CHALLENGE #212 - FOR THE MEN

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 #212

FOR THE MEN

 

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring men or with a masculine 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!

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Fourth Dimension with Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock Standing

 

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Weeping Man and Drips

 
Gail used Carmen's Veranda Dice Background and Old Truck with Lost Coast Designs Domino Border and Misc. 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 31st 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 #212 - For The Men
August 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Monday, August 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
 

 

 

Old Yellow

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 all about colours here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this month and we have a choice of two colour schemes to choose from.  Gail here today and I've gone all Lemon and Lime with this beautiful Old Truck stamp from Carmen's Veranda. 

The background stamp is Carmen's Veranda Cracked Mirror.  I used green ink for stamping and distress inks for water colouring.  The sentiment is from Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes set.

Join the colour challenge fun.  Link up your stamped anythings featuring the colours LEMON AND LIME or TERRACOTTA AND TURQUOISE.  

Thanks for dropping by.  

Driving Home For Christmas

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!!  Hope you are having an awesome July.  I've been having fun today with a Christmas In July idea I had for Carmen's Veranda Old Truck and Lost Coast Designs Gnomes.  Unfortunately the original gnomes were too big, but now Linda is releasing mini versions and they fit perfectly.  Let's get merry......

I stamped Old Truck, the Mini Gnomes and part of Megan's Christmas Bird, coloured with watercolour pencils and fussy cut.

 For the background I stamped Lost Coast Designs Trees in black, a yellow circle and gave the rest a blue watercolour wash.  I put the baubles around the back of the truck and added mini Silly Gnome to the truck bed.  I did a bit of snipping and managed to get mini Pompom Gnome in the driving seat LOL.  I cut around the trees leaving a wide border at the bottom, added the truck and stamped the Party Words Merry Christmas.

Thanks for dropping by.  Don't forget to join the Christmas in July fun and link up your stamped Christmas makes for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.

CHALLENGE #178 - STAMP ON PATTERNED PAPER

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.  Wow!!  Did you join in with the 31 Days of Halloween celebration??  Well it's too late now bwahhaahahahhaaaa, but you can still look back through all the amazing projects the team shared.  It's Bootastic.  And now.......
 

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 #178

STAMP ON PATTERNED PAPER

Grab some patterned paper and your stamps.  You can alter it with stamping, paper piece, stamp on it and colour for exciting textures etc etc etc..   We want you to actually stamp on patterned paper in some way, not just include patterned paper on your card.  We can't wait to see your ideas.
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!

Don't have a blog?  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!

Gail used Carmen's Veranda Old Truck with Lost Coast Designs Tall Trees Background, Fruit Pods Background and Party Words

Laurie used Lost Coast Designs Face with Heart

   

Riet used Lost Coast Designs NEW Flowers and Labels Set with Carmen's Veranda Girl with a Mind sentiment

 

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 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.

Happy Stamping!
Gail
Challenge Host

Challenge #178 - Stamp on Patterned Paper
November 1st - 14th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, November 14th 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
 

 

Bringing home the Christmas Tree - Challenge #89

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 all, Lori here today.

Hope you are all ready for Christmas!  I was thinking about a time when we used to go up to the mountains and cut down our own Christmas Tree.  Such fun memories!  

For this card, I spruced" up simple stamped images with embossing powder.  I love how embossing powder really makes stamped images shine!

Lost Coast Designs

Carmen's Veranda - Old Truck

Large Snowflake

Other supplies:

Pigment Ink

Embossing Powder

Acrylic Paint

Fireworks! sprays

Sheer Shimmer spray

Thinlet dies

Instructions:

1) Spray card panel with Fireworks! sprays and allow to dry.  Stamp small snowflakes and emboss with Embossing Power.  Stamp lager snowflakes with pigment ink.

2) Apply white paint splatter.

3) Adhere to card base.

4) Stamp Old Truck with pigment ink and emboss.  Fussy cut truck out and adhere to card base with double sided mounting foam.  Adhere a miniature Christmas Tree to truck bed.  Finally, die cut Winter greeting and adhere to card.

I hope you are enjoying the Holiday Season and was inspired by this project.  We would love to see your "In the Deep Midwinter" makes so I hope you will click below and link your project for us to see!

Happy day!

Lori