31 Days of Halloween : Day 6

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Hello everyone! Liesbeth here, this is my first entry for our 31 Days of Halloween. We hope you will stamp along with us and join the fun of Halloween!

I made this creepy card by stamping the skull onto the coloured paper (Distress inks) and masking it. After that I stamped the door, flourishes of the skull stamp, and the texts. I finished with bleach, charcoal and white gel pen. Stamps used: Skull Flourish, Door & Window set, ATC text Set 1.

See you next time, 

LiesbethXX

CHALLENGE #174 - BLING IT UP

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 fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of 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.  August kinda got away from me so look for a mega July/August winners post on the 5th!!  Honest, I promise..........

Now for our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #174

BLING IT UP

We want you to bling up your stamped anythings.  Use glitter, rhinestones, sequins, metallic or sparkly embossing powder, foil etc etc etc.  We want to see your sparkly blingy creations.   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 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 random 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 chosen by the team is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
10+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
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.  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!

Laurie used Lost Coast Designs Steampunk Heart

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs King, Chessboard and ATC Text Set 1

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery and Misc Words

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 14th 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 #174 - Bling It Up
September 1st - 14th  Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, September 14th 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
 

 

CHALLENGE #168 - MINI 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 fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of 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 #168

MINI ME

We want to see your small stamped projects, ATC's, bookmarks, twinchies, thrinchies, inchies, matchboxes, tags etc etc  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 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 random 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 chosen by the team is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
10+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
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.  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 Brush Stokes, Mini Bird Collage and ATC Gothic Text

 
 Roni used Lost Coast Designs Victoriana, Pieces of Calligraphy and Up Close & Personal

  
Laurie used Lost Coast Designs ATC Text Set #1 and Butterfly Set

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 14th 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 #168 - Mini Me
June 1st - 14th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Wednesday, June 14th 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
 

 

Where`s my hat? - Art journal spread

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Hello everyone! For our ,Where`s my hat`-challenge I made this journal spread with three hats! And the man is still weeping and not happy! ;-)  Read everything about the challenge HERE and join the fun!

I made a background using old paper, old maps, gesso, distress inks and StazOn inks. I stamped the man and the hats on a seperate piece of paper and cut them out. I coloured then a bit with brown ink and glued them onto the background. I finished with glitter glue and some shadowing (charcoal).

Stamps used : (click=see) Weeping man, Small cityscape, Door and window set, Party hats 1, Party hats 2, ATC text set 1, ATC birds in trees.

See you next time, 

Liesbeth XX

Something beginning with B: Bishop

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, Liesbeth here with a B for our new challenge! Read everything about it HERE, and join the fun!

I really love the Chess stamp set, so I chose B from it: Bishop! I also used ATC text set 1. On a painted scrap of paper I first stamped the bishop with black ink  and masked it.  I stamped the chess board (also from the Chess set) with blue ink and the texts with pink and white ink. I finished with charcoal (shadow around the bishop), colour pencils  and I sponged the edges black. I glued it onto a pink and a blue piece of cardstock.

If  there are any questions, just ask in the comments below :-)

Have fun!

See you next time, 

Liesbeth XX

Spooktacular Florals: Flourish Face

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 everyone, Spooktacular Florals is the great theme of our newest challenge, hope you'll join! Here issome inspiration, a big card (15 x 15 cm)

First I stamped the face with black ink and I masked it. I stamped 2 flourishes around it , and on the edges, I used 3 colours of light ink.Using black I stamped another flourish 2 times at the edge of the face. I removed the mask and sponged the edges of the card with blue and a bit of black, and I made a shadow around the face with charcoal. I painted the face with pink watercolor and also used color pencils.I finished with some texts.

Stamps used: ATC Faces set, ATC text set 1, Scalloped flourish, Daisy flourish, Lily flourish, Misc. words 

Liesbeth XX

The Man Cave Challenge: Weeping man

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, Liesbeth here, hoping to inspire you for our Man cave challenge! There are a few days left to join! :-)

This Weeping Man is one of my favourite LCD stamps! I also used both Cityscape stamps, big and small, ATC text Set 1  and ATC Birds in trees (Carmen's Veranda)

I used three tones of blue ink: dark, light and a bright mid-tone. I started with the man, I stamped him with dark blue and masked him. After that I stamped the other images and I sponged the three inks here and there. I removed the mask and ...ready!

