Tree Hugging

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Hi everyone,

it's Dot here with a tutorial for our Wood Challenge #82

I have been eye-ing off the bark out the front of my place

for some time to make something with, so I was
pretty pleased when this challenge came around.

The tree out the front is called a Paperbark tree.

The bark starts peeling away from the trunk

and has the most amazing colours.

I peeled a heap of the layers from the tree and brought them inside to dry.

You can peel the bark super thin, which is what I did, and you can layer them up

any way that you like.

I chose some that had different colours and textures and glued them together

with gel medium.

The stamp 'Evil Eye' was stamped onto some tissue paper.

Then on the back of this I painted some
white acrylic paint ... carefully.

Once it was dry it was easy to attach to the bark

with gel medium.

I added some branch effects by using a small section of the

Grunge Tree stamp with brown archival ink.

The bark was easy to rip to the size that I needed for my card.

Then it was a simple task of attaching it with gel medium.

The words, from Carmen's Veranda, were stamped

with white ink onto black card and cut out.
After edging with more white ink I attached it to the bark.

The card still needed something else ...

so I painted the eyes of the Evil Eye's eyes with blue acrylic paint.

There is still a little bit of time to enter our Wood challenge

for this fortnight.
Either here or over on facebook.

Happy Stamping!

Dot x

Wood Challenge: *Magic*

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here!
There's still time for you to join our Wood Challenge till August 31st!

I hope to inspire you with this card. I made the wood grained background by wiping (direct to paper) my Distress Ink pad Vintage photo onto strips of paper of different widths). I sponged the edges of the strips, again with Vintage Photo and glued then on a card.  I stamped Large tree crown and ATC tekst set 1 also on the background. 

I stamped Ancient woman 4, added some colour and fussy cut her, then stamped the word, ripped and inked the edges.

Stamps I used: Large tree crown, Ancient woman 4, ATC tekst set 1, and Misc. Words.

Just because

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Hello all Cathy here with you today.
I have a simple and quick card for you all today.

Stamp Used: Cherry Blossom

These are the steps I did to make this card.
1. Get white cardstock, cut it smaller then the card base.
2. Stamp Cherry Blossom  in brown ink.
3. Grab a green marker and 2 different pinks and color the leaves green and the dots with the 2 different colors of pink.
4. Glue to front of pink card base.
5. Add word sticker.
Done.
Quick, right?
I think you could make these up in batches and have on hand when you need a card.

I hope you will join us in the wood challenge. You can enter here.

Wood Challenge: The Evil Eye

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Hi from Laurie here with a project for the current challenge: Wood.  Lots you can do with this theme, but it might make you think!

I made a card here using the Grunge Tree background stamp and the Evil Eye stamp, both from Lost Coast Designs.

I began by creating a background, using a circle stencil and green and blue Distress inks.  I cut around the edges with some deckle-edged scissors and mounted my piece to a black background.

Next I stamped my image onto white card stock and began coloring it with Copic markers in shades of gray and brown, using yellow for the claws and eyes.  I added some Crackle Accents to the eyes and teeth to give them some shine and make the stand out.  I fussy cut my image and affixed it to the front of my card. 

So put on your thinking caps and see what creations you can make with the Wood theme.  We can't wait to see what you make, and you just might win some free stamps!!

Through the Keyhole

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with a peek through the Keyhole at Weeping Man.

Hmmmmm, seems that he spotted us!!

Since the current challenge theme is Wood I decided to stamp Carmen's Veranda Keyhole on woodgrain paper and emboss with gold powder.  I added some more colour using Promarkers and then I cut the center out of the keyhole.

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Weeping Man on white card with brown archival ink
and watercoloured with Brusho's.
Green hair??  Maybe that's what he's crying about??

I masked Weeping Man and stamped Lost Coast Designs Leaves Background.

I placed the Weeping Man panel behind the Keyhole panel and mounted it all on a dark brown base card.

Thanks for dropping by.
Don't forget to link up your stamped makes inspired by the word Wood for
your chance to win Lost Coast dollars.

Rustic Wood

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Ink Stained Roni here with a fun rustic card for our newest challenge... Wood!

I made a fancy fold card using Lost Coast Designs Trees Background and Carmen's Veranda All Who Wander sentiment and wood grained paper.

Join the fun and link up your stamped Wood inspired projects
for your chance to win Lost Coast dollars.

CHALLENGE #82 - WOOD

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Greetings.  It's time for our new Challenge.
Our challenges are now fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of every month, with chances to win your self some 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 #82

WOOD

Stamp on wood, use stamps with trees, pencils, or other items made of wood etc.

Please mention how you were inspired by the challenge theme if it isn't obvious and Rubber or Clear stamping should feature heavily on your project.

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
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!

Gail made this fun woodland scene using Lost Coast Designs Trees Background and
Carri's Menagerie large Moose

  
Liesbeth made this stunning mini-book using wooden buttons as the cover!  Loads of stamps used here; Victoriana, Mini flying ladies set, Chess set, Lily flourish, Daisy flourish, 3 Flying Flower Girl Faces and Misc. words


Lori made this fabulous wood plaque using Lost Coast Designs Large Chickenwire Background, Joy Dictionary Background, More Bugz, Long Swirl, and Carmen's Veranda Discover

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

Challenge #82 -WOOD
August 15th - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Saturday, August 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
 

Anything Goes: Raven

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Greetings from Laurie here in sunny California to all you Lost Coasters!  I hope you are having a wonderful summer, wherever you are.

I have another entry for the "Anything Goes" challenge.  I tried out a lot of different ideas for this one, but I had this cool background I wanted to use, and the Raven With Tree Branches stamp from Lost Coast Designs won out. 

I made this background using some astrological tissue paper I found online - really I loved the patterns on these papers.  I took a page from a vintage book and using matte medium I adhered my tissue paper to the book page.  I let it dry well then cut it into a square shape, trying to incorporate as much of the design as I could.  I edged it with black ink then mounted it to a torn edged piece of black card stock.

I stamped my Raven with black StayzOn ink onto another page from a vintage book and cut it out.  
That was a bit of a challenge, but slow goes it and it came out perfectly.  Using a glue stick I pasted the raven as shown and gave him a tiny black rhinestone for an eye.  I then sprinkled around a few matte silver star sequins for a finishing touch.

This one gets me in the mood for Halloween - can't wait!!  Please join us here on the Portal and submit your "Anything Goes" projects by the 14th of July for a chance to win some awesome free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Sketchy Birthday!

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Welcome Friends!

As you know the current challenge is Anything Goes so I decided to play a bit with Imagine's Fireworks! Spray paired with Craft Plastic and this fun Sketchy Cone Flower....

I started off by spritzing my craft mat with Ivy Cottage, Bamboo Leaves and Gold Shimmer Spritz. I then dipped a piece of the Craft Plastic into the ink mix and heated to dry. I continued this process until I was happy with the look.

I stamped the Sketchy Cone Flower onto the Craft Plastic with Piano Black StazOn Pigment Ink.  I stamped the flower a second time onto white cardstock using VersaFine Clair Nocturne. The cardstock flower was colored using a variety of colored pencils, fussy cut and popped onto the Craft Plastic panel using double stick foam tape.

I matted the Craft Plastic piece with a bright turquoise cardstock and positioned it onto a white card panel. I then stamped the sentiment using Teal Zeal Memento Ink. This panel was then mounted onto a bright turquoise card blank.

Hope you've enjoyed my little card and join in on the fun for our

Challenge #81 Anything Goes!

Lost Coast Design Stamps: Sketchy Cone Flower; Party Words

Anything Goes Challenge: girl with a curl

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here! For the Anything goes challenge I made this card with two wonderful background stamps and a beautiful womans face. Stamps I used:
Girl with a curl
Flagstone background
Daisy flourish

I pressed some pads of Distress Oxide ink direct onto the craft sheet, sprayed water and swiped a white square card through the ink. I repeated it a few times. I stamped the flagstones and the flourish using black StazOn ink , and I bleached some small flowers with bleach and a synthetic brush.  On a seperate piece of white cardstock I stamped the woman and coloured her with pencils.

