#210 Challenge at Lost Coast designs, Fruit, Flowers and Foliage.

 

Hello to all you crafters.

For the background of this card,

 I used various shades of blue, orange, yellow, and brown. 

I sponged the background with a small sponge. 

Then I took the scrubbery stamp and stamped with three shades of brown. 

I kept shifting the stamp so that it looks like different types of stamps were used. 

I stamped the Carmens Veranda text with gold embossing powder.

Would you like to join the challenge?

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Here is another card with foto tutorial with the same stamp.

My stamped nativity scene.

 Yes, I know, Christmas is over. 

But I just finished this nativity scene. 

I had a wooden house,

I put an LED light in it,

 and stamped the background and

 colored it with watercolors and Inktense pencils.

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.

I had a gorjuss swap with a friend.

I had a swap with a stamping friend, Hannie Hokke.

We both had the same stamp from Gorjuss.

So we agreed to do a swap with the stamp.

I got a beautiful accordion card from her with different elaborations of the stamp.

And I made a sea scene with watercolor paint.

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.

In the deep mid winter challenge at lost coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps.

Hi there, its a lovely challenge, love the winter theme.

I hope you will join the lost coast designs challenge.

You have a chance to win stamps.

And let's face it, who wouldn't want that.

Now the step by step of this winter landscape.

What I used for this card.

LCD Grunge tree large

(used only the tree)

LCD Cityscape large.

LCD Lycaonia

Moon face.

 Stazon 

Midnight Blue.

Jet Black

Saddle brown

Distressink,

Dusty concord

Musterd seed

Chipped sapphire

Stormy sky

Tumbled glass 

Distress oxide,

Weathered wood

White gelpen.

Markers or color pencils.

I started with 3 strips of paper that were torn off.

Sponge along the paper edges with the Distress Oxide Wethered wood.

This way you can make beautiful snow edges.

I also use these strips as masks when I stamp the cityscape.

I stamped it with stazon midnight blue.

Now choose a place where the moon should be and

use Distress ink Musterd seed to make a yellow spot slightly larger than the moon stamp.

Stamp the moon with the Stazon Saddle brown.

Now we are going to create the sky with ink blenders.

For this we take different colors and build up, from light to dark, as shown on the card.

I used these distress ink colors for this

Dusty concord, Chipped sapphire, Stormy sky, Tumbled glass.

Well, because I only thought about using the Lycaonia stamp at this point, I stamped her on a thin paper, colored her in and glued her on later.

But before I glued her on I first stamped her on the card so I knew exactly where to place her.

Stamped the trees with Stazon black.

Now finish with the white gel pen. Make stars in the sky and snow on the tree branches.

I hope you enjoyed it and join us in the challenge. The more who participate, the greater the prize.

And you can even participate with stamps from another brand.

You can read all about it in the rules.

#164 -Challenge at Lost Coast Designs, make a rock or popup card.

Goodmorning and happy easter to all of you.

This is my second card for the rock or popup challenge.

Gail, our dt leader had a great 

idea for a challenge. 

Rock or popup.

I chose a rocker card with a pendulum.

I thought this airship was well suited for that.

Because I have never made an interactive card before, 

I did some searching on the internet.

And ended up with one of the best card makers out there.

Jennifer Mcguire.

Here is a link to the video on how to make a rocking card with a pendulum.

Here's a little explanation of how I made my rocker.

What I used.

Lost Coast Designs, STP Dirigible.

Adventure is from the Misc words sheet.

The small curl in the water is from the Brush Strokes sheet.

The beach (the rocker part) Shrubbery. 

Steampunk mermaid. 

For the ocean, 

Distress oxide,

Peacock feathers and Blueprint sketch.

For the sky, Distress oxide,

Musterd seed, Wild honey, Abandoned coral and Wilted violet.

For the beach (rocker), 

Distress oxide, Tea Dye, ground espresso.

Ditressink, walnut stain.

Amsterdam acrylic ink Titanium white.

