#210 Fruit, flowers and foliage.

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 there, Riet here.

With a lovely manga stamped card.

This month's challenge is Fruit, flowers and foliage.

So I immediately thought of the manga stamp Manga goth dots.

After all, she has flowers in her hair.

But for the cute text "Daisies in my hair" from Carmens Veranda stamps, 

I changed the little roses in her hair into daisies.

You can see here that the stamp actually has little roses, but you just stick a daisy over it.

I used:

LCD Manga goth dots.

LCD More bugs

LCD Flowers

CV Daisies in my hair.

Black waterresitent inkpad, (versafine)

Distressink Musterd seed, Wild honey.

Color pencels or markers, whichever you prefer.

Masking tape.

Honeycomb stencil.

Stamp the flowers using masking tape, 

letting the flowers overlap slightly.

Do the same with the girl.

Use an ink blender to make the background yellow.

And use the wild honey and the stencil to create the background.

Remove the masks and color the centers of the flowers, and the girl.

Stamp the text in black.

Stamp the bees and the little daisies on a thin peace of paper.

Color, cut out and glue them on.

Matt the card and you ar done.

Scrole to the end for another tutorial with a manga goth girl.

It would be great if you joined the challenge too.

There is, of course, a prize to be won (read the rules).

It runs until the end of the month.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!!!!

Free tutorial, click here.

#200 Cats and Dogs 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 dear blog visitors!

Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda Stamps is running a fun challenge.

Cats and dogs! 

Since you don't necessarily have to use the LCD or CV stamps, 

you can still participate and have a chance to win.

Read the rules please.

Now for the explanation of this card.

I used:

CV White cat.

CV daisies in my hair.

LCD Flowers in 3 sizes.

The stencil I used is from Studio Light, Floral pattern.

The ink is Distress Oxide, Picked raspberry and Wilted violet.

And versafine onyx black.

A little flower punch for the little daisies.

Color pencils or markers.

I inked up the stencil and sprayed with water, 

than printed it on de upperpart of the paper.

ain the bottem part I stamped the words.

I made the bottom part with the stencil and an ink blender.

Stamped a lot of daissies and cut them out.

Colored the white cat and glued it on.

Did the same with the daisies.

Punched the little daissies and glued them on stencil patern.

Mat with a black background.

Dont forget the little daissies on the white cats head.

So we would love to see your cats and dogs in the challenge.

So join and maybe you will be the next winner.

# 197 Are you kidding me 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 dear blog visitors, this is Riet here with a new tutorial.

Today a card for the "Are you kidding me" challenge.

I chose the beautiful praying angel stamp from LCD.

What do you need to make this card?

A acrylic block, mine is heart shaped.

LCD Praying Angel.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Brush strokes.

Flowers (in 3 sizes)

Iron work border.

CV Daisies in my hair.

Black watergroof inkpad.

Distress ink and distress oxide:

Peacock feathers,

Worn lipstick,

Seedles preserves.

Color pencils, I used Derwent Intense.

I started by putting the 3 colors of distress ink on the acrylic block,

 and spraying it with some water.

Print the block on the paper.

I did the same but with a clear plastic sheet.

Bend the sheet then you can make a nice stripe pattern with the 3 colors of ink.

I drew a line around the heart with a pencil.

Using the 3 colors of distress oxide, 

stamp the background with the text stamp, the swirl and the circles.

On the bottem stamp de Ironworks border.

Stamp the flowers and color them and cut them out.

Do the same with the praying angel.

Make sure theat you have 3 sizes flowers.

Color the border and see where you want to stamp the text in the heart.

Make some spletters with the seedles preserves ink.

Place the flowers loose on the heart,

 so that you can estimate where the text should go.

Stamp the daisy text and glue the angel on and than the flowers.

Matt the card and your finishend.

The challenge runs until the end of May.

So there are still a few days left to participate.

Maybe you will be our new winner.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

#146 Funny or cute 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 crafters, Riet here.

For this challenge I chose to go cute.

I found the phrase of Carmens Veranda Stamps so adorable.

I thought they fit so well with the "Bride of Frank" stamp.

I have made for you a step by step how the card is made.

Well here we go.

What do you need:

LCD stamp, Bride of Frank.

LCD Crackle background.

CV stamp, Daisies in my hair.

Daisy punches.

Distress ink Spiced marmalade, Wild honey, Fossilized amber,

 Mustard seed, Dusty concord.

Stencil of a daisy or some branches or flowers.

Versafine onyx black.

Colour pencils or markers.

With the 4 colours Distress ink and the crackle background stamp,

 we make the background.

Start with the lightest colour and end with the darkest colour.

Turn the stamp around and around to make the crackles run together nicely.

Take your stencil and a blending brush or tool,

 and ink the pattern with Distress ink Wild honey.

Stamp with Versafine onyx black Franks bride.

With a blending tool you now apply Distress ink Dusty Concord to the outsides of the card.

Well in the first picture it looks black, but it is really done with Dusty Concord.

Stamp the CV phrase with black.

Cut out the sentences.

Color the edges with an ink blending tool with Disterss ink Spiced Marmalade.

Take a piece of white paper and stamp Franks bride, colour her with your markers or pencils.

Punch out your daisies and colour the hearts yellow.

Now glue everything in place and your done.

I had great fun making this card,

I hope you do to.

The team would love it if you join the challenge.

Make something using stamps.

These may also be other brands, 

but you have a better chance of winning with an LCD or CV stamp on your work.

Read the rules first to avoid disappointment.

I wish you much success and a lot of fun.