Expand Your Horizons

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 stamping friends, Aimee here! I have a simple Lemon/Lime color theme card for June's Challenge in the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity:

I used a Mother Goose People stamp and sentiment from Travel Quotes. Wouldn't flying on a goose be an exciting way to get around? Maybe a bit terrifying, too, haha. Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I made this card:

There's still a few days left to submit your creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. My fingers are crossed you'll win this month's prize. Good luck! And happy stamping. 

Old Yellow

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 all about colours here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this month and we have a choice of two colour schemes to choose from.  Gail here today and I've gone all Lemon and Lime with this beautiful Old Truck stamp from Carmen's Veranda. 

The background stamp is Carmen's Veranda Cracked Mirror.  I used green ink for stamping and distress inks for water colouring.  The sentiment is from Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes set.

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

Thanks for dropping by.  

Thoughtful Geisha

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Hello Portal Peeps!  Gail here today with another lovely lady from the Lost Coast Designs catalogue.  Creating for the I Am Woman Challenge and I've used the beautiful Geisha from the Asian set against a Large Shrubbery Background.

Isn't she lovely!!  I stamped the Shrubbery with Prickly Pear archival and the Travel Quotes sentiment with black ink.  I stamped the geisha on two pieces of card, one pink and one green, fussy cut the pieces and pieced her back together.

I hope you get time to join the I Am Woman challenge and don't forget to check all the wonderful inspiration from the team here on the blog.  Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Bright and Cheerful: Bird Diva

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!

Hi everyone, Liesbeth here again. Today I would love to show you a Bright and Cheerful card for our current challenge. 

I made it onto a background coloured with blue acrylic ink and water. I stamped the divas, text and birds with black ink and coloured them with colour pencils and gelpen. 

Stamps used : Bird Diva with Face, Flying Moon, Travel Quotes and Carmens Verandas Flying Birds. 

Join our challege, so much fun!

See you next time, have a nice day!

Liesbeth XX

TaDa

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today with some inspiration for the new Animal challenge.  Fittingly I am using one of the new animals available in the shop.  This is TaDa Mouse.  Isn't he adorbs!!!

This was supposed to be a rocker card, but something wasn't working, so I mounted the front panel on a standard card base and he only rocks in my dreams.  I used Daisy Mae dies to cut the distressed arch panel and stamped TaDa.  I used promarkers for some touches of colour and added some die cut music staves.  The sentiment is from Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes

 

 'A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles'

 

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring Animals.  Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project for a chance to win the prize.

Thanks for dropping by.

 

CHALLENGE #183 Reminder - LET'S FLY

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Hello Portal Peeps.  
 

Gail here today with a reminder for the Let's Fly Challenge.
Our challenges are now monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st 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.

CHALLENGE #183

LET'S FLY

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring Things That Fly.  You have all month to share your projects.  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 a blast of inspiration from the team to get your creativity flowing.  ENJOY!
   

  Riet used Lost Coast Designs Praying Angel and Hearts and Curls Border with Carmen's Veranda Dutch Dictionary Liefde (English Love)

 

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery, Robust Dancer and More Bugz

 

Gail used Lost Coast Designs MRaven1, Grunge Border 2" and Travel Quotes

 

 

 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 #183 - Let's Fly
March 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, March 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
 

 

 

Vintage /Steampunk: A new light

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! With this wonderful zeppelin ship stamp STP Dirigible I 'd love to show you my Steampunk card. I stamped it with black ink on a Distress Inked background and onto an old piece of book paper. I cut out the book paper zeppelin and glued it at it's place on the card. I coloured the ship and smoke with white colour pencil.

I stamped the text (from Travel Quotes) onto the edge of the book paper, cut it out and sponged the edges a bit and glued on the card. 

There's a few days left for you to participate, join the fun and maybe you'll win! :-)

See you next time, have a nice week!

Liesbeth XX

Across The Miles

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!  Gail here with a card I made for the Use at Least Three Stamps challenge. 

I used yellow card and stamped Lost Coast Designs Fruitpods Background with Dandelion archival ink, inked the edge and mounted it on a white card base.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Crackle Background on bright yellow card with Dandelion archival ink, cut a strip an inch wide,inked the edge and stamped Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes sentiment

'A journey is best measured
in friends rather than Miles'

Then I stamped and fussy cut Lost Coast Designs Silhouette Lady with Umbrella and added her to my card.  Done!!!!  So easy to make pretty with these stamps!

Posh Hat

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Hello Portal Peeps!!!  Gail here popping in from a hot Spring day in Norway with some cool inspiration for the HATS Challenge!

 I've used Lost Coast Designs doll from Doodle Dolls 1 set, Travel Quotes and Concentric Circles Background

 

Oh my!!!!  Concentric Circles is my new favourite background!!!!  I wonder why I haven't grabbed this one before!  I used Sky Blue, Blue Bird and Cactus Flower archival inks and randomly smeared them on the stamp to get this mixed colour background.  Then I stamped the sentiment from Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes.

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the doll and added her to the background.  Then I decided the sentiment didn't pop enough so I made a sentiment panel and stamped it on there.   Done!

I hope you like my strange lady in her strange sky.  Grab your stamps and hats and join the fun for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.  Don't forget, real rubber/clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project.  Linky closes last minute of the month!

