Monday, May 5, 2014

Moon Goddess in Shades of Blue

Hi Coasties,
How about a little lunar madness today??!!  The Moon Goddess , one of Lost Coast Designs new images, works so well with a Kaleidacolor ink pad.  I know we all have one in our stashes......  I used a pad with shades of blue.  Take a look.





I used Liquid Pearls to add depth and a bit of texture.  I even added some to the ribbon--just let it dry well before handling.




For more pics and instructions, check out the full post on my blog, Dreaming and Creating.  Hope you are having a great artistic day.
Karen McAlpine

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Half-O-Ween in May Gothic Sugar Skull Altered Game Piece Jewelry by Leigh S-B

Happy May Day to you all!
Today is also Day 1 of

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">Happy May Day Dominoians and Welcome to Day 1 of</span></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcw4fgZTPJoAiVNsxk-66APSU6ZEnrvEJQhesbBYqRF7gKox2uk5giJBKTg9tpWyNJlxhj1NhvcYh9cFf_d3s7BvWKWFGm5Mm-Wkn2fE_djGdz3DJLtmeKmSXUsMhUL1_Bem1/s1600/DominoART15DaysOfTerror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcw4fgZTPJoAiVNsxk-66APSU6ZEnrvEJQhesbBYqRF7gKox2uk5giJBKTg9tpWyNJlxhj1NhvcYh9cFf_d3s7BvWKWFGm5Mm-Wkn2fE_djGdz3DJLtmeKmSXUsMhUL1_Bem1/s400/DominoART15DaysOfTerror.jpg" height="400" width="222" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;</span></span>Halloween is one of <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>DominoART's</b></span> favourite holidays and we love to celebrate <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Half-O-Ween in May</b></span> just like Christmas in July!&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;I will be featuring one <span style="color: #990000;"><b>FANGTASTIC</b></span> project every 2nd day throughout May created by my&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Petrifying Players</span></b>!&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: medium;">At the end of May they will be in the running for some <span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>spooktacular prizes</b></span></span> and vying for your votes!&nbsp; So stop by, gobble up all their clawesome eye candy and then show them how much their scary projects delightfully terrified you by voting for your favourites starting May 27!</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/" border="0" src="http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/logo.jpg" height="320" width="247" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp; </span><br /> <a href="http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Lost Coast Designs is sponsoring our</span></b></a><br /> <a href="http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp;First Place Prize</span></b></a><br /> <a href="http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">a $10 gift certificate to spend on LCD rubber!</span></b></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.smearedink.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/imstillbigred/new-ad-1.gif" border="0" src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/imstillbigred/new-ad-1.gif" height="320" width="176" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: medium;">&nbsp; </span><br /> <a href="http://www.smearedink.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Smeared Ink is sponsoring our Second Place Prize</span></b></a><br /> <a href="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/imstillbigred/new-ad-1.gif" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">a $10 gift certificate to spend at their SI digi store!&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></b></a><br /> <b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b> <a href="http://www.smearedink.