A christmas card for a friend.

Hi, I made a christmas card for a friend.

She is my stamping pal.

We do a lot of swapping and like me she love's to challenge each other.

So this card with a stamp from Crafty Individuals.

Challenges

countryview challenges

simonsays stampblog challenge

merry little christmas challenge

abc christmas challenge

christmas cards facebook 

christmas kickstart challenge

 

Indigiblu's prachtige zeepaardje.

Hallo allemaal, 

Ja zeker, ik heb een kaart maken met de schitterende stempel van Indigoblu.

Ik ben begonnen met een achtergrond met distress oxide, victorian velvet, chipped sapphire,

speckled egg en tattered rose.

Ik heb deze kleuren opgebracht met een smalle brayer.

Dan heb ik passende kleuren tombow markers gebruikt om in te kleuren.

Van elke kleur een lichte en een donkere.

Met Wow embossing poeder heb ik de krullen met luchtbellen gestempeld.

Ook de tekst heb ik met dezelfde embossing poeder gestempeld.

Dat geeft nou net dat beetje extra aan de kaart.

Met een tombow marker heb ik de krullen en luchtbellen gekleurd.

Het zeepaardje heb ik gestempeld op aquarel papier, ingekleurd met de tombow markers.

Het zeepaardje uitknippen/snijden en op lijmen.

Voor de afwerking nog even hier en daar aanstippen met een witte gelpen.

En dat was het voor deze keer.

Ik hoop dat jullie het leuk vonden, en veel plezier met de hobby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy birthday to my lovely daugther.

 My daugthers favorite flower is the sweetpea. 

So for her 35 birthday I made this card with the lovely sweetpea stamp. 

I colored the card with inktense pencils.

Christmas card

Hi there, A long time ago I bought lovely stamps for christmas cards.

Docraft papermania's enchanted christmas.

Now I finally used them and made this card.

I colored the santa with my Derwent inktense pencils.

I join the  29th Merry little christmas challenge.

Lost Coast Designs challenge 112, Winter blues.

                                                                     

                                                                                        Snowy cityscape

 I used:

Cityscape http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/scenery.html

Snowflakes border http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/borders.html

 Distressink tumbled glass, speckled egg.

Stazon midnight blue.

Posca pen white.

 I started with a white cardstock.

Sponged the 1/3 bottom with speckled egg.

The second 1/3 with tumbled glass.

Keep the upper half white.

Stamp with the stazon midnight blue the cityscape stamp.

Now for the snowflakes.

I cut 3 snowflakes off the border stamp.

Thats why I love the LCD border stamps, they are fairly long.

So you can cut a little piece of to use as a single stamp.

I stamped them with speckled egg, 1,2 and 3th generation stamping.

Now you have darker and lighter snowflakes.

With the posca pen (acrylic marker),

you make snow on the buildings of the cityscape stamp.

Ad some snow on to the bottom of the card.

And now tap on the marker to spletter some white paint as snow on the card.

Matt your card and your finished.

I had lots of fun creating this card.

I love this winter/blue challenge and I cant waite to see what you will make for this challenge.

So join us and have fun stamping.

A new challenge at Lost coast designs, Winter blues.

 

Mary and angels.

 Hello everyone,

Dont you all love christmas time.

I love the decorating and card and gift making.

Our new challenge is all about winter and the color blue.

Because winter makes me think of christmas,

I chose these beautifull stamps. 

So for this card and bookmark I used the gourgeus “Mary and Angels stamp”.

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/women.html

And the versatile “Door and Window set”.

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/sets_notpeople.html

I have used this set for so many cards, its such a great set.

 What I used,

Distress micro glaze.

Distressink Black soot, Chipped sapphire, Salty ocean,

Musterd seed and Spiced marmalade.

Indigoblu Flitterglu and gilding flakes.

 And here is how I made the card and bookmark.

First I stamped the windows with distress micro glaze.

Then I sponged the windows with distressink musterd seed and spiced marmelade.

Then around the window with salty oceaan, chipped sapphire

  and on the edges with black soot.

