Saturday, October 3, 2015

Day 3: Trick or Treat ATC by Kim!

Happy 10th World Carding-making Day to you all
and 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!

We are super excited to be participating in the seventh 31 Days of Halloween blog hop hosted by Smeared Ink!  If you joined the hop from the start then you got here from DominoART and your next stop is Susan.  If you just popped in to visit us today and would like to start the hop from the beginning or if you get lost along the way then the blog roll is over there in the right sidebar!  For more info about this hop and how to win prizes see Terra's blog.

Carmen's Veranda is proudly sponsoring Smeared Ink's Scavenger Hunt prize today! You can win a $10 spending spree to Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
Good Luck!

Today's spooktacular featured project is by LCDesigner Kim!
She used the following stamps by Carmen's Veranda to make her whimsical yet spooky ATC.

Besides all the fabulous prizes up for grabs with Smeared Ink you can also join our Halloween party and win 2 spooktacular prizes!

Enter your spooktacular creations in our BOO! linky collection HERE to
win a $15 spending spree to LCD/CV! 
http://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/2015/09/boo-31-days-of-halloween-linky-party.html
You can also enter our first LCD/CV Facebook Challenge currently taking place on both of our FB Pages, Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
Click on over, read the pinned posts and enter  
Challenge #1 Something Wicked this Way Comes!
Please make sure you read our blog & FB rules to qualify to win!

I hope you are enjoying our projects so far and are getting inspired to play along with us here at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and on our Facebook Pages too!
We'd love for you to Stay to Play!
Thank you for hopping with us today, see you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Leader

Friday, October 2, 2015

Day 2: Wicked Wonderland ATC by Bibiana!

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!

We are super excited to be participating in the seventh 31 Days of Halloween blog hop hosted by Smeared Ink!  If you joined the hop from the beginning then you got here from DominoART and your next stop is Susan.  If you just popped in to visit us today and want to join the fun then the blog roll is over there in the right sidebar!  For more info about this hop and how to win prizes see Terra's blog.

Lost Coast Designs is proudly sponsoring Smeared Ink's Scavenger Hunt prize today! You can win a $10 spending spree to Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
Good Luck!

Today's spooktacular featured project is by LCDesigner Bibiana!
Bibiana used the following stamps by Lost Coast Designs to make her wicked Wonderland ATC. 

The White Rabbit - from the Rabbits, Cat Face, Hatter set
Decorative Arch - ATC misc. 5 set
Party hats 2 set
6 mini skulls

Besides all the fabulous prizes up for grabs with Smeared Ink you can also join our Halloween party and win 2 spooktacular prizes!

Enter your spooktacular creations in our BOO! linky collection HERE to
win a $15 spending spree to LCD/CV! 
http://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/2015/09/boo-31-days-of-halloween-linky-party.html
You can also enter our first LCD/CV Facebook Challenge currently taking place on both of our FB Pages, Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
Click on over, read the pinned posts and enter  
Challenge #1 Something Wicked this Way Comes!
Please make sure you read our blog & FB rules to qualify to win!

Thank you for hopping with us today and leaving us your wonderful comments!
See you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Leader

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Day 1 of 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop by Leigh S-B

Hello and Welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, our event and challenge blog,
where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

We are super excited to be participating for the first time as a Wicked Blogger in the seventh 31 Days of Halloween blog hop hosted by Smeared Ink!  This is thee most anticipated blog hop of the year where we share wicked cool projects inspired by Halloween and Day of the Dead for 31 days straight!  You are in for a delightfully wicked October ;0)

If you joined the hop from the start then you got here from DominoART and your next stop is Susan.
If you just popped in to visit us today and would like to start the hop from the beginning or if you get lost along the way then the blog roll is below and will also remain over there in the right sidebar all month long!

Today's post has a lot of info coz there's tons of ways for you to win prizes this month so read everything, trust me, you must read all the way to the bottom coz you really don't want to miss a thing ;0)

Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda are also thrilled to be sponsoring the blog hop Scavenger Hunt prizes every single day!  All the info and the rules provided by Smeared Ink are below today's featured DT project but basically if you hop all the blogs each day, find the hidden Scavenger Hunt picture and email its location into Smeared Ink you are in the running to win daily prizes and the prize each day from LCD/CV is a $10 spending spree to Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

We are also hosting our own Halloween party this month so you've got even more chances to win some spooktacular prizes!

Enter your spooktacular creations in our BOO! linky collection HERE to
win a $15 spending spree to LCD/CV!  Clawesome right!
http://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/2015/09/boo-31-days-of-halloween-linky-party.html
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE...you can also enter our first LCD/CV Facebook Challenge currently taking place on both of our FB Pages, Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!
Click on over, read the pinned posts and enter  
Challenge #1 Something Wicked this Way Comes!
Please make sure you read our blog & FB rules to qualify to win!

