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The Right Kind of Weird

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 Here's a card I made for the Lost Coast Designs March Challenge: Kids/Funny! The bright colors, fun glitter and funny sentiment would be great for the pre-teen in your life. And since many of us consider ourselves young at heart, then it's basically a great card for anyone! I used the Yoga Cat 9 , Silly Gnome , Brush Stokes and Right Kind of Weird stamps to put this together. Follow along with these photos to learn how it was made: This is a great challenge for building up a card stash to send to the young people in your life. Who doesn't love some fun Snail Mail?!? Upload your stamped creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for your chance to win a prize. Entries due by the end of the month. 
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Holiday Tag

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 It's Christmas in July! Here's a gift tag idea for the upcoming holiday season. I had fun experimenting with a color combination I've not tried before. Who says Christmas colors are only red and green?!  I used the Mini Snowflake set and Pieces of Calligraphy stamps to complete this project. Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I created it! There's still about a week left to participate in Lost Coast Design's July Challenge . Upload your Christmas in July project to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for your chance to win a prize. 
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Christmas Kitty

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It's a bit strange to be making Christmas cards in July, especially when it's 100 degrees outside! But if you're someone who likes to plan ahead for the holidays, now probably isn't too soon to start thinking about what special cards you'd like to make for loved ones. Here's one idea for you: This card uses the Angel Cat , Brush Strokes , and Party Words stamps. Have fun making the background in whatever color inks and patterns strike your fancy! Here's a step by step explanation of what I did: We'd love to have you join in July's Christmas Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity ! Submit your creation by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize. Good luck!
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Expand Your Horizons

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There's just a few more days to submit your creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's June Challenge: Lemon/Lime or Terra Cotta/Turquoise Color Scheme. Here's a simple creation where the colors keep it fresh and clean looking: I used a Mother Goose People stamp and a sentiment from Travel Quotes . Wouldn't flying on a goose be an exciting way to get around? Maybe a bit terrifying, too, haha. Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I made the card: Join in the fun and maybe you'll win a prize! Good luck. And happy stamping. 
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Butterfly Reminder

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Who remembers those fluttery feelings when the person we have a crush on shows interest in us? I'm lucky enough to still feel butterflies when my husband catches my eye from across the room. This card is in honor of that! The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is hosting a June challenge with a choice of two color schemes: Lemon/Lime and Turquoise/Terra Cotta. I used the Large Flourish stamp from Lost Coast Designs and the Butterfly Reminder sentiment from Carmen's Veranda . Follow along with this photo tuturial see how I put it together: You have until the end of June to submit a stamped entry using the two color themes for this month's challenge. Have fun! And happy stamping.
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Bloom Where You're Planted

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This month on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity we're celebrating children! I invite you to look through  your stamps that contain a child's image and create something to submit to the May Challenge. Since I only have one stamp with the image of a child, I thought I'd try to use it in a new and different way: For this card I used the Princess of Everything stamp and one stamp from the Pieces of Calligraphy set. Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how I put it together: Now it's YOUR turn! Stamp out something with a child's image and submit to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by the end of May for your chance to win a prize. Go for it!
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Princess of Everything

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This month we're celebrating kids and humor for the Lost Coast Designs May Challenge. Who hasn't had a day where they thought being the Princess of Everything might be pretty nice?! This Princess of Everything stamp has a lot of fine details to it, so I felt it best to mount it onto a foam cushion to make sure everything stamped out perfectly. Good news! You can purchase this material to adhere to your unmounted rubber stamps on the Lost Coast Designs website. Follow along with this photo tutorial on how I created this card: There's nearly a full month remaining for you to submit your Kids/Humor creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Go for it! You might even win this month's prize. 
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