Rose slimline card by Cathy

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, Cathy here with a slimline card for you today.

Stamp used:

 Open Rose

I started out by stamping the rose and coloring it with copic markers. Then I splattered with a black paint pen. I then layered it on black glitter cardstock. then on a white card base.

CHALLENGE #210 - FRUIT, FLOWER AND FOLIAGE

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 #210

FRUIT, FLOWER AND FOLIAGE

You have all month to share your stamped anythings featuring fruit, flowers or any sort of foliage.  Easy!!  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 gorgeous inspiration from the team to get us started.  ENJOY!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Roses and Pieces of Calligraphy.

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Large Shrubbery with Carmen's Veranda 
Questionable Life Choice sentiment.

  
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Ironwork Border and Shadow Frame with Carmen's Veranda Open Rose and Leave a Trail 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 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 #210 - Fruit, Flower and Foliage
June 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, June 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
 

 

#206 Love and hearts challenge. Valentine gifts for my girls.

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!

I love making valentine gifts for my daugther and granddaugther.

The first picture is for my daugther.

A card and a little gift in a box.

Stamps I used:

LCD Praying angel.

LCD Butterfly set.

LCD Misc words.

CV Open rose.

CV Text Liefde (love in dutch) 

There is a english version here!

Love dictionairy.

This candy bag is for my grandaugther.

Stamps I used:

CV Sheep doll.

LCD Hearts and curls border.

Do you want to win some rubberstamps?

Come and join the 

challenge:

#195 I am woman, challenge.

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, Riet here,

what a fun challenge.

I decided to make an Art Journal page of it.

With the subject "women" I immediately thought of Frida Kahlo. 

What beautiful art she made, and despite her physical suffering such a strong woman.

Here is the description of how I made it.

What do you need for this AJ page.

CV open rose,

CV Girl with mind,

LCD Frida with roses,

LCD Piece of architacture,

LCD Pieces of calligraphy,

LCD Brush strokes.

Shape die, Nellie Snellen, Vintasia oval with grid.

Black waterproof inkpad.

Distress Oxide,

Lucky clover,

Crackling Campfire,

Mermaid Lagoon,

Musterd Seed,

Wild Honey.

Coloring pencils

We start with three colors of ink and a little water.

We use that to make spots and stripes on the paper.

Repeat this with the lucky clover and mermaid lagoon.

Stamp the corner ornament with mermaid lagoon.

The calligraphy stamp with crackling campfire.

And the bubble stamp with lucky clover.

Make some splatters with black ink or paint.

Set it aside to dry.

Die cut the 3 parts of the die, the largest with black paper.

The 2 inner parts with white paper.

The middle part stays white.

The inner part is made green with lucky clover and a littlebit of water.

When its dry, splatter with the other distress oxide colors.

When all is dry, glue it together.

Stamp Frida in black waterproof ink.

Color with pencils or markers.

What ever you like to do most.

Do the same with the roses. 

I stamped 4 roses and colored with pencils.

Glue everything to the background.

Stamp with black ink the phrase from Carmens Veranda,

Be a girl with a mind.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Feel free to leave a comment and if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Now it's your turn for the challenge.

You probably have a stamp with a woman on it.

It can even be from a different brand, as long as you use stamps you can participate.

And maybe you'll win a prize, that would be nice, right?

Until next time, and have fun crafting.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

READ THE RULES.

#194, Fruit, Flowers and Foliage challenge.

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, Riet here, 

the challenge is this month, Fruit, Flowers and Foliage.

Stamps I used.

LCD Mini Frida collage

LCD Daisy florish

CV Open rose.

Versafine Onyx black

Color pencils, Green and red

Fine-Tec 1240 pearlescent

White gelpen

Masking tape

I started with stamping the Frida collage and 1 rose.

Mask the stamps off.

Stamp the rose two more times in different lengths.

Mask the roses.

Stamp the florisches.

Color the roses.

Paint the pearlescent on the rose petals, but not the entire petal.

Do the same with the Frida collage stamp.

It's a shame that you cant see the shine on the photo, 

because it is very pretty in real life.

The team would love it if you would show your fruit, flowers or foliage makes.

You can do that if you join the challenge.

You don't even have to use the stamps of Lost Coast Designs.

As long as you stamp on your project.

You also have a chance to win new rubber stamps.

So join and have a chance to win.

The rules.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

CHALLENGE #186 - RED, WHITE AND BLUE

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 #186

RED, WHITE AND BLUE

We want to see your stamped anything in a predominantly Red White and Blue colour scheme.  small amounts of other colours will be accepted but it must be predominantly RED WHITE and BLUE.
You have all month to share your stamped anythings with the theme.  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 Brush Stokes, ATC Italian Postmark with Carmen's Veranda Open Rose

 

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Mayan Stele and Mini Manga with Carmen's Veranda Huge To Do List sentiment

Liesbeth used Carmen's Veranda Paradise, Dice Hand and Clock Face squares with Lost Coast Designs Daisy Flourish

  Riet used Lost Coast Designs Brush Stokes, Three Gnomes and 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 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 #186 - Red, White and Blue
June 1st - 30th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, June 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
 

 

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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, Cathy here with my card for the challenge.

Stamp used:

Open Rose

I started out with red paper. I stamped Open Rose on different pattern paper and solid color paper. I used reds and greens. I worked on the stem first.

I stamped and cut and layered the rose head. 

Added some gems and a saying then layered it on some black cardstock.

You can join the challenge here.