The Flying Club

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Hello Portal Peeps!    Happy Easter!!  Hope you have chocolate!!!

Gail here today with a art journal page.  It's been a long time since I have worked in my art journal but when I started looking at flying themed stamps I tried a few different ideas.  And then I decided to put them all together in a glorious collage.

My starting point was Lost Coast Designs Flying Pig.  I decided to make an ATC with a brusho sprinkle background and the Carmen's Veranda Art Wings To Fly stamp.  The pig was stamped, coloured and fussy cut and I glittered the wings. 

One ATC seemed lonely so I stamped Lost Coast Designs Gnome Witch On A Broom on a piece of white card, watercoloured with distress inks and cut with an ATC die.  I fussy cut around the end of the broom so it would protrude outside the ATC when I die cut. 

Then the ideas were flowing.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Bullseye on a piece of offwhite card and ripped the edges.  Then I fingerpainted with Worn Lipstick distress ink to add some patches of colour.

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Flagstone Background on a scrap of patterned card and stamped Whimsical Flora directly on top.  Then I selectively coloured for a stained glass look.  Tron is another stamp which is excellent for this technique. 

Then I turned to my journal page.  These are a pale yellow pages.  I started by putting some distress inks on an acrylic block, spritzing with water then using bubble wrap to stamp the colour on my page.  I used a few different distress ink.  Then I stamped a border with Lost Coast Designs Dominos Border

Then I put it all together.  

I stamped some Dictionary Words on cork and embossed with black embossing powder and found some more cork embellishments to finish the page.

 

I hope you like my art journal page. 

 You have until 23.59 PST on the 31st to join the Let's Fly fun and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so do pop over and see what they are doing.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Let's Fly: Rosetti with Butterfly

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Hi again from Laurie as we near the end of our month long challenge:  Let's Fly.  I hope you have been creating along with us all month and entering your makes here on the Portal.

I have a card here using one of my very favorite Lost Coast stamps - Rosetti With Butterfly.  I love the Arts and Crafts movement and the art that it inspired, so this stamp is very special for me.

My image is stamped with brown ink onto a piece of vintage kraft paper that I have torn and inked the edges of.  I layered this with a black panel and layered that with a piece of vintage text from an old book.  Final step was to layer that with another black panel.

I started to add some color to this with some markers, but I really like the old look of this the way it is and decided not to do anything that would distract from the wonderful design of the stamp itself.

Be sure to get your projects posted here on the Portal by the end of March for a chance to win some free stamps!

#183 Lets fly challenge.

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Hello, No tutorial today but a brief explanation.

I used these stamps for this card.

Daisy florish,

M raven2, 

Goth raven 

and 

Carmens Veranda Art wings to fly.

I also used 

distress oxide Iced spruce, 

Wilted violet, 

Picked rasberry 

Blueprint sketch.

And distress ink Black soot.

A black waterproof ink.

White gel pen.

Black fineliner.

I started by making a puddle with Iced spruce and some water and dabbing the paper into it.

Let it dry, then make stripes with the side of the oxide ink pads.

Stamp the ravens with the waterproof ink.

Color the ravens with pencil or marker.

Give them some accents with the white gel pen.

Stamp the text on white paper and draw a line around the words.

Cut the words in to pieces.

With the black distress ink and an ink blender we now darken the outer edge of the paper.

That gives it some mystery.

Glue the words on the card.

Now take a larger sheet of white paper,

 and stamp it completely full with the Daisy floral and black ink.

Now stick the raven card on top and matt with black cardstock.

This is a somewhat older technique, 

but as you can see, you can quickly and easily achieve an interesting background.

So now its up to you, and I hope you join the challenge.

It runs till end of the month, so still time to join.

There is new rubber to win, so thats nice.

Goodluck and dont forget to have fun with your craft.

Man will fly

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Goodmorning all, Cathy here with a card for you today.

Stamp Used:

Flying car 

I started with a stencil and some distress oxide ink. I randomly did that all over the card. I then stamped Flying car in the middle with black ink. 

I then took a ruler sticker and added to the card along with some die cut gears. Next, I added a sliver star I cut in half to one of the die cut gears. 

I added it to a black card base and the card is done.

Please come join the challenge here.

#183 - Let's Fly Grumpy Pixie

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Another fun card to share with you for the current challenge Let's Fly. This time I used one of my favorite Hard Luck Pixies - Lucy.....she's got such a great grumpy going on...it's so easy to love her.

