A Very Good Year

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with some inspiration for our Winged Things Challenge.

I've used the beautiful Mini Maritime Collage stamp which features this lovely stork.

I made a simple masculine birthday card in muted tones.  I started with some pale grey card and stamped the Maritime Collage with brown archival ink and cut it as a long panel.  Then I stamped again on more of the pale grey card using black and midnight blue archival ink.  I fussy cut the black light house and the blue stork and added them to the panel.  Then I mounted centrally on a white card base and stamped the Happy Birthday using Lost Coast Designs Misc. Words.

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring things with wings. Please read the updated rules before entering. Real rubber or clear stamping and theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$'s. 1st - 31st January.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz 

Round & Round - By the Sea Artist Trading Coins

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Hello Friends - today I wanted to share my Artist Trading Coins for the current challenge - Round & Round.

I wanted to do something a bit summery as it has been so cold here and I thought these might fit the bill.  I used Mini Fish, Mini Maritime and the Steampunk Mermaid.  All of these images were stamped on a shimmery white cardstock (which I sadly couldn't capture in the photos).  They were each colored with a variety of colored pencils and edged with VersaFine ink.

There is still time to join in on the fun...

share your creation with us and you might just be a lucky winner!

Summertime - Mystery

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Hello all...I hope you're enjoying your week so far.  Today I have another card I made for the current challenge - Summertime!  I thought I would go under the sea for this card and used the Mermaid with a Shell stamp.

I started off by stamping her on bristol cardstock then used my iridescent watercolors to paint her tail and shell.  I used colored pencils to finish her off.  She was fussy cut and set aside.

I then commenced to work on the background.  I had such fun stamping this background - I fount a piece of teal cardstock which had a faint pattern on it.  I stamped the Mini Fish Collage and Mini Maritime Collage using VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze. I then used the Bubbles Background stamp to fill in the rest of the card.  Finally I used one of the ornaments from the Victoriana set to stamp a center line using Verdant VFC ink.  Once the ink had dried I used a white gel pen to fill in some of the Bubbles.

This panel was mounted on a black card and the mermaid was then affixed to the card using foam tape.  I finished the card off with some faux pearls and 3 stamped words from the Misc Words set.

Hope you all have an inky day and if you have a chance...be sure to join in on the fun!!

Winged Things #159 - Sea Wings

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Hello Friends...Roni here with a fun idea for the challenge #159 - Winged Things. My card today was inspired by one of the new mini collage stamps - Mini Maritime Collage. It's got such a great vintage feel to it that I just love.

So I started with the main image which I stamped it onto a page from a vintage book on stenography using a walnut stain ink. I gave it a light brushing with water to give it a bit more character.

The background was created by stamping an image from the fun new set Brush Strokes onto a light blue piece of cardstock with 4 different colors of VersaFine Clair ink. I started with the darkest ink on each end working my way towards the center.

The background panel was mounted onto a bright blue card blank which I then wrapped with a bit of sisal twine and added the main image once it had dried.

Hope this inspires you to join in on the fun....Winged Things! 

CHALLENGE #159 - WINGED THINGS

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 fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of 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 #159

WINGED THINGS

 
We want to see your stamped projects featuring things with wings.
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 problem, 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!

 
 Roni used Lost Coast Designs Brush Strokes, Mini Bug Collage

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Mini Maritime Collage, Mini Bug Collage, Mini Bird Collage and ATC Doodle Flower stamps

  
Laurie used Carmen's Veranda Butterfly Square and Lost Coast Designs Butterfly set


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 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 #159 - Winged Things
January 15th - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, January 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