CHALLENGE #66 - COLD AND FROSTY

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.
It's December, and a very busy month, so we have decided to run this challenge all month to give you plenty of time to join the fun!!  There will be a chance to win your self some Lost Coast dollars, but since it's Christmas who knows,  maybe Santa will have some extra goodies if we get lots of people playing along!! 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 #66

COLD AND FROSTY

It doesn't have to be Christmas but we do want to get that BRRrrrrrrrrr! feeling.
And don't forget the stamping!!

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
50+ Entries = two 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!

Lori made this sweet and very chilly card using Lost Coast Designs Georges and Louis, Large Snowflake Set and Little Diamond Background.  Good job Georges is well dressed!

Roni made this gorgeous card using Lost Coast Designs Mistletoe Goth.  She's so cold she's blue!!  Love it!!!

Gail went with cool colours and bling for this festive card using Carmen's Veranda Reindeer Doll, Lost Coast Designs PMC Circle Frame and sentiment from Lost Coast Misc Words

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 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

An InLinkz Link-up

Snowman Serenade

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.  Winter has taken a firm hold in my part of the world and my thoughts have turned towards Christmas.  I have kept with traditional colours but admit the images are perhaps a little unusual!  These two just seemed to go together and I think it will be a perfect card for a special friend.  

Quirky, but cute!!  I've used Carmen's Veranda's Monkey with Banjo and Snow Cowboy with a greeting from Lost Coast Designs Misc. Words

I made a simple background, cos at Christmas simple is often best!  I gave my white hammered card base a blue watercolour wash and die cut some snowy hills

I stamped the Snow Cowboy and Monkey with Banjo, coloured them with Promarkers and fussy cut.  I think I may have missed a chance to add some glitter!  The sentiment was stamped with blue dye ink. 

Thanks for dropping by.

  There is still time to join our Cute challenge, and you can still comment on the Mayan Blog Hop, for your chance to win Lost Coast Dollars.  See you there!!

Rosie is Thinking of You

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!

We're giving you a real challenge this fortnight...Cute!!  I know - right?  But Linda made it easy for us because she just released a bunch of fun new stamps that are just darling!  First off the Hard Luck Pixies are sweet as can be and the addition of Creepy Dolls by Carri aren't really all that creepy at all...just well loved!  You can see them all here in the New section!

I am so taken with these little pixies, they are so much fun to color and Rosie leads the pack....she was stamped on white cardstock with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink, I then colored her with Memento Dual Tip makers which were used as a watercolor medium as well as colored directly on the image to add more detail.  The image was die-cut then mounted on a yellow card base, a piece of pattern paper by Authentique and a die-cut sentiment.

I hope this has inspired you to join in on the fun...

Ink Stained Roni

News Flash

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.  Just in case you missed it there is a Black Friday Sale at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.  Use the code BLACK FRIDAY to get 20% off all stamps.

If you use this code the combined postage offer that usually applies if you order from both sites on the same day will NOT apply, but I'm sure you will agree this is still a fab offer.

If you haven't had a chance to check out the amazing Mayan Blog Hop projects from the team it's well worth a look.   Grab a coffee and hop along.  All comments left by the end of the month to be in the random draw for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate,

And then there is our Cute challenge.  If you have used rubber or clear stamping on any type of project, and it's cute, link it up for a chance to win Lost Coast dollars!!

Have a great day.  Hugz

Weird is the new Cute

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Hello all!

This cute little Chihuahua image by Katzelkraft definetly confirms that weird is the new cute.  Ha!   I love him!   He was the perfect image for this gift spiral note pad and pen set. 

Lost Coast Design

• Coffee Chihuahua, Katzelkraft
• Joy Dictionary Background
• Stay Weird

Other Products:

• Tsukineko, Walnut Ink
• Archival Ink
• Watercolor Pencils
• DecoArt DuraClear Varnish
• Paper cut photo corners
• SPC, Craft Paper Spriral  note and matching pen

Instructions:

1. Stamp the Joy Background onto white cardstock with Archival Ink.
2. Distress this panel with Walnut ink and water.  Allow to dry.
3. Tear top and bottom of panel.
4. Adhere to notebook front and trim excess.
5. Use the excess to cover the coordinating pen, adhere, and then seal with Matte Varnish.
6. Stamp Chihuahua onto white cardstock with Archival Ink. Color with water color pencils. Fussy cut image out and adhere to front of notebook.
7. Trim photo corners out paper and adhere to top left and bottom right corners.
8. Stamp saying with Archival Ink and cut into two parts.  Adhere to notebook front, as shown in photo.
9. Done.

Happy day!

Lori

Blessing

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!

As we celebrate the theme of "Cute" this second half of November, I found the perfect Lost Coast Designs stamp to use - The Little Pilgrim.  This is Laurie here bringing you a Thanksgiving
message, and this is one of the oldest Lost Coast stamps I own, and it is still one of my favorites.  I think it's simplicity is brilliant and the look on the Little Pilgrim's face is beautiful.

I stamped Little Pilgrim with black ink onto white card stock and cut her out.  I then colored her with Copic markers, leaving her cap and collar white.  I created my background with a stencil, green and pale yellow acrylic paints, and my Gelli plate.  Using black StazOn ink, I stamped my background - Shrubbery 5.5 " - onto the lower portion of my card base.  I then attached my Little Pilgrim atop and used a sticker with the word "blessing" in the upper left corner.
I edged this in black ink and layered it with a white panel.

We would love for you to join us for this fun cute challenge - everyone has some cute stamps in their stash - so get them out and start stamping.  You might win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

And then there's this............

(Orders using this discount will NOT qualify for the combined shipping rebate when ordering
from both Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda)

Happy Thanksgiving!