CHALLENGE #200 - CATS AND DOGS

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 #200

CATS AND DOGS

Oh, this is going to be so much fun!!!!  You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring Cats and/or Dogs.  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 us started.  ENJOY

 
 Aimee used Lost Coast Designs Yoga Cat 5, Brush Strokes and Party Words

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Up Close and Personal, Daisy Flourish and Imagine Dictionary Words

   
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Pokey Cat, Pokey Dog, Brush Strokes, Pieces of Calligraphy and Party Words

 

Now it's your turn.  Are you up for the challenge?  Team cat??  Team Dog??  Or team both???
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 #200 - Cats and Dogs
August 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, August 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
  

 

Magazine Cover Art

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 just wanted to share with you the recent cover of Rubber Stamp Madness magazine that features two Lost Coast Designs Yoga Cat stamps and the Brush Strokes stamps.

If you're not familiar with this magazine, let me introduce you! It's published quarterly and is a great place to get your creations put into print for all to see. You can learn more about the magazine HERE. 

Since 2017, I've had my submissions published in every issue. This is my 7th cover! What I love about the magazine is that they welcome submissions that include stamps from any company, even those stamps in your stash that are unidentified. Each issue features two challenge themes, and when I submit a cover, I like to try to incorporate both themes into my art. You can read about upcoming challenges on the Rubber Stamp Madness website. 

One challenge due in September is "Say It With Stamps." The magazine is looking for creations with clever sentiments. There are SO MANY perfect options for this using Carmen's Veranda stamps! If you're interested in submititing one of your creations that includes a fun sentiment, the deadline is September 5. They ask that the size not exceed 5 x 6.5 inches (though I think they make exceptions). You can mail it to: Rubber Stamp Madness, PO Box 610, Corvallis, OR 97339. If it's difficult to mail, you can email a JPEG image to graphics@rsmadness.com.

The magazine is really fun to read because you learn about the stamper and their inspiration behind the submission. There are articles that provide tips to stamping techniques and information on where to buy stamps or attend conventions. 

I must admit, it totally makes my day when I hear one of my submissions has been selected for publication! I'd love to see you feel that same kind of happiness. Give it a go! The first step in getting published is submitting. 

31 Days of Halloween Day 7

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here, flying in with some inspiration for the 31 Days of Halloween challenge.  I've made a scene with Lost Coast Designs Witch 2 and Yoga Cat 10

I stamped the background with Lost Coast Designs Pieces of Calligraphy and Window using grey ink.  I stamped the Large Circle Shadow Frame with yellow and orange distress ink and then gave the background a watercolour wash with blue distress inks.  I stamped Witch 2, Yoga Cat 10 and Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment on white card, fussy cut, added some colour to the witch and added them to the panel.  Yoga cat lost her legs so she could peer over the top of the sentiment.

Submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme to the linky party 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. 

Thanks for dropping by.

MID MONTH REMINDER CHALLENGE #189 - ANIMALS

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 blast of mid-month inspirtaion from the team.  We want to see your Animals this month.  The team is having a wonderful time with the NEW animals from Lost Coast Designs and they seem to be very popular with you too!!  Grab your Animal stamps and join the fun for a chance to win.  The linky gallery is looking awesome!

 

 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. 

CHALLENGE #189

ANIMALS

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.  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! 

Check out the amazing inspiration from the team......

 
 Aimee used Lost Coast Designs Party Words and Yoga Cat 5

   
 Kathi used Lost Coast Designs Foxy Roxy

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Polly Parrot and Daisy Flourish.

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 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 #189 - Animals

 

In The Cat House

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 and I seem to be going big this month.  The current challenge is
Cute and/or Fluffy and what's more cute and fluffy than cats!!

I was feeling lazy so I fussy cut everything.  Nightmare for some, but I enjoy fussy cutting and everything here was pretty simple.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Yourba Adire Background twice and Fourth Dimension Background once on blue paper and fussy cut.  Not much fussy LOL!  Straight lines go fast.  I cut the Fourth Dimension in half and stuck the four pieces down on an A4 page.  I stamped three Yoga Cats and the Anchor Fish with blue ink and fussy cut.  I stamped ATC Many Cats on an inky scrap and added a die cut frame.

Hope this makes you smile.

 

You have until 23.59 PST on the 30th to join the Cute and/or Fluffy challenge and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so do pop back and see their awesome makes.

 Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

When Witches Go Riding!

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!

Good morning and a very happy Saturday! It's Sue here to say that  we're well into our 31 Days of Halloween event here at Lost Coast Designs, and are now  adding an additional challenge, Halloween featuring cats and/or dogs. (I've added spiders too!)

I started by making a background with some Distress Inks in Halloweeny colours.

And then I embossed it with a very underused embossing folder, which was then coloured with mica powders (equally underused!)

I love these stamps, they are all such fun!

I've used

Gnome Witch On A Broom

Yoga Cat 10

Witches Go Riding (Carmen's Veranda)

As always please check out the portal every day throughout October for further inspiration from my teamies.

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

31 Days of Halloween Day 26: Rumbled

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here again.  It looks like the witch is back and yesterday's naughty feline antics have been rumbled!  Or maybe cat is just wary cos the flying monkeys haven't been locked away yet......

I used the new Lost Coast Designs Gnome Witch on a Broom stamped and coloured with distress markers.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Yoga Cat 4 and gave him a pale grey watercolour wash.  I masked the witch and the cat and stamped part of Carmen's Veranda Flying Monkey Background.  Then I did some simple distress ink blending to complete the scene.  Run cat, run!!!

Join the 31 Days of Halloween fun with your stamped Halloween projects and don't forget to check out the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop where Lost Coast is one of the sponsors.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

31 Days of Halloween: Day 25 - Lost Coast Designs Sponsors the 2021 Cat Lovers Hop

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 and I am pleased to announce that Lost Coast Design is proudly sponsoring the

2021 Cat Lovers Hop 

MAIN HOP PAGE - 2021 Cat Lovers Hop

2021 Cat Lovers Hop GUIDELINES AND FAQs

DAY 1 Post - 2021 Cat Lovers Hop
goes live 12:05 am Pacific, Monday, Oct. 25

Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have numerous cat stamps.
There is a chance to win $10 of stamps of your choice.

Check out the cat stamps here
New
Alice in Wonderland
Carrie's Yoga Cats
Cats, Birds, Monkeys and Bones
Linda's Doodle Cats
Scary Cats
Katzelkraft
Party
Carmen's Veranda Animals

I've made a slimline card featuring cats, Halloween colours and a Witches Hat,
so it fits our 31 Days of Halloween celebration as well.....

I stamped Lost Coast Designs Many Cats ATC on orange, purple and green card and fussy cut.  They were a little short for my slimline 4" wide card so I cut them in half and arranged them on the slimline base card.  I stamped the Carmen's Veranda sentiment on a strip of the same card and covered the cut sections of the ATC panels.  Then I stamped and fussy cut Lost Coast Designs Yoga Cat 2 and borrowed the hat from Carmen's Veranda Oz Witch.

Join the 31 Days of Halloween fun with your stamped Halloween projects.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Push Off!!

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!

  Good morning, and a very happy Sunday. It's Sue here with my second piece for our fun 'Sentimentally Yours' challenge.

I used to have 3 cats that let me live in their house, so know full well that this sentiment is absolutely true - but only if the cat wanted to, no way is the little Prince/Princess pushing if they don't want to!

I started by stamping and clear embossing the Carmen's Veranda Compas Square 4 times. Then I dipped and dragged in Distress Oxides in various shades of blue. Blueprint Sketch is my new favourite colour. I could have made an oxide background first and then embossed in white, but I like how the embossing repels the ink if you do this bit first. (And I have a massive tub of clear embossing powder, but only tiny ones of white!)

