I had a gorjuss swap with a friend.

I had a swap with a stamping friend, Hannie Hokke.

We both had the same stamp from Gorjuss.

So we agreed to do a swap with the stamp.

I got a beautiful accordion card from her with different elaborations of the stamp.

And I made a sea scene with watercolor paint.

I am woman, is the new monthly challenge at Lost Coast designs.

 

For the opening of the new challenge I used these stamps.

LCD Ballerina 1

LCD Daisy florish

CV Be a girl with a mind.

I have made a background with brusho and a stencil.

Then stamped the stamps with a black waterresistent ink.

And did some coloring with markers.

Would you like to enter this challenge?

You can even enter with other brands, as long as you use stamps.

(read the rules here).

If you win you will be rewarded with new rubber of your own choice.

So join us and make something with a woman or something feminine.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE.

The challenge at Lost Coast designs is, Fruit, Flowers and Foliage.

Hi there, here is a tutorial for this slimline card.

I just love the pineapple stamp.

He's a whopping 6 inches/15 centimeters.

And so much fun to color.

What I used for this card.

Carmens Veranda Pineapple 

LCD Misc words.

Inktense pencils

Distress oxide,

Peacock Feathers.

Distress ink,

Wild Honey,

Iced Spruce,

Twisted Citron,

Peacock feathers.

Black waterproof inkpad.

Foamtape

Stencil with tropical leaves.

Yellow Posca marker.

Brayer.

Use the brayer to apply the four colours distressink,

Wild Honey,

Iced Spruce,

Twisted Citron,

Peacock feathers to the paper.

Take a stencil with tropical leaves and the Distress oxide Peacock feathers, 

we stencil the bottom half of the paper. 

And also the two top corners.

I also stenciled a line along the open areas with very small flowers.

While the leaves are drying we stamp the pineapple with black waterproof ink.

I colored the pineapple with Derwent inktense pencils, 

but you can also use other pencils or markers.

On a strip of leftover paper, stamp the text.

Sponge some small flowers.

Distress the edges with Distress Oxide peacock feathers.

Finish with a black background.

With the yellow Posca marker you make a yellow dot in the little flowers.

Now you can stick all the parts on the background with foam tape.

And glue a black background underneath.

That's it for this time.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Did you also make something with fruit, flowers or/and foliage?

Then feel free to join our challenge.

Click on the link and voila, you're there.

You can join with all brands of stamps.

It doesn't necessarily have to be stamped with LCD or CV stamps.

Read the rules first, then you avoid disappointment.

Hope to see you there, until next time.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Red roses for Frida Kalho. Challenge at Lost Coast designs, Fruit, Flowers and Foliage.

 The challenge at Lost Coast designs is, Fruit, Flowers and Foliage.

Stamps I used.

LCD Mini Frida collage

LCD Daisy florish

CV Open rose.

Versafine Onyx black

Color pencils, Green and red

Fine-Tec 1240 pearlescent

White gelpen

Masking tape

I started with stamping the Frida collage and 1 rose.

Mask them off.

Stamp the rose two more times in different lengths.

Mask the roses.

Stamp the florisches.

Color the roses.

Paint the pearlescent on the rose petals, but not the entire petal.

Do the same with the Frida collage stamp.

It's a shame that you cant see the shine on the photo, 

because it is very pretty in real life.

I would love it if you would show your fruit, flowers or foliage makes.

You can do that if you join the challenge of Lost Coast Designs.

You don't even have to use the stamps of Lost Coast Designs.

As long as you stamp on your project.

You also have a chance to win new rubber stamps.

So join and have a chance.

The rules.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

A flower pinwheel for the DT post at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps

Hello, today I made a pinwheel on the We R Makers pinwheel punch board. 

Its for the "Fruit, Flowers and Foliage" challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

I used:

LCD Doodle flowers.

LCD Crackle background.

Versafine onyx black.

White gellypen.

Derwent colorsoft pencils.

I made a 7 inch pinwheel.

With a pinwheel you have 4 surfaces to stamp.

With the help of a stamp platform and some cover paper you can stamp each sheet separately.

The other side of the pinwheel can be stamped in one go.

Use the crackle background for this.

Color the flowers as you like.

Give the flowers some accents with the white gellypen.

