WINNER of our GRAND OPENING "New Stamp Release" EVENT is....

Hello Friends!

We launched this fabulous new Event and Challenge blog of ours on May 16, 2015 and we are thrilled that you have all stopped by, become followers and joined in our festivities!

We received so many truly stunning entries in our Grand Opening "New Stamp Release" event and now it's time to announce the winner of the $20 spending spree at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

and

the

winner

is

GERDA

 CONGRATULATIONS Gerda!  Here's your Winner's badge for your blog to display with pride and please email me, Leigh, with your full name and mailing address to claim your prize before September 1st! 

ENJOY!

Gerda featured Lost Coast Designs Feather Bird stamp

Happy Stamping!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

DT Leader

Challenge #14 : Zentangle

The winner of our #13 Numbers Challenge is Gerda

Here is her gorgeous make for the challenge : 

Congratulations. Please email Nikki (nikksup@gmail.com) by the end of July to claim
your $5 prize. Please provide your full name and mailing address in the email.
You can shop at either Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda.

Challenge #14 Zentangle

Welcome to our second monthly Challenge in our new events and challenge location. We hope you will play along with us. You can use any company's images you like to join our challenge, but if you use any images from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda you will get two entries into the draw to win the prize, yes thats double the chance to win.

Reminder of our new prize system  : 
PRIZES

To ensure you all have a fabulous time playing in our challenges we have a new format for our new blog!
1 - 4 entries = a winner will be awarded our Challenge Badge 
5+ entries = one winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
10+ entries = one winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
(you get the Challenge Badge to proudly display on your blog too!

Please be sure to read our rules so that your entry is eligible to win the prize :)

Did you know that you can play in our Challenges even if you don't have a blog!

Simply upload your project to a photo sharing site, including your own personal Facebook accounts, and set the privacy setting to "Public" and include the name of our Challenge in your photo description!  You can not link to projects shared in a closed Facebook Group because the linky tool can not access it there!  It's that easy so do join the fun!

Some inspiration from the Design Team :

Esther has used Travel Stuff and Up Close and Personal :

Corrie has used Rabbit's Square from Carmen's Veranda :

Nikki has used Renaissance Madonna from Carmen's Veranda :

Leigh has used Pencils Background from Lost Coast Designs :

Reminder to read our rules so that your entry is eligible to win prizes :)

AND reminder again that we have lifted our restriction that only LCD/CV stamps be used to enter our challenges. But if you do use LCD/CV images then your entry will count as two which means you double your chances of winning the prizes.

Tell all your friends, come join us, and stay to play :)

An InLinkz Link-up

Alice in Wonderland Celebration Blog Hop!

Welcome LCD/CV Fans and Happy 4th of July!

Today we are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland, and what better way to do that, than to share lots of creative projects inspired by this wonderful story.

The Alice in Wonderland illustration stamps I used are available at Lost Coast Designs.  We have a whole category dedicated to Alice so stop by and check them all out!  

Although our Lost Coast Portal blog isn't actually involved in this blog hop I figured there's no reason why I can't still share all the fabulous AIW inspired projects with you all here, invite you to hop along too and also share the project I made for the hop.  I wasn't sure if I was going to get the blog roll in time before I'm away from my computer for a while so more names could have been added to the blog roll already but Suzi kindly let me still play and provided the blog roll early enough for me to add at least a partial list to my posts!  

Most of you know how much I love Alice in Wonderland and my passion for AIW goes hand in
hand with my passion for altered game art and today I'm sharing a set of altered Bendomino "Alice in Wonderland" Push Pins over on my DominoART blog.  I love using Bendominoes for my Alice projects, which are curved dominoes, coz the quirkiness of their shape ties in so nicely with the quirkiness of the Wonderland story!  For info and detailed photos stop by my post HERE or work your way there by starting the hop HERE.

Not only will you see lots of amazing artwork today, but you can also win prizes from the following amazing companies;

The Stamping Boutique

Rick St Dennis MFA

Faery Ink

That Craft Place

Ike's Art

Delicious Doodles

Prize winners will be selected from Random blogs throughout the hop using Random.org to select each winner.  In order to be eligible for a prize you must visit all stops on the hop and leave a comment. The prize draws will be open until July 18th, with winners announced on July 20th.

Blog Hop List

Suzi

Alison

Trudie

Sharon

Milo

Donna

Leigh

Claudia

Leadonna

Nan

Jenn

Nikki

Black Dragon

Teresa

Ike

Creepy Glowbugg

Shelley

Alana

Harp

Lori

Monica

Kemly

Margaret

Julie

Katie

Julie

Erin
Kathi
Karen

more blogs will have been added here already so check Karen's blog for more names!

Domino Hugs!
Leigh S-B
 The Sharpie Domino Queen
LCC/CV DT Leader

Scary Fairy Blog Hop!

Hello Friends, welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!

We're excited to be participating in the Scary Fairy Blog Hop hosted by Smeared and Smudged today!

If you visited us first and would like to hop along with us from the beginning then here's the blog roll!

Black Dragon
Dream In Darkness
Teresa
Harp
Leigh
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity - You Are Here!
Katie
Susan
Kat

One of the fun things about participating in blog hops is seeing everyone's interpretation of the theme!  It's a great way to be inspired and see a different point of view and challenge your perception of what you thought the theme meant.   Some of the Lost Coast Designers now have their fabulous "Scary Fairy" creations to share so lets get on with the show!  Enjoy!