The idea was to use the map panel in one piece, but decided that it would look nice on black so I chopped it up and layered onto a black background.

Yoga Cat has been stamped, coloured, and clear embossed.

These are my stamps. The sentiment is a great size, and really easy to chop up once stamped.

Lost Coast

Yoga Cat

Carmen's Veranda

Compass Square

Flat Earth

I hope you like it, and that you join in too with your 'Sentimental' pieces. Remember, there are Lost Coast dollars up for grabs.

Thanks very much for looking, take care, and enjoy what's left of your weekend x

31 Days of Halloween Day 26 - Which Hat Witch Cat

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 more bootastic fun and news!!

 

Here's Yoga Cat 5 limbering up for another night hunting the Flying Monkeys.  He's borrowed his hat from Carmen's Veranda Oz Witch.  I've done a simple ink blended background with distress inks and my shrubbery is courtesy of Zombie Chicken's tail feathers.  Probably another victim of the Cat.........

 

 

Lost Coast Designs is proudly sponsoring the 

2020 Cat Lovers Hop 

This is the 6th year for this wonderful event and there are masses of sponsors

including Lost Coast Designs, so that's another way to win this month!!

You can also join the fun with our 31 Days of Halloween and/or Furry Friends challenges

Thanks for visiting.  Don't forget to grab your stamps and join our fun challenges.
There be prizes!!!

Cat and Mouse Games

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 and I am pairing some of the fun NEW Lost Coast Designs Yoga Cats with one of Carmen's Veranda funny, but oh so true sentiments. 
These cats are just cracking me up!!!!!

This is Yoga Cat 5, doing his thing, and Carmen's Veranda Frozen Internet clear stamp.  I just stamped the cat and the sentiment on my grey woodgrain card base and added a little Spun Sugar distress to his ears and nose.

It was so quick and easy I decide to use the other two base cards I had cut from the 12x12 sheet!!  This is Yoga Cat 4, doing his thing, and Carmen's Veranda Frozen Internet clear stamp.  Well, I know a lot of people this sentiment is perfect for......  Me!  All my girlfriends of a certain age!  Busy executives!  Kids trying to tweet, insta, face it and all those other acronyms!!!!

Actually I think these cats with any of the Carmen's Veranda sentiments are going to be a hit.  This is Yoga Cat 10, doing her thing, and Carmen's Veranda Frozen Internet clear stamp.  I wonder where #8 is??  Probably nipped off for a bit of a nap.....  Laurie also used this cat the other day, but made a much more beautiful background, and used a different sentiment you might be glad to know!

So, it's Anything Goes with real stamps here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for the first two weeks of the year.  Link up your stamped anythings for a chance to win some Lost Coast Designs and/or Carmen's Veranda stamps. 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

CHALLENGE #90 - ANYTHING GOES

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!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A new month, a new year and a new decade!!
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 yourself some 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 #90

ANYTHING GOES

A nice easy theme to start the year.  Please remember we are a stamping challenge.  Rubber or clear stamping must be the feature on your creation.  Your creations can be anything providing the focal element is hand stamped.  Please tell us in your post which stamps and the company you have used.  If we can't see stamping or digi images have been used your entry will be deleted.

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 lovely CAS card using Lost Coast Designs Mums Border and Carmen's Veranda Hug Your Enemies sentiment stamp.

Laurie has used one of Lost Coast Designs new Yoga Cats to make this fabulous card.  Love these cats!!  Laurie is also using Carmen's Veranda Bottom of the Wine Bottle sentiment stamp and Lost Coast Designs Sketchy Lily, Doodle Circles and ATC Miscellaneous 6 Set

Roni made this snowy New Years card using Carmen's Veranda Snowman, Lost Coast Designs Large and Small Snowflakes stamps and the sentiment from 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 5 to midnight PST on the 14th 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 #90 - ANYTHING GOES
January 1st - 14th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, January 14th 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