My Old Stamping Grounds

Nothing makes me dream more of cooler days than when the temperature goes over 90 degrees. So, sit under your air conditioner and make a few Christmas cards! Here's one idea for you: It's a simple card to stamp using Lost Coast Design's American Gothic Christmas and Party Words , but it does take some time to color in the details: Visit the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity to submit your own Christmas in July creation for this month's Challenge. 

Here's a card I just made for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity June's "Fruit, Foilage and Flower" Challenge. I used the Pieces of Calligraphy and Four Flower A stamps from Lost Coast Designs. Follow along to see how I made it: Submit your own flower-y creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize!

This month's Fruit, Flower and Foliage Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is a great excuse to create some all-ocassion cards for last-minute hostess gifts. Here's one idea: I used the Pear Square stamp from Carmen's Veranda and the Grunge Border and Pieces of Calligraphy Stamps from Lost Coast Designs. Follow along to see how I made it: Cards like these come together rather quickly because you don't need to color anything! We'd love to see your stamped creation using elements of nature. Upload your card here by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize!

This Cat and Bird Stamp along with the sentiment are new stamps for me to play with. They paired nicely for the No Bodies Here Challenge happening this month on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity . Follow along with this pictorial to see how I made this relatively simple card: If you work quickly, there's still time to submit your No Bodies Here stamped creation here by May 31. Maybe you'll win this month's prize?!?  

This month on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we're hosting a No Body Here Challenge. We hope you'll join in the fun and create a card using only stamps that feature no body parts (arms, legs, faces, etc.). Here's my take: Follow along to see how I made this card. I used the large Shrubbery and Travel Quotes stamp from Lost Coast Designs. Submit your Challenge entry here by the end of May for your chance to win a prize!

When I lived in Belgium, I was able to engage with three things I love--gnomes, mushrooms, and travel! Gnomes are imbedded in European folklore, so they are timeless images to embrace. Each Autumn I would venture into the forests in search of red mushrooms (Amanita Muscaria), something I'd never seen before in the United States. Belgium is truly land of the Smurfs! To make this card, I used patterned paper with mushroom images, the Pompom Gnome and a house, and Travel Quotes from Lost Coast Designs : The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is hosting an "Anything Goes With Gnomes" Challenge for April. Submit your gnome-y creation by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize.