Round & Round - By the Sea Artist Trading Coins

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Hello Friends - today I wanted to share my Artist Trading Coins for the current challenge - Round & Round.

I wanted to do something a bit summery as it has been so cold here and I thought these might fit the bill.  I used Mini Fish, Mini Maritime and the Steampunk Mermaid.  All of these images were stamped on a shimmery white cardstock (which I sadly couldn't capture in the photos).  They were each colored with a variety of colored pencils and edged with VersaFine ink.

There is still time to join in on the fun...

share your creation with us and you might just be a lucky winner!

Steampunk/Vintage Challenge - Steampunk Mermaid

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Our current challenge - Steampunk/Vintage is quickly coming to a close.  You still have a bit of time to join in on the fun and today I have my final Steampunk card to share with you...my Steampunk Mermaid.

I started off by stamping the Steampunk Mermaid on a piece of vellum using StazOn ink.  Once the ink had dried I colored the back of the image with a variety of markers and left her to dry.  After the inks had dried I tore the edges and set aside.

I created the background with pigment powders in shades of blue. I stamped the Gears background stamp using VersaMark ink and embossed it using gold, silver and copper embossing powders.  I crumbled up the mat several times to give it a distressed look, scraped the edges with an envelope opener then mounted it onto a blue card.

The Steampunk Mermaid was affixed to the card using liquid glue in the two corners which I covered up with a few metal gears.

I hope you have a bit of time to join in on this challenge...

#164 -Challenge, make a rock or popup card.

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!

Goodmorning happy easter to all of you.

Riet here,here is my second card for the rock or popup challenge.

Gail, our dt leader had a great 

idea for a challenge. 

Rock or popup.

I chose a rocker card with a pendulum.

I thought this airship was well suited for that.

Because I have never made an interactive card before, 

I did some searching on the internet.

And ended up with one of the best card makers out there.

Jennifer Mcguire.

Here is a link to the video on how to make a rocking card with a pendulum.

Here's a little explanation of how I made my rocker.

What I used.

Lost Coast Designs, STP Dirigible.

Adventure is from the Misc words sheet.

The small curl in the water is from the Brush Strokes sheet.

The beach (the rocker part) Shrubbery. 

Steampunk mermaid. 

For the ocean, 

Distress oxide,

Peacock feathers and Blueprint sketch.

For the sky, Distress oxide,

Musterd seed, Wild honey, Abandoned coral and Wilted violet.

For the beach (rocker), 

Distress oxide, Tea Dye, ground espresso.

Ditressink, walnut stain.

Amsterdam acrylic ink Titanium white.

Distress micro glaze.

Color pencils.

Die of waves (Leane Creatieve), Lea'bilitie landscape.

The card consists of two halves.

The sky and the ocean.

For the sky I started with ink blending at the bottom.

First with Mustard seed then with wild honey.

Then with Abandoned coral and finally at the top the Wilted violet.

When that is dry, continue with the clouds.

I painted the clouds with white Amsterdam acrylic ink.

The oceaan is cut out in waves with a waves die.

I stamped the bottom half with the curl stamp from the brush strokes sheet with Distress Glaze.

With a inkblending tool, the oceaan at the top with Blueprint sketch.

 the bottom half with Peacock feathers.

When it was dry I painted some foam caps on the waves,

 with a brush with the Amsterdan acrylic ink.

With colorpencils, i used Derwend colorsoft, 

I colored the mermaid and the airship (Dirigible), 

and with a piece of die cut wave I stamped "Adventure".

made a pencil line around it to make it pop.

Now for the rocking part. 

I folded a pieces of 200 grams paper and cut a half circle out.

With a inkblending  tool and distress oxide Tea dye I colored it.

With distress oxide ground espresso I stamped the shrubbery.  

Its a impression of the beach and sand dunes.

Jennifer Mcguire's video shows you how to assemble the card.

I Loved to make this card. It was a real out of the box for me.

Hope you have fun making a rocker or popup card and please show it on oure 

challenge blog or facebook.

Challenge blog:

https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/search/label/Monthly%20Challenge

Facebook challenge: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1662303170690736

 

Under the Sea: Steampunk Mermaid

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Hi eveyone! It´s Liesbeth here with an ,Under the Sea` card to show you for our current challenge. There's still a few days time to join us, hope you do!

I used the stamps Fish and Heart Set 1, Bubbles Border and Steampunk Mermaid. 

On an alcohol ink background (glossy paper) I stamped the mermaid with black StazOn ink and masked her. With green, blue and black StazOn I stamped the border and the stamps of the stamp set. I removed the mask and finished the card with Distress markers, gel pens  and I made a shadow around the mermaid.

See you next time, 

Liesbeth XX

# 144, Under the sea.

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Hi there, Riet here. 

Today it's an easy card.

But first what I used to make the card.

