CHALLENGE #186 - RED, WHITE AND BLUE

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.
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 #186

RED, WHITE AND BLUE

We want to see your stamped anything in a predominantly Red White and Blue colour scheme.  small amounts of other colours will be accepted but it must be predominantly RED WHITE and BLUE.
You have all month to share your stamped anythings with the 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 Brush Stokes, ATC Italian Postmark with Carmen's Veranda Open Rose

 

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Mayan Stele and Mini Manga with Carmen's Veranda Huge To Do List sentiment

Liesbeth used Carmen's Veranda Paradise, Dice Hand and Clock Face squares with Lost Coast Designs Daisy Flourish

  Riet used Lost Coast Designs Brush Stokes, Three Gnomes 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 #186 - Red, White and Blue
June 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, June 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
 

 

Window on a New 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.  Gail here today with a little inspiration for our current Hard As Stone challenge.
We want to see an architectural element on your stamped makes and I decided to play with the lovely gothic window from Lost Coast Designs' Door and Window set.  And what better to go with a gothic window than a Gothic Princess.....

She is so pretty, standing on her own little beach, under the stars,
looking through the window to a new day. 

I started by stamping the window on a white base card with black archival ink.  Then I stamped Goth Princess, coloured her with distress inks and a neon green gel pen and fussy cut her.   Those eyes is a little bit spooky!  I think she's been in the dragon blood liqueur!!!

I wanted to play with my new Baked Texture embossing powders.  I used my embossing pen to scribble the foreground and used Dirty Sand btep and heated it.  The texture is amazing.  I looks a little like sand when you sprinkle it and keeps that rough sandy feel when heated.  Then I smeared Versamark ink around the sides and top of my card and embossed with Deep Sea.  This has some nice white chunky bits but not many of those stuck to my versamark ink.  On the right hand side I have started to layer the embossing powder cos I want to stamp in it.  This one is translucent so you can see how the colour intensifies as you layer it up.

Once I had 3 layers of Deep Sea powder I melted it and stamped Lost Coast Designs Cracked Sky with white dye ink.   I coloured the window and bricks with Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke distress inks and gave the foreground a wash of Spiced Marmalade.  I masked the window and stamped Cracked Grass (upside down to make grass into mountains and trees LOL) and coloured the sky with Stormy Sky distress.

I finished colouring the sceney with more distress inks and added my goth Princess. 

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you feel inspired to join the fun and show us your stamped projects with windows, doors, houses, statues, brick, flagstones etc.  There are Lost Coast Dollars up for grabs and the more entries the bigger the prize!!
The Hard As Stone Challenge linky is open to the end of the month.

CHALLENGE #54 MINI ME

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.

Now for our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #54

MINI ME

We want to see small stamped makes for example ATC's, Moo's, Inchies, Twinchies, Bookmarks, Tags, etc.  NO CARDS PLEASE!!. 
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 Design Team Faves 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 voted by the DT is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = Random Winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
10+ Entries = Random Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
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!

SUE made this gorgeous tag using Carmen's Veranda Flaming Heart

RONI made this really cool Carmen's Veranda Not My Monkey matchbook

which contains Carmen's Veranda Sock Monkey shrink plastic earrings!!

GAIL made some bright and fun Artists Trading Coins using Lost Coast Designs Mini Manga set, Shooting Star Background and Carmen's Veranda's 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 5 to midnight PST on the 14th 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. 

Ready, steady, stamp!!
Gail
Challenge Host

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