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More Fun Kitty

Who loves a good summer party?! This kitty sure does. This Party Cat stamp is the star of the show for this card. Paired with the More Fun sentiment stamp, it's the perfect thing to send to that friend who is the Life of the Party! Follow along with the photo tutorial to see how I made it: Whether you're a cat person or a dog person, there are loads of great stamps available on the Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda websites. We invite you to submit your Dog or Cat creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize for August's Challenge. Happy Stamping!

Joyful Dragonflies

When the September Challenge topic was introduced to me as "Inchies/Twinchies," I'll admit I had no idea what that meant. It was explained to me that the stamped design should include 1-inch, 2-inch or 1x2-inch squares. Gotcha. I found it trickier than I imagined-- a 1-inch square is REALLY tiny, especially if you have big hands like me haha. Another challenge is finding a stamp small enough to fit into a 1-inch square. I decided to take one dragonfly from the end of the Dragonflies Border stamp for my background image. The Joy stamp fit within a 1x2-inch square. Barely. Follow along to see how I created this card: I hope you'll give this type of card design a try. Sometimes what seems really simple is actually more challenging to put together than you think. And when you do, post your creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for your chance to win a prize.

Beak Careful

This card was so fun to make as part of Lost Coast Designs ' September challenge theme. This month it's all about animals! I'm using one of the new bird stamps--don't you just love his (her?) expression!? For this card I used the new bird and Brush Strokes stamps. The sentiment was inspired by a bird pun I found and typed out on my computer using the Modern Love font. Stamp out the bird with black pigment ink. Use a Brush Strokes stamp to create a background with contrasting ink or a shiny spray ink. Be sure to test the pattern on a piece of scratch paper so you don't get too heavy of an imprint. I used alcohol markers first, followed by Prismacolor pencils to get the coloring effect I liked best. I used a blending brush to add a little extra yellow highlight around the bird. And there you have it! This bird's expression lends itself to lots of fun sentiments. For a birthday: "You're How Old?!" For someone entering retirement: "Now what a...