The Final Count Down

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Hello Portal Peeps!  Gail here with some last minute inspiration for the Use Some Words Challenge.  There are some gorgeous entries in the linky but there is plenty of room for more!!  I've used another favourite of my Carmen's Veranda sentiments and Lost Coast Designs cute and cuddly Dracula...

 

Have you seen all the NEW fun sentiments at Carmen's Veranda????

I'm having a bit of a pink period so I stamped Lost Coast Designs Flagstone Background on pale pink card with Cactus Flower archival ink.  I stamped the sentiment onto the panel and Dracula on a separate piece of card, fussy cut him and coloured with distress markers.

You have until 23.59 PST on the 30th (tonight) to link up your stamped wordy anythings for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.  Go stamp!!   Hugz

Challenge #169 - Use Some Words - Spirit Animal

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Another day - another challenge and what a fun challenge it is... Use Some Words!  

If you've ever checked out Carmen's Veranda Clear Sentiments you know there are so many fun, quirky and entertaining sentiments.  Today I have paired one - Spirit Animal with one of my favorite images from Lost Coast Designs - Flying Ballerina.

I used the circle stamp from the Brush Strokes set to create the background. 

I hope you have time to join in on the fun!!

She's Up

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Hello all, Cathy here.

Stamps Used:

Oz witch

Saying

I started off by stamping the Oz witch off the side on the bottom of the paper. I then stamped the Saying on the top of the paper. 

I colored the witch with copic markers and then I dotted around the saying. Than I added to a brown card base.

You can join the challenge here. 

Use Some Words Challenge: Waltzing Cowboys

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I again from  Laurie with a fun tag for the current challenge:  Use Some Words.  If you have not been over to the Carmen's Veranda website lately, you must check out the huge selection of clear stamps there.  Some really funny and some touching ones as well!

The base for my tag is a gelli print that I made atop a piece of music book paper.  I used cream and rust colored acrylic paints and a couple of different stencils.  I cut this down to tag size and edged it the Vintage Photo Distress ink.

The Waltzing Cowboys were stamped with black ink onto white card stock and fussy cut out.  I colored the cowboys with Copic Sketch markers then attached them to the front of the tag with foam tape to give them some dimension.

The 2 to 3 Glasses of Wine clear stamp was stamped with black ink onto white paper, edged with Vintage Photo Distress ink, and attached to the bottom of the tag below the cowboys.  

Find some words that inspire you to create something special and post it here on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!

#169 "Use some words" challenge.

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 Hi stampers, Riet here with a easy card with panpastel.

Do you want to now how?

Just follow these steps.

This challenge is about words and sentiments. 

At Carmens Veranda stamps you will find a whole page full

 of the most beautiful and funniest sentiments and sayings.

I chose a very nice one for this card.

This time I made a soft background in pastel colors, made with Panpastel.

It seems difficult but it is so easy.

Just follow my steps and you will see what a beautiful result panpastel gives.

What do you need for this card.

lost coast designs stamps,

pieces of calligraphy,

Long swirl.

Carmens Veranda stamps,

Nights into mornings.

You need further.

A black ink pad,(memento).

Versamark

Stencil with small holes.

Modeling paste.

Panpastel:

yellow,

green,

pink,

lilac,

Pan pastel small tools.

You can copy the card or make your own layout.

Whatever you want.

Start with one of the stamps.

Stamp with the Versamark.

Pick up one color of the panpastel with your tool.

Tap over the stamp print, do not wipe before the entire stamp is covered with the powder.

Now you can rub it gently with the panpastel tool.

If you didn't tap first, the stamp would be smeared and you would get a faded stamp impression.

Now you repeat this process with a different stamp and different color.

This way you fill every spot on the card.

Now I was so absorbed in my work that I forgot to take any more pictures.

But it is not that difficult and can easily be done without the pictures.

With the black ink, I stamped the text of Carmens Veranda stamps in the middle.

With the same black I stamped top left and bottom right a part of the de Long swirl stamp.

Let the black ink dry thoroughly so that you don't get smears.

Now with the stencil and the moddeling paste you make the white circles.

This gives it a little more depth and interest.

Matt the card and then you're done.

I hope you liked it.

The Lost Coast designs team would love it if you would join the challenge.

You can even participate with stamps from other brands.