Liesbeth XX

Ladies night: winged woman.

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, the final Ladies Night blogpost already for our challenge! It's an oldie, but I think it fits perfectly for this theme...oh how I love this stamp! I made the background, and I stamped the flourish both using Distress Oxide inks.I stamped the woman with Black StazOn and masked her, and I stamped the text. With some bleach I highlighted the womans skin and I finished with colour pencils and glitter glue.

There's still a little bit of time to join in, tomorrow a new great challenge starts! 😀

Stamps used: Winged Girl, Lily flourish, ATC text set 1.

Liesbeth XX

CHALLENGE #99 - EAST MEETS WEST

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 fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of 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 #99

EAST MEETS WEST

We want to see your hand stamped projects with an oriental, western or travel theme.

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 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 random 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 chosen by the team is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
10+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
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.  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! 

Check out the awesome inspiration from the team!

Laurie made this gorgeous ATC using Lost Coast Designs
Butterflies Set and ATC Set 1

Riet made this gorgeous scene using Carmen's Veranda Southwest Town stamp.

Roni made this awesome pocket card using Carmen's Veranda Hareback Rider and Stay Weird 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 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

Challenge #99 -EAST MEETS WEST
May 15th - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, 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
 

Winged Things: Creature

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Hello everyone, Liesbeth here with a Winged thing ATC ! You will find everything about the Winged Things Challenge HERE !
To be honest, I made a big card with the Winged girl stamp...and than I saw Dot had the same idea in mind and she was first! :-D So I grabbed an oldy, made with one of my favorite stamp sets Isle of Aud Creatures. I don't remember exactly how I made it... I used Oxide inks, black StazOn ink, bleach, glitter, and color pencils. Stamps I also  used are: ATC Misc. 4 set and ATC text set 1.

Hope to see you soon! Take care  XX

Anything goes Day 4

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Hello there, Liesbeth here with our brand new challenge: Anything Goes! Read everything about it HERE , participate and have fun!

I made this two ATC-cards, the backgrounds are nice and simple: I used 5 or 6 light colours of Distress ink and I stamped the  small overlapping squares by using a small (3x3 cm) acrylic block. I let it dry well and stamped the angel and the madaillon with black StazOn ink and masked them, and stamped the crackles, flowers and text. I removed the masks and bleached here and there with a synthethic brush and some bleach. I finished the Atc's by shadowing the edges and the focal points with charcoal and glued them on black card.

Stamps used: Flagstone background, Mini flying ladies set, Victoriana,  Daisy flourish and ATC Text set 1. 

Liesbeth XX

31 Days of Halloween Day 25: A Bosch creature

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Hi, Liesbeth here again

on the 25th Halloween day already! But we still have a few days to go.Today I show you a glossy ATC card (Artist Trading Card). I love this creature so much! The image for this wonderful Lost Coast Designs stamp was taken from one of the paintings by de Dutch artist Jheronimus Bosch (1450-1516). His imagination was endless... I love his art so much! And the stamps are perfect for the Halloween theme I think!

I stamped the creature onto a card, masked it and stamped the text and the window. I created some shadow here and there by using a q-tip and some black distress ink. An easy one this time!
Stamps used: Isle of Aud Creatures, ATC text Set 1,   Door and window set. (klick=see)

We would love to invite you to join our 31 Days of Halloween challenge and to participate! See you soon!

Liesbeth XX

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31 Days of Halloween Day 4 : Evil Eye

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 everyone, Liesbeth here! The best time of the year has started, autumn... and 31 days of Halloween here on our Blog! I love everything Halloween, and I love stamping in Halloween/Day of the dead theme! I think LCD/CV stamps are the very best for this.
I made this card a while ago, but I think it's perfect as my first Halloween entry this month.

I made a background using Distress inks, paint and a spiderweb stencil. I stamped the Evil Eye stamp and masked it. After that I stamped the text, houses and flourish. I removed the masking paper and bleached the buildings and the creepy animal. Here and there I used some coulor pencils to finish the piece.

