Happy Cat bookmark

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Good morning, Cathy here with a cat bookmark for you today.

Stamp used: 

More cats (ATC size)

I took a scrap of white cardstock and stamped happy cat on the bottom of the piece of paper. Next, I took my 3 favorites of distress ink and smooshed one at a time on a piece of plastic and sprayed it with water and then smooshed it on the paper. I dried in between colors and then layered it on black cardstock. 

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You Matter

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Happy New Year! Aimee here with my first creation of 2025. I love that we're starting out with the Bright & Cheerful Challenge--let's kick this new year off with happy and positive vibes! 

My husband majored in Physics, so the science humor of Carmen's Veranda You Matter stamp gave me a good laugh. There's a TON of images of women, children and men in the Lost Coast Design's Stamp Catalogue to choose to pair with this sentiment. Here I'm using the STP Hairbow stamp. Follow along with these photos to see how I made this card. 

There's still PLENTY of time to upload a Bright & Cheerful creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Submit by the end of the January for a chance to win a prize!

DECEMBER WINNERS

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Welcome Portal Peeps!!!
It's time to announce the WINNER of our December Challenge!

We would like to thank everyone who entered their lovely projects.  Not many entrants, but it's a busy time of year so an extra special thank you for those who took time to play along 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.

The team was evenly split between two entries so

WINNERs of CHALLENGE #192

COLD AND FROSTY

are

Karen

 with her fun mouse card

and 

 

Craftyfield

with her lovely fairy scene

 

Congrats Karen and Craftyfield.  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

BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Link up  your stamped anythings with a bright and cheerful look.  Grab your bold and bright colours and those happy stamps and join the fun for your chance to win Lost Coast Dollars.

Happy Dog

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here today with my first project of 2025.  We are feeling all Bright and Cheerful this month, so as long as it has stamping, is bright and makes you happy you can link it up!!   I decided to do some scrappy stamping and fussy cut this happy Pokey Dog to get my brights.

My pink panel is a piece of 49th and Market patterned card.  I stamped Lost Coast Designs Round Shadow Frame with red archival ink.  This is a flat stamp and it's picked up the texture on the card stock, which is quite a pretty effect.  Like that.  I stamped Pokey Dog in place with black ink, to save cutting out all those tricky bits, then stamped him again on a fun colour scrap, fussy cut and placed him on the card.  I stamped Carmen's Veranda Happy Birthday and I was told there would be cake sentiments, cos what's a birthday without cake!!!

Thanks for dropping by.   I hope the new year has brought you new inspiration and creativity.  The team will be sharing all month, so do pop back often to check out their awesome makes and join the fun.

 

Happy New Year !

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Darlene here with a new make for the New Year ! 

Our challenge this month, to kick off the year, is Bright and Cheerful theme!!!

So I used Lost Coast Designs Steampunk American Gothic and made a step card

to welcome in the New Year.

 

Lots of colour here to cheer us up right !

Used one of my stencils for the background (masked the image of course)

A bit of sparkle in some places but don't think you can really see it in this picture

Then added lots of bits and pieces for that steampunk look.

wee bit of white splatter on the steps

Be sure to check out the Bright and Cheerful Challenge this month.

Would love to see your entry - and maybe win !!!

CHALLENGE #193 - BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

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Hello Portal Peeps. 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

We would like to wish you all a very happy and creative 2025.

New day, new month, new year, new inspiration and motivation.

Time for a new Challenge.
Our challenges are now monthly!  The new challenge starting the 1st 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 #193

BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Let's get rid of the winter blues and those cold and frosty feelings.  We want to see your stamped anythings with a bright and cheerful look.  Grab your bold and bright colours and those happy stamps and join the fun.  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 read the updated Challenge Rules 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 you could win a bigger prize in our random prize drawing.  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 Mini Bird Collage

  
Riet used Lost Coast Designs Party On, Large Swirl and Party Words.

 

Liesbeth used Carmen's Veranda Birds Collage Background

 
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 23.59 PST on the 31st 30th 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 #193 - Bright and Cheerful
January 1st - 31st Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Friday, January 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