#145 Its a tropical challenge at Lost Coast designs.

Today the new challenge starts at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

The theme this time is "Tropical".

And that's a nice theme with summer just around the corner.

I chose to make a card with the large pineapple stamp from Carmens Veranda. 

And the text "Dont worry, be happy" is from LCD, it is a sheet with all kinds of texts.

I started with a watercolor paper in slimline format.

I stamped the stamp with versamark and clear embossing powder.

Then I taped the paper with tape that is easy to remove.

And now I started coloring with the ink.

The green hues for the leaves and the yellow and orange for the pineapple.

With brown bistre grains I made a brown ink with water.

And that applied here and there on the pineapple.

While everything is drying, cut a mask from the pineapple stamp.

With pink and purple tones I have splashed a lot.

After splashing, go over it with a wet brush.

Once everything has dried, you can carefully remove the tape.

Stamp the text with versamark gingerbread and spread a little along the edges.

Glue the card to a mat and glue the text on as well.

That's it for this time.

I would say, make something fun with this theme and you can also use other brands of stamps to join the challenge. You have a chance to win stamps of good rubber quality.