February Winner

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

We would like to thank everyone who entered their lovely projects.  Thanks for playing with us!  Unfortunately, we need at least 20 entries to award the stamp prize.  Please tell your friends about out challenge.  I do so love giving away some of Linda's beautiful stamps, but we do need to have a few more people joining the fun.

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.

WINNER of CHALLENGE #194

FRUIT, FLOWER AND FOLIAGE

is

Lia

 

with this bright and beautiful card

 

Congrats Lia.
Here's your snazzy Challenge Winner's badge for your blog!
Would love if you could link your badge back to us here at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.
 

Our current challenge is

I AM WOMAN

Link up your stamped projects featuring ladies

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

Basket of Eggs

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Hello Portal Peeps!  Gail here today with a little inspiration for the current I Am Woman challenge.  Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have so many lovely ladies.  Grab your stamps and join us.  We need at least 20 entries to award the prize, and I do so love giving away Linda's stamps LOL.  

I've gone for a clean and simple design today, but I had great fun colouring Lost Coast Designs Harvest Angel.  Since Easter is approaching I coloured her in bright spring colours and gave her a basket of pastel colour eggs.  I stamped the background using one of the Pieces of Calligraphy stamps with yellow ink.  I stamped Harvest Angel on a piece of white card, coloured and fussy cut it.  Gotta love a square fussy cut LOL.  Then I stamped part of Carmen's Veranda Queen of Everything stamp to get the Happy Birthday.

I hope you get time to join the I Am Woman challenge and don't forget to check all the wonderful inspiration from the team here on the blog.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Frida

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Welcome, Darlene here with my first make of the month with the theme 

'I am Woman'

So who better to start off with than Frida Kahlo !!!!

There are several stamps to choose from, she was so famous for doing self portraits.

This image I stamped onto acetate with staz on ink.

layered onto white cardstock

The flower background is paper napkin ironed onto cardstock ( just place some plastic wrap inbetween and iron makes great backgrounds)

So lots of layers to make it all pop

Upload your I AM WOMAN make - maybe win some rubber.

Just remember to have some stamping on your card

CHALLENGE #195 - I AM WOMAN

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.

Now for our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #195

I AM WOMAN

Yep, we are all about the ladies this month so share your stamped anything featuring female humans. 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 Lost Coast Designs Leaf Goddess

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Angel in Training 

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Ballerina 1 and Daisy Flourish with Carmen's Veranda

Be a Girl with a Mind sentiment

Gosh, aren't they gorgeous!!

 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 #195 - I am Woman
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 Monday, 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
 

 

Floral Flourish

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Hi everyone! Aimee here. Crazy that it's already the last day of February! Wow. Time flies. Here's a card I made as part of February's Fruit, Flowers and Foilage Challenge:

Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I made this card using the Large Flourish and Party Words stamps from the Lost Coast Designs stamp catalogue:

Today is the last day of the month to submit your challenge creation to the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity. Give it a go! Maybe win a prize!

#194 - Fruit, Flowers, and Foliage Challenge!

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Greetings! It's Kathi here to share a project for February's February Fruit, Flowers, and Foliage Challenge #194 on an odd day! I'm an absent minded crazy cat lady and didn't post on my scheduled day. Bad me.

Here's my card created with the gorgeous Grunge Cat Rubber Stamp which is one of the beautiful silhouette rubber stamps available at  Lost Coast Designs.

The Grunge Cat Rubber Stamp was inked with Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink and stamped onto a panel of white cardstock and onto repositionable sticker paper. 

The Grunge Cat was colored with colored with Copic markers, then the stamped sticker paper version was fussy-cut and placed over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.

A piece of tape was placed horizontally across the bottom part of the image panel. Tumbled Glass Distress Ink was brushed over the tape and the cat to color the background on the top part of the image panel. 

The tape was moved to cover the top part of the image panel. Shabby Shutters Distress Ink was brushed over the tape to cover the bottom part of the image panel and ground the Grunge Cat. The ink was brushed more heavily right under the tape and under the cat's paws and tail to create shadow. 

The image panel was cut with a deckled rectangle cutting die and matted with black cardstock cut slightly larger.

The Grunge Cat's mask was removed. A white paint pen was used to add an eye to the cat's face. When dry, a pale blue paint pen was used to color the eye. When that layer of paint was dry, the pupil was drawn onto the cat's eye. Several layers of Glaze pen were used to add dimension and shine to the Grunge Cat's blue eye.

The flowers on green patterned paper were originally light pink with a white center, so I used a Copic marker to darken the pink to match the flowers on the stamped Grunge Cat. I also used a blue Copic marker to add a blue to the center of the flower. This piece of patterned paper was cut twice with the same deckled rectangle die, and both pieces were edged with the green distress ink.

A piece of floral patterned paper was trimmed to 4.25" x 6" and edged with a black pen to create the background layer. The two small deckled were adhered to the background panel, the matted image panel die-cut was adhered over the deckled rectangle die-cuts as shown, and the card front was adhered to a black card.

You still have a little more time to create a Fruit, Flowers, or Foliage project this month. I hope you share a project for a chance to win Lost Coast Cash!

Thanks for visiting today!

#194 Fruit, Flowers and Foliage challenge.

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Hi there, Riet here.

Here is a tutorial for this slimline card.

I just love the pineapple stamp.

It's a whopping 6 inches/15 centimeters.

And so much fun to color.

What I used for this card.

Carmens Veranda Pineapple 

LCD Misc words.

Inktense pencils

Distress oxide,

Peacock Feathers.

Distress ink,

Wild Honey,

Iced Spruce,

Twisted Citron,

Peacock feathers.

Black waterproof inkpad.

Foamtape

Stencil with tropical leaves.

Yellow Posca marker.

Brayer.

Use the brayer to apply the four colours distressink,

Wild Honey,

Iced Spruce,

Twisted Citron,

Peacock feathers to the paper.

Take a stencil with tropical leaves and the Distress oxide Peacock feathers, 

we stencil the bottom half of the paper. 

And also the two top corners.

I also stenciled a line along the open areas with very small flowers.

While the leaves are drying we stamp the pineapple with black waterproof ink.

I colored the pineapple with Derwent inktense pencils, 

but you can also use other pencils or markers.

On a strip of leftover paper, stamp the text.

Sponge some small flowers.

Distress the edges with Distress Oxide peacock feathers.

Finish with a black background.

With the yellow Posca marker you make a yellow dot in the little flowers.

Now you can stick all the parts on the background with foam tape.

And glue a black background underneath.

That's it for this time.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Did you also make something with fruit, flowers or/and foliage?

Then feel free to join our challenge.

Click on the link and voila, you're there.

You can join with all brands of stamps.

It doesn't necessarily have to be stamped with LCD or CV stamps.

Read the rules first, then you avoid disappointment.

Hope to see you there, until next time.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Be amazing

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Good afternoon, all Cathy here with a 4x5 card for you today.

Stamps Used:

Daisy flourish

Tree crown

I started out by putting some pink distress oxide on the craft mat and spraying it with some rubbing alcohol and it made the ink color pop but not really turn oxide. I wanted to see what would happen.

Next, I stamped the Daisy flourish with the same pink distress oxide ink around the card.

I then made a little tag and stamped the tree crown on it with black and the around the edge I stamped the Daisy flourish in the pink ink. I then added a strip of black cardstock to the middle and added the tag on top.

Fruit, Flower & Foliage: A Dutch card! ;-)

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Hello lovely people, Liesbeth here again. Our current challenge is Fruit, Flower & Foliage and as a Dutchie I would love to show you the Tulip! I love the Carmens Veranda Tulip stamp so much!

First, using a rainbow ink pad,  I stamped the LCD background stamp Flowers on an inked piece of cardstock. With StazOn ink I stamped the Tulip twice (I masked the first) and bleached them. I coloured the tulips with colour pencils and I stamped the sentiment from Party Words.

A very Dutch card I think! Hope you participate this flowery challenge, see you next time!

Liesbeth XX

Life is Good

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Hi there Lost Coast fans - Darlene here with another February make in the 

Fruit, Flowers & Foliage theme

For this make I used a couple of stamps.  First for the Background the 

ATC Doodle Flowers.

I embossed onto the cardstock with clear embossing powder then used my distress inks.

Emboss resist technique. Did a few drips of water for more texture.

Then I fussy cut out the 'Happy Cat' (one of my fav stamps)

Left him in black and white

Layered onto the background design

Punched out some flowers, put a wee bling on each one.

Then I thought this guy looks so content - so ya - life is good.

Be sure to enter your make on our challenge site and maybe win some new rubber !!  Check it out! You don't need a blog or anything - just upload your creation.  easy peasy.

#194, Fruit, Flowers and Foliage challenge.

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Hi, Riet here, 

the challenge is this month, Fruit, Flowers and Foliage.

Stamps I used.

LCD Mini Frida collage

LCD Daisy florish

CV Open rose.

Versafine Onyx black

Color pencils, Green and red

Fine-Tec 1240 pearlescent

White gelpen

Masking tape

I started with stamping the Frida collage and 1 rose.

Mask the stamps off.

Stamp the rose two more times in different lengths.

Mask the roses.

Stamp the florisches.

Color the roses.

Paint the pearlescent on the rose petals, but not the entire petal.

Do the same with the Frida collage stamp.

It's a shame that you cant see the shine on the photo, 

because it is very pretty in real life.

The team would love it if you would show your fruit, flowers or foliage makes.

You can do that if you join the challenge.

You don't even have to use the stamps of Lost Coast Designs.

As long as you stamp on your project.

You also have a chance to win new rubber stamps.

So join and have a chance to win.

The rules.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

CHALLENGE #194 FRUIT, FLOWER AND FOLIAGE MID MONTH REMINDER

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Hello Portal Peeps.

It's time for our mid month reminder for the Fruit, Flower and Foliage 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.

 

CHALLENGE #194

FRUIT, FLOWER AND FOLIAGE

It's February and we want to have some fun with Fruit, Flowers and Foliage.  You have all month to share your fruity and floral stamped anythings.  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 Lost Coast Designs Daffodils Background and Harmony Peace Joy Freedom Dictionary Words

 Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Roses and Pieces of Calligraphy

 

 Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Mucha Fan Girl

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 28th 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 #194 - Fruit, Flowers and Foliage
February 1st - 28th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Friday, February 28th 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