Things with Wings: Chicken

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Hi everyone! Liesbeth here with another Thing with Wings, for our Challenge! I'm adicted to glossy paper and alcohol inks at the moment, so I made this background that way! I stamped the AUD Chicken and masked it, after that I stamped the Birds in Trees a several times and also Carte Postale. I used black StazOn ink. I removed the mask and  finished the card with gel pens and glitter.

See you next time!  

                                    Liesbeth XX

# 152, Things with wings, art journal page.

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Hello everyone, Riet here.

Today an art journal page for the "things with wings" challenge.

I stamped it purely with ink.

Lost Coast Designs has released a great new sheet,

called "Brush strokes".

  I have enjoyed stamping with this new sheet.

Stamps I used:

Five stamps from the Brush strokes sheet

Praying angel

Crows border

Checkerboard rustic border

Goth raven

Pieces of calligraphy

Crackle background

Carmen's Veranda, Art wings to fly.

Stazon Jet black

Distress oxide

Wild honey

Bundled sage

Peacock feathers

Saltwater taffy

Watercolor markers

I started with Stazon Jet black.

I stamped the Praying angel with it.

I also stamped the checkered border and crows border with the Stazon jet black.

With the 4 colors Distress oxide and some water I made some ink spots on the empty spots.

I stamped the background with these five stamps from the brush strokes sheet.

All with the distress oxide colors.

With the crackle stamp and black stazon,

 i made some small prints in the empty spots of the paper.

With the long small stamp I stamped the edges with stazon jet black.

With the markers I colored the goth crow and the angel.

I hope you enjoyed it and that you also get to work on the challenge theme, "Things with wings".

You can also participate with other brands. 

But of course we prefer Lost coast designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps.

You have until the 30th to participate, and you can also win new stamps.

The team is looking forward to what you will make, so feel free to join us.

On Top Of The World

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 Good morning and a very happy Saturday. It's Sue here, and today I'm sharing my second project for our 'Things With Wings' challenge. 

I started by stamping on black card and embossing with white embossing powder.

Then I dabbed different colours of Stazon over the top and wiped off any excess with an old towel.

Isn't this a beautiful stamp? She's been coloured with watercolour pens and then cut out.

And now she's on top of the world!

These are my fabulous stamps. I've used

Gryphon

Cityscape

Angel On World

Gargoyle

Cracked Grass and Sky 

I hope you like it, and that you join in with our challenge. Remember there is a chance to win some Lost Coast $ for our lucky winner!

Take care and have a very happy day whatever you are doing x

Things With Wings Challenge: Star Boy

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Howdy from Laurie with a card for the current challenge here on the Portal:  Things With Wings.  Lots to choose from for this one so get creative with it and have fun!

This project uses the Star Halo little boy stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Smell Cake clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.  My background is a gel print I made using Distress Oxide Inks in brown and cream, rolled onto my gel plate with a brayer then pressed with a foam impression plate to get the design.

My little boy was stamped with black ink onto white card stock and colored with Copic Sketch markers.  I added some gold accents to the butterfly wings as well.  Since I couldn't fussy cut out the stars when I fussy cut the little boy, I stamped the stars onto the center of the card front then affixed my little boy directly beneath them so they didn't get lost in the fussy cutting.  I colored them in with a bit of gold ink as well.

The sentiment was stamped with blue ink onto a white square, outlined in blue, and attached directly above the little boy as shown.  This was then layered with a white panel and that's a wrap!

We are excited to see your winged creations so please be sure to enter them here on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!

Great things take time

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Hello, all Cathy here with a card for you.

Stamps Used:

Bugz set 

Large chicken wire background

I started off making this background for the background challenge, but I didn't know what to do with it, so I set it aside. I used the new distress color to make the background, I splashed some water on it to lighten the color.

I stamped the dragon fly from the Bugz set  on white paper and painted the wings with the new distress shimmer sprays in green and I just used distress ink for the body in purple. I also splattered some of the shimmer spray on the background. You kinda see it. 

Lasty, I added a saying sticker to it.

Come join the fun and show us your wings here.

Autumn Queen

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today.  The weather here in Norway has certainly changed the last few days.  Warm dry days became wet and now a cold wind is blowing away summer and bringing in autumn.  I decided to use the lovely oranges and browns of fall for my Things With Wings project today along with one of the new mini collage stamps Linda recently added to the shop.

 
Love these mini collage stamps.  They take all the work out of getting a lovely layered look to your stamping.  This one is called Mini Bug collage and I decided my bug was a bee. 

I started by making my background using Lost Coast Designs Leaves Background.  I stamped it first with yellow, then orange and finally red archival ink to layer up my colours and add some warmth and depth.  Then I stamped the frilly edge of the Bug Collage stamp so I didn't have to fussy cut it LOL.

I stamped the Mini Bug collage in brown ink and then inked the bee again with black and overstamped for a bit more definition.  I added a little yellow and some glitter glue to the wings and fussy cut.

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Queen of Everything on a scrap of the grid card I was using and put all the layers together, adding a scrap of red card to the top and left hand side of each panel.  

I hope you have time to grab some winged thing stamps and join the challenge.  Linky closes end of the month.  Don't forget to check out all the awesome inspiration from the team here on the blog.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

CHALLENGE #152 - THINGS WITH WINGS

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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 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 #152

THINGS WITH WINGS

Share your stamped anythings featuring Things With Wings.
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 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!

