31 Days of Halloween: Day 4

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Oh it's our favorite time of year here on the Portal - Halloween!  And we celebrate all month long with a new Halloween themed project every day for 31 days.

It's Laurie with a gorgeous raven here to get you in the mood.  This card was made using the M Raven 2

stamp and the Spiderwebs background stamp, both from Lost Coast Designs.

My raven was stamped with black ink onto white paper and fussy cut out.  I colored over him with a gray Copic marker to fill in the white spots, and also added some color to his beak and the branch he is perched on.  I affixed an orange gem to his eye, which I think kind of gives him a siniste look!

The background is a not terribly successful attempt at stencil-smooshing - spraying Distress Ink onto a stencil, turning it upside down on a piece of paper, and pressing it into the paper while wiping up the excess ink with a paper towel.  But when I stamped this with the Spider webs background stamp, it really came to life.  I then sprayed it with some Antiqued Bronze Distress Mica Spray.  It gives it a great metallic sheen, which is hard to photograph but is a great touch.

This was layered with a white panel, and I stitched around the perimeter with black thread.

So we hope you will join us all month for the fun of another Halloween with Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!  And a chance to win some free stamps when you post your makes here on the Portal.

31 Days of Halloween Day 3 - Flying Monkeys

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Welcome to the party bwahahahahaaaaaa.   Don't you just love October!!  Pretty colours in the trees, bright moonlit nights, flying monkeys......

Oooh, monkey photo bomb!!!!!    Love Carmen's Veranda Monkey Face and there're all his Flying Monkey buddies in the background.  I used a foam circle and dandelion archival ink to stamp the moon and then watercoloured Monkey Face and the sky with distress inks.  

Link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$.    Thanks for dropping by.  Off to put the monkeys to bed........

31 Days of Halloween - Day 2 - Dia de los Muertes (Day of the Dead)

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Hello everyone on this scary and creepy day.

For my contribution to the 31 day Halloween challenge

I made this card with the gorgeus "white nose sugar skull" stamp.

I used:

White nose sugar skull

Pieces of architecture

Heroarts unicorn white

Vivadecor maya paint, or any other glitter paint.

Black paper

Fake juwell stones.

Masking tape.

This is how I made it.

Stamp the skull with the heroarts unicorn stamppad.

let it dry thoroughly.

Start painting in the colors you like.

Viva decor maya is very sparkling.

Mask the skull and stamp with one of the pieces of architecture 

the white ink the background

Decorate with the juwell stones.

There is a lot of sparkle on this card, but it doesnt show well on the photo.

 Hope you join us at the Lost Coast Designs challenge for Halloween

There are prices to win, and you may join with oteher stamp brands.

Please read the rules first.

31 Days of Halloween - Day 1 - Nevermore

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Hello Friends....welcome to my favorite time of the year!!!

31 Days of Halloween...are we ready to kick things off???

Here is my first offering for the month...Nevermore!  Yes, I do love a bit of Poe at Halloween.

I began by inking up a piece of white cardstock using a die-cut acetate circle to create the moon. I then stamped the Tree with Birds several times overlapping a bit here and there to create my spooky forest.  I then added the sentiment Nevermore.  A bit of glitter (which I couldn't capture in the photo) plus a bit of white paint pen stars finished it off. The panel was then mounted on a black card base.

I hope you join in on the 31 days of fun we have in store for you...

the more entries, the bigger and better the prize!!

CHALLENGE #176 - 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN LINKY

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Hello Portal Peeps.  It's the most spooktacular time of the year!!!

Welcome to our annual 31 Days of Halloween celebration!

The team will be posting their bootastic makes every day this month.

This linky will be open all month and we hope you will get your spook on and join the fun.  You can link up your Halloween inspired makes all month for 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.   There will be a second challenge starting on the 15th, but 31 Days of Halloween runs all month as well!!!

CHALLENGE #176

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN

Link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  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 or fed to the giant pumpkin!!!!  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 we get 50+ entries we will be giving two prizes!

If you don't have a blog then no problem, 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!  

 

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 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!

 

Challenge #176 - 31 Days of Halloween
October 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, October 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

 

 

Birds! Sing Like a Bird

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It's the last day of our Birds Challenge, so if you have not entered your bird projects on the Portal, please do before the challenge ends.

