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
 

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Fruit, Flower & Foliage: Roses

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Hello everyone!

One of my favourite Lost Coast Designs stamps is the wonderful ,Roses´, you will see it HERE. And as it fits perfectly in our current challenge Fruit, Flower & Foliage I used it on this colourful glossy card!

Such a nice theme, hope you will join us! :-)

I coloured a glossy card with several colours of alcohol ink and let it dry very well. I stamped the Roses with StazOn Jet Black and coloured them wit Ecoline markers, pink, green and some yellow. I finished by stamping a bit of text from Pieces of Calligraphy with orange waterproof ink, and sponged some black ink at the edges.

See you next time,

LiesbethXX

Oh Valentine

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today on the most loverly day of the year.  Appropriately we are hoping you will join us and share your Fruit, Flower and Foliage anythings.  Unfortunately showing us your lovely roses won't cut it, but if you stamped a card to your loved one using flowers, or sending them a special pineapple greeting then please share.  I incorporated a few hearts and flowers for this fun birthday card.

I started by stamping Lost Coast Designs Heart and Curls Border down each side of my card panel with mulberry ink, masked and stamped Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Flower multiple times with sunflower ink.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Lost Coast Designs Day of the Dead Woman and added her to the bottom of the stamped panel.  Finally I added the Carmen's Veranda Hot and Sexy sentiment which I stamped on a scrap of white card.  

 

It's Fruit, Flower and Foliage all this month here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity so don't forget to check out all the gorgeous makes from the team and link up your own for a chance to win.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Flower postcard

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Good evening, Cathy here with a postcard for you.

Stamps used:

Mail art

Cherry blossom

ATC Italian postmark

I started out with cutting a piece of Kraft cardstock to 4x6. Then I stamped Cherry blossom with black ink.

Next, I stamped ATC Italian postmark in brown distress oxide ink. 

I then stamped the postage stamp on white cardstock and colored it in, I then cut it out and added to the postcard for a pop of color. 

Found Pear-fection

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Darlene here with a post for the February challenge - Fruit, Flowers and Foliage. 

Today I am sharing a slimline ( 3 1/4 x 6 1/2) card made with the Pear from the Persian Set.

The Pears were embossed, two in gold on white, one in silver on navy.

Each pear is on 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 paper

An additional shiny white cardstock was cut 2 3/4 x 6 1/4 which had the

ribbon wrapped around , popped up a bit, then the Pears placed on.

Also see the edges of the Pears were also embossed.

I always like to have a few blank cards available for 'just in case' LOL

Can't wait to see your make in this theme, post yours at the monthly challenge link

Pear Square

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Hello there, Aimee here! I don't know about you, but I like to keep a few all-occasion cards handy for last minute gifts. This generic pear card would work great for a housewarming, hostess or even birthday gift.

It uses the Pear Square stamp from Carmen's Veranda. The process to build it was relatively simple. Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I made it:

This card also works well with this month's Fruit, Flowers and Foilage Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Simply upload your creation by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize!