#198 Color challenge is so much fun!

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Hi there,  Riet here.

Lost Coast designs has a wonderful color challenge for anyone who wants to join.

The use of LCD or CV stamps is not mandatory, but is preferred. 

Please read the rules about this.

 For this challenge you have 2 choises in color sceme.

I chose the lemon/lime for this beautiful tulip stamp from Carmens Veranda.

I used the no line technique for this card, and a lot of masking.

What I used.

LCD Long swirl.

CV Tulip.

CV Thankful for the nights.

Derwent Inktense pencils.

Versafine onyx black.

I colored with Derwent inktense.

In the picture you can see which colors I used.

Furthermore, I stamped the swirl and text with Versafine onyx black ink.

Do you want to join the challenge?

You have a chance to win stamps of your choice.

So come to the blog and join in.

Hope to see you there.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!!!!

CHALLENGE #198 - COLOUR CHALLENGE MID MONTH REMINDER

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Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

It's halfway through June and time for a mid-month blast of inspiration from the team for our Colour Challenge.  Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st every month, with chances to win Lost Coast dollars.   This month we are all about the colours Lemon and Lime OR Terracotta and Turquoise.

CHALLENGE #198

COLOUR CHALLENGE

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring the colours 
LEMON AND LIME or TERRACOTTA AND TURQUOISE.
You can pick which colour scheme you want to use.  You can include black and white and a small splash of other colours if you must, but the main colours should be obvious.
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 the inspiration from the team.  ENJOY!

 Aimee used Carmen's Veranda Pear Square

Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Mini Butterfly Collage Stamp

 

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Cityscape and Dream Dictionary 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 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

Just Citrus

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today with some more Lemon and Lime inspiration.  This month we are asking you to pick a colour scheme between Lemon and Lime or Turquoise and Terracotta.   The choice is yours!  Your anything should feature mostly your two chosen colours and don't forget to stamp.

I've kept it simple and used the lovely Jester Square by Carmen's Veranda coloured with green and yellow distress watercolouring.  I stamped the Happy Birthday and Do I smell cake? from Lost Coast Designs Party Words using Prickly Pear archival ink.

 

Grab your stamps and pick your colour scheme and join the fun.   We give a real rubber stamp prize to our randomly picked winner, but we do need at least 20 entries to award the prize, so tell your friends and get stamping!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Colour Challenge: Art Journal Page ,Magic'.

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Hi everyone! Liesbeth here again, today I made a journal page for our Colour Challenge. I coloured an old book page with gesso and a leave and also with Terra cotta and turqoise inks and stamped The Victoriana stamps, the text from Dream, Magic, Love and pieces of the Flagstone Background with black ink. To finish the page I used white gel pen, bleach and charcoal. I glued the page in one of my altered books. 

Hope you like this idea and join us with a colourful piece of art! See you next time,

Liesbeth XX

Typewriter and Roses

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Good morning.  Cathy here with a fun card for you today.

Stamps used:
Roses
Typewriter

I started off with some watercolor paper that I did a cleanup on. 
I added some more teal distress ink to the background.
Next, I stamped the Typewriter in black ink right in the middle. After that I stamped the Roses in a rust color distress ink all around the typewriter.
I then put it on a black card base.

OR

Two different color combo challenges going on over at The Lost Coast blog.
Pick one and join the fun

June Color Combo Challenge #198

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here to share a card created for June's Color Combo Challenge 198. There are two options for this challenge. You can use Lime, Lemon, and Black or Terracotta, Turquoise and Black.

I opted to use the Lime, Lemon, and Black combination and the Carmen Elaine Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda.

Here's my card!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp Carmen Elaine twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and set her aside. 

Color Carmen Elaine with Copic markers. Adhere the fussy-cut sticker version atop her counterpart on the image panel as a mask.

Position a long rectangle die over the image panel and secure it low-tack tape. Run the die through your machine and carefully slide the die and the cardstock combination onto your surface, add more low-tack tape to secure the die in place, and flip the combo. Add low-tack tape to secure the die-cut to the back of the cardstock panel.

Flip the combination to the front side. Adhere repositionable Scotch Tape over the base of the die-cut combination. Sponge or brush Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink over the die onto the image panel die-cut. Place a circle/rays stencil over the top of the image panel die-cut, secure with magnets, and brush the same yellow Distress ink over the stencil onto the die-cut panel to add rays over and around Carmen Elaine's head.

Remove the repositionable Scotch Tape and brush or sponge Twisted Citron Distress ink over the bottom of Carmen Elaine's dress and the panel to ground her.

Remove the die-cut image panel from the die. Run a line of Diamond Stickles onto the white border of the die-cut. Set the die-cut aside and let the Stickles dry.

While the Stickles is drying, cut a piece of the music patterned paper to 4" x 5.5" to create the background. Brush or sponge Verdant VersaFine Clair over the panel to change the color of the musical notation. Cut a strip of ticket patterned paper the width of the ticket by 5.5". Brush or sponge Verdant VersaFine Clair over the ticket strip to change the color and to edge the strip. Heat set both pieces of patterned paper. Adhere the ticket strip to the left side of the music notation paper. Trim the panel to 5.25" and edge it with Verdant VersaFine Clair Ink.

Adhere the background panel to a black A2 card. Adhere the Carmen Elaine image panel die-cut to finish the card.

I hope that you play along with June's Color Combo Challenge 198 for a chance to win Lost Cost Ca$h!

Thanks for visiting today!

Butterfly Reminder

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Happy June, everyone! Aimee here. Let's kick off this summer season with some flowers. Who remembers those fluttery feelings when the person we have a crush on shows interest in us? I'm lucky to still feel butterflies when my husband catches my eye from across the room. This card pays tribute to that!

