inchie Decoration

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Hi - Darlene here with a decoration I made using a masterboard and doing the 

Twinchies, Inches or Dominoes theme this month

Whats a masterboard you ask !!  

well basically you take a big piece of cardstock and stamp and colour all over it.

Then it gets cut up for the project you are working on

So here is the masterboard with an assortment of stamps

then I made a 2 X 2 square box with patterened paper

Cut up my masterboard into one inch pieces 

Then did a bunch of layers

To finish it off I added a tasel

Be sure to enter our challenge this month and 

maybe win some new stamps !!!

Joyful Dragonflies

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Hello all, Aimee here! When the September Challenge topic was introduced to me as "Inchies/Twinchies," I'll admit I had no idea what that meant. It was explained to me that the stamped design should include 1-inch, 2-inch or 1x2-inch squares. Gotcha. I found it trickier than I imagined--a 1-inch square is REALLY tiny, especially when you have big hands like me haha!

Another challenge was finding a stamp small enough to fit into a 1-inch square. I decided to take one dragonfly from the end of the Dragonflies Border stamp for the "inchies." The Joy stamp fit within a 1x2-inch square. Barely. Follow along to see how I created this card:

I hope you'll give this type of card design a try. Sometimes what seems really simple is more challenging to put together than you think. And when you do, post your creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for your chance to win a prize.

Inchie Twuinchie Domino: real domino's!

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Hello everyone, Liesbeth here. Today I break the rules a little bit! ;-) 

I stamped onto real dominos for our current challenge Inchies Twinchies Dominos but only the biggest of them is the exactly right size (2"x 1"). I still would like to show them all because the stamps I used are so perfect for domino bricks!

I coloured two dominos with alcohol inks and I stamped them with StazOn - Jet Black. 

Stamps used: Pieces of Calligraphy, Pieces of Architecture, Victoriana and Mini Butterfly Collage.

I love playing with this small sizes, hope you give it a try too! Have fun!

LiesbethXX

Strangely Bizarre

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today with some inspiration for the Inchie Twinchie Domino Challenge.  I had a look through my stamps for some that would fit on dominos (2" x 1") and found this set of Lost Coast Designs Mini Ancient stamps.  Two were a bit small, two were a bit wide, but I trimmed them, and two were perfect!  Then, after advising two friend this evening that chocolate is the answer, it got a little bit quirky...

I stamped the Lost Coast Designs Mini Ancients using brown archival ink, cut them to size and inked the edges with the same brown ink.  My background is Lost Coast Designs Bubbles Background stamped with Prickly Pear archival ink, then over stamped with Lost Coast Designs Drips and sepia archival ink.  I arranged my domino's on the drips and then stamped the Carmen's Veranda Breakfast Chocolate sentiment in brown archival ink.

For September we want to see your stamped makes featuring Inchies (1" x 1"), Twinchies (2" x 2"), and/or Dominos (2" x 1")  You can make said Inchies, Twinchies or Dominos with real rubber or clear stamping, or you can incorporate these sizes into your project in another way, perhaps chop up your background, or your foreground, cut windows, or maybe make a three dimensional shape, or a tiny album.  

The team is sharing awesome projects all month so do scroll down and pop back to check out all the amazing inspiration.  

Just do it!

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Howdy - Darlene here with my first make for the month of the theme

Twinchies, Inchies or Dominoes 

This card I did with a Twinchies theme.

Using the Pokey Pigeon and the Flying Pig 2 stamps

So all the squares are 2 x 2 (twinchie). stamped in black onto kraft paper

edges inked.  Used my white pen for some outline.

The square in behind has some splattered white ink.

The middle twinchie is a saying from Carmen's Veranda

The square was splattered, added some threads, and layered onto black.

Offset all the layers.  The background paper is inked on the edges and some paint splatter also.

A couple of blings added.

The center twinchie is popped up a bit too.

Come and join the challenge!!!  Maybe win some new stamps.  Just remember

there has to be stamping on your make.

Game On

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today with my first inspiration piece for the Inchie Twinchie Domino Challenge.  I decided to chop up my background into bits and piece it back together.

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Dice Background using yellow ink on white card and then chopped it into 1" x 1", 2" x 2" and 2" x 1" pieces.  I arranged the inchie, twinchie and domino size pieces onto a black card square and then added a yellow mat behind.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock Standing on white card with black ink, fussy cut him and added him to the card.  To finish I stamped Lost Coast Designs Happy Birthday on one of the domino pieces. 

For September we want to see your stamped makes featuring Inchies (1" x 1"), Twinchies (2" x 2"), and/or Dominos (2" x 1")  You can make said Inchies, Twinchies or Dominos with real rubber or clear stamping, or you can incorporate these sizes into your project in another way, perhaps chop up your background, or your foreground, cut windows, or maybe make a three dimensional shape, or a tiny album.  

