Festive Fun: Christmas Bookmark

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Hello everyone, it's Christmas already here at our Blog... look HERE! time to pick up your Christmas stamps and go for it.

I made a shiny Christmas bookmark onto a piece of alcohol inked glossy card. First I stamped some stars from  Large Snowflake Set with blue StazOn ink and after that the same with black StazOn ink. I finished the stars with glitter glue and a text. (Party Words) I used just the word ,Christmas'.

Have a wonderful day,

LiesbethXX

Three Wise Gnomes

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 Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with some simple inspiration for the Festive Fun Challenge. It's a busy time of year so I think it's nice to be able to stamp a quick make.

I stamped Lost Coast Designs 3 Gnomes on a white card base and coloured with water colour pencils.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Reindeer Gnome on white card, coloured him and fussy cut.  I stuck him over the middle gnome and stamped the Happy Christmas sentiment.  I used a fancy sizzix die to cut the base card for some added some interest.  

You have all month to share your stamped anythings with a Christmas theme.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project.   Hope you get time to join the fun.  The team are sharing awesome inspiration all month so do check back often to see all their amazing projects.

 

CHALLENGE #203 - FESTIVE FUN

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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 #203

FESTIVE FUN

You have all month to share your stamped anythings with a Christmas theme.  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 Reindeer Gnome

  
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Pokey Pigeon, Grunge Tree and Party Words

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Santa Mona and Party 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 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 #203 - Festive Fun
November 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, November 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
 

 

31 Days of Halloween Day 31 - So Near It's Here!

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Happy Halloween! Aimee here. The big day has FINALLY arrived. Time to put on your costumes, grab some candy, and trick-or-treat!

This card was made with the Day of the Dead Woman, Brush Strokes and Witches Go Riding stamps. Speaking of Day of the Dead, that 2,000 year old Mexican holiday begins tomorrow. Follow this photo tutorial to see how this card was made:

The winner of this month's 31 Days of Halloween Challenge will be chosen from entries submitted to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by tonight. But not to worry if you don't have time to make a Halloween creation today--the new Challenge for November, Festive Fun, begins tomorrow!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 30: Witching Hour

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Greetings! It's Kathi here with a CAS Halloween card for Day 30 of Lost Coast Portal To Creativity's Challenge 202 - the 31 Days of Halloween created with the Silhouette Witch Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

Use low-tack tape and/or magnets to secure a 7" square of mixed media or other heavy cardstock to a magnetic crafting surface. 

Center a clock stencil horizontally towards the top of the cardstock and secure with magnets. 

Blend two colors of blue dye ink over the stencil onto the cardstock.

Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the Silhouette Witch Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs onto the center of the clock with the point of the witch's hat over the XII. 

Trim the image panel to 5.75" square, edge it with Nocturne VersaFine Clair, and thoroughly heat set it.

Adhere the image panel onto a 6" square black card. Adhere the sentiment stickers to finish the card.

There's still a day left to join us in the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity's Challenge 202 - the 31 Days of Halloween. 

Thanks for visiting today!

31 Days of Halloween Day 29 - Trick or Treat

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Only 3 days left for the 31 days of Halloween Challenge !

Did you enter your make yet???? 

Darlene here with my final one for the month.

Some treat boxes 

I got theses acetate boxes at the dollar store and worked out great

for some goodies

I made sure the ribbon was placed so the packet could be opened easily for the treats.

So I used the Skull Crown stamp for the orange one

layered onto black then purple cardstock with the edges stressed

The the other is the

Gnome witch on a broom

Witch - i mean which - was fussy cut out of course

Hope we have given y'all some inspiration this month!

31 Days of Halloween- Day 28

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Hello, Cathy here with some ID cards for you.

Stamps Used:

Frank

Bride of Frank

small skeleton 

travel stuff set 

numbers border 

 Alfred Hitchcock Standing 

I started out by cutting cardstock to 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 and coloring it with some distress ink. I stamped the ID from the travel stuff set and edged it with some dark brown distress ink. 

Next, I stamped the faces of Frank, Bride of Frank, small skeleton and  Alfred Hitchcock Standing.

I added some Halloween snippets. I then took the numbers border and stamped it in red on all of the cards. I also took the ID and stamped the seal in red off the side. 

In the travel stuff set there is another stamp that has a seal, and I stamped that on the other side. 

I did them in the same style so they would all go together. This is the only one I stamped the seals in orange to go with the Halloween snippets color.

You still have a few more days to join in the Halloween challenge.

31 Days of Halloween Day 27: Cat, Flourish & Skulls

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Hello everyone, still a few days to go at our 31 Days of Halloween Challenge! Time really flies. This time I would love to show you this card, I made it 3 years ago.

Onto an old book page I worked with gesso, inks, paints, colour pencils and embossing powder.

Stamps used: Up Close and Personal, Pieces of Calligraphy, Scalloped Flourish and Skull Flourish.

Have lots of Halloween fun and see you next time!💀👻

LiesbethXX

31Days of Halloween, day 26 whirly wheel dancing skeletons.

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 Hi there, Riet here.

Today is my last Halloween entry for the

 Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps  Halloween challenge.

I made a whirly wheel card with dancing skeletons.

I just love this skull and bones background stamp from Carmens Veranda stamps.

And this is how to make the card.

I used.

Carmens veranda, skull and bones background

Carmens veranda , When witches go riding

Lost Coast Designs, Rustic checkerboard border

Lost Coast Designs, Dancing skeletons

Versafine onyx black

Distress Oxide crackling campfire andVillainous potion.

Black fineliner.

For the whirly wheel I used a die set, to assemble the card, you can look up a video on YT.

How to make the card.

I started by stamping the skull and bones background onto white paper with oxide villainous potion.

Now isn't this an awesome background stamp.

While the background is drying, we continue with the dancing skeletons.

We stamp these with Versafine onyx black.

Let them dry and then cut them out.

We make the mat 1/2 cm larger than the card on all sides.

Continue with the Distress Oxide crackling campfire and the rustic checkerboard border stamp.

Stamp the border 4 times.

Cut them to size and glue them onto the mat.

Mat this with a green mat and a black mat.

Stamp the last line of the text on a piece of paper left over from the border.

Assemble the card so that the dancing skeleton emerges from the top of the card.

Now it looks if the skeleton is dancing.

Stick the text and the larger skeleton onto the skull and bones background with foam tape.

And that's it, I hope you enjoyed it.

The challenge runs until October 31st.

So there's still time to participate and have a chance to win a prize.

Want to enter? Click here:

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

31 Days of Halloween Day 25: Skeleton and Roses

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Hello Halloween lovers!👻💀

Day 25 already of our 31 Days of Halloween.., can you believe it? 

Fot today I made this one layer card onto a Distress inked background. 

First I stamped the Skeleton and Roses with black StazOn ink  and masked it. I stamped different Pieces of Calligraphy around it, and removed the mask. I finished the card with bleach and white gel pen. And also a dark charcoal shadow around the skull stamp to ,lift it up'.

Hope you enjoy our Halloween makes... see you next time!

LiesbethXX

31 Days of Halloween Day 24 - Owl Gift Tag

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Hi everyone, Aimee here. Around this time in October we have the chance to pass out treat bags to the kiddos in our life. Here's a kid-friendly gift tag to make those little gifts extra cute!

The gift tag features one of Lost Coast Design's newest stamps from the Cartoon Kids set--a friendly little owl perched upon some hand-drawn branches. The edges of the tag were inked with a Brush Strokes stamp and then heat embossed in black. The sticker embellishments were purchased at a Dollar Tree store in their Halloween aisle. Follow along to see how the tag was made:

What's your favorite candy to put into treat bags? I love sour gummy anything--yum! Why not bring a little joy into the lives of the kiddos you know and make them a sweet treat gift. Get creative with your own tag design and upload it to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for this month's Halloween Challenge. Entries due by October 31. 

31 Days of Halloween Day 23 - Crow Fly By

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here with day 23 of our 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  Today I have made a slimline card with a few of my favourite Lost Coast Designs stamps.

I started with a slimline card made from some slightly dotty patterned card.  I stamped MRaven1 with black archival ink and masked it.  I stamped Drips Background using scarlet archival ink and goth shrine with London Fog ink.  I added some smudgy distress ink colour and part of Carmen's Veranda When Witches Go Riding sentiment.  

Link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  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 or fed to the giant pumpkin!!!!  Bwahahhaaahaha. 

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

31 Days of Halloween, day 22. Lets make some homedecor.

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Hallo there, Riet here with 2 Halloween pumpkins.

Do you all love Halloween?

You can get so creative with it.

It's so much fun to make your own decorations.

I was walking into a store and saw these MDF pumpkins.

I'll tell you how to decorate them.

Instead of MDF, you can also use sturdy cardboard or wood.

What you'll need:

LCD stamps,

  Frank and Franks bride.

and 

Gnome witch on broom.

Acrylic paint,

White, Black, Orange, Green.

Distress oxide, Musterd seed.

Color pencils or markers (whatever you prefer)

Brown marker/pencil.

Stencil to make the words.

A die to make the vines and leaves.

A quick tip: 

If you prime MDF first, it will become rough.

Let the first coat dry thoroughly and then sand it smooth.

This is only possible after the first coat. 

If you don't, sand the MDF after the first coat, it wont get smooth.

Start with a layer of white paint and sand it once it's dry.

I applied 2 layers of orange paint.

Paint the stem with dark green paint.

And draw the lines of the pumpkin with pencil.

Now use a brown marker to draw the lines on the pumpkin.

Don't make a sharp line, but make it a bit smudgy.

Using a soft brush and the Distress Oxide Mustard Seed, 

apply a yellow glow between the lines.

While the pumpkins are drying, we'll continue with the stamps.

Stamp them onto thin paper with waterproof black ink.

Color them however you like and cut them out.

Once the pumpkins are dry we continue with black paint and the stencil.

I used a smal sponge to aply the paint.

Let the black paint dry.

In the meantime, we cut the leaves and vines.

I used two shades of green.

Now we'll glue everything onto the pumpkins.

And then it's done.

I really enjoyed making them.

If you've made something for Halloween and stamped on it,

 (No need to use LCD stamps, all brands are allowed) join our challenge. 

You'll have a chance to win new stamps.

Here is the link to the challenge: