Winged things challenge. The raven.

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What is it about ravens?

They've fascinated humanity for centuries.

There's something magical and yet frightening about them.

LCD has some beautiful stamps featuring ravens.

Now, how the card/AJ was made.

What I used:

LCD stamps,

M.Raven 2

Grunge tree

Crows border

Door and window set

Pieces of calligraphy.

Black waterresistent inkpad (Versafine)

Distress oxide,

Uncharted mariner,

Chipped sapphire,

Villainous potion,

Musterd seed.

Black soot.

White gelpen

Pink and tuqoise watercolor paint.

Brayer

Wrap foil

Masking tape

Angie's Happy Hobby stencil of a raven.

Since I have absolutely no drawing talent, 

I'm thrilled with the stencils from Angie's Happy Hobby.

I used the stencil to create the large raven.

Tape the stencil with the ravens to your paper.

I started with a circle mask for the moon.

I sponged around the mask with Villainous potion.

I sponged Uncharted Mariner around that, and then Chipped Sapphire around that.

I sponged the base where the raven stands with Black Soot.

Remove the moon mask and sponge the moon with Mustard Seed.

Stamp the raven, the tree and the crow on the bird.

Using the white gel pen, we make white lines on the tree and the birds.

Set your work aside and let it dry completely.

Now we'll move on to the background.

We'll create the background using watercolor paint and plastic wrap.

Let dry.

With the brayer we apply some more Uncharted Mariner and Villainous potion.

Make prints with the window stamp.

And stamp with Versafine the stamp from Pieces of calligraphy.

Cut out the ravens and glue them onto the card.

Matt the card with black, and it's ready.

The challenge runs until the end of the month, 

so join in for a chance to win new stamps.

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CHALLENGE #203 - FESTIVE FUN

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Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

It's time for our new Challenge.
Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st every month, with chances to win 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 #203

FESTIVE FUN

You have all month to share your stamped anythings with a Christmas theme.  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 read the updated Challenge Rules 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 you could win a bigger prize in our random prize drawing.  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!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Reindeer Gnome

  
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Pokey Pigeon, Grunge Tree and Party Words

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Santa Mona and Party Words 

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 23.59 PST on the 30th 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 #203 - Festive Fun
November 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, November 30th 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
 

 

31 Days of Halloween Day 17: Meeting in the woods

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Hi everyone! 

A scary meeting in the forest today with this two creatures! :-) I made it for the 17th day of our 31 Halloween Days! 

Stamps: I used  Isle of AUD creatures, Grunge Tree and Pieces of Calligraphy.

I started with Distress Inks and stamped everything with StazOn Jet Black. I finished the card with bleach, charcoal and glitter marker.

Hope I inspire you to give it a try yourself...enjoy!

Liesbeth XX

31 Days of Halloween Day 6

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Hi Riet here, with a new Halloween card.

 

Today a Halloween card with the cutest little witch I have ever seen.

Stampes I used:

LCD Witch 2

LCD Grunge tree

LCD Iron work border

CV When witches go riding

Stencil of pine trees

Stencil of a moon.

White gellpen

Waterproof black inkpad

Color pencils

Color markers

Distress ink Wild honey,

Spiced mamalade,

Black soot.

Distress oxide Hickory smoke, 

Dusty concord

I started sponging the moon with Wild honey and spiced marmalade.

Scattered straw around the moon on the outside spiced marmalade.

Sponge the pine trees with Hickory smoke.

And a second row of pinetrees with Black soot.

Sponge the sky with Dusty concord and black soot at the edges.

And stamp the witch and the grunge tree with black waterproof ink.

Color the witch,

and give the trees a bit of a white edge with the gelly pen.

Stamp the saying with the black waterproof ink.

We're going to decorate the mat with the border stamp.

And color it in matching colors.

Glue the card on the mat.

Now that was a lot of coloring, but I like the result.

Perhaps you're also making Halloween/Day of the Dead crafts with stamps.

Feel free to join the LCD/CV challenge.

You can even enter with other brands.

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Where´s my hat: Moon Dolls

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Hi everyone! Today I made a big card for our Where's my hat Challenge with two ,persons' with hats! :-)

I stamped them, and the hat, onto a seperate piece of white cardstock and cut them out. I coloured them with Ecoline Markers and glued them onto an inked and stamped (tree) background.

Stamps used: Large Clown Doll, Three Small Doll Faces, Party Hats 1 Set and Grunge Tree.

There are so many ,hat-possibilities'! Hope you give it a try and participate! Looking forward to see what you create! See you next time. 

Happy Easter! 

LiesbethXX

#192 Cold and Frosty, winter scenery.

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Hi, Riet here.

Well, another year has almost passed.

This is also my last time this year that I blog.

But I hope to see you again in the new year.

For today,

  My DT contribution for the "Cold and Frosty" challenge of  Lost Coast Designs.

Still time to join till the end of the month.

Now how to make this quick and easy card.

Supplies,

LCD Grunge tree.

