Valentine's tickets

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Hello, Cathy here with 2 Valentine's tickets.

Stamps Used:

Brush strokes

Travel stuff set

ATC misc. 6 set

License plate alpha

I started off by cutting a piece of heavy weight Krat cardstock in half. Mine was a half of a top folding A2 card base. So, half of that. I then punched the corners to make it look like a ticket. 

Next, I stamped the circles from the Brush strokes with pink distress oxide ink on both. I then stamped Travel stuff set and ATC misc. 6 set with the new distress oxide ink color. After that was done I edged them both with walnut distress ink and then scorched timber distress oxide ink and spritzed some water on it.

I then took the 1 and 4 from the License plate alpha and stamped them in the scorched timber distress oxide ink and cut out. Lasted, I went through my stash and got some bits to add to the tickets. For the finishing touch I added white paint splatter. 

Anything Goes: Mannequins

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Hi again from Laurie with another project for our "Anything Goes" challenge going on through the end of January here on the Portal.  For this one, I used the Mannequin's Stamp Set from Lost Coast Designs.

I started by stamping my mannequins onto white card stock with black ink.  I then restamped them using turquoise ink onto white card stock and then cut out the corset from each one.  I glued the corsets onto each of the corresponding mannequins and finished them off with some rhinestones.  The bodies of the mannequins were colored with flesh colored Copic Sketch Markers.  I edged the panel with a turquoise marker, then layered the front panel to a gel print featuring predominantly turquoise paints.

Please be sure to get your projects posted on the Portal before the end of January for a chance to win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

#181 Anything goes challenge.

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Hello stampers and crafters, Riet here.

The "Anything goes" challenge is still running until the end of the month.

Join us so you can win prizes.

Now about the card.

I used these stamps:

CV, Carmen dog,

CV, Kiss my ass,

LCD Crackle background,

LCD Hearts and curls border, 

Distress oxide:car

Barn door

Musterd seed

Spiced marmelade

Chipped sapphire,

Peacock feathers.

Any water resistend black inkpad.

White pasca or gellpen.

Color pencils, I used derwent colorsoft.

How the card is made:

I started by sponging the colors Barn door,

Musterd seed and

Spiced marmelade onto the card.

I made a stamp impression with the crackle background stamp that I sprayed some water on.

This is a simple technique but with a very nice result.

We now continue with the stamp of the Carmen dog.

We first make a mask from that.

Take a piece of white paper that is slightly larger than the dog.

Stamp the dog with waterproof ink.

Stick the mask on and then sponge the paper with Peacock feathers.

Let it dry.

 

Leave the mask on.

Stamp with chipped sapphire and the heart and curls border,

left and right along the dog.

Let everything dry thoroughly before removing the mask.

Color with pencils or markers the dog.

Make white dots in the curls with the posca or white gellpen.

Stamp the saying with peacock feathers.

Put white dots with the posca or gellpen.

Matt the card with turquoise and purple.

And glue the carmen dog on the top.

Well this was fun to do and a very cheerful card.

There is still more than a week to participate in the "Anything goes" challenge,

If you participate you have a chance to win stamps.

 You can even participate with stamps from other companies. 

Please read the rules first, as they have recently changed.

Have a great day.

 

#181 - Anything Goes - Pretend to be Normal

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I hope you're having fun with our current monthly challenge - #181 - Anything Goes!

Today I have a card made using my favorite colors...green and blue. 

I wanted to make a bright card using lots of color so I stamped each image using a stamping tool adding more and more color each time I stamped the image. The background image - Pondscum - was stamped using 4 shades of VersaFine Clair green ink while the main image from the Phrenology Set in shades of blue.  I stamped the sentiment - Pretend to be normal -  on a piece of cardstock that I colored with water color crayons.

Anything goes: Dominos!

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Hi everyone, Liesbeth here to show you two altered domino bricks I made today, some inspiration for our Everything goes challenge. You still have the entire month to join us!

I stamped the backsides and sides of white domino pieces, coloured them and finished them with a thick layer of Glossy Accents. 

Stamps used: Small Cityscape, Mini Ancients, Pieces of Calligraphy, Pieces of Architecture.

Have a great weekend!

LiesbethXX

Take a Break

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Hello Portal Peeps!   Gail here today.  

I was just looking through my stamps for a little inspiration and spotted this fun Lost Coast Designs Do Not Disturb Gnome.   It made me think about how hard santa has worked and that he must be sleeping for a month!!!

For the backgound I stamped Lost Coast Designs Large Shrubbery twice with two shades of green ink and a slight vertical offset between the two impressions.  I smudged twisted citron distress ink on a scrap of torn white card and spritzed with some water.  The gnome was stamped, coloured and fussy cut.

 

Grab you stamps and join the Anything Goes challenge.  Our challenges are now monthly so you have all month to join the fun.  Don't forget to check the updated rules tab at the top of the page.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz