Hidden Self

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Hello Portal Peeps!  Well, here we are in February and the challenge this month is For The Men.  Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have so many wonderful masculine stamps and the team is knocking it out of the park with so much awesome inspiration.   I've made a card using two of my favourite blokes, Weeping Man and Alfred Hitchcock.  

 

I started by stamping Weeping Man on white card with brown archival ink.  I spritzed with water and sprinkled Paper Artsy blackcurrant, rusty car and golden sands infusion powders and waited for the magic to happen.

I cut the Weeping Man panel with a stitched edge die and stamped the Carmen's Veranda Squirrel in Traffic sentiment.  Then I stamped, coloured and fussy cut Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock and added him to the card.  

Join the For The Men challenge for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars and don't forget to check back often for lots more wonderful inspiration from the team.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Rise And Shine

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 Good morning and a very happy Friday. Today I'm sharing the words that I live by for my second project for our "Think Pink" challenge.

I started by making a background on my gelli plate using inks and Brusho's. You can see the gaps on the print where I haven't cleaned my gelli plate but I quite like these, so they're staying lol. (And no, I still haven't cleaned my plate!)

I added some stamping (in pink of course) using my new 'Pieces of Caligraphy' stamp plate, and added some stencilling and some embossing powder in the corners.

Then I inked up and stamped my tags.

I sewed my background and tags onto a journal page, and quite liked how it looked, but it still needed finishing off....

So I added some (pink) texture paste through a stencil to tie in the background with my image and sentiment. I also photographed it in the 10-minute daylight window that we had! This gives a much better idea of the true colours. 

These are the stamps that I've used

Pieces of Calligraphy

Weeping Man

Rise and Shine

Please join in with our fun challenge and link up on the Portal. As we are a stamping challenge please remember, no digis allowed!

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

Where`s my hat? - Art journal spread

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Hello everyone! For our ,Where`s my hat`-challenge I made this journal spread with three hats! And the man is still weeping and not happy! ;-)  Read everything about the challenge HERE and join the fun!

I made a background using old paper, old maps, gesso, distress inks and StazOn inks. I stamped the man and the hats on a seperate piece of paper and cut them out. I coloured then a bit with brown ink and glued them onto the background. I finished with glitter glue and some shadowing (charcoal).

Stamps used : (click=see) Weeping man, Small cityscape, Door and window set, Party hats 1, Party hats 2, ATC text set 1, ATC birds in trees.

See you next time, 

Liesbeth XX

The Man Cave Challenge: Weeping man

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here, hoping to inspire you for our Man cave challenge! There are a few days left to join! :-)

This Weeping Man is one of my favourite LCD stamps! I also used both Cityscape stamps, big and small, ATC text Set 1  and ATC Birds in trees (Carmen's Veranda)

I used three tones of blue ink: dark, light and a bright mid-tone. I started with the man, I stamped him with dark blue and masked him. After that I stamped the other images and I sponged the three inks here and there. I removed the mask and ...ready!

Liesbeth XX

CHALLENGE #107 - THE MAN CAVE

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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 #107

THE MAN CAVE

We are going to use the last weeks of September to celebrate men.  

Please include men or male themed images on your stamped anything.

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!

Cathy made this fabulous card using Lost Coast Designs Weeping Man, ATC Set 6, Pieces of Calligraphy and Carmen's Veranda Typewriter

  
Liesbeth made this wonderful card using Lost Coast Designs 3 Waiters, Pieces of Calligraphy and Party Words and Carmen's Veranda Ironwork Wall

Roni used Lost Coast Designs Misc Words, Steampunk Flier, and Up Close & Personal

to make this gorgeous card.

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 #107 - The Man Cave
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 Wednesday, 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
 

 

Anything goes: Frida & Weeping man

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Hi everyone, a final project for our ,Anything Goes Challenge! 

A very easy and simple background: I love painting with acrylic paint, and I always use a disposable paper palette for it. After painting, I never throw away the left-overs of paint. What I do is: I spray a little bit af water onto the left-overs and I soak some pieces of paper into the wet paint, I repeat it 3 or four times, till almost all the paint is gone. You will get nice artistically backgrounds, and you don't waste anything.

With just one or two stamps on top you have a quick nice card!