The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is hosting a June Challenge with two color schemes: Lemon/Lime and Turquoise/Terra Cotta. I used the Large Flourish stamp from Lost Coast Designs and Butterfly Reminder sentiment from Carmen's Veranda. Follow along with this photo tuturial to see how I put it together: 

You have until the end of June to submit your creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity using the two color schemes for this month's Challenge. Have fun! And happy stamping. 

Self Portraits

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Good day to y'all - Darlene here with my first post this month

colour combo theme Turquoise and Terra Cotta

I chose the Frida Kahlo (3) stamp to layer this together

I stamped her in black ink onto the turquoise cardstock

sponged the edges and lightly coloured in her shawl

Layered onto terra cotta colour paper

turquoise ribbon in behind

then used more papers I had laying around

Layers make such a difference when putting your cards together !!!

So with the colour challenge this month we have

turquoise and terra cotta

or lemon and lime

Come join us in the challenge !  maybe win some new stamps,

just remember there has to be stamping on it to qualify.

Just upload here

Old Yellow

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Hello Portal Peeps.  It's all about colours here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this month and we have a choice of two colour schemes to choose from.  Gail here today and I've gone all Lemon and Lime with this beautiful Old Truck stamp from Carmen's Veranda. 

The background stamp is Carmen's Veranda Cracked Mirror.  I used green ink for stamping and distress inks for water colouring.  The sentiment is from Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes set.

Join the colour challenge fun.  Link up your stamped anythings featuring the colours LEMON AND LIME or TERRACOTTA AND TURQUOISE.  

Thanks for dropping by.  

CHALLENGE #198 - COLOUR CHALLENGE

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.  
 

Welcome to June here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.
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 #198

COLOUR CHALLENGE

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring the colours 
LEMON AND LIME or TERRACOTTA AND TURQUOISE.
You can pick which colour scheme you want to use.  You can include black and white and a small splash of other colours if you must, but the main colours should be obvious.
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! 

The team were all inspired with the terracotta and turquoise option to get us started.  ENJOY!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Brush Stokes, Pieces of Calligraphy,
Pieces of Architecture and Postage

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs 3 Waiters, Pieces of Calligraphy and Pieces of Architecture

  
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Steampunk Bicycle Lady with Carmen's Veranda Clock Square

   
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 #198 - Lemon and Lime OR Terracotta and Turquoise
June 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Monday, June 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
 

 

Are You Kidding Me? Bat Boy and Friends

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Greetings!  You've got Kathi here today on the last day of May to share a card created for the May's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197. I've used "Bat Boy" (my name for him) from the new Cartoon Kids Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs.

Here it is!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp Bat Boy onto white cardstock. Fussy-cut him, color him with Copic markers, then edge him with a black marker. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to his eyes. Set him aside.

Use bright blue, darker blue, and dark grey inks to stencil clouds onto a 3.25" x 4.75" panel of white cardstock to create a cloudy night sky. 

Sponge black ink over a bat stencil to add three sets of bats to the sky. They're Bat Boy's friends.

Sponge black ink over a dot patterned stencil to add flight trails to the sky. Go over the black dots with a black glitter pen to make his trail sparkly.

Adhere Bat Boy as shown.

Edge the background panel with black ink and adhere to a 3.5" x 5" black card. Adhere a sentiment sticker to finish the card.

You still have a bit of time to join our May's Are You Kidding Me? Challenge 197 for a chance to win Lost Coast Ca$h!

Rainbow Splatter Timmy

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

Stamp Used:

Cartoon kids

I got this new stencil that makes an inky splatter in layers. I used distress oxide inks.

I then stamped Timmy from the Cartoon kids (that is my name I picked for him) on the Kraft paper. I then stamped him again on white cardstock and colored him with coipc markers and cut him out and added him to the front of the card. 

I put it on a black card base, and we are done.

# 197 Are you kidding me challenge.

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 dear blog visitors, this is Riet here with a new tutorial.

Today a card for the "Are you kidding me" challenge.

I chose the beautiful praying angel stamp from LCD.

What do you need to make this card?

A acrylic block, mine is heart shaped.

LCD Praying Angel.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Brush strokes.

Flowers (in 3 sizes)

Iron work border.

CV Daisies in my hair.

Black watergroof inkpad.

Distress ink and distress oxide:

Peacock feathers,

Worn lipstick,

Seedles preserves.

Color pencils, I used Derwent Intense.

I started by putting the 3 colors of distress ink on the acrylic block,

 and spraying it with some water.

Print the block on the paper.

I did the same but with a clear plastic sheet.

Bend the sheet then you can make a nice stripe pattern with the 3 colors of ink.

I drew a line around the heart with a pencil.

Using the 3 colors of distress oxide, 

stamp the background with the text stamp, the swirl and the circles.

On the bottem stamp de Ironworks border.

Stamp the flowers and color them and cut them out.

Do the same with the praying angel.

Make sure theat you have 3 sizes flowers.

Color the border and see where you want to stamp the text in the heart.

Make some spletters with the seedles preserves ink.

Place the flowers loose on the heart,

 so that you can estimate where the text should go.

Stamp the daisy text and glue the angel on and than the flowers.

Matt the card and your finishend.

The challenge runs until the end of May.

So there are still a few days left to participate.

Maybe you will be our new winner.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Bloom Where You're Planted

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Hi stamping friends, Aimee here! We're celebrating children for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's May Challenge. Since I only have one stamp with the image of a child, I thought I'd use the Princess of Everything stamp in a different way than my previous post. Combined with one stamp from the Pieces of Calligraphy set, here's what I came up with:

Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I created this card:

There's still a full week remaining in May for you to submit your creation featuring a child's image to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Go for it! Maybe you'll win this month's prize.