With indigoblu FlitterGlu I stamped the Mary and angels stamp.

Then I applied the gilding flakes on the glue.

Splattered some water drops on the dark blue and let it dry.

 Hope you have fun and join our challenge.

Its fun and a great opportunity to win some rubberstamps.

  And please read our challenge rules.

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Lost Coast Designs 111 challenge, Festive fun.

 

                                                               Yes, christmas is coming.

Love this time of the year.

So I made a wallhanger.

 I used,

Plaid pants Santa

Checkerboard border

Watercolor paper, 10,5 x 14,8cm  4,1 x 5,8 inches

Stazon midnight blue and Jet black

Distressink vintage photo and antique linen

Color pencils

Silver gellpen

I started with the piece of watercolorpaper.

I Stamped the santa on the paper and stamped a mask.

Mask the santa and sponge with the antique linen the card.

Use the vintage photo to ad shadow.

Remove the mask and color the santa.

Color the star and the buttons on his boots with the silver gellpen.

Now for the borderstamp

Take a long piece of paper and stamp the border 4 times with the stazon midnight blue.

Sponge it with the antique linen.

I made some shadow in the corners of the checkers with the vintage photo.

Now make a frame of the border around the card.

I glued 4 hotfix stars and added the chain for hanging.

 I loved making this hanger.

And I really think the checkerd border finished it off.

I love to work with borders, I use them a lot.

Lost coast designs has a lot of great borders.

You can find them here.

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/borders.html

 Hope you make some thing to and join our challenge.

We cant wait to see your makes.

There is some rubber to win, yeah!!!!!

https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/search/label/Monthly%20Challenge

 https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/p/challenges-rules-and-winner-badge.html

This wallhanger is joining the challenge at Christmas kickstart.

And Merry little christmas challenge.

Paperartsy flower

 A birthday card for a friend. Made with distressink and a Dutch doobadoo stencil/mask.

The stamp is from Paperartsy 

Happy birthday Nikki

 My granddaugther birthday, she is 3 years now. 

#111 Festive fun challenge over at Lost Coast designs

 

Today I made a tag for this fun challenge.

I will explain how I made it.

First a list of what you need.Distressink, 

Vintage photo.Distress Oxide, Bundled sage and speckled egg.

A peace of design paper.A piece of off-white paper.

A tag cutting die.Poinsettia cutting die.

Holly and branch die.

And the lovely “party pig girl LCD stamp”

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/women.html

 

Now here we go.

Die cut the tag from the designpaper.

Do the same with the off-white paper but a little bit bigger.

Whipe with de oxide pads and spray some water over it.

Whipe with both the tags trough it.

Take an extra piece from the off-white paper en run it trough the oxides.

This is for the poinsttia’s and the twigs and holly leaves.

Let the paper dry well.

Stamp with vintage photo the girl stamp.

And sponge the edges of the tags with vintage photo.

Now die cut the poinsettia and the leaves and sponge the edges with vintage photo.

Gleu the tags and the poinsettia together.

Now that was an easy and quick tag.

 Hope you have fun and join our challenge. https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/search/label/Monthly%20Challenge 

Its fun and a great opportunity to win some rubberstamps. 

And please read our challenge rules.

 https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/p/challenges-rules-and-winner-badge.html

 

Altered Baby shoe box.

For a good friend I made this box. I used panpastels and markers.
The winged girl stamp is from Lost coast designs.

And the flowers are from Altenew.

I have entered this box in the Country view challenge, anything but a card.

Filmstrip on a bobbin.

Hi there, for the birthday of a stamping friend I made this bobbin.

It was very small to stamp, but I had some older inchies from Inkadinkado. 

The filmstrip is from Joy crafts.

I have entered this bobbin at the Country vieuw challenge Änything but a card".

Challenge 110 at Lost coast designs

 Spooktacular Florals.

Hello dear stampers, Riet here.

Today a card with the theme spooktacular florals. 

I chose the day of the dead.

The beautiful large skull can be found here,

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/dod.html.

