Rock and Roll

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today with some final inspiration for the Let Us Entertain You! challenge.  You have until 23.59 PST 31st May to get your entries added to the linky.  Today I am sharing a bottle tag.

I used an Avery Elle die to cut the tag and smooched with distress dusty concord ink and water.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Dice Background with Seedless Preserves distress ink and added Lost Coast Designs ZZ Top Gnome 1 stamped on white card, coloured with shades of purple and fussy cut.  Then I added parts of Carmen's Veranda Ran out of Coffee sentiment.  

You have all month to share your stamped anythings with an entertainment theme. Please read the updated rules before entering. Real rubber or clear stamping and theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$'s. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Happy Birthday

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Cathy here with a happy birthday card for you.

Stamp Used:

Joker

So, I started out with a 4x6 piece of paper that had some blue background color on it. I don't remember from what and I stamped Joker in the middle of it. I colored it with copic markers.

I then trimmed it down and put it on a black card base. After that I die cut the film strip and tried to figure where I was going to use it. I decided to cut apart and add white to the middle of it.

Lastly, I die cut out Happy Birthday and glued it the front.

You still have time to join the challenge over on the blog.

#185, Let us entertain you. Movie time.

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Hi there, Riet here.

What a fun challenge.

You can participate with anything related to theater, film, dance, circus, etc.

I am a huge film fan and especially love the old Hitchcock films, they are fantastic.

You can see from this card what my favorite is.

Stamps I used:

CV, Alfred Hitchcock standing.

LCD, Fourth dimention.

LCD, M.Raven 4,

LCD, Goth Raven

LCD,  Raven with tree branches

I die cut the film strip and stamped parts of crows with black ink.

Stamped Alfred and masked him.

Stamped part of the Fourth Dimension to lay a floor.

Using a sponge with a very fine structure, 

I tapped the speckles on the white parts of the card with black ink.

And I made the scratches with the side of cardboard and black ink.

It should look like an old film reel.

I colored Alfred's suit and shadow with a gray pencil.

And with a letter die I made the word bird.

The card is matted with black cardstock.

Hope you will join in this fun challenge,

There is a price to be won.

Please read the rules first to avoide disapointment.

See you at the challenge.

Let us entertain you. - It's a Party!

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Hello everyone, Liesbeth here showing you a party card for our Let us entertain you ChallengeLet us entertain you Challenge! There's still lost of time for you to participate...so why not? :-) 

I started this card by inking a white card with Distress Inks and water. I stamped the ladies with StazOn Jet Black and bleched them. After that I stamped the roses and text and finished the card with colour pencils and gel pens.

Stamps used: Showgirls,Roses and Party Words.

See you next time, have a wonderful weekend!

Liesbeth XX

#185 "Let us entertain you" challenge. Clowns

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Hi everybody, Riet here with 2 cards. 

Today 2 cards for the challenge,

because I think both clowns really belong together.

Let me explain to you how these cards are made.

 I used these stamps:

Card #1

Pope clown

Ledger 

Brushstrokes

Card #2

Big nose clown

Brush strokes

Pieces of calligraphy

Victoriana

Furthermore I used:

Black stazon

Distress oxide.

Twisted citron,

Lucky clover,

Cracked pistaschio,

Musterd seed,

Wild honey,

Crackling campfire,

Barn door.

Derwent colorsoft pencils.

Take two pieces of paper measuring 20x20cm.

One for the orange background and one for the green.

We apply the colors with a brayer.

Starting with the light colors and working your way to the dark colors.

Be careful with the dark colors, apply small amounts.

With the sheet brush strokes, we now randomly stamp

 the orange tones on the green background.

And with the green tones on the orange background.

While we let this dry, we stamp the two clowns and color them.

When they ar colored you can cut them out.

Now choose a nice piece of background and cut it to 8.5cm x 8.5cm.

Now cut a piece of white cardstock measuring 12.5 x 12.5 cm.

And a double of 15 X 15cm.

We put the double card a side for a while.

Place the background on the white 12.5 x 12.5

Stamp the top left corner and bottom right corner,

 with the ledger stamp and the black stazon.

Repeat this with stamps from the Brush strokes sheet.

Use a stamping tool for this.

Now it looks like this.

Matt with a black cardstock with a 2mm edge.

Do the same with the second white card and glue them together.

Now use foam tape to stick the clowns on.

Now the card is ready.

The team would love to see your artwork in the LCD/CV challenge.

You can also participate with other brands of stamps.

You also have a chance to win new stamps, so join the challenge.

Poppin In

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here poppin' in today with some inspiration for the current Let Us Entertain You challenge.  We want to see your stamped anythings with an entertainment theme, so think anything to do with entertainment.  Juggling dogs, trapeze artist cats, clowns, circus, movie stars, theatre, opera, dancers, TV films etc etc.  The team are posting their awesome makes all month so make sure you check out all the posts on the blog. 

I've used Lost Coast Designs Silhouette Lady with Umbrella, who makes me think of Mary Poppins, and what's more entertaining than a lady flying in on an umbrella.  She has obviously arrived and is standing within the Arches and Door Background.  Then I added the Thinking Of You from the Party Words set. 

You have all month to share your stamped anythings with an entertainment theme. Please read the updated rules before entering. Real rubber or clear stamping and theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$'s. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Let's Dance

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Good afternoon, Cathy here with a card for you.

