"AUDities" tag book - Lost Coast Designs New Stamps Release!

Hello Everyone!
We're kicking off our 2017 events over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's event and challenge blog with a New Stamps Release!

We are super excited to be adding these quirky new designs to our rubber stamp collections:
a set of 9 AUD Creatures joins our Lost Coast Designs Isle of Aud line and a Matador Monkey and two puppets called Kukla and Ollie join Carmen's Veranda!  Pop on over to LCPtoC to see these newbies in action!

  Using 5 of the 9 new AUD Creatures I made an "AUDities" tag book!
The tags are held together in book form with a nut and bolt and I plan to add more tag pages throughout the year!

  

I started off with 3 large white shipping tags I got from A Stamp In The Hand and applied colour using Nuance powders and a Tim Holtz water spritzer.  The AUD Creatures were all stamped with black Archival ink and then masked with Pebeo masking fluid.  I then stamped the Large Perspective Grid stamp in Peeled Paint Distress ink onto each tag.  The large grid stamp was a bit smaller than the largest tag so I drew in the grid lines with a Peeled Paint Distress Marker.  I stamped the text "Isle of AUD" using Old Typewriter Capitals only and the Old Typewriter Alphabet that consists of smaller upper and lowercase letters (plus numbers).  I fussy cut out the letters and adhered them to the cover tag with a glue stick.  I then cut the right hand edge of all 3 tags so create the staggered effect once the tag book is closed.  To make the colours on the AUD Creatures stand out more from the background I applied a thin coat of Triple Thick gloss to them with a paint brush after removing the masking fluid of course!  You can't really tell in the photos but the gloss coat deepens the colours and makes them richer and pop out more from the background.  I then edged each tag with a black marker and assembled the tag book.  This was so much fun to make!

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"7 Gates to Purgatory" Day 1 of 31 Days of Halloween project for Lost Coast Designs!

Wooohoooo it's OCTOBER and you know what that means!
 The most anticipated blog hop of the year is finally here and Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is participating as a Wicked Blogger again!  Thanks Terra for hosting again for us this year!
Hop on over and join in the fun, there's lots to do and see all month long!

The votive candle glow represents the Cleansing Fire of Purification

We are also excited to unveil our clawesome NEW STAMPS today over at the Lost Coast Designs store.  Dash on over and add them to your collections!  The LCDesigners will be featuring them all month long and my project today features that coffin skellie, RIP!

TA DAAAAAA!  Our New Stamps to die for!

Day 1 of 31 DAYS of HALLOWEEN!
"7 GATES to PURGATORY"

 I'm kicking off the proceedings today over at LCPtoC with my altered wooden container that was a match made in Heaven Hell to feature our New Release Stamp RIP!

Here it is in all it's colourful crackled glory with skull beads for feet

The geometric sides of the container are actually coffin shaped and it has seven sides so I could not resist the Seven Deadly Sins theme.  All the text was computer generated and coloured with a metallic gold gel pen.  Mark your calendars for October 17th and pop on over to Lost Coaster's Review for more info on how I made my project!  I hope you will join me ;0)

Seven Deadly Sins:  Envy, Gluttony and Lust

Seven Deadly Sins:  Wrath, Sloth, Greed and Pride

Challenge #29 - SCARY or WEIRD

Our monthly challenge for October also started today...a few days early and will end a few days later on Oct 31st!  We're giving everyone lots more time to play with us this month and have TWO PRIZES up for grabs!

Thanks for stopping by to see my project!

I've entered this one on these challenges:


Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles *

"Be Funky" - Lost Coast Designs News Stamp Showcase Day 4!

Howzit Everyone!

We've been showcasing all the latest additions to the Lost Coast Designs stamp catalogue over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this week and today is the finale!

 For Day 4 of the Showcase we are featuring the newest addition to our Cracked Critter family, FLYING CRACKED BIRD, plus our popular combined Winged Girl Shrine is now available as two separate stamps, WINGED GIRL NS and CALLIGRAPHY SHRINE!

For this one I featured Flying Cracked Bird with Flagtone Background, Crackle Background and  Misc Words.  I used Prismacolor pencils on this fun and jazzy card.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!

Happy Stamping and have a great weekend!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles * Rick St Dennis EDT *

Zentangle Creature Cards - Lost Coast Designs News Stamp Showcase Day 3!

Howzit Everyone!

We're showcasing all the latest additions to the Lost Coast Designs stamp catalogue over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this week!

For Day 3 of the Showcase we featured our new ZENTANGLE CREATURES and I made two square cards and again went with the traditional Zentangle style of black and white with shading done with a graphite pencil.

 For this one I used Zentangle Square One with Zentangle Checker Fish because all the circles reminded me of bubbles in water.

For this one I used Zentangle Square Two with Zentangle Cat because the swirled pattern reminded me of a ball of wool (yarn) and I added in some squiggly lines too.

Thanks for stopping by to see my projects today!
Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles * Rick St Dennis EDT *

Whimsical Bird Gift Card Holder - Lost Coast Designs New Stamps Showcase Day 1

Howzit Everyone!
We're showcasing all the latest additions to the Lost Coast Designs stamp catalogue over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity this week!

Yesterday we featured our new adorable birdies, WHIMSICAL BIRDS by Doris Arndt

I was thinking along the lines of when you need ideas for a group gift so I made a masculine themed gift card holder that makes giving a gift card from the mom, wife and kids to that special man so much more fun! 

I used Lost Coast Designs large Whimsical Frankie bird for my focal image and to mirror the spots on Frankie I used Carmen's Veranda White Dominoes on the background mat.  The text is from Lost Coast Designs large collection of Misc Words.

The colouring on the Bird die cut panel is a combo of Copics and Derwent pastel pencils.  I mirrored the shape of the Spellbinders die cut on the gift card cover and on the pocket inside.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!
Happy Stamping!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * The East Wind * Delicious Doodles * Rick St Dennis EDT *

Finale of our Lost Coast Designs New Stamp Showcase - Watercoloured Floral cards

Howzit Friends!

I've been having a blast with my fellow Lost Coast Designs DT members over on our Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Blog for the last 2 weeks showing off our new Lost Coast Designs stamps with a "New Stamps Showcase" event!  We hope you have enjoyed and been inspired by our projects every day!  If you've missed the fun then pop on over and start on Day 1 and also check out our NEW IMAGES at Lost Coast Designs, they are so freaking awesome you're going to want them all!

We are giving away one of our new stamps!  Visit and comment on all the New Stamp Showcase posts from January 18 through to today and let us know what you think of our featured projects.  Readers who comment every day of the event and then tell us today which new stamp is their favourite will be entered into a random draw to win their fave new stamp!!!!
I will announce the winner on Wednesday, Feb 3rd, so you've got time to catch up!  

For the finale today I'm sharing a trio of single stemmed floral cards. 
I used the following new Lost Coast Designs stamps:
Open Rose, Tulip, Doodle Flowers and Misc Words as well as the Little Diamonds background.

I made 3 fussy cut floral cards, 2 tall and skinny plus 1 small gift card, using the Distress Inks watercolour technique.  The flowers were stamped on watercolour paper with black Versafine ink and coloured with Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss and Mustard Seed Distress Inks. 

I made the tall and skinny folded card bases from white cardstock and stamped those with the Doodle Flowers in Mustard Seed DI.  I then cut away the entire right hand side of all 3 cards.

Transform them with single "word" sentiments!
 The photo below shows them closed with the diamond stamped interiors now visible in the cut outs making the front and insides all part of the overall design.  I used Sage VersaMagic ink to stamp the interiors but first I stamped onto scrap paper to remove some ink for a more distressed effect.

Thanks for visiting with me today, now don't forget to pop by all the New Stamps Showcase posts starting from the January 18 post and leave us lots of love for the chance to win your fave new stamp!
Are you ready?  GO! ;0)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Rick St Dennis EDT * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * Forever Dark *

Tag Art for Day 1 of Lost Coast Designs "New Stamps Showcase" event!

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and are bright eyed and bushy tailed and in the mood for awesome LCDesigner inspiration coz we're having a 2 week long New Stamp Showcase over at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Lost Coast Designs added some fabulous new stamps to the LCD catalogue in December.  If you haven't seen them yet then pop on over and check out our NEW IMAGES page, they are so freaking awesome, you're going to want them all!  

We, the LCDesigners, are featuring the new stamps every day for the next 2 weeks so become a follower of our fun Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Blog and enjoy our daily offerings!

Would you like to win one of our new stamps?  Let us know what you think of our featured project(s) each day and then on the last day of the event tell us which new stamp is your favourite!  Readers who leave us love every day will be entered into a random draw to win their fave new stamp!  Awesome right ;0) 

I'm kicking off Day 1 of the New Stamps Showcase with two Tag Art projects, here's just a peek so please pop on over to my Day 1 post to see them both in detail. 

"Goodbye 2015"

"Happy New Year 2016"

Also, starting tomorrow, I'm hosting an Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day blog hop!

The hop starts on January 19 at 9am PST and because it's spur of the moment this will be a progressive hop spanning over 5 days and you can join the hop at any time, no need to sign up!  You have until midnight PST on January 23 to join the fun! 

 

 

Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda are sponsoring this hop but All stamps of Poe and related imagery by other companies can be used and one participating blog will be randomly selected to win a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV!  Click HERE for all the details on how to play and grab the Blog Roll Inlinkz code to include in your blog post.

Thanks for stopping by and see you tomorrow for some Poe Appreciation!  Now pop on over to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and enjoy our News Stamps Showcase event!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Smeared Ink * Lost Coast Designs * Carmen's Veranda * Forever Dark *