The "make it funny" challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda runs till end of the month.

Hi there, 

Do you want to win some new stamps, than join the challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

Its "make it funny" theme.

This is my DT card with LCD Spike and Lucy, 

and CV Doghair.

On the background i used stamps from the brushstokes sheet.

Carmens Veranda

 Doghair

Lost Caost Designs

 Spike and Lucy

Brush strokes

Pieces of calligraphy

Pieces of architecture

Butterfly set

Versafine onyx black

Or any other water resistend ink.

Distressink

Wild honey

Evergreen bough

Chipped sapphire

Saltwater taffy

Black Posca

White Posca

Neocolor II

Masking tape.

How I made the card

Use the distress ink and water to create some puddles of ink on your craft sheet.

Run your paper through there.

Dry it with the heat tool.

I imaginatively divided the card into two parts.

I started stamping Spike and Lucy on the right.

You mask them off.

Then with the Chipped saphire and the little dots stamped around it a bit.

And around them the larger circles.

Above that the larger dots stamped with Saltwater taffy.

I also stamped the butterfly in black.

On the left side I first stamped 2x an ornament of pieces of architecture with Evergreen bough.

On top of that with the letters of the Pieces of calligraphy in black.

On the extreme left edge I stamped the grunge border of the brushstrokes sheet with black.

With neocolorII colored yellow in the circles and with green around it.

Made a shadow around Spike and Lucy with a dark blue.

I stamped the text "Dogs hair" from Carmens Veranda on white paper.

I then cut the text into pieces and divided it over the left side of the card.

With the black Posca marker I made edges around it.

With the white posca I gave the butterfly some accents.

Now with a black neocolorII on the corners to give some accents.

Just matting with white and black and you're done.

Now its your turn, come and join our challenge.

And have a chance to win some new stamps.

Good luck to you.

Challenge #161 Make it funny.

Hi there, here is my DT tag for the "Make it funny" challenge.

I love the words and phrases of Carmens Veranda.

They are so funny, they always make me laugh.

Take the time to read them and you will see how funny they are.

For this tag i chose the "cats birthday" text.

I made this tag with the sweet "White cat" stamp from Carmens Veranda stamps.

He/she is so cute,  just look at those sweet eyes.

The raven on top is one I cut off from the Lost Coast Designs crows border.

These borders are so long that you can easily cut a piece off.

This way you have a border and a separate stamp.

I sprayed the tag with sprays from Dylusions and a stencil.

I have to admit that the stencil has faded a bit, but I still liked the result.

At the bottom I stamped a stamp from the Brush strokes sheet with black ink.

I did the same with the text and the crow that is on the text.

I colored the White cat with Tombo markers.

I put Glossy accents on the eyes of the cat, so they stand out even more.

Glue the tag on black cardstock and give it a nice bow.

That's it for this time, and don't forget to join the challenge.

There is a nice prize to be won, and you can also participate with other stamp brands.

See you next time.

 

Pink ink winnings at Ink art designs

 

A while ago I won the October challenge at Ink Art Designs Stamping Playground. The price was stamps of my choice.I chose the Pink Ink Designs dance. Today I finally had time to make something with the stamps.Love the beautiful Pink Ink Designs sets.Dot Leathbridge, thank you again, I am so greatfull.

Love and hearts challenge at Lost coast designs and Carmens veranda blog.

What a fun challenge, who doesn't like "love and hearts".

Of course I chose the love couple "Frank and Franks bride.

This is what you need for this card.

Brushstrokes 

Misc words

Frank

Bride of Frank

Hearts and curl border

Distressink

Barn door

Saltwater taffy

Musterd seed

Black soot

Red posca marker

Sakura Pigma 

White gellpen

Versafine 0nyx black

Black paint/ink to make spletters

Water based markers 

Red sparkless for the hearts border

How to make the card.

I started with an acrylic heart.

If you don't have that, you can also cut a heart from an accitate sheet.

With the distressink Fired brick and Musterd seed I printed the heart on the paper.

Keep repeating that until you are satisfied with the result.

Make a paper mask.

Use the outside of the mask.

And make the black hearts on the red heart with

 a stencil with small hearts and distressink Black soot.

Leave the black soot on the stencil and spray some water on it.

Stamp with this top left and bottom right.

With the waterproof black fineliner you can now make winding lines along the heart.

Color the hearts red with the posca marker.

Stamp frank and his bride on a piece of paper.

Color them with markers or pencils.

I made her dress to a polka dot dress and Franks suit to a pinstripe suit.

Stamp the hearts and curls border and color the hearts red with the red posca marker.

Sprinkle the hearts in the border with red glitter.

For the corners i used a border from the brushstrokes set.

And did the same under the feet of Frank and his bride.

This way they look more grounded.

"Love is awsome" is from the misc words sheet.

The word "is", i cut of from sisters.

Draw some black and red lines around the words.

And run the red inkpad along the edges of the card.

Glue the card on a black cardstock and you are done.

Come and join our challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda blog.

You may even join with other brands, please read the rules first.

Maybe you are the next winner of the challenge,

 and win some rubberstamps.

# 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.

# 159 "Winged things" over at lost Coast Designs/ Carmens Veranda

 Hello, yes there is a new challenge at, 

Lost Coast designs and Carmens Veranda stamps.

"Winged things"

I really like challenges, 

they put your brain to work and stimulate creativity. 

So if you're interested, come join the fun and join the challenge.

You have a chance to win new stamps, and who wouldn't want that. 

You can even participate with stamps from other brands, 

but you prefer our stamps.

Please read the rules to avoid disappointment.

Today my contribution to the challenge.

I drew a mixed media portrait.

 And with my red-haired granddaughter in mind, this came out.

I worked with Van Gogh watercolor paint and Derwent inktense pencils.

Everything has been done with the watercolor except her hair.

I colored it with the inktense pencils.

I stamped the background with 

LCD Brushstrokes, Pieces of calligraphy and Pieces of architecture.

And the butterflies are from LCD Butterfly set.

The beautiful text "Art gives my soul wings to fly" is from Carmens Veranda.

These are the inks I used for stamping.

Versafine onyx black for the butterfly.

Archivel ink coffee.

Distressink Rusty hinge, Twisted citron and Evergreen bough.

I hope you will join the challenge, it is for everyone and it doesn't matter if you are beginner or advanced.

That's it for now, I wish you a nice day.

Pink ink designs, ballet mouse.

 Hi there, i made this card for a little girls birthday.

The ballerina, stars and hooray ar from Pink ink designs. 

The balloons are a old stamp.

The background is made with a stencil with hearts and distressink spun sugar.

#158 Slimline challenge at Lost coast designs/Carmens Veranda.

Today marks the start of a new year, I wish you a happy, healthy, loving and above all creative year.

Now the challenge, this time very easy, a slimline card.

If you don't know what that is?

It is a card with this size.

3.5x8.5inch or 23x10cm.

The subject is free of choice, 

as long as it has stamping on it.

You can even participate with other brands of stamps.

Here are the rules.

Here is my contribution and a small step by step.

I used LCD stamps,

Brush strokes,

mother goose mice,

Party words.

Chipboard 2023

black paint

Colorfull glitter

coloring pencils

Versa magic,

Turquoise gem,

Red magic,

Purple hydrangea,

Pink petunia,

Tatched straw.

A brush for splashing ink.

Black ink.

I started by stamping the twisted circle in all colors.

That reminds me of fireworks.

Then I applied very fine splatters with all the colors.

While this dried I painted the numbers black.

When everything is drying well I stamped the mice on thin paper and colored them with pencil.

Cut them out.

Coat the numbers with glue and sprinkle the glitter on top.

Matte the card with black and glue the numbers to the card.

Glue the mouse on top and stamp with black ink the "Happy new

year" on the card.

And then your card is ready, nice and very easy to make.

So come and join us and maybe you will be the next winner of new stamps.

Challenge at Lost Coast Designs, "Something seasonal"

Hello blog visitor.

Did you guys have a good Christmas, I did.

So now we go to the new year.

So I made an invitation card for a new years party.

I used these stamps for it.

pieces of calligraphy,

Pieces of architecture,

shadow frames,

brush strokes,

party pig girl,

Party words.

I used Distress oxide peacock feathers and Seedles preserves.

And a waterproof black ink.

A stencil.

Maskingtape.

I started by inking the stencil with seedles preserves.

Spray with a little water and print on the paper.

Then stamp and mask the girl with waterproof black ink.

If you find masking too difficult, you can also stamp and stick her on thin paper.

Use the other stamps as on the example.

But of course you can also make your own mix.

Remove the mask and color the girl with the distress oxide.

Stamp the words from the Party words sheet and glue them on the card.

Make an outline with black and the distress colors.

Finally, splash some black ink here and there on the card.

I hope you liked it.

And there is still time to join the challenge. 

You have a chance to win beautiful rubber stamps.

For me this is my last contribution of this year, 

So I wish you a nice end of the year party.

And see you next year.

Christmas tree hanger.

 I made a christmas tree hanger.

I used Pink ink designs stamps, ballet mouse.

And the roses from Dragons dance.

Draw the circle of half a bulb.

Stamp the mouse in the center.

Sponge with distressink bundled sage and stamp some of the twigs on top.

Stamp the roses from the Dragons dance set, 

color them with distressink victorian velvet and cut them out.

Color the mouse on thin paper.

Cut it out and stick it on the stamped mouse on the circle.

Cut out the roses and stick them on in layers with foam tape.

Now place it in the bolb and close it.

I glued a ribbon to the seam so it looks nicer.

Tie a ribbon on top and glue a rose on top.

Merry Christmas to all of you.

 

Technique tag swap with stamp friend.

Met stempel vriendin Hannie Hokke heb ik een tag swap. 

Om beurten kiezen we een techniek. 

Hannie had de laatste keer gekozen voor kleuren op kraft papier met een mandala. 

Dit is die van mij voor Hannie.

Gekleurd met Derwent colorsoft.

 I have a tag swap with stamp friend Hannie Hokke. 

We take turns choosing a technique. 

Hannie had opted for coloring on kraft paper with a mandala. 

This is mine for Hannie.

Colored with Derwent colorsoft.

Christmas tree hanger.

 Made a hanger for the christmas tree. 

Te mouse is from pink ink designs. Hooray mouse.

There is lots of glitter on it.