Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper
Monday, October 14, 2024
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Use Your Wings
I am so glad that autumn is upon us! It is my favorite season. Today I am sharing a quick and easy design featuring designer paper from Simple Stories. The ephemera is a new package I picked up on sale at Hobby Lobby by the Paper Studio. The chipboard sentiment is by Tim Holtz.
The corners were rounded on the main DP panel and the ephemera, DP, and sentiment had their edges sponged with VersaFine Clair Pinecone.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Midnight Tales - Graphic 45
I created this fun Halloween design for today's Splitcoaststampers' Sketch Challenge #1027. No stamps or ink here. I used papers from Graphic 445/s Midnight Tales collection and cat dies from Impression Obsession.
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
You & Me & the Sea
Today's card was created using Sketch 1026 from Splitcoaststampers. It was created with some of my hoarded Graphic 45 papers from the Ocean Blue Collection. The beach babe is a die from Spellbinders but I used two circle punches to create a smaller hat so as not to cover the sentiment. The sweet little sand dollars were created with a very old, but treasured die from Cuttlebug.
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Layered Stencils - The Ton
I sure had a lot of fun with these new layered stencil roses and leaves I purchased from The Ton! One of the things I love the most about them is that there are 7 different and separated roses on this stencil and one die which cuts them all out in one fell swoop! How neat is that!!
I used this rose and designer paper from the Paper Studio to create today's card.
All inks are from Altenew.
I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:
Sketch Challenge 1023 at Splitcoaststampers
A Cut Above - August Challenge - Anything Goes with a Die Cut
Creative Moments - Challenge #261 - Patterned Paper
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Challenge #235 - Anything Goes
Monday, July 29, 2024
Peaceful Wishes
Today's card is my final Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design as a design team member since the store will be closing shop at midnight PST on Wednesday, July 31. I have had the remarkable pleasure of working with Maria and her amazing art almost from the beginning of Kitchen Sink Stamps. My first purchase from her was the classic Heart & Roses. Although KSS is closing, you will still see her beautiful images showing up in my work from time to time. Her realistic, layered images are themselves timeless. They will therefore never go out of style and will always be among my favorites. Thank you, Maria for the beauty and joy you have brought into my life with your exquisite talent.
Thank you to each of you who have followed by work here as well as at Splitcoaststampers and left such sweet comments. What a blessing you have been to my life.
I chosen to create with the Graceful Swan today since it is still in stock in the store. I know many people shy away from white images so I am including the color recipe I used to create the swan today. My main advice to you when trying to stamp a layered white image is to ALWAYS leave off Layer 1. Start stamping with Layer 2 in the palest gray you have and go up from there.
Using Altenew Inks
Layer 1 - omit this layer
Layer 2 - Limestone stamped off once
Layer 3 - Limestone
Layer 4 - Silver Stone
Layer 5 - Silver Lining
Layer 6 - Industrial Diamond
Layer 7 - Jet Black
Kitchen Sink Stamps Used:
Isle of Big Bay Lake - sold out
Cattails - sold out
Shoreline Rocks - sold out
Greetings from the Woods - sold out
This card has been entered in the following challenges this week:
Dragonfly Dreams - July Challenge - Christmas in July
Rudolph Days Challenge - July Challenge
Daring Cardmakers - Christmas in July
Simply Create Too - Christmas in July
For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit:
Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,
Monday, July 22, 2024
Have a Beary Merry Christmas - Kitchen Sink Stamps
I checked this morning and found that there are still several Teddy Bear Wishes and two Things 4 Ducky & Teddy still available in the Kitchen Sink Stamps store as the closing date (July 31) draws near. I decided to use these two sets in today's KSS sponsored Christmas card design. I used a few birch tree trunks and a sentiment from Christmas Poinsettia. If you have an electric cutting machine, don't neglect to add the SVG cut files to your order. My bear was stamped on the SVG cut file designed for Teddy Bear Wishes.
I have entered this holiday card in the following challenges this week:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge #234 - Anything Goes
Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge - Challenge #68 - Anything Christmas
Alphabet Challenge Blog - H is for Holidays - Christmas in July
Crafty Catz - Challenge #676 - Anything Goes - Make It Cute
Cut It Up! - Challenge #308 - Christmas in July
For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit:
Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,
Monday, July 15, 2024
Summer Fun - Kitchen Sink Stamps
Monday, July 1, 2024
You Make My Heart Sing! - Kitchen Sink Stamps
Many of you may not know this, but I am a huge country music fan. I am currently waiting anxiously for Amazon to deliver Luke Combs' new album, Fathers and Sons to my doorstep. Until then I will be listening to it on You Tube! With my husband's birthday coming this week, most of the songs on the album hold a great deal of meaning for me! I will be shedding many bittersweet tears!
So with country music as my inspiration this week, I have created this 5 x 7 design using images from:
Cowboy Hat - retired
I also want to let KSS fans know that after almost 17 years in business, Maria has decided to close shop as Kitchen Sink Stamps on July 31. From now until then you may use the following promo code to receive a 40% discount on all in-stock stamps. Get your favorites now before they are gone.
For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit :
Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,
Monday, June 24, 2024
A Day at the Beach
Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored slimline card was inspired by my upcoming sunrise trip to the beach on my husband's birthday next week.
All of the images were stamped on SVG cut pieces which were them stamped and glued to the watercolored background. SVG cut files are available for purchase with most sets at Kitchen Sink Stamps.
Images are from the following KSS sets:
I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:
613 Avenue Create - For the Guys
Daring Cardmakers - At the Beach
Crafty Catz - Challenge #674 - Make It Masculine
Creative Friday - Challenge #362 - Maritime
Aloha Friday - Challenge #11 - Masculine
For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit :
Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Two Celebrations - Kitchen Sink Stamps
There are two celebrations going on in my life this week! The first one is my youngest granddaughter's birthday She and her sweet husband have just returned from a Greek honeymoon so I have decided to create a Texas beach card for her big day! Our beaches don't compare to those on the Mediterranean Sea, but I hope she will get a kick out of it.
This Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design uses images from the following sets:
Beachcomber's Bounty
Rubber Ducky
I folded a scrap of designer paper to create the towel and added some sticker jewels to embellish the flip flops!
This card has been entered in the following challenge:
Cardz 4 Galz - Challenge #227 - Summer Fun
For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit :
Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Hello Sunshine
I haven't used any of my adorable House-Mouse images is a good while, so decided to choose one to use for the SCS Sketch Challenge today. I mounted the image on a treasured piece of Graphic 45 paper from the Tropical Travelogue Collection. I watercolored the image using my SU reinkers. The sentiment is from Verve.
In addition to SC1013 at Splitcoaststampers, I have also entered this card in the House-Mouse Challenge #416 - Anything Goes.