Winged Things - Collage Art Journal

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Hello all,

Lori here, with a Collage Art Journal project for you using reuse/recycled collage materials.  Do you throw your scraps away or do you keep them?  Do you collect collage materials from 2nd hand or creative reuse centers?  Collage is a terrific way to use scraps of paper, patterns, material and more.  It's also a really economical method of creating.  Be sure to check out the step by steps in the Mixed Media Collage video below.

Lost Coast Design Supplies:

You Are Art Background 

Chicken wire Background 

More Bugs - dragonfly

Other Supplies: 

Reuse/recycle collage materials

Word/phrase Stickers

Permanent Black Ink

White Gesso

Clear Matte Varnish

Mixed Media Quick Tips Video

Click Here to share your Winged Things creation on the Lost Coast Designs Portal to Creativity Blog.  We'd love to see your projects and you have a chance of winning a prize as well!.

Happy day!

Lori

Winged things: Fly

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 Hello everyone, another Winged things card  made by me, Liesbeth. I made a background by using Distress Glaze (trees) and Distress inks and sprays. I stamped the clown onto a seperate piece of paper, cut her out and coloured her with pencils an I finished the card with Stickles glitter glue.
Stamps used: Grunge Tree, Misc. words and (medium) Clown doll.

Stay safe and healthy, take care! 

LiesbethXX

GOING VIRAL SALE!!

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Hi Portal Peeps!  We hope you are keeping safe and well.
Linda travelled to the Netherlands for ArtSpeciality and they cancelled the show!!
They have cancelled all the shows!
 But don't despair!!! 
We have a sale just for you.......

Stay home and shop with a whopping 25% discount!!!

Use the code QUARANTINEUS at checkout.
Applies to new orders.  Don't forget to use the code!!!

Even more gnomes, and their homes, added to the NEW section!!
Check em out!!!

Don't forget to get stamping and join our Winged Things challenge

Egg Harvest

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today.
 I hope you are all feeling well and keeping yourself occuied during these strange times.
  I know that many crafters have been grateful for the stash they have
and the challenges, events and sales that the internet has enabled.

Our current challenge is Winged Things.  I decided to use the lovely Harvest Angel from Lost Coast Designs and make an artist trading card. 

I stamped Harvest Angel on white card with brown archival ink.  I left enough border so I could cut with an ATC die.  I coloured the angel with distress markers and Promarkers.  I left a bit of white around the image and coloured the rest with black Promarker as a frame.  I gave her silver glitter glue wings.  Her basket is filled with eggs.  I am out harvesting eggs every day and I am very grateful for the hens I have in my garden.  

 Join the Winged Things Challenge for your chance to win Lost Coast Designs and/or Carmen's Veranda stamps.  Linda also has a sale ongoing til the end of the month.
Use the code QUARANTINEUS to save 25% off Carmen's Veranda and Lost Coast Designs unmounted and cling mounted stamps.  Katzelkraft and sundries not included.

Wherever you are, and whatever you are doing stay safe and keep well.  Hugz

Flying Gnome

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Cathy here with a flying gnome.
Stamps Used:
Pointy hat gnome
Cherry blossom 
Winged skeleton

So I started with the Pointy hat gnome stamp and color with Copic markers. Cut out.
Next stamp  Winged skeleton on a scrap piece of cardstock and color with Copic markers. I chose 3 light colors to color the wings. Cut out.
Tape the wings behind the Pointy hat gnome. I then added foam tape and set aside to make the background.

To make the background I used Distress sprays in purple, pink and blue. I sprayed the paper with water and then I sprayed the Distress sprays. I then took another paper and spritzed it  with water and laid it on top of the first one so I got 2 backgrounds from 1 (well 3 from all the over spray). Dry and then drip water on the background to make the spots.

Stamp Cherry blossom  to the top of the background. Move the stamp around to cover the top of it. Next add the your flying gnome to the front at a angle and then add sparkle to the wings and beard because your gnome is magickal and needs glitter.

So you can join the fun for this challenge here.

 Also Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda is have a sale. Come check it out here.

Winged Things: Steampunk Angel

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Hi from Laurie again with a card for the "Winged Things" challenge going on right now here on the Lost Coast Portal.  For this I used the Steampunk Fly Girl stamp from Lost Coast Designs.

I stamped my Steampunk Angel onto a piece of a background paper I created using vintage ledger papers and book pages.  I used my Gelli Plate with green, yellow, and orange acrylic paints atop the vintage papers and stamped my image with black Stayz On ink.  I cut this into a rectangle and edged it with black ink.  I attached a "Discover" sticker to the left side and a couple of gears and number 33 thumbtack onto the lower right corner.

I took a  piece of green scrapbook paper and using a stencil and some Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink, I stenciled the design around the edges of the paper.  I attached my stamped piece to the center and cut it our, edging it with black ink as a finishing touch.

There are so many wonderful "flying" images you can have fun creating with.  Let's see what you can make for this latest challenge.  Just be sure to use some rubber stamping somewhere on your project and to make sure you have some wings too!

Art Doll Shrine

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Good Morning Friends...Ink Stained Roni here with another inspiring project for our current Challenge #95 Winged Things.

It's been a while since I played with Gothic Arches so I thought it would be just the ticket. LCD/CV has so many fun "Winged Things" it was hard to decide which one(s) to use.  I went with the Art Doll for the outside which I paired with the Ledger and Doodle Circles.

But that wasn't enough so I created this on the inside!

I started off by stamping all the fun images...parts from Victoriana, Doors & Windows, Jewel Shrine, Small Cityscape, the Long Swirl and  the Flying Moon.

I then added all sorts of VersaFine Clair inks directly on the Gothic Arch and some through a stencil.  The Flying Moon was stamped on a scrap of paper and colored then mounted on the GA with foam tape.

I used sentiment stickers from Prima and then inked all of the edges with VFC Nocturne ink.

I was so much fun to get inky with this piece...

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

Challenge #95 Winged Things

Winged Things: Creature

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Hello everyone, Liesbeth here with a Winged thing ATC ! You will find everything about the Winged Things Challenge HERE !
To be honest, I made a big card with the Winged girl stamp...and than I saw Dot had the same idea in mind and she was first! :-D So I grabbed an oldy, made with one of my favorite stamp sets Isle of Aud Creatures. I don't remember exactly how I made it... I used Oxide inks, black StazOn ink, bleach, glitter, and color pencils. Stamps I also  used are: ATC Misc. 4 set and ATC text set 1.

Hope to see you soon! Take care  XX

Wings of an Angel

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Hi everyone,
it's Dot here popping by today as a Guest Designer for
Lost Coast Designs
for the Winged Things Challenge this fortnight.

This Winged Girl NS stamp was the first thing that came
to my mind for this challenge.
She has been stamped onto watercolour card and
coloured with pencils. This is such a relaxing thing for me to do.
 She was then cut out and put aside.

The daisies were also stamped onto watercolour card and cut out.
They are from the ATC Doodle Set.
I've left these uncoloured for a little contrast.

The background was made by simply swiping watercolour card
through Distress Oxides on my craft sheet.
 To layer the colours up you need to dry between layers. 
I added some Mustard Seed Oxides
by stamping it with my acrylic block onto the background.
When you use Oxides on watercolour paper the colour is quite muted.
The yellow gives a lovely pop of colour and lifts the other colours.
There is a little stenciling in the background.
And stamping with Long Swirl.

To finish off the edges have been blended with a little ink.
The girl and daisies were attached.

And then it was mat and layered onto black card.

Thanks so much LCD for having back as a Guest Designer this fortnight.

A reminder that the challenge this fortnight is 

Things With Wings.

You can enter on the blog here, or on our facebook page.
There are awesome prizes up for grabs.

I hope you check out what the team has made to inspire you
and that you are able to join in the fun.

Happy Stamping!
Dot x

CHALLENGE #95 - WINGED THINGS

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Hello Portal Peeps!  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 #95

WINGED THINGS

Any type of stamped project featuring things with wings.
We can't wait to see your ideas!!!
Real hand stamped images must feature prominently on your design.

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!

Riet made this stunning gift box with Lost Coast Designs Praying Angel

Gail made this lovely large card using Lost Coast Designs Wing Mermaid and Bubble Background and Carmen's Veranda Art Wings to Fy sentiment

Lori made these gorgeous ATC's using Lost Coast Designs More Bugz, Chickenwire Background, ATC Misc. Set 6

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 #95 - THINGS WITH WINGS
March 15th - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, March 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
 

Say Hi to Our New Lost Coast Designs Teamster

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Hello and welcome.  Gail here and I am very excited to be writing this post!!
First I would like to say a huge thank you to those of you who applied for our design team call.
WOW!!  We were blown away by the amazing artists who wanted to join our team.  You really made the choice difficult.  If you weren't successful this time then please don't be downhearted or discouraged, we would have chosen more of you if we could!!!  So keep following, join our challenges, cos that's a great way for us to get to know you, and who knows, maybe in the future it could be you joining this fabulous team.

Please welcome our new teamie.
Say a big hi and hello to

Riet

Hello everyone.  My name is Riet Strijk, but in the land of the stamping I am known as Riet Harikini.  I live alone and love it that way.   I have a lovely daughter and son, both are adults, and a very sweet grandaughter.

I have always loved stamping and crafting and have had some of my projects in some publications in the past.  I feel very honored and excited to join this fantastic team.

If you are familiar with Riet's art then I am sure you already know what an amazing artist she is.  If you haven't been lucky enough to cross her arty path then you are in for a huge treat!  Riet will be joining us for our next challenge, which goes live tomorrow, and then joining us full time from April!
It's gonna be AWESOME!!


Other News.....
 
There are still a few hours to join our current ATC challenge!

Link up your stamped Artist Trading Cards/Coins for a chance to win some
Lost Coast Dollars.
Don't forget to check out the linky gallery and all the post from the team 
for masses of inspiration.

Due to current happening in the world the
ARTSpecially show in The Netherlands has been cancelled.
We would like to wish Linda a safe journey home.