HERE you will find all the information about our Anything Goes challenge (August 1st - 14th) hope you'll join!

Liesbeth XX

Bee bag & tag

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Hello all you Lost Coast fans out there. Cathy here with a bag and tag for you today.
Stamp set used: Bugz set

I started out with a plain brown gift bag. I used a stencil that looked like a honey comb and some yellow distress ink and stenciled that all across the bottom of the bag.  Next I did the same thing in each of the corners.
Stamp the bee with black ink in the center of the bag. Then stamp the bee definition under the bee.
The bag is done.

Next it is tag time. Take the definition stamp and stamp it twice on the tag. Then use the same honey comb stencil and yellow distress ink all over the tag. Stamp bees in brown ink so the are not so prominent. Dye some ribbon to match the yellow that was used and tie it to the handle of the bag.

Your bag is done. I added some note paper I got. (that is what sparked my idea to make the bag.)

I hope you will join us in this anything goes challenge. You can enter here.

JULY WINNERS

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Greetings
It's time to announce the WINNERS of our July Challenges and Fridafest blog hop!

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 #79

CELEBRATE IT 

is

Karen Ladd 

with this fun red white and blue cupcake card

Congrats Karen, you win a $10  gift certificate

WINNER of CHALLENGE #80

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

is

Cornelia

with this monstrously cool card

Congrats Cornelia, you win a $10 gift certificate

We would also like to thank everyone who hopped around and left comments on our
Fridafest blog hop

We had a linky party as well and would like to thank everyone who took the time to create.  Unfortunately we didn't have enough entries to award the linky prize but the lucky blog hop winner is

Tonya Burke

Congrats Tonya, you win a $10 gift certificate

 Congratulations Karen , Cornelia and Tonya!  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

ANYTHING GOES

Link up your stamped anythings

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

Use Stamp Press to create multi-color background with Little Diamond Background Stamp - Anything Goes

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Hello all,

Lori here, with a card featuring the Chloe face stamp and a multi-colored background.  The background for this card was made with several stamped images from the Little Diamond Background stamp using a stamp press.

Lost Coast Design Stamps:

• Chloe Face
• Little Diamonds Backgrounds

Other Materials:

• Dye based ink 
• Double sided tape
• Dew Drops
• Saying sticker
• Stamp press
• Colored Pencils

Instructions:

1) Using a stamp press, ink sections of the Little Diamonds Background stamp and stamp cardstock panel.  Repeat, inking different sections with different ink colors.

2) Using the same ink colors, apply splatters.

3) Stamp Chloe Face image onto card panel.

4) Stamp Chloe Face on a different piece of cardstock and cut out.

5) Select saying sticker and adhere to card panel.

6) Embellish with Dew Drops.

7) Adhere panel for card base.

8) Add a bit of color to Chloe Face image (cut out element) and then adhere to card base (over previous stamped image) with double sided mounting tape.

I hope you will try out this stamp technique as well as join us for the Anything Goes Challenge, just click on the badge below!

Happy day!

Lori

Infinitely Weird

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today and it's Anything Goes!!!! 
Anything??
I blame my anything on the particularly warm weather we are experiencing.
Summers in Norway are not usually this warm.
Ice creams and brain cells are melting away.
It's too warm for ducks and reindeer.
But reinducks are having a ball.

Stay Weird!!  Yes, indeed.  Maybe it should have been stay cool!!!!

OK, so I grabbed Carmen's Veranda Duck and Reindeer Doll, stamped, coloured, fussy cut.  Cut a bit more.  Lost and found a head, some arms and legs, glued and declared it a thing.

I stamped Fourth Dimension using Bluebird archival ink and cut a panel of blue card with a stitch rectangle die and Sizzix Splat die.

I put Fourth Dimension behind the splat panel, added my Reinduck, stamped Carmen's Veranda Stay Weird words and mounted it all on a dark blue base.

Join the fun with your stamped Anythings for a chance to win

Lost Coast $$$$$!!