Brunhilda Sings

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Hello.  Gail here today.  I hope you have had a very merry merry and many happy jingles over the festive period.   Only a few days til the end of year celebrations and the start of a new year with new chances and possibilities.  Over at Lost Coast Designs there are some fabtastic new designs!!  Cathy shared some makes with the new stamps in the previous post.  Today I have used Brunhilda and made a wintery scene.

I love this lusty viking queen.  She is such a fun lady.  I decided to put her on one of Norway's most popular tourist attractions - Preikestolen!

There she is!!!  OK, maybe not.....  You can find this and other pictures here incase you want to see more.  They describe it as 'a cliff in Norway'.  Well, yes, but it's a very impressive cliff!!!  A square of rock jutting out from the mountain and 600m (almost 2000ft) above the fjord.  Been there a few times myself.  Impressive.

So I used my phenomenal drawing skills and distress inks to give her a rock to stand on.  I stamped and embossed Brunhilda first, but would probably not bother with the embossing next time because it's such a detailled stamp and even with fine powder you lose a bit of detail.  I've coloured her with distress inks, white gel pen and silver pilot marker and then went a bit crazy with the glitter glue.

I gave the background a watercolour wash with blue shades and cut snowflakes from silver glitter paper using Poppystamps Snowflake Collage die.

There is still time to join our

COLD AND FROSTY CHALLENGE

for a chance to win a gift certificate to Lost Coast Designs.
The more entries the bigger the prize!!

Don't forget to check out the new stamps as well!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Leave me a little love so I know you passed by and I hope you have a wonderful and safe New Year celebration.  Hugz

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

 

Hope your day full of jolly and bright and Ho Ho Ho.  

May Santa bring you everything on your list,

especially all those crafty goodies you asked for!!

If you get a quiet moment to craft don't forget to join our

COLD AND FROSTY CHALLENGE

which is running until the end of the month.  

See you there. 

New stamps

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Hello Cathy here sneaking in some Non Christmas goodies.

Did you know there are new stamps over in the store?  You can go check them over here.
I made a tag and a card with 2 of the new stamps.

Are these not fun??

Happy Skull Christmas!

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Hello.  Roni here today with an alternative Christmas card!

This card was created using the Skull Christmas stamp by Teri Sherman. It was colored using Memento Dual Tip Markers and a bit of Memento Ink which was watercolored using a waterbrush.  I fussy cut the image and affixed it to the background mat, added the sentiment and mounted it all on a blue card base.

It really is quite creepy don't you think?

There's still time to join in the Cold & Frosty fun!

It's all about the Antlers...

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Hello all.  Lori here today.

I have a card with lots of layers and the cutest moose ever to share with you today.  

Lost Coast Design Stamps:

• Large Snowflake Set
• Long Swirl
• Carri's Menagerie Quirky Animals - Moose

Instructions:

1) Start with a panel of card stock slightly smaller than an A2 sized card.

2) Stamp snowflakes randomly over the panel.

3) In the center of the panel, adhere a torn piece of a decorative napkin.

4) Add paint splatters with black acrylic paint.  Allow to dry.

5) Randomly stamp Long Swirl with silver metallic ink.

6) Add several strips of coordinating washy tape over the napkin strip.

7) On a 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 square piece of card stock, stamp the Moose with black ink.

8) On same piece, stamp snowflakes with grey ink.

9) Mount this square piece onto a slight larger piece of metallic paper.

10) Adhere the Moose element to the center of the card over the Washi tape.

11) Decorate the antlers with adhesive pearls.

12) Adhere this full panel onto an A2 card base.

13) Done.

I hope you have enjoyed this project and will join us in the Cold & Frosty Challenge!  I would love to see your creations!

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Happy day!

Lori

COLD AND FROSTY CHALLENGE - MID-WAY REMINDER

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Can you believe we are half way through December and only 10 days til Christmas already!!!!
The Cold and Frosty Challenge is running all month here at the Portal to Creativity
 and we want to see your stamped BRRrrrrrrr! makes!

Here's a little chilly inspiration from the team.....

 Laurie made this fun card using Lost Coast Designs CDTeddy from the new Creepy Dolls stamp collection and snowflakes from the Small Snowflakes set.

 Cathy also used the Small Snowflakes set to make these pretty tags.

You still have plenty of time to join our Cold and Frosty Challenge for a chance to win Lost Coast Dollars!  Remember, the more players the better the prizes, so tell your friends and get stamping!!

Don't forget to check out the Lost Coast Designs webshop for all the NEW STAMPS and your get some new rubber for yourself or your friends for Christmas and the New Year.

Brrrrr...Cold n Frosty Out

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I started by stamping the snowman on the base layer with Acorn ink (for the arms).  I then stamped him in black, blue, red and his nose in orange.  I colored then cut apart all of the bits and re-assembled him with both glue and double stick foam tape for a bit of dimension.  I water colored the background "snow" and added some glue & glitter and I did the same in the darker blue areas of the snowman.  Finally I stamped the sentiment and mounted it on a blue plaid card blank.

Hope you have time to join us in the fun this month...

Let It Snow!

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Hi to all from Laurie with a happy Snowman bringing you Cold and Frosty greetings for the first part of the December challenge on the Lost Coast Portal.  We want to see what you can create using the theme:  Cold and Frosty.

For this card, I used the Snowman stamp from Carmen's Veranda.  I like how he looks a bit old fashioned.  I stamped him onto white card stock with black ink and cut him out.  I then restamped his scarf and buttons with blue ink, cut those out, and superimposed them onto my original stamped image.  I colored his twig arms brown and gave him some "eyes of coal" using black rhinestones.  I originally colored his carrot nose with an orange marker but it did not show up well, so I cut a little nose for him from some orange paper.  

My background was created using blue paint which I spread on my Gelli plate with a brayer.  I then pressed a piece of white paper to the plate and pulled a print of just plain blue.  I mixed some white paint with some water, and using a spatter brush, spattered the white paint onto my blue background to look like snow falling.  

I adhered my snowman to the card front with foam tape.  I found a "Let It Snow" sticker in my sticker stash and stuck it onto a larger square of black paper.  I cut out and added a sign post and affixed the little "sign" to the lower edge as shown.  Final step was to add a top hat to Mr. Snowman and adhere the finished card front to a piece of white card stock.  

NOVEMBER WINNERS

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Greetings
It's time to announce the WINNERS of our November Challenges!

We would like to thank everyone who entered their lovely projects and it was so nice to see so many using Lost Coast Design and Carmen's Veranda stamps.  You of course get an extra chance in the random draw for using our stamps on your projects.  Thanks for playing with us!

Please do read the rules and also the challenge guidelines which are written under the challenge badges on the challenge post and in the sidebar.  We have to disqualify entries that do not comply with our rules or challenge themes.

We used Mr Random

WINNER of CHALLENGE #64

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 

is

MAITA

with this beautifully skull.  We all loved the bird skeleton on top!!

Congrats Maita, you win a $5 gift certificate

WINNER of CHALLENGE #65

CUTE

is

MIMI

with this fun and cute card

Congrats Mimi, you win a $5 gift certificate


But wait!!  There's more.......
Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment on the teams Mayan Blog hop posts.
I hope you had lots of fun checking out the fun and colourful projects.

The lucky winner of our

MAYAN BLOG HOP

is

Susan Renshaw

Congrats Susan.  You win a $10 gift certificate.

 Congratulations Maita, Mini and Susan!  Please email Gail (craftynomad at gmail dot com) by the end of the month to claim your prize.  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 Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.
 

Our current challenge is

COLD AND FROSTY

Link up your cold and frosty stamped projects

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars!!

Blue SnowWolf Queen

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Hi all. Cathy here with my take on Cold and Frosty.
Stamps Used:
          Wolf Queen        
Snowflake set

I started out by stamping the  Snowflake set on white cardstock in blue distress ink. This will make your card base. Then cut a blue square and ink the edges with the same blue ink. Glue it on the stamped card base. Set aside.

Stamp Wolf Queen  on Copic friendly paper and color in. I added some blue glitter to the feathers so it has a little sparkle. On the stamp the feathers are held in her hair with a flower. I stamped a snowflake on some scrap paper and colored it in with the same distress ink I used to stamp the Snowflake background. Cut out and cover the flower.

Come show us your cold and frosty makes. You can add them here.

CHALLENGE #66 - COLD AND FROSTY

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Greetings.  It's time for our new Challenge.
It's December, and a very busy month, so we have decided to run this challenge all month to give you plenty of time to join the fun!!  There will be a chance to win your self some Lost Coast dollars, but since it's Christmas who knows,  maybe Santa will have some extra goodies if we get lots of people playing along!! 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 #66

COLD AND FROSTY

It doesn't have to be Christmas but we do want to get that BRRrrrrrrrrr! feeling.
And don't forget the stamping!!

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
50+ Entries = two 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!

Lori made this sweet and very chilly card using Lost Coast Designs Georges and Louis, Large Snowflake Set and Little Diamond Background.  Good job Georges is well dressed!

Roni made this gorgeous card using Lost Coast Designs Mistletoe Goth.  She's so cold she's blue!!  Love it!!!

Gail went with cool colours and bling for this festive card using Carmen's Veranda Reindeer Doll, Lost Coast Designs PMC Circle Frame and sentiment from Lost Coast Misc Words

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

Snowman Serenade

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Hello.  Gail here today.  Winter has taken a firm hold in my part of the world and my thoughts have turned towards Christmas.  I have kept with traditional colours but admit the images are perhaps a little unusual!  These two just seemed to go together and I think it will be a perfect card for a special friend.  

Quirky, but cute!!  I've used Carmen's Veranda's Monkey with Banjo and Snow Cowboy with a greeting from Lost Coast Designs Misc. Words

I made a simple background, cos at Christmas simple is often best!  I gave my white hammered card base a blue watercolour wash and die cut some snowy hills

I stamped the Snow Cowboy and Monkey with Banjo, coloured them with Promarkers and fussy cut.  I think I may have missed a chance to add some glitter!  The sentiment was stamped with blue dye ink. 

Thanks for dropping by.

  There is still time to join our Cute challenge, and you can still comment on the Mayan Blog Hop, for your chance to win Lost Coast Dollars.  See you there!!

Rosie is Thinking of You

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We're giving you a real challenge this fortnight...Cute!!  I know - right?  But Linda made it easy for us because she just released a bunch of fun new stamps that are just darling!  First off the Hard Luck Pixies are sweet as can be and the addition of Creepy Dolls by Carri aren't really all that creepy at all...just well loved!  You can see them all here in the New section!

I am so taken with these little pixies, they are so much fun to color and Rosie leads the pack....she was stamped on white cardstock with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink, I then colored her with Memento Dual Tip makers which were used as a watercolor medium as well as colored directly on the image to add more detail.  The image was die-cut then mounted on a yellow card base, a piece of pattern paper by Authentique and a die-cut sentiment.

I hope this has inspired you to join in on the fun...

Ink Stained Roni

News Flash

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Hello.  Just in case you missed it there is a Black Friday Sale at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.  Use the code BLACK FRIDAY to get 20% off all stamps.

If you use this code the combined postage offer that usually applies if you order from both sites on the same day will NOT apply, but I'm sure you will agree this is still a fab offer.

If you haven't had a chance to check out the amazing Mayan Blog Hop projects from the team it's well worth a look.   Grab a coffee and hop along.  All comments left by the end of the month to be in the random draw for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate,

And then there is our Cute challenge.  If you have used rubber or clear stamping on any type of project, and it's cute, link it up for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars!!

Have a great day.  Hugz

Weird is the new Cute

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Hello all!

This cute little Chihuahua image by Katzelkraft definetly confirms that weird is the new cute.  Ha!   I love him!   He was the perfect image for this gift spiral note pad and pen set. 

Lost Coast Design

• Coffee Chihuahua, Katzelkraft
• Joy Dictionary Background
• Stay Weird

Other Products:

• Tsukineko, Walnut Ink
• Archival Ink
• Watercolor Pencils
• DecoArt DuraClear Varnish
• Paper cut photo corners
• SPC, Craft Paper Spriral  note and matching pen

Instructions:

1. Stamp the Joy Background onto white cardstock with Archival Ink.
2. Distress this panel with Walnut ink and water.  Allow to dry.
3. Tear top and bottom of panel.
4. Adhere to notebook front and trim excess.
5. Use the excess to cover the coordinating pen, adhere, and then seal with Matte Varnish.
6. Stamp Chihuahua onto white cardstock with Archival Ink. Color with water color pencils. Fussy cut image out and adhere to front of notebook.
7. Trim photo corners out paper and adhere to top left and bottom right corners.
8. Stamp saying with Archival Ink and cut into two parts.  Adhere to notebook front, as shown in photo.
9. Done.

Happy day!

Lori

Blessing

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As we celebrate the theme of "Cute" this second half of November, I found the perfect Lost Coast Designs stamp to use - The Little Pilgrim.  This is Laurie here bringing you a Thanksgiving
message, and this is one of the oldest Lost Coast stamps I own, and it is still one of my favorites.  I think it's simplicity is brilliant and the look on the Little Pilgrim's face is beautiful.

I stamped Little Pilgrim with black ink onto white card stock and cut her out.  I then colored her with Copic markers, leaving her cap and collar white.  I created my background with a stencil, green and pale yellow acrylic paints, and my Gelli plate.  Using black StazOn ink, I stamped my background - Shrubbery 5.5 " - onto the lower portion of my card base.  I then attached my Little Pilgrim atop and used a sticker with the word "blessing" in the upper left corner.
I edged this in black ink and layered it with a white panel.

We would love for you to join us for this fun cute challenge - everyone has some cute stamps in their stash - so get them out and start stamping.  You might win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

And then there's this............

(Orders using this discount will NOT qualify for the combined shipping rebate when ordering
from both Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda)

Happy Thanksgiving!