And of course there is a prize to be won.

So join the fun, I look forward to seeing your art work on the LCD/Carmens Veranda stamps blog or facebook.

Challenge #169 - Use Some Words - Georges & Lewis

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Ink Stained Roni here with my first contribution for the Use Some Words challenge.  I just love this stamp - Georges & Lewis.... Such a fun vintage image of childhood past.  I stamped the image once with Dove Grey then a second time using a few shades of blue Distress Inks.  I fussy cut the blue hat and coat and glued it to the grey image. The image was then die-cut and inked here and there with a bit more dove grey and blue.

I paired the image with the perfect sentiment from Carmen's Veranda - Be the Person.  It was all added to a card base with some vintage scrapbook paper in my collection.

Hope you join us for this fun challenge.... Use Some Words!

Hugs and Chocolate

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with a wordy offering for the Use Some Words challenge.

Carmen's Veranda have so many awesome sentiments.  This one is a favourite of all my favourites.

I used Lost Coast Designs Fourth Dimension stamped with some summer colours on the top 2/3rds and brown at the bottom.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda 8 Million Dollars sentiment with black ink and then stamped Lost Coast Designs Grunge Cat on white card, fussy cut and added her.

Since my stamps were still inky I decided to decorate the envelope as well.  

You can 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 wordy fun.

CHALLENGE #169 - USE SOME WORDS

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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 #169

USE SOME WORDS

 

We are focusing on sentiments.  Words should be many, or big and bold 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!  

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Dictionary Words and Butterfly, Cameo and Fish Mini Collage stamps.

  
Riet used Carmen's Veranda Child of the Moon sentiment with Lost Coast Designs Shadow Frames and Dancer Silhouette

 

Gail used Carmen's Veranda Ghost Friends sentiment and Rocking Horse with Lost Coast Designs 

Gus

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 #169 - Use Some Words
June 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, June 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
 

 

Mini Me Challenge - Butterfly Swirls ATC Set

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Hello friends - Ink Stained Roni here with another fun bit of stamping for the current challenge #168 - Mini Me!

I have to tell you I just love this challenge - so many fun little bits to try! Today I made some ATC cards using images from the Butterfly Set, Long Swirl and words from the Misc Words set.  

To create these cards I started off by dipping 3 different pieces of vintage ephemera into Distress Oxide inks and let them dry. Once dry I mounted them on ATC cards and trimmed away the excess paper.  Next I applied embossing paste through a stencil and let that dry. These dots were then colored using a variety of Marabu Art Crayons.  

I stamped the open areas with the long swirl and green ink.  The butterflies and words were stamped on scraps of paper from my stash. The butterflies were colored using Clean Brush Markers with a bit of Stickles added here and there.  The words were trimmed and the edges were inked then they were affixed to each of the ATC's.

I hope you are inspired to create your own little piece of art.  If you do, be sure to add it to the challenge page for your chance to win!!

Mini Me: Creatures ATC

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Hi everyone! 

It´s Liesbeth here again with another Mini Me. You will find HERE everything about this lovely challenge and of course how to participate! :-)

I would love to show you this oldie ÁTC, it's the style I love the most, mistical and a bit weird. The headfooter stamp is from one of the painting of Hjeronimus Bosch (1450-1516), a Dutch painter that I am a huge fan of.

First I made a coloured background onto a white ATC card  with Distress inks. I stamped the penguin with StazOn and masked him, after that I stamped the headfooter and masked that as well. I stamped the window and the text (purple). I removed the masks and bleached the creatures with...bleach ;-)

I finished the ATC with some colour pencils and white gel pen and sponged black edges. 

Stamps used: Isle of Aud Creatures, Mini Antropomorph Birds, Door and Window set, Antique text border.

Fragment of the painting:

Hope you like this, see you next time!

Liesbeth XX

Mini Me: Cake Smelling Cat

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Hi again from Laurie with another project for the Mini Me Challenge going on right now here on the Portal.  What is Mini Me??  Well, think small.  ATC, inchie, twinchie, Ink Box card, mini tags or cards.  Lots to choose from, and I have an ink box card for this one.  If you are not familiar with ink box cards, they measure 3" x 3" with rounded corners.  They are called ink box cards because they are the exact shape and dimensions of a Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad.