It's Laurie here with a tag made for this challenge using the Cracked Bird on Wheels stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Sing clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

The background for this tag is made using Distress spray inks and ink pads and a stencil.  I sprayed my stencil with dark blue Distress Spray ink then turned it over and pressed it onto a piece of white card stock, patting with a paper towel to pick up the excess ink.  Once that was completely dry, I placed the stencil back atop the paper, lining it up exactly.  I then took a sponge dauber and a pink Distress ink pad and dabbed the pink ink into the white spaces.  I edged the tag with the same blue ink.

I stamped my Crazy Critter Bird with black into onto white paper and fussy cut it out.  I colored it with Copic Sketch markers and added some Glossy Accents to the bird's eye and a gold ball to the wheel on the end of the bird's front leg.  The bird was attached to the tag as shown with foam tape.  

"Sing" was stamped with black ink onto a white scrap and cut out, then affixed with foam tape.  Final touch was to tie a piece of pink seam binding to the top of the tag.

We look forward to seeing your Bird-y projects and hope you are the lucky winner of some free stamps!

Bird on a Bike

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I thought it would be fun to share a bird on a bike....

I don't know why but this bird tickles me every time I see it. It is just so fun and whimsical.

I started off by stamping the Flying Birds background on a chocolate (color not candy) piece of cardstock and affixed it to a dark brown card.

Next I die-cut an arched window  and stamped it with one of the stamps from Pieces of Calligraphy set and Pieces of Architecture.

Finally I stamped the Bird on a Bike onto cream cardstock and fussy cut it.

All of these elements were then affixed to the card....a bit of pattern paper, twine and brads to finish it off.

#175 Birds challenge

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 Hello, Riet here,

today I stamped a wooden house, made from leftover wood.

It's not hard to do if your wood isn't too ruff.

Its my take on the bird challenge.

I used:

Lost Coast Designs, Annie,

Crows border,

Pieces of calligraphy,

Carmens Veranda, Once a badass.

Distress ink, Pumice stone

Versafine onyx black.

How I made it.

I started with Distressink Pumice stone.

Slide the pad from the outside to the inside over the wood.

Stamp the girl Annie with Versafine black ink.

And the badass text at the bottom right.

I cut off a crow from the crow border. And stamped it on the text.

I stamped text here and there with the smallest stamp from the Pieces of calligraphy sheet.

And that was it, simple and fast.

This way you can quickly make a very nice gift for someone.

Or a piece of decoration in your home. 

It would be so much fun if you took part in the challenge.

And you know what? You can even participate with stamps from other brands.

Please read the rules so that you can qualify for a prize. 

Hope to see you at the challenge.

Curious

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Hello, Cathy, here with a bird card for you.

Stamp Used:

Goth Raven

I started out by stamping Goth Raven and coloring it with copic markers. I then fussy cut it out. 

Next, I went through my Halloween ephemera and found something for the background. Found a little saying and added to the bottom corner and the card was done.

You can join the challenge here.

Birds: Les Oiseaux

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Hello everyone! I love birds! They always work perfect on stamped creations! So I am very happy with this topic: Birds! Read HERE everything about the challenge and join the fun!

This time I used one of my all time favourite stamps: Carmens Verandas Birds Collage Background. I also used LCD Scalloped Flourish.

Unfortunately I can't describe how I made it, because it's in a workshop still to come...sorry!

                                                      See you next time! Liesbeth XX

Owl Be Thinking of You

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with some inspiration for the Birds challenge.  Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have so many lovely bird themed stamps.  Today I am using Lost Coast Designs Tall Trees background stamp and medium Owl.

I stamped Tall Trees background with various colours of archival ink trying for an autumnal feel.  Then I turned it on it's side and watercoloured a moon.  I stamped the Owl in brown and then coloured some of the details with bright gel pens.  Finally I stamped the Thinking of You with brown ink. 

Thanks for dropping by.

The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back often and join the fun with your bird themed stamped anythings.

#175 Its all about "Birds" this challenge.

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Hi there, Riet here.

 What a nice challenge this is.

Who doesn't love birds.

For this challenge I used the stamps:

Raven with tree branches.

Door and window.

Brush strokes.

Grunge tree.

Misc words for Fly.

This is a stampsheet with individual words and I must say, I use them a lot.

What else did I use:

Stazon midnight blue.

Distress ink,

Evergreen bough,

Peacock feathers,

Twisted citron,

Mowed lawn.

Versamark.

Gold embossing powder.

