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Thick and Thin a stamp by Lost Coast Designs which has been in my crafting stash for a few years  is perfect for a male themed card or project.  Today I am sharing a stamped and layered paper card design. I started by pulling out a host of products available from Altered Pages which included this stamp. I love working with a more neutral palette when creating with a male in mind.  The Durable and Devotion Paper Pads from Authentique are perfect to go with my kraft card scalloped edge base . The front of this card base design exposes some of the back inside of the card, so I chose to work with this to add some further interest to my layers.  I took a piece of embossed black cardstock and stuck this across the bottom of the back inside.  A white card insert to write my message will be layered over this when I go to use the card. Now turning my attention back to the front of my card I cut my papers to size and inked the edges of them r...

Skeletons are perfect birthday card fronts for special people; like this one for Betty. Here are the items I used for my creation: Lost Coast Design Stamp    Gel Print    Paper    Ink and Paint    Embellishments    Collage Images and Text    Stencil    Using one of my gel prints with a lot of texture... ... I stamped the image with Stazon ink. Using a stencil I layered Pan Pastels: Using the fabulous images AlteredPages.com has, I inked a quote and cut it up and trimmed around another transparent image: Then I layered everything from mediums, paint, inks, paint pens, etc... Finally finishing off with embellishments and Stickles. I had so much fun with these great rubber stamps from our Product Partners this month. Show us what you created! Ciao for now, -Trish Alger

I have to say I am very very enchanted by Lost Coast Designs . So much so that I found an outlet in the UK where I could order them and have done so. I am so happy to be introduced to these beauties..... Thank you I just want to thank  Altered Pages  for partnering another awesome company.:) I am a happy girl. Now onto my project. I decided this time and unusually for me, to make a card. I wanted one that could be used for any occasion for male or female so here it is. List of products used Lost Coast Designs  Cityscape stamp Cardstock - black and white Corrugated card  Water colour paints Black ink  Tissue paper Glue to adhere tissue paper Double sided tape Foam mounts Wink of Stella pen decoupage glue White pen heart stamp and reality stamp are old ones from my stash. I began by soaking the white card in water spray then added various, pinks, oranges and red water colour paints with a brush and merging together for a bac...

Hello again from Jen.  I have to say I love playing with my Lost Coast stamps!  The minute I saw this set all I could think of is Halloween. Now I will admit, these are probably not Halloween stamps but for me they are certainly strange enough to fit the theme. In my world, every day is Halloween. Have I mentioned I LOVE Halloween? You get the idea. So, I made some little tags to remind me just how much I love, well you know... These tags strung together, make a sweet hanging decoration but you could leave them separate and use them on gift or treat bags as well. Supplies: Tag blanks Decorative paper Adhesive Lost Coast stamps  AUD Creatures 2 Acrylic paint Ink pads Stickers from my stash Little Birdie flowers Ribbon My starting selection.. I have stamped the images on some kraft colored cardstock but you could do any color of cardstock or paper. As usual, I did not use everything pictured. I loosely cut out the images and trimmed them...

Lost Coast Designs Stamps has me tickled! And this fabulous Lost Coast Designs Stamp is what has made me feel that way. There are 4 stamps in the series of doodled feathers , I used only one here and changed the appearance with markers. Here is an example of mounting stamps on acrylic blocks when you do not have mounting material (sticky spongey sheets that you cut to fit each stamp).   I have used all sorts of double-sided tapes,  even a Zyron tape.  Simply attach the tape to the block and then press the stamp onto the tape. VIOLA. When you are done, no mess! As you can tell, I do like my markers for so many projects. After coloring them, I cut them sort of loose, not really a fussy or fancy cut.  I then added a black paper to the back for more dimension.  I layered three together for the front of the card. I wasn't sure if I would make a card or another mobile.   We have these lovely black pearl card sets ...

I think I am having a little too much fun with my Gelatos and Lost Coast Design stamps!  I am so glad Altered Pages had the opportunity to partner with Lost Coast Design, I have had a great time stamping this month!  Today I am sharing a third technique using Gelatos the other two were direct to paper.  This time I am taking the paper to the Gelatos.   Today I am using the unmounted Grunge Tree from   Lost Coast Designs stamps. It is a background stamp, measuring 4 x 5 1/4. and the Silhouette of Bird on Bike stamp, which is 3 inches tall.       Supplies Lost Coast Designs Stamps  -Grunge Tree and Bird on Bike Acrylic Block Double Sided Tape Waterbrush Gelatos - assorted colors Craft Mat Black ink Embossing Powder Cardstock Water -spray bottle   Using random colors rub Gelatos on the craft mat. Mist the Gelatos with water.  You may need to use the waterbrush to full...