Gnome For Christmas

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with some inspiration for the anything Gnome Challenge.  I've gone shaped card and simple and Christmas with mini Pompom Gnome and his Mushroom House.

I do like this wiggly circle die and it's a nice big layered set so great for fun card bases.  I found a bit of card already smooched with distress ink that seemed a perfect background for my green and gold 'shroom house.  The house and the gnome were both stamped on white card, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut.   To finish I stamped the Happy Christmas directly on the background.

Hope you get some time to get gnomey.  You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring GNOMES!!  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project and we need at least 20 entries to award the prize.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

new beginning

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Cathy here with a gnome postcard.

Stamps Used:

Cherry blossom 

sunglasses gnome

I started out by stamping the cherry blossom stamp and colored the buds with a pink glitter pen. I then stamped the sunglasses gnome and colored him in with pencils.

Lastly, I edged it all with drown ink.

I hope you join the fun challenge.

In Perspective

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today with more Gnome fun.

I made a tag using Lost Coast Designs Coffee Gnome, ATC Perspective and Pieces of Calligraphy with Carmen's Veranda Coffee Vs Challenges sentiment.

 

I started with a piece of card that had a ray pattern on it and cut it with Daisy Mae tag die.  Then I smeared the edges with yellow archival ink and stamped some of the Pieces of Calligraphy stamps with the same ink to add some texture.

 

I stamped the ATC Perspective with brown archival ink and the sentiment with black archival ink. I stamped Coffee Gnome on white card, coloured with distress markers, fussy cut and added him to the tag.  I found some curious bobbly lace for my tag tie.

Hope you like my gnomey tag.  You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring GNOMES!!  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project and we need at least 20 entries to award the prize.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

clean and simple

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Hey - Darlene here with my first make of the month with the theme

this month being 'Gnomes" 

I titled this one clean and simple as thats what it was to make.

The background I had made awhile back just doing some smooshing.

The 3 mini gnomes I embossed and coloured and fussy cut out

The little saying is just from some paper I had laying around also.

So - to me - it looked like an evening sky/sunset happening in the background.

So easy to put together, your cards don't need to have a lot going on to look great.

Be sure to enter your Gnome into this months challenge...maybe win some new stamps !!

Sunshine and Happiness

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Hi everyone, Aimee here! I want to wish my sweet husband a very Happy Birthday today. He brings me much happiness, just like these gnomes.

This card is a chance to use some of your favorite patterned papers. Any paper will do, and any gnome will do as well. There's a huge selection of gnome stamps available on the Lost Coast Designs website. Here I've used the Redneck Gnome, Silly Gnome and Flower Gnome stamps. Follow along to see how I made this card:

I hope you'll join in April's Gnome Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Submit your creation by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize!

Musical Musings

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today and this month we are all about GNOMES!!!!   Lost Coast Designs have so many adorable Gnomes I am sure there are one or two that will appeal to you.  Every gnome needs a good home.  Here's a card I made and sent for the Card Chain Challenge international card exchange, where Gnomes were one of the options. 

Love these ZZ gnomes.  I used Lost Coast Designs Grunge Border 2" on my background panel which I also cut with a mixed media die from sizzix.  Then I stamped the gnome on white card, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut.  The Friends Forever words were stamped on a scrap of card, matted and added to the card.

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring GNOMES!!  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project and we need at least 20 entries to award the prize.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

CHALLENGE #208 - GNOMES

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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 #208

GNOMES

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring GNOMES!!  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!

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Mini Gnome Set 3, Daisy Flourish, Crackle Background and Misc Words

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Rabbit Gnome

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Book Gnome and Mayan Stele

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 #208 - Anything Goes With Gnomes
April 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, April 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
 

 

Smile Tag

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Hi stamping friends, Aimee here! Here's a tag I made for this month's "Make It Funny" Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity:

I used the Smile and Fart stamp from Carmen's Veranda, and the Four Flowers, Grunge Border and Brush Strokes stamps from Lost Coast Designs. Here's how I made it:

You'll want to pull out your stamps today to submit your own funny creation (due TOMORROW) to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Fingers crossed you win this month's prize!

Today I Completed a Chore

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Greetings! It's Kathi here to share a card created for the March Make It Funny Challenge 207 with the Steampunk Profile Head Rubber Stamp and the "I Completed a Chore" Clear Stamp — both by Carmen's Veranda.

Use Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the Steampunk Profile Head onto a piece of patterned paper. Heat set the panel.

Use VersaMark Ink to stamp the "I Completed a Chore" sentiment onto the head. Ink the stamp a second time with Strawberry VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp again. 

Add scarlet embossing enamel to the wet ink, dump the excess back into the ep container, and heat set the powder.

Fussy-cut the Steampunk Profile Head and edge with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink. Heat set the head. 

Trim a piece of clock-patterned paper to 5.75" square and edge with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink.

Adhere the Steampunk Profile Head as shown. 

Adhere the panel to a red 6x6 card.