Distress micro glaze.

Color pencils.

Die of waves (Leane Creatieve), Lea'bilitie landscape.

The card consists of two halves.

The sky and the ocean.

For the sky I started with ink blending at the bottom.

First with Mustard seed then with wild honey.

Then with Abandoned coral and finally at the top the Wilted violet.

When that is dry, continue with the clouds.

I painted the clouds with white Amsterdam acrylic ink.

The oceaan is cut out in waves with a waves die.

I stamped the bottom half with the curl stamp from the brush strokes sheet with Distress Glaze.

With a inkblending tool, the oceaan at the top with Blueprint sketch.

 the bottom half with Peacock feathers.

When it was dry I painted some foam caps on the waves,

 with a brush with the Amsterdan acrylic ink.

With colorpencils, i used Derwend colorsoft, 

I colored the mermaid and the airship (Dirigible), 

and with a piece of die cut wave I stamped "Adventure".

made a pencil line around it to make it pop.

Now for the rocking part. 

I folded a pieces of 200 grams paper and cut a half circle out.

With a inkblending  tool and distress oxide Tea dye I colored it.

With distress oxide ground espresso I stamped the shrubbery.  

Its a impression of the beach and sand dunes.

Jennifer Mcguire's video shows you how to assemble the card.

I Loved to make this card. It was a real out of the box for me.

Hope you have fun making a rocker or popup card and please show it on oure 

challenge blog or facebook.

Challenge blog:

https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/search/label/Monthly%20Challenge

Facebook challenge: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1662303170690736

 

Yeah!!!!! Its 31 days of Halloween at Lost Coast Designs.

Hello all,

Do you also love Halloween?

I do, and Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda,

 have super cute Halloween rubber stamps.

So I started working with my stamps and ink.

This time a card with a lot of ink blending.

Stamps I have used.

Carmen's Veranda sentiment, Witches go riding.

LCD, Witch 2 and Grunge tree

What else I have used:

Versafine onyx black.

Stazon jet black

distressink,

Dusty concord

chipped sapphire

Seeds preserves

black kind

spiced marmalade

Mustard seed

crackling campfire

Distress Oxide Dusty Concord

Purple and black background cardstock

Stencil for the purple background

maskin tape

circle punch

White gel pen.

White pigment ink.

Die cut tag.

Halloween embellishments.

I started by stamping the witch with the stazon jet black.

Without masking the witch, I stamped the grunge tree over it.

I did this on purpose because I wanted to make it look,

 like the witch is flying behind the tree.

Now I mask the witch.

With an ink blending tool I made a large spot with musterd seed,

 on the spot where I want the moon.

There I stick the circle mask on the yellow spot 

and go over it again with the musterd seed ink blending tool.

I did it also in the right under corner.

     With a piece of torn paper I made some hills. 

On the left with crackling campfire,

 and on the right with spiced marmalade.

I also went over the Crackling campfire with a bit of seedles presurves.

With distress seedles preserves, chipped sapphire,dusty concord I further finished the sky.

I finished the edges with distress black soot.

I colored the witch in with some markers.

I have outlined the witch, the hills and the tree with a white gel pen, 

so it looks like the moon is reflecting light.

Put stars in the sky with the gel pen, also some shooting stars.

And some white dots on the tree trunks.

Using Colorbox white ink and the white gel pen,

 I applied some horizontal streaks like wisps of fog.

Now take the purple cardstock and the stencil.

With the distress oxide Dusty concord and a blending brush,

 we apply the pattern of the stencil.

Set it aside so that it can dry thoroughly.

Now the text label.

Die cut a tag/label.

                                     With an ink blending brush, apply distress musterd seed on top.

 And spiced marmalade on the outer edges.

Do the edge with distress black soot.

Stamp the text with Versafine onyx black.

Now assemble the card and glue some nice embellishments on it.

You must have allready made something fun for Halloween.

Then join our challenge, but read the rules first, so you avoid disappointment.

So join us and have chance to win some rubberstamps.