For the Men: Singing Cowboys

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It's nearing the end of our month long challenge "For The Men" here on the Portal, so you still have a little time left to get your projects posted for a chance to win some free stamps.

Laurie here with a fun card for the challenge using the Singing Cowboys stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the 2 to 3 Glasses of Wine  clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

I started by stamping my cowboys onto a piece of white card stock with black ink and fussy cutting them out.  Next I colored them with Copic Sketch markers and a gold gel pen for some touches here and there.

My background is a page from a vintage music book.  I layered that with a black panel and edged it with Distress Vintage Photo ink.  Using some dark brown Distress liquid ink, I added some splatters randomly to the music paper.  Once dried, I adhered my cowboys to the center.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a portion of one of the old pages from the same music book.  I edged it with the same distress ink and affixed it in the lower left corner as shown.

So be sure to get your projects posted here and you still have a chance to be the monthly winner!

Challenge #182 - For the Men - Green Man

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Today I have a card that I hope will help usher in Spring without too much more of that white stuff...Green Man.

To create this card I started off by stamping the Leaves background image on the card using multiple colors of greens and browns. I then stamped the "Green Man" from the Victoriana set in a darker green. I then used some text from the Pieces of Calligraphy one or two images from Pieces of Architecture and dots from the Brush Strokes.  I then die-cut the Oak Leaf branches from Honey Bee Stamps to frame him.

There is still time to join in on the fun...

#182 For the men challenge

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Hi stampers, Riet here.

Today a card "for the men" challenge.

I chose a steampunk card.

And this is what you need if you want to make this card.

LCD background stamp Gears 2.

LCD Flying car.

Misc words.

Distress ink,

Walnut stain,

Broken china,

Rusty hinge,

Weathered wood.

Stazon Timber brown,

Versa Magic Jumbo Java.

Versa mark.

WOW EP Egyptian turquoise.

Ranger EP Hamered=bronze colored

Corrugated cardboard.

Gears die, I used Spellbinders.

Brown and turquoise acrylic paint.

Coloring pencils or markers.

I used Derwent Colorsoft.

Foam tape.

How this card is made.

I started stamping the gears 2 stamp with versamark.

I sprinkled the Ranger hammered embossing powder on top.

Let it melt with the heat tool.

Color with a ink blending tool,

 and the Distress ink colors 

Broken china, Rusty hinge, Weathered wood the card.

Cut off the rest of the card,

 and then take a small edge of the embossing powder with it.

You stamp the text on this piece with the Stazon brown timber.

Now take a piece of corrugated cardboard.

Make sure it goes well around the card with the gears.

Paint the entire piece of corrugated cardboard with brown acrylic paint.

Dry with a heattool.

Repeat this with turquoise paint, but now only paint here and there.

The brown paint should remain clearly visible.

Now we take a piece of orange paper that is larger than the gears card,

 but smaller than the corrugated cardboard.

Distress the edges with a tool.

Make a puddle of Distressink walnut stain and water and dip the edges in it.

Die cut two sizes of gears from orange paper.

I used a set of Spellbinders.

Apply Versamark on the gears, 

but leave spots free so that the orange can still be seen later.

Sprinkle the WOW Egyptian turquoise on the gears.

Melt with the heat tool.

Isn't that beautiful?

Love the result of the embossing powder.

Now you can assemble the card by glueing the layers together.

I stuck the small gear with 1 layer of foam tape.

I stuck the large gear on with double thick foam tape.

Glue the Adventure and the flying car on.

And now you're done.

Hope you guys liked it.

Remember, you still have time to join the challenge.

You have a chance to win new rubber stamps.

But because the rules have changed, I would like to ask you to read the rules first.

This way you avoid disappointments.

Hope to see your participation at the challenge.

I wish you good luck.

For the Men: Adventure

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Hi everyone, it's Liesbeth here, continueing our For the Men challenge. There's still time for you to join  the fun till the end of the month...so...why not?? :-)

When I searched for an appropriate men-stamp, I found this wonderful mini collage stamps, oh how I love them!!

I stamped the Mini Phrenology Collage with black StazOn ink on a alcohol inked glossy paper and coloured it with Distress markers and I used a white gel pen. I also used Mini Bug Collage here and ther with some blue StazOn ink. And of course the word Adventure (Misc. Words).