We hope that you will continue to support our amazing little stamp company with your postal orders, since we are aware that many US stamp shows are also being cancelled.   Check out the New section on the Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda websites and stay tuned for more new additions very soon!!

Stay safe, get stamping and don't forget to share your makes with us!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to leave a little love.
Lurkers welcome, but we do love when you take the time to comment!!

Wandering Gnome

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Roni back with another creation for
  Challenge #94 - Artist Trading Cards/Coins/Chunkies!

One thing I love about ATC's is that you can use up those smaller bits left over from other projects. The background is from a gift I made for my son and DIL that I just couldn't part with because it was just such cool looking paper. Well, it fit perfectly with the sentiment and I colored the gnome to match! 

I started off by mounting the pattern paper to an ATC blank (really just an old playing card) to which I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.

I stamped the little Pointy Hat Gnome onto scrap paper using the same ink. He was then colored with Prima Watercolor Confections.  After he was all dry I fussy cut him and added him to the card using foam tape to pop him off the background a bit.

You've still got time to join in on the fun....

ATCs and Coins: Day 8: Sparkle Baby!

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Hi again from Laurie with another project for the current "ATCs and Coins" challenge going on here at the Portal.  You pick the theme and have fun making an ATC or an ATC coin - or both!
Just be sure that you have some rubber stamping on your project and your ATCs are to be 3 1/2" by 
2 1/2"; coins are 2 1/2" in diameter.

I used one of the fun new Yoga Cat stamps for my ATC:  Yoga Cat #9 from Lost Coast Designs.  My sentiment is Keep Calm and Sparkle from Carmen's Veranda, and my background was created using the White Waves background stamp from Lost Coast.

I started by heat embossing my background stamp onto a piece of white card stock with white embossing powder.  When that had been heat set, I sponged shades of blue Distress Ink onto my card stock.  The result is that the background becomes blue but the white embossing stays white and creates a pretty effect.

I stamped both the Yoga Cat and my sentiment with black ink onto white paper and cut them out.  I edged the sentiment in black ink and affixed it to the upper left corner of my ATC.  I attached the cat to the lower right corner and only glued down the center portion, leaving the head and tail to sort of "float" above the paper.   The final step was to glue some tiny silver stars across the background to give my kitty some sparkle!

So please join us on this fun challenge and show us what fabulous ATCs and Coins you can create!
You could win some free stamps!

ATCs on Yupo

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Cathy here with some ATCs for you

I used some Yupo paper and some Alcohol inks, blending solution, 91% isopropyl alcohol and embossing power.
Stamps I used:
Daisy Flourishes
Lily Flourishes

I started out with a strip of Yupo paper 2.5 inches wide. and 11 inches long. Then I grabbed some purple and blue alcohol inks. I had in my stash Tim Holtz marker spritzer and I thought to my self let's see if this works well with blowing the inks around like his new blower shows.(it does)
So I added some blending solution and then some inks and blew the inks around with the spritzer.

Added some 91% alcohol and moved the ink some more. When I was happy of how the inks were on the strip I cut them at 3.5 inches.

Then I took the Lily Flourishes and stamped it with Versa mark ink and heat embossed it with sliver and the other one I stamped Daisy Flourishes with gold embossing. 

Yupo paper is plastic so it will bend and warp when you heat it so keep that heat gun moving.

Come join the fun here.

Fish Eye Eye Eye

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Hello Portal peeps.
Gail here today with a bright fishy Artist Trading Card. 
I love ATC's.  It's amazing how much art you can get on these small canvases.  

I went arty and had fun with layers and lots of repeat stamping.
That was the last challenge! but why forget a good technique??

I started with a piece of neon yellow card cut to ATC size (2.5" x 3.5").  I stamped and embossed Lost Coast Designs Fruit Pod background with gold tinsel embossing powder.

I took the fish head stamp from Lost Coast Designs Up Close and Personal set and stamped it three times on two scraps of white card.  Then I used a very small die from YNS to perforate the edge and coloured with a black marker so they looked a bit like postage stamps.

I cut a piece of vellum with my ATC die and stamped Lost Coast Designs Freedom Dictionary word twice down each side.  I added it to the atc base and added the fish at an angle.  Whilst doing this I managed to get a inky finger on one of the fish panels so in the spirit of art I added a few more.  I used neon red, orange and yellow gel pens to colour the fish eyes.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to join the ATC fun and check out the awesome inspiration from the team.  It's awesome!!!!   Hugz

FEBRUARY WINNERS

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Hello Portal Peeps!!
It's time to announce the WINNERS of our February Challenges!

We would like to thank everyone who entered their lovely projects and it was awesome 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 #92

TAG YOU'RE IT

is

Ingunn

with this lovely tag featuring Carmen's Veranda Butterfly Square

Congrats Ingunn, you win a $10 gift certificate

WINNER of CHALLENGE #93

MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO

is

Becca

with this pretty bee card

Congrats Becca, you win a $5 gift certificate

 Congratulations Ingunn and Becca!  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

ARTIST TRADING CARDS/COINS

Link up your stamped Artist Trading Cards/Coins

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.