Stamps Used:

Brush strokes

Corner swirl 

Butterflies set

Thin dancer

I started with a pink cardstock base and stamped the splat from the Brush strokes in pink distress ink. I then took a butterfly from the Butterflies set and stamped that with pink distress oxide ink. Lastly, I stamped Corner swirl in drown distress oxide ink. That is how I made the background for my card. 

Next, I took a scrap pink dot pattern paper and added to the front of the card. I edged the whole card with the brown oxide ink. 

Then I stamped Thin dancer in the middle of the card and added saying and some washi tape and that is the card.

You can join the challenge here.

Let us entertain you: Harlequins

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here to ,Entertain you´ 😊for our current challenge Let us entertain you. Hope you will entertain with us and join in!

I stamped the wonderful fortune card Dueling Harlequins Card onto white cardstock and stamped the flowers (ATC Doodles set) with a rainbow colour inkpad. I finished the card with colour pencils. 

See you next time! 

LiesbethXX

Homage to Alfred

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here with some inspiration for our May challenge Let Us Entertain You!

We want to see your stamped anythings with an entertainment theme, so think clowns, circus, movie stars, theatre, opera, dancers, TV etc etc.  The team are posting their awesome makes all month so make sure you check out all the posts on the blog.

 

 I've used Carmen's Veranda's Alfred Hitchcock standing and combined it with sentiments and a tonic diecut.

I decided to keep everything black and white so I cut the film die cut from white card.  Then I used Lost Coast Designs Flagstone Background stamp and black ink to add texture.  I mounted it on a black card base.

I set back in the white pieces in the film strip and stamped the sentiments.  I stamped Alfred on white card with black ink, fussy cut and added him to my card.

You have all month to share your stamped anythings with an entertainment theme. Please read the updated rules before entering. Real rubber or clear stamping and theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$'s. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

APRIL WINNER

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Welcome Portal Peeps!!!

Gosh, third time lucky and I am back on track!!!

It's time to announce the WINNER of our April Challenge!

We would like to thank everyone who entered their lovely projects.  It so nice to see you using Lost Coast Design and Carmen's Veranda stamps.  Thanks for playing with us!  Surprizingly there weren't many entries for cute and fluffy and we didn't have enough entries to award Lost Coast dollars, but the team has voted for our favourite. 

WINNER of CHALLENGE #184

CUTE AND/OR FLUFFY

is

Chantal

 

With this gorgeous quirky card using Lost Coast Designs AUD Chicken stamp. Love this Chantal!

 Here's your snazzy Challenge Winner's badge.
We'd love if you link your badge back to us here at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.
 

Our current challenge is

LET US ENTERTAIN YOU

Link up your stamped projects featuring an entertainment theme, so think clowns, circus, movie stars, theatre, opera, dancers, TV etc etc. for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

 

MARCH WINNER

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Welcome Portal Peeps!!!

Ah, yes, where was I!!
Easily distracted but here I am again and
it's time to announce the WINNER of our March 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.  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 #183

LET'S FLY

is

Cornelia

 

with this simply lovely owl card

Congrats Cornelia, 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

LET US ENTERTAIN YOU

Link up your stamped projects featuring an entertainment theme, so think clowns, circus, movie stars, theatre, opera, dancers, TV etc etc. for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

 

FEBRUARY WINNER

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Welcome Portal Peeps!!!

I've been a bit slow, and maybe even lost the plot, so lets have some winners posts!!!

It's half past time to announce the WINNER of our February 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.  Thanks for playing with us!  Unfortunately we didn't have enough entries to award Lost Coast dollars, but the team has voted for our favourite. 

WINNER of CHALLENGE #182

FOR THE MEN

is

Cari Woodmansee Jacobson

Cari entered in the fb group and used Lost Coast Designs Showgirls stamp.

Awesome card Cari.

 

 Here's your snazzy Challenge Winner's badge.
We'd love if you link your badge back to us here at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.
 

Our current challenge is

LET US ENTERTAIN YOU

Link up your stamped projects featuring an entertainment theme, so think clowns, circus, movie stars, theatre, opera, dancers, TV etc etc. for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

 

#185 Let us entertain you, Silhouette Dancer.

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Hello, today its my turn to show you something with entertainment.

So I thought of this beautiful stamp of a dancer.

I'll tell you how I made the card.

And if you like it you can participate in the challenge.

Maybe you will be the winner this month and win new stamps.

Stamps I used:

Crackle background.

Dancer silhouette.

Distressink:

Pumice stone

Old paper

Iced spruce

Versafine onyx black

Gold leaf

and gold leaf liquid/glue.

I started with distress ink old paper and pumice stone to make the paper look old.

I made lengthwise spots on the background with a sheet of acetate and distressink iced spruce.

When it is completely dry, stamp the dancer with black ink.

Apply the gold leaf liquid to the stamp with a sponge.

Print it around the dancer and let dry.

Apply the gold leaf.

If this is your first time, you can first watch a video on You Tube.

Remove excess gold leaf with a coarse sponge.

Isn't that beautiful?

So pretty with the gold on the crackle background stamp.

This challenge is so much fun, 

it can be about theater, circus, show, tv, movies

and all kinds of other entertainment.

I'm curious to see what you come up with 

and hope to see your work in the challenge. 

Maybe you will be the new winner of new stamps. 

Good luck.