Steampunk/Vintage Challenge - Steampunk Mermaid

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Our current challenge - Steampunk/Vintage is quickly coming to a close.  You still have a bit of time to join in on the fun and today I have my final Steampunk card to share with you...my Steampunk Mermaid.

I started off by stamping the Steampunk Mermaid on a piece of vellum using StazOn ink.  Once the ink had dried I colored the back of the image with a variety of markers and left her to dry.  After the inks had dried I tore the edges and set aside.

I created the background with pigment powders in shades of blue. I stamped the Gears background stamp using VersaMark ink and embossed it using gold, silver and copper embossing powders.  I crumbled up the mat several times to give it a distressed look, scraped the edges with an envelope opener then mounted it onto a blue card.

The Steampunk Mermaid was affixed to the card using liquid glue in the two corners which I covered up with a few metal gears.

I hope you have a bit of time to join in on this challenge...

Vintage /Steampunk: A new light

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Hello everyone! With this wonderful zeppelin ship stamp STP Dirigible I 'd love to show you my Steampunk card. I stamped it with black ink on a Distress Inked background and onto an old piece of book paper. I cut out the book paper zeppelin and glued it at it's place on the card. I coloured the ship and smoke with white colour pencil.

I stamped the text (from Travel Quotes) onto the edge of the book paper, cut it out and sponged the edges a bit and glued on the card. 

There's a few days left for you to participate, join the fun and maybe you'll win! :-)

See you next time, have a nice week!

Liesbeth XX

Steampunk/Vintage Challenge: Time Flies

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Hi from Laurie as we continue the Steampunk Challenge here on the Portal through the end of August.  

There are so many great steampunk themed stamps at Lost Coast Designs, and this is one of my favorites:  Time Flies.  

I started this card using a piece of a collage Master Board that I had created for another project using vintage book pages with a kind of mathematic vibe.  Before I mounted the background panel to a piece of black card stock, I spritzed it with some Tim Holtz Mica Spray in Unraveled, and let it dry.

I stamped my image onto a piece of a manilla file folder and fussy cut it out.  I edged it with Vintage Photo Distress ink and colored it with Copic Sketch markers and gold and silver gel pens.  I re-stamped the face, punched it out with a circle punch, and affixed it over the original image with some foam tape. I added a couple of brads that look like screws and attached the whole image to my background panel, again using foam tape.  

We look forward to seeing your Steampunk and Vintage makes here on the Portal.  Don't forget to use some rubber stamps for your projects, and we hope you are the lucky winner of some free stamps in August!

Steampunk slimline card.

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 Hi stampers and other crafty people.

Do you love steampunk and vintage?

Than join the challenge and have a chance to win some rubber stamps.

Here's my DT example.

I made a slimline card, here is the step by step.

This is what I used:

LCD stp fly with bird.

stp Dirigible.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Gears 2.

CV art wings to fly.

Derwent Inktense pencils

Stazon Dove grey

A waterpoof black

Distress ink Wild honey,

Vintage photo,

Mowed lawn

Twisted citron.

Mica sheet.

White gell pen.

I started by stamping the Fly with bird stamp with black waterproof ink

on watercolor paper.

Color her in with the inktense pencils.

I chose green, yellow and gray,

 because I didn't want to use the traditional steampunk/vintage colors this time.

When you're done coloring, cut out the steampunk girl.

You can use sissors or a knife, what ever works the best for you.

Now we make the background.

Make with the 4 colors and some water ink puddles.

The main part with the distress ink vintage photo and wild honey.

And with the green colors we do some ink here and there.

I used a piece of mica, so you have more control over where the ink goes.

Leave some space to print the other stamps.

With the gears 2 background stamp and Distress ink Mowed lawn I stamped here and there.

Because I wanted to keep it very subtle I stamped second and third generation.

With the Stazon dove gray I stamped in the left under corner

and the right upper corner with the pieces of calligraphy.

And did the same with the dirigible stamp in the top left corner.

I stamped with black stazon.

The text "Art gives my soul wings to fly",

Now glue on the steampunk lady and mat with gray.

I hope you liked it,

and maybe you will also make something for the challenge.

If you participate you have a chance to win beautiful stamps.

You have until the end of the month.

You can find the rules here.

Vintage tag with a bit of steampunk

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Goodmorning, Cathy here a little bit late with my post.

Stamps Used:

 Pieces of Calligraphy

Travel Stuff Set

Thick and Thin Men

I started out with a tag I had used to clean up some ink smooching I did for a different card. I used 3 different browns distress ink. 

Then, I stamped a stamp from the Travel Stuff Set on the one side of the tag and to fill in the empty space I used a stamp from Pieces of Calligraphy set. 

On a white scrap paper, I stamped Thick and Thin Men with black ink and fussy cut out. I glued them to the tag and cut out some steampunk gears and glued them around the tag. 

Lastly, I added an umbrella to the tag for one of the gentlemen to hold. 

I hope you join the challenge here.

A Piece of the Steampunk Puzzle

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Hello hello my friends!! Another fun Vintage/Steampunk creation to share with you...this time it's a very large piece of the puzzle...

I don't know about you but sometimes I like make things other than cards to stretch my imagination. One of my favorite alternatives to cards are puzzle pieces...every shape and size lend themselves to art.  Today's piece is about 5" tall which is quite a nice size to stamp on.  

The process....  

I started off by painting the puzzle piece with black acrylic paint. 
Once it had dried I stamped the Gears background stamp on to the piece using VersaMark ink.  
I sprinkled silver, ancient gold and verdigris embossing powders over the ink - shook off the excess and heated to melt.

A dauber was used to apply more VersaMark ink along the edges.

I then sprinkled with Copper ep, heated and melted.

For now the puzzle piece is finished.

The STP Dirigible image was stamped onto grey/blue cardstock using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. 

The image was colored using KingArt brush markers after which it was fussy cut from the cardstock.

The word Fly from the Misc Words set of stamps was stamped onto a gel plate scrap of paper and matted with metallic copper cardstock.

The Dirigible and word were then affixed to the puzzle piece with foam tape.

Sunshine and the Great Outdoors

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here with a little vintage style make featuring the dapper Drake Dog from Lost Coast Designs.  He always makes me think of a Victorian country gent.  I made a bit of a grungy background for him using a few different stamps.

 

I stamped the focal point using Lost Coast Designs Mini Phenology Collage stamp with potting soil archival ink.  I used part of the stamp that featured the lovely buildings and concentric circles.  Then using the same ink I roughly stamped the script words and a pattern from Pieces of Calligraphy and then filled in the gaps with ATC Doodle Flowers stamp.  No masking or even using a block, the same ink makes everything blend nicely together.

I edged the panel with the same brown ink and then smeared on a bit of Tumbled Glass distress ink and spritzed with water to soften and blend.  When it had dried I stamped Carmen's Veranda Live In The Sunshine sentiment and added Lost Coast Designs Drake Dog, stamped coloured and fussy cut.

I hope you get some time to stamps something in a vintage or steampunk style and join the fun here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  The team are sharing inspiration the rest of the month with this theme and we hope to see lots of lovely entries in the linky.  Take care.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Steampunk/Vintage: Steampunk Bicycle Lady

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Welcome from Laurie to the second day of our newest challenge:  Steampunk/Vintage.  I love a steampunk theme, so for this project, I used the Steampunk Bicycle Lady stamp and the Gears background stamp, both from Lost Coast Designs.

The bicycle lady was stamped with black ink onto white card stock and fussy cut out.  

Her clothing and the large clock were colored with Copic Sketch Markers, and the bike frame and the frame around the clock were colored with silver and gold inks respectively.    

The background gears were stamped with black ink onto cream paper that was then edged with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.  I positioned the Bicycle Lady as shown and attached her with foam tape.  Final touch was to add some random gears in brass.

We look forward to seeing your creations for this latest challenge.  Don't forget to use some rubber stamping and you just might be the lucky winner of some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda!

CHALLENGE #173 - STEAMPUNK/VINTAGE

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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 #173

STEAMPUNK/VINTAGE

 We want to see your stamped projects with a steampunk or vintage style.

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!

 Roni used Lost Coast Designs STP Fly with Bird and Misc Words

 

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Steampunk Fly Girl, Cityscape big, ATC Misc. 7 set, Gears Background and Carte Postale.

 

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Labels, Butterflies, Crackle Background and Pieces of Calligraphy

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 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 #173 - Steampunk/Vintage
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 Thursday, August 31st 23.59 PST.
All entries must be entered in our link up or in the fb group, but your don't need a blog to win.  See our RULES page for more info
 

 

Lazy Summer Days

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Hello Portal Peeps.   Gail here today with some final inspiration for the Summertime challenge.  You have until 23.59 PST tonight to join the fun.  I've gone with a simple card with this cute Carmen's Veranda Small Baby Elephant and sentiment for that lazy summer feeling. 

Isn't he just adorbs!!!!   I have him hanging over a Lost Coast Designs Grunge Border 2" 'wall'.  I stamped the elephant, masked him, stamped the grunge border, and then did a quick watercolour wash for the sky.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Huge To Do List sentiment, split it in two and edged the fussy cut pieces with blue pen.  

You still have time to stamp something summery and join the fun here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  The team posts awesome inspiration throughout the month so check back often, leave a little love and I look forward to seeing your makes.

Happy Stamping!
Gail 

Hello

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Cathy here with a card for you today.