Stamps used: Evil Eye, Cityscape,  ATC texts set 1 and Daisy Flourish (click=see)

Happy Halloween! Enjoy our 31 days :-) 

Liesbeth XX

Wood Challenge: *Magic*

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here!
There's still time for you to join our Wood Challenge till August 31st!

I hope to inspire you with this card. I made the wood grained background by wiping (direct to paper) my Distress Ink pad Vintage photo onto strips of paper of different widths). I sponged the edges of the strips, again with Vintage Photo and glued then on a card.  I stamped Large tree crown and ATC tekst set 1 also on the background. 

I stamped Ancient woman 4, added some colour and fussy cut her, then stamped the word, ripped and inked the edges.

Stamps I used: Large tree crown, Ancient woman 4, ATC tekst set 1, and Misc. Words.

The Thick And Thin Of It. Card by Dot

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,
I hope everyone is enjoying the weather where ever you live in the world
and managing to get a little crafting in.

Today I've got a card tutorial to share with you
using the Thick and Thin stamp.

I had so much fun playing with these colours from our challenge this fortnight.
There is just something about Lemon and Lime that screams out "Happy".

Here is how I've made this card ...

Step 1:  Stamp the image, Thick and Thin Men, onto your card.  Then stamp it onto some photo copy paper and cut it out to use as a mask.

Step 2:  Mask your image. Using a sponge, sweep out some distress oxides (Fossilized Amber and Twisted Citron).

Step 3:  Use a circle stencil and use your sponge to add some circle detail with the Twisted Citron DO.  This helps to 'ground' the image to the edges and adds a little extra interest.

Step 4:  With your ATC Text Set 1 word stamp, randomly stamp some words.  Again, this helps ground the image and extend the image.  It also adds another layer.

Step 5:  I've added some black archival ink through another stencil to bring in another layer.  When you add layer upon layer it helps add more interest to your piece and creates more depth.

Step 6:  Randomly stamp the border of the Grunge Tree in a few spots around the edge.  The main image looks a little like Laurel and Hardy to me, so the grungy effect around the edges adds a that vintage and aged look to your card without too much thinking.

Step 7:  Finish off your card by mounting it onto matching lemon, lime and black cardstock.

These colours were so much fun to use.
We have them as our prompt for the challenge this fortnight.

You are able to join in this challenge here,
or over on facebook.

You will be in the draw to win some awesome and fun stamps!!!

The Main Stamps Used Were:

         

Happy Stamping!
Dot x

Use Some Words and Embrace Your Weirdness

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,
it is Dot here with a tutorial for you using alcohol inks.
This fortnight's challenge is to use words
and the main ones used is this card are from 'Stay Weird'.

Step 1:  Using glossy cardstock put some blending solution onto your card, dripping a few drops of blue, yellow and green alcohol inks.

Step 2:  Carefully tilt the card around allowing the ink to move in different directions.  I like to keep it away from the edges if I can.  You can repeat this if you wish, it gives even more interesting effects with the alcohol inks. It's great fun just to play with this technique.

Step 3:  A harlequin stencil was used to add blue archival ink through in random areas.  This helps to extend the colour outward into the white areas.

Step 4:  Mask off the words from the 'Stay Weird' stamp.  Use 2nd generation stamping, with the same blue archival ink, stamp these words in random places.  Again, extending the blue outwards.  Repeat with a yellow archival ink.  

Step 5:  Stamp 'Stay Weird' onto black cardstock with Versamark and white emboss the words. Trim and sketch around the edge with a white gel pen.

Step 6:  Randomly stamp the gorgeous scrolled writing from ATC Text Set 1 onto the background.  Stamp a couple of your crazy characters from Isle of Aud Animals and Misc. Anthropomorphs onto some photo copy paper and cut them out. Adhere them to your background.

To Finish off ... Doodle a border with a black finer pen. Flick a little white paint to the background if you wish. Attach the finished piece to your folded and scored black cardstock.

Extra notes:  To get the fine detail of the giraffe I've stamped it first onto the background with archival ink. Then when cutting out the giraffe I've simply cut straight down the outside of it's neck. When you place your cut out of the giraffe over the top the fine detail is easy to see.  No fussing cutting of giraffe mains was necessary. 

