Spellbinders Anemones

 Todays' card was created using Fresh Picked Anemones by Spellbinders which were a gift to me from my sweet niece, Anita! The sentiment is an old but favorite one from Our Daily Bread.

Well-Dressed Bunnies

 Today I am packing up and putting away Dancin' Hoppy Bunnies Everywhere, Spellbinders' Large Die of the Month for February 2025. I sure have had fun creating cards for the grands with this delightful set!

Spring Thoughts of You

 

Today's card was created using Step into Spring and Picture Perfect Autumn dies by Spellbinders. The background trees are by Momenta while the sentiment is from Heartfelt Thoughts by Sweet 'n Sassy.

A Little Fun with Christmas Dies

These are the cards I am sending to family and friends this year made with dies from Spellbinders, Sizzix, and Impression Obsession. The sentiments are a hodgepodge of stamps and stencils I pulled from my collection. 

I hope they enjoy my cards as much as I enjoyed creating them!!

Autumn Birthdays

 Autumn is my favorite season. I am lucky enough to have several friends and relatives with autumn birthdays so I am sharing a couple of the cards I made for them this year.

Both of these cards were made with dies from Spellbinders and a sentiment die from Impression Obsession.

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.

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

Craft-alnica - Challenge #368 - No Stamps

Double "D" Challenges - Fall Leaves

Night Owls - Challenge #40 - Everything That Can Fly

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - Challenge #312 - Anything Goes - Option Include an Animal

Girlz Creative Crafts - Challenge #48 - Fall

Thanks for dropping by today! I hope your day is filled with beauty and joy! 

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.

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.

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

Sketch Challenge 1026 at Splitcoaststampers

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - September Challenge - Anything Goes

Paperminutes Challenge #862 - Mediterranean

Cardz 4 Guys - Challenge #355 - Nautical

Unicorn Challenge Blog - Challenge #102 - Circles

Thanks for visiting with me today! 

Come see me again soon!

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

Allsorts Challenge - Weeks 793/4 - Anything Goes

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.

Color Recipe for the Swan
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:

Graceful Swan

Isle of Big Bay Lake - sold out

Cattails - sold out

Shoreline Rocks - sold out

Greetings from the Woods - sold out

Receive a 40% discount using the promo code INKYHUGS from now through midnight PST, July 31.

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,

the owner and creator of KSS

For those wishing to purchase Kitchen Sink Stamps, click SHOP HERE. It will take you directly to the store as well as let Maria know that you are a fan of my work! Thanks so much!!

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,

the owner and creator of KSS

For those wishing to purchase Kitchen Sink Stamps, click SHOP HERE. It will take you directly to the store as well as let Maria know that you are a fan of my work! Thanks so much!!

Summer Fun - Kitchen Sink Stamps

 

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored designs feature images that bring to my mind summer fun! One on land and one in the water!

The Sea & Sand card features images from Giant Coral and Seahorse, Tropical Fish, and Beachcomber's Bounty. I stamped the coral directly on the blue card front, but the seahorses, fish, and shells were stamped on SVG cut shapes. I painted the greenery with a Bamboo reinker by Memento. The waves were stenciled on using the SVG cut stencil Waves & Splashes.

The land card was created using images from Bicycle and Trees. Both the bicycle and the tree were stamped on SVG cut shapes and glued to the blended panel with the sentiment being added last with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.

Kitchen Sink Stamps will be closing shop on July 31. I think that the Bicycle is the only image I have used today which is still available this morning. The images are selling out fast. I will continue to create with my wonderful KSS collection and post my cards here and on the Kitchen Sink Stamps - Multi Step Stamping Fans page on Facebook from time to time.

Please use the code below to purchase any stamps which remain in the shop through July 31.