31 Days of Halloween - Nevermore!

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Good morning and a very happy Sunday, It's Sue here and welcome to Lost Coast Design's annual 31 Days of Halloween event!

I started by embossing a piece of black card in a 3D embossing folder, and then colouring with gilding waxes.

2 of the 3 Birds have been stamped, embossed, and cut out.

And added together with Carmen's Veranda Nevermore raven.

These are my lovely stamps, I've used

3 Birds and

Nevermore

I hope you join in with our fun challenge, either by linking up or through our Facebook group.

Have a very spooky October, and thanks so much for looking x

 

Tweet This: Birds card

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Hi everyone, welcome to our Tweet this Challenge full of lovely birds! Join the fun!

This is how I made this card: I stamped the big circle from the Shadow Frames set 3 times onto a coloured card with orange ink and masked them. With yellow ink I stamped Dove Square a few times on the background, and also the script (Pieces of Calligraphy) using black ink. I removed the masks and stamped two of the birds from 3 Birds and the word ,bird' (Doodle Alphabet) with black StazOn ink. I bleached the birds and word using bleach and a synthetic brush. I finished the card with charcoal: a black shadow around the birds and at the edges.

See you next time!

LiesbethXX

Tweet Tweet, Hello Little Birdies

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Happy Day Everyone!

Ink Stained Roni here and it's my turn to inspire you with my little birdie hello....

LCD - 3 Birds

To create the background I cut a piece of white cardstock to 3.75" x 5".  I sprinkled a bit of the lime green Nuance onto a leaf embossing folder and gave it a light mist of water. I also misted the cardstock panel and immediately placed it into the embossing folder and ran it through my embossing machine.  I pulled it out and let it dry naturally.  Once the panel had dried I picked up a bit of the dark blue powder with my waterbrush and flicked it onto the panel several times. 

On a separate piece of scrap white paper I stamped the two birds with VersaFine Clair Ink in Paradise and Warm Breeze.  These little chickes were fussy cut and I added a black dot for eyes. In order to tuck these birds into the bushes I used an Exacto Knife and cut around two branches, test fitting the birds as I cut until I was satisfied with their placement.

This panel was then mounted onto a white mat and a light blue card blank.  I added a bit of pen work, a few gemstones and a "Hello" die cut to finish off the card!

I hope you have found a bit of inspiration today and join in on the fun!  There is still plenty of time to join in on Challenge #53 - Tweet This.

Don't Forget to Fly

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 all.  This is Lori with another card for the Tweet This Challenge that I hope you will find inspiring.  Being the newbie, you may not know that I am deeply in a love to acrylic paint right now.  It seems to be my go to medium, even for cards!  Below is a card that I built around a back drop made with acrylic paint and crackle medium. 

Lost Coast Designs Stamps:

• Broken Letters
• 3 Birds

Materials:

• White card base (4 5/8” x 6 ¼”) and panel (¼” smaller around than card base).
• Black card stock (trimmed smaller that panel (with room to tear edges on top and bottom)
• White cardstock piece for stamped bird image
• Ranger Archival ink, jet black
• DecoArt Americana Acrylic paint (Titnanium White, Spicy Mustard)
• DecoArt Americana Décor Crackle Medium
• DecoArt DuraClear Statin Varnish
• Faber-Castell Artist Pitt Pens
• Uni-ball Signo Broad white pen
• 3M double sided foam tape
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink; Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo
• Re-purposed plastic mesh
• Sheer Black Ribbon
• Tim Holtz idea-ology Small Talk stickers

Instructions:

1. Apply crackle medium to black card stock in a thin coat and allow to air dry.
2. Once dry, quickly (don’t overwork it) apply Titanium White and Spicy Mustard acrylic paint over crackle medium surface.  Allow to dry.
3. Seal crackled surface with satin varnish. Dry with heat tool and then tear card stock at the top and bottom.  See card for example; finished torn piece is approximately 4 ½” in height and 4 5/8” wide. Set aside.
4. Stamp white card stock panel with stamp from broken letters set in archival ink.  Cover entire surface.  Use blending tool to blend oxide ink around edges.  Edge script panel with archival ink and then set aside.
5. Stamp a bird from 3 Birds set in Archival ink and seal image with satin varnish.  Once dry, color bird with Artist Pitt Pens. (I used several shades of orange, yellow and browns).
6. Fussy cut bird image out and put a final seal of satin varnish on it.  Dry with Heat tool.
7. Add highlights to bird with white pen.
8. Retrieve crackle background element and adhere a strip of plastic netting as well as sheer ribbon across the lower portion of the panel.  See card to placement.
9. Adhere bird over netting/ribbon with mounting tape.  Again, refer to card image for placement.
10. Choose saying from the Small Talk sticker set and stick to upper left portion of crackle element.
11. Adhere the finished crackle panel with bird to center of script panel.
12. Adhere script panel (with finished crackle panel and bird) to card base.  Edge card base with archival ink.

Done!!

Be sure to link your “Tweet This” project for a chance to win!  I am looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

Happy day!

Lori

CHALLENGE #53 - TWEET THIS

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 time for our new Challenge.
Our challenges are now fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of every month, with chances to win your self some 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 #53

TWEET THIS

We want to see BIRDS on your stamped makes!!

Please remember we do have some Challenge Rules to follow so look them over 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 your entry counts as two which doubles your chances of winning in our Design Team Faves prize drawing.

PRIZES

To ensure you all have a fabulous time playing in our Challenges this is how our Prize system works!
The more entries the better the Prize so tell all your friends to join the fun too!

1 - 4 Entries = one Winner is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = one Winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
10+ Entries = one Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
and 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.  If you are using Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps you can now also link up your challenge entry in the Lost Coast Official Fan Group on facebook.  There is a challenge album in photo's.  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!

Lori made this gorgeous colourful creation using Long Swirl, Calligraphy Doll, 3 Birds and Carmen's Veranda Born to Stand Out sentiment.

Sue made this amazing arch using Lost Coast Designs Kingfisher and Joy background

Cathy made this striking mixed media card using Numbers border and Raven Right Small

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 5 to midnight 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

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