Punky Anniversary

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Hi all, Aimee here. After 34 years of marriage, my husband and I appreciate a good sense of humor when it comes to celebrating significant milestones. Why not give an unusual card!?!

This one-of-a-kind creation was made with the American Gothic Steampunk and Party Words stamps from Lost Coast Designs. Using just black, white and one other color keeps the card making simple and provides striking visual impact.

We'd love to see YOUR creation on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. There's two days remaining until this month's Challenge ends. Don't worry! It'll be quick to make. Try to win that prize!

Fairy Nice

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Hello, its Riet here.

I am absolutely crazy about Carri's Hard Luck Pixies.

I love, love, love them.

So, I didn't hesitate for a moment to use this angry pixie for this challenge.

And that sentiment from Carmens Veranda it's amazing.

It fits so perfectly.

I stamped using Hero Arts Unicorn White ink.

I colored the image with a Derwent Chromaflow 1510 pencil.

I also enhanced the text a bit with a white pencil.

I think that turned out really well, as it makes the text look handwritten.

I added some extra depth here and there using a white gel pen.

After that, I created some white splatters with acrylic paint.

And added a few dots of glitter here and there.

I matted it onto white cardstock.

Simple, yet with a great effect.

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You still have until the last day of the month.

You might just be the winner of some new Lost Coast Designs stamps.

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Here is a card with another  stamp of Carri's Hard Luck Pixies.

Grunge Lady

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Hey - Darlene here with my final make for the month with the theme

Black and White with a bit of Colour

My stamp choice for this one is the

Grunge Flower Profile

So I stamped her with versafine and embossed in white

onto the black cardstock.  Masked the image and did some

white splatters lightly.

Added the lace and saying that was in my stash

to finish it 

Layered onto some turquoise coloured paper for my

bit of colour.

Then layered onto a white card.

What will you make using this theme???

whatever it is be sure to enter into our challenge and

maybe win some new stamps

check out my blog too 

https://blog-dar-blog.blogspot.com/

Little pink bow

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Hello Cathy here with a fun and fast card for you today.

Stamps Used:

Doodle circle background.

cartoon kids

I started out by stamping the doodle circle background with black ink on a white card base. I tore that all around and added that to a black card base.

I stamped the bunny on white cardstock and only colored her belt with pink a Copic marker. I then layered that in black cardstock and glued it right in the middle of the card.

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A Journey...

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here with a card created for September's "Black and White and One Color" Challenge with the Steampunk Balloon Guys Rubber Stamp and the Travel Quotes Rubber Sheet by Lost Coast Designs.

Ink the Steampunk Balloon Guys Rubber Stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp it twice — once onto white Copic-friendly cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.

Use Copic markers to color the airship and the Steampunk Balloon in shades of grey. 

Fussy-cut the sticker-paper version and place it over it over its counterpart to mask the image. 

Place a clouds stencil over the image panel. Starting at the top of the image panel, brush or sponge blue dye ink over the top of the stencil and the masked image onto the image panel. 

Rotate and/or flip the stencil, move it downwards on the image panel, and brush or sponge the same blue ink over the stencil and the masked image onto the image panel.

Continue this process until you have a cloudy blue sky. Trim the image panel to 4.75" x 6". Edge it with the same blue dye ink used for stenciling.

Secure the image panel onto the base of a stamping platform. Position the sentiment stamp from the Travel Quotes Rubber Sheet under the Steampunk Balloon. Place a piece of acetate over the image panel. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp to check that the sentiment is straight and where you want it. Remove the acetate, ink the stamp again with Nocturne VFC Ink and stamp. You can re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.

Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set the image.

Adhere the image panel onto a grey textured A6 card.

Thanks for visiting today!

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#213 Black, white and one color.

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Hi there, its Riet here.

Now, this was a real challenge for me.

You see, I always love working with lots of colors.

So, I really had to hold myself back.

But I managed to pull it off after all.

I used these materials:

LCD Crackle background.

LCD Rustic checkerboard border.

LCD Goat skull.

The goat skull is avalible in 3 sizes, I used the middle one. 

Orange posca pen.

Derwent inktense orange and black.

White gellpen.

Distressink Black soot.

Versafine onyx black.

Stickles orange slice.

Black marker.

I started by stamping the skull with VersaFine Onyx Black.

I colored the flower with an orange pencil and added some orange accents using the Posca pen.

I used the black pencil to create shading on the skull and the horns.

Make a mask of the skull.

And stamp the crackle background with VersaFine Onyx Black.

Since I wanted to make it a bit more interesting, 

I stamped the sides with VersaFine Onyx Black and the rustic checkered border.

I colored those with orange as well.

I used the white gelpen to add lines to the horns and the flower.

I applied some glitter to the center of the flower using Stickles.

I did the same on the checkerboard border.

I drew a line along the checkerboard border with the black marker. 

This clearly defines the separation between the two stamps.

Matted with black cardstock.

For this challenge, we would love to see your cards, tags, or other DIY projects.

You are welcome to use products from other brands.

If you are unsure, please check our rules.

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