Festive Fun - Woof Woof Christmas!

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Welcome friends to the Festive Fun Challenge!

Today I wanted to share my dog-gone fun Christmas card with you....

How fun is that? Perfect for any dog-lover in your life and so easy to do.

I started off with a fun background that I had in my stash. I stamped the Doodle Circles background using Imagine's VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink then embossed with black embossing powder.

Next I colored the various circles with alcohol inks.

I then stamped and colored the Many Dogs background stamp onto a piece of white cardstock. I fussy cut particular dogs to fit into each circle and glued them down.

A bit of pen work in between the circles and the stamped sentiment and I called it good.

Stamps Used: Doodle Circles, Many Dogs, Party Words

There's still time to join in on the fun!!

Dog Gone Fun Birthday!

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!

I hope you're all having a wonderful day. Roni here, I just wanted to let you know that you still have a bit of time left to help us Celebrate our 100th Challenge...

I decided to celebrate with some dog friends...I love these darling little pups and thought they would make a perfect way to celebrate. I stamped the Many Dogs background stamp onto kraft paper. I then found a dog that looked like our old basset hound Cecil and colored him with Prismacolor colored pencils.  I trimmed the panel, edged it with Tulip Red VersaFine ink and mounted it on a black card.

I then stamped the Heart from the ATC Doodles set and fussy cut both inside and out. It was then used to frame Cecil.  Finally I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Party Words set of stamps, trimmed it and mounted it on the card.

Hope you enjoy the card and Cecil :)

Remember you still have a bit of time to join in on the fun of our 100th Challenge!!

For the Men...Man's Best Friend

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!

Stamps: Carmens Veranda - Dogs Are Our Whole Lives Clear Sentiment

Lost Coast Designs - Many Dogs

Hello Friends and welcome!

Today I decided to use one of Lost Coast Designs newest stamps - Many Dogs for today's challenge #88 "For the Men". It's so  dog gone cute (sorry - couldn't resist!).

I started off by stamping the dogs onto a piece of white cardstock which was then colored using a combination of Marabu Art Crayons and water. It creates such a lovely intense watercolor look. Once dry this panel was mounted on a black card base.

To create the sentiment I applied various metallic watercolor paints using a piece of cling wrap, pouncing on the colors until I was satisfied with the look. It appears more orange in the photo but it's actually a shimmery copper color that reacted to the lights. It's so hard to capture that shimmer with a camera.  The sentiment was stamped onto the paper once it had dried and was then edged with Blue Belle VersaFine Clair ink to finish it off.

I cut a half circle from Rinea Foiled Paper and mounted it on the card then affixed the sentiment using foam tape. I added a few sequins to finish it off :)

Hope you like my card and are inspired to join in the fun!