My Old Stamping Grounds

 Here's a tag I created for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's "Make It Funny" March Challenge: I used the Smile and Fart stamp from Carmen's Veranda , and the Four Flowers , Brush Strokes and Grunge Border from Lost Coast Designs . Here's how I put it together: Do you have a funny stamp that cracks you up every time? If so, share your creation on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by the end of the month for your chance to win a prize.

 I lived in Belgium for five years, and yes, I have eaten chocolate for breakfast more than once! Follow along with this pictorial to see how I made this card using the Breakfast Chocolate sentiment from Carmen's Veranda and the Brush Strokes and Pieces of Calligraphy stamps from Lost Coast Designs. The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is hosting a "Make It Funny" Challenge for March. We'd love to see YOUR creation. If you win, you'll get a prize, and then maybe you can reward yourself with some chocolate!

I LOVE making gift tags. They may be smaller in size, but that doesn't mean they can't have a big impact! With ribbons, embossing, 3-D butterfly sticker wings and photo corners--there's a lot of visual interest: I used the Sunglasses Gnome and Brush Strokes stamps from Lost Coast Designs , and the Butterfly Reminder sentiment from Carmen's Veranda . Follow along for how I made it: The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is hosting a January Challenge "Things With Wings." Submit your creation by January 31 for your chance to win a prize. Go for it!

Happy Halloween! The big day has FINALLY arrived. Time to dress up, grab your candy, and get ready to trick-or-treat.  This card was made with the Day of the Dead Woman , Brush Strokes and Witches Go Riding stamps. Speaking of Day of the Dead, that 2,000 year old Mexican holiday begins tomorrow. Follow this photo tutorial for how the card was made: The winner of this month's 31 Days Halloween will be chosen from entries submitted to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by tonight. But not to worry if you don't have time to make a Halloween creation today-- the new challenge for November, Festive Fun, begins tomorrow! 

Around this time in October, we have a chance to give treat bags to the kiddos in our life. Here's a kid-friendly tag to make those little gifts extra cute! The tag features one of Lost Coast Design's newer stamps from the Cartoon Kids set--a friendly little owl perched upon some hand-drawn branches. The edges of the tag were stamped with a Brush Strokes stamp and then heat embossed in black. The sticker embellishments were purchased at a Dollar Tree store in their Halloween aisle. Follow along to see how I made the tag: What's your favorite candy to put into treat bags? I love sour gummy anything--yum! I hope you have fun bringing joy into the lives of the kiddos in your life. Get creative with your own tag design and upload it to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for part of this month's Halloween Challenge. Entries due by October 31. 

There's something about October and the upcoming Halloween celebrations that make me feel like a kid again! Cooler air, spooky night skies and houses decorated in clever ways. Creating Halloween scenes for greeting cards are among my favorite to make! This card was created with the Yoga Cat 9 , Shrubbery , Brush Strokes and Witches Go Riding stamps. The silver planter is a sticker from a set I purchased at a Dollar Tree store. Follow along to see how I made this card: Get creative and use any color combination for the night sky--reds and oranges would look equally spooky! I hope you'll join in on the fun and participate in the Lost Coast Designs 31 Days of Halloween Challenge. Upload your creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by October 31 for your chance to win a prize.   

 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. 

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!

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.