Festive Fun challenge at Lost Coast Designs/carmens Veranda stamps.

Hi there, Riet here with a christmas lantern.

Recently, I was in a store in the Netherlands that's comparable to a dollar store.

There I saw this lantern and immediately thought of the Mary and Angels triptych stamp.

I stamped the stamp on vellum with black Stazon ink.

I let it dry thoroughly.

I closed the back of the lantern with black cardstock.

I made the pionsettia from red paper and light green paper for the leaves. 

The pionsettias were sprayed with gold glitter mist.

I sponged the edges of the large leaves and pionsettias with Distress Oxide Rustic Wilderness.

The holly branches are made from darker green paper, and the berries are glitter stones.

I covered the lantern itself with gold Inca Gold from Viva Decor.

I think the lantern looks lovely, and it creates a cozy atmosphere.

Are you making something with stamps thats festive?

It doesn't matter which brand, everything is allowed.

Then join the challenge. Don't forget to read the rules.

You could be the next winner and win stamps of your choice.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!!!

Here's another possibility with this stamp.

Go to the tutorial.

Spring has Sprung challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

Wonderful, spring is finally here.

We have a nice spring challenge.

I made you a birdhouse with the Los Coast Designs stamp "Megans Christmas Bird".

Well you will think, but isn't that a Christmas stamp?

That is true, but with some adjustments you can change that.

I simply replaced the lights with blossom flowers.

So you see that you can use a stamp for several things. 

I Used:

LCD Megan's christmas bird.

LCD crackle background.

Folkart acrylic paint, toasted vanilla.

A dark brown water-based pencil, i used Derwent inktense.

Soft pink paper.

Soft green, brown and dark green paper.

colored pencils.

Distress oxide Saltwater taffy, Wilted violet and Dusty concord.

Ink on 3 pad.

Enn cutting pliers for small flowers.

Dies of a branch and leaves and a egg.

A green and purple fine line marker.

Stazon Timber brown.

White acrylic paint to splatter.

Dryed green moss.

To start, stamp Megan's christmas bird with the Ink on 3.

Color the bird as you like or as the example.

Cut out the bird and branches, but you can cut back part of the lamp.

We will glue the flowers on that later.

We are now going to paint the house, it is a nice soft yellow color that looks a bit old.

When the paint is dry, we draw lines with the dark brown inktense pencil.

These should be the wooden planks.

Go over the lines with a damp brush of water to blur them slightly.

With the crackle background,

 we stamp here and there a piece of the stamp with Stazon Timber Brown.

Now we die cut the large branch from brown paper.

We also die cut the small leaves with light and dark green.

And dont fotget the little pink blossoms. 

Use the green fineliner to draw the veins on the leaves.

And the purple fineliner for the flowers.

Glue the flowers and leaves on the branches.

Now for the egg.

Color a piece of paper with the Distress oxide Salt water taffee.

Add a layer with the wilted violet.

But smudge this a bit.

Now stamp over it with the crackle background.

Die cut now with the egg shape die.

Make the edge of the egg darker with the Distress oxide Dusty concord.

Splatter some white paint over the egg.

You can now glue everything in place.

Don't forget to add a bit of moss as a nest.

I love the spring look this little house has.

Now for the challenge, the team hopes you will join.

We are curious what you make for beautiful spring cards,

 or tags or something completely different.

It's entirely up to you, as long as it's stamped on it.

So click the link and join the fun and you might win new stamps.

# 159 "Winged things" challenge at lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps. Printers tray.

Today my contribution to the LCD/CV challenge "Winged things".

I made this printers tray (20x30cm) for a stamp friend's birthday.

It contains quite a few stamps, but I especially like the butterflies.

Here's a list of what I used and a brief description.

 Winged girl.

Girl with curls.

Long swirl.

Florish large.

Butterfly set.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Pieces of architecture.

Spike and Lucy. (only the girl)

Ledger background.

Party words.

Sentiment from Carmens Veranda, 

Just when the caterpillar.

Distressink

Broken China

Twisted citron

Fossilized amber

Rustic wildernis

Rusty hinge

Black waterproof ink.

For the frame, i used acrylic paint in the same colors.

For the spletters some white and brown paint.

Pencils for coloring.

White gellpen.

Nuvo aqaua shimmer for some glitter accents.

I first drew the frame on paper, so I knew exactly where the compartments were.

This makes it easier to determine where which stamp will be placed.

First I sanded the frame and painted it in various colors.

When that is drying I smeared the ink with water on the paper.

Then I stamped the stamps, 

The big butterfly of the Bitterfly set I stamped each wing turned left and right.