The team is sharing awesome projects all month so do scroll down and pop back to check out all the amazing inspiration. 

CHALLENGE #201 - INCHIE TWINCHIE DOMINO

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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.

Now for our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #201

INCHIE TWINCHIE DOMINO

For September we want to see your stamped makes featuring Inchies (1" x 1"), Twinchies (2" x 2"), and/or Dominos (2" x 1")  You can make said Inchies, Twinchies or Dominos with real rubber or clear stamping, or you can incorporate these sizes into your project in another way, perhaps chop up your background, or your foreground, cut windows, or maybe make a three dimensional shape, or a tiny album.
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!

 
 Aimee used Carmen's Veranda Farmer Chicken with Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery for a fabulous inchie background

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Small City and Daisy Flourish with Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background to make twinchies 
 
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery for her colourful background and on her inchie, twinchie and domino focal points.

Happy birthday is from the Misc words sheet.

 
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 30th 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 #201 - Inchie Twinchie Domino
September 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, September 30th 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
 

 

Naughty or Nice

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with some last hour inspiration for the Cats and Dogs Challenge.  I have had such a blast with this challenge, and I think the team has too, with so many awesome canine and feline delights.  I decided to use Pokey Dog again and combined him with some die cuts for some festive fun.

I cut a hexagon card base using Tonic dies and stamped the large Shadow Circle Frame with orange ink.  I stamped Pokey Dog and fussy cut him and arranged him with my Tattered Lace die cut wreath.  To finish I stamped Lost Coast Designs Merry Christmas.

You have until 23.59 on the 31st to link up your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs.  Don't forget to scroll down for awesome inspiration from the team.

Hope to see you in the linky.  Hugz

Challenge 200 - Cats and Dogs!

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here today to share a card created for the August Cats and Dogs Challenge 200 with the Poky Cat and Fat Cat Rubber Stamps by Lost Coast Designs.

The Poky Cat and Fat Cat Rubber Stamps were stamped twice with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto white cardstock and onto repositionable sticker paper.

The sticker paper versions were fussy-cut and adhered onto their counterparts on the image panel to mask them.  A piece of repositionable scotch tape was placed horizontally across the image panel, covering their paws and the bottom of the panel.

Blue dye ink was brushed over the masked images. The image panel was then cut with a die. 

The masks and the tape were lifted and the images were colored with Copic markers. The area around and below Poky Cat and Fat Cat's paws was also colored with Copic markers.

The same blue dye ink was used to edge the top part of the image panel and a Copic marker was used to edge the bottom part of the image panel.

Orange patterned paper was die-cut with both a decorative rectangle die and sentiment label die. The rectangle die was used to mat the image panel. A sticker sentiment was adhered to the sentiment label die.

Patterned papers were layered as shown and trimmed to 5.75" square to create the background panel.  The matted image panel and the sentiment were adhered the background panel, then to an orange 6" card. Black rhinestones were added to finish the card.

You still have a few days to enter this month's Cats and Dogs Challenge for a chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h! 

Thanks for visiting today!

Underlay

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today with Taco John.  I stamped and fussy cut him the other day and he looks hopefully at me every time I sit at my desk, so I decided to combine him today with some happy yellow papers and a little stitching.

 

He's just so adorbs!!!!  He is stamped on a scrap of patterned card with brown archival ink and I added a little distress marker colour.  The happy birthday is from Lost Coast Designs Party Words.  The panel behind his head was a bit of sock packaging (gotta love it when they use kraft) cut with a postage die (I have so many but probably Gummiapan cos it's square) and then I used a nifty little die from Your Next Stamp to cut the holes.  Then I stitched with a delicious variegated wool I scored in the bargain basket the other day.

 

Inside it's a bit of a sunny explosion so I added a writing panel then stamped Taco John again, peeking onto the card, and Lost Coast Designs Do I Smell Cake sentiment.  

Link up your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs and
don't forget to check back often for awesome inspiration from the team.

Hope to see you in the linky.  Hugz

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

#200 Cats and Dogs, thats so much fun.

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Hi there, Riet here.

This is my last card for the Cats and Dogs challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda Stamps.

The challenge runs until the end of the month, so if you're interested, you can still participate.

For this card, I used Carmen's Veranda Carmendog stamp.

And the border is Checkerboard Rustic from Lost Coast Designs.

The text is from a sheet called Party Words.

I was in the garden with the spin art machine for a background.

I absolutely love the spinart machine and had so much fun with it.

I got such great results with it.

Do you also have a spinart machine?

It's so much fun.

Hope to see you at the challenge! Here's the link.

THE CHALLENGE!

Do cats like me????

