#200 Cats and Dogs challenge.

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Hello dear blog visitors!

Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda Stamps is running a fun challenge.

Cats and dogs! 

Since you don't necessarily have to use the LCD or CV stamps, 

you can still participate and have a chance to win.

Read the rules please.

Now for the explanation of this card.

I used:

CV White cat.

CV daisies in my hair.

LCD Flowers in 3 sizes.

The stencil I used is from Studio Light, Floral pattern.

The ink is Distress Oxide, Picked raspberry and Wilted violet.

And versafine onyx black.

A little flower punch for the little daisies.

Color pencils or markers.

I inked up the stencil and sprayed with water, 

than printed it on de upperpart of the paper.

ain the bottem part I stamped the words.

I made the bottom part with the stencil and an ink blender.

Stamped a lot of daissies and cut them out.

Colored the white cat and glued it on.

Did the same with the daisies.

Punched the little daissies and glued them on stencil patern.

Mat with a black background.

Dont forget the little daissies on the white cats head.

So we would love to see your cats and dogs in the challenge.

So join and maybe you will be the next winner.

31 Days of Halloween Day 11

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here to share a card with you using the White Cat Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda and the Large Perspective Grid Background Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink was used to stamp the White Cat onto white cardstock. He was fussy-cut and colored with Copic markers to become a devilish black cat.  The fussy-cut image was edged with a black marker. Slits were cut above and below his tail so that the colored pitchfork die-cut could be slipped under his tail and over his paws. He was set aside while a background was created for him.

Memento Ink was used to stamp the Large Perspective Grid Background Rubber Stamp onto a white cardstock. Copic markers were used to transform the grid into a floor. The panel was fussy-cut and edged with a black marker.

White cardstock was inked with Sand Dune VersaFine Clair Ink and heat set. The same ink was brushed over a stencil to create a subtle tone-on-tone wallpaper background.

The  Large Perspective Grid was adhered to the bottom of the stenciled background, which was then trimmed and edged with a red marker. 

The devilish White Cat was adhered to the background as shown.

"Something Wicked" was cut from a sheet of Halloween Remnant Rubs, applied to a vellum thought bubble, which was then adhered to the background panel.

Red cardstock was cut with dies that spell out "happy halloween", then adhered to the background panel as shown. 

The background panel was adhered to a white speckled kraft A6 card.

I've been having such fun making Halloween cards for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's 31 Days of Halloween Challenge and hope to see you play along with us!

Thanks for visiting today!

Christmas mini slimline

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Cathy here with a mini slimline card for you today.

Stamps used:

White cat

Gnome santa with toys

I first stamped White cat and colored and cut out. Next, I stamped just the hat from Gnome santa with toys color and cut out. I took the hat and glued it on top of the cat's head. 

I grabbed some of my 6x6 Christmas paper and cut it in have to make my mini slimline card and I added a Merry Christmas ephemera to the top. 

 I hope you will join us for our Christmas in July challenge.

Red, White, and Blue, A Sketch and A Pineapple

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today with some Red, White and Blue inspiration.  It's not surprizing that so many flags use this combination of colours.  What a striking effect they make.  So grab your reds, whites and blues and your stamps and join the fun!!

I've used a sketch for the basis of my card layout and indulged in some tone on tone stamping.  Lost Coast Designs have so many lovely background stamps that can turn a flat piece of coloured card into a masterpiece.  I used Lost Coast Designs Fruitpods Background, stamped with dark blue ink on mid blue card base for the background.  I stamped Flagstone Background using red ink on red card and cut it with a pennant die.  The stamped Carmen's Veranda White Cat on white card, masked and randomly stamped Carmen's Veranda Pineapple using light blue ink all around the cat.  I didn't use a block, just inked the stamp and rolled it lightly around the cat, reinking between stamping.  I cut some scraps with a thin pennant die, stamped the sentiment and added some heart brads to finish.

I hope you like my card.  Thanks for dropping by.

Link up your stamped projects predominantly featuring the colours Red, White and Blue

 for your chance to win Lost Coast Dollars.

 

#184 Cute and-or Fluffy art journal page.

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Hello everybody, Riet here,

Challenge #184 "Cute and/or Fluffy"

is still running.

Last days, but you can still join.

I made a page for my art journal that I just started.

And I am so in love with this sweet white cat from Carmen's Veranda stamps.

What I used.

