The Rose Boy

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Hey welcome to the blog today - Darlene here and sharing my make with one of my 

fav childrens stamp - the Rose Boy.

Can't tell you how often I have used him in different makes.

This month with the 'Are you Kidding me' challenge thought this would be a good choice

So I made this fun fold card just in black and white

This stamp looks like a photograph!!!!

Simple yet effective card.

I masked the Rose boy and did dark splatters

and the saying went well with it, him showing some Kindness

We need more of that in the world right now !!!

So be sure to join in on this challenge and maybe win some 

new stamps !!!   Remember there has to be stamping on it to qualify

just upload here and maybe.....

#197 Are you kidding me. Made a tag with the lovely Bubbles girl stamp.

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Hi there, Riet here with a new tutorial.

Make your own perfect resist.

Today a vintage tag for the challenge at

 Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

I chose to work with pastel shades. 

I think that suits this sweet vintage girl.

I used LCD stamps,

Bubbles (girl stamp)

Pieces of calligraphy

Pieces of architecture

Butterfly set

Daisy florish

Misc words

Distressink,

Speckled egg

Victorian velvet

Shaded lilac

Old paper

Vintage photo

Archival coffie

Or any other dark brown ink will do.

Perfect resist (home made)

2 parts white glue 1 part water.

Start by spraying the perfect resist on a clear sheet.

Use a sponge to apply it to the stamp.

Stamp on your tag and let it dry.

You apply the ink with an ink blending brush.

You will then see the stamp prints appear.

Just like magic.

Love the result.

Use a spray to make some fine water drops on the ink.

Stamp the Daisy florish Diagonally across the corners.

Do so with the wordt "Fly". 

Use a sponge to darken the edges with Distressink Vintage photo.

Stamp the butterfly and girl, color them with the distress ink.

Cut them out and stick them on with foam tape.

The challenge "Are you kidding me" is about kids,

but can also be about funny things.

It's up to you how you interpret it.

The team would love to see your crafty things in the challenge.

Anything goes as long as it's stamped on.

You don't even have to use LCD/CV stamps.

Read all about it in the rules.

Have fun creating and I hope to see your art.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

 

Are you kidding me??: Button Girl

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Hi everyone! Today I would like to show you a card made with one of my favourite stamps..a lovely girl named Button Girl. I stamped her onto a gelly printed background, and staped Daisy Flourish too. I finished the card with white gel pen, colour pencils and charcoal.

HERE you find everything about this challenge Are you kidding me. Hope you'll join us! :-)

See you next time!

Liesbeth XX

CHALLENGE #197 - ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? MID MONTH REMINDER

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 halfway through the month and the current challenge is

CHALLENGE #197

ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st every month, with chances to win Lost Coast dollars.  This month we want to see cards featuring kids.  Extra points for making it funny.  If you haven't got kids we will accept funny, but funny kids will really make our day!  You have all month to share your 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 awesome inspiration from the team. and if you haven't checked out the previous projects this month just scroll down.  ENJOY

 
 Aimee used Lost Coast Designs Dolls Border and Brush Strokes with Carmen's Veranda Smile and Fart sentiment

  
 Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Comic Kids

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Puppy 1 with Carmen's Veranda sentiment

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

Life is too short

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

Stamps Used:

Flying ballerina 

Life is too short

I started out with a pink piece of cardstock. I folded that in half, I then folded the front card in half again. Next, I found some pattern paper to go with the cardstock and cut it down and distressed the edges of both pieces. 

I then took a different piece of pattern paper for the inside of the card and distressed it too. I then stamped Flying ballerina on a white piece of cardstock with black ink.

Lastly, I stamped Life is too short on the inside of the card.

Don't forget to join in the month-long challenge.

Bad Beanie

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today with a little inspiration for the the Are You Kidding Me!! challenge.   Lost Coast Designs has a new set called Comic Kids and I've used Beanie and a slightly naughty sentiment from Carmen's Veranda.

Beanie!!!   What a sassy little fellow he is!  I stamped the background with Lost Coast Designs Cat Quotes stamp.  Beanie was stamped, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut.

 

Hope you get time to join this fun challenge.  Share you stamped anythings featuring kids, funny kids for extra points and funny if you really can't find any kids to stamp.  And don't forget to check out all the awesome inspiration from the team and leave them a little love.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Embracing my Inner Child

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 some fun kids for the Are You Kidding Me!! challenge.

There is a new set called Comic Kids that Linda has been selling at shows, so I know some of you have already got these fun kids.   I've used two of them on my graffiti style card today

I've used Hero Arts Neon Ombre inks on this card for a bright effect.  I stamped the Carmen's Veranda sentiment with black archival and then stamped the two Comic Kids with the neon inks.  I cut one pair of hands off of Lost Coast Designs Handprints Border and randomly stamped it in various neon inks.  To finish I inked the edge with the neon ink and mounted on a green base card.

This is such a fun challenge.  Shared you stamped anythings featuring kids, funny kids for extra points and funny if you really can't find any kids to stamp.  And don't forget to check out all the awesome inspiration from the team and leave them a little love.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Princess of Everything

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Hello everyone, Aimee here! This month we're celebrating Kids and Humor for the Lost Coast Designs May Challenge. Who hasn't had a day where they thought being the Princess of Everything might be a pretty great thing?!

This Princess of Everything stamp has a lot of fine details to it, so I felt it best to mount onto a foam cushion to make sure everything stamped out perfectly. Good news! You can purchase this material to adhere to your unmounted rubber stamps on the Lost Coast Designs website. I also used the Brush Strokes stamp as part of the background design. Follow along on this photo tutorial to see how I made this card: 

There's nearly a full month remaining to submit your Kids/Humor creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Go for it! You might even win this months prize. 

Oh to be younger!

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, Darlene here with my first make of the month for our

'are you kidding me' challenge

Using the Flying Ballerina Girl 

I made this spanner card and of course the saying from

Carmen Verandahs clearwords 

The saying couldn't be truer hahahhaaa

Be sure to enter our monthly challenge and maybe win some new stamps !

Remember there has to be some stamping on it to qualify 

just upload here

CHALLENGE #197 - ARE YOU KIDDING 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!

 

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 #197

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

We want to see cards featuring kids.  Extra points for making it funny.  If you haven't got kids we will accept funny, but funny kids will really make our day!  You have all month to share your 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 Flying Ballerina, ATC Italian Postmark and Grunge Diamond Background

  
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Spike and Lucy, Ledger, Daisy Flourish and Misc Words.

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Beanie from Comic Kids and Baby Checklist

 

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 #197 - Are You Kidding Me??
  May 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Saturday, May 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