Get Ready for the Event of the Year!

Hi all!  Nan here and very excited about what is coming up soon!  Of course, I am talking about the fabulous 31 Days of Halloween hosted by the awesome Tori and Terra at Smeared Ink or as some of us call them Smeared and Smudged and sponsored every single day by Lost Coast designs!  Prizes to be won by bloggers, hoppers, you name it and there is a possibility to win something!  So to start the fever off, I am showing my make of a center step card as inspired by Lindsay Weirich a member of our fabulous design team.  Take a look at this awesome video on YouTube and subscribe to her channel as you will learn and save on craft supplies and have a blast while doing so!

This is really easy to do and then after the few seconds it takes to make the base you can take off with embellishing it.  I used all stamps from Lost Coast Designs:  Crows from "A Murder of Crows", Skull with Wings, Spray Webbing, Grunge Tree, and Butterfly Face all found here.  I added an old sentiment stamp from my stash and papers from my stash as well.  The tree is made by the following technique in my first video try!! also inspired by one of Lindsay's video techniques.  Oh, and the Skull with Wings is used on this without the wings ;)

  Ok, a video was much harder than I expected so my daughter stepped in and helped do the whole thing! 

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Check with the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for the upcoming 31 Days of Halloween details and some other fantastic events planned just for you! Our current challenge is "One Layer" and can be found at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity to enter.

Ship Ohoi!!

Ohoi, it's  Granne here and this time I'm feeling the salty wind and seeing all those fabulous sail boats ... in my mind that is ... live far far from the sea...

I took some clear embossing powder, 3 of my DI inkpads and the awesome Spray Webbing stamp from Lost Coast Designs. Must say, this stamp is brilliant!

Rudder, anchor and sentiment are all colored, stamped and embossed - only this time I used white embossing powder. Funny how the outcome is so similar between backgrounds clear embossing powder and white one on the die cuts... Can you taste the salty waterdrops already?

I'll weigh my anchor, see u, :=D

P.S. There is a new "Single layer" -challenge at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, do dive in.

When Monkeys Fly?

I absolutely love this stamp!  From Carmen's Veranda "Flying Monkey" is so much fun!  And of course, the "Flying Monkeys Background" stamp is equally fantastic!  I made this postcard sized on some paper I made with shimmer sprays and added some Distress markers to color him up.

I added the word "Believe" from the word stamp "Doodle Words" from Lost Coast Designs because you really have to believe in flying monkeys for it to be fun!  Hope to see you at our Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for all our challenge and event news!  Some fabulous events coming up but shhh! I didn't leak it!

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New Challenge~One Layer Play!

Hi!

Kim here today and I wanted to share a project for our brand new challenge starting today at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity! Click HERE to hop over to link up and see all the design teams fabulous makes!

The September Challenge is One Layer!

Here is my postcard, it measures about 5.5 inches by 4.5 inches. It is a fun size to use the Grunge Tree stamp, it really is an awesome sized stamp! The skull is Sugar Skull with Flower, both on the Lost Coast Designs website.

As always, for our challenge you can use any stamp as long as it is a rubber or clear, please link up to the post for your entry. If you use a Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamp your entry will count twice, so cool! So happy inking and share your stamped wonderfulness!

Have a great day! Don't forget to come back in a couple of days for more inspiration.

~kim

Artful Artist Trading Cards (ATC's)

Hello Again!!! 

It's Tera, Here to show you some super fun ATC's! 

( I LOVE Artist Trading Cards!!! They are so fun to make and collect!! and Now you can even add the to Pocket Letters!!) 

Stamps Used:   

Queen 

Day Of The Dead Lefty

Tree Of Life 

To Create these ATC's I started with some Scraps of painted art journal paper given to me by my mom (Her blog is HERE). They were created with Dylusions paints and various stencils. I cut 3 pieces to 2x3in for stamping on and 3 pieces to 2.25 x 3.25 in to matte on. the final layer is black card stock in standard 2.5 x 3.5 in. I stamped my images on the top layer of each and set them aside to dry (ink on paint can some times be temperamental... although this paint plays well with stamps)

While the tops dried I glued the bottom and middle layers together. 

Next I glued the stamped images to their bases and used a fine tip black pen to draw on some faux stitching.... (I love that it pulls the layers together). 

