Flying girl card

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Good morning, Cathy here with a grungy card for you today.

Stamps Used:

Steampunk fly girl

ATC Italian postmark

Travel stuff set

I started out by making the background with walnut stain distress ink. I then tore the paper and edged it with scorched timber distress oxide.

I stamped Steampunk fly girl with black ink. I then stamped ATC Italian postmark around it.

I then added to a dark brown card base.

I then made this little cluster I made a circle and I stamped the circle from Travel stuff set in red ink to make it pop. and I used a punch and made a tab and added a label and some string.

Don't forget you still have time to join the challenge.

#183 Let's Fly - Not All Who Wander

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Time for another fun challenge and this time I went a wee bit Steampunk...

I wanted this to like they were plans to build a set of wings so I started by stamping the Steampunk Fly Girl on a piece of grid pattern paper. I then stamped the Ledger background in brown ink specifically using the column of figures and the months on the opposite side of the card.  I stamped some text - Pieces of Calligraphy - in red and added some fingerprints and smudges here and there so it looked like these were well worn plans.  I finished the card off by stamping the Not all Who Wander sentiment in the corner.

I hope you join in on the Let's Fly theme this month.

CHALLENGE #173 - STEAMPUNK/VINTAGE

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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 #173

STEAMPUNK/VINTAGE

 We want to see your stamped projects with a steampunk or vintage style.

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!

 Roni used Lost Coast Designs STP Fly with Bird and Misc Words

 

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Steampunk Fly Girl, Cityscape big, ATC Misc. 7 set, Gears Background and Carte Postale.

 

Riet used Lost Coast Designs Labels, Butterflies, Crackle Background and Pieces of Calligraphy

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 #173 - Steampunk/Vintage
August 15th - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, August 31st 23.59 PST.
All entries must be entered in our link up or in the fb group, but your don't need a blog to win.  See our RULES page for more info
 

 

Slimline Cards: Steamy 2023

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Ink Stained Roni here and I am so excited to be joining the LCD/CV Team once again to inspire you to join in on the fun.  The current challenge is Slimline Cards. You can find all of the details here...Challenge #158 Slimline

And here is my first creation...

Wishing you a steamy 2023!!

I started off by using a gel print as the base and stamped the following images using various colors of VersaFine Clair inks...

from Lost Coast Designs....

Steampunk Fly Girl

Steampunk Icarus

Steampunk Plane

Steampunk Flier

Long Flourish

Pieces of Calligraphy

from Carmen's Veranda

Clock Square

Thanks for joining me and if you feel up to the challenge be sure to check out the info found here - Challenge #158 Slimline

and post your creation in the linky found there in.

It's All About The Background

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 Good morning and a very happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend!

It's Sue here, and today I'm sharing a card that I made for our Backgrounds In Focus challenge.  I think this one holds the record for the most stamps used by me on a card lol.

I've been seeing lots of retiform lately, with some beautiful examples from my blogging friend Angela (Felix The Crafty Cat). I must admit, I'd no idea how it was done, but I knew that I liked it. So, much YouTube watching later I decided to give it a go!

I made my grid with a blue distress ink and a blender.

Then I added some stamping - LOTS of stamping. I really like how these two colours look together.

I told you I used a lot of stamps!

These are the ones that I've used;

Pieces of Caligraphy

Leonardo Accessories

Steampunk Fly Girl

Steampunk Icarus

Steampunk Pony

Misc Words

CV Leonardo Man

There's still lots of time to join in with our challenge, so please get stamping and remember to keep the Background In Focus.

Take care, and thanks so much for looking x

Vintage Steampunk: Three tags and a folder

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Hi, ready for some more Vintage Steampunk? Liesbeth here with a new project for our challenge, read everything HERE ! and join the fun!

I made a folder with three tags using a template for the folder as shown:

I coloured the folder and three small tags with Distress Oxide inks and water: Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Broken China and Walnut Stain. Using Oxide Broken China, I stamped Carmen's Veranda Compass Square onto the tags (not very visible anymore...) and Carte Postale with black StazOn  ink on the tags and folder. On the folder I also stamped Gears Background with Frayed Burlap and black.

Using double sided tape, I assembled the folder and stamped STP Guy in car onto it using StazOn black. Onto the tags I stamped Steampunk Typewriter girl, one of the ATC Hands set and Steampunk Fly girl. I bleached the images using some bleach and water and a synthetic brush. I finished with sponging the edges black and glued them onto black cardstock.

See you next time! 

LiesbethXX

Challenge 132, Art dolls and Diva's

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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.

