31 Days of Halloween - Day 31 - Happy Halloween!!!

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Another fun Halloween/Cat combo for you today....

I just love this Happy Cat image...If you've ever been owned by a cat you will know this look means he/she has been up to something- LOL!!  I stamped him on a printed background and colored him using colored pencils and a white paint pen.  I added the words (from my stash) and marked them up with a gel pen.  I used a glitter pen to add a bit of detail to the background.

I hope you have enjoyed our 31 Days of Halloween celebration!!

Still time to join in on the fun....

Day 30 of the 31 days of Halloween

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Hello, Cathy here with day 30 of the 31 days of Halloween. 

Stamps Used:

cat wavy face

pieces of calligraphy 

I stamped the cat wavy face and colored it with copic markers. Then, I trimmed down the cat and layered it on green cardstock. 

Next, I stamped the pieces of calligraphy in orange and purple distress ink.

Lastly, I added some washi tape to the card.

You still have 1 more day left to join the Halloween fun.

 

31 Days of Halloween: Day 29

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Hi again from Laurie as we close in on the last days of October and the end of our annual "31 Days of Halloween" Challenge.  We hope you have been playing along with us all month.  I have one final project for this challenge using the Evil Eye stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  Such a wicked looking stamp - I love it!

The background for this one was made using a stencil with a lot of small detail to it.  I sprayed the stencil with Distress Ink in Fired Brick then laid it down onto a piece of white card stock.  I sponged the excess ink with a paper towel and dried the paper well.  I then splattered it with dark blue Distress Ink and spritzed it with Distress Mica Spray.  

The Evil Eye was stamped with black ink onto some white card stock and colored with Copic Sketch markers.  It was fussy cut out and Glossy Accents was added to the eyes.  I affixed it to my card front with some foam tape to give it some dimension and added a few die cut bats to complete the "mood".

So hurry and get your projects in before month end for the chance to win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

31 Days of Halloween: Witch Cat

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Hello everyone, the 28th day already, of our 31 Days of Halloween Challenge! The inspiration card I made for today is  also  for the Cats Challenge!

I made a background with yellow, orange and purple Distress ink and splashed some waterdrops on it. I stamped the Witch Cat with StazOn Jet Black and masked it. Behind it I stamped the Small Cityscape, one of the Pieces of Calligraphy and ATC Birds in Trees. I finished the card with colour pencils, white gel pen  and some bleach .

Hope I inspired you to join us! See you next time! 

LiesbethXX

31 Days of Halloween - Day 27 - The Darkest Hours

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Something a bit different today...as you know we're doing the 31 Days of Halloween but we're also playing along with the Kitty theme - well today I combined them for this card.

I used the Spiderwebs background stamp which I dabbed here and there over a piece of green cardstock.  I then inked it up a bit with a few different colors of ink - browns, purple and black.  Next I stamped the Tiger Cat onto a piece of white cardstock and colored him using markers.  He was fussy cut and mounted on the card using foam tape. The sentiment (from my stash) was then matted and tucked under the kitty to look like he was setting on it.

#177 Day 26, 31 Days of Halloween and Cat Challenge.

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Hello all.

Well it's almost Halloween and my last contribution to the cats Halloween challenge.

These are the stamps I used. 

Carmens Veranda, white cat.

Carmens Veranda, Witches go riding,.

LCD, Dancing skeletons.

LCD, Gnome witch on broom.

The pumpkin is hand drawn.

I started by stamping and masking the cat.

I drew a pumpkin under the cat and also masked it.

I stamped the gnome witch at the top left.

It is available in 2 sizes, 

a larger one and a small one on a sheet of mini gnome stamps.

I masked the witch.

I stamped the dancing skeletons underneath the witch with versamark.

I colored the left side of the card and the dancing skeletons with a lilac pan pastel.

I colored the edges of the left half of the card,

 with an ink blending tool and Distress ink Dusty Concord.

Did the same on the right side, but with Seedless preserves.

Then I removed the masks and colored the witch, cat and pumpkin with Derwent colorsoft.

