Rosetti with Butterfly

As we near the end of the month long challenge - Let's Fly - over on The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity, I have a card here using one of my very favorite Lost Coast stamps - Rosetti With Butterfly.  I love the Arts and Crafts movement and the art that it inspired, so this stamp is very special for me.

My image is stamped with brown ink onto a piece of vintage kraft paper that I have torn and inked the edges of.  I layered this with a black panel and layered that with a piece of vintage text from an old book.  Final step was to layer that with another black panel.

I started to add some color to this with some markers, but I really like the old look of this the way it is and decided not to do anything that would distract from the wonderful design of the stamp itself.

Be sure to get your projects posted over on the Portal by the end of March for a chance to win some free stamps!

Let's Fly: Flying Mona

 Welcome back for another project featuring the"Let's Fly" Challenge going on all month over on The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.

This one uses the Mona Flying stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Keep Calm and Sparkle clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

The base for this is a portion of a gel print I had on hand using pink and blue acrylic paints and a flower stencil.  I then layered this with a white panel.  My flying Mona is stamped with black ink onto white paper and fussy cut out.  I then restamped Mona's "dress" onto some patterned paper, cut it out, and placed it atop the original stamped image.  I colored her with some Copic Sketch Markers and glued her to the center of my card front as shown.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a white square outlined in black and affixed above Mona as seen below.

Looking forward to your "Flying" projects all during the month of March.  Who knows?  You might be the lucky winner of some free stamps!!

Let's Fly: Butterfly Square

 

Hello again with another project for the month long "Let's Fly" challenge going on over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  We hope you have been busy making your "flying" creations and sharing them on the Portal.

For this card, I used the Ledger Background stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Butterfly Square stamp from Carmen's Veranda.  Be sure to check out the large collection of square stamps at Carmen's Veranda - there are some really unusual and beautiful ones!

The background for this was created by piecing together one inch squares of a decorative background paper to create a mosaic collage.  I stamped this with black ink using the Ledger background stamp and edged it with black ink.  Using my sewing machine, I stitched around the perimeter with black thread.

The butterfly square was stamped onto a piece of a gel print I had on hand.   To stamp over paint, I used black Stayz On ink so it would dry completely.  I edged the square with black ink and positioned it as shown on the card front using foam tape.  

Want to win some free stamps?  Just enter you projects on the Portal and you could be the lucky winner!

Let's Fly: Golden Peacock

 Welcome again with another project for our "Let's Fly" challenge going on all during the month of March over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  This card was made using the Teri's Peacock stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  

The background for this is a piece of decorative tissue paper in shades of aqua, darker green, and gold.  Using a glue stick I glued it atop a scrap piece of a gelli print I had on hand that was in a really dark green color.  I edged the tissue paper with a gold marker once it was glued down and layered that with metallic gold paper and white paper.

The peacock was dry embossed with gold embossing powder onto a turquoise gelli print and fussy cut out.  I added more color with turquoise, dark blue, and purple Copic Sketch Markers.  I added a small golden crown to the top of his head to give him a really regal look.  Coloring in the feathers was a lot of fun too!

I then attached him atop the tissue paper background.

We look forward to seeing your projects for this current Challenge.  You might just be the lucky winner of some free stamps from Carmen's Veranda or Lost Coast Designs!

Let's Fly: Butterfly Lady

 Happy February 1st to all of you and welcome to the latest month long challenge over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity:  Let's Fly.

So many ways you can interpret this theme, so let your imagination run wild and share some "flying" creations with us during the month of March.

This card features the Head In Hands stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  The background is a section of a master board I created using vintage French papers.  I thought the vintage look of the collage went well with the stamp.  I layered the collage with a tan panel as well.

The image was stamped onto white paper with black ink and cut out using deckle edged scissors.  I inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and used Copic Sketch Markers to color the image.  The butterfly was colored solid blue and I used a gold gel pen to add some detail to the wings. 

The stamped image was layered with a tan panel then affixed to the center of the card front.

We are excited to see what fun things you create so be sure to post your makes over on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!

For the Men: Singing Cowboys

 It's nearing the end of the month long challenge "For The Men" on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity so you still have a little time left to get your projects posted for a chance to win some free stamps.

I've got a fun card for the challenge using the Singing Cowboys stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the 2 to 3 Glasses of Wine  clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

I started by stamping my cowboys onto a piece of white card stock with black ink and fussy cutting them out.  Next I colored them with Copic Sketch markers and a gold gel pen for some touches here and there.

My background is a page from a vintage music book.  I layered that with a black panel and edged it with Distress Vintage Photo ink.  Using some dark brown Distress liquid ink, I added some splatters randomly to the music paper.  Once dried, I adhered my cowboys to the center.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a portion of one of the old pages from the same music book.  I edged it with the same distress ink and affixed it in the lower left corner as shown.

