Whack A Kitty

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!!  Gail here today with a fun card for the new Fruit, Flowers and Foliage challenge.   I've made a twister card using Lost Coast Designs Fat Cat, Large Shrubbery Background and ATC Doodle Flower stamps.  So much fun!!!!!

 I made this card to send as part of the Card Chain Challenge, an international card exchange.  I based the card on all the options so we have the colours and sketch, a cat with a moustache using scraps, a twister card and friendship.  Of course, I used Lost Coast Designs stamps featuring flowers and foliage and cats.

I started with a white 5" x 7" card base, stamped the Large Shrubbery Background with Hero Arts Ocean ink on both sides of the inside of the card and scored the left hand side in the middle. 

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Fat Cat using sepia ink on a piece of kraft pizza box and the other one on a piece of kraft ice cream box.  I fussy cut the cats, inked around the edges and onto the back and stuck them together with a bit of string between them.  This isn't a totally symmetrical stamp, but it's pretty close, so a little gently trimming and inking and the cat is ready to twist!

I cut an aperture using a die across the fold in the left hand side of the card and glued the string along the scored line positioning the cat centrally in the aperture.   Fold the half panel back on itself and glue well, especially the string. 

I die cut the moustaches and green circles from card scraps.  I stamped the large flower from Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Flower three times on some purple scraps, fussy cut the flowers and added all these elements to the card.  

Opening the card reveals the Carmen's Veranda sentiment, made up from two different stamps, on the green circle.  And if you have wound up your cat you also get him twirling.

How fun is that!!!
 

Join the Fruit, Flower and Foliage challenge with your fruity and floral stamped anythings.  I can't wait to see what you make.  Hugz

CHALLENGE #194 - FRUIT, FLOWER AND FOLIAGE

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 #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!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Large Elk Skull and ATC Italian Postmark

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Doodle Flowers and Crackle Background.

 

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Large Shrubbery Background

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
 

 

Bright and Cheerful Flying Pig!

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!

Greetings! It's Kathi here to share a bright and cheerful scenic card created with the Cityscape Small and Flying Pig 2 Rubber Stamps!

I used Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Cityscape Small and Flying Pig 2 twice — once onto a white cardstock image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper.

Copic markers were used to color both the Cityscape Small and Flying Pig 2. The sticker paper versions were fussy-cut and placed over their counterparts on the image panel as masks. 

Yellow ink was brushed over the masked cityscape. Pink ink was brushed across the image panel over the yellow ink and upwards. Blue ink was brushed over the top of the image panel and the masked pig. A lighter blue was brushed over the bottom part of the blue ink and downwards over the pink ink.

The masks were lifted, the image panel was trimmed, and edged with a black pigment marker.

The image panel was matted with black cardstock and then adhered to a blue A6 card.

You still have time to create a Bright and Cheerful card, post it, and join our January Challenge!

Thanks for visiting today!

Bright and Cheerful - Pokey Mouse and Cat Slider Card

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!

Hi there stampers and card makers, Riet here.

I absolutely love the new animals from Lost Coast Designs.

There are 9 in total in the category new.

This is the Pokey Mouse and the Pokey Cat.

I also used the Bubbles Background stamp,

and the Party Words sheet.

The peek-a-boo slider card is made with a die set from Studio Light, SL-ES-CD929.

For the coloring I used Derwent colorsoft. 

Did you like this slider card?

The team would love to see what you can make

 for the "Bright and Cheerful" challenge.

Feel free to join, and maybe you will be the new winner of rubber stamps of your choice.

You can find the rules by clicking here!

RULES

GO TO THE CHALLENGE:

Little birdie told me....

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!

Hey - Darlene here with three round ATC's to share today in our 

Bright and Cheerful challenge this month.

Now if you have not done a round ATC these are 2 1/2 inches round

Using the Whimsical Birds

Ruthie / Clara and Spike 

Couple of the backgrounds were the 

Doodle Circles and the Corner Swirl

All the birds were stamped , coloured , and fussy cut out

And thinking of birds flying away made me think of travelling so 

added the words to make me dream of a holiday !

So - be sure to enter the Bright and Cheerful theme this month.

We always love to see all the different artwork out there.

And maybe win some new rubber !!!

Stand Out!

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, Aimee here with this fun creation for the Bright & Cheerful challenge. The older I get, the more confident I feel in who I am. I worry SO MUCH LESS about fitting in than when I was a teenager. This card embodies what I hope we can all learn to appreciate about ourselves--being unique and standing out is what makes this world a beautiful place!

