The Little Pilgrim

This card was made for the current Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge:  Cute.

I made this card using the Little Pilgrim stamp and the background is the Medium Shrubbery stamp.

My background paper is made with acrylic paints, a stencil and my Gelli plate.  Paints are in shades of yellow and green.  I stamped the shrubbery background stamp directly onto this background panel with StayzOn black ink.  I then stamped my Little Pilgrim girl with black ink onto white paper and cut her out.  Her dress was colored yellow and I added some skin toned marker to her face and hands.  I affixed her to the card front, added the "blessing" saying, edged the panel in black ink, and layered with white and green panels.

Day of the Dead: Yellow and Green Skull

This ATC was made for the Lost Coast Designs "Day of the Dead" Challenge, going on in November, 2018.

I made this using the Three Small Skulls ATC stamps and the Swirls and Dots Border stamp.  

My skull was stamped onto white paper and cut out.  I colored it using yellow, green, and orange markers, then added some rhinestones and some Glossy Effects to the eyes to give them some depth.

My background is a piece created using my Gelli plate, some stencils, and some yellow and green acrylic paints.  I edged it with green ink and stamped the swirls and dots border with black ink onto the bottom edge of the ATC.  I mounted the skull atop and that's a wrap!!

Lost Coast Designs Mayan Blog Hop, Day 2

Welcome from Laurie to Day 2 of the Mayan Blog Hop.  I have a fun card to share with you using one of the Mayan Hieroglyphics set of stamps that are new to Lost Coast Designs.  

I stamped my Mayan figure directly onto some paper made with acrylic paints and my Gelli press plate with StayzOn ink.  I colored here and there with red marker to add another shade of color.

I tore around the edges and inked the torn edges with black ink.

I mounted this to another paper from my Gelli press using orange and yellow paints.  I edged that in black as well then layered it to a piece of yellow card stock.  

Hope you join us at the Mayan Blog Hop!

Lost Coast Designs Mayan Blog Hop: Day 1

Oh there are some really great new Mayan figure stamps on the Lost Coast Design website!  They come in a set and are very detailed and interesting.  We are featuring them today for our Mayan Blog Hop, and I have made a card using two of them.

I started by stamping one of the Mayan Hieroglyphics figures onto white yardstick with black ink.  I then colored the figure and his very ornate robe and "hair do" with Copic markers in shades of rust, turquoise, and dark brown.  I then fussy cut him out.  I stamped the Mayan Stele with black ink onto some orange paper and cut it out.  I didn't cut straight around the edges with my paper cutter but used a pair of small scissors and cut around all the different shaped stones that make the outer border.

I mounted the background onto some turquoise paper which was layered with white card stock and affixed my figure to the center using foam tape to raise him up a bit.  

I promise you will have a lot of fun with these stamps - they are such fun to color and decorate and make a striking finished project.

Day of The Dead Challenge

It's time for the annual November Day of the Dead Challenge at the Lost Coast Designs Portal to Creativity!

This card uses the ATC Day of the Dead Angel.

The Gecko Galz 8th Annual Blog Hop - Stop #9

Hello Everyone!

We want to welcome everyone to the Gecko Galz 8^thAnnual Blog Hop!

This is the Ninth stop on our Tricks and Treats Blog.  We have 18 AMAZING blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Gecko Galz collage sheets that we are giving you for FREE!  Each blog you visit will have another free Gecko Galz Collage sheet for you to download. The one here is “SWEET LITTLE MISS”.

Also make sure you leave a message on each blog site you visit, and on the last blog there will be a phrase that you will email to us to be entered in our drawing for a wonderful treat pack.  So sit back, relax, take your time, and enjoy the hop!

We have FOUR amazing prizes up for grabs:

*FIRST is a Gecko Galz Shopping Spree for $100

*SECOND prize is a $75 Shopping Spree

*THIRD prize is a $50 Shopping Spree

*And our GRAND PRIZE is one full year of Gecko Galz products!  This includes:

6 new collage sheets each quarter

A new stamp set each quarter

2 new paper packs each quarter

An ATC collection each quarter

And 1 Jewel It collection

This is a $150 Value!

First of all, you will need to visit all 18 blogs and leave a comment on each blog. This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs.

Collect the phrase at the end of the hop on the Fripperies and Butterflies site – there will be a link to email the phrase to Gecko Galz at Gecko Galz Email. 

This enters you in the contest.  On October 31^stwe will randomly draw the 4 winners and

email each of you. Then we will post the winning names on the Gecko Galz blog site.

For an extra chance to win make a purchase from the The Gecko Galz Etsy Store between the 26^thand 30^thof October, and your name goes in again for a better chance of winning (each purchase you make that weekend gives you another chance to win).

Created by Laurie Davis for Gecko Galz

        Created by Laurie Davis for Gecko Galz

Created by Laurie Davis for Gecko Galz

Created by Laurie Davis for Gecko Galz

Created by Laurie Davis for Gecko Galz

Now have fun visiting each blog!!

Gecko Galz

Joan Liddle Galz

Kelley Biser

Patti Fisher

Vicki Romaine

Cathy Norton

Margaret Ashby

Michele Storms

Laurie Davis

Cathy Frailey

Darlene Wright

Carole Jones

Ginny Maxam

Kasia

Gerri Herbst

Leslie Turner

Amanda Hamilton

Leanne Seed

Heather Hudson


Michele Storm

Katie Lamb


And here is your free " Sweet Little Miss" collage sheet.  


Let's see what fun things you can create!!

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EEK!!

Here is a card I made for the Lost Coast Design Cats and Dogs Challenge.  It's part of the month

long Halloween Blog Hop going on right now.

This card uses the Katzelkraft Striped Cat stamp.  It was stamped onto yellow paper with black ink then cut out.  My background is some orange striped scrapbook paper that I stenciled with a dotted stencil using black ink.  I affixed my kitty to the center of the card as shown and added a little witch's hat.  I stenciled in a couple of spiders and die cut the word "eek".  All was attached to a white card base.  Easy and fun!

Hope to see your dog and cat creations on the Portal before the Blog Hop ends on Halloween!