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Hey - Darlene here with another make for the Cats and Dogs themed month here

at Lost Coast Designs

Using a few stamps - first of all one of the new Cats then added in a couple of  

stamps from the ATC Doodle set

So to do this technique you need to make two images identical .

In this case I did 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 size.

Coloured both as matched as best I could.

then take one, using a die cut that had a grid, and ran one of the images through.

Then layer on top of the other image - using pop ups for a bit of depth.

I love this technique !!!!

Be sure to enter you make in the Cats and Dogs theme this month !

Enter here

Maybe win some new stamps. - just remember you have to have some 

stamping on your entry.

check out my personal blog too 

blog-dar-blog.blogspot.com

More Fun Kitty

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Happy August, everyone! Aimee here. Who loves a good summer party?! This kitty sure does.

This Party Cat stamp is the star of the show for this card. Paired with the More Fun sentiment stamp, this card is the perfect thing to send to that friend who is the Life of the Party. Follow along with the photo tutorial to see how I made it:

Whether you're a cat person or a dog person, there are loads of great stamps available on the Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda websites. We invite you to submit your Dog or Cat creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for this month's August Challenge. Happy Stamping!

Not today thank you

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Goodmorning all Cathy here with a bookmark for you.

Stamps Used:

brush strokes

pieces of calligraphy 

small happy cat

I started out by making a bookmark and rounding the edges, I then stamped small happy cat on the bottom of the bookmark. I colored him in with copic markers.  Next, I stamped a stamp from each pieces of calligraphy and brush strokes in a gray ink. I layered it on black cardstock and added a saying.

You can join the cat or dog challenge.

Peace, Love and Harmony

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today with Lost Coast Designs Pokey Dog and Dictionary Words Artist Trading Cards.  ATC's, little canvasses of joy, and with Pokey Dog involved you just have to smile don't you!!

 So, we have Lost Coast Designs Peace, Love and Harmony.  I used three different colour inks on my three white ATC's.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Dictionary Words and then did a little off block stamping with a stamp from Lost Coast Designs Pieces of Calligraphy set.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Pokey Dog on three different patterned paper scraps, fussy cut them and then added them to the ATC's.

Link up your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs and
don't forget to check back often for awesome inspiration from the team.

Hope to see you in the linky.  Hugz

 

 

#200 Cats and Dogs challenge.

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Hello dear blog visitors!

Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda Stamps is running a fun challenge.

Cats and dogs! 

Since you don't necessarily have to use the LCD or CV stamps, 

you can still participate and have a chance to win.

Read the rules please.

Now for the explanation of this card.

I used:

CV White cat.

CV daisies in my hair.

LCD Flowers in 3 sizes.

The stencil I used is from Studio Light, Floral pattern.

The ink is Distress Oxide, Picked raspberry and Wilted violet.

And versafine onyx black.

A little flower punch for the little daisies.

Color pencils or markers.

I inked up the stencil and sprayed with water, 

than printed it on de upperpart of the paper.

ain the bottem part I stamped the words.

I made the bottom part with the stencil and an ink blender.

Stamped a lot of daissies and cut them out.

Colored the white cat and glued it on.

Did the same with the daisies.

Punched the little daissies and glued them on stencil patern.

Mat with a black background.

Dont forget the little daissies on the white cats head.

So we would love to see your cats and dogs in the challenge.

So join and maybe you will be the next winner.

CHALLENGE #200 CATS AND DOGS - MID-MONTH REMINDER

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Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

It's time for our mid-month blast of inspiration for the Cats and Dogs Challenge.
Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st every month, with chances to win Lost Coast dollars.   You can use stamps from any company.  Please read the rules, and we do need at least 20 entries to award the prize.

CHALLENGE #200

CATS AND DOGS

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs.  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 Pokey Dog and Spiderwebs Background

  
 Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Pokey Dog

 

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Taco John with Carmen's Veranda 

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!  We need at least 20 entries to award the prize so tell your friends. The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back and join the fun.

Happy Stamping!
Gail
Challenge Host

Challenge #200 - Cats and Dogs 

August 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, August 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
 

 

Cats and Dogs: Two Cats

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Hello everyone, Liesbeth here with a card for our Challenge Cats and Dogs! Because of my holiday,( and because I'm chaotic..) I had to choose an oldie, but I think it fits perfectly to this theme! :-)

Stamps used: Two Cats, Pieces of Calligraphy, Pieces of Architecture.

I coloured a big A4 card with Distress inks and water, cut a smaller card and stamped (black ink) and cut the cats out of it. I stamped the texts and fragment with yellow, blue and black ink onto the background and glued the cats onto a yellow cardstock mat and glued them onto the background with 3d foam tape. Why not try it yourself and participate!? :-)

Have a nice and creative day!

LiesbethXX