Day 3 of HIP 2 BE SQUARE: "Eye See You" tag by Nanette!

Welcome 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!

Howzit Portal Peeps!
Welcome back for Day 3 of

HIP 2 BE SQUARE!

 Our fabulous LCDesigners and Guest Designers will have you seeing SQUARES in your sleep coz we are sharing SQUARE themed projects daily through to the end of August featuring Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda Square rubber stamps and projects that incorporate squares and are square shaped!

Share your projects in the linky in the Day 1 post HERE for the chance to win a prize!  The more entries the higher the gift certificate, see our Rules page for more info on prizes and guidelines for your entries to ensure they qualify!

• We want to see entries that are either Square shaped or involve squares in some way!
• Use our stamps, we love it when you do, then your entry counts as two!
• Use our Square shaped stamps and we'll be over the moon with joy!
• You can enter using other company stamps too!
• Linky closes September 4th at 5 to midnight PST so you've got plenty of time to play!
• HAVE FUN being SQUARE!

 LCDesigner Nan has a fabulous tag to share with you today!
 Nan used Carmen's Veranda Eye Chart Square and Eye Chart.

Now it's your turn 2 be SQUARE!
See you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

Day 2 of HIP 2 BE SQUARE: "The Entertainer" card by Darlene!

Welcome 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!

Howzit Portal Peeps!
Welcome back for Day 2 of

HIP 2 BE SQUARE!

 Our fabulous LCDesigners and Guest Designers will have you seeing SQUARES in your sleep coz we are sharing SQUARE themed projects daily through to the end of August featuring Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda Square rubber stamps and projects that incorporate squares and are square shaped!

Share your projects in the linky in the Day 1 post HERE for the chance to win a prize!  The more entries the higher the gift certificate, see our Rules page for more info on prizes and guidelines for your entries to ensure they qualify!

• We want to see entries that are either Square shaped or involve squares in some way!
• Use our stamps, we love it when you do, then your entry counts as two!
• Use our Square shaped stamps and we'll be over the moon with joy!
• You can enter using other company stamps too!
• Linky closes September 4th at 5 to midnight PST so you've got plenty of time to play!
• HAVE FUN being SQUARE!

 LCDesigner Darlene has a fabulous card to share with you today!
 Darlene used Carmen's Veranda Jester Square and Calligraphy Square.

Now it's your turn 2 be SQUARE!
See you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

Day 1 of HIP 2 BE SQUARE: "Leonardo" Artist Trading Block by Leigh!

Welcome 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!

Howzit Portal Peeps!
Today is the start of our fun new event

HIP 2 BE SQUARE!

Join us daily through to the end of August for tons of SQUARE inspiration featuring Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda Square rubber stamps as well as projects that incorporate squares and are square shaped!  Basically our fabulous LCDesigners and Guest Designers will have you seeing SQUARES in your sleep coz we have amazing projects to share so lets get the show on the road!

Check out our large selection of SQUARE stamps:
Carmen's Veranda Squares
Lost Coast Designs Doodling Squares
Lost Coast Designs Zentangle Squares

First a quick announcement!
Our Lost Coast Designs website has been experiencing tech issues since Monday.  Things are getting back up and running already but if you encounter a link that isn't working please try again in a few hours or so!
Thanks for your patience!

 Now for our first HIP 2 BE SQUARE project!

I'm kicking off Day 1 with a Leonardo themed Artist Trading Block (ATB) featuring Carmen's Veranda Cracked Face Square plus Lost Coast Designs Cosmos Collage and Leonardo Accessories Set

 I handmade my own ATB from black cardstock with a template I made myself but you can use wooden blocks and now there's even ATB dies available in different sizes! ....I will share my template later this month over at our DT blog, Lost Coaster's Review, so make sure to pop on over and follow us and subscribe to our emails too so you don't miss seeing it!

 Now it's your turn 2 be SQUARE!
Share your projects in the linky below for the chance to win a prize!  The more entries the higher the gift certificate, see our Rules page for more info on prizes and guidelines for your entries to ensure they qualify!

• We want to see entries that are either Square shaped or involve squares in some way!
• Use our stamps, we love it when you do, then your entry counts as two!
• Use our Square shaped stamps and we'll be over the moon with joy!
• You can enter using other company stamps too!
• Linky closes September 4th at 5 to midnight PST so you've got plenty of time to play!
• HAVE FUN being SQUARE!

See you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

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Challenge #27 - Water Color Background - MORE INSPIRATION

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!

Challenge #27
Water Color Background

Our August Challenge featuring watercolor backgrounds is well underway and going strong.
Get in on the fun and enter your projects in the linky HERE!
Here's some more inspiration for you from our fabulous Design Team!

Leigh used Balancing Vixen and Backside Woman and created the watercolour backgrounds with Nuance Powders.

And here is some inspiration from past projects created by our wonderful Design Team:

Sari used ATC Grunge Stamp Set and Tulip

Leigh used Cracked Old Crow, Spiderwebs Background, large & mini Cracked Tree, and Cracked Grass and Sky and Nuance Powders for her background

Nikki used Cosmos Face, Leonardo Accessories Set and Wish from Wish Wisdom Grow Believe Dictionary Set and Nuance Powders for her background

Karen used Drag Queen

Don't forget to visit our Rules section so your entry qualifies.  Also you need to go HERE to add your project to the linky.

Hope you stay and play with us!

WINNERS! WINNERS! WINNERS!

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 is time to announce some WINNERS!

What fabulous festive entries we had in our Christmas in July event and we're so pleased you enjoyed our New Stamp Showcase!  We loved reading all your comments letting us know which new stamp was your fave for the day during our four day event!  Thank you everyone for sharing your fabulous creations with us and for joining the fun!

  So without further delay here we go!
 