You still have a few days to share a project created for  March Make It Funny Challenge 207 for a chance to win a fabulous prize.

#206 Make it funny challenge.

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Hello stampers and other crafters.

Riet here with a new tutorial. 

 Today a card for the LCD/CV  challenge. 

What I used:

One of the many moods of Mona set.

The black edge is one of 

the Brush strokes set.

And Carmen's Veranda,

 Happily ever after.

Black waterproof inkpad.

Posca marker, green, pink and yellow.

Color pencils. 

White gellpen. 

Neocolor II.

I started by applying the Neo Color II colors to the paper.

I washed that out with water and a brush.

Do this carefully, otherwise you will get a muddy color.

Stamp with black ink Mona and the saying.

Stamp the edge with a part of frayed circle from the brush strokes sheet.

Draw small flowers on the black border with the Posca.

And color Mona with pencils.

Make some accents with a white gelpen.

Mat the card on white and go along the edge with a black marker.

This was my final contribution to this month's challenge.

It runs until the 31st, so there is still time to join in.

You can also participate with other brands, as long as you use stamps.

And remember, make it funny.

And of course, there is a prize to be won.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Here is a free tutorial with the face of mona set.

Courage

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Hi Darlene here is my final make for the month with the theme 'Make it Funny' 

I chose the Steampunk American Gothic stamp for this make and 

Carmen Verandas clear stamp 

So the image is stamped onto kraft paper then coloured in white,

used a stencil for the background with a walnut distress ink colour

Layered onto some designer paper, some black threads in behind, mesh on corners

The saying stamped and layered and edges distressed.

Hope you are enjoying all the makes this month for the Make it Funny theme 

and be sure to enter your make and perhaps win some new stamps ! 

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Magical shit to do

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Good morning, Cathy here with a fun card for you today.

Stamps Used:

Oz witch

Magical shit 

I first stamped the witch and then I colored it with copic markers.

Next, I stamped the saying on the top of the card. Lastly, I took a stencil that looks like a big swirl and used some blue and purple distress inks for the background.

Join in the Make It Funny Challenge for a chance to win.

Surprise Potty Mouth!

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here today with a slightly twisted off-color card created for March's Make It Funny Challenge 207. I used the Silhouette Lady with Umbrella Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs with the "Peace, Love, Light" Clear Stamp by Carmen's Veranda.

Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the Silhouette Lady with Umbrella Rubber Stamp onto a piece of patterned paper.

Use Purple Delight VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the "Peace, Love, Light" Clear Stamp to the right of the Silhouette Lady. Heat set the panel thoroughly, then use a cutting die to cut the image panel.

Create an A6 card from white cardstock. Sponge Purple Delight VersaFine Clair Ink onto the outside .5" perimeter of the card. Heat set.

Adhere the image panel die-cut to finish the card.

You still have a fortnight or so to enter this month's Make It Funny Challenge 207 for a chance to win a fabulous prize.

Gnomey Dilemma

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today and I hope you are enjoying all the Funny makes from the team.   Today I'm keeping it simple with one of Lost Coast Designs Gnomes and a sentiment from Carmen's Veranda. 

I stamped Flowers Gnome on a die cut panel and coloured with distress markers and gel pens.  Then I stamped the sentiment, mounted on a yellow base card and done!

Carmen's Veranda have so many funny, profound and meaningful sentiments do hop over and check them out.  New ones added regularly to the top of the page.

You have all month to share your funny stamped anythings. Please read the updated rules before entering. Real rubber or clear stamping and theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$'s.   We need at least 20 entries to award the prize.

Thanks for dropping by and don't forget to check out all the other lovely makes from the team.

#207 Make it funny. Peep show!!!!

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Hi there, Riet here.

 

Look at these mischievous gnomes.

They want to sneak a peek but don't quite dare.

Hahahaha, I find this so funny.

The things I used for this card:

LCD Lingerie,

Mini gnomes set 5

CV Keyhole

Stencil with letters.

Any stencil you like.

Derwent Inktense storm dust 2107.

Distress Oxide,

Hickory smoke.

Distress ink.

Saltwater taffy

Barn door.

Coloring pencils or markers.

Black fineliner.

Ruler.

I started making stripes with the Saltwater taffy.

Repeat with barn door and a little bit of hickory smoke.

Spray some water so that the colors blend a little.

Dry with heattool.

Using the gray Inktense pencil, draw the planks and nail heads.

Take a piece of paper and stamp the keyhole.

Mask the outside and stamp the lingerie lady.

Stamp the gnomes and color all.

Glue on the card.

With the Hickory smoke oxide and a stencil embellish the card.

Use the black fineliner to finish the card.

Whell that was fun to do.

Now its up to you, the team would love to have a laugh with your card,

 tag, or what ever you make.

Join the challenge, you dont need to use LCD or CV stamps.

As long as there is stamping on it you can join.

Hope to see you on the challenge.

Here is another tutorial with the same technique.

Click here!