And I glued the 3 small butterflies loose so that they have depth.

Then I stamped the background around the stamps. 

Color the details with the pencils.

You can finish the it of with a white gel pen.

Don't forget to do some stamping on the edges of the frame as well.

Just splash the white and brown paint and you're done.

make a small Happy birthday tag and bind it to the foil giftrap.

I hope you enjoyed it and that you will soon get started for our challenge. 

You can win new stamps, so come and participate. 

The challenge runs until the end of this month.

Good luck.

#151 Use at least 3 stamps challenge.

                                                                        Hello dear stampers,

                                                            Today 2 houses for the house, lol. 

I had 2 pieces of wood and sawn houses from them.

I found the sentiments Geluk (happiness) and Liefde (love) so suitable for these houses.

Because that's what we all want, a house full of happiness and love.

It was a present for my daughter, so I chose the Dutch sentiments.

But LCD also has these stamps in English, here is the link.

Now the description of how the houses are made.

What I used.

Dictionary stamps dutch.

Dictionary stamps englisch.

Shrubbery

More Bugs.

Stazon Jett black, white acrylic paint, beige/brown markers.

First I painted the blocks with white paint.

It doesn't have to be neat, I wanted it to look worn.

When the paint was dry I sanded the edges with sandpaper.

Then I stamped the shrubbery stamp with the stazon.

Then I stampd the bees and I masked them.

Stamped the text on it.

I gave the bees some color with the beige and brown markers.

And really, that was all.

Easy and yet such a nice result.

Have you also made something fun with 3 stamps or more?

Show us and join the challenge until September 15th. 

It may even be stamps from other brands.

Here is the challenge link, and here you will find the rules for the challenge.

Hope you will play along and maybe you are the winner of some gorgeus rubber stamps.

The houses are joining the challenge at:

countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

Gnome challenge #134 at Lost Coast Designs

Hi, Riet here.

What a fun challenge. 

Do you also love gnomes?

As this is my last contribution to Lost Coast designs this year, 

I bring you this last Christmas greeting.

I wish you all a very merry and loving Christmas.

And a happy new year to everyone.

I am back at LCD on the 1sth of Januari.

The stamp is the Sweater Gnome,

With the help of some maskingtape I stamped the sweater gnome 3 times.

 I colored the gnomes with pencils and drew some things on the hat with a white gelpen,

 so that it looks like 3 different gnomes. 

Take 5 sticks of 20 cm wood and paint them. 

Make the star as shown in the picture. 

I glued the star first and later tied the twine around the ends. 

Glue the gnomes on it.

Glue a Christmas greeting on it and you're all set. 

This is so nice to give as a gift, or hang it in your tree.

The challenge runs until the end of the month, so you can still participate. 

Click on the link and join the fun, and maybe you'll be the winner of new rubber this month.

#125 Christmas in July challenge over at Lost Coast Designs.

Hi stampers, here a tutorial from me, (Riet), hahaha.

For the christmas in july challenge, 

I made this wooden heart wall hanger.

I used the  plaid pants Santa from Cramen's Veranda.

To start, I painted the heart dark brown with acrylic paint.

When the paint was dry I used crackle medium from Americana Decor.

I let this dry overnight.

I'd rather not do it with the embossing tool.

I don't think the cracks work very well this way.

When the crackle medium was dry I went over it with a beige/sand colored acrylic paint.

I also let it air dry.

I love the way it turned out.

In the meantime I colored the Santa with distressink.

I used these colors for this:

distressink,

For his suit, Shabby shutters, Rustic Wilderness.

Face, Tattered rose, Cheeks Aged mahogany.

Bond edges, Antique linen, Pumice stone.

Stripes on Santa's pants, Antique linen.

Santa's boots, Gathered twigs.

Santa's bag, Fired brick.

I colored a sheet of paper with Shabby shutters, Rustic Wilderness.

And a sheet colored with Fired Brick.

I did this by applying ink to a craft sheet and spraying it with water. 

Then you pass the paper through it.

With a number of dies I made the poinsettia and the holly leaves.

I did the same with the bow and the merry christmas.

Color the edges with a brush.

Colored the berries with a red marker.

And punched the heart of the poinsettia with a yellow piece of paper.

Now put it together and you're done.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial, feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions.

Well this was my contribution to the challenge.

I'm curious what you make of it, and we would love it if you would also participate in the challenge.

And you know what's so nice, you have a chance to win beautiful Lost Coast Design or Carmens Veranda rubber stamps. Please read the rules first to avoid misunderstandings. 

Good luck and see you next post. 

entering in challenges:

Merry little christmas challenge

Christmas 24 challenge