31 Days of Halloween Day 24

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 again today with some more inspiration for the 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  The team is sharing bootiful projects every day this month and we hope you will join the fun and link up your stamped anythings with a  halloween theme.   Doesn't have to be spooky or scary.  Anything that fits the season is good as long as you have used real rubber or clear stamps.  

Today I have used Lost Coast Designs TaDa Mouse and Large Tigger Shrine.

 

 

TaDa's got his wings!!!!

 

I started by stamping Large Tigger Shrine on some slightly lilac card using Memento London Fog ink.  Gorgeous detail on these rubber stamps.  I smudged the edges of the panel with shaded lilac distress ink and drew some of the colour towards the shrine using a water brush.  I smudged wilted violet distress ink on top of some of the shaded lilac to darken the edges and give more depth.

 

 

I gave some of the shrine a watercolour wash with pumice stone distresss ink and smudged the bottom of the panel with black soot distresss ink.  I stamped TaDa on white card, fussy cut him and added him over the art doll so it looked like he has wings.  To finish I stamped part of Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding on the upper part of the shrine and added a few die cut bats.  It's always fun to fly with friends bwahhhaaahahaaaa.

 

Tis Near Halloween

 You have until 23.59 PST on the 31st to submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme to the linky party.  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. 

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CHALLENGE #61 - FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

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!
 
Greetings.  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.  We are a stamping challenge.  Your focus must use rubber or clear stamping to be eligible for the prize.

Now for our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #61

FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

We want to see stamped makes inspired by the Wizard of Oz.  You don't have to use specific Wizard of Oz images.  We will accept any scarecrows, witches, dogs, flying monkeys, lions, yellow bricks, houses, flying or not, with or without squashed witches, or anything else that you can link to the film/book.  Just let us know what it is that inspired you.  

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.  If you are using Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps you can now also link up your challenge entry in the Lost Coast Official Fan Group on facebook.  There is a challenge album in photo's.  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 made a cool card using Carmen's Veranda Oz Witch and Flying Birds Background
 

Gail made a scene with Carmen's Veranda Oz Scarecrow and Monkey Face and Lost Coast Designs Large Tigger Shrine, Oriental Doll, and Fourth Dimension and Shooting Star backgrounds

Roni blinged up Carmen's Veranda Oz Witch against a dramatic background 

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 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

An InLinkz Link-up

#Selfie

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.  Gail here today with Frank, and a little inspiration for the Pretty as a Picture challenge.  We want you to look at the picture and be inspired by one or more of the elements.  I went with the colours, a frame and the whole picture thing.  Smile...

Frank's on holiday again!!  No pineapples this time.  I think he's gone old world...

 I started by stamping and embossing Lost Coast Designs Large Tigger Shrine on a piece of white card and coloured it with Barn Door and Old Paper distress inks.

 I stamped, embossed and fussy cut Carmen's Veranda Frankenstein and coloured him with Stormy Sky distress ink.  I stuck him in front of the shrine and die cut the # and word using Sizzix alpha-dies. 

 

 Link up your stamped makes inspired by something in this picture for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars. 

One of Your Five A Day

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 with some ATC's and an idea for your border stamps.

I've used Lost Coast Designs Dominos Border, the central image from Lost Coast Designs Large Tigger Shrine and the fantabulous sentiment from Carmen's Veranda.  Have you checked out the Carmen Veranda clear sentiments??  They rock!!

I started by cutting my ATC's from black card using a Sizzix die.  Then I stamped the Dominos Border 6 times on each ATC and embossed with white powder.  I edged with versamark ink and embossed with white powder again.
Psssst!  This border stamp is on sale at $1!!!  What can you get for $1???   Some beautiful 8" long Borders at Lost Coast Designs!!   Go check em out!  

I stamped the Large Tigger Shrine and fussy cut the central image.  There are so many details on this stamp.  Isn't that a fun little art doll?!  I stamped the Apple A Day sentiment, cut it up a bit and edged the pieces with black archival ink.

Solitude can be good.

 Fruit and exercise.  Sounds healthy.

Thanks for visiting.  Why not join our On the Border Event for a chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.  Use your border stamps in an unusual way.  Or maybe even a usual way!!   See you there.  Hugz