Cheers to the Irish!

I'm still having fun playing with various Kitchen Sink stamps to create interesting backgrounds for my cards (which is the challenge for this month, in case you haven't entered KSCC#22). I wanted to make some shamrocks to go with my mug of beer to create a card for Saint Patrick's Day. So I started digging through my Kitchen Sink Stamps to see what I could use. I pulled the heart from Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps and a stem ( 3c) from Tulip Garden Multi Step Clear Stamps and combined them to design my shamrock background. I used Multi Step Cup of Warm Comfort to make the beer mug.

Here's what I did to end up with beer instead of hot chocolate. I was very careful to wipe off the foam portion on each layer after inking and before stamping. When I had finished all 4 layers of the mug, I used a paintbrush and Versamark reinker to paint the foam area, sprinkle it with seafoam white embossing power, and heat emboss it.

The sentiments were computer generated.

Stamps: Cup of Warm Comfort Multi Step Clear Stamps, Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps, Tulip Garden Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps
Papers: Certainly Celery, Old Olive, and Whisper White by Stampin' Up
Inks: Beer Mug- Layer 4- SU Crushed Curry with the foam head wiped clean before stamping, Layer 3 - SU Creamy Caramel with the foam head wiped clean and then stamped off once before stamping on mug, Layer 2 - Memento Desert Sand with the foam head wiped clean before stamping, Layer 1 - SU Crushed Curry with the foam head wiped clean and then stamped off once before stamping on mug.  Shamrocks: Layer 1 - SU Certainly Celery, Layer 2 - SU Kiwi Kiss, Stem - SU Old Olive
Tools: Circle Nestabilities, Circle Punches, Heat Embosser
Embellishments: Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Seafoam White Embossing Powder, Versamark Reinker, and Ribbon

Monday means all the members of the Kitchen Sink Crew has something new to share with you.You don't want to miss a single fabulous design so stop in and check them out!

Angela * Maria * Connie * Lisa * Julie * Makiko

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