31 Days of halloween challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps blog.

 

It's already the 16th day of Halloween Challenge month.

For my contribution, I made a choker necklace.

Stamps from Lost Coast designs,

Frida Skull and Spiderwebs background.

I cut a bat from a sheet of shrink plastic.

I drew the bat using a stencil from Angies Happy Hobby.

She has the most amazing stencils with mask.

I stamped the Frida skull with Stazon Jet Black and colored it in with markers.

Then I put on a mask of the fridah skull and stamped the spider web with resist fluid.

Let everything dry completely and then sponge it with Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke.

The edges were sponged with Distress Oxide Black Soot.

Once everything is thoroughly dried, you can heat and shrink the shrink plastic.

You can make the choker using your own imagination or buy it ready-made.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Maybe you've made something for Halloween too? 

Show us and you could win new stamps.

Join us on the LCD blog.

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31 Days of Halloween day 6

 

Hello everyone, today a Halloween card with the cutest little witch I have ever seen.

Stampes I used:

LCD Witch 2

LCD Grunge tree

LCD Iron work border

CV When witches go riding

Stencil of pine trees

Stencil of a moon.

White gellpen

Waterproof black inkpad

Color pencils

Color markers

Distress ink Wild honey,

Spiced mamalade,

Black soot.

Distress oxide Hickory smoke, 

Dusty concord

I started sponging the moon with Wild honey and spiced marmalade.

Scattered straw around the moon on the outside spiced marmalade.

Sponge the pine trees with Hickory smoke.

And a second row of pinetrees with Black soot.

Sponge the sky with Dusty concord and black soot at the edges.

And stamp the witch and the grunge tree with black waterproof ink.

Color the witch,

and give the trees a bit of a white edge with the gelly pen.

Stamp the saying with the black waterproof ink.

We're going to decorate the mat with the border stamp.

And color it in matching colors.

Glue the card on the mat.

Now that was a lot of coloring, but I like the result.

Perhaps you're also making Halloween/Day of the Dead crafts with stamps.

Feel free to join the LCD/CV challenge.

You can even enter with other brands.

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Day 1 of 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN/DAY OF THE DEAD! At Lost coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

Hi there, do you enjoy Halloween/Day of the dead as much as I do?

Come on over to the LCD/CV blog and join oure challenge.

There is free rubber to win.

How to make this card.

What I used.

Flowers

Long swirl

Butterflies set

White nose sugar skull

White gellpen

White posca

Versfine onyx black

Derwent Intense pencils

Stamp the skull in the middle of the card.

Stamp the flowers.

Masc the skull and flowers and stamp the swirl.

The entire card was created using only Inktense pencils.

So if you love coloring, this is a really fun card for you to make.

I started with the background, 

and in the photo you can clearly see the difference

 when the pencil comes into contact with water.

I shadowd the swirl with purple.

After coloring, I added dots to the swirl with the white Posca pen.

I also added the flowers and butterflies with the white gellpen.

I darkened the top a bit with purple.

I have to admit, I got carried away with the coloring and forgot to take more pictures.

Hope you liked the tutorial.

Perhaps you're also making Halloween/Day of the Dead crafts with stamps.

Feel free to join the LCD/CV challenge.

You can even enter with other brands.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Slimline card with twinchies for the challenge at Lost coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps

Hello stampers and crafters. 

There's still time to join the inchies, twinchies or dominos challenge.

Go to the LCD/CV challenge blog and have a chance to win rubberstamps of your choice.

Now how to make this slimline card.

 What I used:

Stamps

LCD Three monkeys

LCD Pieces of calligraphy

Distress Oxide:

Twisted citron

Mowed lawn

Rustic wilderness

Wild honey

Spiced marmalade 

Crackling campfire

Peacock feathers

Uncharted mariner

Distressink Chipped sapphire

Because I don't have Distress oxide Chipped sapphire, 

however I do have Distress ink, so I used that.

Stazon Timber brown

White gellpen.

Marianne design slimline cr1585

Colored pencils or markers, whatever you like.

Washi tape small,

Green, orange and turqoise.

Foam tape.

Start by die cutting out the slimline parts.

Step 1

The coloring of the paper happens in 3 phases.

1. The lightest color.

2. The middel color.

3. The darkest color.

Allow each layer to dry thoroughly before applying the next.

