CHALLENGE #192 - COLD AND FROSTY

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 December!!!!!

 

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.

CHALLENGE #192

COLD AND FROSTY

Tis the season and we want to see your stamped anythings with a cold and frosty look.  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!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Small Snowflake set

  
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Cityscape, Large Snowflake set and Lily Flourish

Darlene used Lost Coast Designs Herald Angels

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 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 #192 - Cold and Frosty
December 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, December 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
 

 

Woman: Girl with a Curl

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 everyone! Liesbeth here with another woman for our Woman Challenge! There's only a few days left for you to participate. 

My card is very simple: I made a background with a few colours of Distress Oxide and water and stamped on it with StazOn Jet Black. The girl onto a seperate piece of course. I finished with colour pencils and white gel pen.

 Stamps used: Girl with a Curl (I love her!), Flagstone Background and Lily Flourish.

Hope we inspired you with our women! See you next time!

Liesbeth XX

31 Days of Halloween: Gryphon

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 everyone! Our 31 Days Of Halloween is sooo much fun! I really love it, and all that wonderful LCD/CV Halloween stamps! Enjoy this special Halloween month we do every year!

I stamped the Lily Flourish a few times with Distress Oxide Black Soot and sprayed with water to let the ink flow, I let it dry well. Wonderful effect!  I stamped the text (Pieces of Calligraphy) and the Gryphon with black StazOn and coloured it with pencils and gel pens.

See you next time!  LiesbethXX

CHALLENGE #125 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

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.  

 

 Due to the mass cancellation of stamp/scrapbook shows Linda is running an online virtual convention.   Use coupon code QUARANTINE to get 20% off any purchase of Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps.  Katzelkraft stamps, stamp accessories and Stencil Girl stencils are not included in the sale.
 

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 #125

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

 

It's Christmas In July!!!!  Chill out with us and share your Christmas makes.

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 used Lost Coast Designs Lily Flourishes and 'NEW' Flying Queen.

 

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Mistletoe Goth, Small Snowflakes and Party Words

 

Laurie used Lost Coast Designs Santa Mona and Carmen's Veranda Dear Santa 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 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 #125 - Christmas In July
July 1st - 14th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Wednesday, July 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
 

 

Save the trees

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 card for you.

Stamps Used:

Fortune Men

Pieces of Calligraphy 

Lily flourish

Okay this challenge stumped me I must say. I started out it a totally different direction. I ended tossing it in the trash. 

 Then remembered that Yupo paper is plastic. There we go.

I used my alcohol inks on the Yupo to make a background. Next I took my stamps and stamped them with archival ink and heat set them. Take a stencil and some alcohol and a sponge and sponge it through. You can use lift ink for that also. To give it another layer.  

Then I added a saying and layered it on a black card base. 

I hope you try this challenging challenge here.

Spooktacular Florals: Flourish Face

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 everyone, Spooktacular Florals is the great theme of our newest challenge, hope you'll join! Here issome inspiration, a big card (15 x 15 cm)

First I stamped the face with black ink and I masked it. I stamped 2 flourishes around it , and on the edges, I used 3 colours of light ink.Using black I stamped another flourish 2 times at the edge of the face. I removed the mask and sponged the edges of the card with blue and a bit of black, and I made a shadow around the face with charcoal. I painted the face with pink watercolor and also used color pencils.I finished with some texts.

Stamps used: ATC Faces set, ATC text set 1, Scalloped flourish, Daisy flourish, Lily flourish, Misc. words 

Liesbeth XX

Ladies night: winged woman.

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 everyone, the final Ladies Night blogpost already for our challenge! It's an oldie, but I think it fits perfectly for this theme...oh how I love this stamp! I made the background, and I stamped the flourish both using Distress Oxide inks.I stamped the woman with Black StazOn and masked her, and I stamped the text. With some bleach I highlighted the womans skin and I finished with colour pencils and glitter glue.

There's still a little bit of time to join in, tomorrow a new great challenge starts! 😀

Stamps used: Winged Girl, Lily flourish, ATC text set 1.

Liesbeth XX

Let's go Vegetarian: two ATC's

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 everyone, Liesbeth here with two vegetarian Artist Trading Cards full of trees, leaves, flowers and branches for our challenge! Join the fun! 

The're very simple made: I just stamped with 3 colours on each card. A light, middle and dark one. After that I sponged the edges with the middle( bright) and a dark tone. I finished by adding the texts.

Stamps used: Shrubbery, Lily flourish,  Misc words, Carte postale, ATC birds in trees.

Liesbeth XX

ATCs on Yupo

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 some ATCs for you

I used some Yupo paper and some Alcohol inks, blending solution, 91% isopropyl alcohol and embossing power.
Stamps I used:
Daisy Flourishes
Lily Flourishes

I started out with a strip of Yupo paper 2.5 inches wide. and 11 inches long. Then I grabbed some purple and blue alcohol inks. I had in my stash Tim Holtz marker spritzer and I thought to my self let's see if this works well with blowing the inks around like his new blower shows.(it does)
So I added some blending solution and then some inks and blew the inks around with the spritzer.

Added some 91% alcohol and moved the ink some more. When I was happy of how the inks were on the strip I cut them at 3.5 inches.

Then I took the Lily Flourishes and stamped it with Versa mark ink and heat embossed it with sliver and the other one I stamped Daisy Flourishes with gold embossing. 

Yupo paper is plastic so it will bend and warp when you heat it so keep that heat gun moving.

Come join the fun here.