A quick reminder that you still have a couple of days left in order to enter our challenge here,

or over on facebook.

USE SOME WORDS

Happy Stamping!
Dot x

ATC Coins by Dot

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, it's Dot here with a quick and easy project for you using some fun stamps and alcohol ink to make some Artist Trading Coins.






The stamps used on these coins are Three Monkeys, ATC Text Set 1, ATC Grunge Set,
 ATC Doodle Circles and Daisy Flourish.

Step 1: This is a play with alcohol inks and blending solution on some Yupo paper. You can play is much as you like with these.  I added in some tiny dots here and there by adding blending solution with the tip of a brush and blowing on it.  This stops it from spreading into bigger circles and is heaps of fun.

Step 2: I added some Alcohol Lift to the ATC Doodle Circles, stamped it onto the background. Let it sit and then buff.  The effect looks brilliant in real life.

Step 3:  Stamping! Where would we be without our stamps!  The script is from ATC Text Set 1 and is stamped in a light coloured Archival ink.  In black archival I've stamped some random patches with the ATC Grunge Set and Daisy Flourish stamps.  The Three Monkeys was stamped onto some photo copy paper and cut out.

Step 4:  Using white acrylic paint and some lids add some more circles to the background. I've also gone in and added some lines with the acrylic paint using an old credit card.

Step 5:  To finish, attach the monkeys and then attach some words. I chose some chit chat stickers that kind of went with each of the monkeys.  I've also edged around the coins with black archival ink.

Now I have some coins that I can either use in my Art Journal,
on cards or swap with others. They are so handy to have.

The main stamp used was Three Monkeys

It's a great set to use with the monkeys all together, or as cheeky little monkeys all on their own.


You still have until the 14th of March to enter our
ATC, Coins and Chunky's Challenge which you can find
either on the side-bar, or on facebook.
You could win free stamps.

Hope to see you there.

In the meantime,
Happy Stamping!

Dot x

Edgar Allan Poe Strikes Again!

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, it's Dot here today with a tutorial for you
which is Poe inspired.  It is for our current Silhouette Challenge.

The Grunge Tree makes a sombre backdrop for Edgar Allan Poe.

And just for fun, the Zombie Chicken looks suitably scared.
The words are from Dogs Like Me.

Step 1:  Stamp Poe onto your card. And again onto some photo copy paper (cut out to use as a mask).

Step 2:  Mask Poe and then stamp the Grunge Tree. I've used brown and black Archival ink for this.

Step 3:  Make a circle mask using a circle die and place the mask above Poe's head.

Step 4:  On an acrylic block swipe some Tea Dye Distress Ink and some water and stamp this around the circle mask.  I've also blended a little Tea Dye ink around the edge of the moon so that it is more pronounced. Remove the mask.

Step 5:  Stamp the Zombie Chicken so that he is sitting on Poe's head and is placed in the moon spotlight.

Step 6:  To finish, stamp the words from Dogs Like Me in random places in the background.  I've used Aged Mahogany in Distress Oxides because it tones in with the browns and stamps crisply.  I've also stamped some extra words from ATC Text Set 1.  Trim the card down and mount onto black and white cardstock.  I've also painted some Tea Dye ink onto Poe's face for a little more effect, and some Black Soot onto the Zombie Chicken.

I hope you enjoy this card and have a go at making it.
Remember, we have a Silhouette Challenge  on until the end of the month.
You can enter by clicking here..
or pop on over to our facebook group and enter there.

Happy Stamping!

Dot x

CHALLENGE #68 - SILHOUETTES

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 #68

SILHOUETTES

We want to see your stamped makes with silhouettes.

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 random 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 chosen by the team is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
10+ Entries = one randomly picked winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at
Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda
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.  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 made this cool card using Lost Coast Designs Silhouette Man with Cane 

Dot  made this pretty card using Grunge Flower Profile, ATC Text Set 1 and part of Carmen's Veranda Pets Live Longer sentiment.

 

 
Gail made a lovely card using Lost Coast Designs Dancer Silhouette and Yourba Adire background and the fab Carmen's Veranda sentiment Feel Fabulous

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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