Sue used Lost Coast Designs Doodle Circles and Flying Queen with Carmen's Veranda Poke The Day sentiment


Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Postage (butterfly), Calligraphy Shrine and Gargoyle

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Winged Girl, Butterfly Set and Long Swirl

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 30th 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 #152 - Things With Wings
September 15th - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Friday, September 30th 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
 

 

#151 Use at least 3 stamps challenge.

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Hello dear stampers,

Riet here with 2 houses for the house, lol.

I had 2 pieces of wood and sawn houses from them.

I found the sentiments Geluk (happiness) and Liefde (love) so suitable for these houses.

Because that's what we all want, a house full of happiness and love.

It was a present for my daughter, so I chose the Dutch sentiments.

But LCD also has these stamps in English, here is the link.

Now the description of how the houses are made.

What I used.

Dictionary stamps dutch.

Dictionary stamps englisch.

Shrubbery

More Bugs.

Stazon Jett black, white acrylic paint, beige/brown markers.

First I painted the blocks with white paint.

It doesn't have to be neat, I wanted it to look worn.

When the paint was dry I sanded the edges with sandpaper.

Then I stamped the shrubbery stamp with the stazon.

Then I stampd the bees and I masked them.

Stamped the text on it.

I gave the bees some color with the beige and brown markers.

And really, that was all.

Easy and yet such a nice result.

Have you also made something fun with 3 stamps or more?

Show us and join the challenge until September 15th. 

It may even be stamps from other brands.

Here is the challenge link, and here you will find the rules for the challenge.

Hope you will play along and maybe you are the winner of some gorgeus rubber stamps.

Use at Least 3 Stamps: Fish Collage

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Hi again from Laurie with another entry for this current challenge:  Use At Least 3 Stamps.

I had the chance to play with some of the newer stamps from Lost Coast Designs for this one -

Mini Fish Collage and the Pieces of Calligraphy Set.  Linda has created several beautiful and intricate collage stamps so be sure to check them out in the "New" section on the website.

I used a 6 x 6 scrapbook paper pad for this project. It's part of the Craft Papers collection from Craft Consortium called "Grunge - Light Tones".  There are a lot of great softer colors, and I love how the background piece for this one looks like it was made with blended alcohol inks.

I started by stamping my Fish collage several times onto several of the different paper colors.  Once I had a background I was happy with, I re-stamped the fish, the shell, and the domino onto different

 colors and cut them out, superimposing them atop the original stamped image.  I added a bit of green Copic Sketch marker to the fish to give him a bit more depth.  I edged this with black ink after cutting it into a tidy square.

The background is another piece from this collection, and I randomly stamped 6 of the 7 stamps in the Pieces of Calligraphy set with black ink onto this square of paper.  I centered the Fish Collage and attached it with foam tape.  Final step was to trim down the background piece and edge it with black marker.

Hope you are having fun with this challenge which requires you to use at least 3 of the stamps in your stamp collection to make something fun and fabulous!

AUGUST WINNERS

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Welcome Portal Peeps!!!
It's time to announce the WINNERS of our August 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 #149

BACKGROUND IN FOCUS

is

Wendy Paper Whims

 

Congrats Wendy, you win a $5 gift certificate

WINNER of CHALLENGE #150

SILHOUETTES

is

Pauline C

Congrats Pauline, you win a $5 gift certificate

 Congratulations Wendy and Pauline!  Please email Gail (craftynomad at gmail dot com) by the 30th 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

Use at Least 3 Stamps

Link up your stamped projects featuring at least three stamps for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

 

Foolish Mortals tag

Welcome back to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Cathy here with a tag for you.

Stamps Used:

Numbers border

Travelers set

Butterflies set 

ATC set 6

I started off with a #8 white tag and I used distress oxide spray on the background. I then stamped Numbers border on the side. 

I then stamped a ticket stamp from the Travelers set on the bottom. Next, I stamped a butterfly from the Butterflies set on white cardstock and cut out. I found a paperdoll and added the wings to the back and glued him to the bottom of the tag. 

Lastly, I stamped randomly text from ATC set 6 in the same distress ink all over the background. Added a saying and ribbon and we are done. 

You can join the challenge here. 

Today's Good Mood!

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 Good morning and a very happy Tuesday! It's Sue here with my card for our latest challenge over at Lost Coast Designs. For this one, we need to use at least 3 stamps. This is really easy for me as I always use loads of stamps - I just LOVE putting them all away again lol.

I started by making quite a bright background using distress inks, stencils, and lots of stamps and white embossing powder.

Then I nabbed a spot for my sentiment. It was also somewhere for my clown to stand on!

And these are my fun images! I love Pope Clown, he really looks like he knows how to have a good time!

Yep, I've definitely used at least 3 stamps lol. I've used

License Plate Alphabet

Pope Clown

Big Nose Clown

Pieces of Caligraphy

Elf With Star (Carmen's Veranda)

Today's Good Mood ' Carmen's Veranda)

And we're all done!

I must admit I do like this one, and I've already got someone in mind for it.

I hope you join in with our challenge, and be sure to use at least 3 stamps.

Take care and have a very happy week xx