Flower stamps,

Crackle background,

CV White cat,

Party words,

Pieces of calligraphy,

Shadow frames.

Washi tape,

Distressink,

Crackling campfire,

Twisted citron,

Forest moss, 

Evergreen bough.

Versafine Onyx black or any other waterproof black ink.

Markers or color pencils.

Start by inking the largest stamp of the shadow frames

 with twisted citron and evergreen bough.

Spray a little water on it and print it on the paper.

Dry the paper well with the heat tool.

Looks so pretty, just like watercolor art.

Take 3 different washi tapes and stick them on.

I cut them with the washi chomper from We R makers.

Stamp with Forest moss and the stamp from the pieces of calligraphy sheet,

 on the right side of the green ink print.

1x at the top and 1x at the bottom.

The bottom print is upside down because the text runs nicely along the cat's body.

Because the cat is pasted over it later, you cannot see that the text is printed upside down.

We now stamp the crackle background with distressink 

Crackling campfire and Evergreen bough.

But only use a small part of the stamp.

Now the flowers and the cat.

Stamp them with black waterproof ink in the places where you want them.

Now take thin paper and stamp them on it again.

Color the flowers and cat and glue them on.

Stamp the sentiment with the black ink.

Give the words some orange accents.

And finally, take a green pencil and create

 some shadow along the washi and the cat.

And that's it, hope you liked it.

The LCD challenge runs until the end of the month.

So there is still time to participate.

You can also participate with other brands of stamps. 

As long as your project is stamped.

See you next time, and don't forget, have fun stamping.

Click here for the challenge.

#184 Cute and/or Fluffy.

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 stampers and crafters.

I love this challenge, so cute!

 Today I have a card that is also very suitable for beginners.

But first I will tell you what I used to make the card.

The stamps:

CV White cat

LCD Mother goose mice

CV Cats birthday

Distressink:

Mustard seed

Wild honey

Kitch flamingo

Black waterproof ink pad

Derwent colorsoft pencils

Black fineliner

White gellpen

Stamperia stencil

Masking tape

To start, we make a puddle on our work sheet with a little water and the distress ink.

We run the paper through that.

Make sure you get interesting spots and don't make it too dark.

Allow to dry, possibly with a heat tool.

We start by stamping the mice with waterproof ink.

Make sure there is some distance between the mice so that the cat can sit between them.

Mask the mice with masking tape.

You can find a tutorial on how to mask here.

Now stamp the cat.

Remove the masks.

Now you would think that the colors of the background run through the animals.

But that's no problem, you will see that if you color with the same colors they disappear.

We use a white gel pen to whiten the cat's eyes and put a white dot in the pupils and on the nose.

We also make the scarf and the buttons on the mice's coat white with the gel pen.

Stamp the text at the top of the card in black.

Because my hands are quite shaky, I have difficulty drawing lines. 

So I drew the border with the handy stamperia mask and a black fineliner.

I rounded the corners of the card,

and glued the card onto black cardstock.

And this was it, a fairly easy card but super fun to make.

Of course with the beautiful stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmens Veranda Stamps.

Do you have a nice cute or fluffy stamp?

It may even be from a different brand, then join our challenge and have a chance to win stamps.

PLEASE read the RULES first, this way you avoid disappointments.

See you on the challenge, 

#177 Day 26, 31 Days of Halloween and Cat Challenge.

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Hello all.

Well it's almost Halloween and my last contribution to the cats Halloween challenge.

These are the stamps I used. 

Carmens Veranda, white cat.

Carmens Veranda, Witches go riding,.

LCD, Dancing skeletons.

LCD, Gnome witch on broom.

The pumpkin is hand drawn.

I started by stamping and masking the cat.

I drew a pumpkin under the cat and also masked it.

I stamped the gnome witch at the top left.

It is available in 2 sizes, 

a larger one and a small one on a sheet of mini gnome stamps.

I masked the witch.

I stamped the dancing skeletons underneath the witch with versamark.

I colored the left side of the card and the dancing skeletons with a lilac pan pastel.

I colored the edges of the left half of the card,

 with an ink blending tool and Distress ink Dusty Concord.

Did the same on the right side, but with Seedless preserves.

Then I removed the masks and colored the witch, cat and pumpkin with Derwent colorsoft.

I stamped the text with black ink.

And finally I put a drop of Glossy accents on the cat's pupils.

Small detail but still a big difference.

Well that's it for this time.

