today I have made a little tag featuring Lost Coast Designs Door and the oh so adorable Mummy!!
I used a fun cross stitch tag die from Daisy Mae, stamped the Door and coloured with distress markers.  I stamped Mummy on white card, added some touched of colour, fussy cut and sat him down outside the door.  Adorbs!!!!

Friday, October 23, 2026

31 Days of halloween day 23, And shake away!

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, Riet here with a new Halloween post. 


Here is a short video, as I wanted to show the movement within the frame.

I used the LCD stamps Cartoon witch and 
Further more,
Memento Grape jelly.
Black sharpie.
The background was created by coloring directly onto the stamp using:
 Ecoline markers 600 Green, 237 Deep Orange, 548 Blue violet.
Spray a very small amount of water onto it and press it down.
Be sure to use watercolor paper for this.
Allow it to dry thoroughly.
Mount it onto black cardstock.
Stamp the little cartoon witch using Memento Grape Jelly ink and cut her out.
Just color her in skintones.
Stick it onto the front of the frame.
And use a Sharpie for the word "BOO."
Well, this is super quick and easy, so it’s also perfect for beginners.

And what about you? 
Are you making something fun for the challenge?
Join in for a chance to win some stamps.
Hope to see you there.