Sunday, March 29, 2026

Smile 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!

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!




Saturday, March 28, 2026

Today I Completed a Chore

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 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.



Thursday, March 26, 2026

#206 Make it funny challenge.

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 stampers and other crafters.
Riet here with a new tutorial. 
 Today a card for the LCD/CV  challenge. 
What I used:
The black edge is one of 
And Carmen's Veranda,
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.

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

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Courage

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 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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Sunday, March 22, 2026

Magical shit to do

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!

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


Stamps Used:

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.

Friday, March 20, 2026

Surprise Potty Mouth!

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! 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.