Do I smell Cake

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Cathy here to interrupt your normally scheduled Christmas/Winter post to  sneak this in....

 

Over at Lost Coast Designs they have some cat and dog stamps by KatzelKraft. They are so cute. I just had to pop over here and show you what I made..

The saying is from Carmen's Veranda. I had the saying and it just felt like the two go together.

Please take a look when you are shopping for your Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda stamps at the new additions of KatzelKraft . You will be happy you did.

 

Now back to your regular scheduled program........  

 

 

Lamb, Pizza and Napkins

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Hello.  Gail here today, just popping by to show you what I did with those sheep. 

I made some fun bottle hanging tags to help bling up the festive table.

I'd stamped, embossed, coloured and fussy cut Carmen's Veranda Sheep Doll
  and Quilted Wing Angel last week.  If you missed the angel project you can check it out HERE

 I used a pizza box, a sizzix die and a silver embossed napkin to make my tags.  Line the die up so one end is just over the folded pizza box so you get a double tag.  I cut two so I could have a nice strong tag and it also got rid of the spicy nacho picture LOL.  Then I glued my napkin on one side of the tag and fussy cut it.  Make sure you split the layers of your napkin so you are just gluing the top layer onto the tag.  Usually they are two or three layers and it rarely works to try and glue more than one layer at a time LOL. 

I inked the raised texture and edges of the tags with Paris Dusk ink, shaped the 'hanger' and cut a hole for the bottle neck.  I used glitter glue around the hole, blue here, and used my finger to smudge it out to give a starburst effect.  It also dries quicker as well.  I cut Poppystamps Flurry Frame from dark blue glitter card and added it and the sheep to the tag.

Here I added a silver glitter card layer that I cut with Poppystamps House in the Woods die.  The sheep is covering up the house, so now it's sheep in the woods!!

Thanks for looking.  Don't forget our Christmas/Winter challenge is still running.  Just leave your link in the comment section for a chance to win some Lost Coast dollars.  Hugz

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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We would like to wish all our customers and blog friends a very 

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

Hope you are having a day full of jingles and fun.

We hope Santa has brought you lots of crafty goodies.

If you are crafting don't forget our 

Winter/Christmas challenge

 is running until the end of the month.  

Ho Ho Ho.  See you there. 

Naughty or nice??? It could easily go either way...

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Merry Christmas Eve from Laurie and all the rest of the Design Team here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!  We wish you all the happiest of holidays.

I've found this naughty girl to bring you special Christmas greetings!  I created this card using the Fifties Girl stamp.  She is good for just about any occasion but putting a little Santa hat on her makes her perfect for the holidays.  
 

I stamped her with black ink onto white card stock and colored her dress with red marker.  I gave her a little color in her cheeks and some bright red lipstick.  I cut her out and added the Santa hat.  My background is simply a couple of pieces of holiday scrapbook paper - one red and white striped and the other with some holiday words.  I cut out a cute "naughty or nice" ballot and attached that to the right side.  Then my little holiday cutie goes atop all and this is layered to a white card base.   And since it's Christmas Eve, we'll give her one more chance to be nice!!

Don't forget you can link up all your Christmas or Winter stamped makes to our  
challenge right up to the end of the month.

An Ass Family Christmas

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Hi, it's Sue here with the second of my Christmas cards, and this time it features stamps from Carmen's Veranda.

The background was made with Christmas Lights and coloured with glitter pens.

I think the Ass Family speak for themselves. Everyone knows this family!

You still have time to join in with our challenge, so get your jingle on!

Thanks for looking, and have a very Merry Christmas xx

May Angels Watch Over You

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Hi, Gail here today.  Are you ready??  Only a few days til the jolly red man gets stuck in the chimney!  And while everyone is choking on the smoke and Rudolf is trying to pull him out, you are carrying on as usual and trying to get the table set up.  And maybe you have invited some strangers to dinner, or the oldies, or maybe even the youngsters, need a little aide de memoire for who's who?  So I decided, since any new cards probably won't make it through the snow in time for the big day, that I would play about and make some table place cards.  This was more fun than a box of chocolate frogs!!!!

I used Carmen's Veranda's Quilted Wing Angel and some patterned card.

I started by stamping, embossing and fussy cutting Carmen's Veranda Quilted Wing Angel and Sheep Doll.  I coloured with distress inks, and gold, red and brown marker pens.  Then I decided to just go with the angels for this set.  The sheep will be back later...... 

To make the place card bases I cut some patterned paper into 4x4" squares, folded in half,  then used an oval die to cut off the bottom to give a more interesting shape.  I added some irridescent glitter to the wings and Windsor and Newton Iridescent Watercolour medium to the dress.  This is like Wink of Stella, but comes in a good size bottle, so you can get sparkly all over!!  I think you can see the glimmer in the main picture.