I made the background with Distress oxide,

Musterd seed, Mermaid lagoon, Abandoned coral and Lucky clover.

I used a flower stencil / mask from Pronty.  

Then I sponge with the 4 distress oxcides.              

 I outlined the flowers with a black finliner.  

I colored the skull with zig markers. 

And with a nuvo aqua shimmer added some glitter here and there. 

Cut out the skull and glue it on. 

I put a black mat behind it, because then the colors look even more vibrant. 

And finally I glued two large glitter stones on the eyes.

Our challenge will run until the 15th, so make some time and join us. 

You can win some rubberstamps. 

Isn't that fantastic, have fun stamping.

Click for the Challenge.

CHALLENGE #110 - SPOOKTACULAR FLORALS

 Hi there, 

the new challenge on the Lost Coast Designs blog is spooktacular florals.

So I chose the Frida Skull stamp, and the spiderwebs background stamp.

I started with the background stamp and distress microglaze.

Then with the distress refill black soot and fired brick,

  and a bit of water I went over the spiderweb.

While this is drying I continue with the Frida stamp.

On a piece of paper I stamped Frida with embossingink,

then embossed it with fine black embossingpowder.

Nou make a mask, and mask Frida off.

With a paper stomp dipt in micro glaze I made some lines around the Frida stamp.

Then I went over it with watered black soot.

With a die cut I cut out a lovely frame in black paper.

and I colored the frida skull.

Now you can glue it al together and matt with a plack paper.

Its now up to you, hope you will join the challenge.

The Lcd/CV designteam are looking forward to see your creations.

31 day's of Halloween, day 25 - 4 Ravens

 And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting.....

Edgar Allan Poe.

Hallo everyone, Riet here.

I thought this quote was a good fit for this card.

I love this stamp, so mysterious.

This is how I made this card.

Stamps I used.

Four ravens,

Fourth dimention,

Rustic checker board,

Victoriana.

Stazon Jet black

Markers, 

orange, 

yellow, 

dark blue,

grey,

black.

purple.

White gelpen.

Masking tape.

I stamped the 4 raven stamp In the middle of the cardstock.

mask it and stamped over it with the 4th dimention stamp.

When the stazon is dry you can start coloring with the markers.

I used watercolor based markers.

If you want to color with alcohol based markers, then dont use stazon. 

Then use Memento.

Now the checker board frame.

Stamp it 4 times with black on white paper.

Cut to fit around the card, diagonally in the corners.

If it doesn´t fit perfectly, don´t worry.

There will be a victoriana element over it. 

So you wont see any of that later.

Stamp 4 of the smallest victoriana elements,

color and cut them out.

Now glue everything together.

 

Now, this was fun, and its even more fun to join our challenge.

You don´t have to use LCD stamps, but we do prefer them.

If you join you have a chance to win some rubber stamps of your choice.

But dont forget to read the rules first.

https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/p/challenges-rules-and-winner-badge.html

Be Beautiful.

 

Distress oxide voor de achtergrond en de klassieke distress inkt voor de Indigoblu stempel.

Omdat de oxide’s wat mat van kleur zijn popt de stempel er echt uit.

Werkwijze:

Ik ben begonnen met de Indigoblu stempel  met Versafine onix black op aquarel papier te stempelen. 

Ik gebruikte hiervoor Waterart papier, dit is een fijne aquarel papier die zich makkelijk laat uitknippen en snijden. Heb hem ingekleurd met de distressink’s. Terwijl die droogt ben ik verder gegaan met de achtergrond. Met de DDBD stencil Vintage, heb ik met oxide bundled sage als een soort kader langs de randen gesponst.

En met de oxide ground espresso en de Craft emotions ornament hart bloem willekeurig wat gesponst.
Langs de rand van de kaart heb ik met distressink oranje en bruin hier en daar wat gesponst.
Inmiddels is de stempel droog en kan je hem uitsnijden of knippen. Lijm hem in het midden op de achtergrond. Geef hem wat schaduw met de Oxide ground espresso.
 
