Spring Bunny

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Hello.  Gail here today.  The current challenge is Silhouettes so I inked up the beautiful Rabbit With Flowers and made a spring card.  Well, we can dream can't we......

I started by stamping the word spring using Lost Coast Designs License Plate Alphabet and Mowed Lawn distress ink on my white hammered card base.

Then I used Carmen's Veranda Monkey Face and the Mowed Lawn distress ink to make a grassy border.  Rotate your monkey to get realistic looking grass.

I stamped Rabbit With Flowers using black archival ink on white card and fussy cut.  

I added the rabbit to the card then stamped it again and cut out three flowers, coloured them yellow and stuck them on.

Hope you get the chance to stamp up a storm and join out Silhouette challenge.  Looking forward to seeing your makes.  The more players the bigger the prize so tell your friends and come and join the fun. Linky open until 5 to midnight on the 31st January. 

Crackle Crow Card

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Hello all Cathy here with a quick card you can all make.

I started out with 2 colors of Distress Oxide ink in blue. I smooched them on a craft sheet, spritzed them with water and then smooched the paper into the colors. Dry the paper.

Then I took Raven with Tree Branches, stamped it with black ink and layered it on black cardstock.

So I had the left over black cardstock and I had this Tim Holtz tree branch die that I thought would work great with the Raven stamp.

I layered it with some sliver glitter paper to make it shimmer.

Mounted it on a white cardstock base and that is my quick card for you.

I hope you join in the fun with this Silhouette Challenge. 

CHALLENGE #68 - SILHOUETTES

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.  It's time for our new Challenge.
Our challenges are now fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of every month, with chances to win your self some 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 #68

SILHOUETTES

We want to see your stamped makes with silhouettes.

Please remember we do have some Challenge Rules to follow so look them over 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 your entry counts as two which doubles your chances of winning in our random prize drawing.

PRIZES

To ensure you all have a fabulous time playing in our Challenges this is how our Prize system works!
The more entries the better the Prize so tell all your friends to join the fun too!

1 - 4 Entries = one winner chosen by the team is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
10+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
and 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!

Cathy made this cool card using Lost Coast Designs Silhouette Man with Cane 

Dot  made this pretty card using Grunge Flower Profile, ATC Text Set 1 and part of Carmen's Veranda Pets Live Longer sentiment.

 

 
Gail made a lovely card using Lost Coast Designs Dancer Silhouette and Yourba Adire background and the fab Carmen's Veranda sentiment Feel Fabulous

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 5 to midnight PST on the 31st 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

An InLinkz Link-up

Exciting Things Are Just Around The Corner

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.
Today we would like to start by introducing our new teamster

DOT LEATHBRIDGE

Dot is joining us from Australia.   Here's what she has to say about herself,

Hi everyone, I'm Dot and I live in Geelong, Australia. My two boys are now all grown up and are beginning their own adventures which is exciting to see.
I started my crafting journey by going to a 'stamp party' when the kids were younger and was instantly hooked! I am a passionate stamper who loves to experiment and have fun with stamps. There are so many different ways to use them.

I've been on few design teams over the years along with the occasional chance to be published in magazines both in Australia and overseas. I now have my own shop, on Etsy, where I sell the stamps that I love, including Lost Coast Designs stamps.

Lost Coast Designs stamps have long been a favourite of mine. I love how unique and original they are, so different to any other stamps that are out there. They just make you smile every time you see them.

Welcome to the team Dot.  Over to you......

Hi, it's Dot here and I'm excited to share my first DT card with you today.
I had so much fun putting this card together and I hope you give it a go.
It's great to get back into the swing of crafting after the Christmas and New Year break.

This card is where the stamps do all the work, with only a little bit of masking involved.

Step x Step:

• Stamp the Daisy Flourish onto your card. I've used Archival Jet Black. 
• Paint over the flourish with masking fluid with a fine paint brush and let dry. It only takes a minute or two.
• Ink up the Arches and Door with different shades of brown ink. Start with light brown first and then go to the darker browns so that you don't wreck your ink pads.
• Clean any wet ink from your masked area and then lightly rub away the masking.
• Because it is a large stamp I've taken the card to the stamp and carefully rubbed over the card. A little like when you are using a gelli-plate, keeping one hand on the card at all times so that it doesn't slip.
• Stamp the 3 animals from the Isle of Aud set onto photocopy paper.  Again I've used Archival ink.  Cut out and edge lightly with Black Soot DI.
• To finish, attach the animals to your background. Stamp the smallest puppy from Puppy 1 (Carri's Menagerie) into the doorway. Mat and layer your card onto coordinating card.
  
  
  
  
  
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Doodle Flowers

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!

Happy New Year - Laurie here.  We start the new year off with a fun Anything Goes theme
for our first challenge.  This leaves you with lots and lots of possibilities for all kinds of projects and you get to make your own theme!

I made a series of ATC cards using the Sketchy Cone Flower and the Sketchy Lily Flower stamps, both to be found in the new section of the Lost Coast Designs rubber stamp catalogue.

I stamped my flowers onto some scraps of paper I had on hand that I had made using my Gelli Plate and some acrylic paints.  I chose red, orange, blue and yellow/green.  I used Staz On black ink for the stamping, then cut out the flower portion of each one.  

Next I stamped four different pieces of scrapbook paper with four of the ATC background stamps that can be found in the ATC section of Lost Coast Designs:  ATC Misc. 6 Set and the ATC Text Set 1 and cut them to fit the front of a standard ATC.  I edged each with black ink, then stamped the Cone and Lily flowers onto each background.  I then pasted my cut out flowers onto each of the four ATC cards.

The final step was to stamp Clear Stamp phrases with black ink onto white paper, cut out, and affix atop each flower as shown.  
And there you have four colorful and fun ATCs that you can use for swapping or gifting.

Please join our first challenge of 2019 and show us what fun stamped creations you can make!

Frosty Blue Hugs

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It's an "Anything Goes" challenge at the moment so I thought I'd share a little card that is quite timely in my neck of the woods...Frosty Blue Hugs!

Yes, it's been a bit breezy here in Indiana with our first snowfall of 2019 so I went with this fun mixed media card sending you Frosty Blue Hugs with this darling little snowbear.

The background was created by pouncing Memento Bahama Blue, Summer Sky and just a touch of Paris Dusk. I then spritzed the inks with Frost Sheer Shimmer Spritz to mix and add a bit of sparkle.  I pressed a cardstock panel into the ink mixture and set it aside to dry.

I then stamped both large and small snowflake stamps with VersaFine Clair in Paradise Blue, a few using Kaliedacolor Blue Breeze inkpad and Silver Delicata ink.

I then stamped the little bear with the VFC Paradise ink and water colored him with a variety of blues and a touch of red.  I added some black pen work and glitter to finish him off.  He was fussy cut, added to the snowflake panel and it was all affixed to a red card base.

It's your turn...have you created a card this year?

If so be sure to link it to our challenge for your chance to win!!

Good Luck Everyone!

Supplies:

Lost Coast Designs - Creepy Doll Teddy 1,
Snowflakes - Lg, 
Snowflakes - Sm

Imagine - Memento Ink,
Kaliedacolor - Blue Breeze,
VersaFineClair,
Delicata,
Sheer Shimmer Spritz
On Point Glue

Other - Glitter
Black Pen
Kuretake Gansi Tambi Watercolor
Niji Water Brush
Sentiment Diecuts