The WINNER of our BLOGIVERSARY is

  IKE

Congrats Ike! You have won our fab Blog Candy!  Enjoy :0)

The WINNER of CHRISTMAS in JULY is

KELLY S

 Congrats Kelly!
You have $10 to spend at Lost Coast Designs and or Carmen's Veranda!  Happy shopping!

and the WINNERS of our NEW STAMP SHOWCASE $5 LCDesigns/Carmen's Veranda gift certificates are

IONABUNNY

for commenting:
Day 1 - "Oh my, these are so cool. Love all the dt's projects. Love that these are so cute, all the different poses and that you have the large and small versions. By a beak, I think my favourite is Flora. Thanks for sharing. Hugz"
Day 2 - "Gorgeous creations ladies. Really liking the Zentangle square 1 and the feathers. Would love to own Idinkera. What a great background, foreground and any ground in between. Love it. Nope, I think Zentangle square 1 is today's winner for me. Hugz"
Day 3 - "Love the cat in the colourful journal page and the b/w projects. Cat or Fish, that is the question. I think the cat wins by a whisker. These animals are so cool. Hugz"
Day 4 - "Tricky descision today, but looking at your lovely pieces it's got to be winged girl. Love the detail on the wings and her poise. She's lovely. Hugz"

SUE

for commenting:
Day 1 - "Oh these birds are fabulous, love them all, but if I had to pick it would be Spike - just something about his face :-) All the DT samples are brilliant! X"
Day 2 - "These are wonderful samples. I must be the only person in the world that doesn't normally like zentangles, but these feathers are fab, especially Feather 2 xx"
Day 3 - "So yesterday I wasn't a zentangle fan, today I'm loving it! It's a close call but the fish is my favourite x"
Day 4 - "Fabulous inspiration again, Winged Girl is my favourite too xx"

ALICE K

for commenting:
Day 1 - "Those birdies are so much fun. I like the 'dotty' ones best, and the mini size looks like it would work well on ATC-cards and tags. Such great inspiration pieces, too!"
Day 2 - "Such lovely inspiration! These feathers seem to be the new 'must' - I adore the multiple ways they can be used. I would love to win :-)"
Day 3 - "Such lovely temptations! That zentangle crow is awesome!"
Day 4 - "I love that Winged Girl! It seems such a versatile stamp - and oh so sweet."

BARBARA

 for commenting:
Day 1 - "Cute bird stamps! Ruthie is my favorite from this collection. Thanks so much for the give-away!"
Day 2 - "Wow! I love the zentangle feathers! Very nice.... I like both Feather #1 and #2. Thanks for the give-away!"
Day 3 - "Great designs and inspiration....The zentangle bird is wonderful! Thanks for the give-away!"
Day 4 - "I love the Winged Girl! How nice to have her separated from her shrine! Great idea. Thanks for the give-away and inspiration!"

Thank you ladies for all your wonderful comments!  Happy shopping!
 

CONGRATULATIONS to all our WINNERS!

Please grab your Winner Badges and proudly display them on your blogs and link them back to us!

ALL our WINNERS are invited to do a Guest Designer spot using their prizes!

Please let us know you'd like to GDT when you claim your prize!***

How to claim your prizes!

<-----Please use the Contact Form found over there in the left sidebar and provide the following info:

• Put the name of the event in the subject of your email 
• Provide your full name and mailing address
• Include the prize amount you have won and if you already know which stamps you'd like then include that info in your email too.
• ***Don't forget to mention if you're interested in doing a GDT post for us using your prize, arrangements will then be made with you!
• All prizes must be claimed before August 14!

Thank you everyone for playing with us and mark your calendars for August 18th....we're going to have you seeing SQUARES!

Happy Stamping

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

Challenge #27 : Water Color Background

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!

The winner of our #26 Challenge:

ATC ............. is Kelly Shirk

Congratulations Kelly!  Please email Marilyn (mcgoo4@gmail.com) by the end of the month to claim your prize $10 gift certificate.  Provide your full name and mailing address in the email as well as the stamps you would like.  You may choose from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda.  Also, please don't forget your Challenge Winner's badge for your blog.

CHALLENGE #27:

WATER COLOR BACKGROUND

It's time for a new challenge!  This month's challenge is Water Color Background.  Grab those Nuance powders (or any water-activated pigment powders), watercolor pencils, watercolor paints, watercolor pastels, etc., and let your imagination soar.  Below are all the details you need to know to play along.  You are welcome to use any company's image(s) but if you use those from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda, you'll receive two entries into the prize drawing.  That's double your chance to win!

PRIZES

To ensure you all have a fabulous time playing in our challenges, this is how our Prize System works:
1 - 4 Entries = Winner will be awarded our Challenge Badge
5+ Entries = One winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
10+ Entries = One winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
All winners get the Challenge Badge to proudly display on your blog.
Please be sure to read our rules in full so that your entry is eligible to win the prize.

You can join our Challenges even if you don't have a blog.  Just upload your project to a photo sharing site or to our Facebook page (Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda).  Don't forget to include the name of our Challenge in your photo description.  And remember, you cannot link to projects that are shared from a closed Facebook Group because the linky tool cannot access them.  See, it's so easy to join in the fun!

For this month's Water Color Background Challenge, here is some inspiration from Team Inspire:

Darlene used Phrenology Heads & Nuance Powders (for her background)

Marilyn used ATC Grunge, Mini Manga, & Nuance Powders (for her background)

Nikki used Zentangle Feather 1, Miscellaneous Words, and Nuance Powders (for her background)

 Don't forget we have more inspiration coming your way on the 15th!

Remember, take a minute to read our rules so your entry is eligible to win prizes.

Spread the word!  Tell all your friends to come join in the fun.

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