Day 10: BOO! to The Birds by Leigh S-B!

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.

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!

pssst...we are having a World of Borders sale!
Various borders up for grabs, some for as little as a $1!  

Today's spooktacular featured project is by me, LCDesigner Leigh S-B ;0)

I'm back today with another altered wooden BOO! creation but this time I'm featuring the Master of Horror, Alfred Hitchcock himself, and paying homage to his clawesome movie classic The Birds! 

 I typed up sections of attack scenes from The Bird's screenplay in Photoshop CS6 for the background of this altered project.  This movie was filmed in black and white so I only used black ink for all my stamping and distressing.

The wooden pieces were painted with black acrylic, the images stamped with black Versafine ink and Black Soot Distress Ink was used to grunge up the edges.

I used the following stamps:
Lost Coast Designs
Filmstrip Border
Tall Trees
Perspective Floor

Carmen's Veranda 
Alfred Hitchcock
Flying Birds
ATC Birds in Trees

Besides all the fabulous prizes up for grabs in the hop with Smeared Ink don't forget we are also having a Halloween party of our own!  We currently have 3 faBOOlous activites for you to enter and 3 spooktacular prizes you can win!   All our current events and challenges are listed below so I hope we've inspired you to come and join the fun!

Enter your spooktacular creations in BOO! our linky party HERE to
win a $15 spending spree to LCD/CV! 

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!

As well as our current monthly blog challenge
#17 MONOCHROMATIC 
Our Challenge prize is based on amount of entries received & you can enter as many times as you want so tell all your friends and come and play with us ;0)
 Please make sure you read our blog event & challenge rules & our Facebook rules to ensure you qualify to win!

Thank you for hopping with us today, see you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

Day 9: Who's Your Mummy? by Shari!

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 now in the 2nd week of our participation in the spooktacular 31 Days of Halloween blog hop hosted by Smeared Ink.  If you've just popped in for a visit today and don't know what's going on then read all about it on Terra's blog!  But if you've been with us from the beginning then you got here from DominoART and your next stop is Susan.  The blog roll is over there in the right sidebar if you need it!

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 Shari T!
 Shari used Boris Karloff by Carmen's Veranda

Originally Shari made this project for Lost Coast Designs as a Guest Designer for the blog hop but I'm now very pleased to announce that Shari is now one of us!  Please join me in welcoming Shari T as an official LCDesigner!  Yay!  We are so thrilled to have you join us Shari!  Welcome to the official LCD/CV DT!

We have plenty of ways for you to win prizes here at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity too!

Enter your spooktacular creations in our BOO! linky party HERE to
win a $15 spending spree to LCD/CV! 

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!

Plus, our current monthly challenge is now underway!
Challenge #17 is Monochromatic
You can enter any themed project into this one!
Our prize system is based on the amount of entries received so enter as many times as you want.  Check out our Rules page for more info!

See you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

Day 8: Stitch 'n Bitch Mail Art by Tera!

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!

YAY, we are now entering the 2nd week of our participation in the spooktacular 31 Days of Halloween blog hop hosted by Smeared Ink.  If you've just popped in for a visit today and don't know what's going on then read all about it on Terra's blog!  But if you've been with us from the beginning then you got here from DominoART and your next stop is Susan.  The blog roll is over there in the right sidebar if you need it!

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 Mail Art project is by LCDesigner Tera!

 Tera used the following Lost Coast Designs stamps
Early Stitch 'n Bitch
Murder of Crows

We have plenty of ways for you to win prizes here at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity too!

Enter your spooktacular creations in our BOO! linky party HERE to
win a $15 spending spree to LCD/CV! 

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!

Plus, our current monthly challenge is now underway!
Challenge #17 is Monochromatic
You can enter any themed project into this one!
Our prize system is based on the amount of entries received so enter as many times as you want.  Check out our Rules page for more info!

See you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

Day 7: Festive Dancing Skeletons card by Granne!

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!

Well done for making it to Day 7 already but it is worth it isn't it with all these spooktacular projects to look forward to ;0)  But I do know how exhausting it is leaving your love each and every day coz I'm hopping and commenting right along beside you too so THANK YOU!  I hope you're enjoying seeing all the fabulous stamps that Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda has to offer!   Enter your projects in our current events, deets below, and you can win yourself some LCD/CV spending money ;0)

If you just popped in today for the first time then you've arrived on the seventh day of the spooktacular 31 Days of Halloween blog hop hosted by Smeared Ink - learn all about it on Terra's blog!  But if you've been with us from the beginning then you got here from DominoART and your next stop is Susan.  The blog roll is over there in the right sidebar if you need it!

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 Granne!

 Granne used the following Lost Coast Designs stamps to make her funtastic card.
Grunge tree

Dancing Skeletons

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! 

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!

See you again tomorrow!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

LCD/CV DT Leader

Day 6: Everything Dances by Nikki!

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.

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 Nikki!

Nikki used the following stamps by Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda to make her funtastic card.
LCD Dancing Skeletons
CV Grunge Black Swirl Background 

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! 

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

Day 5 Flying Skulls tag by Karen & October's Challenge #17 Monochromatic

Welcome back Hoppers and Hello to our Challenge Fans!
Today is Day 5 of our participation in the 31 Days of Halloween blog hop hosted by Smeared Ink PLUS our new monthly Challenge for October starts today so this post is for both!

First up is the Day 5 featured project and then the LCDesigners are here to also delight you with some Challenge inspiration so sit back and enjoy!

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 Karen!

Karen used Carmen's Veranda - Flying Skull to make her wicked cool tag.

Nikki will now announce the winner of our previous challenge and give you all the details on our new one!  Don't forget to come back and enter once you've finished hopping ;0) 

The winner of our #16 Single Layer Challenge is Ellie Knol, here is her gorgeous make :

Congratulations .....

Please email Nikki (nikksup@gmail.com) by the end of October to claim
your $10 prize. Please provide your full name and mailing address in the email, as well as what stamps you would like. 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 #17 Color Challenge : Monochromatic

Welcome to our new challenge, a color theme : Monochromatic. We hope you will feel inspired to 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 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 DT inspiration from Team Inspire

Leigh used Carmen Veranda's Alfred Hitchcock,
Flying Birds background and ATC Birds in Trees

Karen has used Grunge Tree background, Party Girl and Party Words from Lost Coast Designs.

Nan has used Cityscape and Party Words from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda Face with Tongue.

Tera has used Lost Coast Designs More Bugz, Broken Letters Set, Aggregate background and Leonardo Accessories. 

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 :)

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