I stamped the text with black ink.

And finally I put a drop of Glossy accents on the cat's pupils.

Small detail but still a big difference.

Well that's it for this time.

The challenge lasts until the end of the month, so you can still participate.

Click on the link and show us what you made.

And maybe you will be the new winner of some LCD or CV stamps.

Go to the challenge click here.

31 Days of Halloween Day 25: Happy Halloween Cat

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Hello everyone, the 25th day already, of our 31 Days of Halloween Challenge! The inspiration card I made today fits also perfect for the Cats Challenge!

I made a background with yellow, orange and purple Distress ink and splashed some waterdrops on it. I stamped the Happy Cat with StazOn Jet Black and masked it. Behind it I stamped the castle from Backside Woman and also some parts of Spiderwebs Background. I finishes the tag by adding two sequins of spiders and some bleach .

Hope you will join us! See you next time! 

LiesbethXX

31 Days of Halloween #24 - A Kindred Spirit

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Today I wanted to share our little furry friend and her Kindred Spirit.

To create this card I used a mask and ink to create the moon on a purple piece of cardstock - I used the negative image to add white ink to the center of the moon.  I then stamped the Gnome Witch on a Broom with grey ink and colored using a variety of markers. I stamped Cat 1 from Carrie's Menagerie so it was setting on the edge of the broom handle.  To finish off the panel I used a dry brush to add the feeling of motion to the witch/broom.  This panel was mounted onto a lavender card which was stamped with the Flying Birds background from Carmen's Veranda. I added the sparklie bow/ribbon and sentiment to finish the card off.

Hope you join in on the fun!!

31 Days of Halloween day 23: Raven and Evil Eye

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Hi everyone,  

Because I have Covid and couldnt stamp, this time an oldie for our Halloween challenge! I stamped it onto an alcohol inked piece of glossy paper and used lots of masking. 

Stamps used: Evil Eye, Goth raven, Skeleton and Roses, Skull Flourish, Door and Window,  Ironwork Wall , Victoriana and Flagstone Background.

Have a nice day! 

Liesbethxx

Day 22 of the 31 days of Halloween

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Cathy here with a Cat Halloween card for you.

Stamps Used:

Pieces of Calligraphy 

ATC Mona window

Cat

I started with some Kraft cardstock, and I stamped the saying and part of the ATC stamp randomly on the paper. I then took some orange distress oxide and added it to the background.  

Next, I stamped the cat and trimmed it down. After that I got some Halloween bits and decided what I wanted to add and glued them in place.

Lastly, I added it to the black card base. 

We have some fun challenges going on now. I hope you join in the fun. 

31 Days of Halloween: Day 21

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Laurie back again with a Day of the Dead card for our 21st day of the Halloween month long Challenge.  I hope you have been making some fun projects to share here on the Portal and a chance to win some free stamps.

This card features the Coatlique Day of the Dead stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  This was stamped onto a piece of vellum with black Stayz On ink. Once the ink was dry, I flipped the image over and adhered it to a piece of orange card stock.  I trimmed the edges, following the design of the stamp, then layered this with a piece of black card stock and trimmed it in the same shape.

My background is made with a technique called "Stencil Smooshing".  Not sure if that is the technical name or not, but the You Tube video where I found this calls it that, and it's appropriate.  

I took my stencil and sprayed it with orange Distress Ink.  I turned it over and pressed it onto a piece of white card stock, mopping up the excess ink with a paper towel.  Once it was completely dry, I repositioned the stencil atop the the paper, lining it up exactly, then dabbed the white spaces with some green Distress Ink.  I removed the stencil and spritzed it with Altnew gold spray ink and let that dry.  The DOD stamped image was then affixed to the center of the card with foam tape and layered with a piece of white card stock.

You still have lots of time left to show us your fabulous Halloween creations, and we can't wait to see them!!

31 days of Halloween- day 20 Cats

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 Hello everyone, Riet here.

Are you in the Halloween mood yet?

Well I do, and I love it!!!!

The Lost Coast Designs Halloween challenge actually consists of 2 parts.

