#142 Hats challenge over at Lost Coast Designs. American gothic with party hats.

 

Hello dear stampers,

Another fun challenge at Lost coast designs.

And so nice that you can also win stamps.

You can even use stamps from other brands to participate.

So hurry up and get involved.

Now the explanation how I made this card, it is a card, 

but you could also make an art journal page.

What have I used.

Lost Coast Designs stamps,

American gothic.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Pieces of architecture.

Die of a clock.

Stencils of a watch and numbers.

Versamark black.

distressink,

forest moss,

rusty hindge,

crushed olive,

scattered straw.

Modeling paste.

Green and orange marker.

Colorcore cardstock black/orange.

Viva decor pearl pen.

Orange embossing power

Little chipboard star.

I started by smearing the distress ink colors on my glass mat,

 and sprayed a little water on it.

Dab the paper in to get nice spots of ink on the paper.

With a stencil and some water I took off some color again.

Then I applied the numbers with a stencil and modeling paste.

After drying I colored the numbers with a marker.

To let the modeling paste dry even better, I now continued with the American Gothic stamp.

I stamped this stamp on plain smooth paper.

I cut the frame off the stamped image, and sponged the image with Distress ink Anitque linen.

When the ink is dry you can color it further.

I did that with the distress ink.

Now let's move on to the background.

With stamps of pieces of calligraphy and pieces of architecture, 

I made prints here and there in different colors of the distress ink.

And with a stencil and versafine black I sponged a few clocks here and there.

I sponged the edges of the card

with forest moss.

I had a little chipboard star.

I panted it with Americana paint in a rusty orange color.

Then I applied orange embossing powder.

Remember when we had Colorcore cardstock years ago?

Of course I also bought a block, but never did anything with it.

I got a sheet that is black with a orange inside.

With the die of a clock I ran the two clocks through the Big shot.

With a fine sandpaper I run over it to show the orange.

But wasn't quite happy with that.

So just touched the clock here and there with a green marker.

Glued the star on the little clock.

And glued the rest to the card as well.

I added some accents with the pearl pen.

The lady's necklace and the bells on his hat.

Well, that was the tutorial for this time.

The team would love to see what you make with the "Hat" theme.

Join the challenge and have a chance to win new stamps.

The challenge rules can be found here.

And the challenge can be found here.

Thank you cards.

I made two thank you cards with the Crafters Compgnon "Quirky Flowers".

For the background I used Sizzix embossing folder patchwork.

And Carabelle Studio embossing folder Unit de mesure.

I join the challenge at "Let's Squash it"

A challenge blog thats al about embossingfolders.  

 

#142 This Lost coast designs challenge is al about HATS!!!!!

Hi there, 

No tutorial today as I forgot to take pictures.

But I'll explain how I made the card.

I started with a smooth white piece of cardstock.

And with a stencil I made the diamond background,

 with Distressink Peacock feathers and Picked rasberry.

Diluted Distressink Black Soot with water I made some spots.

I made some prints with bubble wrap and black acrylic paint.

And also some circle with the cap of a perfume bottle.

I splashed a lot with white and black acrylic paint.

I stamped the big nose clown

with stazon black on white paper.

Cut out and pasted on, and the same with the Carmens Veranda text stamp

I shaded the stamps with a black pencil.

And that's all, not that hard, right?

The ladies of the team and I would love it if you would join the "hat" challenge.

And you also have a chance to win stamps. How nice is that.

So click here and join the fun.

Challenge at Lost Coast design, Sleeping Lucy.

Hi there, another fun challenge over at lost coast Designs, something with an S.

I chose the stamp "Sleeping Lucy".

This is definitely a favorite stamp of mine.

And then that text by Carmens Veranda, it fits so beautifully.

I've made the background of the card before and you can find a post with the technique here.

It is made with a Hydrangea leaf and some glimmer mist.

I made Sleeping Lucy from watercolor paper and watercolor paint and glued it on the card.

I applied gold glitter on the hair and wings.

The card is matted on dark brown and green cardstock.

The team would love to see your creations. 

So get crafty and join the challenge.

You might be the lucky winner of new stamps.

The challenge is here.

New dutch stamps at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda

 Ga jij naar de ARTSpecially? Loop dan ook eens langs de stand van Lost Coast Designs.

Zij hebben nieuwe nederlandstalige tekst stempels.

En natuurlijk de mooie rubber stempels.

Hier zijn wat voorbeelden van de nieuwe tekst stempels.

Are you going to the ARTSpecially?

Then take a look at the Lost Coast Designs booth.

They have new Dutch text stamps.

And of course the beautiful rubber stamps.

Here are some examples of the new text stamps.

#140 Tweet this, challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

Hello dear bloggers, 

Today I worked on a large scale, an A4 21cmx30cm.

I think the crows are fantastic, they are so mysterious.

I have used various stamps.

Crow border

Bird on bike.

Raven with tree branches.

Birds in trees.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Stazon black

Distress oxide wilted violet, mermaid lagoon and black soot.

6inch gelli plate round and a round mini gelli plate.

Water resistent fineliner.

Dutch doobadoo stencil bubbles.

Memento tuxido black

And this how I made it.

I started by smearing the large gelli plate with the distress oxides.

