31Days of Halloween, day 26 whirly wheel dancing skeletons.

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 Hi there, Riet here.

Today is my last Halloween entry for the

 Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps  Halloween challenge.

I made a whirly wheel card with dancing skeletons.

I just love this skull and bones background stamp from Carmens Veranda stamps.

And this is how to make the card.

I used.

Carmens veranda, skull and bones background

Carmens veranda , When witches go riding

Lost Coast Designs, Rustic checkerboard border

Lost Coast Designs, Dancing skeletons

Versafine onyx black

Distress Oxide crackling campfire andVillainous potion.

Black fineliner.

For the whirly wheel I used a die set, to assemble the card, you can look up a video on YT.

How to make the card.

I started by stamping the skull and bones background onto white paper with oxide villainous potion.

Now isn't this an awesome background stamp.

While the background is drying, we continue with the dancing skeletons.

We stamp these with Versafine onyx black.

Let them dry and then cut them out.

We make the mat 1/2 cm larger than the card on all sides.

Continue with the Distress Oxide crackling campfire and the rustic checkerboard border stamp.

Stamp the border 4 times.

Cut them to size and glue them onto the mat.

Mat this with a green mat and a black mat.

Stamp the last line of the text on a piece of paper left over from the border.

Assemble the card so that the dancing skeleton emerges from the top of the card.

Now it looks if the skeleton is dancing.

Stick the text and the larger skeleton onto the skull and bones background with foam tape.

And that's it, I hope you enjoyed it.

The challenge runs until October 31st.

So there's still time to participate and have a chance to win a prize.

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31 Days of Halloween, Day 16.

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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, Riet here.

Today I want to show you this candle.

Even though I am Dutch, I think Halloween is absolutely amazing.

I especially like all homemade Halloween craft .

Halloween appeals to everyone's imagination when it comes to crafts.

But now the candle, bought at the Action, which is a well-known store in the Netherlands.

Especially because it is low budget.

What I used for this candle:

LCD Dancing skeletons.

LCD Crackle background.

Stazon Brown Timber.

Black waterproof ink.

I started by removing the piece of fabric.

First we are going to give the candle a slightly older look.

We dab the candle with a piece of paper towel and some Stazon Timber Brown.

The next step is with a hard coarse sponge and Archival or stazon black.

Not too much otherwise the black will dominate.

With the crackle background stamp we now make a few prints on the candle.

We do this without a stamp block, so free in the hand. Stamp light and airy.

Repeat this until you are satisfied with the result.

Now the candle holder.

It looks a bit plain.

So I put some viva decor terra on it.

It has a nice bloody color and that works well for Halloween.

I stamped the dancing skeletons with black ink and cut them out and glued them on.

Use a thin paper for this.

Decorate further with some spiders and spider web.

This is the front and the back side of the candle.

This is an easy and quick project, and such a fun way to create a Halloween deco piece.

Now it's up to you to make something for the challenge.

Participate and get a chance to win new rubber stamps of your choice.

You don't necessarily have to enter with LCD/CV stamps.

All brands can enter.

But read the rules first, so you avoid disappointment.

I hope to see your work on the challenge blog.

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31 Days of Halloween Day 14

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Boo! Aimee here. After five years of living in Belgium, I'm excited to be back in the United States for the Halloween season. So many Americans go ALL OUT decorating for this holiday. A recent trend is to put these giant, 12 foot skeletons on display in your front yard. They're awesome to look at, but I can't help but wonder how people store them for the other 11 months of the year?

This card features skeletons, and I promise they are MUCH easier to store.

To make this card, you'll need the Dancing Skeletons stamp, some letter stickers, decorative string, and of course, ink and paper. Follow along with these photos to see how this card was created.

Please join in the Halloween fun by creating something spooky as part of this month's Challenge and maybe win a prize. Choose stamps from the Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda catalogue, or use any other brand of stamp you like. Happy Stamping!

31 Days of Halloween Day 9

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Hello! Aimee here. Ever since I was a little kid, I've LOVED making Halloween artwork. I have a memory of being in First Grade (age 7) and drawing a haunted house with white crayon on white paper, then using black watercolor to wash over the paper to reveal the creepy house. How fun is it that as adults we can still color spooky scenes?

This card uses the Lost Coast Designs Dancing Skeletons, Mother Goose People and Brush Strokes stamps. Follow along with these photos to see how I made this card:

You'll have to check out the amazing selection of Halloween stamps in the Lost Coast Designs Catalogue. It wouldn't be October without a Halloween Challenge! Submit your creation to the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity for your chance to win a prize.

#177 Day 26, 31 Days of Halloween and Cat Challenge.

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Hello all.

Well it's almost Halloween and my last contribution to the cats Halloween challenge.

These are the stamps I used. 

Carmens Veranda, white cat.

Carmens Veranda, Witches go riding,.

LCD, Dancing skeletons.

LCD, Gnome witch on broom.

The pumpkin is hand drawn.

I started by stamping and masking the cat.

I drew a pumpkin under the cat and also masked it.

I stamped the gnome witch at the top left.