So be sure to get your projects posted over on the Portal, and you still have a chance to be the monthly winner!

For the Men: Sherlock and Albert

 Welcome back for another fun "For The Men" project for the February monthly challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  Hope you are playing along with us and making all things "manly" with us as well.

I made a couple of tags for this one using the Sherlock and Einstein stamps (sold separately) from Carmen's Veranda.   The background for these tags is from a master board collage that I made recently.  I die cut a collaged circle from that master board for each then a slightly larger black circle to layer them.

Albert and Sherlock were stamped with black ink onto white paper, colored with Copic Sketch markers, and fussy cut out.  I positioned them in the center of my tags and added a tarnished brass eyelet to each with some decorative ribbons threaded through them.  

So simple, so fun!

Come along and join us for this Manly challenge and you just might be the lucky winner of some free stamps!

 Happy February 1st and welcome to a brand new month long challenge over on The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity:  For the Men.  Self explanatory I think??  Find your masculine, boyish, macho stamps and make something creative with them!  You could win some free stamps from Carmen's Veranda and Lost Coast Designs.

For this card I used the Three Waiters stamp and the Loopy Background stamp, both from Lost Coast Designs, and the Piece of Cake clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.

For the background, I took a square piece of vintage book paper and, using a glue stick, glued a piece of decorative decoupage paper atop it.  I then stamped that with the Loopy Background stamp using black ink.  I edged it with the same black ink.

Next I stamped my 3 waiters onto a white scrap with black ink and fussy cut it out, edging it with Distress Vintage Photo Ink.  The only color I added was some Copic Sketch Marker to their hands and faces.  I then attached them to the center of my card front.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto a white square edged in black ink and positioned as shown in the lower left corner.

We are excited to see what fun things you come up with for this newest challenge over on the Portal!

Anything Goes: Mannequins

 Hi again with another project for the "Anything Goes" challenge going on through the end of January over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  For this one, I used the Mannequin's Stamp Set from Lost Coast Designs.

I started by stamping my mannequins onto white card stock with black ink.  I then restamped them using turquoise ink onto white card stock and then cut out the corset from each one.  I glued the corsets onto each of the corresponding mannequins and finished them off with some rhinestones.  The bodies of the mannequins were colored with flesh colored Copic Sketch Markers.  I edged the panel with a turquoise marker, then layered the front panel to a gel print featuring predominantly turquoise paints.

Please be sure to get your projects posted on the Portal before the end of January for a chance to win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Anything Goes: Coat Lady

 Welcome back to all with another project for the January Challenge over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity:  Anything Goes.  For this one, I made a tag and used the Coat Lady stamp, the Pieces of Calligraphy stamp set, both from Lost Coast Designs.  The sentiment is one of the clear stamps from www.carmensveranda.com/clearstamps5all.html.

To make my tag cover, I stamped each of the calligraphy piece stamps in the set onto a copy of a master board collage I had made, then cut them out and inked the edges with Distress Vintage Photo ink.  I then created a collage using those pieces on the front of my tag, fitting them to cover the tag.  I edged that entire tag with the same Distress Ink.

My Coat Lady was stamped with black ink onto white paper and fussy cut out.  I added a bit of color to her face with Copic Sketch markers and affixed her to the left side of the tag with foam tape.

The sentiment was stamped onto a white square with black ink and edged with black marker.  I fastened it to the card front as shown and put a piece of foam tape under the right side so it would sit flat on the card front.

We are excited to see the Anything Goes projects you are making this month and hope that YOU will be the lucky winner of some free stamps!

Anything Goes: Party Cat

 Happy 2024 and welcome to a new year and a new series of fun challenges for you to participate in over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  We start the year off with an "Anything Goes" Challenge that will run all month, so you have plenty of time to post all your creative makes here on the Portal.

I'm kicking this off with a square card featuring the Singing Cat stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  This is one of the fun Katzelkraft stamps you can find on the Lost Coast Website.

This happy little guy was stamped onto white card stock with black ink, fussy cut out, and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  I added some Glossy Accents to his eyes and to his glass of champagne.  

My background is a gelli print I made using a stencil and lime green and white acrylic paints.  I stamped my cat a second time onto my background, again with black ink, then superimposed my fussy cut image atop it.  That way I was able to show the little bubbles and party streamers around this happy fella.

I added a new year's greeting then machine stitched around the perimeter with black thread.  I layered this with a black panel and it's done and dusted.

Looking forward to what you are going to show us this month - remember "Anything Goes"!!