MID MONTH REMINDER CHALLENGE #182 - FOR THE MEN

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Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

Welcome to our action packed challenge reminder post.  We are getting all masculine this month.  Please read the updated challenge rules to ensure your entry qualifies for the prize.

CHALLENGE #182

FOR THE MEN

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring men or with a masculine focus.  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 you in the mood.  ENJOY!

  
Roni used Carmen's Veranda Einstein with Lost Coast Designs Brushstrokes, Swimsuit Girl (sentiment) and American Gothic Party (man's hat)

Cathy used Travel Set and Number Border.

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Evil Eye, Santa Mona, Large Shrubbery Background and
Party Words

 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 29th 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 #182 - For The Men
February 1st - 29th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, February 29th 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
 

 

Challenge #172 - Summertime - Beauty Fades

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Hello my inky friends! Roni here with my first card for the brand new challenge - #172 Summertime!

To get into the Summertime spirit of things I went bright...really bright for the background. This is out of my wheelhouse but I really like how it turned out. To begin I stamped Sun Tiles (Carmen's Veranda) onto a piece of white cardstock using VersaMark ink and  then embossed it with white EP.  I then had a bit of fun with pigment powders in Lime Green, Yellow and Orange.   I maybe over did it with the orange but with the powders you never can tell until you hit it with water - LOL!!  This piece was trimmed to fit an A2 size teal card.

Next I stamped the Swimsuit Girl onto a piece of cardstock and fussy cut her.  I stamped the Beauty Fades sentiment on a piece of the scrap (from the background), mounted it on teal cardstock and mounted both onto the card.

Make It Funny - Sarcasm x2

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I hope you're all enjoying our current challenge... Make it Funny!

I had so much fun with this challenge I have not one but 2 cards to share with you today...

To get inspired for this challenge I went through my sentiments first then went ahead and created my card around it. For my first card today I fell in love with this sentiment Sarcasm is Forever. I knew I had to use the Party On old lady...I can see her saying this and tooting her own horn.  For the background I used the swirl stamp from the new Brush Strokes set and the Swimsuit Girl (fading out of course).  I had to add a bit of glitter just for that extra special something :)

Oh my next card is so me....sometimes I make it other times not so much - LOL!!  I started off by trimming a gel plate print for my black card. Inspired by this print I stamped the American Gothic Party image on yellow cardstock - something I almost never do (yellow is scary).  It was trimmed and mounted on the card.  I then stamped the sentiment My Greatest Accomplishment on a scrap of cardstock which I had previously stamped the grungy dots (from the Brush Strokes set) using Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink.

Be sure to join in on the fun....Make It Funny...

Slightly Deranged

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Hello all my inky friends... Roni here with another piece for the current challenge
#84 - Make it Funny!

I decided to use the Swimsuit Girl for this card so I stamped her several times in different colors of ink then fussy cut and paper pieced her back together for the image I used on the card. I decided she needed a little bling so I added some glitter to her bathing suit, boots and hat.

To make the card I started off with a white card panel that I stamped with the Daisy Flourish.  I stamped a portion of the Grunge Black Swirl onto a scrap of brown cardstock and tore the edge.  The background panel was mounted on a black card blank with the brown strip mounted on top. I added the swimmer to the card then stamped the sentiment - Spirit Unicorn - off to the side.  It was finished off with a few sparklie dots.

Stamps:

Lost Coast Designs - Swimsuit Girl, Daisy Flourish, 

Carmen's Veranda - Grunge Black Swirl, Spirit Unicorn

There is still time to join in on the fun for the Make It Funny Challenge!

Serendipity

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today and I decided to make some Artist Trading Coins for the current ATC Challenge that is running for the first two weeks of March, here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.   Have you made ATCoins??  They were a new thing last year and became very trendy.  I love em!  2.5 inch circles of fun!!  Big enough to add lots of details, small enough to be a quick idea.  I like to make them as a trio so here we are with Swimsuit Girl in vintage style.

I stamped Swimsuit Girl on various paper scraps using Potting Soil archival ink and fussy cut

I cut my coins using a 2.5inch die from another scrap of patterned paper.  I thought the girls looked quite good just like that, but decided to stamp the background a bit as well.

 I used the long clear Serendipity sentiment from Carmen's Veranda, stamping it across the three coins using the same Potting Soil ink.  Then I stamped sections of Lost Coast Designs Grunge 3" Border above and below the main word.

 Edged with the same ink and added the Beach Babes and done!!

Hope you liked my coins.  Grab your stamps and make some ATC's, ATCoins or ATblocks/chunkies and join our challenge for a chance to win Lost Coast Dollars!!


Want another chance to win??  Lost Coast Designs is proudly sponsoring the
Penny Black and More Challenge

This is a stamping challenge and their theme for March is
Going Round In Circles

Join the fun for another chance to win Lost Coast Dollars!

Hope to see you here and there!!  Hugz