Birds: Les Oiseaux

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! I love birds! They always work perfect on stamped creations! So I am very happy with this topic: Birds! Read HERE everything about the challenge and join the fun!

This time I used one of my all time favourite stamps: Carmens Verandas Birds Collage Background. I also used LCD Scalloped Flourish.

Unfortunately I can't describe how I made it, because it's in a workshop still to come...sorry!

                                                      See you next time! Liesbeth XX

Spring has Sprung: Birds of Spring

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, welcome again to our Spring has Sprung Challenge! There are a few days left for you to participate. :-) 

Today I'd love to show you a big square card using only two stamps:  LCD Shrubbery and CV Birds Collage background.

I started by inking a big piece of white cardstock with Distress inks and water. I used Wild Honey, Mermaid Logoon and Picked Raspberry. After drying I stamped the birds stamp with black StazOn ink. With a black marker I drew some lines to ,finish` the image. (some birds, branches and leaves are only half on the stamp). I stamped some parts of the Shrubbery stamp here and there at the edges with a rainbow ink pad (Big and Juicy). I bleached the birds and leaves and coloured the image with colour pencils.

See you next time!

Liesbeth XX

Think Pink: Dance!

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 :-) Pink is one of my favourite colours, so I loved making this card! Join us at our Think Pink challenge! 

I started this card onto a piece of white cardstock: I made a background wit salmon and pink watersoluble inks and water. I allowed it to dry well and stamped the Robust dancer with StazOn ink Jet Black and masked her. I stamped the wonderful (very big!) Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background using  Fuchsia StazOn ink. I also stamped some fragments with a script stamp from Pieces of Calligraphy. I removed the mask and bleached the dancer with some bleach and a synthetic brush. I coloured her dress, some birds and flowers with pink ink and water, and drew a shadow around the dancing girl using charcoal. I finished by sponging the edges of the card with black ink.

Liesbeth XX

Red And Gold Shaker Frame

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 and a very happy Saturday, It's Sue here with my shaker frame for our Red and Gold challenge.

I started by painting my frame in bright gold paint. It took a few layers to get it nice and shiny.

Then I made my background using different shades of red Oxides.

I used my new Ledger stamp to stamp the frame and stand in red and black, and heat embossed.

And then stamped the beautiful Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background in black. I then stamped it again and embossed in gold and cut out and pieced the bird. You can't really tell here, but in real life you can see the gold.

I stamped and cut out the words from the Misc words stamp and added acetate and red and gold sequins to turn my frame into a shaker.

These are the stamps that I've used, 

Lost Coast Ledger

Lost Coast Misc Words and

Carmen's Veranda Bird Collage Background

I hope that you join in with us, red and gold is such a gorgeous combo, so please link up for the chance to win some Lost Coast dollars.

Take care, have a very happy day, and thanks so much for looking x

CHALLENGE #60 - PAPER PIECING

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 #60

PAPER PIECING

We want to see anything stamped that includes paper piecing.  Please note, no holes required!!  We want to see you stamping images on different patterned papers, cutting them out and piecing them back together.  Like paper patchwork!! OK??
Ready, set, stamp, cut, piece!!!

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 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.  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 fabulous inspiration from the team to get us started.  ENJOY!

Laurie made this pretty vintage style card using Lost Coast Designs new Sketchy Lily and Carmen's Veranda Happy Place sentiment

Lori paper pieced the lovely new Lost Coast Designs Sketchy Flower, Gears Background and Carmen's Veranda Right Kind of Weird sentiment to make this floral beauty  

Sue made this fun card using Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background  

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 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

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Beauty In Simplicity - Clean and Simple

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 Sue here with my second clean and simple project. It's a little bit different from the first one, and maybe not for the purists, but I like it!

This is made with the Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background and Distress Ink. I really like this stamp, and will be using it A LOT!

We would love to see your take on the challenge, just join in by linking you entry in the comments section for a chance to win some Lost Coast $'s.

Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x