Lastly I added a few hints of color to small parts of each card to help different features stand out a little more :D   Detailed photos below 

 I hope these inspire you to create some fun pieces too!! I Just love how these came out!!! :D 

Insanity Strolls Through

I love quirky and fun images, and there are so many to be found at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.

Today I am sharing a fun make with you that you might have seen in our August Circles Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. This is the new image : Ballerina with Fish from Carmen's Veranda. How great and original is he :)

The circles were punched out of thick card stock and added to the postcard. I then used my new Dylusions paints to finger paint the background. I stamped and clear embossed the Whitecaps Background stamp from Lost Coast Designs to add some watery texture around the fish - you can just see it in the pic. I mean, the fish may be on a leash, but he still needs to be able to breath - right ! LOL

The Ballerinas dress is colored with distress inks and blending stubbs. The skin and hat are colored with my copics. I fussy cut the image and clear embossed it.

I used my fine liner with fluid white arylic paint to add the detail and dots around the circles to accentuate them, then I glued my ballerina on top, going around him with grey inktense pencil and shadowed the ground where he is standing.

I printed the wording from my computer, cut them out and added to my circles with co-ordinating finger painting. Doesn't the wording work perfectly with the image :

"Insanity does not run in my family.

It strolls though."

Can you think of any other great quotes to accompany this image ? Please share if you do ...

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you found some inspiration here, Nikki :)

Minibook to use up old scrapbook paper!

Hi friends! tonight I have another bookmaking project for you. It is the same idea as thebooks we made last week but you get double the pages and the book is half the size. You just need a few more folds and 2 more cuts.

Watch the video to see how easy it is!

Find the stamps I used Lost coast Designs here.

Supplies:
Scrapbook paper 12″x12″
gold pigment ink
Gold embossing powder
heat tool
stamps adhesive
Colorbox blends in black

I hope you try this fun bookmaking idea! Think of all the old scrapbook papers you can use up! Happy Crafting!

A Walk in the Woods

Hello friends!

Leigh here with a whimsical manga card featuring 2 of Lost Coast Designs new stamps.  Check out our new releases on the "new images" page!  I hope you'll be inspired to add these 2 to your collections ;0)

Manga Goth Dots

and

Grunge Tree

I stamped Manga Goth Dots with black Momento ink onto white cardstock suitable for Copics, then again on scrap paper which I fussy cut out to use as a mask.  The Grunge Tree background was stamped with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink and a Dove Blender pen was used to create the watercolour/bleeding effect.  I coloured her with Copics and added metallic gold detailing to her dress, jewelry and boots.  I used a Vive Pearl Magic Transparent White pen to add sparkle to the roses and to create the 3D water droplets in the right hand corners.

   For more info and photos please stop by my blog, LeighSBDesigns!

Also, a quickie reminder that our next Challenge starts September 7 so mark your calendars and stop by Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, we hope you'll Stay to Play!
 

Have a fabulous weekend!

Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Elegant Penguin?

Hello Everyone!
I have fun card to share with you today!  I call this project Elegant Penguin.  Can a penguin be elegant you ask.  Well...I will let you be the judge.

Stamps used: Penguin Anthropomorphs,  Daisy Flourish, and Party Words.
Sooo, is this penguin elegant?  Yes, I think so. LOL  Stop by my blog, Dreaming and Creating for a materials list and more photos.  Have a great day!

Karen McAlpine

Mostly manly...

Hi, it's Granne here, first I have to say how happy I'm to join this fabulously creative team, be able to play with these awesome stamps and I so hope, I can make something that is fun to look at.
Ok, now back to "business". I find it very challenging to make card for men - no flower, no butterflies, no lace ... see my point? But the fact is, you do need cards for men from time to time, sooooo this is what I did for biker guys.

I only used one stamp: Tire Tracks Border from Lost Coast Designs (and a sentiment from STAMPlorations). First card is very down to earth, I used Distress Stain aged mahogany to create the splash and to color the stamp. Inked the sentiment and edges with Vintage Photo DI ink and distressed the edges a bit. Very CAS and very fun to make.

For the second card I choose to use black / grey / white. Stamp is quite long so it was easy to bend it a little and make some curves. I used black and grey Memento to stamp, embossed the sentiment and added a piece of wire that I found in my desk (????? the things I save to craft ... unbelievable...) and a charm - also from my ever growing stash.

So there it was, I made a two cards for men - maybe for biker girls too - fun to make and maybe liked by who ever gets them, lol.

See you, :=D , Granne