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Goodmorning all Cathy here with a bookmark for you.

Stamps Used:

brush strokes

pieces of calligraphy 

small happy cat

I started out by making a bookmark and rounding the edges, I then stamped small happy cat on the bottom of the bookmark. I colored him in with copic markers.  Next, I stamped a stamp from each pieces of calligraphy and brush strokes in a gray ink. I layered it on black cardstock and added a saying.

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Its a bright and cheerful bookmark.

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Hi there, Riet here. 

This bookmark is so bright and cheerfull, 

and that is also the challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

This is what I used for this bookmark.

Pope clown.

Just faces set.

Me to you, embossingfolder.

Balloon die.

Distress Oxide,

Kitch Flamingo,

Musterd seed,

Twisted citron,

Lucky clover,

Peacock feathers,

Wilted violet.

Distressink,

Musterd seed,

Spiced marmelade.

4 colors acrylic spray paint.

Blue, turqoise, green and purple.

Versafine onyx black

Stazon saddle brown.

White smooth paper 6x20cm / 2,3x7,8inch.

Paper for the balloon and  Pope clown.

Black cardstock.

Color pencils or markers.

White gell pen.

How to make the bookmark.

Make spots that blend into each other with the 6 Distress oxide colours.

Let dry well.

Spray the acrylic paint on to the distress oxide.

Embos the left side of the bookmark.

Lightly sand the embossing areas with a sanding block.

Stamp the clown with the Versafine onyx black.

Color and cut him out.

Use the white gell pen for some accents.

Die cut the balloon and color it with de distressink.

Stamp the moon face with the Stazon saddle brown.

Color the eyes with the white gell pen.

Mat the card with the black cardstock and glue the clown and balloon in place.

Maybe you can make something with the Bright and Cheerful theme.

Then join the challenge and maybe you'll be the next winner.

Hope to see your work at the challenge.

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Happy Cat bookmark

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Good morning, Cathy here with a cat bookmark for you today.

Stamp used: 

More cats (ATC size)

I took a scrap of white cardstock and stamped happy cat on the bottom of the piece of paper. Next, I took my 3 favorites of distress ink and smooshed one at a time on a piece of plastic and sprayed it with water and then smooshed it on the paper. I dried in between colors and then layered it on black cardstock. 

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#168 - Mini Me challenge (smaller than a card) so ATC, Bookmarks, Tags, Inchies, Twinchies,

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 there, Riet here.

 For the mini me challenge I made a bookmark.

Something different than a card is always a nice change.

I made a bookmark with a butterfly resting on top of the book.

This is what I used:

LCD Butterflies set

 LCD Large Florisch

Distressink,

Victorian velvet,

Speckled egg,

Bundled sage.

Color pencils in these 3 colors.

Versafine black onyx.

Silver thread.

Posca marker white.

Corner scissors or punch.

White paper 200grams.

Gleu.

How its made:

Cut a piece of paper in this size.

Make spots on the paper with the 3 colors of distress ink.

Stamp the florish with the black versafine.

Color the florish with the colored pencils.

Stamp the largest butterfly of the set twice, with the versafine.

The largest because it was for a very thick book.

If you have a thinner book, take a smaller butterfly.

Color the butterflies with the pencils,

 and give them some accents with the posca marker.

Cut them out.

From the silver wire we make the feelers / antennae of the butterfly.

Take a piece of paper 1cm wide and 10cm long.

Score at 1cm, 5cm, 9cm.

Fold the centerline.

Fold out the 2 score lines as shown in the picture.

Cut a line in the middle of the butterfly that is the same size as the paper.

Put the paper through and glue the flaps to the bottom of the butterfly.

When you've done that it will look like this.

Now take the other butterfly and glue the 

feelers/antennas to the blank side of the butterfly.

Now glue the 2 butterflies together.

There may be an edge sticking out here and there with the butterflies.

Carefully trim that away a bit until they fit together perfectly.

Now take the piece of paper with the florish.

With the corner scissors or punch we cut beautiful corners.

With an ink blender and bundled sage we put the edges on a bit.

Now fold the bookmark with the flap of the butterfly in between.

Check that everything is in the right place.

If that's good, glue it closed.

I hope you find it a nice tutorial and will also make such a nice bookmark.

And don't be shy, feel free to show the result on the facebook group 

of Lost coast designs/Carmens veranda.

Also don't forget to join the challenge.

You then have a chance to win beautiful stamps of your own choice.

So click here for the challenge.

And here for the facebook group.

 

Brown bookmark with a book reading bird

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 bookmark for you today

Stamps used:

Pieces of Calligraphy

Mother Goose birds

 

 

 

 

I started out with some cream cardstock and sprayed some brown distress ink on it. I spritzed it with water first to make it move. Then I took another sheet of cardstock and sprayed that with water and laid it on top to pick up the extra spray. Let it dry.

Stamp pieces of calligraphy in the same colour brown randomly all over the paper. 

Stamp the bird reading the book from mother goose birds. Color with Copic marker and cut out.  Add some saying stickers around and glue the bird on top the sayings. 

Cut and layer on black cardstock and you have a bookmark. 

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Day 11 of the 31 days of Halloween

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!

Cathy here with a bookmark for all your spooky reads this season.

Stamps used:

small skeleton 

Flying birds

I started off with a end cut from my white cardstock. I thought it would be a good start for a spooky bookmark. 

Grab some Halloween colors of distress ink to make a background. Smoosh some colors on a craft sheet and tap the paper into it. Dry in between colors.

Stamp the small skeleton  on the bottom and then stamp Flying birds on the top. Layer on a black cardstock. 

Lastly add a word strip to the top. 

Now you just have to pick out a book to use it in.

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Bookmarks

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.

Well today I have made some bookmarks for your viewing pleasure.  I have made 3 in total for Lost Coast Designs new challenge MINI ME - smaller than a card. Well mine are longer than a card, but definitely smaller, so they still count...

To start out I did the backgrounds all the same. The first two I used Distress inks and the smooching technique. The last one I used Distress Oxide inks and the smooching technique.   

The one above I used pinks and oranges colors in inks on white cardstock. Then I stamped Katzelkraft Monsters all over the edges of the bookmark. Next I stamped the saying from Carmen's Veranda Currently Unsupervised, cut it down to just 2 words, and glued it to the bookmark. When that was done I backed it with some black cardstock. I did that to all 3 of my bookmarks. Then I laminated them.  

 So for this on I used blues and greens of the inks. Next I stamped a small butterfly from the Bugz set. I felt it still needed more so I grabbed my number border stamp and stamped that randomly on it.

Last one!  This time I used the Distress Oxide inks. For this one I used another Katzelkraft stamp that Lost Coast Designs is selling. It is called Hanging Branch Cat. I stamped it at the top of the bookmark. Next I stamped the tree crown on the top of the bookmark to it looks like trees and leaves.  Then I grabbed a saying sticker and added to the bottom. Lastly I added some stars with a stencil and regular distress ink. 

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