Santa Boris

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 bad boy Boris for the Christmas in July challenge

I stamped Carmen's Veranda Boris Karloff on white card and cut with a circle die.  I coloured boris with red sharpies and water coloured with distress inks.  I stamped the star from Carmen's Veranda Elf with Star using salty ocean distress oxide on the still wet salty ocean water coloured background to give that nice smudged effect.  I cut a slightly larger circle with a stitched circle die from blue card and used the star with the distress oxide to stamp all around the edge for a bit of texture.  I cut a base card with the same stitched circle die so Boris can rock!!

  

Thanks for dropping by.

Join the Christmas In July fun and link up your stamped anythings featuring Christmas!!

See you there..........

Bauble Town

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.

Have you got your jingle on yet??   It's all about winter all month here on the Lost Coast Portal To Creativity.  We are celebrating the season and hope you will join us with your stamped anythings featuring wintery things.  I grabbed a classic combo for me, Carmen's Veranda Snow Cowboy and Southwest Town.  I love putting these two together.  

 

I was going for a bauble effect...... but Snow Cowboy had other ideas and hopped out of the frame for a nice dimensional look.

 

I started by stamping Snow Cowboy and Southwest Town twice with different shades of blue archival ink.  I fussy cut the top of the towns and the cowboy.  Snow Cowboy lost his arms!! but don't worry, a little in place stamping will sort him out a bit later on.

 I stamped the star from Carmen's Veranda Elf with Star using white ink on a scrap of black card for my sky.

I layered the sky and town pieces and stamped the snowman again where he was going to be to get his arms back.  I added the white hammered card panel with the die cut hole, glued it all on the base and finally lined up my fussy cut Snow Cowboy.  Yee Haw!!

 
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 by 23.59 PST on the 31st December 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

Black And White Christmas Elves

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 bit more inspiration for the Black and White Challenge.  I often stamp images and leave them uncoloured and when your stamps have as much detail as the ones offered by Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda they always look really good just as they are.   I decided to try a Christmas card and recruited Carmen's Veranda Elf with Star and Elf for the starring roles.

 I kept this a one layer card by using masks on the elves.  I stamped Elf with Star and Elf, masked them and stamped the edge of Lost Coast Designs Fourth Dimension for the floor and the vertical Merry Christmas in black.  With the masks still in place I stamped randomly with one of the Small Snowflakes and grey archival ink.  Unmask and magic!!!  I went round the edge with a black promarker to give a nice framed finish.

Join the fun with your black and white, or white and black stamped projects for a chance
to win Lost Coast dollars.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to check out all the awesome projects from the team.

Today's Good Mood!

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 Tuesday! It's Sue here with my card for our latest challenge over at Lost Coast Designs. For this one, we need to use at least 3 stamps. This is really easy for me as I always use loads of stamps - I just LOVE putting them all away again lol.

I started by making quite a bright background using distress inks, stencils, and lots of stamps and white embossing powder.

Then I nabbed a spot for my sentiment. It was also somewhere for my clown to stand on!

And these are my fun images! I love Pope Clown, he really looks like he knows how to have a good time!

Yep, I've definitely used at least 3 stamps lol. I've used

License Plate Alphabet

Pope Clown

Big Nose Clown

Pieces of Caligraphy

Elf With Star (Carmen's Veranda)

Today's Good Mood ' Carmen's Veranda)

And we're all done!

I must admit I do like this one, and I've already got someone in mind for it.

I hope you join in with our challenge, and be sure to use at least 3 stamps.

Take care and have a very happy week xx

CHALLENGE #103 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

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.  Hope you are keeping safe and well.
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 #103

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Let's make a start on our festive makes.  We want to see any stamped Christmas project.
Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project.  A small stamped sentiment in a sea of die cuts or digi images will not qualify to win the prize and you may be deleted!!!!  Bwahahhaaahaha.

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

Gail made this happy card using Carmen's Veranda Elf with Star and
Lost Coast Designs PMC Circle Frame and Misc. Words

Riet made this super cool tag using Lost Coast Designs Sweater Gnome.
Awesome colours Riet!!

