MARCH WINNERS

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 to announce the WINNERS of our March Challenges!

We would like to thank everyone who entered their fabulous projects to our March challenges.  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 #94

ARTIST TRADING CARDS AND COINS 

is

Jo


with this fun artist trading card

Congrats Jo, you win a $10 gift certificate

WINNER of CHALLENGE #95

WINGED THINGS

is

Anne Squire

with this cool bat shaker using Carmen's Veranda Flying Birds

Congrats Anne, you win a $10 gift certificate

 Congratulations Jo and Anne!  Please email Gail (craftynomad at gmail dot com) by the end 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

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

Link up your stamped spring themed projects

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

Thank You Farmers

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 today.  I hope you are weathering these curious times well.
I know we are thinking a lot about people who are essential workers and today I'd like to spotlight our farmers.  Without them, where would we be??  Hungry!!  Farm work never stops, and we are heading into the lambing season here in Norway, so I had a play with the new Gnome and Sheep stamps from Lost Coast Designs.  I love these gnomies.  Red Neck Gnome has a crook, and I thought he needed some sheep, so I paired him with Lost Coast Designs Many Sheep stamp.

Hoot or what???!!!  I stamped the Many Sheep background (now also available ATC sized!) on a piece of white card and cut along the top to give a complete row of sheep.  I stamped Red Neck Gnome on a piece of white card, coloured with distress markers and fussy cut.  I wanted some grass and found a CC Designs drip die and a scrap of green card.  I decided it would make perfect gnome grass.  There were some advantageous gaps so I re-positioned a few sheep heads to fill them in a humerous manner.  I stamped the Happy Birthday and done. 

Join the Spring has Sprung challenge for your chance to win Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda stamps.
Due to the continuing situation the Going Viral Sale is still on!!!!
Use code QUARANTINEUS for 25% off unmounted and cling mounted stamps.
Check the NEW section for new gnomes, gnome homes, ATC backgrounds and much, much, much, much more!!!!!

Stay safe.  Keep well.  Stamp on!!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Spring has Sprung

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 Hello everyone, Riet here.

Today I want to tell you how I made this art journal card.  First I took a piece of sturdy cardboard and pasted on a page from an old music book.  I kept the music paper a bit smaller than the cardboard so that you can see the edges.

After I smeared the paper with Gesso I colored it with Gelato's.

Then I added the diamond's with a stencil and Gelato stick. I drew edges around it with a pencil and scratched it with a knife. I stamped the top edge with Versa magic and the Hearts and Curls Border.  With a brush with water I went over the hearts so that they are a bit lighter in color.

I wrote the text and added the dashes with a Posca marker.

Well that was the background, and then for the beautiful dragonfly stamp from the More Bugz sheet. Take a piece of watercolor paper. Stamp with a waterproof ink.

I colored the dragonfly with Tombo markers, but you can color it with whatever you want. Then here and there some white paint splatters and you're done.

I hope you enjoy this little tutorial.
And join our Spring Has Sprung challenge, its fun.

CHALLENGE #96 - SPRING HAS SPRUNG

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.  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 new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #96

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

We want Spring!!  We want Spring!  We want Spring!!!!  Oops, got a bit carried away there.  Your stamped makes just need to feature Spring; flowers, animals, colours etc.  Join the fun and lets make our blog all springy......



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 made this beautiful card using Lost Coast Designs Butterfly set

Laurie made three gorgeous tags using Lost Coast Designs Whimsical Birds
and Carmen's Veranda Words

Riet made this gorgeous bright card using Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery 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 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 #96 - SPRING HAS SPRUNG
April 1st - 14th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Tuesday, April 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
 

Winged Things - Collage Art Journal

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 all,

Lori here, with a Collage Art Journal project for you using reuse/recycled collage materials.  Do you throw your scraps away or do you keep them?  Do you collect collage materials from 2nd hand or creative reuse centers?  Collage is a terrific way to use scraps of paper, patterns, material and more.  It's also a really economical method of creating.  Be sure to check out the step by steps in the Mixed Media Collage video below.

Lost Coast Design Supplies:

You Are Art Background 

Chicken wire Background 

More Bugs - dragonfly

Other Supplies: 

Reuse/recycle collage materials

Word/phrase Stickers

Permanent Black Ink

White Gesso

Clear Matte Varnish

Mixed Media Quick Tips Video

Click Here to share your Winged Things creation on the Lost Coast Designs Portal to Creativity Blog.  We'd love to see your projects and you have a chance of winning a prize as well!.

Happy day!

Lori

Winged things: Fly

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 everyone, another Winged things card  made by me, Liesbeth. I made a background by using Distress Glaze (trees) and Distress inks and sprays. I stamped the clown onto a seperate piece of paper, cut her out and coloured her with pencils an I finished the card with Stickles glitter glue.
Stamps used: Grunge Tree, Misc. words and (medium) Clown doll.

Stay safe and healthy, take care! 

LiesbethXX