Lost Coast Designs Christmas in july challenge.

If you have a lot of cards to make for Christmas, this is a nice, quick card to make.

You can add some glitter or sequins yourself.

I used: 

LCD Mini gnome set 4.

LCD Party words.

CV Postcard background.

CV Christmas tree.

Color pencils or markers.

Black waterproof inkpad.

Versa Magic, Red magic,

Tea leaves and Sage.

Square or postage die.

I started with Versa Magic Tea Leaves, stamping the christmas tree.

Then the left half with the postcard background stamp and VM sage.

While the background dries, I stamped the little Santa gnome.

I colored him with Derwent Chromaflow pencils.

Using a blender brush, I colored the edges with VM Tea Leaves.

With the VM Red Magic I stamped Merry Christmas.

Mat the card with red and green,

 and stick the square with the Gnome on with 3D foam tape.

And your done.

Now, wasn't that a fun and quick card?

Are you still participating in the challenge?

There's a great prize to be won.

The challenge runs until the end of the month, so there's still time to enter.

Here's the link:

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For the "Cold and Frosty" challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 

Dear blog visitor,

Well, another year has almost passed.

This is also my last time this year that I blog.

But I hope to see you again in the new year.

For today,

  My DT contribution for the "Cold and Frosty" challenge of  Lost Coast Designs.

Still time to join till the end of the month.

Now how to make this quick and easy card.

Supplies,

LCD Grunge tree.

LCD Party words.

Die of a deer.

Distress ink, Iced Spruce.

Any black inkpad.

White gell pen.

White acrylic paint.

Black marker.

Start with a piece of torn printing paper.

Lay it over your paper and use a finger sponge.

Use Iced Spruce to make edges along the paper.

If you apply a little more pressure in a few places you can make tufts of grass.

Now we are going to use Distress ink Iced Spruce

 and the brayer to create the sky.

Go slowly, taking ink multiple times is better than too much at once.

Stop when you are satisfied with the result.

Now we are going to stamp the tree with black ink.

There are several ways to use your stamps.

In this case, the Grunge Tree stamp has a border.

I cut the tree out. This way you have 3 stamps.

You can use it completely, or just the tree, or just the border.

I stamped the tree twice.

Once straight as a tree and once diagonally against it as a thick branch.

Just look at the white circle.

We fill in the space to connect the branch with the tree with a black marker.

And that's how you make the tree as big as you want.

Using the white gell pen we make snow on the tree and branches.

And with the acrylic paint we splatter snowflakes.

Now I have to admit that I made a mistake.

I glued the die cut of the deer after splattering with the white paint.

 I should have done that earlier so that the deer also has snowflakes on its back and body.

But the choice is up to the maker what you like better.

I also extended the tree trunk with a black marker.

Glue your card onto black and white cardstock,

 and you have a beautiful yet easy to make winter scene.

I wish everyone a happy new years eve, and see you in 2025.

If you have a winter card, come and join the challenge.

Maybe you'll be our next winner.

No LCD stamps required to join.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

CLICK HERE.

It's the first day of the Cold and Frosty challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda.

 

Hi there, I made this tag for the challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

It is easy to make and this is how:

I used:

Lcd-city scape,

large snowflake set,

Lily flores swirl.

Distressink,

Speckled egg,

Tumbled glass,

Chipped saphire.

White stampingpad

(hero arts unicorn)

Ink blending brushes.

Embossing powder white with a glitter in it.

Stazon midnight blue.

Versamark 

White acrylic paint.

White gelpen.

Start by applying the distress ink.

Lightest color at the bottom and work darker towards the top.

Stamp the city scape with Stazon.

Splash some water on the dark part and dab it with a paper towel.

Stamp the large snowflake with versamark,

 and embos with the white/sparcle embossing powder.

Make some white lines on the towers of the city scape stamp.

With the Lily flores swirl and the hero arts unicorn,

you just stamp a little piece on the upper corners.

Splatter snow flakes onto the tag with white acrylic paint.

With some dark blue cardstock at the back and a pretty ribbon the tag is finished.

I would love it if you would show your winter makes.

You can do that if you join the challenge of Lost Coast Designs.

You don't even have to use the stamps of Lost Coast Designs.

As long as you stamp on your project.

You also have a chance to win new rubber stamps.

So join and have a chance.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Gnome-vember challenge at lost coast designs

 Hello crafters,

At the lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda blog there is a gnome challenge.

