WolfQueen ATC

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Cathy here with a ATC for you.
I haven't made a ATC in a very long time. Once I saw Wolf Queen I knew She had to be made into a ATC.

 I stamped her on Copic friendly white cardstock and colored her in with Copic markers. Okay first for me, I did a darker color skin tone. I really like how it came out. Next I stamped Wolf Queen on scrap and colored wolf head and feathers and cut out and used foam squares to pop it up. I also offset the feathers to look like there is more.
Then I put some purple distress ink on a craft mat and took a water brush and painted around the image. Used a white pebeo marker and did the beads coming down with it and the center of the flower in her hair.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you feel inspired you to get out your woman themed stamps and join our challenge.  You have until the end of the month and someone will be the lucky winner of some

 Lost Coast dollars.

King and Queen

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Hello and Happy Sunday. 
Here's some fun inspiration from Puff for the current I Am Woman challenge.

Puff used Lion from Safari Party.  Lion loaned his crown to 50's Girl and got a nicer one 
from the Set of Crowns.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you feel inspired you to get out your woman themed stamps and join our challenge.  You have until the end of the month and someone will be the lucky winner of some Lost Coast dollars.

Calling All Ladies

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.  Gail here and I'm so glad you found the time to drop by.  Our current challenge is
I Am Woman
We want to see you fill our gallery with lovely ladies.

Marilyn has made a couple of ATC's using images from Gibson Girl Faces and some Carmen Veranda sentiments, My Greatest Accomplishment and Sarcasm is Forever.

Get out those lady stamps and share your creations for a chance to win some
Lost Coast dollars.

I Am Woman Challenge

Dragon Queen

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Cathy here with a fun I Am Woman card.

 I started out a Copic friendly white cardstock. I stamped Mother of Dragons with black ink. This stamp makes me think of that show on that network with the Mother of Dragons.  I bet you all know the one I'm talking about. Anyway.......

I colored it in with Copic markers. Looking at it now I should have added some glossy accents to the eggs. (idea for next time)

 As you can see I layered it on black cardstock.
I think doing this makes your image that you colored pop.

Next I layered it on watercolor paper I used to clean up my leftover Nuance and Distress Oxide inks.

I stamped ATC Gothic Text randomly on that watercolor card.

Then I layered it all on a gray card base and I called it done.

 I Am Woman Challenge January 15th - 31st
Link up your makes HERE

Winter Is Coming

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Good morning, and happy Monday. It's Sue here with my second piece for the current 'I Am Woman' challenge. This time I'm using some fabulous new stamps from the Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda stores.

I started by making an 8x8 background with mixed media paper using Tim Holtz Distress Oxides in just about every colour that I own. I diped the paper one colour at a time and dried it each time to avoid mud.

Next I went through a cog stencil with Tea Dye to add a bit of contrast.

Then I stamped Steampunk Fly Girl with water as I wanted to remove some of the colour.

Time for more stenciling now, I've used an Andy Skinner face stencil and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide.

These are the stars of the show. They are new stamps called Flying Steampunk, and Steampunk Profile. They're amazing stamps and I shall be using them loads. I've coloured them with watercolour and sparkle pens.

Time for more Steampunkery now. I've die cut cogs and feathers etc on thick black card.

Then coated it all with various colours of metallic gilding waxes.

I LOVE this stamp and know it will get lots of use. It's a new Carmens Veranda clear stamp called unsurprisingly Winter Is Coming

Here it is, all done! I've stuck it to the inside cover of my new black journal.

And this is how they look together - I like it - a lot!

There's still loads of time for you to join in, so please link up for a chance to win Lost Coast $'s.

Have a very happy day, and thanks very much for looking xx

I Am Woman - or in this case Women

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!

The Lost Coast Portal Event for January has the theme "I Am Woman" and LCD's website has so many great stamps featuring women.  This is one of my favorites -  Early Stitch n' Bitch.

 

I stamped my ladies with black ink onto white card stock and cut them out.  The only color I added was to their hands and faces and their little wicker basket of yarn.
I mounted them with foam tape to a patterned piece of paper that reminded me of old wallpaper you might find in someone's sitting room.  I edged it with some distress ink and a black sticker border along the bottom.  I punched out the old clock face from a collage sheet and added that above the ladies.  I stamped my sentiment with black ink and cut out around it, edging it with black ink and positioned it to the left side.  You can find this fun stamp Bottom of Wine Bottle at the Carmen's Veranda website along with a lot of other fun new sayings.
I finished this off by mounting it to a piece of torn edged watercolor paper.
Now go see what fun stuff you can make for the challenge!