CHALLENGE #206 - LOVE AND HEARTS MID-MONTH REMINDER

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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 #206

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February, the month of love.  Please share your stamped anythings featuring love and hearts.  Lets get romantic and share love.  We certainly need as much as we can get.
You have all month to share.  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 awesome inspiration from the team to keep us entertained.  ENJOY!

Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Viking Gnome

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Thick and Thin Men and Love Dictionary Words

   
Aimee used Lost Coast Designs 3" Grunge Border with Carmen's Veranda Soul Friends 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 28th 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 #206 - Love and Hearts
February 1st - 28th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Saturday, February 28th 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
 

  

Love & Hearts: Rose

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Hello everyone, it's Valentines Day so I made a colourful heart shaped card fot our Love & Hearts Challenge. 💗💖

Using pink and black StazOn ink I stamped the rose and texts onto an alcohol inked background en decorated it with some clear and green Stickles glitter glue.

Stamps used: Misc. Words, Roses and Pieces of Calligraphy.

Hope you'll have a wonderful Valentines Day!💝

Lots of love,

LiesbethXX

#206 Love and Hearts challenge

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I love this challenge.

It is Valentine's month, after all.

For this card, I chose my love for pets.

And here's the tutorial.

Materials I used.

LCD Crackle background,

LCD Spike and Lucy,

CV Doghair.

Craft Emotions stencil

Acrylic paint, red and white.

Distressink Frayed burlap, Victorian velvet.

Archival Coffee.

Versamark

Clear embossing powder.

Hearts die.

I started with the hearts because this one has different dry faces.

Paint the hearts red and set them aside to dry.

For the background, I did something a little different.

This photo is of a box lid.

I use it to spray backgrounds with spray bottles.

So, there's a lot of glitter, paint, and ink on it.

I sprayed some water on it and placed the paper on top.

This way, the colors and glitter soaked into the paper.

I really liked the result.

While it's drying, we'll continue with the hearts.

The hearts are now completely dry.

Using white acrylic paint and a sponge dabber,

 I apply the white paint to the Crackle background stamp.

And stamp it on the hearts.

Let the white paint dry thoroughly.

Because I thought the red was too red and the white was too white,

I used a sponge dipped douber and Distressink

 Frayed Burlap to give the hearts a slightly more aged look.

Stamp the text and Spike and Lucy at the bottom of the background.

Please note that there should be room for the hearts.

Let it dry, so we continue with the hearts.

I gave the hearts a beautiful glossy finish with two coats of clear embossing powder.

I think the shiny hearts look beautiful.

Give the edges of the card a little bit brown ink.

Glue the hearts in place.

And mat the card.

I think it has a lovely vintage look.

Now it's your turn: have you made something with love or hearts?

Then join the challenge and have a chance to win new stamps.

At the bottom, you'll find an alternative with the same stamp.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

TO GO TO THE TUTORIAL 

click on the tag.

Flat mini slimline shaker

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Good afternoon, Cathy here with a flat mini slimline shaker card for you today.

Stamp Used:

cat wavy face

I first started with the background; I took some pattern paper and cut it to a mini slimline size. I then added the plastic and some valentine shaker bits and made a shaker. 

Next, I layered it on black cardstock and then put it on a pink card base. 

I then stamped cat wavy face and cut out. I only colored in the heart

I hope you join the hearts and love challenge.

Love Yourself

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Aimee here! Ahhh, February. The month of love. Whether you have a romantic partner in your life or not, it's truly important to love yourself. You matter. 

This card with cutouts, embossing, a dimensional sticker and jewels will be something special for the receiver. I made it with the Princess of Everything, Large Flourish, You Matter and Pieces of Calligraphy stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda. Follow along with this pictorial to see how I made it:

The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is hosting a February "Love and Hearts" Challenge. Join the fun and submit your LOVE-ly creation for a chance to win a prize. 

Happy Anniversary

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Hey, Darlene here with my first make of the month with the theme

"Love & Hearts"

Using a real old technique that I hadn't done forever !!  Toilet Paper !!!

yeppers you read that right

So Using the Heart in the ATC Doodles I did this technique

Glued it onto the embossed background

then using Party Words for the saying

which is embossed in white on the small banner

Also added some small beads - 

this Heart stamp could be used for Valentines , weddings and/or Anniversaries !!!

Be sure to enter your 'Love & Heart" make in the challenge 

Maybe win some new stamps !!!

TTFN

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