Wander

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Roni here with another bit of tag inspiration for the current challenge... #92 - Tag You're It!

My steampunk inspired Wander tag....

I started off by mixing up a bit of walnut ink in a ziplock baggie. I then put in several tags and inked them all at one time (it's a great way to have extra tags on hand). Each of the tags was then laid out to dry naturally - you get the best looking designs that way.

Once the tags were dried, I adhered a bit of washi tape and stamped several Steampunk images using different shades of VersaFine Clair inks. It needed a little something so I sponged on a dab of VF Clair Rain Forest ink here and there.

I stamped the oval man image from Up Close & Personal onto another tag which was colored with a variety of colored pencils and stamped the sentiment on the scraps. Both of these were then mounted to the tag with foam tape to pop them off the background.

To finish off the tag I added a nice mix of fancy fibers!

I hope this inspires you to join in on the fun! Only a few days left to enter your tag or other project incorporating a tag in the challenge.



Supplies:

Lost Coast Designs: Steampunk Icarus, Steampunk Fly Girl, Steampunk Plane, Steampunk Flier, Up Close & Personal, Wander
Imagine: Walnut Ink, VersaFine Clair, Sponge Dauber
Tag, Fibers

B is for....Bird - Steampunk Birds That Is!

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Yesterday we started a new challenge -
Challenge #75 Things That Start with B

I decided to go with something a bit out of the ordinary and go with Birds...Steampunk Birds that is!

I just love all of the fun steampunk themed stamps at Lost Coast Designs and several of them are related to flying like a bird so I thought it would be fun to use them for this challenge.

The background is a gelli print that I made during one of my play times with the gelli plate. I stamped the Steampunk Flying Girl; Steampunk Plane and Steampunk Flier over the entire piece. I then filled in the spaces with a variety of words from the Misc. Words set.

I then printed out the sentiment on my computer, trimmed and adhered it to the card and as a final touch I added a few gemstones to match the background.

Now it's your turn....stamp something that starts with a "B" and enter it into the challenge for your chance to win!!

Lost Coast Designs Stamps - Steampunk Flying Girl; Steampunk Plane; Steampunk Flier; Misc Words

Good Luck Friends!!



Challenge #75 - Things That Start with B

A Slide Mailer

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Good morning and happy Monday, it's Sue here with my second project for our Anything Goes challenge, and this time around I've decorated a slide mailer.

These are something that I make every so often, I do enjoy making them, but once I've done one I don't need to do another for a while!

I started by painting the outside of my mailer with DecoArt paints and then stencilling through with white acrylic.

Then I stamped the Carmen's Veranda Passport Background, and that was the front all done.

For the back I stamped the CV Leonardo Man  - this is where a stamping platform really comes into it's own as you can keep stamping until you get the perfect image. 

Time to do the inside now. I  made a rusty effect on the slide with DecoArt sand paste and paints. Then I chose a couple of images for the slides I used Steampunk Icarus and Steampunk Flygirl.

I rusted the inside of the mailer, and painted and then stamped with Antique Text Border

And on the other side I stamped the lovely Chloe Collage.

And there we are - all done!
I hope you like it, and that you join in with our challenge - remember it's 'anything goes' so as long as it's got some stamping on, it's good by us.
Have a happy week, and thanks very much for looking xx

Winter Is Coming

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Good morning, and happy Monday. It's Sue here with my second piece for the current 'I Am Woman' challenge. This time I'm using some fabulous new stamps from the Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda stores.

I started by making an 8x8 background with mixed media paper using Tim Holtz Distress Oxides in just about every colour that I own. I diped the paper one colour at a time and dried it each time to avoid mud.

Next I went through a cog stencil with Tea Dye to add a bit of contrast.

Then I stamped Steampunk Fly Girl with water as I wanted to remove some of the colour.

Time for more stenciling now, I've used an Andy Skinner face stencil and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide.

These are the stars of the show. They are new stamps called Flying Steampunk, and Steampunk Profile. They're amazing stamps and I shall be using them loads. I've coloured them with watercolour and sparkle pens.

Time for more Steampunkery now. I've die cut cogs and feathers etc on thick black card.

Then coated it all with various colours of metallic gilding waxes.

I LOVE this stamp and know it will get lots of use. It's a new Carmens Veranda clear stamp called unsurprisingly Winter Is Coming

Here it is, all done! I've stuck it to the inside cover of my new black journal.

And this is how they look together - I like it - a lot!

There's still loads of time for you to join in, so please link up for a chance to win Lost Coast $'s.

Have a very happy day, and thanks very much for looking xx