Always so nice those little funny creatures.

For this card I used The Santa with toys (large)

And the merry Christmas from the Party words sheet.

It is an easy card.

Nice for the beginning card makers.

I took a smooth white double card.

Stamped the santa gnome with black waterproof ink.

Colored it with pencils.

With a stencil and gray ink sponged the stars on the white surface.

Die cut the presents, and glue them on the card.

Stamp the text in black.

Add some glitter to the gray stars.

And that's it, a quick Christmas card with a nice effect.

The design team would love it if you would join the challenge.

There are stamps of your choice to win.

So come to the blog and join in, the challenge runs until the end of the month.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE.

Christmas in july challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps. Christmas mouse.

 

Hi there cardmakers and stampers.

Today is my last card for the Christmas in July challenge.

I'll tell you how I made it.

Materials:

LCD mouse stamp,

LCD Misc words.

Gnome santa in chimny (small)

Stencil Craftemotions xmas florals.

Blue bister.

Distressink,

Broken china

Speckled egg,

Evergreen bough,

Twisted citron,

Barn door, for santa's hat.

White gellpen

Black fineliner

Stazon dove grey and Jet Black

Red glitter

Black inkpad.

Light grey marker.

Color pencils for the mouse.

Glue pen.

Lets start making the background.

I started with the 3 Distressinks

Broken china, Speckled egg and Evergreen bough,

I distributed the colors over the paper with sponges.

I sprayed it with plenty of water and blotted it with paper towel.

It lightened it up a bit.

Made it wet again and sprinkled some bister here and there.

Blot it again with the paper towel.

Now it looks like the photo, 

but when I turned the paper over I saw that the ink and bister had leaked through.

And it was beautiful too.

So I decided to make the back the front of the card.

But that is of course up to you to decide which side you like better.

Stamp the mouse with Stazon dove gray in the background and on a thin paper.

Also do this with the Santa hat.

Color the mouse and Santa hat on the loose paper.

Stamp the words around the mouse with black Stazon.

The Misk Words sheet contains a lot of words related to Christmas. 

So I stamped some of them on the card.

We now apply the holly leaves to the card with the stencil

 and the distress ink Evergreen bough and twisted citron and an ink blender.

Use the fineliner to scribble some lines around the words.

Color the mouse and Santa hat and glue them to the card.

Use the gray marker to create some shadows under the words and around the mouse.

I punch some holes of different sizes in a piece of mica sheet, 

I use this for the red berries.

I spunge it to the paper with distressink barn door.

Then I went over it with the glue pen and sprinkle it with the red glitter.

And that's it for this month's challenge.

There is still time to participate until the last day of July.

The winner will be announced on August 5.

Hope you'll join us and I wish you the goodluck.

CLICK HERE FOR THE CHALLENGE!

Christmas in july challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps. Christmas baby angel.

Hello dear blog visitor.

Christmas, before you know it, it's already here.

So you better start making your Christmas cards early.

And then you can immediately participate in the challenge and perhaps become the winner.

You can even participate with stamps from other brands.

So that should work, right?

And now the tutorial for this card.

What I used: 

LCD Party baby

LCD Brush strokes

LCD party words

Versafine onyx black

Distress oxyde Barn door and Lucky clover

Americana acrylic paint,

Yellow green

Bahama blue

Dessert turquoise

White acrylic paint or marker

Black fineliner

Color pencils

Black marker

I started by making a few backgrounds with the 3 colors of acrylic paint.

I did that with the brayer.

Roll out the colors until you are satisfied with the result.

If you dont have a brayer you kan use a brush or spunge.

The brush strokes sheet shows the two edges I used.

I stamped the first one with the oxide barn door.

And the second one over it with the Versafine onyx black.

I make splashes with the white acrylic marker.

Set it aside to dry.

Stamp the baby and the angelwings with the versafine.

Color with pencils or markers, whatever you like best.

Take a piece of background and stamp the text on it.

Use a thin fineliner to scribble an edge under the words.

Stamp on the right side the same as the border of the card.

Make a black border around it with a black marker.

Glue the baby angel and the text onto the card.

Use distress oxide lucky clover and a brush,

 to create shadows around the baby angel.

Have you made Christmas cards yet?

Take part in the challenge and you could be this month's winner.

You don't even need to have LCD/CV stamps to participate.

It is our preference, but it is also possible without it.

Hope to see you on the challenge.

CLICK HERE FOR THE CHALLENGE!!!!!!