Stamps I used here: Weeping man, Frida 2 and for the text Frida 1.

Liesbeth XX

Turquoise and terracotta: Weeping man

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Hello everyone, Liesbeth here with a card in my favourite color combination turquoise/terracotta! Read everything about our challenge HERE and participate.😀

I stamped the man onto a inked background with StazOn, I masked him and stamped the flagstone background and flowers. I used a bit of bleach to highlight the man. The texts are stamped onto a piece of  old music sheet and torn out. I finished the card woth a terracotta colour pencil here and there.
Stamps used: Weeping man, Flagstone background, Daisy flourish, Paradise square (texts)

See you next time,Stay healthy!
Liesbeth XX

A Collage of Blokes and Black Friday Deals

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today.  Have you been shopping all the Black Friday weekend deals???   Don't forget to check out both the Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda websites and use the codes below for 20% off and free US shipping.   Linda hasn't forgotton our international fans so you can order and get 20% off and get domestic shipping prices.  How awesome is that???!!!! Grab your codes and shop.  But first, a little inspiration from me..........

I am back from my annual trip to the old country and I think Mr Mojo is still in the holiday mood cos it was a bit of a slow start with this project.  I knew I wanted to use Carmen's Veranda Salvador Dali stamp, and that gave me the idea to go bit crazy.  So I just grabbed a whole slew of stamps and made a masculine themed collage.

I started by stamping Carmen's Veranda Salvador Dali, masking and then stamping Carmen's Veranda Hourglass with black archival ink.

I masked the Hourglass and stamped Lost Coast Designs Weeping Man, Magic Dictionary Words and the chief from the Mayan Hieroglyphs with brown archival ink, masking each image as I went along.  Then I decided to fill in the background using the Mayan Stele stamp.

I stamped the Mayan Stele three times with grey archival ink and unmasked everything!!!
Scary moment LOL.

Hmmm, not bad! I coloured the images with Promarkers and gave the background a Brusho watercolour wash.  Then I used a square stitched die to cut my panel to size.

I inked the edges with brown archival and mounted on a brown base card.  I decided also to add some more blue to the Magic panel, to make it blend in a bit more.

OK, that's it from me.  I'll be back tomorrow with a new challenge so get stamping and link up your For The Men inspired makes by midnight tonight for a chance to win Lost Coast Design dollars!!  And don't forget to use the Black Friday codes and grab yourself a bargain.  Hugz

Through the Keyhole

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with a peek through the Keyhole at Weeping Man.

Hmmmmm, seems that he spotted us!!

Since the current challenge theme is Wood I decided to stamp Carmen's Veranda Keyhole on woodgrain paper and emboss with gold powder.  I added some more colour using Promarkers and then I cut the center out of the keyhole.

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Weeping Man on white card with brown archival ink
and watercoloured with Brusho's.
Green hair??  Maybe that's what he's crying about??

I masked Weeping Man and stamped Lost Coast Designs Leaves Background.

I placed the Weeping Man panel behind the Keyhole panel and mounted it all on a dark brown base card.

Thanks for dropping by.
Don't forget to link up your stamped makes inspired by the word Wood for
your chance to win Lost Coast dollars.

Bare Skinned Bloke Before Coffee

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with some inspiration for the I Spy Something Beginning With B challenge.  I went with a Bare Skinned Bloke.  Calm yourself ladies!!!!

Oooh, I so know that feeling.......

I started by stamping Lost Coast Designs Weeping Man with black archival ink on a piece of white card and coloured with Worn Lipstick, Mustard Seed and Ground Espresso distress inks.

I cut round his hand and his Brown hair and slipped the Double Stitch Rectangle die behind.  This gives some added dimension without all the fussy cutting.

I inked the edges of the inside panel with blue ink and the outside of the outside frame with brown ink.  I added some Blue to his eye and Belt using a gel pen.  I stamped the Carmen's Veranda My Coffee sentiment with Black archival.  Love this sentiment, both for the words, but also for that seriously distressed look of the font.  It suits it so well.  Then I figured I was missing a trick not using that finger so.....

I drew a small cup on a scrap of coloured paper, fussy cut it and hung it off his finger.

Thanks for visiting.  Don't forget to link up your stamped Something Beginning With B makes for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.  Linky closes 11.59 PST 14th May.