Carmens Veranda, Girl with a mind.

Lost coast designs, STP mermaid.

Black Stazon.

Distressink Black soot.

A stencil.

3 colors of Glimmermist or other spray ink.

Coloring pencils.

I started with spraying 3 colors of glimmermist.

Orange, turquoise and green, on a stencil.

Turn the stencil over and place it on the paper so that you get an inverted print.

Let it dry, in the meantime you can color the mermaid.

You can also stamp the text with stazon black.

Cut out and smear the edges with Distressink Black soot.

Cut out the mermaid.

Glue everything to the card and mat it on black cardstock.

And your done.

Now it's up to you, make something with the theme "under the sea" too.

And join the challenge. So fun to participate.

And of course you have a chance to win.

So click on the link and join the challenge.

Hope to see you there.

 

#122 Under the sea.

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Hi there, Riet here.

 We are entering the last 2 days of the "under the sea" challenge. 

So this is the last Design team contribution of this challenge. 

I chose the steampunk mermaid again. 

I think she's such a sweetheart. 

I started with a background of Dylusionink sprays. 

With distress oxide and some ocean themed stencils I finished the background. 

I also colored the corners with gears with distress oxide. 

I did the large gears with Americana paint. 

I have always applied layers and dots with my fingers so that you get an uneven structure.

I used red-yellow-green and brown for that. 

With a punch I punched out some twigs and colored them with water-diluted distressink. 

I colored the shells with Nuvo glitter markers. 

And I colored the mermaid with pencils. 

I covered the twigs, shells and mermaid with Nuvo aqua shimmer. 

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and get started with it. 

I am looking forward to seeing your work. 

You can still participate in the challenge and have a chance to win a prize. 

You can even participate with stamps from other brands. 

So come join quickly. 

#122 Under the sea, I love this little mermaid.

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Hallo everyone, 

Today I made a wall hanger with the steampunk mermaid stamp. 

She is such a sweetheart, just love her. 

I made the wall hanger in aqua colors, but it is of course possible in any color that you like. 

With dylusions ink sprays I colored a piece of gauze. 

I colored the little pearls with alcohol ink. 

While it is drying I colored the mermaid with pencils and cut it out.

I had the rest of the decorations lying around for years, so a great opportunity to use them. 

I glued everything together. 

Then I added some fine glitter with the Nuvo glitter gloss. 

It is a pity that it cannot be seen in the photo, because it shines very nicely. 

The team and I are curious about what you make with this theme. 

There is still time to participate and have a chance to win a prize. 

So don't be shy and show us your work by joining our challenge.

Good luck

Under the sea: steampunk

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! There's still time to paticipate in our challenge Under the Sea! Here's another big card I made, it was so much fun making it! I stamped the ,waves' 3 times using a Big and Juicy inkpad (rainbow coloured) and spread the ink a bit with water and a brush. I let it dry well. Using black StazOn ink, I stamped the small waves at the bottom and the right ship. I also stamped two ships and the mermaid onto a seperate piece of paper and I cut them out. I coloured them with watercolor pencils, water and I finished with glitter glue after I sticked everything in place.

Stamps used (click=see):  STP Dirigible, Bubbles border, Steampunk mermaid, Fish and heart set1

See you next time!

Liesbeth XX

Challenge #122 Under the sea.

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!

Hallo everybody, 

Under the sea, that's a great theme. 

But my steampunk mermaid was so tired from swimming under the sea,

 that she wanted to rest for a while above the sea. 

I made this work with panpastel.

 And despite the fact that it was much bigger than I actually wanted, 

I am still satisfied with it. 

I colored the mermaid on thin paper.

Then glued her on the sand.

 And with a white gell pen I made the splashing water from the waves.

As for the challenge. 

The team would love it if you took part. 

It can be anything with the theme "under the sea".

As long as you use stamps on it. 

You can even participate with stamps from other brands.

 And of course there is a prize to be won. 

Please do read the rules.

Good luck and especially have fun joining the challenge.

CHALLENGE #59 - HARD AS STONE

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Greetings.  It's time for our new Challenge.
Please remember we are a stamping challenge and real rubber or clear stamps should be the focus of your project to be eligible for the prize.
Our challenges are now fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of every month, with chances to win your self some 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 #59

HARD AS STONE

Your stamped make should include an architectural element as the focal point.  A building, windows, doors, column, statues, brick, flagstones etc.

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 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.  If you are using Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps you can now also link up your challenge entry in the Lost Coast Official Fan Group on facebook.  There is a challenge album in photo's.  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's fun underwater ATC uses Carmen's Veranda Small Door

which opens to reveal Lost Coast Designs Steampunk Mermaid peeking in 

Lori made these gorgeous paperweights using Lost Coast Designs Gears Background

Roni made this cool card using Carmen's Veranda Architectural Square

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 5 to midnight 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

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