Off to make 5 more of these while the reindeer is cooking.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget you can link up all your Christmas or Winter stamped makes to our challenge right up to the end of the month.  See you there.  Hugz 

Joyful Tag

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Hello all Cathy here.  Today I made a tag for Christmas.  I started off with a #10 size office tag. I grabbed some Christmas colors of the Distress Oxide inks. (greens and reds and black for splatters) I took my craft mat and smooched the inks on it added water and put my tag in it. Dried one color and moved on to the next. When I'm happy with that I take the black ink and make splatters over the tag, set aside to dry.

Next I took Mistletoe Goth and stamped her on Copic friendly paper with black ink, colored her with Copic markers and then trimmed her down and cut her out.

 Now back to the tag. I took the small snowflake stamp set and Versa mark ink and stamped it on the tag. Then I used white embossing power on it.

Layering is the next step. I had some black paper on my table and I had my Christmas paper and washi tape on there too. I added the black and Christmas paper on the side. Added Mistletoe Goth to the middle and added washi tape to the top and bottom of Mistletoe Goth stamped image.

Last I added a Christmas token with some sparkle ribbon to the tag. Also added sparkle ribbon to the top. I call it done.

Please stop by leave you entry here for the  Winter/Christmas challenge this month.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Christmas Dancers

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To continue the Christmas theme, PUFF created the following card:

 She used SHOWGIRLS and dressed them in red and green with some sparkle thrown in for good measure.

Don't forget to get your entries in by putting your link in the comments section HERE.  Our Christmas/Winter challenge runs through December 31st.

Happy Stamping!
Marilyn
LCD/CV DT Leader

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

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Hi, it's Sue here with my first Christmas card for this month challenge.



This is the beautiful Megan's Christmas Bird that's been chopped up a bit, watercolours, and Stickled (glitter glued) to within an inch of its feathery life.

So over to you now, please join in with either a Christmas or a Winter themed piece to be in with a chance to win Lost Coast/Carmen's Veranda $s.

Have a very happy week, and I'll see you later in the month xx

Stay Warm!

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Hi to all visiting the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today.  Laurie here.  If you are like me, you are deep into preparations for the coming holidays.  And I love making Christmas and winter related projects.
For our monthly challenge here on the Portal, that's just what we are doing.

I have made this card - could be used for Christmas or any other occasion, really.  My background is made with my Gelli plate, some blue and silver paint, and some stencils.  I layered my background with a piece of white card stock.  I used the Georges and Louis stamp for this card.  I stamped my image with black ink onto white card stock and cut it out.  I added some color to the little boy's face and gave him blue leggings and a blue cap.  I mounted him to my background with foam tape and added a little decorative die cut design to the upper left corner.

Be sure to visit both Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda for some fun holiday stamps and be sure to enter the challenge for a chance to win!

Raven's Winter

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Can you believe it is Dec. 6th already.  Cathy here with a holiday card for you.  My idea when I made this it would go well for a Winter Solstice card.

 First off I stamped raven small right and left on the bottom of my white card panel.
There are two sizes of the raven so if you wanted a larger raven you can do that.

After that I picked out 3 different colors of Distress inks, a blue, a purple and a gray. Then I took my small snowflake set and stamped them in different inks all over the panel. Guess what?  Lost Coast Designs have a large snowflake set too.  So you have your choice of sizes. Large or small or a mix of both.

Then I distressed the edge of the white panel, inked the edge of it with the gray ink and set aside.

Next I took a black cardstock and made a top folding card and grabbed some more of the snowflakes. Can you believe there is 8 different snowflakes in that set? WOW!  I stamped them in Versa fine ink and embossed them with white embossing power.

(sorry about the flash)

I came back to the panel and colored in the ravens with Copic markers and added a hat to the left raven.  Wrapped white and silver bakers twine around the top and added a word token to it. Just to add some sparkle to it I added sliver tinsel to where the word token is.

Added foam tape the added it the black card and done.

I hope to see what you all are doing for your Winter/Christmas cards. You can join our challenge HERE for a chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars

Challenge #43 Christmas/Winter

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 Good Morning!

It's time for our new Challenge for December

but first we have a couple of WINNERS to announce.
For our Day of the Dead event we only received one entry, but boy was it a good one!

WINNER of the DAY OF THE DEAD EVENT is

  SUSAN

 

 Our CAS challenge also didn't get many entries but....

