My Old Stamping Grounds

I saw a gift tag on Pinterest that served as inspiration for this card featuring the Art Nouveau Faces , Brush Strokes and You Matter stamps: The creation of this card kind of morphed as I went along. I used pigment inks, dye inks, embossing folders, embossing powders, alcohol markers and embellisments to bring it to life. The final touch was a hat sticker purchased at the Dollar Store that I colored to fit in better with the card's color scheme. I wanted to add a hat because of the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's May Challenge: Where's My Hat? Follow along with this photo tutorial to see how it all came together: This card is the result of playing around with inks and colors as I went, not knowing how it would all turn out in the end. That's the beauty of creating--it's okay to jump in without fully knowing the end result. Just go for it! And then submit your creation for this month's Lost Coast Designs May Challenge--there's still plenty of time. 

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely holiday season and are getting ready to do all the things you love in 2025. One thing I LOVE is creating art with stamps. Lost Coast Designs is hosting a fun Bright & Cheerful theme challenge for January. Here's a card I created using the STP Hairbow stamp from the Lost Coast Designs catalogue , and the You Matter sentiment from Carmen's Veranda .  There are so many fun sentiments in the Carmen's Veranda sentiment page! This one made me laugh--my husband majored in Physics so I can appreciatea little science humor. Follow along with these photos to see how I made this card: It's still early in the month so there's PLENTY of time to create your own Bright & Cheerful stamped card to submit to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity . Post your entry by the last day of January for your chance to win a prize!