 Is this going to be a spooktacular October or what!!!!!  Let's get this party started!
I'm kicking off Day 1 with a project featuring stamps from both Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.

"Boo!" said Poe to the Raven!
Altered wood Shapes combined with typed portions of the poem "The Raven"
 by Leigh S-B
For more info about my project please stop by my blog, LeighSBDesigns!

I hope I've inspired you to play along with us here at Lost Coast Portal and on our Facebook Pages too!  Enter our BOO! event HERE and our Facebook Challenge HERE!

Thank you for hopping with us today and leaving me some love!
1 day down just 30 to go, bwahahahaha, see you again tomorrow ;0)
Leigh S-B

Now for the info on how to participate in the Smeared Ink blog hop and win daily prizes!

Horrifying Hopper

What You Have To Do:
Hop through each of the Wicked Blogs that are participating and leave a comment on each project. No need to sign up, just start on the first day and work your way through all the blogs. All Horrifying Hoppers will receive a Survival Button at the end of the month to proudly post on their blog.

The Rules:
You must leave a comment on EACH participating blog EVERY day in October to qualify for the grand prize drawing. Your comment should be about the project or something related (i.e.-no "Here's my comment for today" or "I'm here!"...these types of comments won't count!) If you miss a day or a blog, you will still qualify to receive a survival button, but will not qualify for the grand prize drawing.

Sinister Lurker

What You Have To Do:
Some of you can't participate all month long, and that's okay! Only Wicked Bloggers and Horrifying Hoppers are up for the grand prize drawing, but if you can't do either of those you will still have the chance to win some Lurker prizes! We will be hiding scavenger hunt pictures randomly throughout the month on various participating blogs...if you find one on any given day, you will be put in for that day's freebie drawing. It may be a coupon, a free digi, or a Halloween goodie, who knows! We are working on some great sponsor prizes for the scavenger hunt this year, and it will be well worth your time to visit every once in a while.

The Rules:
Scavenger Items will be hidden randomly on the Wicked Blogs, and are not guaranteed to be available every day. You will have to visit blogs to find them. If you find one, you will email and let us know exactly where it was and your name will go into that scavenger item's drawing. Each person who finds the "hidden" picture will get one entry. The drawing for each scavenger prize will be the day after it was posted and winners will be chosen by random number based on who emailed. Wicked Bloggers are able to participate and find scavenger pictures as well, unless it is hidden on their own blog.

Grand Prize Drawing

Doesn't this all sound like fun? I know WE can't wait!!
But wait, I know you are now asking yourself "What prize drawing at the end of the month are they talking about?" In addition to some awesome scavenger prizes provided by some pretty amazing sponsors, we are offering up a great prize at the end of the month. This year will be a little different since we are working on rebuilding our shop, however we will be offering a 12 month Smeared Ink digi subscription as a Grand Prize! Starting in November 2015, the winner will receive a free digi stamp of their choice from our shop every month for a whole year! We may also add in some other goodies as the event gets closer, and maybe even some sponsor prizes into the Grand Prize drawing. (By the way, this means that the Smeared Ink shop will indeed be reopening!)

How To Win It:
Each person who successfully completes the 31 Days as either a Wicked Blogger  or a Horrifying Hopper will receive one entry toward this prize drawing. If you successfully complete both, you will receive two entries. (Meaning if you are a Wicked Blogger and you comment on every blog every day, you have successfully completed both)
xXx 

Bwahahahaha!
Congrats, you have found the 1st SI Scavenger Hunt picture (for Day 1 only)!  
See, told ya it was worth your while to read all the way to the bottom LOL!
Off you go and email in it's location to Smeared Ink!  Details on Terra's blog!

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

BOO! a 31 Days of Halloween linky party plus our 1st Facebook Challenge!

Hello LCD and CV Friends!
Tomorrow begins the countdown to Halloween and that means only one thing...it's time to get spooky!  Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is participating in the fangtastic Smeared Ink 31 Days of Halloween blog hop which kicks off Oct 1st and to celebrate we are throwing our own Halloween party with 2 events!  Enter your spooktacular projects for the chance to win 2 freakishly fabulous prizes!

BOO! a 31 Days of Halloween Linky Party
Oct 1st - Oct 31, submit your entries in the Inlinkz collection below!
win a $15 shopping spree to Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda! 


BOO! Rules
  • You can use ANY stamp companies on your entries BUT if you use only LCD/CV stamps your entry will count as two and doubles your chance at winning the prize!
  • Become a Follower of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity
  • Submission must link directly to your project, not just your blog home page
  • Include our event info and link in your blog post 
  • No backlinking to old projects published prior to the start of the event
  • Please leave us a comment after you link up, we do love hearing from you!
  • No limit on how many times you can enter
  • No limit on how many events or challenges you can combine ours with
  • You may enter our events and Challenges even if you don't have a blog...Upload your project to a photo sharing site or personal Facebook accounts, and set the privacy setting to "Public", include the name of the event or Challenge in your photo description! 

LCD/CV Facebook Pages Challenge
#1 Something Wicked this Way Comes!
The 2nd event is our 1st LCD/CV Facebook based Challenge, which began Sept 7 and ends Nov 2!
win a $15 shopping spree to Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

https://www.facebook.com/lostcoastdesigns/timeline
HOW TO ENTER & RULES 
  • This challenge is running on both of our Facebook Pages - LCD & CV.
  • You must be a Follower of both of our FB Pages to enter!
  • Projects featuring our LCD or CV images will be entered into the DT Faves draw TWICE!
  • If you make a project combining stamps from both companies then you may enter the same project in both locations & quadruple your chances of winning the prize!
  •  If you make a project using only LCD images then please only enter it on the LCD Page.
  • If you make a project using only CV images then please only enter it on the CV Page.
  • You may combine our LCD & CV images with stamps from other companies but our images MUST be the focus of your project!
  • Enter by adding your project photo in the comments of the Challenge Facebook post which is pinned to the top of both FB Pages.
  • Include details of what stamps you used & please leave the DT some love.
  • ONE winner will receive a $15 gift certificate which can be spent at both companies!
  • You are very welcome to enter the same projects in our events & challenges currently being hosted here on Lost Coast Portal to Creativity blog!
  • We'd greatly appreciate it if you'd share our Challenge with your friends via the "Share" button.
The LCDesigners have been creating up a storm so stop by every day throughout October for tons of spooktacular inspiration!  The 31 Days of Halloween blog hop will have daily prizes sponsored by many fab companies including Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda which you can win just by hopping, commenting and playing in the Scavenger Hunt!  Don't forget to come back here and enter your Halloween inspired creations in the BOO! linky party below and also enter our FB Challenge!

We hope you'll join us and Stay to Play!
Leigh S-B
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Leader

Monday, September 7, 2015

Challenge #16 Single Layer Project

The winner of our #15 Circles Challenge is Rosie
Congratulations ..... and here is her gorgeous make :

Please email Nikki (nikksup@gmail.com) by the end of September to claim
your $10 prize. Please provide your full name and mailing address in the email.
You can shop at either Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda.
Also, please pick up the challenge winners badge to proudly display on your blog.

Challenge #16 Single Layer Project
Welcome to our new challenge, One Layer or Single Layer project. By that we mean no additional layers of any kind, card stock, embellishments etc. We hope you will feel inspired to play along with us. Note that 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 that's 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't access it there! It's that easy so do join the fun!

Some inspiration from our Team Dream:

Leigh has used Lost Coast Designs' Manga Goth Dots and Carmen Veranda's Grunge White Swirl

Nan has used Chloe Collage and Dictionary Words from Lost Coast Designs:

Granne has used Backside Woman and Antique Text Border and Spray Webbing from Lost Coast Designs: 

Kim has used Grunge Tree and Sugar Skull with Flower from Lost Coast Designs

Nikki has used Carmen's Veranda Birds Background Stamp


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

AND don't forget 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.

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

Before you go we've also got some Facebook news to share!
Our 1st Facebook Challenge started today on both our Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda Facebook Pages!  One lucky fan will win a $15 spending spree to LCD/CV!  Click the linked names above and check out the Challenge post which is pinned at the top of both walls.  



Monday, August 3, 2015

Challenge #15 : Circles

The winner of our #14 Zentangle Challenge is CARLA!
Congratulations Carla, you have won our Challenge Winner's badge to proudly display on your blog!

Challenge #15 Circles
Welcome to our new challenge, Circles. We hope you will feel inspired to play along with us. Note that 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 that's 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't access it there! It's that easy so do join the fun!

Now for some inspiration from our Design Team

Leigh has used the Bubbles Border 

Tera has used one of the dogs from the Party Dog Set

Esther has used Feather Bird and the Shadow Frames Set
 


Nikki has used Ballerina with Fish 

Bibiana has used Light Mandalas and Daisy Flourish
 Reminder to read our rules so that your entry is eligible to win prizes :)

AND don't forget 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.

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