Saturday, February 25, 2017

Alice in Winterland and Steampunk Queen of Hearts Winner!

Welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Hello Portal Peeps!
The last 5 years have been a fun creative journey that we have taken together and I have made lots of great friends here but now it's time for me to say a fond farewell! 

After I started the LCD/CV Design Team, and thanks to your support and participation, we have revitalized the Lost Coaster's Review Blog and company Facebook Pages and successfully launched our Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Blog and Facebook Fan Group.  I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing your wonderful art entered in our Events and Challenges and hope you've been inspired by my art too!

It's now time for me to start a new adventure, one that's very dear to my heart and long overdue.  I hope we will stay in touch and continue to follow each others creative adventures in blogland and on social media😊

  This is now my last post and I wanted to make it a fun one and announce the winner of our two Wonderland themed events, Alice in Winterland and Steampunk Queen of Hearts!

All your entries are truly Wonderlandful, thank you for joining the fun!  We didn't have enough entries in each individual event to award prizes so I decided to combine the two and pick a winner😋

and the winner is

ANNE SQUIRE

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Congratulations Anne, you have won $5 in LCD/CV Bucks!  Please email Linda at Lost Coast Designs (linda@lost-coast-designs.com) to claim your prize.  Please mention in your email the name of the event you won and your prize amount!
 
Here's your winner's badge!
Farewell everyone....I'm going to miss hosting these fun events for you!
 Hugs and Happy Stamping
The Sharpie Domino Queen
LCD/CV DT Manager

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Challenge #33 Lovers - Midway Inspiration

Welcome back to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Geetings and salutations!
Here's hoping that February has been all hearts and roses and love songs for you.  To continue along that theme, we are now halfway through our February Challenge and that means some mid-month inspiration to help you along.

CHALLENGE #33

LOVERS


Our LCDesigners of Challenge Team Inspire are back and they have more awesome inspiration to share with you and give you that teensy little help that you might need.  If you are just joining us, click HERE for all the info on this month's challenge and to also submit your entries by 5 to midnight PST February 25th.

MARILYN created this Hugs and Kisses Journal Spread using CV Klimt Kiss.
 NAN created this really cool Greeting Card entitled Puppet Love using CV Kukla and Ollie.
Okay, are you up for the challenge? Submit your entries HERE by 5 to midnight PST on the 25th!
Don't forget, our next challenge will start on Monday, March 6th.

Happy Stamping!
Marilyn
Challenge Host

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Day 5 of Steampunk Queen of Hearts - Wall Art by Paula!

Welcome back to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Happy Valentine's Day Portal Peeps!
Join Us for another Wonderland adventure!
 Today is the finale of our adventures into Wonderland!  If you've just joined us here's the scoop...we fell down the rabbit hole again but this time we've found ourselves in the realm of Steampunk ruled by the Queen of Hearts!  We've been counting down to Valentine's Day with daily LCDesigner project shares so start your adventure on Day 1!
 
Come and join the adventure and link up your own Steampunk Wonderland creations in the linky HERE!  You have until midnight PST on February 24th so play with us for the chance to win some LCD/CV rubber!

LCDesigner Paula is here today with wonderlandful wall art featuring the following Lost Coast Designs stamps:  Alice and Queen Sitting Queen set, Steampunk Icarus, Steampunk Balloon Guys and Gears background

That's the last of our LCDesigner project shares, it's now over to you!
Come and join the fun!  If Wonderland is not your thing then pop on over and play in our current Challenge #33 Lovers!

Have a great V-Day!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Manager

Monday, February 13, 2017

Day 4 of Steampunk Queen of Hearts - "Steampunk Queen" Coaster by Marilyn!

Welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!


Hello Portal Peeps!
Join Us for another Wonderland adventure!
 We're now on the 4th day of our adventure into Wonderland...this time we've found ourselves in the realm of Steampunk ruled by the Queen of Hearts!  Buckle up coz things are getting steamy as we countdown to Valentine's Day with daily LCDesigner project shares!
 
Come and join the adventure and link up your own Steampunk Wonderland creations in the linky HERE!  You have until midnight PST on February 24th so play with us for the chance to win some LCD/CV rubber!

LCDesigner Marilyn is here today with a wonderlandful coaster featuring the following Lost Coast Designs stamps:  Alice and the Queen, Gears background, Steampunk Plane and Nuance Powders.

Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project, see you again tomorrow!
Have a great week!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Manager

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Day 3 of Steampunk Queen of Hearts - "Splattered Steampunk Queen" Card by Nanette!

Welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Hello Portal Peeps!
Join Us for another Wonderland adventure!
 We're now on the 3rd day of our adventure into Wonderland...this time we've found ourselves in the realm of Steampunk ruled by the Queen of Hearts!  Buckle up coz things are getting steamy as we countdown to Valentine's Day with daily LCDesigner project shares!
 
Come and join the adventure and link up your own Steampunk Wonderland creations in the linky HERE!  You have until midnight PST on February 24th so play with us for the chance to win some LCD/CV rubber!

LCDesigner Nan is here today with a wonderlandful card featuring the following Lost Coast Designs stamps:  Alice and Queen Sitting Queen set and Doll Accessories.
Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project, see you again tomorrow!
Have a great Sunday!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Manager

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Day 2 of Steampunk Queen of Hearts - "Off with your Head!" ATC by Guest Designer Val S!

Welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Hello Portal Peeps!
Join Us for another Wonderland adventure!
 We're now on the 2nd day of our adventure into Wonderland...this time we've found ourselves in the realm of Steampunk ruled by the Queen of Hearts!  Buckle up coz things are getting steamy as we countdown to Valentine's Day with daily LCDesigner project shares!
 
