Lilacs and Lambs

 

What a great day in the Kitchen with new stamps and a new challenge! You are getting a chance to see and purchase at a 15% discount 4 new sets from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Enter The Kitchen Sink Store and type in LYNN15KSS at checkout.

The exciting new sets which you can view here are:

     Lilacs Multi Step Clear Stamps
    Little Lambs Multi Step Clear Stamps
    Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps
    Lucky Horseshoe Multi Step Clear Stamps

Connie's challenge for us today is to use basic masking in our designs! Please join us in this challenge using KSCC23 as your keyword and uploading your design onto the Kitchen Sink Weblog using Mr. Linky. Be sure you to use your Kitchen Sink Stamps to create a masked design to be included in the drawing for winners. Three winners will be randomly selected to win some KSS cash to spend in the Kitchen Sink Store!!

For my first design today I mixed the new Multi Step Lilacs with 3 Step Butterflies and 3 Step Daisies to create my card. The butterfly was stamped first and masked to add the lilac.

Stamps: Lilacs Multi Step Clear Stamps, Butterflies Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
and Daisy Multi Step Clear Stamps
Papers: Pink Pirouette, Purely Pomegranate, Kiwi Kiss, and Whisper White by Stampin' Up, eva by BasicGrey
Inks: Butterfly - Layer 1 - Memento Cantalope, Layer 2 - Memento Tangelo, Layer 3 - Memento Tuxedo Black;    Lilac - Layer 4 - SU Rose Red, Layer 3 - SU Rose Romance, Layer 2 - SU Mauve Mist, Layer 1- SU Pretty in Pink;   Stem and Leaves - Layer 1 - SU Kiwi Kiss, Layer 2 - SU Old Olive stamped off once, Layer 3 - SU Old Olive
Tools: Sponge and Crop-o-dile
Embellishment: Ribbon

 

For my next masked creation I used the new Multi Step Little Lambs along with Multi Step Bitty Tulip Bouquet and 3 Step Honey Bunny.

I'll also share a little trick I use when stamping images like this lamb which need to be very light in color but can be difficult to see! I always stamp them on white paper and then mask them to add a stamped and/or sponged background. It really helps define the image and made it stand out on the card. The grass was stamped over the masked lamb and then the sky was sponged with SU Bashful Blue before adding the tulips.

Stamps: Little Lambs Multi Step Clear Stamps, Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Bitty Tulip Bouquet Multi Step Clear Stamps 
Papers:  Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, and Whisper White by Stampin' Up, euphoria by BasicGrey
Inks: Lamb - Layer 5 - I inked the head and hooves with Memento Tuxedo Black and the neck and knees with Memento Dark Cocoa, Layer 4 - Memento Dark Cocoa stamped off once, Layer 3 - SU Creamy Caramel stamped off once, Layer 2 - Memento Desert Sand stamped off once, Layer 1 Memento Desert Sand stamped off once; Grass - Layer 1 - SU Kiwi Kiss, Layer 2 - SU Old Olive stamped off once, Layer 3 - SU Old Olive; Tulips - Layer 3 - Memento Grape Jelly, Layer 2 - Memento Lilac Posies, Layer 1 - Memento Lilac Posies stamped off once, Layer 4 - SU Elegant Eggplant, Layer 5 - SU Elegant Eggplant;  Tulip Stems - SU Old Olive
Tools: Marvy Dimple Corner Punch, EKSuccess Circle Punches, SU Slot Punch, Sponge
Embellishments: Ribbon, Rhinestones, and Dimensionals

Kitchen Sink is welcoming back a dear friend, colleague, and gifted designer, Tammy Hershberger, as guest designer for the month of March. She will be joining us on all the challenges and excitement that is planned for this month. Please stop by her blog and see what she has created today. The rest of the Crew have also created new things to inspire you in your multi layered stamping as well. Don't miss a single one!!

Angela * Maria * Connie * Lisa * Julie * Makiko * Tammy-March Guest Designer