CHALLENGE #48 - ANYTHING GOES

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!

Greetings.  It's time for a new challenge here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.
Our challenges are now fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of every month, with chances to win your self some 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 #48

ANYTHING GOES

Go CRAZY!!!!  It's ANYTHING GOES here at the Portal.  As long as you use some clear or rubber stamps it fits our theme. Ready, set, craft!!!!

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! We have recently updated the rules so do check that your project complies before you link up. 

You are welcome to play in our Challenges using rubber/clear 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 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 is awarded our Challenge Winner's 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
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.  If you are using Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps you can now also link up your challenge entry in the Lost Coast Official Fan Group on facebook.  There is a challenge album in photo's.  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!

Sue made this cool card with hot colours using Carmen's Veranda Passport Background, and Matador Monkey

Laurie made this wistful green beauty using Lost Coast Doodle Circles background,  Star Halo and Carmen's Veranda Play 

Cathy made an awesome shaker using Lost Coast Design's Raven Queen

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

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Worth A Try

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.  Gail here today with a last reminder for our current challenge

More Than Two Legs

You have until midnight tonight to join up your creations for a chance to win some rubber stamps from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda.

I made an ATC using Carmen's Veranda White Cat and Chocolate Breakfast sentiment and Lost Coast Designs Cracked Sky.   I stamped the cracked sky randomly around the ATC and then stamped and embossed the sentiment.  I coloured with Gingerbread and Jumbo Java chalks, diluting them a bit with water and splashing them around to make a chocolatey background.  I used gold and silver pilot markers on the stars and spirals.  Then I stamped and fussy cut White Cat and added him to the ATC.  Look at those eyes!  You are starting to see!!  He has a point.....   Hmmmmm, chocolate.....

You can link up you makes HERE

They Call Me Humbug

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.  Gail here today to remind you about our More Than 2 Legs challenge.  Just link up your stamped makes featuring something that has More Than 2 Legs.  Easy.  Here's a cat.  In a hat.
A cat is not just for Christmas, but in this case..........

Planning ahead and keeping it clean and simple.  I stamped the letters H and O from License Plate Alphabet across the card three times using Festive Berries distress ink.  I stamped the wonderful Floppy Eared Cat on a piece of white card, fussy cut her and gave her a santa hat cut using Sizzix Crazy accessories dies.  Ho Ho Ho indeed.  I don't think she is impressed!
Maybe she's waiting to see your More Than 2 Legs creation!
Get stamping Portal Peeps.  There be Lost Coast dollars up for grabs.   

12 Legs Total

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.
Over at Lost Coast Portal there is a challenge of more than 2 legs. Well I made a card that has 12....
 So I started off with die cutting a heart out of white cardstock. Then I grabbed my Isle of Aud Animals set.  

 I arranged the stamps the way I wanted on the heart and then I stamped them out with black ink.

Next I grabbed some pattern paper to be the base for my card. I then cut it to size. As I arranging the card I thought it needed a pop of color. So I grabbed a scrap strip of pattern paper that happen to be the reverse side of the paper I was using and added that to the front.
As I was looking at it I still felt it needed more. So I grabbed my sequins and added a few.  Then my card was done. 

Please come and join the fun with More than 2 legs.  You could win some Lost Coast /Carmen's Veranda bucks.

Catch A Butterfly

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 to all from Laurie!  For this monthly challenge of More Than Two Legs I am using one of the Katzelkraft stamps now available from Lost Coast Designs.  This is Striped Cat.

I started by stamping my cat onto a piece of card stock that I had colored using Distress Inks.  Simple process that just involved dragging your ink pad across a piece of paper then smudging it in.  For this one I used brown and yellow ink pads.

I then cut out my cat and gave him some google eyes.  My background is a piece of white paper that I stamped with a text background stamp in black ink.  I then used a stencil of circles and lines and used shades of orange, yellow and brown Distress inks.  I overstamped all of that with a couple of other background stamps - lines and some random spots.

I mounted my background paper to a piece of kraft glassine paper then mounted that to a white card base.  I attached my kitty with foam tape.  Final touch was to cut out a little butterfly and attach it with foam tape to appear to be resting on the kitty's paw.

Check out the current challenge More Than Two Legs and join the fun for a chance to win yourself some Lost Coast dollars!!

We Like To Move It Move It!

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 and happy Tuesday. It's Sue here again with my second piece for the fun More Than 2 Legs challenge. I hope you're ready for some jungle rock!

I've made another page in my black journal, but this time it's been sewn in rather than working directly onto the page. I find it difficult to work straight into the journal as I'm never really sure what I'm trying to do!

 So I started with a piece of 8x8 watercolour card and made a Distress Ink background, then I inked around a leafy mask.

 Next I added some more colour with Portfollio pastels through a stencil. This is just what a jungle looks like lol.

 Then I stamped all the images from Safari Party and coloured them with watercolour pencils and Distress Crayons. As you can see I'm no colourista!

I thought I would let the monkey lead the conga as he's the one with the big stick. The giraffe is obviously a party animal, but I think the lion looks a little embarrassed.

So get your groove on and join in with our challenge - the more legs the better!
Have a lovely week, and thanks very much for looking xx