Craft stampers, card maker of the year award 2010

Craft stampers, card maker of the year award 2010
Craft stampers, card maker of the year award 2010

woensdag 16 oktober 2024

31 days of Halloween, day 16. Challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 

Hello everyone,
Today I want to show you this candle.
Even though I am Dutch, I think Halloween is absolutely amazing.
I especially like all homemade Halloween craft .
Halloween appeals to everyone's imagination when it comes to crafts.
But now the candle, bought at the Action, which is a well-known store in the Netherlands.
Especially because it is low budget.
What I used for this candle:

Stazon Brown Timber.
Black waterproof ink.

I started by removing the piece of fabric.
First we are going to give the candle a slightly older look.

We dab the candle with a piece of paper towel and some Stazon Timber Brown.

The next step is with a hard coarse sponge and Archival or stazon black.
Not too much otherwise the black will dominate.

With the crackle background stamp we now make a few prints on the candle.
We do this without a stamp block, so free in the hand. Stamp light and airy.
Repeat this until you are satisfied with the result.

Now the candle holder.
It looks a bit plain.
So I put some viva decor terra on it.
It has a nice bloody color and that works well for Halloween.

I stamped the dancing skeletons with black ink and cut them out and glued them on.
Use a thin paper for this.
Decorate further with some spiders and spider web.

This is the front and the back side of the candle.
This is an easy and quick project, and such a fun way to create a Halloween deco piece.

Now it's up to you to make something for the challenge.
Participate and get a chance to win new rubber stamps of your choice.
You don't necessarily have to enter with LCD/CV stamps.
All brands can enter.
But read the rules first, so you avoid disappointment.
I hope to see your work on the challenge blog.

Click here for the challenge.

zaterdag 12 oktober 2024

A while ago I won this beautyful Majestic Deer stamp from Fairy Hugs.
I made this card with it.
I made all the leaves on the antlers with gold glitter.
Unfortunately, that is not so visible in the photo.

 

donderdag 10 oktober 2024

Day 10 of the Lost coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps Halloween challenge.

Today I made a  trick or treat basket. 
Here is the description, and maybe you like to join the challenge on 

You can find patterns for such baskets on the internet.
I used a box that had blueberries in it.

What you need to make the basket.
Black water-resistant ink
White ink pad
Halloween design paper.
Black sturdy paper, I used 200 grams.
Colorpencils
White gel pen
Red posca marker
Letters to make the trick and treat words
Halloween embellishments

I started by tracing the container on black paper and cutting it out.

I covered it with Halloween paper but left the front and back free.

I then thought it was a bit bare and decided to stamp the spiderweb background.
In hindsight I would have preferred to do that with white embossing powder.
That's for another time.

Stamp and color Frank and his bride and color them.

Cut them out and glue them onto the basket.


Embellish the basket however you like.
Don't forget to put the Trick or Treat on it.
That's so much fun.

Now isn't this a fun Trick or treat basket?
And so easy to make.
Would you also like to win those beautiful high quality rubber stamps? 
It runs the entire month of October. 
I'm curious to see what you make.

 

dinsdag 1 oktober 2024

Halloween tag for the Halloween challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps

 
Hi there,
 Its the start of the Halloween challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.
So here is my tag for Halloween.

I used:

Distress ink,
Old paper
Pumice stone
Iced spruce
Dusty concord
Versafine onyx black
White gellpen
Water resistent fineliner
Blue, grey and brown colorpencils
Small circkle punch
Perfect resist
Tag die

How to make the tag.
Take a small amount of perfect resist and a sponge. Dab your sponge in the resist liquid and apply it to the spider web stamp. Make a good print in one go. Let it dry very well.

Now sponge the ditressink Old paper,
Pumice stone, and
Iced spruce onto the card.
let it dry well.

Take a piece of white paper and stamp the checkerboard border on it.
Sponge them purple with the distressink dusty concord.
Die cut the tag and glue the checkerboard borders on it.

Stamp the raven with the black versafine.

If you didn't hit all the spots properly, you can touch it up with the fineliner.

Color the raven and the branche he is sitting on.
And stamp the words in black.


Because I thought the tag on the right side was a bit bare, 
I also stamped the grunge tree here.
Mat the tag with black cardboard.
With a punch I make a ring of black cardboard, glue it on and make a hole in it.
You can now put a cord or string in there.


Now its your turn.
Make something with a Halloween or day of the dead theme.
Dont forget to use some stamps.
Not really LCD/CV needed.
You can also participate with other brands.
Please read the rules, to avoid disappointment.

Goodluck and till next time.



Joining this tag with these challenges.

woensdag 18 september 2024

Animals challenge at Lost caost designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 
Today a card with the pokey mouse stamp.
It is such a funny mouse.
The background is made with Nuvo shimmer powder.
This powder has a lovely shimmer.

I stamped with distress oxide weathered wood and the LCD ledger stamp the background. 

Stamp the mouse on a piece of paper and color it. 
Cut it out and gleu on the card.

With a black ink I stamped the long swirl on the edges of the card.
And do the same with the badass stamp.
Glue it on a purple and black cardstock. 

Join us on de Lost Coast Designs blog or facebook.  
And have a chance to win.

dinsdag 10 september 2024

The challenge at Lost coast designs is all about "ANIMALS"

 

Hello crafters,
Today I made a card with the leftovers of a background,
 that I previously used to make an ATC Coin booklet.
Click here to see how to make them,
 or maybe you have leftovers that you can use.

The LCD stamps I used:

I also used:
Markers for the cat
Posca white
White stamping pad
Black stamping pad
gellpen
paper scraps.

This is how to make the card.
Take your scraps and a piece of white paper.

Weave some strips together and glue them onto the paper.

Then cut them out.

Glue it on a black base card.

Stamp the pokey Cat and color.
I used markers on waterbase.

Because his hair and whiskers are so hard to cut out,
 you will stamp the cat's head directly onto the card.
We'll glue the cat on later.

Cut the cat out and glue on the card.
Stamp on a piece off scrap paper the sentiment and glue it on the card.
Use a white posca, make a scribbled line around the braided mat.

Stamp the little flowers with a white inkpad.

Using a white gel pen, draw some effects on the cat and a dot of white on its pupils.


And that was the tutorial for this time.
Let me know if you liked it?
And don't forget to join the challenge.
You probably have an animal stamp in your collection, 
make something fun with it and join in.
You can also join with other brands.
Maybe you will win this challenge.

Challenges to join:



zondag 1 september 2024

The new challenge at lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda is...........ANIMALS! Love it.

 

Now that's fun, a challenge with animals as the main theme.
Everyone can participate in this challenge, because we all have stamps with animals.
And since you can participate with other brands, it will be a piece of cake.
 
 Now my contribution, simple card with a background of bister with water.
With one of the new animal stamps from Lost Coast designs.
It is called, Pokey dog.
The funny text is from Carmens Veranda.
They have so many funny texts and sentiments, 
Take a look, and you will have a good laugh.
Have fun with your animal stamps and show what you have made. 



maandag 26 augustus 2024

Annie in her blue dress.

This month's challenge at Lost coast designs is "Children". I used the Birds in trees stamp and Annie. I painted the card with van Gogh watercolor paint. 
There is still time to participate in the challenge until the end of the month. 
So if you want to win new stamps.
Come on over and join the challenge