#115 Red and Gold challenge for Lost Coast Designs

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 Red gold, Pope clown

Hi there, here is my card for the red and gold challenge.

These are the stamps I used.Pope clown

 http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/fantocci.html

Florish, http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/flourishes.html

Happily ever after, https://www.carmensveranda.com/clearstamps5all.html

I used only the last sentence of this stamp.

Carmens veranda has a lot of words and phrases clear stamps.

They are spectacular and some are even a bit cheeky, love them all.

So if you have the time, take a look, I am sure you have a good laugh.

https://www.carmensveranda.com/clearstamps5all.html

 What I used for this card.

Brusho brilliant red.

Gold glitter embossingpowder.

Black Stazon

Red marker.

Gold ink.

Versamark clear.

 I started with the florish by stamping it with versamark clear.

Embost it with the gold glitter embossingpowder.

Them I sprayd with water and brusho brilliant red.

Be careful, this color is really intense.

Dry it with the heattool.

With a smal brush I painted some of the brusho in the open parts of the florish.

Now cut it in four pieces.

Save a little piece and stamp the sentiment the same as the florish.

Only stamp "happily ever after".

Stamp the Pope clown with the stazon black.

Color him with the red marker.

I have used gold ink, but you can also use a gold balpoint or something else.

Glue the parts on a white card and matt with black.

Have fun with stamping and please show us what you make in red and gold.

Join our challenge and maybe you will be the next winner.

 

Red and Gold: Flourish Bookmark

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Hello Crafters and welcome from Laurie to this current challenge on the Portal:  Red and Gold.  Such sumptuous colors that work with so many themes.

For this one, I made a bookmark using the Daisy Flourish stamp from Lost Coast Designs.

This was very simple, but I love the elegant feel of the gold embossing.

 I stamped my flourish with Versamark embossing ink onto a piece of black card stock.  I sprinkled it with gold embossing powder then heat embossed it.  I then restamped the daisy parts of the stamp onto a scrap of black and heat embossed it with red embossing powder.  I cut out the red flowers and glued them atop the gold ones.  

Next I trimmed up my edges evenly and corner rounded all four corners.  I layered this with a piece of gold paper and rounded those corners as well.  Final step was to punch a hole at the top in the middle and thread some gold cord through the hole.  A simple bookmark using an absolutely gorgeous stamp from Lost Coast.

Show us your Red and Gold creations for a chance to win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda.   Be sure that rubber stamping is a focal point of your projects.

Red And Gold Shaker Frame

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Good morning and a very happy Saturday, It's Sue here with my shaker frame for our Red and Gold challenge.

I started by painting my frame in bright gold paint. It took a few layers to get it nice and shiny.

Then I made my background using different shades of red Oxides.

I used my new Ledger stamp to stamp the frame and stand in red and black, and heat embossed.

And then stamped the beautiful Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background in black. I then stamped it again and embossed in gold and cut out and pieced the bird. You can't really tell here, but in real life you can see the gold.

I stamped and cut out the words from the Misc words stamp and added acetate and red and gold sequins to turn my frame into a shaker.

These are the stamps that I've used, 

Lost Coast Ledger

Lost Coast Misc Words and

Carmen's Veranda Bird Collage Background

I hope that you join in with us, red and gold is such a gorgeous combo, so please link up for the chance to win some Lost Coast dollars.

Take care, have a very happy day, and thanks so much for looking x

January Winners

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Due to the mass cancellation of stamp/scrapbook shows Linda is running an online virtual convention.   Use coupon code QUARANTINE to get 25% off any purchase of Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps.  Katzelkraft stamps, stamp accessories and Stencil Girl stencils are not included in the sale.
 

 

Welcome Portal Peeps!!!
It's time to announce the WINNERS of our January Challenges!

We would like to thank everyone who entered their lovely projects and it was so nice to see so many using Lost Coast Design and Carmen's Veranda stamps.  You of course get an extra chance in the random draw for using our stamps on your projects.  Thanks for playing with us!

Please do read the rules and also the challenge guidelines which are written under the challenge badges on the challenge post and in the sidebar.  We have to disqualify entries that do not comply with our rules or challenge themes.

We used Mr Random

WINNER of CHALLENGE #113

Things Beginning with B

is

Robyn 

 

with these lovely bird journal pages

Congrats Robyn, you win a $10 gift certificate

WINNER of CHALLENGE #114

Gnomes

is

Karen

with this cute garden gnome in winter card

Congrats Karen, you win a $10 gift certificate

 Congratulations Robyn and Karen!  Please email Gail (craftynomad at gmail dot com) by the 15th of the month to claim your prize.  Please 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 and/or Carmen's Veranda!

Here's your snazzy Challenge Winner's badge for your blog!
Please link your badge back to us here at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.
 

Our current challenge is

Red and Gold

Link up your stamped projects featuring the colours Red and Gold

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

#115 Red and gold Frida skull.

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Hello dear readers, today a card with the lovely Frida skull.

Red and gold, what a great color combo.

I have chosen the Frida Khalo skull stamp.

Just love this stamp. 

She was such a feisty lady, and ahead of her time.

And what about that saying from Carmens Veranda, just love it.

The things I used.

Frida skull

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/new.html

Hearts and curl border

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/borders.html

Happily ever after

https://www.carmensveranda.com/clearstamps5all.html

 

Did you now that on the https://www.carmensveranda.com/

CV Webshop are lots of fun stamps.

And that they have phraces and sentiments that are hilarious.

Just take a look https://www.carmensveranda.com/clearstamps5all.html

And I am sure you will have a lot of fun.

 What I used.

Distress oxide Barn door and Fired brick.

A paper doily.

Stazon Jet Black.

Gold Glimmermist

Black ink/paint

Coloring pencils/markers

 I started with the doily and sprayed it with the gold glimmer mist.

Than stamped the Frida skull with black stazon.

Colored it with markers.

The background is made with ink on a craftsheet in 2 layers of red.

Than sprayed some glimmermist gold.

With the Hearts and curls border I stamped in the right corner.

With some gold glimmermist and a paint brush I painted the hearts gold.

Now first make some drops with the red oxide and black paint/ink.

Glue the doily and Frida skull on the card.

Make sure you have room enough for the hapily ever after stamp.

Stamp the words with stazon black.

Now a black card behind it, and your done.

The challenge runs till the 15th.

So grab you red and gold stuf and get crafty.

And maybe you will be the winner of some rubberstamps.

CHALLENGE #115 - RED AND GOLD

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Hello Portal Peeps.  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 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 #115

RED AND GOLD

 

We want you to make a stamped anything and use the colours Red and Gold.  You can also use some black and white, but Red and Gold must be the dominant colours.

Real rubber or clear stamping and the theme must be the focus of your project.  A small stamped sentiment in a sea of die cuts or digi images will not qualify to win the prize and you may be deleted!!!!  Bwahahhaaahaha.

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
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!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Gryphon and Pieces of Calligraphy

Gail used Lost Coast Designs 'NEW' Dark Girl Geisha, Bamboo and Carmen's Veranda I Need Bail sentiment

Liesbeth used Lost Coast Designs Isle of Aud Creatures

Window and Victoriana

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

Challenge #115 - Red and Gold
  February 1st - 14th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Sunday, February 14th 23.59 PST.
All entries must be entered in our link up but your don't need a blog to win.  See our RULES page for more info