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zaterdag 26 april 2025

The challenge at Lost Coast designs is, Where's my hat.


Hello dear creative people, 
Today a card that is easy, so also for the beginning stampers.

These are the stamps I used.

Black inkpad and coloring pencils.

This card is really suitable for beginners and advanced.
I stamped the images with black ink.
Colored the American gothic image with Derwent inktense pencils. 
I kept the flower background black/white to get a nice contrast.
And I matted with bright colors to make it a nice whole.

So you see, a nice result with little effort.
And the text is so funny.
I love the texts of Carmens Veranda stamps.
They are so hilarious, and some are really daring.
Take a look there, you will be amazed.

And now for the challenge.
It will run until midnight on April 30th.
So there is still time to make something with a hat.
You can also use stamps from other brands, yes, 
it doesn't even have to have an LCD or CV stamp on it.
So get started and participate and maybe you will be our new winner
 and get to choose your own prize (Stamps).
Good luck and until next time.



dinsdag 15 april 2025

Matchbox with card and popup.

Made a matchbox to say "Thank you".




When you open the drawer a little birdie popup shows.
Under the birdie are 2 mini twix bars.

So cute the popup.

And this is the little card that lays under the twix bars.

Playing in this challenge:

Do you want to make such a box?
Here is a free tutorial.
Playing in this challenge:



New challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps. Where's my hat.

 

Hello everyone, today I have a new tutorial for you.
The topic is "Where's my hat".

What I used:

Distress oxide,
Saltwater taffy,
Abandoned coral,
Antique linen,
Fossilized amber.
versafine onyx black.
Talens indian ink.
Stencil.
Color pencils or markers, 
Black alcohol based marker.
what you like the most to color.
For the wings I used a die from Nellie Chiose,
Vintasia frame dies set 010.

How the card is made.
Take an 11x15 smooth paper,
 and apply the oxide Antique linen and Saltwater taffy as shown in the photo.

Take your stencil and apply it with the oxide Fossilized amber and Abondoned coral.

Stamp the butterflies with Abondoned coral in the yellow areas.

Stamp the border from the brushstrokes set with the Versafine.

Splatter with a brush and some Indian ink.

Draw a line along the edges with the black marker.
Put the background aside so it can dry well.

Stamp the manga girl with the black versafine.

Color her to your own taste.
When you are done with that you can cut her out.

Cut the die out of black paper and cut the die in half.
I do have a wings die, but I liked this one better.
Stamp the text and mat the card with yellow and black cardstock.
I stuck the manga girl on with foam tape. And with some glue I stuck the wings behind her back.

I'm curious what you're going to make with a hat.
You can join the challenge with other brands as long as you use stamps.
Hope to see you at the challenge, and maybe you'll be the winner of stamps of your choice.


Playing with challenge:

vrijdag 4 april 2025

Lost Coast Designs challenge, Where's my hat.

Hi crafters,
The new challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps is all about hats.
So I made a milkbox with 
5 gorgeous stamps with the face of Mona Lisa.


What I used for this milk box:

Distress oxide:
Mermaid lagoon,
Wilted violet,
Cracked pistachio,
Musterd seed.
Versafine onyx black.
Acrylic paint spray bottles In the same colors as the oxides.
Color pencils or markers, what you like most.
Dutch DoBaDo  box art, milkbox.

Started with spraying the acrylic paints.

Once this is completely dry, 
we draw the template of the milk carton and cut it out and score the score lines.

With the crackle background 
you stamp pieces of the stamp here and there with the Distress oxides.

Using the long swirl and black ink we stamp all the top flaps of the milk carton.

Take thin paper and stamp with versafine the 4 mona's.
Colour them with markers or pencils.
Glue them on the box.
Now you can fold and glue the milk carton.
Punch a hole at the top and pull a ribbon through it.
And that's it for this time.


You probably have a stamp with a hat, 
but it can also be from other brands to participate in the challenge.
You then have a chance to win stamps of your choice.
Please read the rules to avoid disappointment.