Blue Brown Bird Ballerina

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Hello Portal Peeps.  Gail here today with my first card for the Something Beginning with 'B' challenge.  I've combined the colours blue and brown, which always look good, with a strangely quirky combination of stamps.  

I've gone all swan lake!!!   Lost Coast Designs Ballerina, Bird and blue Bubbles Background.  Beautiful Bs'!!  I actually did this originally as a one layer card, stamping the dancer, masking, stamping the bubbles, masking and then stamping the swans.  But my swans were wiggly, so I stamped them again and just cut out all the little rectangles.  I pieced the rectangles together on a blue card base, fussy cut the already stamped dancer and bubbles and added them on.  I'm enjoying the fun exuberance of this card.  

 

Join the challenge for a chance to win and don't forget to check back all month for more awesome inspiration from the team.

CHALLENGE #113 - SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH B

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Hello Portal Peeps.  

 

 HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

 I hope that you had a happy and safe New Year celebration. 

Here's hoping 2021will be a fabulous year for us all.

 

It's time for our first challenge of the new year.
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 #113

SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH 'B'

You can make anything that has real rubber or clear stamping and things that start with the letter B ie. blue, black, beige, brown, burgundy, bear, banana, box, book, boxer, bugs, beer, bingo, boys, butterflies etc. etc. etc. 
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!

  

Laurie made this gorgeous vintage style card using Lost Coast Designs Head in Hands stamp

Brown, Black, Beauty, Butterfly

Riet made this lovely card using Lost Coast Designs Raven with Tree Branches and Just Faces stamps.

Bird, Black, Branches
 

 
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 #113 - Something Beginning with 'B'
January 1st - 14th Please read over out RULES to be sure your entries qualify you to win!
ALL rubber stamp companies are welcome.
Linky closes Thursday, January 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
 

 

Onward and Upward and 2 Ways to Win

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.

The end of 2020 is looming.  Let's hope all the crap gets left behind.  I have made a New Year card in shades of blue using Lost Coast Designs stamps.  I think this gnome is my favourite of the bunch!  If you haven't checked out the Lost Coast Designs Gnomes then hop over, cos they are so cute and awesome, and Linda is still offering 25% off your order!!!  What a way to start the new year with some of these dudes dropping into your mail box.

 

 

I used Lost Coast Designs Tall Trees Background, Profile Gnome, the sun from Sun and Moon and Misc. Words for the sentiment.   I stamped the Tall Trees background and sentiment using blue dye ink and the sun using black archival onto my card base.  I stamped the gnome on scrap of white card, fussy cut and coloured with Promarkers.  I stamped the sun on a scrap of yellow card, fussy cut and added it to the card.  Some iridescent glitter glue in the tree tops and done!! 

Would you like a chance to win a $10 of Lost Coast Designs stamps???

 

 

The Winter Blues challenge is running until 31st December 23.59PST.

If the New Year party looses it's fizz then grab your stamps and join the fun. 

 

 

Would you like another chance to win $10 of Lost Coast Designs stamps???

 

Lost Coast Designs is sponsoring the Mod Squad challenge.  

The theme is anything goes with real rubber or clear stamping as the focus.  So grab your stamps and join the fun there as well.  Challenge runs for one week.  

 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Blue Bee

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Cathy here with a Blue bee card for you

Bugz set

Mini crowns

I stamped the bee with blue distress ink and then I stamped a crown with the blue distress also. Layered it with blue mirror card and added a black cardstock strip down the middle of the card.

Come join the challenge here

Winter Blues: Snow Elf

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Happy Day after Christmas to all of you, and I hope that you were all able to find a way to celebrate Christmas this year safely and with much joy!

I have another card for this current Winter Blues Challenge using the Elf with Star stamp and the PLAY clear stamp, both from Carmen's Veranda.

I stamped my elf onto white card stock with black ink, cut him out, and colored him in various shades of blue with a bit of bright green accents.  I stamped my word PLAY on a scrap of white paper and cut it out, edging it in blue.

My card base is a simple piece of blue card stock.  Using molding paste, a pallet knife, and a swirling star stencil, I created a background of dimensional stars.  I affixed my elf atop with foam tape, added a silver "bell" to the end of his cap, and put a sparkly star at the end of his wand.  The word PLAY was attached bottom right with foam tape.  I layered this with a white panel and it's done!

You still have until the end of December to submit your projects using the Winter Blues theme, giving you  a chance to win some free stamps!  Hoping to see your creations there!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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 this crazy weird year approaches it's end

we would like to wish all our customers and blog friends a very 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

 

We wish you a day full of love and joy.

Stay safe.  Treasure the little things.

 

If you are crafting don't forget our 

WINTER BLUES CHALLENGE

 is running until the end of the month.  

Ho Ho Ho.  See you there.