Naughty or Nice

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with some last hour inspiration for the Cats and Dogs Challenge.  I have had such a blast with this challenge, and I think the team has too, with so many awesome canine and feline delights.  I decided to use Pokey Dog again and combined him with some die cuts for some festive fun.

I cut a hexagon card base using Tonic dies and stamped the large Shadow Circle Frame with orange ink.  I stamped Pokey Dog and fussy cut him and arranged him with my Tattered Lace die cut wreath.  To finish I stamped Lost Coast Designs Merry Christmas.

You have until 23.59 on the 31st to link up your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs.  Don't forget to scroll down for awesome inspiration from the team.

Hope to see you in the linky.  Hugz

CHALLENGE #199 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

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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 #199

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Half way to the crazy season so let's kickstart some Christmas makes. You have all month to share your stamped anythings with a festive 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

 
 Aimee used Carmen's Veranda Plaid Pants Santa with Lost Coast Designs Small Snowflakes Set

 

Darlene used Carmen's Veranda Angel Cat

 

 

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Taco John, Shadow Frames, Santa Mona and Misc. Words

      
Riet used Lost Coast Designs American Gothic Christmas with Carmen's Veranda Reindeer Doll for this slimline slider card

 

 

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 #199 - Christmas in July
July 1st - 31st  Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, July 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
 

 

Only Sometimes

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Are you enjoying all the wonderful colour inspiration on the blog this month??  Two beautiful colour schemes to choose from and today I went with Terracotta and Turquoise.

I started with a pale turquoise patterned card panel and randomly stamped Lost Coast Designs large circle Shadow Frame with salty ocean distress ink.  I egded the panel with the same ink.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Pokey Cat on the card panel and then on white card using archival sepia ink.  I watercoloured the cat with rusty hinge distress ink and blue gel pen and fussy cut.  The sentiment is Carmen's Veranda Ask For Directions sentiment. 

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

Thanks for dropping by.   

Happy Dog

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with my first project of 2025.  We are feeling all Bright and Cheerful this month, so as long as it has stamping, is bright and makes you happy you can link it up!!   I decided to do some scrappy stamping and fussy cut this happy Pokey Dog to get my brights.

My pink panel is a piece of 49th and Market patterned card.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Round Shadow Frame with red archival ink.  This is a flat stamp and it's picked up the texture on the card stock, which is quite a pretty effect.  Like that.  I stamped Pokey Dog in place with black ink, to save cutting out all those tricky bits, then stamped him again on a fun colour scrap, fussy cut and placed him on the card.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Happy Birthday and I was told there would be cake sentiments, cos what's a birthday without cake!!!

Thanks for dropping by.   I hope the new year has brought you new inspiration and creativity.  The team will be sharing all month, so do pop back often to check out their awesome makes and join the fun.

 

31 Days of Halloween Day 7

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here, flying in with some inspiration for the 31 Days of Halloween challenge.  I've made a scene with Lost Coast Designs Witch 2 and Yoga Cat 10

I stamped the background with Lost Coast Designs Pieces of Calligraphy and Window using grey ink.  I stamped the Large Circle Shadow Frame with yellow and orange distress ink and then gave the background a watercolour wash with blue distress inks.  I stamped Witch 2, Yoga Cat 10 and Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment on white card, fussy cut, added some colour to the witch and added them to the panel.  Yoga cat lost her legs so she could peer over the top of the sentiment.

Submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme to 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. 

Thanks for dropping by.

Say It Big

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Happy 4th July!!!   We are kicking off the festive season this month with Christmas in July.   It's nice to make a few cards at a time and the heat of summer is the perfect time to think snowflakes and ice.  Especially if it's in a long drink LOL.  

No snowflakes or ice on this one, just an elf and a little red, white and blue.

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Flagstone Background with Ice Blue ink and realised I really need to clean my stamps sometimes.  But it's quite a nice shade of uh, rose?? so I stamped the large Rectangle Shadow Frame with Carnation Red archival.  I'd stamped, coloured and fussy cut this little Carmen's Veranda Elf and decided all it needed was a big sentiment.  License Plate Alphabet to the rescue.....

