Star of Hope

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 Good morning and a very happy Tuesday!

It's Sue here with my 3rd project for our Something Seasonal challenge, and I'm very sad to say that it is my last design team project. I've had a wonderful time here, but with a beautiful new granddaughter to visit, my craft room is going to be rather neglected!

I started by adding some ink to glossy card and spraying with water for a snowy effect.

Then I stamped the fabulous Cityscape and bleached out the colour from the background.

The Angel On The World has to be one of my favourite ever Lost Coast stamps. She's just been coloured with some Tim Holtz distress pens.

My lovely stamps

Angel On World

Cityscape

I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank Linda and the lovely ladies of the DT for having me for the past couple of years, and to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful 2023 xx

A Happy Gnomey Christmas!

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 Good morning and a very happy Friday! Can you believe we're halfway through December and hurtling toward Christmas at breakneck pace! If it isn't done by now.... you probably live in our house and in your mind there's still LOADS of time lol.

For my second card I've used one of my favourite combos, kraft card, white ink, and coloured pencils.

I started with Brilliance ink and a leaf stencil. Then added a little bit of blue (not so delicately) around the edges.

A little bit of snowy spatter makes everything look better!

These are my lovely stamps, I've used my trusty

Misc Words and

Sunglasses Gnome

I hope you're having fun with your own Christmas preparations, and that you join in with our challenge.

Take care and have a very happy weekend x

Have A Holly Jolly Christmas

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 first project for our Something Seasonal challenge. 

I've had this stencil since last Christmas, and now it's finally come out of the packet!

  

As I have rather a lot of cards to make (and I've not really started yet) I needed something that I can batch make but that still looks nice.

I coloured my coated card with Distress oxides, then stamped and cut out Georges and Louis. This is a simple shape to cut out and I like how the brown looks against the blues.

As you can tell, this stamp has been very well-loved lol.

I've just added some glitter to the red berries, and a Tim Holtz sticker.

I hope you join in with our challenge and link up your seasonal piece.

Take care and have a very happy December xx

Ticket To Ride

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Good morning and a very happy Monday! It's Sue here and it's the last few days of our fun Tag challenge, so here's my second piece.

This time I started by making an inky background and stamping the License Plate Alpha Set.

I LOVE this sentiment, they are words to live by!

These are my fab stamps

License Plate Alpha Set

Steampunk Bicycle Lady

Bird On Bike

Coffee Lies 

There's still time to join in with us, so start stamping your tags!

Have a great week whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

CHALLENGE #156 - TAG YOU'RE IT!

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 #156

TAG YOU'RE IT!

 It's all about tags!   Show us your beautifully stamped tags.
Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your tag.  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!

 
Sue used Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background

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

Gail used Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock Standing, Charlie Chaplin and

Frankenstein

 

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 #156 - Tag You're It!
November 15th - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
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
 

 

Dia De Los Muertos

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Good morning and a very happy Wednesday.  It's Sue here and I'm continuing with the Spooky Florals challenge by bringing you my Day of the Dead couple.

I started by making my floral background with the Flowers background stamp.

Then I stamped and embossed another piece with Carmen's Veranda Skulls and Bones Background to make my spooky flowers.

Aren't the Day Of The Dead Man and Woman a fun couple. He may be carrying the knife but she looks scarier to me!

These are my fab stamps

Flowers

Skulls And Bones Background

Day Of The Dead Man and Woman

Once again it's a great fun challenge, so please join in for the chance to win some Lost Coast $'s.

Take care whatever you are doing, and have a very happy November x

Here Kitty Kitty

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 Good morning and a very happy Thursday! It's Sue here, and today I'm sharing my last piece for our 31 Days of Halloween event.

I started by making my background with Distress ink. How did we manage before Distress ink!

I  stamped the Grunge Tree and extended the edges to cover my card. Then I stamped Witch Cat for placement.

Isn't he a cutie!

And these are my stamps, I've only used two

Grunge Tree and

Witch Cat

Now it was time to construct my project, I've made an accordion card.

This was such fun to make!

There's still time to join in with our challenge by either linking up here on the Portal, or via our Facebook group. As always there are Lost Coast $'s to be won!

Take care and have a very happy/spooky day xx

When Witches Go Riding!

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Good morning and a very happy Saturday! It's Sue here to say that  we're well into our 31 Days of Halloween event here at Lost Coast Designs, and are now  adding an additional challenge, Halloween featuring cats and/or dogs. (I've added spiders too!)

I started by making a background with some Distress Inks in Halloweeny colours.

And then I embossed it with a very underused embossing folder, which was then coloured with mica powders (equally underused!)

I love these stamps, they are all such fun!

I've used

Gnome Witch On A Broom

Yoga Cat 10

Witches Go Riding (Carmen's Veranda)

As always please check out the portal every day throughout October for further inspiration from my teamies.

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Los Tres Caballeros!

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Good morning and a very happy Friday! It's Sue here and I'm back with another project for our 31 Days of Halloween event. This time I'm sharing Los Tres Caballeros!

I started by inking up my background, then stamping Gargoyle and Gryphon and embossing in white. I also added some text from the Leonardo Accessories set. I added some colour with ink, but left the text in white.

Next, I stamped and coloured Taurus, and the words from Tres Caballeros.

These are my lovely stamps. I quite often chop my stamps up, which is why the words are separate from the images. Don't worry, if you want  Tres Caballeros it will come complete with the three men lol. I've used

Gryphon

Taurus

Gargoyle

Leonardo Accessories 

 Tres Caballeros

I hope you've already joined in with our fun challenge, but if not, there's still plenty of time. Just link up via the linky or through our Facebook group.

Have a very happy day whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

31 Days Of Halloween - Once A Badass

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 Saturday! It's Sue here, and this is my second spooky piece for our annual 31 Days Of Halloween event.

I started by making a background in Halloween colours. I know it's a bit rough but it will all be OK in the end lol.

Then I stamped the wonderful Skulls And Bones Background and embossed it in black. This is such a fun stamp!

He's such a cutie isn't he, this is Evil Eye!

Here are the stamps that I've used

Evil Eye and Carmen's Veranda

Once A Badass

Skulls And Bones Background

I hope you're joining us every day over on the Portal for inspiration from all of my teamies.

Take care and have a spooky week! x