CHALLENGE #207 - MAKE IT FUNNY

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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 #207

MAKE IT FUNNY

It's mad March and we want to have some laughs.  You have all month to share your FUNNY stamped anythings.  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 chuckle worthy inspiration from the team to get us started.  ENJOY!

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Carri's Old Woman Party On, Brush Strokes,

and Pieces of Calligraphy with Carmen's Veranda Kiss My Ass sentiment

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Pokey Cat with Carmen's Veranda My Coffee sentiment

Gail used Carmen's Veranda Kukla and Bottom of Wine Bottle 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 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

Challenge #207 - Make It Funny
March 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, March 31st 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
 

 

Happy Cat with Hearts

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 Kathi here squeaking in with my third card for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's February Love and Hearts Challenge 206 created with the Happy Cat Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs!

Here it is!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Happy Cat twice — once onto a piece of white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.

Use Copic markers to color the cat. Fussy-cut the Happy Cat stamped onto the sticker paper and place him over his counterpart on the image panel as a mask.

Place a piece of acetate horizontally across the image panel at his paw/tail level, covering the top part of the image panel. Brush Peacock Feathers Distress Ink over the acetate and the masked cat onto the bottom of the image panel to ground the cat.

Move the acetate panel so that it's sitting at the top of the inked area. Brush Fossilized Amer Distress Ink over the top of the over the acetate and the masked cat onto the top of the image panel to add a bright cheerful background behind the cat.

Use a rectangle die to cut the image panel. Use a slightly larger rectangle die to cut polka-dot patterned paper and use it to mat the image panel die-cut. Set aside.

Cut a piece of striped paper to 4.25" x 5.25". Cut a piece of heart patterned paper to 4.25" x 4". Use a border die to cut striped patterned paper. Cut a thin strip of black/polka dot patterned paper. 

Adhere the heart patterned paper to the top of the striped paper panel. Adhere the border strip to the top edge. Adhere the polka dot strip to the top striped patterned paper at the bottom of the card. Trim the layered patterned paper to 4" wide and edge with black ink. 

Adhere the patterned paper panel to a grey A2 card. Adhere the matted image panel die-cut to finish the card.

It's your last chance to enter the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's February Love and Hearts Challenge 206 for a chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h!

#206 I love Frank and his bride, they are so cute.

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 there, Riet here.

I absolutely love this couple.

And so perfect for Valentine's Day with a twist.

The Love stamp is in Dutch, but also available in English.

And this is how I made the card.

LCD Frank and bride of Frank.

CV Dictionary Liefde (dutch)

LCD Dictionary Love (english)

Daisy florish

Distressink

Villainous potion

Kitch flamingo

Barn door

Derwent inktense and Faber Castel skintones.

Finger sponges and stick sponge.

If you don't have a sponge stick you can also use a cotton swab.

I started by cutting out a paper heart to use as a mask.

Save the outer layer of the paper heart. 

We'll need it later.

Using a finger sponge and a kitsch flamingo, create strokes from the center outward.

These strokes should be about 2 cm long.

Repeat this process with Barn Door.

Keep the strokes a little shorter so the pink still shows through.

And repeat this again with villainous potion.

But leave about half a centimeter of space between the strokes.

Now use the outside of the paper heart as a mask 

and stamp with Villainous potion the dictionary love stamp.

Remove the paper heart and check that it is in the correct place.

Take the outer heart mask and place it neatly on the card.

Stamp the daisy florish with Distressink Barn door.

Stamp with Villainous potion 3 flowers, cut them out and glue them on.

Stamp Frank and his bride with ink on 3 and color them.

And cut them out.

And then I made a mistake.

When I cut out and glue stamps,

I always print the stamp on the card first and then glue the cut-out stamp on.

But it was getting late, and I was very tired.

Well, then you're not paying attention, and before I knew it, 

I've glued Frank and his bride on.

All in all, the card turned out quite nicely.

Will you join this fun challenge?

There's still time until end of the month.

You can also enter with other brands; please read the rules to avoid disappointment.

That's it for this month full of love. See you next month.

At the bottom of the page is another example using the Frank and his bride stamps.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Here is the tutorial for this card.

Love Card

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Good evening, Cathy here with a very late post for you. 

Stamps Used:
Roses

What I did first was I used a clean-up of my heart stencil that I used for another card. I then stamped Roses in black in in the center of it. I ripped the bottom and added to a red card base. 

Next, I took a strip of the heart paper that I had on my desk and layered it on black cardstock and added that to the card. 

Lastly, I die cut the work love from some black cardstock and glued it to the bottom of the card.

There is still time to join this fun challenge. Hope to see you there.

From the Heart

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 - Darlene here with one of my 'Love and Hearts' make for this months challenge

Actually - there are two makes here hehehhee

These were actually quick and easy to make.

So the first one - with the red hearts

Has a belly band around it with the saying attached.

This saying is from Carmen Veranda's clear stamps

Using a stamping trick - I only stamped about 1/2 of what the original stamps says !!

So easy to do with a bit of scotch tape to block out what you don't want.

this is what I blocked out LOL

'then remove the dog hair from your mouth as you walk to the car'

So now what I did was make a nice mushy card hehehehe

The next card is one large heart - using the same saying

then on the inside using the Party Words

So be sure to enter your make this month and maybe win some new stamps !! 

Also be sure to check out my blog

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

xoxoxo

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 Kathi here with a card created for February's Love and Hearts Challenge with the Little Angel Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda. 

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Little Angel Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda onto white cardstock. 

Use Copic markers to color the Little Angel. Use a clear glitter gel pen to add glitter to her wings. Use a white gel pen to add catchlights to her eyes. Fussy-cut the Little Angel, edge her with a black pen, and set her aside. 

Place a cloud stencil towards the top of a piece of white cardstock to create a cloudy sky background for the Little Angel. Brush pink dye ink over the top of the stencil onto the background panel. Rotate the stencil, move it downwards on the white cardstock panel, and brush the same pink ink over the top of the stencil onto the background panel. Repeat this process until your pink cloudy sky is complete. 

Place a heart stencil over the cloudy sky background panel. Use a smaller brush to randomly apply pink ink through the stencil's heart apertures onto the background panel.

When done, trim the background panel to 4" x 5.25" and edge with the pink ink.

Select appropriate stickers and use a sponge dauber to apply pink ink to them.

Adhere the background panel to a white A2 card. Adhere the Little Angel as shown. Adhere the sentiments to finish the card.

I hope that you take the opportunity to play along with our Love and Hearts Challenge 206 for the chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h!