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">and Smeared Ink is also sponsoring our Third Place Prize</span></b></a><br /> <a href="http://www.smearedink.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">a $5 gift certificate </span></b></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.smearedink.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">to spend at their SI digi store!&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></b></a> </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: medium;">Now lets get the freak show on the road!&nbsp; Here is Day 1's project by me for your freakish enjoyment ;0)</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gothic Sugar Skulls Jewelry by Leigh S-B </b></span></span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7_HBlgV5D30I3cu9nnYsMH3HnDXM57L8NdXnWHFnfxga6FAn51WH2hxe8qf6g1X7XnpV3Xd28mki0crUV89kdMjR-v6aUAwLFGNRi__ghx7W4jIW_izyl3iKZOT6KSPojGZF/s1600/SugarSkullsGameEarringsNecklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7_HBlgV5D30I3cu9nnYsMH3HnDXM57L8NdXnWHFnfxga6FAn51WH2hxe8qf6g1X7XnpV3Xd28mki0crUV89kdMjR-v6aUAwLFGNRi__ghx7W4jIW_izyl3iKZOT6KSPojGZF/s1600/SugarSkullsGameEarringsNecklace.jpg" height="400" width="386" /></a></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> Today I'm featuring <a href="http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/new.html" target="_blank"><b>Lost Coast Designs new Sugar Skull rubber stamps</b></a>!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> I altered 2 small travel sized ivory coloured dominoes for the earrings and used one of LCD's Six Mini Skull stamps...these little guys are the perfect size for altered game art!<br /> For the necklace I altered a Rummicub tile and stamped a portion of LCD's Picado Skull stamp.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggzJsKDpJZQexfsW1qd1Zulgx43pkwX6uG4mYJb7a936dMP02pA_vz_Sa4oF3yvgV3ASbQOuwvmeQwzE0Tp0J3H9FTqDANl_a5IgHVWVZ9mJfubB6aE9jMFIkJ_cYbR23O57U/s1600/SugarSkullsGameEarringsNecklace1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggzJsKDpJZQexfsW1qd1Zulgx43pkwX6uG4mYJb7a936dMP02pA_vz_Sa4oF3yvgV3ASbQOuwvmeQwzE0Tp0J3H9FTqDANl_a5IgHVWVZ9mJfubB6aE9jMFIkJ_cYbR23O57U/s1600/SugarSkullsGameEarringsNecklace1.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> All 3 game pieces were stained first with Brilliance Rocket Red ink and the images stamped with black Archival Ink.&nbsp; I stained and stamped the sides too and stamped sections of the floral part of the Picado Skull image.&nbsp; I used a black Sharpie marker to edge all of the game pieces edges including all the corners.&nbsp; I sealed all the pieces with a couple of coats of Krylon Artist's Workable Fixative spray and then applied Judikins Diamond Glaze to all the surfaces leaving the black eye and nose sockets to create wicked dimension.<br /> <br /> I used pre-drilled dominoes for the earrings from Tall Mouse and attached the skull charms and earring findings with wire.&nbsp; The Rummy tile is too thin to drill through so I glued the wire to the back of the piece with E6000 glue.&nbsp; The pendant is hung on a really cool rubbery black cord with a built in closure!<br /> <br /> See you again for Day 2's project by DominoARTist Val S on May 3rd! <br /> <br /> Domino Hugs!</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/254/9AFD466AE40CCD33680157083652C26C.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a> </b></i></div> <div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN</span></div> <div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://leighsbdesigns.blogspot.com/"><b>Leigh S-B Designs Blog</b></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.velvetpawcreations.com/" style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Velvet Paw Creations</b></a></div>