Hope you like it! See you next time,

LiesbethXX

Flights Of Fancy

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!

 

Hello Portal Peeps.  I hope you enjoying all the masculine inspiration with our For The Men Challenge

So many lovely masculine stamps at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda and so many awesome ideas on how to use them from the team.  

Gail here today and I'm keeping it a bit clean and simple with the gorgeous STP Dirigible stamp 

and a Lost Coast Designs Shadow Frame background.

I stamped the large rectangular Shadow Frame with Ice Blue chalk ink and then edged it with some Sky Blue archival.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs STP Dirigible onto the inked panel with black ink and added some distress marker colour.  I also tried to whiten the clouds a bit with a white gel pen.  I cut the panel with a stiched edge die and stuck it on a white card base.  The Happy Birthday is from Lost Coast Designs Party Words set and was stamped with the Sky Blue archival ink.

For The Men

Link up your stamped projects featuring men or masculine themes

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

 

Please check the updated rules.
 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

For the Men: Sherlock and Albert

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Welcome back from Laurie for another fun "For The Men" project for our February monthly challenge.  Hope you are playing along with us and making all things "manly" with us as well.

I made a couple of tags for this one using the Sherlock and Einstein stamps (sold separately) from Carmen's Veranda.   The background for these tags is from a master board collage that I made recently.  I die cut a collaged circle from that master board for each then a slightly larger black circle to layer them.

Albert and Sherlock were stamped with black ink onto white paper, colored with Copic Sketch markers, and fussy cut out.  I positioned them in the center of my tags and added a tarnished brass eyelet to each with some decorative ribbons threaded through them.  

So simple, so fun!

Come along and join us for this Manly challenge and you just might be the lucky winner of some free stamps!

MID MONTH REMINDER CHALLENGE #182 - FOR THE MEN

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Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

Welcome to our action packed challenge reminder post.  We are getting all masculine this month.  Please read the updated challenge rules to ensure your entry qualifies for the prize.

CHALLENGE #182

FOR THE MEN

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring men or with a masculine focus.  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 you in the mood.  ENJOY!

  
Roni used Carmen's Veranda Einstein with Lost Coast Designs Brushstrokes, Swimsuit Girl (sentiment) and American Gothic Party (man's hat)

Cathy used Travel Set and Number Border.

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Evil Eye, Santa Mona, Large Shrubbery Background and
Party Words

 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 29th 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 #182 - For The Men
February 1st - 29th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, February 29th 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
 

 

For the men: You're Invited!

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Hello lovely people! It's Liesbeth here with another ,For the Men' card, it's an inventation with two wise men on it :-)

I took a background from my stash, it's a Gelli print this time, and cut a card. First I stamped the background with blue and black StazOn inks: ....background. I stamped the birds and text on a seperate piece of paper, cut them out and coloured them with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Party Words, Penguins and Anthropomorphs Birds. I made a ,bottom' with black charcoal and a white gel pen and glued everything onto the card, the text first on a piece of dark red cardstock.

Hope I inspired you make a men creation too! :-) 

Liesbeth XX

#182 For the men, the boxer.

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Hi, Riet here with a men card.

This card is just pure stamping.

Playing with only ink and stamps can be so beautiful.

Stamps I used.

LCD Boxer.

LCD Brush strokes.

CV Once a badass.

For this card I used:

 Distress oxide,

Spiced marmalade,

Twisted citron,

Lucky clover.

 and Distress ink:

Antique linen,

Twisted citron,

Evergreen bough,

Spiced marmalade.

Stazon black.

Coloring pencils

I started by stamping the boxer with black stazon.

I also stamped a mask of the boxer and masked him with it.

Made the spots on the background with water and distress ink.

The circles of the brush strokes sheet are stamped with the 3 colors of oxide.

The inside of the circles are colored with pencils.

Rings were drawn around the colors with a fineliner.

Left and top with a stamp of the Brush strokes and

oxide lucky clover.

Remove the mask and give the boxer some shading.

Stamp the text with the black Stazon ink.

Now just mat the card and you're done.

Come and participate in the challenge.

And maybe you will be the next winner of new stamps.

Please read the rules first.

For the men

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Cathy here with a vintage, grungy card for you today.