Come and join the adventure and link up your own Steampunk Wonderland creations in the linky HERE!  You have until midnight PST on February 24th so play with us for the chance to win some LCD/CV rubber!

Joining us for the first time today is Guest Designer Val S with a wonderlandful ATC featuring Lost Coast Designs Queen of Hearts.
Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured project, see you again tomorrow!
Have a great weekend!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Manager

Friday, February 10, 2017

Day 1 of Steampunk Queen of Hearts - Mad Hatter's Top Hat by Leigh!

Welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Hello Portal Peeps!
Join Us for another Wonderland adventure!
 We're going down the rabbit hole again on another adventure into Wonderland...this time we've found ourselves in the realm of Steampunk and it's ruled by the Queen of Hearts!  Oh my!  Buckle up coz things are getting steamy as we countdown to Valentine's Day with daily LCDesigner project shares!
 
Come and join the adventure and link up your own Steampunk Wonderland creations in the linky below!  You have until midnight PST on February 24th so play with us for the chance to win some LCD/CV rubber! 

I'm a huge Alice in Wonderland fan so of course I have the Ever After High Wonderland character dolls in my collection.  For my project I made Lizzie Hearts an oversized Mad Hatter's top hat!
Here it is in all it's glory!  You can also pop on over to Lost Coaster's Review where I've got a mini tutorial up today for more info!
Mattel's Ever After High Lizzie Hearts doll
I designed and created the top hat from scratch and used the following Lost Coast Designs stamps:
Queen of Hearts, Gears background
card suites cut from the Heart Diamond Spade Club Border
Hearts cut from the Hearts and Curls Border
 leaves from the Rose
  Here's a closer look at all the details!
Thanks for stopping by to see my project today, see you again tomorrow!

If Wonderland is not your cup of tea then pop on over and play in our current Challenge #33 Lovers!
Have a great weekend!

 Leigh S-B

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Manager

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Poe Appreciation Day Blog Hop Winner Announcement!

Welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Greetings Portal Peeps!
Our 2nd annual Poe Blog Hop was enjoyed by many with lots of wonderful POE-tastic projects shared!   Thank you to everyone who participated and hopped with us!  If you missed the fun then start your hopping HERE!
 
One participating Blogger has been randomly selected to win $10 in LCD/CV Bucks to spend on rubber at our Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda online stores!

and the WINNER is....

MARION - BOCKEL24


Congrats Marion, please email me, Leigh at LeighSBdesigns@cox.net or Facebook message me before the end of February to claim your prize!  If you don't get a reply within 3 days please re-send your email/message!

Unfortunately we didn't have enough entries in Alice in Winterland to award a prize.  Hopefully you will enjoy our next adventure into Wonderland!

Join Us for another Wonderland adventure!
 See you all tomorrow for the start of our new adventure!
Happy Stamping!

Leigh S-B
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN
LCD/CV DT Manager

Monday, February 6, 2017

Challenge #33 Lovers

Welcome to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Good Monday Morning!
It's time for our new Challenge for February but first we have the WINNER of Challenge #32 to announce!  We had a bunch of entries this month and it was VERY hard to choose.  We want to thank everyone who played along with us!

The LCDesigners voted on their faves and based on their votes the randomly drawn
WINNER of CHALLENGE #32 is

ART FROM THE WELL

 Congratulations Art From the Well!  Please email Marilyn (mcgoo4@gmail.com) by the end of the month to claim your prize of a $10 gift certificate.  Please provide your full name and mailing address in the email as well as the stamps you would like; you may choose from Lost Coast Designs and/or Carmen's Veranda!

Here's your snazzy Challenge Winner's badge for your blog!
Please link your badge back to us here at LCPtoC, THX :0)
Now for our (month) Challenge!

CHALLENGE #33

LOVERS


Since February 14th is Valentine's Day, this month's challenge is all about Lover's.  Think couples, hugs and kisses, roses, and hearts galore.

Please remember we do have some Challenge Rules to follow so look them over to ensure your entries qualify to win this month's prize!

You are welcome to play in our Challenges using rubber stamp images from any company but if you use any of our Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps...we love it when you do...then your entry counts as two which doubles your chances of winning in our Design Team Faves prize drawing.

PRIZES


To ensure you all have a fabulous time playing in our Challenges this is how our Prize system works!
The more entries the better the Prize so tell all your friends to join the fun too!

1 - 4 Entries = one Winner is awarded our Challenge Winner's Badge
5+ Entries = one Winner will receive a $5 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
10+ Entries = one Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV
and all winners get our snazzy Challenge Winner's Badge to proudly display on their blogs!

If you don't have a blog then no prob, you can still play in our challenges by sharing your projects from public photo sharing sites which includes our Facebook Company Pages for Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda.  Please include our Challenge info and the link back to our challenge in your photo's description!  As long as the privacy setting for your photo is public you're good to go, see, it's so easy to join the fun!  FYI, you can't link up projects shared in closed Facebook groups! 

Our LCDesigners of Challenge Team Inspire have some fabulous inspiration to share, ENJOY!

LEIGH created this masculine Valentine's card using CV Klimt Kiss and LCD Miscellaneous Word Set.
PAULA created a piece of Wall Art entitled When I Am King.  She used the King & Queen from the Chess Set, Old Typewriter Alphabet, and Nuance Powders.
Now it's your turn, are you up for the challenge?  We just LOVE to see your projects!  
Submit your entries in the linky party below by 5 to midnight PST on the 25th!

See you again on the 15th for more LCDesigner inspiration!
Happy Stamping!
Marilyn
Challenge Host