The first part is a general Halloween challenge.

The second part is a Halloween cats challenge.

So I picked up my favorite cat and made a card with it.

The "Devil in disguise".

What I used:

Devil in disguise

Door and window set

Grunge tree

Distressink Walnut stain

White gelly pen

Masking tape

Red Posca marker

Versfine onyx black

Derwent inktense pencils,

But you can use other pencils or markers.

How to make the card.

I stamped the cat with the Versafine,

Masked the cat and stamp the window with Versafine black.

Stamped the window on a piece of paper 

and cut out the 4 windows.

With the mask still on the cat, place the paper frame on the card as a mask.

Stamp the grunge tree in the window.

Now remove the masks.

Use a 2cm/0.8inch circle punch to punch a circle of masking tape.

Stick it on the window, this will become the moon.

Now we are going to color the sky and the moon.

I used Derwent inktense for this.

The cat wings and hoorns are colored with a red Posca marker.

The points of the staff are also colored with the red posca marker.

The background is also colored with a Derwent pencil.

With an ink blending tool I applied some Distressink Walnut stain to the edges.

Stamped the words on a peace of paper and blended some walnutstone on the edges.

Glued it on with foam tape.

Now you are done.

Hope you will join the challenge, and maybe you wil be our next winner

of new rubberstamps.

Click the link for the challenge and join.

31 Days of Halloween Day 19 - Black Cats

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Hello Portal Peeps and welcome to Day 19 of our 31 Days of Halloween.  Gail here today keeping it simply spooky with Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment and Lost Coast Designs Cheshire Cat.  Cheshire Cat is also available now in a cute, tummy tickling ATC size.  

Well, when you are this adorable what more do you need.  Except maybe diamond studded teeth!  I stamped Cheshire Cat and Witches Go Riding sentiment on white card using Hero Arts black ink.  I cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die, edged it with black ink, added another white layer and mounted on a black card base.  He's so happy to be out of his basket!!   

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$$$$.    

 

Check back every day this month for awesome inspiration from the team.

 

 

We also have a Cat Challenge running at the at the moment along side the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge. 
Anything cat with real stamping.

Lost Coast Designs is also sponsoring the Christmas Kickstart Challenge Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge, so if your cat is Christmas you can join the fun for a chance at awesome prizes.  

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

31 Days of Halloween - Day 18 - Black Cats are Seen

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For todays card I used the darling Peekaboo Kitty (small) from Carmen's Veranda along with the Witches Go Riding sentiment. They were both stamped on this wonderful moon print cardstock. The kitty was colored using a variety of Zig Kuretake Clean Brush markers and a bit of white paint pen and glitter (in his eyes).  

Hope you join in on the Halloween fun...

31 Days of Halloween Day 17 - Mummy and Frank Play Tic Tac Toe

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today for day 17 of our spookfest here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  I've made a game!!!!!  And learnt that canary yellow is maybe not good staging for photographs.  Ah well....... here's my Mummy and Frank themed tic tac toe

 

 

I started with an MDF tic tac toe kit.

You need 5 of each piece so I stamped Lost Coast Designs Frank and Mummy on white shrink plastic.

While waiting for ink to dry I stamped masses of different stamps from Lost Coast Designs directly onto the base board using midnight blue archival ink and masks.  Any gaps I filled in afterwards with sky blue archival ink and all the stamps from Pieces of Calligraphy.  Added a few Flying Monkeys from Carmen's Veranda at the top and I used Lost Coast Designs Gargoyle, Witch Cat, Goth Shrine, MRaven1, MRaven2, Dancing Skeletons, Sugar Skull with Flower and White Nose Sugar Skull.

Then I glued the edge and divider pieces in place.

I coloured the images stamped on the shrink plastic with distress markers and sharpies, fussy cut them and shrunk them with my heat gun. 

I thought the X's and O's looked a bit plain so I stamped them with two of the text stamps from Pieces of Calligraphy and glued the shrunken Mummy's and Franks in place.

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$$$$.    

 

Check back every day this month for awesome inspiration from the team

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz