Last days for the things with wings challenge at lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 

What is it about ravens?

They've fascinated humanity for centuries.

There's something magical and yet frightening about them.

LCD has some beautiful stamps featuring ravens.

Now, how the card/AJ was made.

What I used:

LCD stamps,

M.Raven 2

Grunge tree

Crows border

Door and window set

Pieces of calligraphy.

Black waterresistent inkpad (Versafine)

Distress oxide,

Uncharted mariner,

Chipped sapphire,

Villainous potion,

Musterd seed.

Black soot.

White gelpen

Pink and tuqoise watercolor paint.

Brayer

Wrap foil

Masking tape

Angie's Happy Hobby stencil of a raven.

Since I have absolutely no drawing talent, 

I'm thrilled with the stencils from Angie's Happy Hobby.

I used the stencil to create the large raven.

Tape the stencil with the ravens to your paper.

I started with a circle mask for the moon.

I sponged around the mask with Villainous potion.

I sponged Uncharted Mariner around that, and then Chipped Sapphire around that.

I sponged the base where the raven stands with Black Soot.

Remove the moon mask and sponge the moon with Mustard Seed.

Stamp the raven, the tree and the crow on the bird.

Using the white gel pen, we make white lines on the tree and the birds.

Set your work aside and let it dry completely.

Now we'll move on to the background.

We'll create the background using watercolor paint and plastic wrap.

Let dry.

With the brayer we apply some more Uncharted Mariner and Villainous potion.

Make prints with the window stamp.

And stamp with Versafine the stamp from Pieces of calligraphy.

Cut out the ravens and glue them onto the card.

Matt the card with black, and it's ready.

The challenge runs until the end of the month, 

so join in for a chance to win new stamps.

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For the red, white and blue challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 

Today a small tag, for the red, white and blue challenge of Lost coast designs.

This challenge runs until the end of the month, so there's still plenty of time to participate.

I stamped with the bird from the new animal series from LCD.

These will soon be for sale in the online store.

The funny text is one from Carmens Veranda stamps.

And the little swirls are a part of the silhouette dancer.

I also used Stazon Black cherry and Ultramarine.

Distressink barn door and chipped sapphire.

White acrylic paint and a white gelpen.

I started with the red and blue distress ink, 

which I spread on my craft sheet and diluted with water.

I painted the top left corner with red.

I did the same with blue around the bird.

A little red on the underside of the bird.

Stamped the text with the blue stazon.

And the swirls are also stamped with the two stazon colors.

Colored the bird with blue and red distress ink.

And gave the bird some accents with the white gelpen.

Splashed some white paint, but first covered the bird with a piece of paper.

Matte the tag with half blue and half red cardstock.

I love the new bird stamp, he has such a funny look.

That's it for this time.

I sincerely hope that you will join the challenge.

Maybe you will be the winner for this challenge, 

and you will win new rubber stamps of your choice.

Joining the challenge at Simon says, "Anything go's"

For the "Let us entertain you" challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 

What a fun challenge.

You can participate with anything related to theater, film, dance, circus, etc.

I am a huge film fan and especially love the old Hitchcock films, they are fantastic.

You can see from this card what my favorite is.

Stamps I used:

CV, Alfred Hitchcock standing.

LCD, Fourth dimention.

LCD, M.Raven 4,

LCD, Goth Raven

LCD,  Raven with tree branches

I die cut the film strip and stamped parts of crows with black ink.

Stamped Alfred and masked him.

Stamped part of the Fourth Dimension to lay a floor.

Using a sponge with a very fine structure, 

I tapped the speckles on the white parts of the card with black ink.

And I made the scratches with the side of cardboard and black ink.

It should look like an old film reel.

I colored Alfred's suit and shadow with a gray pencil.

And with a letter die I made the word bird.

The card is matted with black cardstock.

Hope you will join in this fun challenge,

There is a price to be won.

Please read the rules first to avoide disapointment.

See you at the challenge.

For the Lost Coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps challenge, "Let's fly"

 

Hello, No tutorial today but a brief explanation.

I used these stamps for this card.

Daisy florish,

M raven2, 

Goth raven 

and 

Carmens Veranda Art wings to fly.

I also used 

distress oxide Iced spruce, 

Wilted violet, 

Picked rasberry 

Blueprint sketch.

And distress ink Black soot.

A black waterproof ink.

White gel pen.

Black fineliner.

