Santa Gnome

I made this card for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity "Festive Fun" challenge that is going on for the last half of November.  I used the Pompom Gnome stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Dear Santa clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.  

I started by going through my stash of Christmas papers and selecting some in the traditional red, green and white Christmas colors.  I then cut thin strips of each paper I had chosen and glued them to a piece of white card stock.  When I was done I had a piece more than twice this size so will have some left over for another project.  I trimmed up the edges then using my sewing machine stitched around the border.  I then layered this with a white card base.

Next I stamped my gnome onto white card stock with black ink and colored his suit and hat red, his nose pink, and his shoes black.  I cut him out and glued him to my card front as shown, and then   attached a pompom to the tip of his Santa hat.  I stamped my sentiment with black ink onto white paper, and because my card is rather narrow, I reduced the size on my printer and printed out a copy which I then cut out and outlined with black ink.  I affixed this to the upper portion of my card front, and that's a wrap!

Come join the "Festive Fun" on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!

Spooktacular Florals

Hi again with another project for the current Lost Coast Portal to Creativity challenge:  Spooktacular Florals.  I made three ATCs for this, each featuring one of the DOD skulls from the 3 Small Skulls Set of rubber stamps from Lost Coast Designs.  

All three of my backgrounds are scraps of prints I have made for various projects including two Gelli prints and one stenciled print.  On the turquoise one I have used the Bubble Background stamp along both edges, and on the green and red I used the Loopy Background stamp across the whole background.

I stamped each of the three skulls onto white card stock with black ink and cut them out.  I then colored each with brighter shades of Copic Sketch Markers.  I added some bling to the eyes of all three skulls - sequins, flowers, glass pebbles, etc.  I then attached each to one of the three backgrounds I had chosen, two of which include some LCD background stamping.

I love Day of the Dead designs and colors to was excited to have a chance to use these 3 DOD skull stamps.

Spooktacular Florals: The Eyes Have It

This project is for the new Spooktacular Florals Challenge that begins today on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.

 This was made with the Large Chickenwire Background stamp on a background made with Distress Ink Sprays in shades of yellow, green and orange. The background was stamped with black StayzOn ink, just randomly here and there.

I stamped my leaf with black ink onto white card stock, and using Copic Sketch Markers, I colored it in purple, green and orange.  It took some time but was really fun - if you are one of those who likes adult coloring books, this is the stamp for you!  I cut the leaf out and adhered it to my background panel.  I then glued on some little googly eyes to make my leaf "look alive".  Final step was to layer it with a white panel.

Be sure to check out the Portal and enter your creations.  

 You could win some fabulous free rubber stamps!

Hi again with another project for the month long Halloween celebration at The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  And right now, as part of that celebration, they are featuring your favorite Halloween furry friends.

I made a tag for this project featuring one of the stamps from the Party Cat stamp set from Lost Coast Designs.  I stamped my cat onto a piece of coffee dyed paper using black ink.  Before I cut him out, I used a black marker to completely color in his party hat and added a brim on either side to make it look like a witch's hat.  Then I fussy cut him out.  

I restamped the part of his face where his eyes are onto a white paper scrap and cut that out, superimposing it over his originally stamped eyes.  I colored those eyes with a bright green marker then glued a little kitty Halloween mask over his eyes.  I hope you can see that color in his eyes on the attached photo.  

For my background, I used a Gelli print I had on hand using some orange acrylic paint and a stencil that looks a bit like a starburst.  I cut that into a tag shape and edged it with Distress Ink.  I glued my kitty witch as shown and added a gold star to his pointy hat.  

Next I used a banner die and black paper to cut a little party banner.  Using letter stickers, I spelled the word MAGIC on the banner and attached it to the upper part of my tag.  Some orange ribbon and a bunch of stars and sequins in gold and orange complete the tag.

So get out your rubber stamps and enter your Furry Friend Halloween projects for a chance to win some free stamps!  

Furry Friends Halloween

This project was made for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Furry Friends Halloween challenge and features the Circus Dog Stamp Set from Lost Coast Designs.

I stamped four of the circus dogs with black ink onto white card stock and fussy cut them out.  I have a fun collage sheet with lots of different size and shapes of witches hats so cut out four of them.

My background is a piece of Halloween scrapbook paper edged with black ink and layered with a white panel.  I glued a witch hat to each of my circus dogs and then affixed them with foam tape to my card front.  I added a bit of black trim to the top border, the word "boo" and some bats scattered about.  That's it!  Easy peasy but lots of fun.

Try you hand at entering this fun challenge for a chance to win some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and/or Carmen's Veranda!

 

Edgar Allen Poe

Hi again from Laurie with another Halloween project as part of the month long Halloween extravaganza over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  Every day a new post from one of the Design Team Members, and I'm up for today, the 12th of October.

This little card was made with the Edgar Allen Poe stamp from Carmen's Veranda and the Spiderweb Background stamp from Lost Coast Designs.

I started with a Gelli print in my box of prints that features turquoise and orange acrylic paints.  Using StazOn black ink, I stamped the spider web background and cut out my front piece. I layered this with white and turquoise panels.

Next I stamped Edgar with black ink onto white card stock and cut him out.  I colored his face with some flesh toned Copic markers and attached him to the bottom of my card front.  I looked up some Poe quotes online and found this one, which seemed to fit his melancholy expression.  I printed it, cut it out, edged in in black and affixed it as shown.

Please join us with your rubber stamped creations during this fun, fun month of October!

 These photos are of my monthly project for Ephemoire using the products list. This is a tag booklet the pages of which are envelopes made using my envelope punch board. The top flap of each envelope is cut off to create a pocket, and each pocket holds a tag. Front and back covers are made with chipboard covered in paper. http://etsy.com/shop/ephpop

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