 Halloween is one of DominoART's favourite holidays and we love to celebrate Half-O-Ween in May just like Christmas in July!  

 I will be featuring one FANGTASTIC project on my DominoART blog every 2nd day throughout May created by my 
Petrifying Players!

At the end of May they will be in the running for some spooktacular prizes and vying for your votes!  So stop by, gobble up all their clawesome eye candy and then show them how much their scary projects delightfully terrified you by voting for your favourites starting May 27!

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/
 
Lost Coast Designs is sponsoring our
 First Place Prize
a $10 gift certificate to spend on LCD rubber, Woohoo!
 
 To kick off the festival I created altered game piece jewelry featuring
Lost Coast Designs new Sugar Skull rubber stamps
Six Mini Skulls and the Picado Skull stamp

Gothic Sugar Skulls Jewelry by Leigh S-B

I hope you'll pop over to DominoART for more deets on my project and mark your calendars and come back every second day for more wickedly cool projects!

Domino Hugs!
Leigh S-B
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Believe

Just a short post to cellebrate we have already
over the 100 likes on Facebook.

This page a made with Andy Skinner techniques,
he's a great artist!


Used stamp:

Thursday, April 24, 2014

3 Flying Flower Girls

Hi Lost Coast Design  Lovers, this will be my
first blogpost on this blog. 
Love stamping and LCD has such great stamps,
hope I can inspire you with the work
I'll be sharing here.

The background of this Art Journal Page
is made with paint and a lot of water on aquarel paper. 
Finished with templates and ink.
Using the sewing machine is sometimes a
must, it gives the page something extra.

Used stamp: 

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Art Journal pages for Round Robin album




Hi Coasties, 

Esther here,

This is my first official post on this lovely Lost Coast Designs Blog. I met Linda a couple of weeks ago on a stamping event in Holland. We had a nice chat and since that day I am going to create as many as possible Lost Coast Artwork for you.

For a Round Robin journal at my Favourite Art and Mixed Media Supply shop De Craftorij in Holland I created this spread using the Lost Coast Designs Domino border with, in the front, the background stamp Large Shrubbery.

The background I made with acryllic paints and templates. The red heart I cut from a piece of scrap paper with paint on it. Hope you like it, thanks for watching and hope to see you again on this blog:)

If you would like to know more about me and my artsy crafty work please visit my blog.



Friday, April 18, 2014

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Happy Friday Folks! Here is a fun card idea for your weekend!
DCF 1.0
Wizard of OZ stamps: Lost coast designs, Quote: Dolly Parton
I used the Wizard of OZ stamps from Lost Coast Designs that feature the precious illustrations from the original book. I did not use many supplies for this card and I bet you can make do with what you have too to make something like it! Watch the video for tips and hints on masking, embossing and coloring!

If you want to download the free sheet of Dolly Parton Quotes I mentioned in the video you can here. Happy crafting!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Chalkboard/Zentangle style Card


Hello Dear Stamper Friends:

Here Bibiana...
Today I would like to share with you this "Chalkboard/Zentangle" style card that I made using the wonderful "Loast Coast Designs" stamps.


This set of stamps come as a sheet of red rubber stamps with all these "doodle" words to be used separate or together...I love how the words are "Zentangle" style too!
see my Pinterest board in "Zentangle"

I decided to use the entire sheet and do not cut the words and use the sheet as a background!
I stamped a second time the words in white paper and only use the word "create" and place it on top of the background. 
The feather was stamped in acetate paper, with white "Stazon" Ink and as for the crown I added glossy accents to make it shine!



Ok my friends I hope you can check out LCD website, there are very new stamps added to the website!!!

And Great news for us Californians, LCD is coming to town, they will be here on May 2nd at the
"The Original Rubber Stamp Festival", Sacramento, California, so mark your calendars and stop by the booth to say Hi!

SUPPLIES: doodle words ;  feather; set of crowns;


Sunday, April 13, 2014

Pretty Doll Border Part 2



Hi Coasties!
Today, I have two more cards made with the Dolls Border stamp.  One is cream/black, the other pretty pinks.

Dolls










For instructions and materials see the full post on my blog.  Hope you are having a great weekend!
Karen McAlpine

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Grow note cards

Hi everyone! Leslie here, sharing another pair of note cards I created with some pretty amazing Lost Coast Designs stamps. I used the emboss resist technique with the Shrubbery stamp and three distress inks to create the backgrounds, and the Grow stamp from the Dictionary Words set to create the sentiment block.


For more details on these note cards, please see my blog post at Love To Scrap!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs,
Leslie

Friday, April 4, 2014

Oh So Cute Doll Border

Dolls



Hello Coasties!
Today is all about the cuteness.  I stamped the Doll Border on pretty pink/peach CS and cut into different size pieces to make these Oh So Cute Cards.









For more info and pic's, see the full post on my blog Dreaming and Creating.  I made a bunch of cards with this so cute stamp.  I will share two others later in the week.  Have a great weekend!
Karen McAlpine