#149 Background in focus, the new challenge at lost Coast designs.

Hello everyone, what a nice challenge to expose the background stamps.

LCD has very nice background stamps, which can ease take a leading role in your project.

Now the description of this card.

What did I use:

LCD Background stamp Gears 2 and,

 The dragonfly with Dragonfly text from the Bugs sheet.

Distress Oxide: Saltwater taffy, Peacock feathers, Bundled sage,

Crackling campfire, Ground espresso

Distressink: Vintage photo, , Antique linen, Walnut stane.

Stazon Timber brown.

Markers or color pencils.

Gold glitter for the wings.

White gel pen. 

And this is how I made the card.

Spread the 3 colors over your craft sheet and spray a little bit of water.

Pass your paper through this.

Let it dry well between colors.

     With Distress oxide Ground espresso we now stamp the background.

We repeat this with Distress oxide Crackled campfire.

Let it dry very well.

And this is what it looks like, as if the gears have rusted.

With these 3 colors you sponge the edges, starting with the lightest.

With some brown paint or ink we make some stains on the background.

Stamp the dragonfly on a clean pice of paper and on to the background.

Color the dragonfly and give the wings a little bit of gold shimmer.

Cut the dragonfly out. 

Gleu only the body on the card and make it look if it fly's away.

Make a banner with the dragonfly text the same way as the card.

Stick on with raised tape, mat the card with brown cardboard.

Now your done, hope you have fun with the card.

Now it's up to you, show your idea with a background stamp.

 Join the challenge and maybe you'll win new stamps. 

You can even enter with other brands. 

Please read the rules to avoid misunderstandings.

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# 148 Christmas in July challenge at Lost Coast Designs

 

Hi there stampers and cardmakers.

My last entry for the challenge at Lost Coast Designs and Carmens Veranda stamps.

What did I use:

LCD Megans Christmas Bird.

LCD party words.

LCD large snowflake set.

Distress ink:

Aged mahogany.

Antique linen.

Old paper.

Stazon Timber brown.

I colored with Derwent Colorsoft.

Posca white or another acrylic marker.

Cut a piece of craft paper to 12 x12 cm,

 and stamp with Megan's christmas bird with the Stazon Timber brown.

Color as you like.

Create snowflakes and details with the posca marker.

Now take white paper and run it through puddles of Antique linen and Old paper.

Stamp the edge with the large pike flake and Aged mahogany.

Stamp the Merry Christmas on a piece of background paper.

Cut or die cut it out.

Now glue everything together and you're done.

Have you made a nice card or something out of paper,

then participate and have a chance to win new rubber stamps.

There are a few rules you have to follow, you can read them here.

Good luck and you may be the lucky winner.

Click here for the challenge.

Have fun.

#148 Challenge, Christmas in July.

 

Hi there, this is a tag that is so easy to make.

I used the lovely Carmens Veranda Christmas tree stamp and the LCD Merry christmas'

 from the sheet Party words.

Spunge the tag with Distress ink Antique linen.

Stamp the tree with Stazon olive green.

Spunge the top and side with Distressink Frayed burlap.

Take a piece of acetate and smear some Distresink Rusty hinge in stripes on it,

 and spray some water on it.

Use it as a stamp on the tag.

I colored the ornaments with a orange glitter marker.

Stamped the words with Stazon olive green.

And spunged the edges with Distressink Peeled paint.

Now that was easy, wasn't it!

Make a christmas card or item with some stamping on it, 

and join oure challenge. 

There is rubber to win, so come on over and join the challenge.

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#147 Celebrate it! Challenge at Lost Coast Designs challenge blog. Come and join, its fun!!!

 Hi, today it's my turn for the "Celebrete it" challenge on the Lost Coast designs challenge blog.

I know America celebrates the 4th of July, the day America became independent.

An important holiday for Americans.

I found this manga with top hat stamp so suitable for that.

So in honor of America this card.

And here is the step by step how the card is made.

I used this:

Manga girl with top hat.

Let's celebrate from the sheet, party words.

Red glitter, I used wow glitter.

Double-sided tape.

Red, blue, skin tone, orange and yellow markers.

White pigment ink.

Stazon Midnight Blue.

Star punches in 2 sizes.

Blue, red and white paper.

I made stripes with the double sided tape.

After removing the tape protection, sprinkled the glitter on it.

I did this 2 times.

Looks so great.

I stamped the manga girl with Stazon midnight blue.

Then I colored the girl with markers.

