Valentine's tickets

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Hello, Cathy here with 2 Valentine's tickets.

Stamps Used:

Brush strokes

Travel stuff set

ATC misc. 6 set

License plate alpha

I started off by cutting a piece of heavy weight Krat cardstock in half. Mine was a half of a top folding A2 card base. So, half of that. I then punched the corners to make it look like a ticket. 

Next, I stamped the circles from the Brush strokes with pink distress oxide ink on both. I then stamped Travel stuff set and ATC misc. 6 set with the new distress oxide ink color. After that was done I edged them both with walnut distress ink and then scorched timber distress oxide ink and spritzed some water on it.

I then took the 1 and 4 from the License plate alpha and stamped them in the scorched timber distress oxide ink and cut out. Lasted, I went through my stash and got some bits to add to the tickets. For the finishing touch I added white paint splatter. 

Anything Goes: Mannequins

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Hi again from Laurie with another project for our "Anything Goes" challenge going on through the end of January here on the Portal.  For this one, I used the Mannequin's Stamp Set from Lost Coast Designs.

I started by stamping my mannequins onto white card stock with black ink.  I then restamped them using turquoise ink onto white card stock and then cut out the corset from each one.  I glued the corsets onto each of the corresponding mannequins and finished them off with some rhinestones.  The bodies of the mannequins were colored with flesh colored Copic Sketch Markers.  I edged the panel with a turquoise marker, then layered the front panel to a gel print featuring predominantly turquoise paints.

Please be sure to get your projects posted on the Portal before the end of January for a chance to win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

#181 Anything goes challenge.

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Hello stampers and crafters, Riet here.

The "Anything goes" challenge is still running until the end of the month.

Join us so you can win prizes.

Now about the card.

I used these stamps:

CV, Carmen dog,

CV, Kiss my ass,

LCD Crackle background,

LCD Hearts and curls border, 

Distress oxide:car

Barn door

Musterd seed

Spiced marmelade

Chipped sapphire,

Peacock feathers.

Any water resistend black inkpad.

White pasca or gellpen.

Color pencils, I used derwent colorsoft.

How the card is made:

I started by sponging the colors Barn door,

Musterd seed and

Spiced marmelade onto the card.

I made a stamp impression with the crackle background stamp that I sprayed some water on.

This is a simple technique but with a very nice result.

We now continue with the stamp of the Carmen dog.

We first make a mask from that.

Take a piece of white paper that is slightly larger than the dog.

Stamp the dog with waterproof ink.

Stick the mask on and then sponge the paper with Peacock feathers.

Let it dry.

 

Leave the mask on.

Stamp with chipped sapphire and the heart and curls border,

left and right along the dog.

Let everything dry thoroughly before removing the mask.

Color with pencils or markers the dog.

Make white dots in the curls with the posca or white gellpen.

Stamp the saying with peacock feathers.

Put white dots with the posca or gellpen.

Matt the card with turquoise and purple.

And glue the carmen dog on the top.

Well this was fun to do and a very cheerful card.

There is still more than a week to participate in the "Anything goes" challenge,

If you participate you have a chance to win stamps.

 You can even participate with stamps from other companies. 

Please read the rules first, as they have recently changed.

Have a great day.

 

#181 - Anything Goes - Pretend to be Normal

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I hope you're having fun with our current monthly challenge - #181 - Anything Goes!

Today I have a card made using my favorite colors...green and blue. 

I wanted to make a bright card using lots of color so I stamped each image using a stamping tool adding more and more color each time I stamped the image. The background image - Pondscum - was stamped using 4 shades of VersaFine Clair green ink while the main image from the Phrenology Set in shades of blue.  I stamped the sentiment - Pretend to be normal -  on a piece of cardstock that I colored with water color crayons.

Anything goes: Dominos!

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here to show you two altered domino bricks I made today, some inspiration for our Everything goes challenge. You still have the entire month to join us!

I stamped the backsides and sides of white domino pieces, coloured them and finished them with a thick layer of Glossy Accents. 

Stamps used: Small Cityscape, Mini Ancients, Pieces of Calligraphy, Pieces of Architecture.

Have a great weekend!

LiesbethXX

Take a Break

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today.  

I was just looking through my stamps for a little inspiration and spotted this fun Lost Coast Designs Do Not Disturb Gnome.   It made me think about how hard santa has worked and that he must be sleeping for a month!!!

For the backgound I stamped Lost Coast Designs Large Shrubbery twice with two shades of green ink and a slight vertical offset between the two impressions.  I smudged twisted citron distress ink on a scrap of torn white card and spritzed with some water.  The gnome was stamped, coloured and fussy cut.

 

Grab you stamps and join the Anything Goes challenge.  Our challenges are now monthly so you have all month to join the fun.  Don't forget to check the updated rules tab at the top of the page.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Anything Goes: Coat Lady

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Welcome back to all - it's Laurie here again with another project for our January Challenge:  Anything Goes.  For this one, I made a tag and used the Coat Lady stamp, the Pieces of Calligraphy stamp set, both from Lost Coast Designs.  The sentiment is from Carmen's Veranda

To make my tag cover, I stamped each of the calligraphy piece stamps in the set onto a copy of a master board collage I had made, then cut them out and inked the edges with Distress Vintage Photo ink.  I then created a collage using those pieces on the front of my tag, fitting them to cover the tag.  I edged that entire tag with the same Distress Ink.

My Coat Lady was stamped with black ink onto white paper and fussy cut out.  I added a bit of color to her face with Copic Sketch markers and affixed her to the left side of the tag with foam tape.

The sentiment was stamped onto a white square with black ink and edged with black marker.  I fastened it to the card front as shown and put a piece of foam tape under the right side so it would sit flat on the card front.

We are excited to see the Anything Goes projects you are making this month and hope that YOU will be the lucky winner of some free stamps!

MID MONTH REMINDER CHALLENGE #181 - ANYTHING GOES

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with a mid-month reminder for the current Anything Goes Challenge. The challenges now run for the whole month so you have plenty of time to join the fun.   PLEASE READ THE RULES.  We have made a few changes and updates and some of the entries in the linky already are not eligible for the prize.  You can find the rules tab at the top of the blog.

CHALLENGE #181

ANYTHING GOES

It's Anything Goes!  You have all month to share your stamped anythings with any theme.  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 read the updated Challenge Rules 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 you could win a bigger prize in our random prize drawing.  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 No Hat Mona with Carmen's Veranda Swearing Burns Calories sentiment

 Riet used Carmen's Veranda Tulip with Lost Coast Designs Shadow Frames, Pieces of Calligraphy and Brushstrokes

Laurie used Lost Coast Designs Coat Lady and Pieces of Calligraphy with Carmen's Veranda All Together sentiment

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 #181 - Anything Goes
January 1st - 31st Please READ over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Wednesday, January 31st 23.59 PST.
All entries must be entered in our link up or in our fb group.  See our RULES page for more info
 

 

Purple Postcard

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Goodmorning all, Cathy here with a postcard for you. 

Stamps Used:

Brush stokes

Pieces of Architecture

Daisy Flourish 

Pieces of Calligraphy

Fortune men set

I started out with a watercolor postcard. I stamped a corner(ish) stamp from the Pieces of Architecture and I heat embossed it with white embossing power. 

Next, I used some Lindy's magical shaker pigment powers. I didn't realize they had shimmer in them. Where the embossed areas are the powers didn't go. 

I then took Daisy Flourish, Pieces of Architecture, and Brush stokes and stamped them around the sides of the postcard in purple distress ink.

After that I stamped a stamp from Fortune men set in black ink to stand out. Lastly, I added some black paint splatter to the whole thing. 

Come join our new month-long challenge over on the blog.

Everything goes: three tiny Moo cards

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Hello everyone! Liesbeth here with some inspiration for our Everything Goes Challenge!

It´s not to late to wish you all a very happy and healthy 2024! 