This card uses the TaDa Mouse, Brush Strokes and Born to Stand Out stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda. As you can see in the following photo tutorial, only the upper portion of the full mouse stamp can be seen: 

There's still a few days left in January for you to submit a Bright & Cheerful creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. It's your chance to get creative and maybe even win a prize!

Bright and Cheerful: Bird Diva

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!

Hi everyone, Liesbeth here again. Today I would love to show you a Bright and Cheerful card for our current challenge. 

I made it onto a background coloured with blue acrylic ink and water. I stamped the divas, text and birds with black ink and coloured them with colour pencils and gelpen. 

Stamps used : Bird Diva with Face, Flying Moon, Travel Quotes and Carmens Verandas Flying Birds. 

Join our challege, so much fun!

See you next time, have a nice day!

Liesbeth XX

Fox tag

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!

Cathy here with a tag for you today.

Stamps Used:

Mona ATC window

Foxy Roxy

I started out with a white tag and some light pink distress ink to have a base color. I then took a Tim Holtz stencil and a darker pink distress ink to make rays. I took Mona ATC window and the same dark pink ink and stamped in the opening of the stencil. 

Next, I stamped Foxy Roxy and then colored him with copic and cut him out. I added him to the bottom of the tag and then I added some glitter hearts to the whole tags. 

You still have time to join the challenge.

Pretty Parrot

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!  We are feeling all Bright and Cheerful for January so join us and kick those winter blues.  Gail here today and I've used Lost Coast Designs Polly Parrot on a pretty alcohol ink background.

I made the alcohol ink background and then stamped Polly Parrot directly on the background using archival black ink.  I added some colour to Polly using sharpies and a bit of white gel pen.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Heart on red card with sepia archival and fussy cut.  Then I stamped the Carmen's Veranda Weird People sentiment using black archival and cut around the parrots head so I could slip the heart in place.

Thanks for dropping by.   Grab your Bright and Cheerful colours and stamps and join the fun.  The team will be sharing all month, so do pop back often to check out their awesome makes and inspiration.

Its a bright and cheerful bookmark.

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!

 

Hi there, Riet here. 

This bookmark is so bright and cheerfull, 

and that is also the challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

This is what I used for this bookmark.

Pope clown.

Just faces set.

Me to you, embossingfolder.

Balloon die.

Distress Oxide,

Kitch Flamingo,

Musterd seed,

Twisted citron,

Lucky clover,

Peacock feathers,

Wilted violet.

Distressink,

Musterd seed,

Spiced marmelade.

4 colors acrylic spray paint.

Blue, turqoise, green and purple.

Versafine onyx black

Stazon saddle brown.

White smooth paper 6x20cm / 2,3x7,8inch.

Paper for the balloon and  Pope clown.

Black cardstock.

Color pencils or markers.

White gell pen.

How to make the bookmark.

Make spots that blend into each other with the 6 Distress oxide colours.

Let dry well.

Spray the acrylic paint on to the distress oxide.

Embos the left side of the bookmark.

Lightly sand the embossing areas with a sanding block.

Stamp the clown with the Versafine onyx black.

Color and cut him out.

Use the white gell pen for some accents.

Die cut the balloon and color it with de distressink.

Stamp the moon face with the Stazon saddle brown.

Color the eyes with the white gell pen.

Mat the card with the black cardstock and glue the clown and balloon in place.

Maybe you can make something with the Bright and Cheerful theme.

Then join the challenge and maybe you'll be the next winner.

Hope to see your work at the challenge.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

CHALLENGE #193 REMINDER - BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

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.

Gail here today with a mid month reminder for the Bright and Cheerful 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 #193

BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Let's get rid of the winter blues and those cold and frosty feelings.  We want to see your stamped anythings with a bright and cheerful look.  Grab your bold and bright colours and those happy stamps and join the fun.  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 more inspiration from the team.  ENJOY!

 Aimee used Lost Coast Designs Art Nouveau Faces with Carmen's Veranda Cusswords and Courage sentiment

 

 Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Party Cat

 

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Carrie's Yoga Cat 10

Now it's your turn.  Are you up for the challenge?  We can't wait to see your projects!   

Grab your Bright and Cheerful stamps and colours and join the fun.  The team will be sharing all month, so do pop back often to check out their awesome makes. 
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! 

Happy Stamping!
Gail
Challenge Host