Pear Square

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!

Hi all, Aimee here with an all-occasion card perfect for last-minute gifts:

I used the Pear Square stamp from Carmen's Veranda and the Pieces of Calligraphy and Grunge Border stamps from Lost Coast Designs. Follow along to see how I made it:

This month the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is hosting a "Fruit, Flower and Foliage" Challenge, perfect for the summer month of June. Post your own creation to the blog by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize. 

CHALLENGE #198 - COLOUR CHALLENGE MID MONTH REMINDER

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 halfway through June and time for a mid-month blast of inspiration from the team for our Colour Challenge.  Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st every month, with chances to win Lost Coast dollars.   This month we are all about the colours Lemon and Lime OR Terracotta and Turquoise.

CHALLENGE #198

COLOUR CHALLENGE

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring the colours 
LEMON AND LIME or TERRACOTTA AND TURQUOISE.
You can pick which colour scheme you want to use.  You can include black and white and a small splash of other colours if you must, but the main colours should be obvious.
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 the inspiration from the team.  ENJOY!

 Aimee used Carmen's Veranda Pear Square

Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Mini Butterfly Collage Stamp

 

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Cityscape and Dream Dictionary 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 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

Pear Square

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 there, Aimee here! I don't know about you, but I like to keep a few all-occasion cards handy for last minute gifts. This generic pear card would work great for a housewarming, hostess or even birthday gift.

It uses the Pear Square stamp from Carmen's Veranda. The process to build it was relatively simple. Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I made it:

This card also works well with this month's Fruit, Flowers and Foilage Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Simply upload your creation by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize!

Fruit, Flower & Foliage: Pear bookmark

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 everyone, this time I show you a fruity bookmark to inspire you for our current challenge Fruit, Flower and Foliage. (Click for information and how to participate!) :-)

I used just one stamp: one of the beautiful CV Squares, Pear Square. Oh how I love that amazing squares! I stamped it several times onto an inked (Distress) background with black StazOn ink. I bleached the pears and leaves with pure bleach, let them dry well and coloured the card with colour pencils. I finished with a white gelpen and sponged the edges with black ink.

Hope we will see your fruity artwork! :-)

See you soon, hugs,

LiesbethXX

Something beginning with S: Squares

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!

Hi everyone, join our current challenge, it's easy...just stamp something beginning with S ! Read everything about the Challenge HERE ;-) I made three Square cards with the Carmen's Veranda Square stamps. They are so beautiful and detailed, love them! I just stamped them onto a square inked card with black StazOn ink and bleached them here and there with watered down bleach and a synthetic brush.

See you next time!

Liesbeth XX

Let's go Vegetarian: tiny house

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!

Hi everyone, Liesbeth here showing you a tiny house in ,Vegetarian' theme. Hope you join our ,Let's go Vegetarian' challenge! 

 I found beautiful painted papers in my stash and cut out the house using a Sizzix (Tim Holtz) die: Tiny Houses. I stamped a several trees- , leaves- and flourish stamps with black ink and couloured it with Distress markers. I sponged the edges black. 

Stamps used: Daisy Flourish, ATC Birds in tree, Pear square, Tulip ?? , Antique text border.

Liesbeth XX