Today I´dd like to show you three Moo-cards, I love this small size so much, to collect and trade them! It's 2,8 x 7 cm. I sponged 3 white Moo's with yellow and blue Distress ink and stamped 3 Flying Flower Girl Faces with black ink, and I finished them with white and blue gel pens and some colour pencils.

Have a wonderful weekend!

LiesbethXX

Challenge #181 - Anything Goes - Happy New Year!!!

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As you may have noticed each new challenge is now a full month long - more time to play!!

Since this is my first post of the new year I couldn't help but make a new years card and the ladies are helping me welcome it in...

Aren't they a fun bunch. It's the Waiting for Mr. Right stamp - they are perfect for so many occasions. I just love them.  I also used the sentiment from Party Words...this is a fun set because there are sentiments that are vertical as well as horizontal. So very handy!

I hope you have a chance to join in on the fun!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

#181 Anything goes challenge, Frida Kahlo tag.

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Dear readers, first of all I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year.

I wish prosperity and happiness and creativity for each of you.

And of course, most importantly, good health.

The challenge has moved from a bi-weekly to a one-month challenge.

This way everyone has a little more time to make something and participate.

You can read the new rules here.

Now my tag for the new challenge from Lost Coast Designs.

Here is the step by step explanation.

Materials I used:

LCD stamps,

Mini Frieda collage

Roses

Daisy florish

Ledger

Brushstrokes

Carmens Veranda,

Be a girl with a mind.

Versa magic,

Purple Hydrangea

Distress Oxide,

chipped sapphire

Distress ink,

chipped sapphire

faded jeans

speckled egg

dusty concord

Die for a window frame

White acrylic paint to splatter.

Distress micro glaze.

I started to color the tag with Speckled egg.

I made a print on the right side of the tag with the daisy floral and micro glaze.

I sponged the right half of the tag with Faded jeans and chipped sapphire.

I made some spots on the left half of the tag with Dusty Concord.

With the versa magic and the ledger stamp,

 I made a print over the left side of the tag.

let it dry.

In the meantime,

I cut out a frame with a piece of paper that I colored with Speckled egg.

I darkened the openings in the die with Dusty Concord.

I stamped the text from Carmens Veranda stamps and a border from the 

brush strokes sheet with Distress oxide chipped sapphire.

Did the same with the roses stamp.

Now for the portrait of Frida Kahlo.

This is a nice example of how you can also use part of a stamp.

I only used her head and it fit perfectly in the frame.

I made some splatters on the tag with the white paint.

The mat of the tag is made of lilac paper.

The edges are sponged with chipped sapphire.

Now just attach the frame with Frida on it and add some pearls for decoration.

Punch a hole and put a piece of ribbon through it.

I hope you enjoyed it and hope to see your work on the challenge blog.

Enter the challenge for a chance to win new rubber stamps.

Precious Little Things

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with some inspiration for the current Anything Goes challenge.   Hope the new year is going well for you.  I included a few of the newer Carmen's Veranda sentiment in my Christmas goodies.  This one is just delightful and I think it makes a perfect card for new love, or old love renewed.....

Unusual colours for love maybe, but then we like the quirky and unusual her at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  I've used my easy formula of background stamp, image and sentiment.

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Concentric Circles Background on black card using white ink.  The quirky little fellow is Lost Coast Designs CDRoly Jester stamped with blue ink on white card and fussy cut.  Then I added the Carmen's Veranda Butterfly Reminder sentiment. 

Grab you stamps and join the Anything Goes challenge.  Our challenges are now monthly so you have all month to join the fun.  Don't forget to check the updated rules tab at the top of the page.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

DECEMBER WINNER

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Welcome Portal Peeps!!!
It's time to announce the WINNER of our December Challenge!

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 #180

IN THE DEEP MIDWINTER

is

Lia

 

with this lovely winter scene

Congrats Lia, you win a $10 gift certificate
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

ANYTHING GOES!

Link up your stamped anythings

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.