Deep into the Darkness Peering: challenge January "Clean and Simple

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Meet My "Lizard Dog"

Yep, I have a lizard dog now! I have actually four dogs, a cat, and a lizard in my house but now we have added the amazing "Lizard Dog" to the bunch. I think this is the neatest stamp ever! Talk about a super hero....Lizard Dog...can swim, fetch, roll over, climb walls..the list goes on and on! And you can own one to if you hop over to Lost Coast Designs and have a look at the new releases there! These Cracked Critters will make you smile :) I have a double whammy in January with a daughter's birthday right after Christmas so a "Happy Everything" from the "Party Words" set seemed to fit nicely. With it being so bleak I thought we could use some beachy colors to brighten us up a bit!

Remember our monthly challenge is "Clean and Simple" the emphasis being on simple so no excuses for not entering and starting the new year out with stamp cash to go buy yourself a lizard dog or the whole cracked critter set! Also, Lost Coast Designs has the new Nuance powders for sale and they are soooo yummy! We are all playing with them now and loving them!

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Monday, January 4, 2016

New Challenge at Lost Coast Designs "Clean and Simple"

Three letters that strike fear in my heart....CAS! I am not one for embellishing cards by no means but an effective CAS is not as easy as people who do it well make it seem. So I went for a different approach and I needed a notebook to keep by my side to write everything down! Those who know me know that I can't remember 15 seconds ago so this idea came into being. I love the image, a new release at Lost Coast Designs with another new one for the background. Linda intended for "Franco Face" to be used in zentangle art (another dreaded word for me!) but when I saw her it seemed like those spaces needed thoughts or words in them and I just happened to have the new "Mis. Words" set to put them there! The hair or brain as I think of it is done with Inktense blocks and gelatos on top for shimmer and the face is so beautiful as stamped I just added some eye shadow and lipstick and some sparkle to that. The background stamp "Spay Webbing" stamped with gold gelatos and stamped randomly. The little lines make me think of the brain synapses (is that what they are called?) or sparks our brain functions send out! Hers are golden!

Hope you are having a fabulous 2016 so far and start it off right by following us at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where our monthly challenge can be found as well as all our special events! Then of course go check out out Facebook pages for more challenges and fun! Now it is your turn to teach me more about CAS; I can't wait to visit your blog and have a look at your entries! Till then get all inky and stamp up a storm!