Its a bright and cheerful bookmark.

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Hi there, Riet here. 

This bookmark is so bright and cheerfull, 

and that is also the challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

This is what I used for this bookmark.

Pope clown.

Just faces set.

Me to you, embossingfolder.

Balloon die.

Distress Oxide,

Kitch Flamingo,

Musterd seed,

Twisted citron,

Lucky clover,

Peacock feathers,

Wilted violet.

Distressink,

Musterd seed,

Spiced marmelade.

4 colors acrylic spray paint.

Blue, turqoise, green and purple.

Versafine onyx black

Stazon saddle brown.

White smooth paper 6x20cm / 2,3x7,8inch.

Paper for the balloon and  Pope clown.

Black cardstock.

Color pencils or markers.

White gell pen.

How to make the bookmark.

Make spots that blend into each other with the 6 Distress oxide colours.

Let dry well.

Spray the acrylic paint on to the distress oxide.

Embos the left side of the bookmark.

Lightly sand the embossing areas with a sanding block.

Stamp the clown with the Versafine onyx black.

Color and cut him out.

Use the white gell pen for some accents.

Die cut the balloon and color it with de distressink.

Stamp the moon face with the Stazon saddle brown.

Color the eyes with the white gell pen.

Mat the card with the black cardstock and glue the clown and balloon in place.

Maybe you can make something with the Bright and Cheerful theme.

Then join the challenge and maybe you'll be the next winner.

Hope to see your work at the challenge.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

#186 Red, white and blue challenge. Stars, stripes and clowns.

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!

Today a card with the fun big nose and pope clown.

These are really fun for the red, white and blue theme of this challenge. 

What I used for this card:

Big nose clown,

Pope clown,

Rustic checkerboard border.

Stencil

Hotfix silver stars and squares.

Distressink:

Pumice stone

Antique linen

Chipped Sapphire

Fired brick.

Versafine Onyx black

I started by giving the white paper a vintage color.

I know it's supposed to be white, but I wanted to give the card a vintage look.

I did that with Antique linen and Pumice stone.

I applied the red and blue distress ink with the stencil and an ink blender.

First one half, then turned the stencil over and inked up the other half of the paper with red.

While the stenciled background is drying, I stamped the clowns with versafine black.

I colored the clowns with the red and blue distredd ink.

Let them dry.

Now continue with 2 strips of paper and repeat the

vintage coloring in the same way as the card.

Stamp the rustic checkerboard border 3 times in red and blue.

Now it's a bit of a puzzle to get the patterns to match as well as possible.

Cut out the clowns and glue them onto the card.

Finish it all off with the silver stars.

Glue on to red and blue cardstock.

This was my contribution to the challenge.

Now I'm curious what you make in red, white and blue.

Maybe something for the 4th of July?

Show us and participate in the challenge.

Wouldn't it be nice if you were the new winner?

You can even participate with stamps from other brands.

That's all allowed, as long as you use stamps on your project or card.

#185 "Let us entertain you" challenge. Clowns

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 everybody, Riet here with 2 cards. 

Today 2 cards for the challenge,

because I think both clowns really belong together.

Let me explain to you how these cards are made.

 I used these stamps:

Card #1

Pope clown

Ledger 

Brushstrokes

Card #2

Big nose clown

Brush strokes

Pieces of calligraphy

Victoriana

Furthermore I used:

Black stazon

Distress oxide.

Twisted citron,

Lucky clover,

Cracked pistaschio,

Musterd seed,

Wild honey,

Crackling campfire,

Barn door.

Derwent colorsoft pencils.

Take two pieces of paper measuring 20x20cm.

One for the orange background and one for the green.

We apply the colors with a brayer.

Starting with the light colors and working your way to the dark colors.

Be careful with the dark colors, apply small amounts.

With the sheet brush strokes, we now randomly stamp

 the orange tones on the green background.

And with the green tones on the orange background.

While we let this dry, we stamp the two clowns and color them.

When they ar colored you can cut them out.

Now choose a nice piece of background and cut it to 8.5cm x 8.5cm.

Now cut a piece of white cardstock measuring 12.5 x 12.5 cm.

And a double of 15 X 15cm.

We put the double card a side for a while.

Place the background on the white 12.5 x 12.5

Stamp the top left corner and bottom right corner,

 with the ledger stamp and the black stazon.

Repeat this with stamps from the Brush strokes sheet.

Use a stamping tool for this.

Now it looks like this.

Matt with a black cardstock with a 2mm edge.

Do the same with the second white card and glue them together.

Now use foam tape to stick the clowns on.

Now the card is ready.

The team would love to see your artwork in the LCD/CV challenge.

You can also participate with other brands of stamps.

You also have a chance to win new stamps, so join the challenge.

Today's Good Mood!

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!

 Good morning and a very happy Tuesday! It's Sue here with my card for our latest challenge over at Lost Coast Designs. For this one, we need to use at least 3 stamps. This is really easy for me as I always use loads of stamps - I just LOVE putting them all away again lol.

I started by making quite a bright background using distress inks, stencils, and lots of stamps and white embossing powder.

Then I nabbed a spot for my sentiment. It was also somewhere for my clown to stand on!

And these are my fun images! I love Pope Clown, he really looks like he knows how to have a good time!

Yep, I've definitely used at least 3 stamps lol. I've used

License Plate Alphabet

Pope Clown

Big Nose Clown

Pieces of Caligraphy

Elf With Star (Carmen's Veranda)

Today's Good Mood ' Carmen's Veranda)

And we're all done!

I must admit I do like this one, and I've already got someone in mind for it.

I hope you join in with our challenge, and be sure to use at least 3 stamps.

Take care and have a very happy week xx

Challenge 132, Art dolls and Diva's

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, its me, Riet.

Today an art doll as a card.

Years ago I participated in a swap, theme was puzzle with your stamps. 

I believe the original idea came from Hermine Koster. 

So much fun to do, if you like a real challenge.

You can join our challenge and maybe you will be the winner of new rubber stamps.

I did the coloring with distressinks.

These are the stamps I used.

Click on the stamp, if you like to go to the webshop.

I put these three parts together to make the art doll.

I used the Ledger stamp for the background and 2 pieces for the border.

Click on the banner to go to the challenge.

I hope I see you there.