Step 2

Step 3

Repeat this with the rest of the colors and die cut parts.

Stamp with Stazon Timber brown the small text stamp

 from the Pieces of calligraphy sheet.

Stamp the three monkeys on thin paper using Stazon Timber Brown.

Color them with the colors from the card.

I also used three shades of each color for each monkey.

I used the washi tape to hold the monkeys in place.

Otherwise, they just hang awkwardly in the air.

Highlight the edges with the darkest shade of green.

Do the same with the blue background and the orange center piece.

It should look like this by now.

Continue assembling the card with foam tape.

Wouldn't you love to get some free stamps?

Well, then join the Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda Stamps.

You don't even have to use our stamps to enter.

Read about that in the rules.

So I hope to see your creation there.

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Published in Rubberstamp Madness fall 2025 pag 30.

It's so much fun working with the Sizzix spin and stamp tool. 

This autumn scene was also published in RubberStamp Madness fall 2025, pag.30.

Unfortunately, there was an error in the text listing the stamp brands.

Stamp credits:

Craft Consortium, woodland and winter woodland.

Nellie Snellen.

Find it trading.

Coloring, Derwent inktense.

The LCD/CV team was published in Rubberstamp Madness.

 Dear blog readers,

We at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda Stamps are proud to be featured 

on pages 30 and 31 of the fall issue of Rubberstamp Madness, titled "Being in a Design Team."

There are seven talented DT members in total: Gail, our team leader,

Liesbeth, Cathy, Darlene, Aimee, Kathi, and myself.

I was therefore surprised that some of my work was published with the article.

I had made an arcordion booklet.

These are the stamps I used:

Pokey cat

Pokey dog

Pokey pidgeon

Pokey mouse

Flowers

Brush strokes

Misc words.

The booklet is made with Brusho and black acrylic paint.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Inchie, Twinchie or dominos challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 Hi everyone,

Today I made a card with inchies for the challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

The stamps I used are:

Bugz and more bugz.

Daisy flourish

I also used:

Versafine onyx black

Black paint 

Black marker

coloring pencils

Distress oxide Hickory smoke

Stickels diamond

I stamped 4 bugz on 4 inchies with Versafine onyx black.

I colored them in with pencils.

Stamped the large dragonfly onto the background paper with Versafine Onyx Black.

In the bottom corners, I stamped the Daisy Floral with Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke.

Colored the dragonfly and added diamond stickles to the wings and the bugs.

Outlined the inchies and the background with a black marker.

Splattered some black paint and matte with white, 

and gave them a black border with the marker as well.

And that's about it.

Not too difficult this time.

So even beginning stampers can do this.

Come and join the challenge.

You can enter with any brand, so you're not required to use LCD/CV stamps.

(Reed the rules).

We hope to see you there, and maybe you'll be the winner of the challenge.

Inchies, Twinchies and Dominos, lets craft a card.

Hello stampers and cardmakers.

The new monthly challenge starts today at Lost Coast Designs.

The challenge is: Inchies, Twinchies, and/or Dominos.

I chose to use all three sizes on the card.

I used,

Lost Coast Designs Shrubbery.

Lost Coast designs Misc words

Distress Oxide,

 Fossilized amber

Spiced marmelade,

Peeled paint,

Chipped saphire

and 

Ground espressso.

Black water resistent ink.

Black marker.

I started with a 4x4 inch piece of cardstock.

And I used the cutting tool to cut 1 inchie, 1 twinchie, and 1 domino from white paper.

I first looked at how I would put them down.

I did some inkblending with 

Distress Oxide,

 Fossilized amber

Spiced marmelade,

Peeled paint,

Chipped saphire

and 

Ground espressso.

I moistened the shrubbery stamp with a water spray bottle.

And made an impression on the inked background.

Let the moisture soak in for a moment before removing the stamp.

Let the background dry completely.

In the meantime, we'll stamp all three inches with black ink.

Use a black marker to draw a black border around the paper.

Do the same with the background.

Consider how you want to arrange the card.

Apply 3D tape to the backs and then stick them to the background.

Adhere everything to the white cardstock.

Stamp the sentiment in black ink.

I've added "Happy Birthday," but you can put anything you like on it.

That's it for this time.

The team would love it if you would participate in the challenge.

You can even participate without LCD or CV stamps.

As long as your card is stamped.

Otherwise, please read the rules.

Click here to go to the challenge!