31 Days of Halloween Day 31 - So Near It's Here!

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!

Happy Halloween! Aimee here. The big day has FINALLY arrived. Time to put on your costumes, grab some candy, and trick-or-treat!

This card was made with the Day of the Dead Woman, Brush Strokes and Witches Go Riding stamps. Speaking of Day of the Dead, that 2,000 year old Mexican holiday begins tomorrow. Follow this photo tutorial to see how this card was made:

The winner of this month's 31 Days of Halloween Challenge will be chosen from entries submitted to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by tonight. But not to worry if you don't have time to make a Halloween creation today--the new Challenge for November, Festive Fun, begins tomorrow!

Oh Valentine

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.  Gail here today on the most loverly day of the year.  Appropriately we are hoping you will join us and share your Fruit, Flower and Foliage anythings.  Unfortunately showing us your lovely roses won't cut it, but if you stamped a card to your loved one using flowers, or sending them a special pineapple greeting then please share.  I incorporated a few hearts and flowers for this fun birthday card.

I started by stamping Lost Coast Designs Heart and Curls Border down each side of my card panel with mulberry ink, masked and stamped Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Flower multiple times with sunflower ink.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Lost Coast Designs Day of the Dead Woman and added her to the bottom of the stamped panel.  Finally I added the Carmen's Veranda Hot and Sexy sentiment which I stamped on a scrap of white card.  

 

It's Fruit, Flower and Foliage all this month here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity so don't forget to check out all the gorgeous makes from the team and link up your own for a chance to win.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Grandma Likes Cake

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.  Gail here today with a little Dia De Los Muertos inspiration.
Day of the Dead is not something I personally celebrate, although the traditions behind it make a lot of sense.  In a busy, technologically driven world sometimes it important to reflect and remember.   And of course, here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity skeletons and flowers are all right any day.

For the background I used Lost Coast Designs Daffodils stamped in a rainbow of distress colours.  I cut the stamped panel with Stamplorations large and medium double stitch rectangle dies and inked the inside and outside edges with black ink.  I stamped and fussy cut Lost Coast Designs Day Of The Dead Woman, also colouring her with distress inks.  I stamped the sentiment from Party Words using Cactus Flower archival and added it to the card.

 

 I hope you've enjoyed my colourful project.  If you still have a few skeletons out of the closet then join the fun with our Dia De Los Muertos challenge for your chance to win Lost Coast Design dollars.