#118 Where did you get that hat.

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Hello stamp lovers.

Here a post from me, Riet.

What a fun challenge.

Its all about hats, I love that hat, hihi.

For this card I used the pretty LCD stamp Manga goth with tophat.

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

and the large florish

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

The words are from Carmens Veranda Wine and chocolates

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

 What more did I use?

Pink, turqoise and purple pencils.

stazon royal purple

Mandala stencil/mask

Distressink, seedles preserves, dusty concord.

White gelpen

Nuvo shimmer powder, lilac waterfall.

White gelpen.

Start by wetting the paper over the middle part of the paper.

Sprinkle some nuvo powder on the wet part.

When required, spray some water over it.

But no powder on the upper and lower part of the paper.

Dry the paper with the heattool.

On the bottem half stamp the florish with the stazon royal purple.

Now take the mandala and spunge with the seedles preserves over the madala.

Do not go over the florish.

With the pecils I colored the florish and some parts of the mandala.

This way it pops more.

On a piece of paper I stamped the manga girl with the royal purple stazon.

And colored her with the pencils.

And with the white gelpen I added some high lights on the 

manga girl and the florish.

With the two distress colors I made some splashes of ink on the card.

Now glue the manga girl on the card.

And stamp with the purple stazon the words on the top of the card.

I added 2 colors of cardstock at the back.

Now, for the challenge we would love to see what kind of hat you are going to show us.

So join our challenge, and maybe you wil be the next winner.

Hat Trick

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.  Gail here again with some more hatty ideas with my favourite Carmen's Veranda boys!!

Frank said he didn't have a hat so Charlie lent him one!  Not sure it suits him, but there we go.  I am also entirely responsible for the wiggle in the sentiment cos I decided the easiest way to convert it from square 8 lines to long 3 lines was to chop it up!  So I did!!  So it's a little wiggly in places, but perfection is overrated........

I used a slightly grungy off white Authentique card base.  I stamped the re-arranged sentiment and masked it off.  Then I stamped Charlie and Frank with brown archival ink, masked them and stamped Boris.  I edged the card with brown Promarker and also drew a line under the boys.  Then I used a caramel Promarker to fill in the background around them.  Finally I stamped Charlie's hat on a scrap of the same card using the brown archival ink, fussy cut and stuck it on Franks head.

 

Grab your stamps and your hats and join the fun for a chance to win.

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.

CHALLENGE #118 - WHERE'S MY HAT

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Welcome 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 #118

WHERE'S MY HAT

 

We want to see your stamped projects featuring at least one hat, but the more the merrier!!!

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 awesome inspiration from the team to get us started.  ENJOY!

Cathy used Lost Coast Designs Dark Girl Geisha and Vertical Party Hats

 

Gail used Carmen's Veranda Oz Scarecrow, Snow Cowboy and 

Givashitometer sentiment

Sue used Lost Coast Designs Evil Eye and Party Hats 2 and Carmen's Veranda sentiment.

  

 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.

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.

Happy Stamping!
Gail
Challenge Host

Challenge #118 - Where's My Hat
March 15th - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Wednesday, March 31st 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
 

 

Last call For the Mini Me Challenge

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!

 

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.

 

Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with a final reminder for the Mini Me challenge.  Mr Linky closes at 23.59 PST tonight.  Get stamping those little projects, tags, bookmarks, ATC's and join the fun for a chance to win.  

 

 I made a threesome of Artist Trading Coins using Lost Coast Designs Dark Girls and Pieces of Calligraphy.

I used a stitch die to cut my coins from card.  I stamped the Dark Girls with black archival ink, masked them and stamped the Pieces of Calligraphy with Library Green archival ink.  I coloured the girls with Promarkers and edged the coins with the green archival ink.  Simply so much fun!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Mini Me: Trio of Tags

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Hi again from Laurie, here with a trio of tags for the current Mini Me Challenge where we are looking for your "mini" projects - think ATCs, ATC coins, tags, twinchies, etc.

For this set of tags, I used the Circus Dogs Set and the Verticle Party Hats Border stamps from Lost Coast Designs and the Happy, Sing, and Play clear stamps from Carmen's Veranda.

My background for these tags is part of a collage master board I had left over from another project.  I die cut my tags from that master board and edged them with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I stamped my circus dogs onto coffee stained paper with black ink and fussy cut them out.  I attached them to the tags with foam tape to give them some dimension.  I stamped a ball onto orange paper and cut that out for one of the dogs.  (This ball stamp also comes in the Circus Dog set.)  For the second dog, I stamped one of the party hats onto orange paper and cut that out.  I added some white Nuvo drops to the tips on his hat.  And for the third dog, I stamped the top portion of the original dog stamp onto orange paper and cut out the dog's ruffled collar and attached it atop the original stamped image.

Next I stamped the three sentiments with black ink onto white card stock.  I ran it through my copier and reduced the size by 30% so they would fit better on my tags.  I edged them with black ink and glued them to the bottom of each tag.  Final step was to tie some yellow decorative ribbon at the top of each.

Please join us for the fun swap - so many options for mini sized projects!

#117 Mini me, Frida skull necklace.

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, stamp friends, Riet here.

What a great challenge Gail (teamleader) has given us.

Mini me, love it.

This challenge really sparked my imagination. 

I love shrink foil, so that was the solution to make something small.

And this is the result, a Frida skull necklace.

Hope you enjoy it.

This is what you need to make the necklace.

Frida skull

Fourth dimension

White shrink foil.

Markers or pencils

Stazon Jet black

First we start with stamping the Frida skull.

Color it, keep in mind that you keep the colors light,

When the foil is heatted and shrinks the colors will be much darker.

Cut it out and heat it in oven or with the heattool.

Read the instructions on the shrink foil package.

Next step is to take a die and cut it out on your machine.

Dont have a die cut machine? no worry, you can cut a form with a scissors.

Dont forget to make the holes, make them big because of the shrinking.

Mine where as big as a pencil.

Stamp with the stazon the fourth demension stamp.

Now wait till the ink is completely dry.

When not dry it can smug when you shrink it.

Now you glue the skull on the background

Attach a few metal rings through the holes, like on the picture.

continue to assemble the chain as shown on the picture.

I hope you have as much fun with this necklage as I had.

Thanks for reading my post, and have fun with making your own juwelry.

Dont forget to show your mini me on the LCD blog in the challenge.

You have a chance to win some rubberstamps.

And please read the rules first.