CHALLENGE #199 - 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.  
 

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 #199

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Half way to the crazy season so let's kickstart some Christmas makes. You have all month to share your stamped anythings with a festive 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

 
 Aimee used Carmen's Veranda Plaid Pants Santa with Lost Coast Designs Small Snowflakes Set

 

Darlene used Carmen's Veranda Angel Cat

 

 

Gail used Lost Coast Designs Taco John, Shadow Frames, Santa Mona and Misc. Words

      
Riet used Lost Coast Designs American Gothic Christmas with Carmen's Veranda Reindeer Doll for this slimline slider card

 

 

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 #199 - Christmas in July
July 1st - 31st  Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, July 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
 

 

CHALLENGE #180 - IN THE DEEP MIDWINTER

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.  This one will run all month so plenty of time to get your entries in!  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 #180

IN THE DEEP MIDWINTER

We want to see your stamped anythings featuring winter. 
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!

Laurie used Carmen's Veranda Snowman with Lost Coast Designs Small Snowflakes Set.

 

Riet used Carmen's Veranda Plaid Pants Santa with Lost Coast Designs Party Words, Large Snowflakes, Snowflakes Border and Pieces of Calligraphy.


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 #180 - In The Deep Midwinter
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 Sunday, 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
 

 

#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!

Hi stampers, here a tutorial from me, Riet.

For the christmas in july challenge, 

I made this wooden heart wall hanger.

I used the  plaid pants Santa from Carmen's Veranda.

To start, I painted the heart dark brown with acrylic paint.

When the paint was dry I used crackle medium from Americana Decor.

I let this dry overnight.

I'd rather not do it with the embossing tool.

I don't think the cracks work very well this way.

When the crackle medium was dry I went over it with a beige/sand coloured acrylic paint.

I also let it air dry.

I love the way it turned out.

In the meantime I coloured the Santa with distress ink.

I used these distress ink,colours for this:

For his suit, Shabby shutters, Rustic Wilderness.

Face, Tattered rose, Cheeks Aged mahogany.

Bond edges, Antique linen, Pumice stone.

Stripes on Santa's pants, Antique linen.

Santa's boots, Gathered twigs.

Santa's bag, Fired brick.

I coloured a sheet of paper with Shabby shutters, Rustic Wilderness.

And a sheet coloured with Fired Brick.

I did this by applying ink to a craft sheet and spraying it with water. 

Then you pass the paper through it.

With a number of dies I made the poinsettia and the holly leaves.

I did the same with the bow and the merry christmas.

Coluor the edges with a brush.

Coloured the berries with a red marker.

And punched the heart of the poinsettia with a yellow piece of paper.

Now put it together and you're done.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial, feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions.

Well this was my contribution to the challenge.

I'm curious what you make of it, and we would love it if you would also participate in the challenge.

And you know what's so nice, you have a chance to win beautiful Lost Coast Design or Carmens Veranda rubber stamps. Please read the rules first to avoid misunderstandings. 

Good luck and see you next post. 

Festive fun, plaid pants Santa wallhanger

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.

Yes christmas is coming.

Love this time of the year.

So I made a wallhanger.

 I used,

Plaid pants Santa

Checkerboard border

Watercolor paper, 10,5 x 14,8cm  4,1 x 5,8 inches

Stazon midnight blue and Jet black

Distressink vintage photo and antique linen

Color pencils

Silver gellpen

I started with the piece of watercolorpaper.

I Stamped the santa on the paper and stamped a mask.

Mask the santa and sponge with the antique linen the card.

Use the vintage photo to ad shadow.

Remove the mask and color the santa.

Color the star and the buttons on his boots with the silver gellpen.

Now for the borderstamp

Take a long piece of paper and stamp the border 4 times with the stazon midnight blue.

Sponge it with the antique linen.

I made some shadow in the corners of the checkers with the vintage photo.

Now make a frame of the border around the card.

I glued 4 hotfix stars and added the chain for hanging.

 I loved making this hanger.

And I really think the checkerd border finished it off.

I love to work with borders, I use them a lot.

Lost coast designs has a lot of great borders.

You can find them here.

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/borders.html

 Hope you make some thing to and join our challenge.

We cant wait to see your makes.

There is some rubber to win, yeah!!!!!

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