WINNER OF CHALLENGE #42 is

 KATHYk

Congratulations Susan and Kathyk!
Here's your snazzy Challenge Winner's badge for your blogs!
Please link your badge back to us here at LCPtoC, THX :0)

Now for our December Challenge!

CHALLENGE #43 CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Since it's December, we are going with a Christmas/Winter theme.  Anything to do with Christmas, the holidays, or winter is fair game.  Since it's a busy time of year this will be the only challenge this month and you have until midnight, December 31st to join the fun.

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 is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = one Winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
10+ Entries = one Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
and all winners get our snazzy Challenge Winner's Badge to proudly display on their blogs!
As an extra special for this month if we get 100 entries we will add a second prize of a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV, so tell your friends and come and join the fun.  

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! 

Marilyn is up today to get things kicked off.

I fell in love with this ART DECO ANGEL and had to use it.  I first stamped the image on a piece of Bristol paper and cut it out.  I then colored it with Prismacolor pencils and highlighted some areas with stickles.  The coaster is colored with inks then a little bit of glitter was sprinkled on.

Now it's your turn, are you up for the challenge?  We can't wait to see your projects!  
Mr Linky is still being a little contrary so please add your entries in the comments below.
You have until Midnight PST, December 31st!


Happy Stamping!
Marilyn
LCD/CV DT Leader

Beauty In Simplicity - Clean and Simple

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Hi it's Sue here with my second clean and simple project. It's a little bit different from the first one, and maybe not for the purists, but I like it!

This is made with the Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background and Distress Ink. I really like this stamp, and will be using it A LOT!

We would love to see your take on the challenge, just join in by linking you entry in the comments section for a chance to win some Lost Coast $'s.

Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x

Doggy Dreams More

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Hello.  Gail here today with some more inspiration for the CAS challenge running here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  The linky closes at midnight 30th November so get out your stamps and inks, but remember to keep it clean and simple.

I stamped and embossed Lost Coast Designs Drake Dog and coloured him with neon gel pens and distress inks.  I masked him and stamped the Domino's Border and the Carmen's Veranda sentiment in dark blue dye ink, and the Face with Feathers with blue chalk ink.  That dog is just so cool and he knows it!!

In case you haven't seen, there is a Black Friday Sale over at Lost Coast Designs and you can save 20% on your whole order (before shipping) until midnight PST Sunday November 26th, so hop over and shop yourself a bargain.  Put Black Friday in the comment area of your order to receive the discount.  And don't forget to add your CAS creations to the challenge.  If the linky is not playing then just leave your link in the comments and we will add it to the draw to win Lost Coast dollars.

Thanks for visiting.  Hugz

Mannequin CAS

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Cathy here with a CAS card.

 Okay this one went much better. It took me only one time to do this card.  I did use painters tape with this one and I used Distress Oxide ink to make the strip. I taped a strip on white cardstock and I took 3 colors of Oxide ink and colored the background inside the strip. I then took some water and sprayed it on the ink to make the spots.
Next I stamped the corner flourish with a gray ink before I removed the painters tape..

Then I stamped the mannequin stamp at the bottom with black ink.

 

Link Up for CAS

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We are experiencing problems with our InLinkz account.  If you wish to enter the contest, please comment on any CAS post on the blog and include a link to your project in your comment.  We will handle things this way until we can get our account back up and running.

Sorry for confusion.

Marilyn
LCD/CV DT Leader

Clean and Simple: Turquoise Peacock

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Hi all - Laurie here for another go at the CAS challenge.  I used one of the new fab stamps from Lost Coast Designs - Teri Peacock.  So many possibilities with this stamp and so many colors you could make your peacock.  I stamped mine with black ink onto white card stock.  Using Copic Sketch markers in shades of turquoise and purple, I colored in my peacock.  Then trimmed up my edges and layered it with turquoise and white.  So this makes a pretty card and is very simple to make.
Be sure to check out the raft of new stamps at the Lost Coast Designs website and don't forget to make your own CAS project and enter it here to win some free stamps!

Why Fit In -Clean and Simple

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Hi it's Sue here with my first Clean and Simple piece. Now I'm the first to admit I find C&S terrifying, I'm more of a painty and messy type crafter. But She Who Must Be Obeyed - Marilyn (just kidding Marilyn) :-)  said clean and simple, so here it is.

Agh all that white space, it's more scary than the 31 Days of Halloween!
This is a strip of a Gelli plate background, and the  lovely Flower Flourish.
The sentiment is the Carmen's Veranda clear stamp Born To Stand Out

I hope you join in with our challenge, unless it scares you too, in which case Man Up and join in anyway!

Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x

Clean and Simple: Little Pilgrim

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Hi all, Laurie here for the Clean and Simple Challenge on the
Lost Coast Portal for the month of November.
It's really hard to make something "clean and simple" as I think we all
like to add lots of "stuff" to whatever we are making.  But I really
like this challenge.  It really depends on the stamp you are using
to give your piece some interest.
I'm using The Little Pilgrim Girl stamp for this card.
I have stamped her with black ink onto white card stock.  I gave her face some color and
gave her rosy cheeks.  I used a gray marker to darken the darker areas and left
her little apron and cap white.  I mounted her onto a piece of paper that I
colored using Distress Oxide inks, then layered that with a white panel.
And she's done.

Please come join our CAS - Clean and Simple - challenge this month for the
chance to win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs
and Carmen's Veranda!

Clean and Simple Card

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Cathy here with a CAS card.
This was a challenge for me. It took me 4 times to get this one card. I did it though and I love how it came out.

 I started out with watercolor paper.( that makes a difference with this card)
Next I used masking tape.(I did try painters tape but it didn't work for me). I masked off a strip on the front of the card. Next I took my nuance powers. I must say if you have not tried these powders you should. They are so rich in color. I just love working with them.

I mixed the powder with some water to make a watercolor. I then took the watercolor and colored in the strip that I masked off. Dried it with a heat gun. Then I added more color to get the look I wanted. Again Dried it with a heat gun. You could let it air dry but I wanted to get to the next step faster. Then I took out my silhouette man with cane stamp  and stamped on the bottom of the card. Then I called it done.
  Please come and try your hand at CAS.
http://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/2017/11/challenge-42-cas.html
To link up your entry. Hope to see what you did.

 

Challenge #42 CAS

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Good Morning!

It's time for our new Challenge for November but first we have the WINNER of Challenge #41 to announce!  There were a TON of entries and y'all really made it hard to chose one.  I love seeing so many different pieces of art.  Keep up the good work!

The Lost Coast Designers voted on their faves and based on their votes the randomly drawn

WINNER of CHALLENGE #41 is

INKY AND QUIRKY

 Congratulations Inky and Quirky!  Please email Marilyn (mcgoo4@gmail.com) by the end of the month to claim your prize of a $10 gift certificate.  Please provide your full name and mailing address in the email as well as the stamps you would like, you may choose from Lost Coast Designs and/or Carmen's Veranda!

Here's your snazzy Challenge Winner's badge for your blog!

Please link your badge back to us here at LCPtoC, THX :0)

Now for our (month) Challenge!

CHALLENGE #42

CAS

Okay everyone.  This month's challenge is all about keeping it Clean and Simple.  No need for elaborate backgrounds to showcase your work.  Our designers are going to help you out by showing how they keep it clean and simple.

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 Design Team Faves 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 is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge

5+ Entries = one Winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV

10+ Entries = one Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV

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!

To help you along with ideas for your CAS project, I've got a very clean and simple ATC.

 I used the Rustic Alphabet Set to stamp "LOVE" in the left corner of my ATC and then glued on a little red heart at the top right. That's it!

There will be more CAS projects coming up through the end of the month. Now it's your turn! Are you up to the challenge? Submit your entries in the linky party below by Midnight on the 30th November.

If Mr Linky has stepped out please leave your link in the comments and you will be included in the draw. 

Happy Stamping!
Marilyn
LCD/CV DT Leader

An InLinkz Link-up

Winners plus Day of the Dead - Day 6

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Good morning all! I thought I'd take today to get caught up on our past winners. I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting the announcements.

Tip Your Hat - Majo 

Numbers - Kate's Scrap Yard

Ladies, there were less than five entries, so you get our Challenge Badge to display on our blog.

31 Days of Halloween - The Altered Paper

Congratulations to The Altered Paper! Please email Marilyn (mcgoo4@gmail.com) by the end of the month to claim your prize of a $5.00 gift certificate. Please provide your full name and mailing address in the email as well as the stamps your would like. You may chose from Lost Coast Designs and/or Carmen's Veranda. Don't forget to grab the Challenge Badge below to display on your blog.

Now, for some more Day of the Dead inspiration!

 My bright DOTD tag uses the White Nose Sugar Skull from the Three Small Skulls stamp set. I found a quote online and printed it out. The skull is colored with Prismacolor pencils and the background was done with spray inks. A little doodling around the edges and a flower finishes it off.

 

Don't forget, you have until Midnight, November 12th to get your Day of the Dead entry linked up. Just go HERE to link.

 

Starting November 8th, we have a new Challenge. CAS. Stay tuned for more!

 

Happy Stamping!
Marilyn

LCD/CV DT Leader