Man in clouds

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Goodmorning Cathy here with a slimline card for you today.

I used a leftover scrap that I cleaned my cloud stencil of from and then I used the paper to clean my pink blender brush.

I then stamped man with hat and cane and some words in pink and added it to a black card base

You Matter

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Hi everyone, Aimee here! Here's a card I created inspired by a gift tag I saw on Pinterest. The tag featured a woman wearing a hat, and I thought it would be perfect for this month's Challenge: Where's My Hat?

The creation of this card kind of morphed as I went along. I used pigment inks, dye inks, embossing folders, embossing powder, alcohol markers and embellishments to bring it to life. The final touch was a hat sticker I purchased at a Dollar Tree store that I then colored to fit in better with the card's color scheme.  I used the Art Nouveau Faces, You Matter and Brush Strokes stamps. Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how it all came together:

This card is the result of playing around with inks and colors as I went, not knowing how it would all turn out in the end. That's the beauty of creating--just see where your path takes you. Go for it! And then submit your creation to the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity for your chance to win a prize.  

#196, Where's my hat, milkbox.

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Hi crafters, Riet here.

The new challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps is all about hats.

So much fun.

 I made a milkbox with 

the many moods of Mona stamp set. 

5 gorgeous stamps with the face of Mona Lisa.

What I used for this milk box:

Mona stamp set,

Single Mona's,

Crackle background,

Long swirl.

Distress oxide:

Mermaid lagoon,

Wilted violet,

Cracked pistachio,

Musterd seed.

Versafine onyx black.

Acrylic paint spray bottles In the same colors as the oxides.

Color pencils or markers, what you like most.

Dutch DoBaDo  box art, milkbox.

Started with spraying the acrylic paints.

Once this is completely dry, 

we draw the template of the milk carton and cut it out and score the score lines.

With the crackle background 

you stamp pieces of the stamp here and there with the Distress oxides.

Using the long swirl and black ink we stamp all the top flaps of the milk carton.

Take thin paper and stamp with versafine the 4 mona's.

Colour them with markers or pencils.

Glue them on the box.

Now you can fold and glue the milk carton.

Punch a hole at the top and pull a ribbon through it.

And that's it for this time.

You probably have a stamp with a hat, 

but it can also be from other brands to participate in the challenge.

You then have a chance to win stamps of your choice.

Please read the rules to avoid disappointment.

CLICK HERE FOR THE CHALLENGE.

READ THE RULES PLEASE.

Where Did You Get That Hat???

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Hello Portal Peeps!  Gail here today and the challenge for April is Where's My Hat?  We want to see your stamped anythings featuring headgear.  I had a look through my Lost Coast Designs stamps and found lots with hats!  Check out yesterday's challenge post and the fun makes from Cathy, Liesbeth and Darlene where they kicked off the challenge in amazing style.  Today I have used one of the images from Doodle Dolls 1 set, and I found she also featured on the Postage set, so I've made a slimline collage style birthday card.

I used archival ink in shades on blue and red and did some ink mixing on the stamps to give some variegated colours.  The background stamp is Lost Coast Designs PMC Circle Frame.  I used a die cut to make the oval frame and arranged the Postage stamps and Doodle Doll on it after I had stamped and fussy cut them.  I stamped the Happy Birthdays using Lost Coast Designs Party Words and die cut with a Waffle Flower die. 

Hope you get time to join the Where's My Hat? fun.  We need at least 20 entries to award the prize so tell your friends and add your stamped hatty makes to the linky.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

CHALLENGE # 196 - WHERE'S MY HAT

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Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

Welcome to April and 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 #196

WHERE'S MY HAT

This month we are all about headgear.  You have all month to share your stamped anythings with hats or other headgear.  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 inspiration from the team to get us started.  ENJOY!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Horizontal Party Hats Border, Mini Crowns, and Corner Swirl 

with Carmen's Veranda Joker

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Birthday Mona, Skull Flourish with and Carmen's Veranda Keyhole and Ironwork Wall

 

Darlene used Lost Coast Design Party Hat set 2

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 #196 - Where's My Hat??
April 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Wednesday, April 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
 

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Alice's Adventures

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Hi all, Aimee here! All women were once young girls, so I think this card still qualifies for this month's Woman Challenge.

I used the Four Alices and Brush Strokes stamps from Lost Coast Designs and the Courage and Cusswords stamp from Carmen's Veranda. For the sentiment shown here, I cut off the last lines of the phrase to focus on the adventure aspect, something Alice in Wonderland is known for. Follow along with this pictorial to learn how I put it all together. 

There's one more day left for you to submit your stamped creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity as part of the Woman Challenge. Who knows?! Maybe yours will be selected to win a prize!