En nu dan de tekst, ik heb die gestempeld met de Distress oxide ground espresso.
Craft emotions heeft een serie met verschillende alfabetten. Ik vind ze helemaal geweldig. Ik kan heerlijk zelf mijn teksten samenstellen, en omdat ze clear zijn kan ik ook zo makkelijk de positie bepalen, ideaal.
 
Ik hoop dat jullie het leuk vonden.

Dan wens ik jullie veel stempel plezier.

31 days of halloween day 21- Evil eye

 How are you all doing. 

Are you all alive?

Not even a vampire bite?

Well watch out than,

Because here comes a card with a little monster.

Dont let it bite you.

Hahahaha.

I used for this card: 

Stamps,

Evil eye,  http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/teri.html

Spiderwebs, http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/backgrounds.html

Door and window set, http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/sets_notpeople.html

Distress oxide: 

Black soot.

Wilted violet.

Spiced marmalade.

Fossilized amber.

Musterd seed.

Distress micro glaze

White gellpen.

Color pencils

Red marker

Stazon black

For the spiderweb background I dabbed the paper in distress oxide,

 musterd seed, fossilized amber and spiced marmelade.

Let it dry and then stamp with black stazon the spiderwebs.

I have turned the stamp repeatedly and stamped a lot of times over each other.

Now, for the peace with the evil eye stamp.

I positioned the evil eye so that the tree extends over the edges of the paper.

Masked him with masking tape.

On the window stamp you put some Distress micro glaze.

Stamp it behind the evil eye.

With distress oxide, Wilted violet, Spiced marmalade,

Fossilized amber and Musterd seed.

Make some puddles with the ink and water and pull the paper through.

You will see a faint print of the window, looks like a watermark.

Remove the mask and color the evil eye stamp. Mat both cards and glue them together.

Now I am very curious about what you will make for the challenge. 

So come on over and join our challenge.

Then you can win some rubber stamps.

https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/search/label/Monthly%20Challenge

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And dont forget, to have lots of fun.

Colorfull card

I made this card for the https://www.foamatelier.nl/nl/ 

For the background I used Acrylicpaints and a brayer.

The stamps are from Studio Light and

Indigoblu Bubbles.

31 day's of Halloween challenge day 16 - Devil in disguise

 

Don't you love it, spooky and creepy furry friends.

On this card I used the "Devil in disguise"cat.

I wanted to create a feeling of hell.

So I used the shavingfoam technique.

What do you need:

Alcohol ink,

Sunshine yellow

Red pepper

Pitch black

A tray to fit your paper

Shavingfoam

Stazon black

White gelpen

markers or pencils

Spray a layer of foam in the tray.

Drop some drops of yellow ink on the top.

Try to process the ink in the top layer so that it turns evenly yellow.

Now you make a line of drops with the red ink. 

Not everywhere but spread over the foam.very carefully you spread the ink a bit with a spatula.

You do the same with the black, but dont use to much.

Remember, we are trying to make it look like the flames of hell.

Put your paper on the foam and let it absorb the foam.

Remove the foam with a wide spatula.

If this doesn't work for you, you can find tutorials of this technique on you tube.

Now you stamp the little devil cat on a peace of paper and color it.

Cut it out and glue it on your background.

I glued the text separately on the card.

But that is of course not neceessary.

I hope you have fun making your furry friend for the challenge. 

We love to see what you make.Please read our rules first.

https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/p/challenges-rules-and-winner-badge.html

https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/2020/10/31-days-of-halloween-day-15-bat-tallion.html

31 Days of Halloween, day 10 - When witches fly.

Last night I couldn't sleep.

I heard a lot of noise.

When I  looked out the window,

I saw the witches fly by.

And I was so afraid.....

BBBBRRRRRR.

And here they are, put down on paper.

 

The stamps I used are:

When witches go flying,

https://www.carmensveranda.com/clearstamps5all.html

Witch 2,

http://www.lost-coast-designs.com/women.html

I started with stamping the witches and masking them.