First go through these steps with 1 color and then repeat with the other colors.

I sprayed some water over it.

Turned the gelli plate over and used it as a stamp.

Stamp in the middle of the paper.

Look how beautiful that is, be careful when you do the step with the black.

It soon becomes too much black.

With the small gelli plate, repeat the same steps, only with 1 color.

Stamp the small circle right above and left below.

Take the Birds in trees stamp and the black Memento.

Print the stamp on the gelli plate (kiss technique),

 and then print the gelli plate on the small circles of distress oxide.

Now stamp with black the Bird on bike,

 and the long strip of letters from the pieces of calligraphy stamp sheet.

In the top left corner and bottom right corner,

I splattered some more ink.

I thought it was a bit too empty there.

I drew lines around the circles with the fineliner and did some scribbling.

Top left and bottom right I have stamped the pieces of calligraphy set.

And with the stencil I put circles divided in the two colors.

Finaly I stamped the Raven with tree branches in black ink.

And I cut 1 crow off the border stamp.

I stamped these here and there in the colored circles.

Because it is a large page, I glued it in my Art journal, to which I will write some texts later.

I hope you liked it and join our challenge.

You are welcome and you can even participate with other brands.

You probably have a stamp with a bird, so join the fun.

You can even win new stamps.

 

#140 Tweet this challenge at Lost Coast Designs, its al about birds.

 

 Hi there stampers.

 Today another fun challenge at Lost Coast designs, with birds as the theme.

 

This time I stamped a candle with tissue paper.

I used these stamps.

Annie, 

crows border,

Rustic checkerboard border.

The black/white edges are washi tapes.

Stamping on tissue paper is not easy.

And sometimes it takes several tries to get it right.

The paper is very fragile and you can easily tear through it.

So practice a lot and you will succeed.

There is a lot to be found on the internet about decorating candles.

So get inspired and give it a try.

It is a fantastic gift to give to someone.

Well I showed you my work, but our team would love it if you show us your work.

So come to the challenge and join us. 

Maybe you will be the next winner of new rubber stamps.

Click here for the challenge.

#139 "Round and round" challenge at Lost Coast designs

Hello dear stamp friends.

Yes, you can do a lot with the challenge round and round.

I chose a card with a butterfly in a circle with the beautiful text stamp of Carmens Veranda.

The butterfly is from the LCD butterfly set.

I ran a glossy cardstock through the distressink Evergreen bough, Peacock feathers and Twisted citron.

I punched a circle from a piece of watercolor paper and stamped a butterfly with waterproof ink.

Masked the butterfly and made some spots on the background with the distress colors.

I colored the butterfly with markers.

I also gave the butterfly a layer of glitter.

I stamped the CV text with Versafine onyx black.

The card and circle are matted with black and the black circle is somewhat frayed with a distress tool.

Would you like to join our challenge?

Then quickly click on the link and participate, you have a chance to win new stamps.

Hope you liked it, see you next time.

 

#139 Lost Coast designs challenge, Round and Round. I made a dream catcher.

Hi there, how is everybody doing?

Today I made a dreamcatcher with this beautiful stamp.

The challenge theme is round and round.

As you can see there are enough circles in this project.

Elk skull 5x6inch

available in 3 sizes

I started with pastel matte paper and Derwent pastel pencils.

I stamped the Elk skull with Stazon Timber brown.

And then colored with the pastel pencils.

You can make the dreamcatcher from a metal hoop.

Or you can make it to your liking or buy one ready-made.

I really enjoyed making it.

Wouldn't it be nice to join our challenge?

You can win beautiful LCD stamps.

You can choose with which stamp brand you participate,

but we prefer LCD/CV stamps.

As long as your card or project is stamped.

Read through the rules, then you can be sure that your work can participate according to the rules.

I wish you the best of luck and hope to see your work at the challenge.

You can participate here....

Go to the challenge

 

#138 LCD challenge, Vintage/Steampunk.

Hi there, today a new card for the Lost Coast Designs challenge.

You can still join till the end of the month.

Vintage and steampunk are my favorite stamps to work with .

I love the old colors and imaginative stamps and designs. 

Lost Coast designs also has very nice stamps in this theme.

These are the stamps I used on this card.

Gears 2

Pieces of architecture

Pieces of caligraphy

STP Fly with bird

Distress oxide,

Tea dye

antique linen

wild honey

Ground espresso.

Stazon timber brown

Bring with some water the colors on to the paper.

Keep it light in the middle.

Brush or spunge some Tea dye on the edges.

Repeat with Distress oxide ground espresso.

With the distress oxide wild honey I stamped parts of the gears stamp.

And did the same with the corner of the pieces of architecture.

With a stamp from the pieces of caligraphy set and the ground espresso i stamped here and there.

With a die cut I made the medallion and sponged it with the ground espresso.

Fix this on the background with 3D tape.

Stamp the fly with bird with the stazon and color it in with pencils or markers.

Cut her out and glue her to the medallion.

I had some paper gears left over from an other project.

So colored them grey an glued them on.

And this is the end result.

I really like it, hope you will to.

If you would like to have a chance on winning some of the beautifull Lost Coast designs stamps,

Join our challenge, and have fun creating for the LCD challenge.

This card is playing at the challenge of:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/