I started by making a puddle with Iced spruce and some water and dabbing the paper into it.

Let it dry, then make stripes with the side of the oxide ink pads.

Stamp the ravens with the waterproof ink.

Color the ravens with pencil or marker.

Give them some accents with the white gel pen.

Stamp the text on white paper and draw a line around the words.

Cut the words in to pieces.

With the black distress ink and an ink blender we now darken the outer edge of the paper.

That gives it some mystery.

Glue the words on the card.

Now take a larger sheet of white paper,

 and stamp it completely full with the Daisy floral and black ink.

Now stick the raven card on top and matt with black cardstock.

This is a somewhat older technique, 

but as you can see, you can quickly and easily achieve an interesting background.

So now its up to you, and I hope you join the challenge.

It runs till end of the month, so still time to join.

There is new rubber to win, so thats nice.

Goodluck and dont forget to have fun with your craft.

A challenge about birds, at lost coast designs.

 Hello, today I stamped a wooden house, made from leftover wood.

It's not hard to do if your wood isn't too ruff.

Its my take on the challenge.

I used:

Lost Coast Designs, Annie,

Crows border,

Pieces of calligraphy,

Carmens Veranda, Once a badass.

Distress ink, Pumice stone

Versafine onyx black.

How I made it.

I started with Distressink Pumice stone.

Slide the pad from the outside to the inside over the wood.

Stamp the girl Annie with Versafine black ink.

And the badass text at the bottom right.

I cut off a crow from the crow border. And stamped it on the text.

I stamped text here and there with the smallest stamp from the Pieces of calligraphy sheet.

And that was it, simple and fast.

This way you can quickly make a very nice gift for someone.

Or a piece of decoration in your home. 

It would be so much fun if you took part in the challenge.

And you know what? You can even participate with stamps from other brands.

Please read the rules so that you can qualify for a prize. 

Hope to see you at the challenge.

The current challenge at Lost Coast Designs is.....Birds!

 What a nice challenge this is.

Who doesn't love birds.

For this challenge I used the stamps:

Raven with tree branches.

Door and window.

Brush strokes.

Grunge tree.

Misc words for Fly.

This is a stampsheet with individual words and I must say, I use them a lot.

What else did I use:

Stazon midnight blue.

Distress ink,

Evergreen bough,

Peacock feathers,

Twisted citron,

Mowed lawn.

Versamark.

Gold embossing powder.

Blonde moments EP Savory Sky Iridescent,

White gel pen.

Blue and green colored pencils or markers, whatever you prefer.

How I made it.

I started with the 4 distress colors on the craft sheet and a little bit of water.

I ran the paper through that and made ink spots.

I stamped the edges with a stamp from the brushstrokes sheet,

 and Stazon midnight blue.

I forgot to photograph the next step.

But that is not difficult to do.

Take a thin paper and stamp the Gothic window

 with the stazon midnight blue and color it with the pencils or markers.

Stamp the window on the background as well.

Cut out the colored window and glue it to the stamped print on the card.

Give the window some accents with the white gellpen. 

Stamp the Raven with the Versamark and 

sprinkle the dark blue embossing powder on top.

 

Use a heattool to melt the embossingpowder,

And now you see the beautifull dark blue shine.

Just look how beautiful this dark blue color is.

Now we move on to the grunge tree.

The grunge tree has a frame and I didn't want to stamp it.

So I covered it with tape.

The stamp was inked with Versamark.

Remove the tape before making the print.

Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and use the heat tool to melt it.

I did the edge of the card with my finger. 

Press your finger on the versamark and swipe along the edges.

Sprinkle with gold embossing powder and use the heat tool to melt it.

With the stazon midnight blue the word "Fly" is stamped here and there.

In the window I gave the glass some shade with a dark blue pencil.

And some white accentswith the gellpen on the stone frame of the window.

Hope you liked this tutorial.

And dont forget to join the challenge.

Click here for the challenge.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

This card is entered in the,

Simon says take flight challenge.

Made a thank you card.

Willy Duit had done something very nice for me,

 so of course I made her a thank you card.

The background is made with distress ink and a stencil.

The borders are stamped with black embossingpowder.

The owl is colored with Derwent Inktense pencils.

Did you know that Willy gives fantastic workshops.

Both digitally and in her workshop space in her backyard. 

Here is a link, take a look and you will be surpriced.

https://www.bewustdoen.com

https://freubels-freubels.blogspot.com

https://www.youtube.com/@1havobh/featured

Challenge 170 at lost Coast Designs. Red, White and Blue.

 Hi there stamp lovers,

What fun to make something in red, white and blue.

And what a great challenge.

They are of course the colors of the 4th of July holiday in the USA.

I made this tag with that in mind.

What I used for this tag.

Lost coast designs stamps,

Megans christmas bird.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Party words.

Rosettes die.

border die with stars.

Star punches,

Stencil with sun rays.

Distressink,

Chipped sapphire,

Fired brick,

Antique linen,

Vintage photo,

Walnut stain.

Aqua markers blue, orange and red.

Dark blue and red cardstock

A blank tag.

Red, white and blue ribbon.

Foam tape.

How to make this tag.

I started with Megan's Christmas Bird.

Using a stamping platform and the aqua markers, I stamped the bird.

I cut it out and set it aside to dry.

I sponged the tag with the 3 distressink colors.

Then sprayed it wet with water and dryed  it with the heattool.

 

I did the same with a small strip of paper,

 and stamped with the Chipped sapphire `Let´s Celebrate`

from the Party words sheet.

With a sun rays stencil you sponge the distressink Fired brick on the tag.

And with a stamp from the Pieces of Calligraphy set

 and Chipped sapphire you make 3x a print.

Make a puddle of ink and water and run the rosette strip trough it.

One with red and one with blue.

Let it dry.

Blend some walnut stain on the edges.

Fold the rosette and glue a star in the middle of it.

Cut the dark blue cardstock slightly larger than the tag.

But a lot longer on the bottem so that you have the space to make a border with a star die.

The last you cut is the top of the tag in the blue cardstock.

Now we are going to assemble the tag.

I adhered the bird and the banner with foam tape.

With punches I made stars in red, white and blue.

For the rosettes and here and there on the tag.

Don't forget to put a star on the bird's hat.

This is how we make the holly on the hat disappear.

Now mat the tag with the red cardboard.

A red, white and blue ribbon through it and the tag is ready.

You can click here to go to the challenge and join.

I hope you wil join us and show what you made with,

Red, White an Blue.

Spring has Sprung challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

Wonderful, spring is finally here.

We have a nice spring challenge.

I made you a birdhouse with the Los Coast Designs stamp "Megans Christmas Bird".

Well you will think, but isn't that a Christmas stamp?

That is true, but with some adjustments you can change that.

I simply replaced the lights with blossom flowers.

So you see that you can use a stamp for several things. 

I Used:

LCD Megan's christmas bird.

LCD crackle background.

Folkart acrylic paint, toasted vanilla.

A dark brown water-based pencil, i used Derwent inktense.

Soft pink paper.

Soft green, brown and dark green paper.

colored pencils.

Distress oxide Saltwater taffy, Wilted violet and Dusty concord.

Ink on 3 pad.

Enn cutting pliers for small flowers.

Dies of a branch and leaves and a egg.

A green and purple fine line marker.

Stazon Timber brown.

White acrylic paint to splatter.

Dryed green moss.

To start, stamp Megan's christmas bird with the Ink on 3.

Color the bird as you like or as the example.

Cut out the bird and branches, but you can cut back part of the lamp.

We will glue the flowers on that later.

We are now going to paint the house, it is a nice soft yellow color that looks a bit old.

When the paint is dry, we draw lines with the dark brown inktense pencil.

These should be the wooden planks.

Go over the lines with a damp brush of water to blur them slightly.

With the crackle background,

 we stamp here and there a piece of the stamp with Stazon Timber Brown.

Now we die cut the large branch from brown paper.

We also die cut the small leaves with light and dark green.

And dont fotget the little pink blossoms. 

Use the green fineliner to draw the veins on the leaves.

And the purple fineliner for the flowers.

Glue the flowers and leaves on the branches.

Now for the egg.

Color a piece of paper with the Distress oxide Salt water taffee.

Add a layer with the wilted violet.

But smudge this a bit.

Now stamp over it with the crackle background.

Die cut now with the egg shape die.

Make the edge of the egg darker with the Distress oxide Dusty concord.

Splatter some white paint over the egg.

You can now glue everything in place.

Don't forget to add a bit of moss as a nest.

I love the spring look this little house has.

Now for the challenge, the team hopes you will join.

We are curious what you make for beautiful spring cards,

 or tags or something completely different.

It's entirely up to you, as long as it's stamped on it.

So click the link and join the fun and you might win new stamps.