This card uses the Curtain Cat stamp and the Large Chickenwire background stamp, both from Lost Coast Designs, as well as the  Smell Cake clear stamp and the Calligraphy Square stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

First step was to stamp my cat onto a piece of orange card stock with black ink and fussy cut him out.  I then cut a strip of coordinating paper and stamped it with the chicken wire background stamp.  I layered that atop the cat, cutting around where his paws are so you could see them.  My ink box card is backed with a piece of a gelli print in shades of white and orange and it was stamped with the Calligraphy Square stamp in black ink.  

I attached the background to my card base then positioned the chicken wire and cat portion along the left edge.  All edges were trimmed to fit the shape of the card base and then edged with black ink.  The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a white scrap, and I ran it through my printer to reduce the size so it would better fit the card front.  I cut it into sections, outlined them in black and affixed them as shown along the left side.  

You still have a few days left in this Challenge so be sure to get your makes posted in time for a chance to win some free stamps!

#168 - Mini Me challenge (smaller than a card) so ATC, Bookmarks, Tags, Inchies, Twinchies,

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!

Hi there, Riet here.

 For the mini me challenge I made a bookmark.

Something different than a card is always a nice change.

I made a bookmark with a butterfly resting on top of the book.

This is what I used:

LCD Butterflies set

 LCD Large Florisch

Distressink,

Victorian velvet,

Speckled egg,

Bundled sage.

Color pencils in these 3 colors.

Versafine black onyx.

Silver thread.

Posca marker white.

Corner scissors or punch.

White paper 200grams.

Gleu.

How its made:

Cut a piece of paper in this size.

Make spots on the paper with the 3 colors of distress ink.

Stamp the florish with the black versafine.

Color the florish with the colored pencils.

Stamp the largest butterfly of the set twice, with the versafine.

The largest because it was for a very thick book.

If you have a thinner book, take a smaller butterfly.

Color the butterflies with the pencils,

 and give them some accents with the posca marker.

Cut them out.

From the silver wire we make the feelers / antennae of the butterfly.

Take a piece of paper 1cm wide and 10cm long.

Score at 1cm, 5cm, 9cm.

Fold the centerline.

Fold out the 2 score lines as shown in the picture.

Cut a line in the middle of the butterfly that is the same size as the paper.

Put the paper through and glue the flaps to the bottom of the butterfly.

When you've done that it will look like this.

Now take the other butterfly and glue the 

feelers/antennas to the blank side of the butterfly.

Now glue the 2 butterflies together.

There may be an edge sticking out here and there with the butterflies.

Carefully trim that away a bit until they fit together perfectly.

Now take the piece of paper with the florish.

With the corner scissors or punch we cut beautiful corners.

With an ink blender and bundled sage we put the edges on a bit.

Now fold the bookmark with the flap of the butterfly in between.

Check that everything is in the right place.

If that's good, glue it closed.

I hope you find it a nice tutorial and will also make such a nice bookmark.

And don't be shy, feel free to show the result on the facebook group 

of Lost coast designs/Carmens veranda.

Also don't forget to join the challenge.

You then have a chance to win beautiful stamps of your own choice.

So click here for the challenge.

And here for the facebook group.

 

Tag

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Hello, Cathy here with a tag for you today.

Stamps Used:

Travel stuff set

Pieces of calligraphy 

I started out with a white card base, and I used some drowns and grays in the distress ink colors. I then stamped a stamp from the travel stuff set in gray ink randomly over the tag. I then glued a die cut of a man in the middle of the tag. 
Lastly, I stamped the circle from the Pieces of calligraphy in 3 spots around the tag.

Come join the fun challenge here. 

MAY WINNERS

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Welcome Portal Peeps!!!
It's time to announce the WINNERS of our May 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 #166

PAPER PIECING

is

Sylvia

 

with this lovely paper pieced piano

Congrats Sylvia, you win a $5 gift certificate

WINNER of CHALLENGE #167

WOMAN

is

  Susan Renshaw

with this lovely card using Lost Coast Designs Mini Frida Collage

Congrats Susan, you win a $10 gift certificate

 Congratulations Sylvia and Susan!  Please email Gail (craftynomad at gmail dot com) by the 15th 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

MINI ME

Link up your small stamped projects for your chance to win Lost Coast Dollars.