CHALLENGE #50 - PRETTY AS A PICTURE

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 our new Challenge.
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 Challenge details!

CHALLENGE #50

PRETTY AS A PICTURE

This fortnight we have a picture to inspire you.  
What catches your eye?  The colours, the shapes, the nest, the eggs?
Let us know what inspired you and don't forget to stamp!!

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 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!

Cathy was inspired by the colours and the nest and made this pretty card using Carmen's Veranda Nest and Fly stamps

Gail made this cute mini card inspired by the colours, shapes and the corner element using Lost Coast Designs Happy Cat and Carmen's Veranda Coffee or Tequila

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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Not what you thought...

Welcome back to the 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 from Laurie with another entry for the "Say Anything" challenge going on right now on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  We are featuring the many great sayings clear stamps at Carmen's Veranda.  There are so many and more coming!  So please check them out - some will definitely 
put a smile on your face!

For this one, I used the Knight in Armor saying.  I started with a yellow and brown background that I created with my Gelli plate and some brown and yellow paints and a stencil.  I cut it to fit my card front.  I then cut out a delightfully cocky gentleman from an Alpha Stamps collage sheet and positioned him in the right corner.  I stamped my sentiment with black ink onto a white square and added some "stitching" around the edges before attaching it to the upper portion of my card front.
Easy peasy and done!

So come join the challenge and you may win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Hope For The Best

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 Wednesday, it's Sue here with my 'Say What' project.

I started with lots of Distress Inks, and this beautiful Carmen's Veranda Peacock Feather.

 Now I could never pick a favourite stamp, but if I could this may be it! These Showgirls just make me happy!

Every so often a stamp comes along and you just have to have it 'cos it's the story of your life. This is my stamp! It's by Carmen's Veranda and it's called Rise and Shine

I just added some feathers (no purple birds were harmed), some silver mirri card and a bit o'bling, and we're all done.
There's still a little bit of time to join in with our fun challenge, so I hope to see you over on the portal.

Have a fun day, and thanks very much for looking xx

Farting Rainbows

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 to share my card today with you all.
I hope you are all having a great day and get a good chuckle from this card. This saying makes me smile every time I read it.

First I stared making this card by grabbing some watercolor paper and my Distress Oxide inks. I did the smooching technique on the craft mat to get my background to the way it is.

Next I took Grunge Diamond Background stamp and some black ink and randomly stamped it all over the background.

 I took the Farting Unicorn saying and stamped it with Versafine ink on pink cardstock and I used white embossing power. Then I took a die and cut it out and used Distress ink and inked the edges of the saying.

I stamped Birthday Mona on white paper and colored it with Copic markers using colors to work with the background I made. I cut it out and I added some tinsel to the top of the hat.

 

Last I glued it all to the front of the card and then layered it on black cardstock.

The saying  is great for birthday cards or a card just to send a friend to make them smile.
Go check out all the great saying at Carmen's Veranda shop. I think there is something for everyone.

Last but not least come join us for the Say What?? challenge here.

I Say, I Say, I Say

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 clean and simple but wordy creation.

 

I simply cut my white base card with a stitch die, stamped Carmen's Veranda Who Ties Her Shoes sentiment and Lost Coast Designs' Mini Manga Goth Harlequin and embossed with black powder.  

I know people who need this card!!!

Maybe me!!!!!

 

 Still time to join our Say What??? challenge

Someone is going to win Lost Coast dollars!!!  It could be you......

Still time to apply to join our fabtacular Design Team

It's all happening here at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.

 

3 eyed raven

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 the Say What challenge.
Winter is coming says the 3 eyed raven. This stamp Four ravens reminds me of the T.V. show Game of Thrones.

 First off I stamped She Loved the Sea saying with Versafine ink on the card to use it as a background.

Next I stamped Winter is coming on a scrap white cardstock. Tore it out and colored it with distress ink.

Then I made this wing with a mold I got. It had to dry for 2 days for me before I could paint it.  I used black paint and then I used Opal Magic wax over top to give it the blue tint.

I took the Four Ravens stamp and stamped it on copic friendly paper and colored it with copics markers.

I cut out the Four Raven panel with a die and I glued it on the card then I took the dried and painted wing and glued it to the front of the card.  I used foam squares to add the Winter is Coming saying to the top of the card.

Can not wait to see your Say What?? project. You can enter here.