Stamp Used:

Mini bird collage

I started out using some Lavinia dinkles pine green color. Then I stamped Mini bird collage with black ink in the middle and trimmed it down. I layered it with black and gold paper. 

Lastly, I die cut hello out of gold and layered it on black,

I put it all on a teal card base to match.

You can join the challenge here.

Summertime: Sunny Flora

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Hello everyone! Hope you all participate in our Summertime Challenge! Because we're in the middle of it here in the Netherlands :-) Read everything about the challenge HERE !

I made my Sunny Flora onto an alcohol ink plaid background. (Three colours of alcohol ink, small drops near to each other at the felt, swipe stripes on glossy paper in a plaid pattern) I stamped Whimsical Flora with black StazOn ink and coloured it with Distress Markers. I also stamped the flowers from the ATC Doodle Set a several times with orange, blue and green StazOn ink and finished with some glitter glue (Stickles)

See you next time, have a great day!

Liesbeth XX

Summertime - Mystery

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Hello all...I hope you're enjoying your week so far.  Today I have another card I made for the current challenge - Summertime!  I thought I would go under the sea for this card and used the Mermaid with a Shell stamp.

I started off by stamping her on bristol cardstock then used my iridescent watercolors to paint her tail and shell.  I used colored pencils to finish her off.  She was fussy cut and set aside.

I then commenced to work on the background.  I had such fun stamping this background - I fount a piece of teal cardstock which had a faint pattern on it.  I stamped the Mini Fish Collage and Mini Maritime Collage using VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze. I then used the Bubbles Background stamp to fill in the rest of the card.  Finally I used one of the ornaments from the Victoriana set to stamp a center line using Verdant VFC ink.  Once the ink had dried I used a white gel pen to fill in some of the Bubbles.

This panel was mounted on a black card and the mermaid was then affixed to the card using foam tape.  I finished the card off with some faux pearls and 3 stamped words from the Misc Words set.

Hope you all have an inky day and if you have a chance...be sure to join in on the fun!!

#172 Summertime challenge.

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If there's one thing that reminds me of summer, it's the tropics.

Tropical fruit, plants, flowers and colors, then I think of Hawaii.

Aloha summertime. 

This time its a slimline card. with the beautiful pineapple stamp from Carmens Veranda stamps. 

This stamp is no less than 6 inches (15cm) in size. 

Love to color this big stamp.

I used for this card:

The Pineapple stamp.

Distressink:

Twisted citron,

Rustic wilderness,

Spiced marmelade,

Peacock feathers,

festive berries,

Stazon Forest green.

A stencil with a leaf patern.

Flower die.

Branch die.

The word Aloha.

Washi tape.

White gellpen

Water based makers.

With a small finger sponge I did the leaves of the stencil on the inside with Twisted citron.

I did the outside of the leaves in the same way with Rustic wilderness.

This has a nice effect of overflowing green in the leaves.

On watercolor paper I stamped the pineapple with Stazon Forest green.

And colored it with water based markers.

Yellow, orange, green and with the green tones I also colored the leaves.

I colored pieces of paper with all colors of distress ink.

This is for the flower and the leaves.

I matched the colors to the washi tape.

With the sizzix machine I die cut the flower and twigs.

I did not used the dark green.

Wanted to keep it brigth.

Now give the pineapple some accents with the white gellpen.

Now assamble the card and enjoy the summer.

You can join the Summertime challenge till the 15th.

Its great fun to make something with a summer theme.

You even may use stamps of other brands, 

aslong there is stamping on it.

See you at the challenge  or facebook.

Thank you Cathy Norton for this beautifull poster.

Wisdom of the Sea and Mountains

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today.  The current challenge is Summertime so the team are sharing all their hot, summery makes.  I was thinking that summer is a good time to get out and enjoy nature so I decided to make a card using Lost Coast Designs Cracked Grass and Drake Dog and a new sentiment from Carmen's Veranda which really spoke to my soul.

The observant amongst you may notice that Drake Dog didn't make the final cut.......

Here's the very unassuming Cracked Grass stamp and Drake Dog, who I did stamp, colour and fussy cut.  I am sure he will star on some future project.  He's such a cutie.  When I first got the cracked grass stamp I couldn't work out why it wasn't cracked mountains!  Then I turned it up the right way and had an ohhhhhh! moment.  But I still think it makes good mountains too!

I never claim to be an artist which is why I stamp LOL.  But it looks mountain/lake enough for me.  Call it abstract art bwahahahhaaaa   I watercoloured my mountain scene with distress inks and sparkle.

 

I didn't use Drake Dog cos I think he disturbed my perspective of sweeping mountains.  So I just added this awesome sentiment, Everything Will Be Fine, which I split into two parts.  

I hope you get time to stamp something summery and join the fun here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back often and I look forward to seeing your makes.

Happy Stamping!
Gail