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, 

so join in for a chance to win new stamps.

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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.

 

The new december challenge at Lost Coast Designs. Anything goes.

Hi crafters,

I made this tag with:

Doodle flowers background.

Dictionary words.

Long Swirl.

Mini bug collage.

The December challenge at Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda stamps is started.

You can join with anything you make and any brands. 

Aslong as there is stamping on it.

And maybe you are the next winner of new stamps.

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#203 Festive fun challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps

   Hello everyone,

I'm so crazy about those cute Pokey animals from Lost Coast Designs.

They're so funny and cute.

Take the Pokey Mouse, for example, 

just look at that silly expression on his face, hahahaha so funny.

I also love how easy it is to change the stamp.

Here, for example, as Santa.

By drawing a line and buttons with a waterproof fineliner, 

you can easily give him a jacket.

Santa's toy bag is from a gnome stamp, Gnome Santa with Toys. 

This one is from the Mini Gnomes 2 sheet. 

Gnome Santa in chimney (Mini Gnomes 4) provided the Santa hat.

The jingle bells are from the Misc Words sheet.

The holly leaves and berries are from a stencil, 

CraftEmotions Mask Stencil X-mas Florals.

The background is made with Distress Oxide Broken China, Mowed Lawn, 

and Rustic Wilderness for the holly. 

I sprinkled the text and the berries with glitter.

I colored the mouse with Derwent Inktense.

Made the fur on the santa coat with Posca pen white.

This turned it into a lovely Christmas card.

The LCD/CV team would love it if you participated in the challenge. 

You could also win new rubber stamps of your choice.

Please read the rules first to avoid disappointment.

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This is another example with the Pokey mouse. 

Festive Fun challenge at Lost Coast Designs/carmens Veranda stamps.

Hi there, Riet here with a christmas lantern.

Recently, I was in a store in the Netherlands that's comparable to a dollar store.

There I saw this lantern and immediately thought of the Mary and Angels triptych stamp.

I stamped the stamp on vellum with black Stazon ink.

I let it dry thoroughly.

I closed the back of the lantern with black cardstock.

I made the pionsettia from red paper and light green paper for the leaves. 

The pionsettias were sprayed with gold glitter mist.

I sponged the edges of the large leaves and pionsettias with Distress Oxide Rustic Wilderness.

The holly branches are made from darker green paper, and the berries are glitter stones.

I covered the lantern itself with gold Inca Gold from Viva Decor.

I think the lantern looks lovely, and it creates a cozy atmosphere.

Are you making something with stamps thats festive?

It doesn't matter which brand, everything is allowed.

Then join the challenge. Don't forget to read the rules.

You could be the next winner and win stamps of your choice.

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Here's another possibility with this stamp.

Go to the tutorial.

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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