Rose slimline card by Cathy

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

Stamp used:

 Open Rose

I started out by stamping the rose and coloring it with copic markers. Then I splattered with a black paint pen. I then layered it on black glitter cardstock. then on a white card base.

Embossed gnome card

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Good morning, Cathy here with a fun card to make.

Stamp Used:

pointy hat gnome

I started out with embossing some white cardstock. I then flipped it over to use the debossed side of it. 

I used copic makers to color in all the leaves. What you can also do is color the cardstock with ink before you emboss it. Next you take a black or whatever dark color ink pad and swipe all over the top. Because you colored in the debossed image the black ink fills in the flat part. 

I then stamped and colored the gnome and cut him out. Of course, he had to have a mushroom or two next to him. 

I hope you will join in our gnome challenge.

Flat mini slimline shaker

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Good afternoon, Cathy here with a flat mini slimline shaker card for you today.

Stamp Used:

cat wavy face

I first started with the background; I took some pattern paper and cut it to a mini slimline size. I then added the plastic and some valentine shaker bits and made a shaker. 

Next, I layered it on black cardstock and then put it on a pink card base. 

I then stamped cat wavy face and cut out. I only colored in the heart

I hope you join the hearts and love challenge.

I'm currently unsupervised

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 afternoon, Cathy here with a fun postcard for you.

Stamps Used:

Monkey Face

sentiment 

I stamped the monkey face on the bottom of the postcard and colored it with copic markers.

Then I used a stencil and some gray distress ink and made the background. 

Lastly, I stamped the saying and I was done.

You still have 1 day left to join the anything goes challenge.

Joy & Cheer

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Good morning, Cathy here with a festive arch for you today.

Stamps Used:

small snowflake set

pieces of calligraphy 

gnome

I stated out by die cutting 2 arches. 1 in black and 1 in white. I took a stencil and some red distress ink and added to each corner. I then did a lighter go through over the rest of the arch. (I was cleaning the stencil)

Next, I stamped a colored the gnome with copic markers. Then I cut him out. I stamped a snowflake and some words around the arch.

I ripped some green snowflake paper to add in the middle and then I added the cut-out gnome and a little saying.

Come join the Festive fun challenge.

Day 14 of the 31 days of Halloween

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Goodmorning all, Cathy here with Day 14 for you.

Stamps Used:

spiderweb background

 Flying skull  

I first stamped the spiderweb background on orange cardstock and edged it with drown distress oxide ink. I then layered it on a black card base.

The next step I did was to stamp out 2 of the flying skulls and cut them out.

I colored them with copic markers and then I stuck them to the front of the card.

I hope you join in the challenge.

Not today thank you

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!

Goodmorning all Cathy here with a bookmark for you.

Stamps Used:

brush strokes

pieces of calligraphy 

small happy cat

I started out by making a bookmark and rounding the edges, I then stamped small happy cat on the bottom of the bookmark. I colored him in with copic markers.  Next, I stamped a stamp from each pieces of calligraphy and brush strokes in a gray ink. I layered it on black cardstock and added a saying.

You can join the cat or dog challenge.

Rainbow Splatter Timmy

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Goodmorning, Cathy here with a fun card for you today.

Stamp Used:

Cartoon kids

I got this new stencil that makes an inky splatter in layers. I used distress oxide inks.

I then stamped Timmy from the Cartoon kids (that is my name I picked for him) on the Kraft paper. I then stamped him again on white cardstock and colored him with coipc markers and cut him out and added him to the front of the card. 

I put it on a black card base, and we are done.

Cold & Frosty postcard

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Cathy here with a cold and frosty postcard for you.

Stamps Used:

Fat Cat

Small snowflake set

I started out with a digital background paper that had some snowflakes on it. I then stamped Fat Cat on the bottom of the card. 

I always see him in a sweater, so I colored him with copic markers and made his middle into a blue sweater. I then stamped 1 of the snowflakes from the Small snowflake set in blue ink. After I got done, I added some snowflake confetti to the sweater to make it like an ugly sweater. 

You still have time to join the cold and frosty challenge.

Happy Holidays mini slimline

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Hello, Cathy here with the last day of Gnome-vember.

Stamps Used:

Deer gnome

I used the deer gnome, and I colored it with copic markers and cut out. I felt he needed a little sparkle for his hat. After I cut him out, I added some red stickles to it. I had to let it dry for bit. (I did overnight)

 

Next, I had some Christmas stocking paper I was going to place him on, but he needed to stand on something, so I added some black washi tape and a Happy Halidays sticker to the top and added it to a Kraft mini slimline card base and he is ready for me to send out as a holiday card.

Today is the last day to join the gnome-vember challenge.

Full of sunshine 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!

Goodmorning, Cathy here with a gnome tag for you.

Stamps Used:

Looking up gnome

grunge diamond background

I started out with coloring and cutting out "Ernest" that is what we named him here in our house. 

Then I took a tag and some distress inks and made a background. I used a light tan and a light gray color.

Next, I stamped the grunge diamond background on the tag in different spots. I then added some scraps of pattern paper to it. I edged it all with a dark brown distress ink. 

I then glued Ernest to the tag and added a number sticker to the top

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                                                 Come join the gnomey fun over at the blog.

31 Days of Halloween Day 25

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Goodmorning, Cathy here with a Halloween card for you.

                                                               

                                                                        Stamps Used:

                                                            Lost Coast Designs Spiderwebs background

                                                             Carmen's Veranda Pumpkin 

I started by stamping the Spiderwebs background on some pattern paper and cut out. I then stamped the Pumpkin on some orange cardstock and heat embossed it with black.

I colored it with copic markers and cut out. I added the whole thing on a black card base and added hocus pocus to the top.

Come join the Halloween challenge over at the Lost Coast blog

31 Days of Halloween Day 2

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!

Cathy here with a witchy panel for you.

Stamp used:

Gnome witch on broom

I started off by stamping Gnome witch on broom and coloring her with copic markers. I then cut her out and added some glitter pens to it. 

I found this panel from a 12x12 paper pad that I have, and I thought it would go great with Gnome witch on broom. I glued her in place. 

Lastly, I die cut some ghosts from whit cardstock and added them to the bottom. I also cut out some clouds but they didn't look right as clouds, so I made them into smoke trail from her broom.

Come join the Halloween fun over at The Lost Coast Blog.

Fall Fox

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Cathy here with a square card for you today.

Stamp Used:

Foxy Roxy

I started out with a background I had leftover. I had some die cut leaves in white cardstock so I blended them with different colors of distress ink. I then took some brown distress oxide ink and water and splattered the leaves. I also took a black fine tip marker and added some black dots to the leaves.

 

I then stamped Foxy Roxy and colored him with copic markers and cut him out. 

OfCourse, he needed glasses and a hat. I die cut glassed and hat. 

I then added some washi tape to the bottom of the square and glued Foxy Roxy on top and put the die cut leaves around Foxy Roxy. I added some rub-on leaves to fill in the empty space.

Today is the last day to enter the challenge. You can do it on the blog.

Mother Goose

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 card for you today.

 Stamps Used:

Mother goose people

Mother goose house

I first stamped Mother goose in the middle of the card. I then stamped Mother goose house underneath it, so it would look like she was flying over the house. 

I colored both of them with copic markers. 

Lastly, I took a cloud stencil and made some for the background. I haven't used this stencil in so long I forgot how easy it was to use to make clouds. 

You still have time to join the moth long challenge on the blog.