Blonde moments EP Savory Sky Iridescent,

White gel pen.

Blue and green colored pencils or markers, whatever you prefer.

How I made it.

I started with the 4 distress colors on the craft sheet and a little bit of water.

I ran the paper through that and made ink spots.

I stamped the edges with a stamp from the brushstrokes sheet,

 and Stazon midnight blue.

I forgot to photograph the next step.

But that is not difficult to do.

Take a thin paper and stamp the Gothic window

 with the stazon midnight blue and color it with the pencils or markers.

Stamp the window on the background as well.

Cut out the colored window and glue it to the stamped print on the card.

Give the window some accents with the white gellpen. 

Stamp the Raven with the Versamark and 

sprinkle the dark blue embossing powder on top.

 

Use a heattool to melt the embossingpowder,

And now you see the beautifull dark blue shine.

Just look how beautiful this dark blue color is.

Now we move on to the grunge tree.

The grunge tree has a frame and I didn't want to stamp it.

So I covered it with tape.

The stamp was inked with Versamark.

Remove the tape before making the print.

Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and use the heat tool to melt it.

I did the edge of the card with my finger. 

Press your finger on the versamark and swipe along the edges.

Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and use the heat tool to melt it.

With the stazon midnight blue the word "Fly" is stamped here and there.

In the window I gave the glass some shade with a dark blue pencil.

And some white accentswith the gellpen on the stone frame of the window.

Hope you liked this tutorial.

And dont forget to join the challenge.

Click here for the challenge.

Thanks for visiting the blog.

Birds: The Hokey Pokey Clinic

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Hi from Laurie with a post for our newest challenge:  Birds!  This one features the  Grumpy Penguins stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Hokey Pokey Clinic clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

My background is a collage of black and white papers that I put together in a sort of patchwork design.  I layered them atop a piece of black card stock then machine stitched around each of the pieces to really make it look like patchwork.

I stamped the penguins onto white paper with black ink and fussy cut them out.  I added some yellow marker to their beaks and cut out some funny hats for each of them to wear.  They were then mounted atop my card front with foam tape.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a white rectangle, edged with black ink.  It was affixed as shown with foam tape, and this card is complete!

Be sure to post your bird-y makes here on the Portal.  You just might win some free stamps!!

CHALLENGE #175 - BIRDS

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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 #175

BIRDS

 

We want to see birds on your stamped anythings.  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!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Daisy Flourish, Pieces of Architecture, Pieces of Calligraphy and MRaven2

 
 Roni used Lost Coast Designs Goth Raven

Gail used Carmen's Veranda Duck with various sentiments and
Lost Coast Designs Grunge Border 2"
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 #175 - Birds
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 Saturday, 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
 

 

Midnight Cowboy

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Hello Portal Peeps!  Yee haw!!  Gail here with a final bit of inspiration for the Bling It Up Challenge.  Christmas is the season of bling so I rolled out Carmen's Veranda Snow Cowboy.

I used a piece of dark glitter paper for the background.  The Moon and Snow Cowboy were stamped and embossed on silver glitter card.  I used the same glitter card to emboss the sentiment and cut it with a stitched landscape die.  This silver glitter card is one of those non-shed types.  It's a type of plastic and if you overheat it can become less glittery.  I overheated around the sentiment for a faux panel.  After embossing the moon and cowboy I coloured with Promarkers.  I think it's best to use a dabbing technique on glitter to protect the nibs.  Then I fussy cut them and added them to my midnight scene.

BLING IT UP

Link up your stamped projects with bling

 for your chance to win Lost Coast Dollars.

 

Bling It Up: Paradis

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Hello lovely people! Liesbeth here with a glittery card for our Bling it Up challenge. I hope to inspire you to participate! Click HERE for the info, hope to see your creation!

This time I used one of the beautiful Carmens Veranda Squares: Paradise Square. I stamped it and heat embossed it with golden embossingpowder, onto a yellow/orange inked background. With red ink I stamped the Swirls and Dots Border (Lost Coast Designs) on the edges. I finished with orange Stickles to let the card shine!

See you next time! 

Liesbeth XX

Glitter Elk Skull

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Hello, Cathy here with a glittery skull for you today.

Stamp Used:

Large Elk Skull

I started out by stamping Large Elk Skull and colored it with copic markers. and I added some glitter pens to the top of the coloring.

Here is a different angle so you can see the glitter pens.

You can join the challenge here on the blog.