Roni made this beautiful vintagey feel card using Lost Coast Designs Party Words, Two Gnomes, and Large and Small Snowflakes stamps.

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 31st 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

Challenge #103 - Christmas In July
July 15th - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Friday, July 31st 23.59 PST.
All entries must be entered in our link up but your don't need a blog to win.  See our RULES page for more info
 

CHALLENGE #89 - IN THE DEEP MIDWINTER

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.  It's time for our new Challenge.  December is a busy month for most of us and we will be having just one challenge this month, so the team can relax a bit and that also gives you a bit more time to play along.  We will be announcing the November 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.

So here's our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #89

IN THE DEEP MIDWINTER

Share any type of stamped make with a wintery theme.
Please use real rubber and/or clear stamping and the theme as the focus of your project.
A little stamped sentiment is not sufficient to qualify you for the prize and your entry may be deleted.

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

Gail made this merry elf tag using Carmen's Veranda Elf With Star and Lost Coast Designs Small Snowflake Set

Lori made this beautiful snowy card using Lost Coast Designs Large Snowflake Set

Roni made this grumpy fairy card using Lost Coast Designs Lucy HLP, Large Snowflake Set, Small Snowflake Set and Carmen's Veranda Grunge Black Swirl

We have our Black Friday deals running until tomorrow so don't forget to hop over to the
Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda sites and shop!!!
There are new stamps at both stores so don't forget to take a look at those!

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 31st 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

Challenge #89 - In The Deep Midwinter
December 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, December 31st 23.59 PST.
All entries must be entered in our link up but your don't need a blog to win.  See our RULES page for more info
 

Day 3 and finale of our A Carmen's Christmas Contest!

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!

Today is Day 3 and the finale of our A Carmen's Veranda Christmas Contest!  We hope you've enjoyed getting all festive with us!

Enter your holiday projects into the Inlinkz collection below today's featured projects by 8pm TONIGHT to be in the running for the $15 spending spree to Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Now sit back and relax with a cup of eggnog and enjoy today's featured projects by LCDesigners Leigh, Shari, Karen and Kim!

Leigh is sharing two ATCs, a center step card and a Creepmas altered domino!
"Poinsettia center step card" features Carmen's Veranda Poinsettia large background stamp

multi-layered poinsettia

 "Skellie Snowman" Creepmas altered domino features Carmen's Veranda Snowman and Winged Skeleton

snowman head with a skellie body

"PEACE ATC" features Carmen's Veranda Snowman, Christmas Lights and Lost Coast Designs "Peace" from the Harmony Peace Joy Freedom Dictionary set

  "Twinkle Kitty in Purple" ATC features Carmen's Veranda Christmas Lights and Angel Cat

  Shari is sharing a fabulous box for keeping wish lists in! 
"Snowman Greetings" features Carmen's Veranda Elf with Star

 and a fab folkart "Angel Kitty" card featuring Carmen's Veranda Angel Cat

Karen is sharing a fabulous card featuring Carmen's Veranda Overalls Santa and Lost Coast Designs Party Words

Kim is sharing a fabulous Steampunk Angel mixed media project featuring Lost Coast Designs Steampunk Fly Girl

WOW, what a fantastic show of festive DT inspiration!  I'd like to thank my fellow LCDesigners for all their fabulous projects for our A Carmen's Veranda Christmas Contest and for all their amazing projects shared this year too!  We hope we have inspired you to follow us here at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and are eagerly looking forward to the fun we will have in 2016 ;0)

 Now it's your turn to show us your holiday projects but first we have a few contest rules to go over and the submit your entries in the Inlinks below!
CONTEST RULES

• You can use ANY stamp companies on your entries BUT if you use LCD/CV stamps your entry will count as two and doubles your chance at winning the prize!
  
