Express Yourself with Lost Coast Designs

Good morning! It's the first Monday in August and that means it's time for a new Challenge on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity! This month, the theme is Water Color Background. I'm on the team hosting this month's challenge and so have created and ATC to share.

I shook some Nuance Powder in Mauve, Grass Green, and Bright Yellow onto my ATC, then gave it a good spritz with water. I then stamped one of the ATC Grunge Set stamps onto the background and sprinkled on some clear EP. I spattered the background using LSG Prima Donna Purple and Bells of Ireland Green. I then watered down some white paint and spattered it on.

Stamp Mini Manga on a separate piece of mixed media card and set with clear EP. Paint the image with Silks in Snap Dragon, Key Lime, and Vintage Mint. The hair was painted with Paper Artsy Banana mixed with glazing medium to make it more transparent. Add the image to the card with foam to pop it off the page. Take some watered down white paint and paint an outline.

Lastly, smudge the edges of the ATC with Memories Royal Velvet Ink and add Chit Chat Words. Outline the words in the Banana paint then lightly cover with Silks Vintage Mint.

I'm entering this in the Colour Crazy Craft Challenge, Crafting with Friends, and Simply Papercraft,

Until later...............

Marilyn

Ahoy Mate! for Gecko Galz August Challenge

Good morning everyone!  It's August 1st and that means another wonderful challenge from Gecko Galz.  This month's theme is Taking it Nautical and that's just what I did.

I started out by cutting out the image of the ship, compass, and Ahoy Mate from the Sail Away digital collage sheet.  These I set to one side for later.

To build up your tag, cut a piece of Graphic 45 Stampunk Splash paper to fit your large tag and glue them together.  Dry brush gesso across the tag to tone down the (quite bright) color.  Using some Paper Artsy Mud Splat and a sponge, start at the edges of your tag and blend inward.  If it's too dark, using a baby wipe to remove some of the color.  Then using the same sponge and color, run it around the edge of your tag to hide any remaining white. 

Stencil Mister Huey's Circle Graph Mask with Mint Colorbox ink and while still wet, sprinkle on some LSG Merry Go Round Greene EP in random areas then heat.  Add your images.  Rub Mud Splat across the Ahoy Mate and them immediately wipe with a baby wipe to remove most of the color.

Smudge a graphite pencil around the edges of your images, blending until the line disappears.  If it's too dark, just us a baby wipe (see a them here?) to remove excess.  Finally, add some seashell confetti and a piece of fiber.

For this image and many, many others, please visit Gecko Galz's ETSY STORE and don't forget to enter the Challenge to win a $25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree!

 Until later.......................





Marilyn

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner - Technique Junkies Stamp

I have chosen the winner of the Technique Junkies stamp I was giving away.  I threw the names in a container, shook them up, closed my eyes, twirled them around, and pulled.  ELECTRA, you won!!!  Please email me your mailing address (mcgoo4@gmail.com) and I will get this into the mail to you ASAP.

Thank you for participating.  Stay tuned, because I have a Stencil Girl stencil to giveaway.  Yep, I ordered one I already had.



Marilyn

Wings Mixed Media Card (PL sized card) & Lost Coast Designs

Good morning everyone and thank you for dropping by.  As promised, here's the step-out for my PL-sized mixed media card called Wings.

1)  Stamp Indinkera onto a piece of PL-sized (3-3/4 x 5-3/4) white cardboard.
2)  Stamp Winged Girl twice onto mixed media paper with Versafine ink.  Emboss one with LSG Midnight Copper EP and one with Cleopatra's Copper EP.  Cut out.
3)  Sprinkle Nuance powder in orange, bright yellow, and grace green on the background and mist with water.  Dry.
4)  Stencil translucent paste randomly through a circle stencil.
5)  Die cut some shapes using the Sizzix Crosshatch Frameworks die and paint with coral paint.  Spinkle on glitter while the paint is still wet.  Add to background.
6)  Punch out leaves and butterflies.  Spray leaves with LSG Bells of Ireland Green and butterflies with Cotton Candy Pink, A Bit O' Bubbly, and Frenchy's Pink Pouf mists.
7)  Place the Winged Girl you embossed with Midnight Copper EP on top of the other and offset slightly.  Glue together, then add mounting pads at the back to pop it up off the page and add to the card.
8)  Glue down the leaves in a circle around your image.  Add butterflies.
9)  Using soft matte gel, scatter glass glitter, micro beads, and glass beads across the card.  I used rose glass glitter, rust glass beads, and grass microbeads.
10)  Add TH Small Talk words.  Splatter with yellow and white pain and black gesso.

I'm entering this in the Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog, Crafty Calendar Challenge, and More Mixed Media Challenges.

Giveaway - Technique Junkies Stamp

I was going through my Technique Junkies stamps and realized I ended up with two of the same stamp.

Sea Urchins, 4 x 5.25

If you would like to win my extra, unused stamp, just leave a comment with your email address between now and Saturday, July 30th.  I will use Random.org to chose a winner.  The winner will be announced here on my blog and I will also attempt to email.

Until later...........................


Marilyn

Wings for Lost Coast Designs

It's Day 4 of the New Stamp Release Showcase at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  Today, I'm sharing a Project Life-sized mixed media card featuring two of the new releases.

Tune in on the 25th and I'll be sharing how I created this bright mixed media card using Winged Girl and Indinkera, two of the new releases at Lost Coast Designs.

Until later.......................



Marilyn

Wild and Free with Lost Coast Designs

Good morning everyone!  We are on Day 3 of Lost Coast Designs New Stamp Release Showcase over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!  Today I wanted to share with you a journal page I created using several of the new zentangle stamp releases.

1)  Gesso your journal page.  I'm working in an 8x10 watercolor journal.
2)  Stamp Zentangle Cat onto to piece of mixed media paper and cut out.   Color with a variety of makers.  Outline the square with some foil tape.
3)  Using the cat as your guide, mark the placement of your feathers.  I stamped Zentangle Feathers 2 & 4 in a circle around what would be the center of my cat.
4)  Mist page with water and spray on your choice of mists at the very top.  I used Raider by Art Anthology and Cheshire Cat Cherry by Lindy's Stamp Gang.  Let the colors run down the page, assisting with a wet paintbrush if needed.
5)  Stencil on some chevrons using crackle paste, then sprinkle Bright Yellow Nuance powder over the stenciled area and mist with water.
6)  Randomly stamp Aggregrate background and Dream from Dictionary Words over background.
7)  Build up the matting for the cat, then splatter everything with several colors of mists, ranging from blue, to pink, to red, to black.
8)  Using the Sizzix Crosshatch Frameworks die, cut out several pieces from chipboard.  Emboss with black EP and LSG Midnight Teal and Hollyhock Scarlett Plum EP.
9)  Punch out and emboss mice with black EP.  Scatter around the cat.
10)  Add flair and stickers.

I got this idea from watching a bunch of scrapbooking videos.  I'm still refining it for use with stamping, but I really like the result.  It's definitely not a another card!

Hope you enjoyed today's project and stay tuned for another day of the New Stamp Release Showcase!

Until later......................


Marilyn