For cutting I use both scissors and a knife.

Then I punch small and slightly larger stars from the dark blue paper.

Then I stamp the words and cut a banner.

You can do this also with white embossing powder.

I stick everything on the card with foam tape of different thicknesses.

Matte with blue, white and red.

I hope you enjoyed it and are inspired to join the challenge.

You have a chance to win some new rubber stamps.

So click the link and play with us.

#146, Lost Coast Designs challenge "Funny or Cute".

Hello stampers and crafters,

For this challenge i chose to go cute.

I found the phrase of Carmens Veranda Stamps so adoreble.

I thought they fit so well with the "Bride of Frank" stamp.

I have made for you a step by step how the card is made.

Well here we go.

What do you need:

LCD stamp, Bride of Frank.

LCD Crackle background.

CV stamp, Daisies in my hair.

Daisy punches.

Distressink Spiced marmalade, Wild honey, Fossilized amber,

 Musterd seed, Dusty concord.

Stencil of a daisy or some branches or flowers.

Versafine onyx black.

Color pencils or markers.

With the 4 colors Distressink and the crackle background stamp,

 we make the background.

Start with the lightest color and end with the darkest color.

Turn the stamp around and around to make the crackles run together nicely.

Take your stencil and a blending brush or tool,

 and ink the pattern with Distressink Wild honey.

Stamp with Versafine onyx black Franks bride.

With a blending tool you now apply Distressink Dusty Concord to the outsides of the card.

Well in the first picture it looks black, but it is really done with Dusty Concord.

Stamp the CV prase with black.

Cut out the sentences.

Color the edges with an ink blending tool with Disterssink Spiced Marmelde.

Take a piece of white paper and stamp Franks bride, color her with your markers or pencils.

Punch out your daisies and color the hearts yellow.

Now glue everything in place and your done.

I had great fun making this card,

I hope you do to.

The team would love it if you join the challenge.

Make something using stamps.

These may also be other brands, 

but you have a better chance of winning with an LCD or CV stamp on your work.

Read the rules first to avoid disappointment.

I wish you much success and a lot of fun.

Its a tropical theme for the challenge at Lost Coast designs.

Hi there, Riet here.

Today its my turn to post for the LCD challenge with a tropical theme.

I made a card with the pineapple and the Carmen dog from Carmens Veranda. 

The background is made with the crackle background stamp from LCD,

 and the text is a sheet of party words from Lost Coast Designs.

I colored it with Van Gogh watercolors. 

And stamped with stazon jet black.

I used Distressink Iced Spruce for the background.

I started stamping the dog.

I masked it, then stamped it with the pineapple.

I colored the pineapple and dog with watercolor paint. 

But you can use anything you want, pencils or markers wil be fine to.

When that was dry I masked the dog and pineapple again.

And with the distressink and the crackle background i stamped the background.

I used a small piece of the stamp for this and filled the background.

I shaded with a bit of black watercolor,

and i glued some little juwells on her ears and dress.

On a small piece of paper I stamped the text with stazon jet black.

 I marked the text with pink paint.

I also glued 2 small gems on it.

I increased the text with some 3d tape.

Glue the card with some pink and black cardstock and you're done.

Thanks for stopping by.

I would love to see your art in the challenge.

And maybe you are the lucky one to win a prize.

Please read the rules first.

Until next time, goodbey for now.

Untill next time.

#145 Its a tropical challenge at Lost Coast designs.

Today the new challenge starts at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

The theme this time is "Tropical".

And that's a nice theme with summer just around the corner.

I chose to make a card with the large pineapple stamp from Carmens Veranda. 

And the text "Dont worry, be happy" is from LCD, it is a sheet with all kinds of texts.

I started with a watercolor paper in slimline format.

I stamped the stamp with versamark and clear embossing powder.

Then I taped the paper with tape that is easy to remove.

And now I started coloring with the ink.

The green hues for the leaves and the yellow and orange for the pineapple.

With brown bistre grains I made a brown ink with water.

And that applied here and there on the pineapple.

While everything is drying, cut a mask from the pineapple stamp.

With pink and purple tones I have splashed a lot.

After splashing, go over it with a wet brush.

Once everything has dried, you can carefully remove the tape.

Stamp the text with versamark gingerbread and spread a little along the edges.

Glue the card to a mat and glue the text on as well.

That's it for this time.

I would say, make something fun with this theme and you can also use other brands of stamps to join the challenge. You have a chance to win stamps of good rubber quality.