• Become a Follower of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity
• Submission must link directly to your project, not just your blog home page
• Include our contest info and link in your blog post 
• No backlinking to old projects published prior to the start of the contest
• Please leave us a comment after you link up, we do love hearing from you!
• No limit on how many times you can enter
• No limit on how many events or challenges you can combine with ours
• You may enter our events and Challenges even if you don't have a blog.  Upload your project to a photo sharing sites or personal Facebook accounts, and set the privacy setting to "Public", include the name of the event or Challenge in your photo description!  Please note that if you use a site that requires the DT to sign up to view your project then it will automatically be disqualified! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Don't forget you can also enter your projects in our Winter Holidays Facebook Challenge which is running right through until January 15, 2016, so you've got plenty of time to play on our FB Pages!  Enter your projects for the chance to win even more prizes!  Same FB Challenge on both Pages...see the pinned post at the top of the walls:
  Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda  

Also, in case you missed it, our monthly blog challenge started on Dec 7th!  The challenge will be closing a bit earlier than normal this month on Dec 20th!
The theme is Board Games Pieces!

We have a ton of fabulous game related stamps at both Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda so check them all out via the links below and join the fun!

Lost Coast Designs
Chess and Domino Flying Ladies
Chess Set
Game Shrines
Domino Sets 
Playing Cards and more Chess/Domino flying ladies
World of Borders 

Carmen's Veranda
Games
 Dice Background

Happy Holidays!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

Day 1 of A Carmen's Veranda Christmas!

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!

Today is Day 1 of our A Carmen's Veranda Christmas Contest!

Enter your holiday projects into the Inlinkz collection below today's featured projects by 8pm PST on Dec 15 to be in the running for the $15 spending spree to Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Now sit back and relax with a cup of eggnog and enjoy today's fabulous holiday themed projects by LCDesigners Kim, Leigh, Nanette and Karen!

Kim is sharing a tag featuring Carmen Veranda's Snowman

Leigh is sharing 2 ATCs
ATC #1 "Believe" features Carmen's Veranda Snowman, Three Trees and Believe from Lost Coast Designs "Wish Wisdom Grow Believe" Dictionary set

ATC #2 features Carmen's Veranda Christmas Lights and Angel Cat

Nanette is sharing an altered tin decorated with ATCs on all four sides featuring the following stamps:
Carmen's Veranda - Reindeer Doll, Waving Santa, Christmas Tree, Elf with Star, Christmas Lights and Quilted Wing Angel
Lost Coast Designs - Party Words

Karen is sharing a card featuring Carmen's Veranda Reindeer Doll.

CONTEST RULES
please read!!!!

• You can use ANY stamp companies on your entries however if you do use LCD/CV stamps your entry will count as two and doubles your chance at winning the prize! 
• Your entries must involve rubber stamping in some way and preferably be the focal point of your project, digi stamps alone do not count!
  
• Become a Follower of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity
• Submission must link directly to your project, not just your blog home page
• Include our contest info and link to this post in your blog post 
• No backlinking to old projects published prior to the start of the contest
• Please leave us a comment after you link up, we do love hearing from you!
• No limit on how many times you can enter
• No limit on how many events or challenges you can combine with ours
• You may enter our events and Challenges even if you don't have a blog.  Upload your project to a photo sharing sites or personal Facebook accounts, and set the privacy setting to "Public", include the name of the event or Challenge in your photo description!  Please note that if you use a site that requires the DT to sign up to view your project then it will automatically be disqualified!  

Plus even more ways to win some LCD/CV stamps!

 We also have our 2nd Facebook based challenge starting today too over on Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda FB Pages!  Enter your projects in our Winter Holidays Challenge for the chance to win even more prizes!  Same FB Challenge on both Pages...see the pinned post at the top of the wall on both FB Pages for details!

 Now it's your turn to show us your holiday projects, we can't wait to see all your festive entries!
Please make sure you read over the rules for the Contest as well as the rules for the FB Challenge to make sure your entries qualify!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope our projects have put you in a festive spirit and eager to win our fabulous shopping spree ;0)  See you again for Day 2 on Dec 10th!

Happy Holidays!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader