For the "Love and hearts" challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 

I love this challenge.

It is Valentine's month, after all.

For this card, I chose my love for pets.

And here's the tutorial.

Materials I used.

LCD Crackle background,

LCD Spike and Lucy,

CV Doghair.

Craft Emotions stencil

Acrylic paint, red and white.

Distressink Frayed burlap, Victorian velvet.

Archival Coffee.

Versamark

Clear embossing powder.

Hearts die.

I started with the hearts because this one has different dry faces.

Paint the hearts red and set them aside to dry.

For the background, I did something a little different.

This photo is of a box lid.

I use it to spray backgrounds with spray bottles.

So, there's a lot of glitter, paint, and ink on it.

I sprayed some water on it and placed the paper on top.

This way, the colors and glitter soaked into the paper.

I really liked the result.

While it's drying, we'll continue with the hearts.

The hearts are now completely dry.

Using white acrylic paint and a sponge dabber,

 I apply the white paint to the Crackle background stamp.

And stamp it on the hearts.

Let the white paint dry thoroughly.

Because I thought the red was too red and the white was too white,

I used a sponge dipped douber and Distressink

 Frayed Burlap to give the hearts a slightly more aged look.

Stamp the text and Spike and Lucy at the bottom of the background.

Please note that there should be room for the hearts.

Let it dry, so we continue with the hearts.

I gave the hearts a beautiful glossy finish with two coats of clear embossing powder.

I think the shiny hearts look beautiful.

Give the edges of the card a little bit brown ink.

Glue the hearts in place.

And mat the card.

I think it has a lovely vintage look.

Now it's your turn: have you made something with love or hearts?

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New challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps #206 Love and Hearts.

 

Hello stamp lovers.

 Today a simple card and suitable for beginners and advanced stampers.

I just love to make Valentine cards and gifts.

I used:

LCD Prom night. (girls stamp).

LCD Misc words.

Stencil with hearts, Dutch Dobaado.

Distress oxide Kitch Flamingo.

Versafine Onyx black.

Black marker.

I made the background with the heart stencil,

 and a finger sponge and Distress Oxide Kitch Flamingo.

Don't clean the stencil, but spray it with a little water and print it on a piece of paper.

This will create the negatieve of the stencil.

We will make a text banner from this

and stamp the "sister love on it".

 

Stamp the Prom Night stamp with the Versafine onyx black on white paper.

And make the edge black with the 

black marker.

Do the same with the text banner.

Attach the sisters and the banner to the background using foam tape.

Matte the card with black cardstock.

Now that was easy, not?

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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, 

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The challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps Is all about "Winged things".

 

What a fun challenge this month!

I immediately thought of this beautiful stamp from Carmens Veranda Stamps, 

Winged Skeleton.

This card is very simple to make.

I colored the stamp with pencils, which is something I really enjoy doing.

I also used layers of designer paper.

For that, I used June Bug by Basic Grey.

I distressed the edges of the paper and inked it with Distressink Walnut Stain.

I also added a voile bow and a copper flower with a green stone.

I glued a glitter stone heart onto the sternum.

I hope you'll join the challenge.

There are beautiful, high-quality rubber stamps to be won.

You can participate with any brand, as long as stamps have been used.

So come and join in!

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My stamped nativity scene.

 Yes, I know, Christmas is over. 

But I just finished this nativity scene. 

I had a wooden house,

I put an LED light in it,

 and stamped the background and

 colored it with watercolors and Inktense pencils.

Happy new year! Things with wings challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 To all my followers and blog visitors, 

I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year, full of good health and creativity.

Now on to the new monthly challenge from Lost Coast Designs, 

where you can win the beautiful rubber stamps from 

Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda Stamps.

Click the link to go to the challenge blog and enter.

The theme is "Things with Wings".

You can enter with other brands as long as they have been stamped.

Now for the card explanation.

I used:

LCD Megan's Christmas bird.

Ornaments from the Victoriana set.

And party words.

Brown ink to stamp the bird.

Distressink chipped sapphire for the ornaments and text.

Watercolor paint for the coloring.

White gelpen for the accents.

Gold marker (Posca).

Gold glitter

Punch with numbers.

White acrylic paint to splatter.

Stamp the bird with brown waterresistent ink.

Make sure the bottom four lights don't get inked. 

We'll attach the numbers to them later.

I colored with watercolorpaint.

Gave the background a dark blue cloudy schadow.

Colored the lights red and the fitting gold with the posca marker.

Punch out the numbers and color them gold.

Then add gold glitter on the numbers.

Glue the numbers to the lightcord and the 5 to the bird's beak.

Stamp with Distressink chipped sapphire the ornaments and the text.

Add accents with the white gelpen

 and splatter the white acrylic paint to create a snowy effect.

Matte with dark blue cardstock.

I hope you enjoyed it, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

I look forward to your participation in the challenge, and who knows, you might be the next winner.

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Here's another example of Megan's Christmas bird.

How to make this card.

Christmas card for my granddaughter.

 I made a slider card with stamps of little christmas  bunny's  for my granddaughter (8).

She has 2 bunny's,  and I colored them as they really are.

She loved it.

 

Christmas card for my daugther.

I made this Christmas card for my daughter. 

I was given the Studio Eelz Magical Winter 1 Dashing Deer stamps by her.

The card was made with watercolor paint and distressed ink.

I used white embossingpowder for the star.

And die cut a star and sprinkled it with glitter.

 

Challenge #204 at Lost Coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps. Anything goes!

I made a gift box to fill with chocolates.

I love the LCD Pokey animals, and I enjoyed decorating the box with them.

What I used,

Pokey cat

Pokey mouse

Pokey dog 

Pokey pidgeon

Pieces of calligraphy

Brush strokes

Butterflies set

Distress oxide,

Twisted citron

Lucky clover

Cracked pistachio

Derwent inktense for the coloring

Black waterresistent inkpad

Stencil Craft emotions

We r makers, giftbox punch board

How to make this box.

I stained the paper with twisted citron and cracked pistachio.

I used an ink blender and lucky clover to transfer the stencil pattern.

Stamp the animals and butterfly on thin paper

 and color them in with pencil or markers.

Now take the smallest text stamp from the Pieces of calligraphy set. 

Stamp here and there with twisted citron.

Now we take the Brush strokes set and grab the stamp with the small dots.

Stamp a narrow strip of this in black.

Rotate the stamp in different directions.

To finish it off, stamp a butterfly, color it, and cut it out.

Fill the box and close it. 

Glue the butterfly to the top tab of the closure.

That's it for today, I hope you enjoyed it.

Please join the anything goes challenge, which runs until the end of the month. 

You have a chance to win stamps, which is really cool.

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Birthday card for my daugther.

Last Wednesday was my daughter's 40th birthday.

Well, where does the time go?

One minute she's in your arms, drinking from her bottle, and suddenly she's 40.

I'm so grateful for the precious time I get to spend with her.

She's truly an amazing daughter.

Here's my card for her, made with Studio Light stamps.