I started off by inking up a scrap of orange/pink pattern paper that was in my stash. I stamped Lucy in the center and then stamped off a second image for a mask. I did the same with the Unicorn sentiment. I then stamped a grungy background using stamps from Brush Strokes and parts of the background stamp Grunge Black Swirl here and there.

Remember there is plenty of time to join in on the fun as our challenges run for the entire month now. Pull out your stamps that will let your imagination FLY!

Let's Fly: Dove ATC

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Hi everyone! Liesbeth here with another Let`s Fly blogpost! Our challenge is still going, so why not participate? :-) 

This time I made a colourful ATC card with the beautiful Carmen's Veranda dove square, stamped on a Distress inked background. At the bottom and top I stamped some text. I bleached the dove and finished the ATC with glitter and white gel pen.

Stamps used: Dove Square and Pieces of Calligraphy

Have a peaceful day! 

Liesbeth XX

Riverside Beauty

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Hello Portal Peeps!  Gail here today with some inspiration for the Let's Fly challenge.  We hope you get some time to join the fun.  Anything that flies and real rubber or clear stamping of course.  I've used Lost Coast Designs lovely Kingfisher stamp.

I stamped the Kingfisher stamp on white card, watercoloured with distress inks and cut down and around the left hand side of the image.  I stamped my yellow base card with Lost Coast Designs Flagstone Background using yellow ink and stamped the Thinking of You sentiment on the mounted panel.

You have until 23.59 PST on the 31st to join the Let's Fly fun and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so do pop over and see what they are doing.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Let's Fly: Butterfly Square

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Hello again from Laurie with another project for our month long "Let's Fly" challenge going on here on the Portal.  We hope you have been busy making your "flying" creations and sharing them here on the Portal.

For this card, I used the Ledger Background stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Butterfly Square stamp from Carmen's Veranda.  Be sure to check out the large collection of square stamps at Carmen's Veranda - there are some really unusual and beautiful ones!

The background for this was created by piecing together one inch squares of a decorative background paper to create a mosaic collage.  I stamped this with black ink using the Ledger background stamp and edged it with black ink.  Using my sewing machine, I stitched around the perimeter with black thread.

The butterfly square was stamped onto a piece of a gel print I had on hand.   To stamp over paint, I used black Stayz On ink so it would dry completely.  I edged the square with black ink and positioned it as shown on the card front using foam tape.  

Want to win some free stamps?  Just enter you projects on the Portal and you could be the lucky winner!

CHALLENGE #183 Reminder - LET'S FLY

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Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

Gail here today with a reminder for the Let's Fly Challenge.
Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st 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.

CHALLENGE #183

LET'S FLY

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring Things That Fly.  You have all month to share your projects.  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 a blast of inspiration from the team to get your creativity flowing.  ENJOY!
   

  Riet used Lost Coast Designs Praying Angel and Hearts and Curls Border with Carmen's Veranda Dutch Dictionary Liefde (English Love)

 

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery, Robust Dancer and More Bugz

 

Gail used Lost Coast Designs MRaven1, Grunge Border 2" and Travel Quotes

 

 

 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 #183 - Let's Fly
March 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, March 31st 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
 

 

 

Bird in the window

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Goodmorning all, Cathy here with a card for you today.

Stamps Used:

ATC Monia's window 

Mother Goose birds

Daisy flourish

Today I started out with a clean-up sheet of cardstock. I had it left over from something I did, so I don't know what the green/blue colors are from. 

I first stamped ATC Monia's window in scorched timber distress ink right in the middle.

Next, I stamped Mother Goose bird on a scrap piece of paper and cut out. I then glued it to the middle of the window. 

Lastly, I stamped Daisy flourish with the same distress ink around the whole card. I then used the distress oxide of the same color to edge the card.

Keep Calm and Sparkle

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Welcome back for another project featuring our "Let's Fly" Challenge going on all month here on the Portal.

This one uses the Mona Flying stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Keep Calm and Sparkle clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

The base for this is a portion of a gel print I had on hand using pink and blue acrylic paints and a flower stencil.  I then layered this with a white panel.  My flying Mona is stamped with black ink onto white paper and fussy cut out.  I then restamped Mona's "dress" onto some patterned paper, cut it out, and placed it atop the original stamped image.  I coloured her with some Copic Sketch Markers and glued her to the centre of my card front as shown.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a white square outlined in black and affixed above Mona as seen below.