You have all month to join the Christmas in July fun.  

Check the rules to make sure your makes are eligible for the prize draw.

Thanks for dropping by.

 

 

Lost Coast Designs DT Call

CHALLENGE #184 - CUTE AND OR FLUFFY

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 #184

CUTE/FLUFFY

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring cute and or fluffy things.  You have all month to join the fun.  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!

 Roni used Carmen's Veranda Bunny

Liesbeth used Happy Cat, Shadow Frames Set, Feather and Misc. Words Set.

 

   Riet used Lost Coast Designs Spike and Lucy and Long Swirl with Carmen's Veranda Dog Hair.

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 #184 - Cute and/or Fluffy
April 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, April 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
 

 

Flights Of Fancy

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Hello Portal Peeps.  I hope you enjoying all the masculine inspiration with our For The Men Challenge

So many lovely masculine stamps at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda and so many awesome ideas on how to use them from the team.  

Gail here today and I'm keeping it a bit clean and simple with the gorgeous STP Dirigible stamp 

and a Lost Coast Designs Shadow Frame background.

I stamped the large rectangular Shadow Frame with Ice Blue chalk ink and then edged it with some Sky Blue archival.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs STP Dirigible onto the inked panel with black ink and added some distress marker colour.  I also tried to whiten the clouds a bit with a white gel pen.  I cut the panel with a stiched edge die and stuck it on a white card base.  The Happy Birthday is from Lost Coast Designs Party Words set and was stamped with the Sky Blue archival ink.

For The Men

Link up your stamped projects featuring men or masculine themes

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

 

Please check the updated rules.
 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

 

MID MONTH REMINDER CHALLENGE #181 - ANYTHING GOES

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with a mid-month reminder for the current Anything Goes Challenge. The challenges now run for the whole month so you have plenty of time to join the fun.   PLEASE READ THE RULES.  We have made a few changes and updates and some of the entries in the linky already are not eligible for the prize.  You can find the rules tab at the top of the blog.

CHALLENGE #181

ANYTHING GOES

It's Anything Goes!  You have all month to share your stamped anythings with any 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!

 

Roni used Lost Coast Designs No Hat Mona with Carmen's Veranda Swearing Burns Calories sentiment

 Riet used Carmen's Veranda Tulip with Lost Coast Designs Shadow Frames, Pieces of Calligraphy and Brushstrokes

Laurie used Lost Coast Designs Coat Lady and Pieces of Calligraphy with Carmen's Veranda All Together 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 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 #181 - Anything Goes
January 1st - 31st Please READ over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Wednesday, January 31st 23.59 PST.
All entries must be entered in our link up or in our fb group.  See our RULES page for more info
 

 

#179 Round and Round, Mirrored card.

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Hello everybody, Riet here. 

What a nice challenge again.

Round and round, well everyone should be able to do that, right?

Did you know that at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps,

 you can also participate in the challenge with other brands of stamps?

So it's easy, participate and maybe you will be the winner of new stamps.

Now to the explanation of this card/AJ page.

What I used:

LCD

Shadow frames set.

Butterfly set.

Pieces of Calligraphy.

Brush strokes

CV

Just when the caterpillar.

Stencil with small holes.

Distress ink:

Evergreen bough.

Peacock feathers.

Saltwater taffy.

Distress oxide:

Peacock feathers.

Saltwater taffy.

Versafine onyx black.

Black paint for splassing drops.

Black fineliner.

Watercolor paper.

I started with Peacock feathers and the largest circle from the shadow frames set.

I repeated that with Evergreen bough and overlapped the stamp a bit.

Take a little water and a brush to spread the ink a bit.

Wait till its dry.

With the bubble plastic stamp from the Brush strokes, 

I stamped with Distress ink Evergreen bough and

Peacock feathers.

I did this in contrast next to the circles.

Stamped the 3 cirkels flom the Brush strokes set with Distress Oxide Saltwater taffy.

And did the stencil with the Distress Oxide Saltwater taffy.

I stamped the CV text and letters of the Pieces of calligraphy sheet 

with versafine onyx black.

Stamp the butterfly in the center.