Leigh used Lost Coast Designs Thin Dancer,

Trees and Perspective Floor

The raindrops and sentiment are hand drawn

Tera used Lost Coast Designs party hats 2, Hat ladies, mini wing set and Articulated skeleton 

"The Secret Fairy King"

Nikki used Carmen's Veranda - Big Eyed Girl and Wings and

 Lost Coast Designs - Long swirl

 Tarah used Lost Coast Designs

Wings and ART letters are from ART doll

Swimsuit girl 

 Thank you for hopping with us today!  Katie is your next stop on the hop!

Happy Stamping!

Leigh S-B
The Sharpie Domino Queen
LCD/CV Team Leader

and the Winner of Skellie-Fest 2015 is......

Happy Monday to you all!

Thank you to everyone who entered our 1st Skellie-Fest!  All your skellie-creations are fabulous but there can be only one winner so now for the moment you've all been waiting for....

the

Winner

of

 is

KIM OF TANGLED BLUE/BLACK ROSE!

Congratulations Kim!

These are Kim's 2 entries!

You entered two creations featuring Lost Coast Designs stamps and therefore got 4 entries in to my random winner drawing and won a $20 spending spree for Lost Coast Designs + Carmen's Veranda!

Contact me to claim your prize!

Here's your Winner's Brag Badge for your Blog :0)

Don't forget you all still have chance to win a fab prize by playing in our 2 month long "New Stamp Release" event which closes July 22nd - but you MUST use only Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps for this one AND you can use ANY of our stamps, they don't have to be from our new pages to qualify!  You've also only got a few days to enter our current monthly Challenge - #13 NUMBERS which closes on June 25th so quick get your entries in to be in the running for a prize there too!

In case you missed our big News Alert...

We have decided to lift our LCD/CV stamps only restriction for our current and future Challenges and Events!  You can now use ANY stamp companies on your entries!  However, of course we want you to use our stamps so if you do use only LCD/CV stamps then your entry will count as two and double your chances at winning the prizes!  All other Event and Challenge Rules still apply so please make sure to read the rules for each event and challenge before entering!

 Thank you for visiting with us today!
 Happy Stamping!
Leigh S-B
The Sharpie Domino Queen
LCD/CV DT Leader   

Grand opening celebration: "New Stamp Release" event Part 2!

Hello Friends!

Welcome back for the 2nd month of our Grand Opening Celebrations!  We hope you are having a wonderful time playing in our events and challenges and have become a follower of this fabulous new blog of ours where the stamps of Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!  

To celebrate our grand opening we are throwing a 10 week long event to showcase the stamps featured on the NEW IMAGE pages of both companies and we have added even MORE fabulous new images to tempt and delight you!  These are quite literally Hot off the Press and available NOW at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
This event ends July 22nd so you've got plenty of time to come and play with us and
WIN A $20 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO SPEND AT EITHER COMPANY OR BOTH!

Check out our new Lost Coast Designs stamps!

Check out our new Carmen's Veranda stamps!

HOW YOU CAN PLAY AND WIN!

 Check out ALL our fabulous stamps, shop, create and submit your projects featuring any Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps into the Inlinkz collection HERE by midnight PST on July 22nd!

1. Become a Follower of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!
2. Submit entries using LCD/CV images ONLY!
3. BUT if you do use our new images then your name will be entered into the prize drawing TWICE! 
4. One exception to the rule is...you CAN use sentiments by other companies if your project "needs" it!
5. Mention our event and include a link back to this post on your blogs!
6. There is no limit to the amount of entries you can submit but all entries must be in separate posts.
7. We'd appreciate it if you'd add our Lost Coast Portal to Creativity blog badge on your blogs and promote us :0)
8. Leave us a comment after linking up your project, we'd love to hear what you think of your new Event and Challenge blog! 
9. Did you know that you can play in our Events and Challenges even if you don't have a blog?
   Simply upload your project to a photo sharing site, including your own personal Facebook accounts.  Set the privacy setting to "Public" and include the name of the Event in your photo description!  It's that easy so do join the fun!

NEWS ALERT REGARDING OUR MONTHLY CHALLENGES, SKELLIE-FEST AND FUTURE EVENTS! 

Please note that this announcement does NOT apply to this "New Stamp Release" event.  We want to see your fabulous creations featuring ALL of our stamps for this one ;0)
 

We have decided to lift our LCD/CV stamps only restriction for Skellie-Fest as well as our current #13 Numbers Challenge!  You can now use ANY stamp companies on your entries!  However, of course we want you to use our stamps so if you do use only LCD/CV stamps then your entry will count as two and double your chances at winning the prizes!

All other Event and Challenge Rules still apply!

Now for some more DT eye candy to inspire you!
ENJOY!

Karen is featuring 

Carman's Veranda - Wienermobile and Lost Coast Designs Loops border

 

Tarah is featuring
Lost Coast Designs - Cityscape

Karen is featuring

Lost Coast Designs - Light Mandalas

Don't forget to enter your projects in the Inlinkz collection HERE by midnight PST on July 22nd!
Happy Stamping!
Leigh S-B
The Sharpie Domino Queen
LCD/CV DT Leader