Looking forward to your "Flying" projects all during the month of March.  Who knows?  You might be the lucky winner of some free stamps!!

#183 Let's Fly - Not All Who Wander

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Time for another fun challenge and this time I went a wee bit Steampunk...

I wanted this to like they were plans to build a set of wings so I started by stamping the Steampunk Fly Girl on a piece of grid pattern paper. I then stamped the Ledger background in brown ink specifically using the column of figures and the months on the opposite side of the card.  I stamped some text - Pieces of Calligraphy - in red and added some fingerprints and smudges here and there so it looked like these were well worn plans.  I finished the card off by stamping the Not all Who Wander sentiment in the corner.

I hope you join in on the Let's Fly theme this month.

Let´s Fly: Bookmark

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Hello everyone, Liesbeth here with a piece of inspiration for our Let's Fly-Challenge. This time it's not a real challenge, because there are so many beautiful stamps for this theme! I made a shiny bookmark with the lovely insects! 

I stamped the Bubble Border with orange StazOn ink onto a piece of alcohol inked glossy paper. And also some parts of the Roses stamp with yellow StazOn ink. Last but not least I stamped the insects, More Bugz,  with black StazOn and added a tiny bit of gold embossingpowder. I finished the bookmark with coloured gel pens and black edges. I glued it onto an orange card and added a metal ,roof' and a gem.

Hope you are inspired to participate to the challenge :-) 

See you next time,

Liesbeth

Let's Fly: Golden Peacock

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Welcome again from Laurie with another project for our "Let's Fly" challenge going on all during the month of March here on the Lost Coast Portal.  This card was made using the Teri's Peacock stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  

The background for this is a piece of decorative tissue paper in shades of aqua, darker green, and gold.  Using a glue stick I glued it atop a scrap piece of a gelli print I had on hand that was in a really dark green color.  I edged the tissue paper with a gold marker once it was glued down and layered that with metallic gold paper and white paper.

The peacock was dry embossed with gold embossing powder onto a turquoise gelli print and fussy cut out.  I added more color with turquoise, dark blue, and purple Copic Sketch Markers.  I added a small golden crown to the top of his head to give him a really regal look.  Coloring in the feathers was a lot of fun too!

I then attached him atop the tissue paper background.

We look forward to seeing your projects for this current Challenge.  You might just be the lucky winner of some free stamps from Carmen's Veranda or Lost Coast Designs!

#183 Let's fly challenge.

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Hi there, Riet here,

Today I have a slimline card for the "Let's fly" challenge.

I used the Bugz set and the beautiful Daisy florish.

I also used a stamp from the Brush strokes sheet, 

To give the corners some more depth.

For the inks I used Distressink Shaded lilac, 

Speckled egg, Antique linen and Walnut stain.

What would you make with the theme from this month????

Show it to us and join the challenge.

The challenge runs the whole month of March.

Maybe you will be the lucky one and win new rubberstamps.

Hope to see you join us on the challenge blog,

 or you can participate the challenge on Facebook.

Let's Fly: Butterfly Lady

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!

Happy February 1st to all of you and welcome to our latest month long challenge:  Let's Fly.

So many ways you can interpret this theme, so let your imagination run wild and share some "flying" creations with us during the month of March.

This card features the Head In Hands stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  The background is a section of a master board I created using vintage French papers.  I thought the vintage look of the collage went well with the stamp.  I layered the collage with a tan panel as well.

The image was stamped onto white paper with black ink and cut out using deckle edged scissors.  I inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and used Copic Sketch Markers to color the image.  The butterfly was colored solid blue and I used a gold gel pen to add some detail to the wings. 

The stamped image was layered with a tan panel then affixed to the center of the card front.

We are excited to see what fun things you create so be sure to post your makes here on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!

CHALLENGE #183 - LET'S FLY

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 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 #183

LET'S FLY

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring Things That Fly.  You have all month to share your projects.  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!
 

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Praying Angel and Pieces of Calligraphy

 
 Roni used Lost Coast Designs Silhouette Angel with Carmen's Veranda Art Wings to Fly

Laurie used Lost Coast Designs Head in Hands

 

 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 #183 - Let's Fly
March 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, March 31st 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