Take some black paint for the splashes.

Stamp the butterfly on a piece of paper and color with de distress ink.

Cut the butterfly out and glue on the card.

Color some Peacock feathers in the cirkels.

And with a black fineliner scribble some lines round the cirkels.

Are you in the mood for new stamps?

Then join the challenge and click on the link.

And maybe you will be the lucky winner of this challenge.

And if not, keep participating and don't give up.

Good luck and above all have fun stamping.

Abstract Elk

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Hello Portal Peeps!!   Gail here today.  I am loving all the Red, White and Blue on the blog and in the linky.  Doesn't it look awesome!!!  I decided to just get out some stamps today, ink them up and see where it led me.  I got out Lost Coast Designs lovely Shadow Frame stamps and decided to go abstract with some distress oxide inks.

I started by stamping the large rectangle Shadow Frame stamp with Candied Apple distress oxide ink and then the small circle Shadow Frame stamp with Salty Ocean distress oxide ink on white card

I grunged up the background by randomly stamping the Doodle Circles ATC stamp and PMC Circles stamp with blue ink using the stamps off the block so I could just do partial impressions.  Then I stamped Lost Coast Designs Medium Elk Skull with red ink directly on the card and then on a piece of white card.  I fussy cut the elk image and added it to the stamped panel.

You have until 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 Red, White and Blue fun.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

CHALLENGE #169 - USE SOME WORDS

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 #169

USE SOME WORDS

 

We are focusing on sentiments.  Words should be many, or big and bold on your stamped anythings.  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 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!  

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Dictionary Words and Butterfly, Cameo and Fish Mini Collage stamps.

  
Riet used Carmen's Veranda Child of the Moon sentiment with Lost Coast Designs Shadow Frames and Dancer Silhouette

 

Gail used Carmen's Veranda Ghost Friends sentiment and Rocking Horse with Lost Coast Designs 

Gus

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 #169 - Use Some Words
June 15th - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Friday, 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
 

 

Black Rabbit Spring

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today and our challenge at the moment is Spring has Sprung.  Not here it hasn't!!  Sunny but cold and snow on the ground!  I suppose it does give the whole place that wedding cake look, but I would much rather more green!   So I decided to make a card featuring Rabbit and a green bubbly background in the hopes it will encourage Spring to spring.

I stamped Lost Coast Designs ATC Doodle Circles three times with light green ink, then three times with dark green ink, off-setting the circles.  I wanted to add a little colour so I used the small round Shadow Frame stamp and the light green ink and stamped randomly on the doodle circle background.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Rabbit with Flowers on white card using black ink and fussy cut it.  Did you know it the year of the black rabbit according to the Chinese calendar.  I decided to cut my stamped background panel and incorporate an unstamped strip to give more contrast with my black rabbit.

I hope this bubbly green background will encourage some spring feelings. 

Link up your spring themed stamped anythings for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.

Thanks for dropping by. 

Don't forget to have a look at all the other lovely spring makes from the team.

# 157 Something seasonal challenge

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 blog visitor, Riet here with the last dt post of this year.

There is still time for you to join our challenge.

Did you guys have a good Christmas, I did.

So now we go to the new year.

So I made an invitation card for a new years party.

I used these stamps for it.

pieces of calligraphy,

Pieces of architecture,

shadow frames,

brush strokes,

party pig girl,

Party words.

I used Distress oxide peacock feathers and Seedless preserves.

And a waterproof black ink.

A stencil.

Masking tape.

I started by inking the stencil with seedless preserves.

Spray with a little water and print on the paper.

Then stamp and mask the girl with waterproof black ink.

If you find masking too difficult, you can also stamp and stick her on thin paper.

Use the other stamps as on the example.

But of course you can also make your own mix.

Remove the mask and color the girl with the distress oxide.

Stamp the words from the Party words sheet and glue them on the card.

Make an outline with black and the distress colors.

Finally, splash some black ink here and there on the card.

I hope you liked it.

And there is still time to join the challenge. 

You have a chance to win beautiful rubber stamps.

For me this is my last contribution of this year, 

So I wish you a nice end of the year party.

And see you next year.