31 Days of Halloween: Day 30: I Caught A Spider!

Here we are almost at the end of October and just about at the end of the 31 Days of Halloween challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  What a blast it has been for all of us, creating so many Halloween themed projects!  This one features the Katzelkraft Striped Cat stamp from Lost Coast Designs.

My base for this card is a piece of corrugated cardboard that I have distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  My next layer is a piece of homemade paper that I ran through an embossing folder with a Halloween theme - unfortunately my Striped Cat sits right in the middle, covering up the skeleton's head underneath!  I tore around the edges then rubbed the surface with the same Vintage Photo ink to really bring out the raised effect of the embossing.  I stitched around the border with my sewing machine as a finishing touch and glued it to my piece of cardboard.

My cat was stamped onto a piece of decorative scrapbook paper and fussy cut out.  I re-stamped his head onto white card stock and cut out his eyes and glued them atop the original stamped image.  I affixed him with some foam tape for some dimension and gave him a witch's hat and a google eyed spider to hold up in his paw.  That's it!  Pretty simple but lots of fun.

Please be sure to join us before the month is over for a chance to win some free stamps by submitting your stamped Halloween themed projects here on the Portal!

Day 25 of the 31 Days of Halloween: Tis Near Halloween

I'm back with another Halloween project for the 31 Days of Halloween on The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  We have all had such fun this month making Halloween goodies for with our Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda stamps.  I hope you are stamping along with us and entering your projects on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps.

This card was made with one of the cats from the Party Cat Stamp Set stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Witches Go Riding clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.  I also used touches of the Idinkera background stamp randomly.  My background is a Gelli print I had on hand with some touches of yellow and gold acrylic paints and an impression plate with letters and numbers in it. 

I stamped my cat onto orange card stock with black ink and fussy cut him out.  I punched a set of bat wings from a paper punch I have and attached those to his back.  The witch's hat is from a collage sheet I have on hand with witch hats in all shapes and sizes.  I added some google eyes to him with a couple of dots of glue, then attached him to the front of my card as shown.  

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto white card stock then reduced in size to 80% so it would fit better.  I outlined it with black ink and positioned it as shown.  And that's it!

We look forward to seeing all your fun Halloween creations before the end of October!

Day 19 of 31 Days of Halloween: The Evil Eye Sees You

 

I'm back again with a tag for the 19th day of the 31 Days of Halloween challenge going on through the end of October on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  I hope you are all having a lot of fun creating projects for this great annual challenge!

For this tag I used the Evil Eye stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Cheesecloth background stamp, also from Lost Coast.  My background is a piece of a Gelli print I had on hand that I did atop some vintage book pages using orange and green paints.  Using black StayzOn ink, I added  little touches of the Cheesecloth background stamp here and there.

I stamped my Evil Eye creature onto white card stock with black ink and fussy cut him out.  I colored him with Copic Sketch Markers in colors to kind of coordinate with the colors in my background.  I attached him with foam tape so he stands out a bit from the background.  Finishing touch were some pieces of black, green, and yellow seam binding tied at the top.

You still have lots of time left to join us for the super fun challenge!  Can't wait to see what you are all making!

Free stamps for the lucky winner!

The Raven

The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity has a fun challenge going on for the entire month of October -  the 31 Days of Halloween!  There will be a new project every day this month with a Halloween theme - the Design Team loves this month, and we go all out!  Please join us with your Halloween projects featuring rubber stamping for a chance to win some awesome stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.

I've got a spooky card for this 2nd day of October made with the M Raven 2 stamp and the Grunge Tree background stamp, both from Lost Coast Designs.

I started by creating my background page.  For this I used three colors of Distress Oxide Inks, spraying some of each color on my craft mat and spritzing them all with a bit of water.  I took my white card stock and dabbed and dragged it through the colors letting them drip and run until I was happy with the result.  I was going for a dark and spooky look with this one.

I stamped the Grunge Tree background onto my inked up page using black ink and cut around the edges with some deckled scissors to give it a rough look.  I layered that with a piece of black handmade paper with rough torn edges.

Next I stamped my raven onto a piece of off white card stock using black ink.  I colored him with gray Copic Sketch markers and added a bit of white and darker black to his eye.  I colored the branch he is perched on with dark brown.  I affixed this to the lower right of my card front as shown.

Please join us for the Halloween fun all this month!  We are excited to see what spooking projects you can create!

31 Days of Halloween: Day 8: Goth Shrine

I'm up again on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity with another Halloween project.  I hope you are following along on the Portal and getting inspired by our Halloween projects that are appearing each day of the month of October.

For today, I have what I call a 3 x 5 index card - a fun size to make that's a bit larger than an ATC and also makes for good journaling cards in your journals.  This one features the R.I.P. stamp and the Goth Shrine ATC sized stamp, both from Lost Coast Designs.  If you like the smaller Goth Shrine, there is a larger 5" version as well.

For my background I chose a piece of striped Halloween card stock and cut it to my 3 x 5 size.  Next step was to take some decorative tissue paper and glue it atop my card using Modge Podge.  Once it was dry, I added another layer of Modge Podge to seal it.

I stamped my Goth shrine with black ink onto some cream card stock and fussy cut it out.  Using Copic Sketch markers I colored in the shrine.  I used a 1 3/8" circle punch to punch out the center.

I then stamped a portion of the R.I.P. stamp onto the same card stock and punched out a 1 3/8" circle from my stamped image.  I cut a piece of clear acrylic slightly larger than my circle and affixed it behind my shrine.  I then positioned the circle stamped image behind that and taped it in place, so it looks like a little window.

I colored the shrine with my markers and attached it to the front of my index card with foam tape.  And that's a wrap!

We can't wait to see your Halloween projects so please share them here on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!  Don't forget to use rubber stamping in your projects.

31 Days of Halloween: Day #2: Which Witch?

 

Over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity  the whole month of October there is a Halloween challenge going on called "The 31 Days of Halloween". There will be a new project every day this month with a Halloween theme - the Design Team loves this month, and we go all out!  Please join us with your Halloween projects featuring rubber stamping for a chance to win some awesome stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.

I have a little ATC here for you, featuring the Gnome Witch with Stars stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  This is one of the fun, new gnome stamps available at LCD, so be sure to check them out as each one is cuter than the one before!

My background for this was created with Distress Oxide spray inks in shades of blue, green and yellow.  I sprayed my paper with water first then sprayed my colors kind of randomly and let them drip and run together.  After drying the inks, and using the same blue Oxide ink, I sprayed some on my craft mat and dipped a rubber stamp into the ink and used it to stamp on my background.  I zig zag stitched along the right side with black thread and outlined the whole ATC in black ink.

My witch was stamped with black ink onto white card stock and colored with Copic Sketch markers as shown.  I glued a few silver sequin stars onto her robe and colored the star on her wand with a gold pen.

She was then glued to the ATC front as shown and done!

We can't wait to see your Halloween creations so please be sure to enter them on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!!