Hi again with a tag I made for the current "Face On" Challenge going on through the end of August on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.   I used the Ancient Woman #4 tag stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  There is a whole series of these ancient woman portrait stamps at Lost Coast, and I love all of them!

I stamped my Ancient Woman onto a piece of cardboard, then trimmed the top to a tag shape, including punching a hole for some ribbon or twine.  Next I took a piece of cream and black scrapbook paper and pleated it, then stitched across it with a zig zag stitch.  I edged it, and the tag, with some Vintage Photo Distress ink to age them both, and tied a piece of twine around the pleated paper.  I then glued this to the bottom of my tag.

I finished my tag off with some light brown and black seam binding ribbon through the hole in the top along with an aged bronze charm.

Please come join this fun challenge, featuring "face" stamps - you could win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Girl With A Curl

I used the Girl With A Curl stamp from Lost Coast Designs for this card for the current challenge on The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  I stamped this lovely lady using black ink onto a square piece of white card stock and colored her using Copic Sketch markers.  Next I cut a piece of a Gelli print featuring blue and green acrylic paints into a square-ish shape, larger than my stamped image.  Using a square die cut, I cut a square into the center of the print and attached my stamped image to the back side of the print so the face is showing through the square "hole" in the front of the card.  I edged the square with some gold foil stickers and layered this with another piece of white card stock.

I do hope you will join us for this latest challenge.  Don't forget to feature rubber stamping on your projects for a chance to win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!!

Goth Butterfly

I have a card here that I made for the latest challenge on The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, which is "Neon Colors".  I am not at all a fan of bright neon colors so this was a real stretch for me!

For this card, I used the Goth Butterfly stamp from Lost Coast Designs.

I started by grabbing my box full of Gelli prints and selecting some with some neon and bright colors in them.  I cut pieces in strips and arranged them on a 5 1/2 by 5 1/2 piece of card stock.  I trimmed all the edges neatly then layered this with a plain piece of white card stock.

I stamped my Goth Butterfly with black ink onto white paper and using Copic Sketch markers colored it in using neon and bright colors.  I used a pale lavender for the background and squared it off, then trimmed it to leave a small white border.  I positioned this right in the center of my background piece and glued it in place.

Come join this challenge for a chance to win some free stamps.  Be sure to feature some rubber stamping in your projects (no digital stamps please).