New challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens veranda, Rock or popup card.

Hello all,

Today a very nice challenge starts at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

A rocker or popup card.

Gail, our team leader always knows how to provide us with fun challenges.

I had never made a card like this myself, but I really enjoyed doing it.

This is what I used to make this popup card.

Lost Coast Designs stamps:

Bugs,

More bugs,

Party words,

Misc words,

Brush strokes.

Distressink

Scattered straw,

Musterd seed,

Wild honey.

Stazon Timber brown,

Die of a flower,

Water based markers,

Brown Bister-ink or watercolor paint to splatter.

 Dutch doobadoo stencil chicken wire.

Brown waterprook fineliner.

I started by making some stains on the paper with Scattered straw and

Musterd seed with water on a smooth work surface.

I did two piece, one for the front of the card and one for the inside of the card.

With a stencil, I used Dutch doobadoo stencil chicken wire.

And a brush I applied Distressink Wild honey.

Now we take the Brush strokes sheet and take the stamp with the big dots.

You stamp this here and there with Distressink wild honey.

Set it aside to dry.

Make the flower with your die.

I have an open die.

So I made a blank square of paper underneath.

I sponged this with the yellow distressink.

And made splashes with the brown bistre.

I did the same on the card bases I made earlier.

Sponge the die cut with yellow and orange distressink.

With foam tape you now stick the flower on the background so that it is slightly raised.

Glue to the front of the card.

Now we stamp a lot of bees and one big bee from the

 "more bugs"sheet with the Stazon timber brown.

Color the bees and cut them out.

See for yourself where you have the bees placed on the card.

I also pasted a small piece of foam tape under these wings.

It looks like they're flying away.

Now for the popup mechanism.

Since it was my first time, I used Sam Calcott's method.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t46jbZPQag

She explains in this video how to make it.

You do need to customize it for your own card.

But it's about the technique for the popup.

Stamp a few more texts on a yellow sponged strip of paper

with the Party words and misk words.

Create a frame around the text with a brown waterproof fineliner.

Finish the card and mat with brown paper.

I hope you enjoyed it and the team would love to see your popup or rocker card join the challenge.

And maybe your card will be chosen as the winner and you will win stamps of your choice.

Joining challenges,

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-104/

https://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/180-spin-butterfly-wheel-with-h-for.html

https://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-2023-things-with-wings.html

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

https://parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com/2023/04/01/april-2023/

#162 Challenge in Black and white at Lost Coast designs.

 For the "Black and White" challenge 

  I made a real clean and simple card and framed it .

The stamp of the Elk skull is so beautiful that you can really use it alone.

This stamp comes in 3 sizes and I used the largest.

This is 5 x 6 inches and can therefore easily be framed.

I printed the stamp with Heroarts Unicorn.

There is no other ink that stamps so beautifully and clearly on black paper as this one.

Give it plenty of time to dry or dry with the heat tool.

Once dry I colored here and there with the white posca marker.

And really, that's more than enough.

The stamp is beautiful on its own.

You can of course send it as a card.

But you can also frame it like I did.

I like both.

Come and join the challenge, you still have a few days until the end of the month.

Participate and have a chance to win new stamps.

#162 Challenge at Lost Coast Designs, Black and White.

 Hello all,

At Lost Coast Designs there is now a black and white challenge.

Quite a challenge for me because I almost always work with color.

After a long time of thinking I finally managed to make a card without color.

This is what I used for this card:

Curl with curl.

Ledger background.

More bugs.

Misc words.

Versafine onyx black.

Marabu Art crayon black, 

or neocolor II or FC Gelatos will do.

Masking tape.

.Black fineliner.

How to make the card.

Stamp the moth and mask it.

Stamp the girl with curl and mask it.

Stamp the ledger stamp over the girl with curls.

Stamp a few moth stamps to fill up the background.

With the black crayon we are going to put some stripes

 on the edge of the card and around the stamp of the girl.

also a little on her cheeks.

We wipe it out with a damp finger.

With a fineliner we now put some scratched stripes and scratches on the edges of the card and around the girl.

From the Misc words sheet I take the word "Beautiful".

Stamp it and cut it out.

Use the chalk to make some shadow on it.

Matte it with black paper.

I made a white and black mat around the card.

Do you feel like participating?

You are verry welcome, 

and if you participate you have a chance to win new stamps.

That's nice right?

Click on the link and join.

Good luck and till next time.

Art journaling with a magazine picture.

Very occasionally I make a page for my art journal.

This time I followed an online workshop by Willie Duit.

Super fun to do and with the clear explanation and photos not difficult to do.

If you are interested follow this link.

https://www.bewustdoen.com/

 

Spring has Sprung challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

Wonderful, spring is finally here.

We have a nice spring challenge.

I made you a birdhouse with the Los Coast Designs stamp "Megans Christmas Bird".

Well you will think, but isn't that a Christmas stamp?

That is true, but with some adjustments you can change that.

I simply replaced the lights with blossom flowers.

So you see that you can use a stamp for several things. 

I Used:

LCD Megan's christmas bird.

LCD crackle background.

Folkart acrylic paint, toasted vanilla.

A dark brown water-based pencil, i used Derwent inktense.

Soft pink paper.

Soft green, brown and dark green paper.

colored pencils.

Distress oxide Saltwater taffy, Wilted violet and Dusty concord.

Ink on 3 pad.

Enn cutting pliers for small flowers.

Dies of a branch and leaves and a egg.

A green and purple fine line marker.

Stazon Timber brown.

White acrylic paint to splatter.

Dryed green moss.

To start, stamp Megan's christmas bird with the Ink on 3.

Color the bird as you like or as the example.

Cut out the bird and branches, but you can cut back part of the lamp.

We will glue the flowers on that later.

We are now going to paint the house, it is a nice soft yellow color that looks a bit old.

When the paint is dry, we draw lines with the dark brown inktense pencil.

These should be the wooden planks.

Go over the lines with a damp brush of water to blur them slightly.

With the crackle background,

 we stamp here and there a piece of the stamp with Stazon Timber Brown.

Now we die cut the large branch from brown paper.

We also die cut the small leaves with light and dark green.

And dont fotget the little pink blossoms. 

Use the green fineliner to draw the veins on the leaves.

And the purple fineliner for the flowers.

Glue the flowers and leaves on the branches.

Now for the egg.

Color a piece of paper with the Distress oxide Salt water taffee.

Add a layer with the wilted violet.

But smudge this a bit.

Now stamp over it with the crackle background.

Die cut now with the egg shape die.

Make the edge of the egg darker with the Distress oxide Dusty concord.

Splatter some white paint over the egg.

You can now glue everything in place.

Don't forget to add a bit of moss as a nest.

I love the spring look this little house has.

Now for the challenge, the team hopes you will join.

We are curious what you make for beautiful spring cards,

 or tags or something completely different.

It's entirely up to you, as long as it's stamped on it.

So click the link and join the fun and you might win new stamps.

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.