CHALLENGE #206 - LOVE AND HEARTS MID-MONTH REMINDER

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 monthly!  A new challenge starting the 1st 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 #206

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February, the month of love.  Please share your stamped anythings featuring love and hearts.  Lets get romantic and share love.  We certainly need as much as we can get.
You have all month to share.  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 awesome inspiration from the team to keep us entertained.  ENJOY!

Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Viking Gnome

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Thick and Thin Men and Love Dictionary Words

   
Aimee used Lost Coast Designs 3" Grunge Border with Carmen's Veranda Soul Friends sentiment

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 28th 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 #206 - Love and Hearts
February 1st - 28th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Saturday, February 28th 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
 

  

New Gnome Home

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 with a card for the Gnome-vember Challenge. We want to see all your stamped makes featuring gnomes.  Lost Coast Designs have a awesome selection of the cutest gnomes, now available in large and mini sizes.  I've used Viking Gnome with mini Stone House and a Large Shrubbery background.

 

I stamped Viking Gnome and mini Stone House on white card, masked and stamped the Shrubbery with green ink.  I cut the panel with Marianne Designs large postage stamp die.   I used a yellow base card smeared with green ink and also edged the white panel with the same inks.  I used some words from Misc. Words to make the sentiment.

 

Join the Gnome-vember fun for a chance to win Lost Coast $$$$$.  You have all month to link up your stamped anythings featuring GNOMES!!!!

Gnomes: Cake Viking

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here with the final blogpost of our Gnomes Challenge! Theres still a little for you time to participate! 

Using black ink, I stamped the Viking Gnome onto a white card and masked it. After that I stamped the Stump House. Using a stencil and yellow, pink and blue Distress ink (and a blending tool) I sponged the arch behind the gnome. For every color I moved and flipped over the stencil. I also sponged the bottom of the card carefully. I removed the mask of the gnome and coloured everything with watercolor markers. I stamped the text (Party Words). As a finishing touch I sponged the edges with a bit of black ink to create deapth.

See you next time,

Liesbeth XX

Water buffalo 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!

Hello all. Cathy here with a gnome card that I got inspired by the Flintstones. 

Stamp used: Viking gnome

I first started with some distress spray inks and made a background. I used blues and greens, set aside to dry. 

Next stamp Viking gnome and when I was coloring him in he remined me of the Flintstones when Fred would go the the water buffalo lodge meeting, so I colored Viking gnome that same colors. Cut him out.

Next I took a stencil and some black texture paste and applied it to my background that has dried.

Add some washi tape for the Viking gnome (water buffalo) to stand on and a snarky saying and mount it on a teal card base and there you have it. 

Come join the gnome fun here