January 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!

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.

 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 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

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 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
 

 

Gnomes: Cake Viking

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!

Hi everyone, Liesbeth here with the final blogpost of our Gnomes Challenge! Theres still a little for you time to participate! 

Using black ink, I stamped the Viking Gnome onto a white card and masked it. After that I stamped the Stump House. Using a stencil and yellow, pink and blue Distress ink (and a blending tool) I sponged the arch behind the gnome. For every color I moved and flipped over the stencil. I also sponged the bottom of the card carefully. I removed the mask of the gnome and coloured everything with watercolor markers. I stamped the text (Party Words). As a finishing touch I sponged the edges with a bit of black ink to create deapth.

See you next time,

Liesbeth XX

#114 Gnomes Challenge. Colorful sweater gnome.

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!

Hallo everybody, Riet here. 

And yes!!!! Its gnome time.

I love the little people. 

Lost coast designs has a lot of them, and they are all funny and cute.

(click here) to go to the Gnomes

For this card I used the sweater gnome.

Do you want to now how I made this gnome card?

 Well here we go.

  I used:

Distressink,

Musterd seed,

Peacock feathers,

Dusty concord, 

Picked rasberry.

Black fineliner (waterproof).

Derwent inktense pencils that match the distress colors.

A black waterproof ink, like stazon.

White gellpen.

Masking tape.

 We start with stamping the gnome with a waterproof black ink.

Stamp again on a piece of masking tape.

Mask the Gnome.

With a mandala stencil and the black fineliner, I have drawn a part of the mandala.

But if you like you can do the whole background.

With a yellow Inktense pencil I collered the background.

And with a orange inktense pencil I did some shadows.

Take a waterbrush and wet the yellow and orange.

Its amazing what a color burst you get with a small amount of water.

Now color the gnome and use the water again.

For the scond background you just make some ink puddles on your craftsheet.

Spray some water and run your paper trough it.

With the white gelpen make some dots on his hat.

Make some accent on the gnome with the white gelpen.

Matt your card and you are finished.

Click on the banner for the challenge.

There is some rubber to win.

And thats what we all like, winning some stamps.

 

 

Gnomes: and Chickens Crossing the Road

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!

Hi ho from Laurie on this 26th day of January, continuing to celebrate Gnomes here on the Portal.  We see them everywhere these days, and there are a fabulous collection of them on the Lost Coast Designs website.

I made a card for this challenge, using the Pointy Hat Gnome and the Small Diamonds background stamp, both of which can be found at Lost Coast Designs,  The sentiment is Chickens Crossing, one of the many clearstamps on the Carmen's Veranda website.

I created my background by heat embossing the small diamonds background onto a piece of black card stock, using white embossing powder.  I trimmed up the edges and layered it with a piece of white card stock.

Next I stamped my gnome with black ink onto white card stock, colored him with Copic Sketch markers, and fussy cut him out.   I glued a white pompom to the tip of his pointy hat.

I die cut the center circle using white paper and affixed it as shown.  I positioned the gnome atop this and used foam tape to attach him to give him a bit of dimension.  My sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a white square, edged with blue, and positioned as shown.

Done and dusted!  You still have a couple of days left to show us your "Gnome" creations.  Free stamps for the winner!