new beginning

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 gnome postcard.

Stamps Used:

Cherry blossom 

sunglasses gnome

I started out by stamping the cherry blossom stamp and colored the buds with a pink glitter pen. I then stamped the sunglasses gnome and colored him in with pencils.

Lastly, I edged it all with drown ink.

I hope you join the fun challenge.

Dragonfly postcard

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 and I have a postcard for you.

Stamps Used:

More bugz

pieces of architecture

ATC Italian

Brush strokes

I started out with making the background with 3 different green distress inks. I then stamped the dragonfly in the middle of it.

I then stamped randomly around the dragonfly and added some sequins.

Come join the challenge.

I'm currently unsupervised

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 afternoon, Cathy here with a fun postcard for you.

Stamps Used:

Monkey Face

sentiment 

I stamped the monkey face on the bottom of the postcard and colored it with copic markers.

Then I used a stencil and some gray distress ink and made the background. 

Lastly, I stamped the saying and I was done.

You still have 1 day left to join the anything goes challenge.

31 days of Halloween Day 8

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!

Happy October and Happy Halloween all month long. Cathy here with a postcard for you.

Stamps Used:

Small skeleton 

Roses

I stared by cutting a piece of white cardstock to 4x6. I then stamped Roses in gray ink and then I stamped Small skeleton in black ink right in the middle.

I then took some distress ink and made a smooshed background. I tore the top of the postcard and edged the whole thing in a dark brown ink. Next, I added some Halloween ephemera around it. Layered it all on black cardstock.

I hope you will join the Halloween challenge.

 

Brunhilda

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 postcard for you.

Stamps Used:

Lost Coast Designs Brunhilda

Lost Coast Designs ATC leaf column shrine

Carmen's Veranda Birds Background

 
I first stamped the bottom of the leaf column shrine 3 times and cut out the bottom.

Next, I stamped the birds background the front of the postcard. I left a space in the middle for Brunhilda and I coloured it with copic markers.

I added the leaf column to the bottom for her stand on. 

I hope you get time to join the I Am Woman challenge and don't forget to check all the wonderful inspiration from the team here on the blog.

Flower postcard

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 evening, Cathy here with a postcard for you.

Stamps used:

Mail art

Cherry blossom

ATC Italian postmark

I started out with cutting a piece of Kraft cardstock to 4x6. Then I stamped Cherry blossom with black ink.

Next, I stamped ATC Italian postmark in brown distress oxide ink. 

I then stamped the postage stamp on white cardstock and colored it in, I then cut it out and added to the postcard for a pop of color. 

Cold & Frosty postcard

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 cold and frosty postcard for you.

Stamps Used:

Fat Cat

Small snowflake set

I started out with a digital background paper that had some snowflakes on it. I then stamped Fat Cat on the bottom of the card. 

I always see him in a sweater, so I colored him with copic markers and made his middle into a blue sweater. I then stamped 1 of the snowflakes from the Small snowflake set in blue ink. After I got done, I added some snowflake confetti to the sweater to make it like an ugly sweater. 

You still have time to join the cold and frosty challenge.

31 Days of Halloween Day 8

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 postcards for you.

Stamps Used:

ATC Italian postmark

Brush strokes

Small skeleton 

Flying birds

I started out by cut a piece of cardstock down to 4x6. I then stamped Flying birds for the background. Then I stamped ATC Italian postmark in a light brown ink to blend into the background. 

After that I stamped the Small skeleton   in the middle of the postcard. Next, I stamped the drips from Brush strokes with some red distress oxide ink on the top of the postcard. I edged it all in brown and lastly, I added some Halloween ephemera.

Come join us on 31 days Halloween challenge over at the Lost Coast Blog.

2 Cute Gnomes

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!

Goodmorning, Cathy here with a postcard for you today.

Stamps Used:

Two gnomes

Brush stokes

Pieces of calligraphy

I started out by cutting a piece of white cardstock to 4x6. Then I stamped Two gnomes on the bottom.

Next, I randomly stamped Brush stokes and Pieces of calligraphy on the background. After that I grabbed a Tim Holtz stencil and some blue ink that was left on the blending brush and blended the background. 

I then colored the gnomes with copic markers and then layered it on black cardstock.

 

You can join over at The Lost Coast blog.

Purple Postcard

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!

Goodmorning all, Cathy here with a postcard for you. 

Stamps Used:

Brush stokes

Pieces of Architecture

Daisy Flourish 

Pieces of Calligraphy

Fortune men set

I started out with a watercolor postcard. I stamped a corner(ish) stamp from the Pieces of Architecture and I heat embossed it with white embossing power. 

Next, I used some Lindy's magical shaker pigment powers. I didn't realize they had shimmer in them. Where the embossed areas are the powers didn't go. 

I then took Daisy Flourish, Pieces of Architecture, and Brush stokes and stamped them around the sides of the postcard in purple distress ink.

After that I stamped a stamp from Fortune men set in black ink to stand out. Lastly, I added some black paint splatter to the whole thing. 

Come join our new month-long challenge over on the blog.