Polkadoodles Primrose, sweet flower girl.

Hi there, today a cuty,

just love this Primrose, darling buts from Polkadoodles.

The background was brayerd on with Distress oxide,

saltwater taffy, peeled paint,Uncharted mariner and fossilized amber.

The flowers were cut out of a piece of the background and glued on. 

The blue background is Distressink chipped saphire.

Coloring with Derwent chromaflow.

Thats it for today, have fun.

#203 Festive Fun". New challenge at lost Coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps.

Today marks the start of the new monthly challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

And with December being the festive month, the theme is "Festive Fun" (get ready for Christmas).

Of course, you could use a Christmas stamp.

But this time, I really enjoyed using the Pokey Pigeon.

I'll tell you how the card was made.

I created the background with watercolor paint.

I stamped the grunge tree and the Pokey Pigeon with Stazon Timber Brown.

I made the tree larger by stamping it twice lengthwise.

Santa's hat is from the Gnome Santa with Toys sheet.

I colored the smaller version on the sheet, along with the Pokey pidgeon, with pencil. 

In the top right corner, I stamped "Merry Christmas."

That one is from the Party Words sheet. 

I also added a white gelpen to the dove to make its feathers stand out.

And I splattered it with white acrylic paint to make it look like real snow. 

And that's it for this time.

I hope you enjoyed it, and maybe you'll join the Lost Coast Designs challenge.

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Whirly wheel Halloween card, for the challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps

 Hi there, today is my last Halloween entry for the

 Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps  Halloween challenge.

I made a whirly wheel card with dancing skeletons.

I just love this skull and bones background stamp from Carmens Veranda stamps.

And this is how to make the card.

I used.

Carmens veranda, skull and bones background

Carmens veranda , When witches go riding

Lost Coast Designs, Rustic checkerboard border

Lost Coast Designs, Dancing skeletons

Versafine onyx black

Distress Oxide crackling campfire and Villainous potion.

Black fineliner.

For the whirly wheel I used a die set, to assemble the card, you can look up a video on YT.

How to make the card.

I started by stamping the skull and bones background onto white paper with oxide villainous potion.

Now isn't this an awesome background stamp.

While the background is drying, we continue with the dancing skeletons.

We stamp these with Versafine onyx black.

Let them dry and then cut them out.

We make the mat 1/2 cm larger than the card on all sides.

Continue with the Distress Oxide crackling campfire and the rustic checkerboard border stamp.

Stamp the border 4 times.

Cut them to size and glue them onto the mat.

Mat this with a green mat and a black mat.

Stamp the last line of the text on a piece of paper left over from the border.

Assemble the card so that the dancing skeleton emerges from the top of the card.

Now it looks if the skeleton is dancing.

Stick the text and the larger skeleton onto the skull and bones background with foam tape.

And that's it, I hope you enjoyed it.

The challenge runs until October 31st.

So there's still time to participate and have a chance to win a prize.

Want to enter? Click here:

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Made these pumpkins for the 31 days of Halloween challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps

Do you also love Halloween?

You can get so creative with it.

It's so much fun to make your own decorations.

I was walking into a store and saw these MDF pumpkins.

I'll tell you how to decorate them.

Instead of MDF, you can also use sturdy cardboard or wood.

What you'll need:

LCD stamps,

  Frank and Franks bride.

and 

Gnome witch on broom.

Acrylic paint,

White, Black, Orange, Green.

Distress oxide, Musterd seed.

Color pencils or markers (whatever you prefer)

Brown marker/pencil.

Stencil to make the words.

A die to make the vines and leaves.

A quick tip: 

If you prime MDF first, it will become rough.

Let the first coat dry thoroughly and then sand it smooth.

This is only possible after the first coat. 

If you don't, sand the MDF after the first coat, it wont get smooth.

Start with a layer of white paint and sand it once it's dry.

I applied 2 layers of orange paint.

Paint the stem with dark green paint.

And draw the lines of the pumpkin with pencil.

Now use a brown marker to draw the lines on the pumpkin.

Don't make a sharp line, but make it a bit smudgy.

Using a soft brush and the Distress Oxide Mustard Seed, 

apply a yellow glow between the lines.

While the pumpkins are drying, we'll continue with the stamps.

Stamp them onto thin paper with waterproof black ink.

Color them however you like and cut them out.

Once the pumpkins are dry we continue with black paint and the stencil.

I used a smal sponge to aply the paint.

Let the black paint dry.

In the meantime, we cut the leaves and vines.

I used two shades of green.

Now we'll glue everything onto the pumpkins.

And then it's done.

I really enjoyed making them.

If you've made something for Halloween and stamped on it,

 (No need to use LCD stamps, all brands are allowed) join our challenge. 

You'll have a chance to win new stamps.

Here is the link to the challenge:

31 Days of halloween challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps blog.

 

It's already the 16th day of Halloween Challenge month.

For my contribution, I made a choker necklace.