Stamps Used:

Travel set

Alfred  Hitchcock standing

typewriter

I started by making the background by using some distress ink colors in brown. I then stamped a stamp from the Travel set using one of the same ink colors I used to make the background. I did the same thing with the typewriter. I edged it in the newest color of distress ink and then dripped some water on it to make more interest on the background. 

I then stamped Alfred  Hitchcock standing in black ink to make him stand out from the background. I added some washi stickers to the side and layered it on a black card base.

I hope you join this month-long challenge here.

#182 For The Men...Fear

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Hello Everyone! Roni here - I hope you're enjoying the new challenge format. I know I am - it's so much fun to really have a chance to play with each challenge for a whole month.

Today I have my first piece I created for the current challenge #182 - For the Men.

I started off by making a gel print for the background then once it had dried I stamped the Gears background stamp over top.  I then stamped the very handsome vintage gentleman from the Up Close & Personal set using blue ink.  He was fussy cut and then affixed to the card using foam tape.  

I thought the sentiment from Carmen's Veranda was perfect to finish off the card.  If you haven't checked out the clear sentiments she offers you really must. There are so many fun ones to be found there!

January Winner

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

We would like to thank everyone who entered their lovely projects and a special thank you to those of you using Lost Coast Design and Carmen's Veranda stamps.

Thanks for playing with us!

Please do read the rules and challenge guidelines. 
We have to disqualify entries that do not comply with our rules or challenge themes.

We used Mr Random

WINNER of CHALLENGE #181

ANYTHING GOES

is

Becca

 

with this cute pigeon card

 Congrats Becca, you win a $5 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

For The Men

Link up your stamped projects featuring men or masculine themes

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

 

Please check the rules.
A number of entries were excluded from the random draw because they did not comply with the rules.  

Hidden Self

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!

 

Hello Portal Peeps!  Well, here we are in February and the challenge this month is For The Men.  Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have so many wonderful masculine stamps and the team is knocking it out of the park with so much awesome inspiration.   I've made a card using two of my favourite blokes, Weeping Man and Alfred Hitchcock.  

 

I started by stamping Weeping Man on white card with brown archival ink.  I spritzed with water and sprinkled Paper Artsy blackcurrant, rusty car and golden sands infusion powders and waited for the magic to happen.

I cut the Weeping Man panel with a stitched edge die and stamped the Carmen's Veranda Squirrel in Traffic sentiment.  Then I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock and added him to the card.  

Join the For The Men challenge for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars and don't forget to check back often for lots more wonderful inspiration from the team.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

For The Men: 3 Waiters

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Happy February 1st from Laurie and welcome to a brand new month long challenge:  For the Men.  Self explanatory I think??  Find your masculine, boyish, macho stamps and make something creative with them!  You could win some free stamps from Carmen's Veranda and Lost Coast Designs.

For this card I used the Three Waiters stamp and the Loopy Background stamp, both from Lost Coast Designs, and the Piece of Cake clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

For the background, I took a square piece of vintage book paper and, using a glue stick, glued a piece of decorative decoupage paper atop it.  I then stamped that with the Loopy Background stamp using black ink.  I edged it with the same black ink.

Next I stamped my 3 waiters onto a white scrap with black ink and fussy cut it out, edging it with Distress Vintage Photo Ink.  The only color I added was some Copic Sketch Marker to their hands and faces.  I then attached them to the center of my card front.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a white square edged in black ink and positioned as shown in the lower left corner.

We are excited to see what fun things you come up with for this newest challenge here on the Portal!

CHALLENGE #182 - FOR THE MEN

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!

 

Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

It's time for our new Challenge.
Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st 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.   Please read the updated challenge rules to ensure your entry qualifies for the prize.

Now for our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #182

FOR THE MEN

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring men or with a masculine focus.  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!

  
Laurie used Lost Coast Designs 3 Waiters Stamp and Loopy Background with Carmen's Veranda Piece of Cake sentiment

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Gears Background, Ledger Background, Misc.Words and Up Close and Personal stamps

Riet used Carmen's Veranda Jukebox with Lost Coast Designs Mini Gnomes and Rustic Checkerboard Border


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 29th 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 #182 - For The Men
February 1st - 29th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, February 29th 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