It is available in 2 sizes, 

a larger one and a small one on a sheet of mini gnome stamps.

I masked the witch.

I stamped the dancing skeletons underneath the witch with versamark.

I colored the left side of the card and the dancing skeletons with a lilac pan pastel.

I colored the edges of the left half of the card,

 with an ink blending tool and Distress ink Dusty Concord.

Did the same on the right side, but with Seedless preserves.

Then I removed the masks and colored the witch, cat and pumpkin with Derwent colorsoft.

I stamped the text with black ink.

And finally I put a drop of Glossy accents on the cat's pupils.

Small detail but still a big difference.

Well that's it for this time.

The challenge lasts until the end of the month, so you can still participate.

Click on the link and show us what you made.

And maybe you will be the new winner of some LCD or CV stamps.

Go to the challenge click here.

31 Days of Halloween Day 17 - Mummy and Frank Play Tic Tac Toe

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today for day 17 of our spookfest here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  I've made a game!!!!!  And learnt that canary yellow is maybe not good staging for photographs.  Ah well....... here's my Mummy and Frank themed tic tac toe

 

 

I started with an MDF tic tac toe kit.

You need 5 of each piece so I stamped Lost Coast Designs Frank and Mummy on white shrink plastic.

While waiting for ink to dry I stamped masses of different stamps from Lost Coast Designs directly onto the base board using midnight blue archival ink and masks.  Any gaps I filled in afterwards with sky blue archival ink and all the stamps from Pieces of Calligraphy.  Added a few Flying Monkeys from Carmen's Veranda at the top and I used Lost Coast Designs Gargoyle, Witch Cat, Goth Shrine, MRaven1, MRaven2, Dancing Skeletons, Sugar Skull with Flower and White Nose Sugar Skull.

Then I glued the edge and divider pieces in place.

I coloured the images stamped on the shrink plastic with distress markers and sharpies, fussy cut them and shrunk them with my heat gun. 

I thought the X's and O's looked a bit plain so I stamped them with two of the text stamps from Pieces of Calligraphy and glued the shrunken Mummy's and Franks in place.

Link up your Halloween inspired projects.  Anything related to the season, spooky, fruity, fun, scary or cute.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars$$$$.    

 

Check back every day this month for awesome inspiration from the team

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

31 Days Of Halloween Day 19 - May All Your Black Cats Be Seen

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Hello Portal Peeps!!    We are starting to get in the party mood for the big night!!!   The skeletons are starting to practice their moves!!!   And the cats are starting to practice theirs!!!!   Just as you have your two step perfected here come the cats to make you hop double time!!!!  Hope the skeletons are paying attention or there will be a very messy pile of bones!

I made a slimline card stamping Lost Coast Designs Dancing Skeletons on a black card panel and embossing with white powder.  I cut a mask for their feet and stamped Lost Coast Designs Fourth Dimension with salty ocean distress oxide ink.   I stamped the Cats on white card with black archival ink, fussy cut them and added them in the way!!!!   To finish I added the Carmen's Veranda sentiment stamped on a white panel. 

Remember you have two challenges to choose between now so link up your makes for a chance to win!

7th day Of 31 days of Halloween. A Halloween spool.

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Hi everyone, do you also like a challenge, I do.

Especially with a Halloween theme.

Join the Lost Coast Designs and carmens Veranda Halloween challenge and you might win a prize.

Now my DT contribution.

I chose to make a Halloween spool.

I used these stamps from Lost Coast designs.

Goth shrine, 

Spiderwebs background, 

Long swirl, 

Dancing skeletons

 Checkerboard rustic border.

I also used a number of dies such as the fence and the bats.

And with a circle die with a scalloped edge I made the circles with green paper.

I stamped the circels with black ink and the Long swirl stamp.

I colored the Goth shrine with Tombow markers.

Then stamped the spiderwebs background with black ink on orange paper.

On a transparent sheet I stamped the dancing skeletons with stazon jet black.

Then I colored the skeletons with a white posca marker.

I colored the fence and the bats with tombow markers.

I decorated the rest with some moss, spider web, pumpkins, spiders and a skull.

I had a lot of fun making this Halloween spool.

 Now the LCD team would love to see your work in the challenge.

So maybe until next time. 

Click here for the challenge.

31 Days of Halloween Day 13 - Still Waiting For Mr Right

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 Good morning and a very happy Wednesday, it's Sue here again. Well, we're zooming through our 31 Days of Halloween challenge here on the Portal and I'm back today with my third set of panels.

This was one of my very first Lost Coast stamps. It's actually the Early Stitch 'n' Bitch, but with the help of a post-it note and a black pen, it's now 'Witch'

I don't know why these ladies are hanging around waiting for him, but you have to admire their commitment!

It seems to be all about the old ladies today, maybe it's because it's my birthday!

Today I've used

Lost Coast

Early Stitch 'n' Bitch

Waiting For Mr. Right

Dancing Skeletons  and

Carmen's Veranda

Cracked Mirror

Have you joined in with our fun challenge yet - if not please do!

Have a very happy (& spooky) day, and thanks so much for looking x