Stamps from Lost Coast designs,

Frida Skull and Spiderwebs background.

I cut a bat from a sheet of shrink plastic.

I drew the bat using a stencil from Angies Happy Hobby.

She has the most amazing stencils with mask.

I stamped the Frida skull with Stazon Jet Black and colored it in with markers.

Then I put on a mask of the fridah skull and stamped the spider web with resist fluid.

Let everything dry completely and then sponge it with Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke.

The edges were sponged with Distress Oxide Black Soot.

Once everything is thoroughly dried, you can heat and shrink the shrink plastic.

You can make the choker using your own imagination or buy it ready-made.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Maybe you've made something for Halloween too? 

Show us and you could win new stamps.

Join us on the LCD blog.

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31 Days of Halloween day 6

 

Hello everyone, today a Halloween card with the cutest little witch I have ever seen.

Stampes I used:

LCD Witch 2

LCD Grunge tree

LCD Iron work border

CV When witches go riding

Stencil of pine trees

Stencil of a moon.

White gellpen

Waterproof black inkpad

Color pencils

Color markers

Distress ink Wild honey,

Spiced mamalade,

Black soot.

Distress oxide Hickory smoke, 

Dusty concord

I started sponging the moon with Wild honey and spiced marmalade.

Scattered straw around the moon on the outside spiced marmalade.

Sponge the pine trees with Hickory smoke.

And a second row of pinetrees with Black soot.

Sponge the sky with Dusty concord and black soot at the edges.

And stamp the witch and the grunge tree with black waterproof ink.

Color the witch,

and give the trees a bit of a white edge with the gelly pen.

Stamp the saying with the black waterproof ink.

We're going to decorate the mat with the border stamp.

And color it in matching colors.

Glue the card on the mat.

Now that was a lot of coloring, but I like the result.

Perhaps you're also making Halloween/Day of the Dead crafts with stamps.

Feel free to join the LCD/CV challenge.

You can even enter with other brands.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Day 1 of 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN/DAY OF THE DEAD! At Lost coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

Hi there, do you enjoy Halloween/Day of the dead as much as I do?

Come on over to the LCD/CV blog and join oure challenge.

There is free rubber to win.

How to make this card.

What I used.

Flowers

Long swirl

Butterflies set

White nose sugar skull

White gellpen

White posca

Versfine onyx black

Derwent Intense pencils

Stamp the skull in the middle of the card.

Stamp the flowers.

Masc the skull and flowers and stamp the swirl.

The entire card was created using only Inktense pencils.

So if you love coloring, this is a really fun card for you to make.

I started with the background, 

and in the photo you can clearly see the difference

 when the pencil comes into contact with water.

I shadowd the swirl with purple.

After coloring, I added dots to the swirl with the white Posca pen.

I also added the flowers and butterflies with the white gellpen.

I darkened the top a bit with purple.

I have to admit, I got carried away with the coloring and forgot to take more pictures.

Hope you liked the tutorial.

Perhaps you're also making Halloween/Day of the Dead crafts with stamps.

Feel free to join the LCD/CV challenge.

You can even enter with other brands.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Slimline card with twinchies for the challenge at Lost coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps

Hello stampers and crafters. 

There's still time to join the inchies, twinchies or dominos challenge.

Go to the LCD/CV challenge blog and have a chance to win rubberstamps of your choice.

Now how to make this slimline card.

 What I used:

Stamps

LCD Three monkeys

LCD Pieces of calligraphy

Distress Oxide:

Twisted citron

Mowed lawn

Rustic wilderness

Wild honey

Spiced marmalade 

Crackling campfire

Peacock feathers

Uncharted mariner

Distressink Chipped sapphire

Because I don't have Distress oxide Chipped sapphire, 

however I do have Distress ink, so I used that.

Stazon Timber brown

White gellpen.

Marianne design slimline cr1585

Colored pencils or markers, whatever you like.

Washi tape small,

Green, orange and turqoise.

Foam tape.

Start by die cutting out the slimline parts.

Step 1

The coloring of the paper happens in 3 phases.

1. The lightest color.

2. The middel color.

3. The darkest color.

Allow each layer to dry thoroughly before applying the next.

Step 2

Step 3

Repeat this with the rest of the colors and die cut parts.

Stamp with Stazon Timber brown the small text stamp

 from the Pieces of calligraphy sheet.

Stamp the three monkeys on thin paper using Stazon Timber Brown.

Color them with the colors from the card.

I also used three shades of each color for each monkey.

I used the washi tape to hold the monkeys in place.

Otherwise, they just hang awkwardly in the air.

Highlight the edges with the darkest shade of green.

Do the same with the blue background and the orange center piece.

It should look like this by now.

Continue assembling the card with foam tape.

Wouldn't you love to get some free stamps?

Well, then join the Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda Stamps.

You don't even have to use our stamps to enter.

Read about that in the rules.

So I hope to see your creation there.

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