Put the pinwheel on a stick and start spinning. Isn't that fun?

Come and join us at the "Fruit, Flowers and Foliage" challenge at Lost Coast Designs.

There are free stamps to win, and you can join with all stamp brands.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE.

Gastdesigner bij Kaartjes inspiratie challenges blog. Thema stencils.

 

Hello, today I have a card for the Kaartjes Inspiratie challenges blog/facebook.

Being a guest designer there, so much fun to do.

The subject for the challenge is stencil/mask.

The stencil I used is from Studio Light, Floral pattern.

And the stamp is from AALL&Create #614.

The ink is Distress Oxide, Picked raspberry and Wilted violet.

For coloring I used Derwent Intense pencils.

Also some pearls and glitter to decorate and some washi tape.

That was it for this time.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Bright and cheerful challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps. Peek a Boo slider card.

Hi there stampers and cardmakers, Riet here.

I absolutely love the new animals from Lost Coast Designs.

There are 9 in total in the catagory new.

This is the Pokey Mouse and the Pokey cat.

I also used the bubbles background stamp,

and the Party words sheet.

The peek-a-boo slider card is made with a die set from Studio Light.

Studio light number SL-ES-CD929

Color pencils, I used Derwent Colorsoft.

Did you like this slider card?

The team would love to see what you can make

 for the "Bright and Cheerful" challenge.

Feel free to join, and maybe you wil be the new winner of rubberstamps of your choice.

You can find the rules by clicking here!

RULES

GO TO THE CHALLENGE:

I made a bright and cheerful bookmark.

 

This bookmark is so bright and cheerfull, 

and that is also the new challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

This is what I used for this bookmark.

Pope clown.

Just faces set.

Me to you embossingfolder.

Balloon die.

Distress Oxide,

Kitch Flamingo,

Musterd seed,

Twisted citron,

Lucky clover,

Peacock feathers,

Wilted violet.

Distressink,

Musterd seed,

Spiced marmelade.

4 colors acrylic spray paint.

Blue, turqoise, green and purple.

Versafine onyx black

Stazon saddle brown.

White smooth paper 6x20cm / 2,3x7,8inch.

Paper for the balloon and  Pope clown.

Black cardstock.

Color pencils or markers.

White gell pen.

How to make the bookmark.

Make spots that blend into each other with the 6 Distress oxide colours.

Let dry well.

Spray the acrylic paint onto the distress oxide.

Embos the left side of the bookmark.

Lightly sand the embossing areas with a sanding block.

Stamp the clown with the Versafine onyx black.

Color and cut him out.

Use the white gell pen for some accents.

Die cut the balloon and color it with de distressink.

Stamp the moon face with the Stazon sadle brown.

Color the eyes with the white gell pen.

Mat the card with the black cardstock and glue the clown and balloon in place.

Maybe you can make something with the Bright and Cheerful theme.

Then join the challenge and maybe you'll be the next winner.

Hope to see your work at the challenge.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!

Happy New year!!!!!!! And its the start of a new challenge at Lost Coast designs/Carmens Veranda stamps.

 Hello everyone, well that was a party yesterday 

with a big bang.

And so I wish you all a happy new year.

And here is my first card of this new year 2025.

The stamps I used;

Cari's old woman, party on.

Party words.

Long swirl.

For the background of this card I used 

Nuvo shimmer powder Cherry bomb and Atlantish burst.

And cut the paper after drying to 10cm x10cm.

On a thin paper I stamped Cari's old woman.

Colored her with pencils and glued her on the card.

Stamped the party words and the long swirl with black ink.

I used a black marker to make a border around the card.

Then I glued the card onto a double 15cm x 15cm white card.

10cm = 3,94 inch

15cm = 5,91 inch

That's it for today.

I hope to see you a lot in the LCD/CV challenge this year.

And maybe you'll win a prize in one (or more) of the challenges.

Until next time.

Go to the challenge:

Please read the updated Challenge Rules to ensure your entries qualify to win this month's prize!
You are welcome to play in our Challenges using rubber stamp images from any company but if you use any of our Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps...we love it when you do...then you could win a bigger prize in our random prize drawing.  All winners get our snazzy Challenge Winner's Badge to proudly display on their blogs!