Them masked the moon.

I made this card with watercolor paint and for the outside I sponges with deep dark blue ink.

I made the stars with a white posca pen.

The witches are colored with markers.

 I went around the witches with a white gelpen

And for some highlites on the dresses of the witches.

The moon  is made with a lot of water and som drops watercolor paint.

So thats's the halloween card with the witches,

Are you joining our challenge?

Please do, it is great fun, and ther is a lovely prize to win.

Dont forget to read the rules.

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31 Days of Halloween Day 6, Pirate grave tutorial.

                                                                 Hallo dear reader.

 Do you already have the creeps for Halloween?

Well with this tutorial you will shiver and tremble with fear, AAAARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!

hahaha!

Lost Coast Designs Stamps I used.

Articulated Skeleton, 
Goth Shrine, 
Bird on Bike, 

Distress ink walnut stain - frayed burlap - antique linen.
Stazon timber brown, jet black.
Alcohol ink caramel and mushroom.
Viva decor inka gold, gold brown and gold.
Dark brown acrylic paint.
Small sponge, paint brush.
Aluminium foil.
Glue and hot glue gun.
Cardboard.
Stamping tool.
Water based markers (zig/tombo), dark brown, shades of beige, dark and light grey.
Watercolor paper.
Sizzix sizzlits docorative strip die, Ironwork gate.
Fake cobweb and some embellishments.
I used the little rum bottle, a pirate sword, pumpkin, metal charm skull.
Moss, make sure it is dry.

Step 1.
Cut and score your cardboard like this photo.

Step 2.
Take the aluminium foil and wrinkle it.
Don't flatten it but keep it a little bumpy.
Glue it on the cardboard with a glue gun.

Step 3.
Paint it dark brown with acrylic paint.
And make sure it is dry.

Step 4.

With a sponge you take some of the Viva Decor gold brown,

and wipe lightly over the brown acrylic paint.

do the same with gold, but only on some spots.

It should look like the ground is turned over.

Now let it rest so everything can dry very well.

Step 5.
The metal charm needs a little sanding and gesso or any primer will do.
Let it dry thoroughly.

 

Step 6.
Colour the charm with the alcohol ink, until it looks rusty.

 

Step 7.
Stamping the goth shrine.
Now take the stamping tool, and the watercolor paper.
We proceed as follows,

1. stamp with distress antique linen the entire stamp.
2. repeat this with the frayed burlap, but now only some pieces of the stamp.
3. And for the last step you take the dark brown marker and use it direct on the stamp.

But its only for the shadows, so I did it on the edges and corners of the stamp.

 Step 8.
It is time to color in the accents and details with the markers and the waterpencil.
I was going for a weathered wood look.
If you want a stone look then you can do it with grey tones.

Step 9.
Now its time to stamp the big skeleton parts.
The upper and lower arm pieces, each 1 time.
Both hands 2 time, so there are 4 hands.
And 2 skulls.
When you cut out the parts, leave a piece of extra paper.
This is necessary to glue them together.

Step 10.
Now comes the tricky part.
Assemble the skeleton so that it looks like he wants to steel the charm.
Glue all parts on.
Cut of the remaining pieces of paper.

Step 11.
Die cut the fence and color it with the distressink as shown on the picture.

Step 12.
 I coloured the skull and hands that rise up from the grave a bit darker.
After all, they have been buried in the ground for a long time.
Now we are going to put it all together.
Fold the narrow side back and glue together.
Glue the headstone to the front.
I made a little cardboard support on the backside.
Glue the skull and hands on the grave.
Take pieces of the fence and glue them on the sides.
Glue on the moss and your embellishments.
Stamp the bird on bike with black stazon and cut of the crow.
Glue it on the tombstone.
With a black piece of paper you can make an eye patch for the skull.

Well I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, have fun with stamping.
And don't forget to join our challenge, we love to see your cards and projects.
And you can win a very nice prize.

This pirates grave is playing along with the monthly challenge at Sandee & Amelie's steampunk challenge.

https://sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.com/