Gnomes: reading Gnome

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!

Hi everyone, welcome again to our Anything goes with Gnomes' challenge! Today it's my (Liesbeth) turn. This reading little Gnome is so lovely! 💓 Grab your Gnomes and stamp along with us!

This is how I made this card: I stamped Carmen's Veranda Compass Square four times (using a stamp positioner) with different light inks on a piece of paper and sponged here and there with the same four colours. With black ink, I stamped the tree, (a first and a second print as you can see), the crown and the script at the bottom and the text.(ATC birds in trees, Tree crown, Pieces of Calligraphy, Travel Quotes) I stamped the Book Gnome on a seperate piece of cardstock, coloured it with Zig-markers and cut it out. I glued the Gnome onto the card and finished the card with gel pens and Zig-markers. I sponged the edges with black ink.

Liesbeth XX

Sentiments: Coronation

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, Liesbeth here showing you a card with lots of words and sentiments for our Sentiments challenge! I stamped the Coronation stamp with black ink onto a piece of Gelli printed paper and also onto a seperate white paper. I cut out the girl from the white piece and sponged her softly with Distress ink Vintage Photo and glued her onto the couloured card. On a seperate piece of white paper I stamped the sentiment ,Not all who wander are lost'(Travel quotes) and cut it out. I sticked it on the card, and added the card on pink, white and black cardstock.  There's still a few days left to join the fun and win prizes! Hope to see you!

LiesbethXX

CHALLENGE #130 - SENTIMENTS IN FOCUS (use at least 5 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 #130

SENTIMENTS IN FOCUS

We want to see lots of words on your stamped projects, at least 5 words please.  So pull out those happy, sad, funny and wonderful sentiments and get stamping.
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!

 
Sue used Lost Coast Designs Whimsical Lily, Whimsical Spike, Mini Whimsical Birds 2 and Carmen's Veranda Weird Bright Light.

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Anchor Fish, Bubble Background and Travel Quotes

   Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Shooting Star Background and Frida 1 

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 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 #130 - Sentiments in Focus 

September 15th - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, September 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
 

 

CHALLENGE #124 - INCHIE TWINCHIE BACKGROUND

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 #124

INCHIE TWINCHIE BACKGROUND

We want you to include stamped Inchies (1"x1") and/or Twinchies (2"x2") on your background.  Stamp, cut it up and rearrange it, like patchwork.  So you can use a whole stamped background and cut it up and rearrange it, or stamp on scraps with different stamps and piece it together, or do some fancy masking!  If you want to just add some stamped inchies then that's another interpretation so that works for the theme as well, but they should be a prominent part of your design.  Show us your interpretation but 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 problem, 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 Lost Coast Designs Spikey Fish, Anchor Fish, Gears 2 and Carmen's Veranda All Who Wander

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Travel Quotes, Pieces of Calligraphy, Pieces of Architecture, Daisy Flourish and the Big Cityscape

 

Gail used Lost Coast Designs GNOMES!!!!!! 

 

 

 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 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 #124 - Inchie Twinchie Background
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 Wednesday, 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
 

 

CHALLENGE #114 - GNOMES

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 #114

GNOMES

We want to see your project featuring gnomes.  Lost Coast Designs has had three releases with the cutest gnomes in the blogasphere.  23 gnome stamps and 4 gnome homes are available in real red rubber from the Lost Coast Designs store.  Share your stamped gnome projects with us.  Your gnome must be a real rubber or clear stamped image for a chance to win the prize.
 
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!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Silly Gnome

and Carmen's Veranda Spirit Unicorn sentiment

 Gail used Lost Coast Designs Redneck Gnome, Mayan Stele, Freedom Dictionary Words and Travel Quotes

 

Sue used used Lost Coast Designs Three Gnomes and Stone House 

 

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.

 

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Happy Stamping!
Gail
Challenge Host

Challenge #114 - Gnomes
January 15th - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, January 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
 

 

Coffee with Dali

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!  Gail here today.

Thanks to everyone who enter out Ladies Night challenge.  We really appreciate your support.

For the last part of the month we are going to turn our sights to the men.

Link up your stamped masculine makes for a chance to win.  The team are busy filling the blog with fabulous inspiration and here's my take on The Man Cave challenge...

I've used Lost Coast Designs Leaves Background and Travel Quotes and

Carmen's Veranda Salvador Dali stamp.

 

I stamped Salvador Dali on a scrap of kraft card with black archival ink, masked and stamped the leaves background with carnation archival.

I cut using Stamplorations cup die and added some white gel pen highlights.  I used a red Promarker to edge the die cut, and later I also went round with a black Promarker.

I stamped the leaves background with dandelion archival on glossy white card, just cos it was the first piece of white I found, and sometimes you gotta try these things......

 I left a white border when I cut the panel and edged with yellow and orange Promarker.  I used the cup die and cut some black craft foam to give the cup a bit more dimension.  I used the TRAVEL and WANDERLUST stamps from the travel quotes set and brown archival and stamped them randomly around the background.  Then I stamped the sentiment, also from the travel quotes set and added it to the card.

'Try everything once, then try it again somewhere else'

 

Thanks for visiting.  Don't forget to link up your masculine makes for a chance to win.