The challenge lasts until the end of the month, so you can still participate.

Click on the link and show us what you made.

And maybe you will be the new winner of some LCD or CV stamps.

Go to the challenge click here.

#161 Make it funny challenge.

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Hi there, Riet here.

Here is my DT tag for the "Make it funny" challenge.

I love the words and phrases of Carmens Veranda.

They are so funny, they always make me laugh.

Take the time to read them and you will see how funny they are.

For this tag i chose the "cats birthday" text.

I made this tag with the sweet "White cat" stamp from Carmens Veranda stamps.

He/she is so cute,  just look at those sweet eyes.

The raven on top is one I cut off from the Lost Coast Designs crows border.

These borders are so long that you can easily cut a piece off.

This way you have a border and a separate stamp.

I sprayed the tag with sprays from Dylusions and a stencil.

I have to admit that the stencil has faded a bit, but I still liked the result.

At the bottom I stamped a stamp from the Brush strokes sheet with black ink.

I did the same with the text and the crow that is on the text.

I colored the White cat with Tombo markers.

Then i put Glossy accents on the eyes of the cat, so they stand out even more.

Glue the tag on black cardstock and give it a nice bow.

That's it for this time, and don't forget to join the challenge.

There is a nice prize to be won, and you can also participate with other stamp brands.

See you next time.

 

Little Milk Kitty

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Hello Portal Peeps!  Gail here today with some final inspiration for the It's a Wrap challenge.  I am really into making gift boxes at the moment.  Today I am sharing a mini milk carton decorated with cat paws and Carmen's Veranda White Cat.

 

Squueeeeeee!  Adorbs!  I've gone with that perfect Christmas colour - brown!

Well, not everyone is into red, green and gold......

I started with a piece of designer paper, scored the box lines and stamped all over with brown archival ink and Lost Coast Designs Paw Print border.  Probably should have stamped, then scored, but when did you last see tidy cat paw prints on your kitchen floor????

I inked all the score lines with ginger Promarker, cut the bits that needed cutting and folded the box.  I stamped White Cat using the brown ink on white card and fussy cut.  I made a little Merry Christmas label, punched a couple of holes and added the orange dotty organza ribbon.  Now just gotta fill it with treats!

You have until 23.59 PST tonight to join the fun.   Any stamped box, tag, wrapping paper welcome for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars.  See you there.......

31 Days of Halloween Day 22 and The 2018 Cat Lovers Hop

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Welcome to day 22 of our 31 Days of Halloween celebration.  I hope you are enjoying all the spookalicious and bootastic inspiration from the team.  Gail here today with double trouble!!  Meet Trick and Treat!

I've made a sign to add to my bootastic decorations featuring Carmen's Veranda adorable Tabby Cat and White Cat.  I've also used Lost Coast Designs License Plate Alphabet and the beautiful Circle Frame stamp.

I embossed the Circle Frame background on orange card with black embossing powder and randomly smeared on various orange distress inks.   I backed this panel with a piece of heavy card.  I stamped, embossed and fussy cut the two cats, coloured them with distress inks and added hats, courtesy of Carmen's Veranda Oz Witch.  One hat fits all!!!!

 Then I stamped the letters on various scraps of purple card and arranged them on my sign.

OK, so we have the 31 Days of Halloween running.  And then there's our Cat and Dog challenge.   So that's two chances to win.  And now we are pleased to announce that Lost Coast Designs is proudly sponsoring the 2018 Cat Lovers Hop!!

More chances to win Lost Coast Design dollars and also lots of other amazing prizes. 

So link up your cats here and there and good luck.

And don't forget the 31 Days of Halloween challenge!!

Worth A Try

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.  Gail here today with a last reminder for our current challenge

More Than Two Legs

You have until midnight tonight to join up your creations for a chance to win some rubber stamps from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda.

I made an ATC using Carmen's Veranda White Cat and Chocolate Breakfast sentiment and Lost Coast Designs Cracked Sky.   I stamped the cracked sky randomly around the ATC and then stamped and embossed the sentiment.  I coloured with Gingerbread and Jumbo Java chalks, diluting them a bit with water and splashing them around to make a chocolatey background.  I used gold and silver pilot markers on the stars and spirals.  Then I stamped and fussy cut White Cat and added him to the ATC.  Look at those eyes!  You are starting to see!!  He has a point.....   Hmmmmm, chocolate.....

You can link up you makes HERE