Annie in her blue dress.

This month's challenge at Lost coast designs is "Children". I used the Birds in trees stamp and Annie. I painted the card with van Gogh watercolor paint. 

There is still time to participate in the challenge until the end of the month. 

So if you want to win new stamps.

Come on over and join the challenge. 

The challenge at Lost Coast designs is all about children.

 

Just look at that cute Teddy.

I just love him, its one of Carri's creepy dolls.

For the background card i used just one little swirl stamp from the brush strokes set.

The "Happy Birthday" is from the party words sheet.

I also used a die behind the bear and one for the Happy Birthday. 

The little hearts were applied with a stencil.

I used these inks.

Black Stazon

Versa magic,

Sea Breeze,

Key Lime,

Aquatic Splash,

Thatched Straw,

Pretty petunia,

Pink Grapefruit,

Persimmon and

Perfect Plumeria.

White gellpen.

Color pencils, purple, brown and beige.

This is how I made the card.

I folded an A5 size in half.

Smooth white paper.

Stamp all the colours twith the small swirl stamp.

Start with the light colours.

After all, it is easier to go with dark over light,

 than with light over dark.

Keep doing this until you are happy with the result.

You can leave some white open spaces, but I liked to stamp the entire surface.

Don't forget to turn the stamp every now and then.

This way, the swirls don't all point in the same direction.

Also stamp over the edges, otherwise it looks very artificial.

Stamp the bear with the black stazon.

And color the bear with the Versa Magic ink.

With the brown and beige pencil you color his face.

Give the bear some accents with the white gellpen.

Cut the bear out.

Die cut the square and the banner.

Color the edges and stencil the hearts with Pink Grapefruit

Stamp the "Happy Birthday" with the balck stazon.

Stick everything on the card with foam tape.

And what a cheerful card this has become, don't you think?

Now it's up to you, make something with a child or for a child.

Follow the link and join the challenge, you have a chance to win rubber stamps.

To avoid disappointment, you better read the rules.

Good luck, hope to see your art with the other participants of the challenge.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

I made a bookmark for the LCD/CV challenge,theme is children.

Hi , Riet here with a little tutorial for this bookmark.

I used:

The name of the girl stamp is bubbles,

The black dots and round cirkels are from the brush strokes sheet.

The words behind the girl are from the pieces of calligraphy.

The butterflys are from the butterfly set.

The word "Dream"is from the set, Misc words.

All the coloring is done with Inktense pencils.

Derwent Inktense nr:

Cadnium yellow 0210

 Tangerine 0300

Lime green 1535

Apple green1400

Malibu 1213

Iron blue 0840

Deep violet  0760

Burnt umber 1903

Skin tones:

Faber Castel - Albrecht Durer

8200-132

189

White gelpen.

Black waterproof inkpad.

Posca white for spletters or

White ink or paint for spletters.

I have to admit that it was actually a art journal page.

In the very last phase I made a big ink stain on the butterflies and the card was ruined.

I had put so much work into it and thought it was a shame to throw it away.

So I cut off the part with the stain and made a bookmark out of it.

In retrospect that was a good decision.

How to make it:

I started by stamping the girl Bubbles.

This stamp has two bubbles above her hands.

I left them off because I wanted her to grab the butterfly.

Stamp the girl on masking tape and mask her off.

Stamp the words and the 3 rings.

Let the text run a little through the rings.

Stamp only the black and white butterfly and mask it off.

Stamp the 3 butterfly's and overlap the cirkels a bit.

Start coloring the background, the cirkels and the little girl.

Stamp with black the black dots from the  brush strokes sheet.

Stamp the 3 butterflys on a thin piece off paper and color them.

Gleu them on the butterfly's and give them what accents with the white gellpen.

Cut off any excess butterflies.

Mask the girl again and spletter with the posca pen (or paint or ink).

Stamp the word "Dream" and give it some white accents.

Remove the masking tape.

Mat with a black cardstock and you ar done.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Maybe you want to join the challenge?

And have a chance to win new rubber stamps.

Stamp something with a child on it or make something for children.

As long as it is stamped and refers to the theme children.

Do your best and see you at the challenge.

Presenting the 2024/2025 Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps design team.

 

How cool is that?

No less than 3 new team members.

Aimee, Darlene and Kathi.

If you want to get to know them better, then click here.

I've seen some beautiful work from these ladies, 

so keep an eye on the Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps blog.

You can also do it via Facebook

So enjoy and have fun stamping.

Won a challenge.

 I won a challenge and this is the winning card.

Prize was this beautiful stamp.

At the Kerstmis/Christmas facebook group. 

Challenge #188 Children, at loast coast designs/Carmens veranda stamps.

 

Hi, today starts the new monthly challenge at the Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda blog.

This time I made a artjournal page.

The left side is a stencil with modeling paste and watercolor paint in purple and grey.

Stamped the right side with pieces of calligraphy and a grey ink.

And roses in a purple ink.

Stamped the text and Spike and Lucy with black ink.

Some drops of white paint on it and its readdy.

Hope you join the challenge, and maybe you ar the new winner.

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!

Vacation on the farm.

My 6-year-old granddaughter is on holiday with her parents at a farm campsite. I made her a card with farm animals. And of course the farm girl has red hair just like my granddaughter.

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!!!!!!

Christmas in July challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda

I love Christmas so much.

Decorating the house, making cards and presents.

Being together with the people you love. 

And of course all the delicacies that come with it.

I like it all.

But now over to the tutorial. 

Stamps I used:

Party words

 Large snowflake set

Each snowklake is 2inch

Goth Mistletoe 

(Apologies, the goth mistletoe is no longer available.)

What I used:

Glimmermist or any spray with mica in it.

In light green dark green and rusty orange color.

Orange/rust color embossing powder.

Distressink:

Rusty hinge

Tea dye

Vintage photo

Peeled paint

Shabby shutters

Derwent inktense pencils

Versafine onyx black

Versamark

Small tag

Banner die

How to make the card.

I started by spraying the glimmer mist.

Let this dry thoroughly with the heat tool.

Stamp the large snowflakes along the sides of the card with versamark.

Sprinkle the embossing powder on top and heatset it.

Stamp the Goth mistletoo with versafine black and color with the 3rust/brown pencils.

I made the berries and leaves green with a little distress ink Peeled paint.

With Rusty hinge, Tea dye and Vintage photo

I spunged the adges off the tag.

Cut a second tag 2mm larger on all sides

 and make the edges green with the Distress ink Peeled paint.

Die cut the banner and stamp the "Merry Christmas on it.

Color the banner green with the ink blender and Peeled paint.

Assemble the card and mat it with a matching color cardstock.

Hope you guys liked it.

And feel free to show us what you make.

Take part in the "Christmas in July" challenge.

Maybe you are the winner of this challenge.

Until next time.

This card is playing with:

Jingle belles rock.