LCD Party words.

Die of a deer.

Distress ink, Iced Spruce.

Any black inkpad.

White gell pen.

White acrylic paint.

Black marker.

Start with a piece of torn printing paper.

Lay it over your paper and use a finger sponge.

Use Iced Spruce to make edges along the paper.

If you apply a little more pressure in a few places you can make tufts of grass.

Now we are going to use Distress ink Iced Spruce

 and the brayer to create the sky.

Go slowly, taking ink multiple times is better than too much at once.

Stop when you are satisfied with the result.

Now we are going to stamp the tree with black ink.

There are several ways to use your stamps.

In this case, the Grunge Tree stamp has a border.

I cut the tree out. This way you have 3 stamps.

You can use it completely, or just the tree, or just the border.

I stamped the tree twice.

Once straight as a tree and once diagonally against it as a thick branch.

Just look at the white circle.

We fill in the space to connect the branch with the tree with a black marker.

And that's how you make the tree as big as you want.

Using the white gell pen we make snow on the tree and branches.

And with the acrylic paint we splatter snowflakes.

Now I have to admit that I made a mistake.

I glued the die cut of the deer after splattering with the white paint.

 I should have done that earlier so that the deer also has snowflakes on its back and body.

But the choice is up to the maker what you like better.

I also extended the tree trunk with a black marker.

Glue your card onto black and white cardstock,

 and you have a beautiful yet easy to make winter scene.

I wish everyone a happy new years eve, and see you in 2025.

If you have a winter card, come and join the challenge.

Maybe you'll be our next winner.

No LCD stamps required to join.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

CLICK HERE.

#180 In the deep mid winter challenge.

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Hi there, Riet here.

 Its a lovely challenge, love the winter theme.

I hope you will join the lost coast designs challenge.

You have a chance to win stamps.

And let's face it, who wouldn't want that.

Now the step by step of this winter landscape.

What I used for this card.

LCD Grunge tree large

(used only the tree)

LCD Cityscape large.

LCD Lycaonia

Moon face.

 Stazon 

Midnight Blue.

Jet Black

Saddle brown

Distressink,

Dusty concord

Musterd seed

Chipped sapphire

Stormy sky

Tumbled glass 

Distress oxide,

Weathered wood

White gelpen.

Markers or color pencils.

I started with 3 strips of paper that were torn off.

Sponge along the paper edges with the Distress Oxide Wethered wood.

This way you can make beautiful snow edges.

I also use these strips as masks when I stamp the cityscape.

I stamped it with stazon midnight blue.

Now choose a place where the moon should be and

use Distress ink Musterd seed to make a yellow spot slightly larger than the moon stamp.

Stamp the moon with the Stazon Saddle brown.

Now we are going to create the sky with ink blenders.

For this we take different colors and build up, from light to dark, as shown on the card.

I used these distress ink colors for this

Dusty concord, Chipped sapphire, Stormy sky, Tumbled glass.

Well, because I only thought about using the Lycaonia stamp at this point, I stamped her on a thin paper, colored her in and glued her on later.

But before I glued her on I first stamped her on the card so I knew exactly where to place her.

Stamped the trees with Stazon black.

Now finish with the white gel pen. Make stars in the sky and snow on the tree branches.

I hope you enjoyed it and join us in the challenge. The more who participate, the greater the prize.

And you can even participate with stamps from another brand.

You can read all about it in the rules.

31 days of Halloween- day 20 Cats

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 Hello everyone, Riet here.

Are you in the Halloween mood yet?

Well I do, and I love it!!!!

The Lost Coast Designs Halloween challenge actually consists of 2 parts.

The first part is a general Halloween challenge.

The second part is a Halloween cats challenge.

So I picked up my favorite cat and made a card with it.

The "Devil in disguise".

What I used:

Devil in disguise

Door and window set

Grunge tree

Distressink Walnut stain

White gelly pen

Masking tape

Red Posca marker

Versfine onyx black

Derwent inktense pencils,

But you can use other pencils or markers.

How to make the card.

I stamped the cat with the Versafine,

Masked the cat and stamp the window with Versafine black.

Stamped the window on a piece of paper 

and cut out the 4 windows.

With the mask still on the cat, place the paper frame on the card as a mask.

Stamp the grunge tree in the window.

Now remove the masks.

Use a 2cm/0.8inch circle punch to punch a circle of masking tape.

Stick it on the window, this will become the moon.

Now we are going to color the sky and the moon.

I used Derwent inktense for this.

The cat wings and hoorns are colored with a red Posca marker.

The points of the staff are also colored with the red posca marker.

The background is also colored with a Derwent pencil.

With an ink blending tool I applied some Distressink Walnut stain to the edges.

Stamped the words on a peace of paper and blended some walnutstone on the edges.

Glued it on with foam tape.

Now you are done.

Hope you will join the challenge, and maybe you wil be our next winner

of new rubberstamps.

Click the link for the challenge and join.