"Boys" Discussing Important Stuff

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Hi all, Laurie here.  Hope everyone is keeping warm.  This time of year is always a good time to hunker down and do something crafty, so hope you are joining in the monthly challenges here on the Portal.

This month one of the challenges is "Boys Boys Boys".
I made a fun postcard for this challenge.  I used the Miscellaneous Anthromorphs Set - it also includes a giraffe but since she's a girl, she doesn't make it for this challenge!
I stamped my animals with black ink on white card stock and colored them with some Copic Sketch markers.   Then I cut each of them out.  My background is a piece of yellowish paper that I stenciled and stamped on using brown and green inks.  I put two vintage postage stamps in the upper right corner and a piece of Washi tape along the upper left corner.  I then used a glue stick and attached my "boys" in a row across the middle.
Be sure to check out the other Anthromorph stamps on Lost Coast Designs - there are some really fun and unusual designs!
Happy Crafting!!

Let Your Weird Light Shine

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Good morning and happy Tuesdsay, it's Sue here with my first piece for the Boys Boys Boys challenge, and I'm combining some fun new stamps with some old favourites.

 I started by painting a page of my chippie album in greens and blues for grass and sky

Then I added some 'wierd light' as I'd decided upon my quote. I also added my 'go to' border, Rustic Checkerboard .

 Next I stamped, watercoloured, and cut out my images. I've used American Gothic Party, American Gothic Steampunk, (this is a new image and I love it!) and Cityscape.

Then they'be been stuck down and this fab Carmens Veranda quote added, it's called Weird Bright Light and I think it sums my piece up perfectly!

I hope that you like it, and that you let the boys out of the toybox and join in with our fun challenge. Have a lovely day, and thanks very much for looking xx

JANUARY WINNERS

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Greetings
It's time to announce the WINNERS of our January Challenges

We would like to thank everyone who entered their gorgeous projects and a special thanks to those who used Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda stamps in your stamped creations.  You of course get an extra chance in the random draw for using our stamps on your projects.  The design team had a wonderful time hopping around and checking out your work.   Thanks for playing with us!

We used Mr Random and he said

WINNER of CHALLENGE #44

OOODLES OF DOODLES 

is

MICHELE 

with this fun and quirky tag

Congrats Michele, you win a $5 gift certificate

WINNER of CHALLENGE 45

I AM WOMAN 

is

ANNE SQUIRE 

with this wonderful creation

Congratulations, you win a $10 gift certificate

 Congratulations Michele and Anne!  Please email Marilyn (mcgoo4@gmail.com) by the end of the month to claim your prize.  Please provide your full name and mailing address in the email as well as the stamps you would like, you may choose from Lost Coast Designs and/or Carmen's Veranda!

Here's your snazzy Challenge Winner's badge for your blog!
Please link your badge back to us here at the
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, THX :0)
 

Our current challenge is

BOYS, BOYS, BOYS

Link up your stamped projects using boys and men images

 for your chance to win some Lost Coast Dollars.

Belated Birthday Wishes from Oz

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Hello.  Gail here today with some inspiration for our Boys, Boys, Boys challenge.
Now, I know many people find male themed cards an extra challenge.   I know I do usually.  But for some reason the inspiration just kept coming.  Maybe it's because Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have so many really cool men stamps.   So here's one, dressed as a scarecrow!!

 I stamped Lost Coast Designs Fourth Dimension using blue ink onto a white card base.  I stamped letters and numbers from License Plate Alphabet using dark blue ink, cut round them and inked the edges with the same ink.  I stamped, fussy cut and coloured Carmen's Veranda Oz Scarecrow and added him to the card.  Love this guy!!  Thought he made a perfect image for a belated birthday card.  Something I need fairly often ROFL.

 Link up your stamped makes using Boy and/or Men for a chance to win 

Lost Coast dollars. 

Alfred Card

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Cathy here with a card for the Boys, Boys, Boys challenge.

 First of all I have to tell you how I did this background. I watched Jennifer McGuire Alcohol marbling backgrounds.

This is what I came up with. Some not so good. Some I love. For me cold water did not work well. Just a little FYI if you are going to try it. Also black didn't work well either.
I just grabbed one of these background and ran it through my Big Shot with a die and cut it to fit on a front of a card. Next I grabbed a stencil and made the swirl background with some distress ink.
Then I stamped Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock on the front

Stamped again on white and cut out the movie cut board and glued it on to make it stand out. Then I added it to a white card front and done

Link up for a chance to win Lost Coast $'s.

CHALLENGE #46 - BOYS, BOYS, BOYS

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!

Greetings.  It's time for our new Challenge.
Our challenges are now fortnightly!  A new challenge starting the 1st and the 15th of every month, with chances to win your self some Lost Coast dollars. We will be announcing winners on the 5th of the month, so do pop back and see who wowed the team and gets our snazzy blog badge and the coveted Lost Coast dollars.

Now for our new Challenge!

CHALLENGE #46

BOYS, BOYS, BOYS

Share your lovely stamped makes with boys and/or men images as your focus.

Please remember we do have some Challenge Rules to follow so look them over to ensure your entries qualify to win this month's prize!

You are welcome to play in our Challenges using rubber stamp images from any company but if you use any of our Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps...we love it when you do...then your entry counts as two which doubles your chances of winning in our Design Team Faves prize drawing.

PRIZES

To ensure you all have a fabulous time playing in our Challenges this is how our Prize system works!
The more entries the better the Prize so tell all your friends to join the fun too!

1 - 4 Entries = one Winner is awarded our Challenge Winner's 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
and all winners get our snazzy Challenge Winner's Badge to proudly display on their blogs!

If you don't have a blog then no prob, you can still play in our challenges by sharing your projects from public photo sharing sites which includes our Facebook Company Pages for Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.  If you are using Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps you can now also link up your challenge entry in the Lost Coast Official Fan Group on facebook.  There is a challenge album in photo's.  Please include our Challenge info and the link back to our challenge in your photo's description!  As long as the privacy setting for your photo is public you're good to go.  See, it's so easy to join the fun!  FYI, you can't link up projects shared in closed Facebook groups! 

Here's some inspiration from the team to get us started.  ENJOY!

Cathy used the wonderful Carmen's Veranda Alfred Hitchcock against a colourful alcohol ink background

Gail created a kraft delight using the new Lost Coast Designs American Gothic Steampunk and Carmen's Veranda Pretend to be Normal sentiment.  The background is Lost Coast Designs Drips and Grunge Border 3" stamps

  Marilyn created a fun tag using Lost Coast Designs Fortune Men Set and
Carmen's Veranda Weird People

Now it's your turn.  Are you up for the challenge?  We can't wait to see your projects!  
Submit your entries in the linky party below by midnight PST on the 14th and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back and join the fun.

Happy Stamping!
Gail
Challenge Host

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