Day Dreaming in Texas - KSS

Today is the 4th Monday of August so there are no apologies needed for this Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Last Monday I jumped the gun a little early with this post, but it seems that sometimes I just have no will power and play like my right-brain has taken control of my senses although my left-brain is usually able to rein it in and take charge somewhere along in the process.

For today's post I have designed a 5 x 7 New Year's Day card using a great mix of Kitchen Sink Stamps winter images. With the temperatures in the triple digits in my part of Texas all this week, my thoughts turned to snow and ice!

Kitchen Sink Stamps Sets Used for this Design

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps

To create this design, I started first by stamping the snowy cabin on the left. I wanted the chimney to look like Texas limestone, so I inked layers 3 and 2 of the cabin with two colors. One for the stones and one for the logs.

Recipe for the Snowy Cabin

Layer 3 - SU Tip Top Taupe on the stone chimney

SU Baked Brown Sugar on the logs

Layer 2 - Memento Desert Sand on the stone chimney

SU Creamy Caramel on the logs

Layer 1 - PTI Fine Linen for both the chimney and the logs

All of the ice on the roof and pond, as well as all the snow mounds on this card were created with varied intensities of Stampin' Up's new Balmy Blue. It is my current favorite blue!! After stamping the roof, the pond, and the snow mounds, I added the trees.

Recipe for the Snowy Pine Trees

Layer 3 - Memento Northern Pine

Layer 2 - SU Mossy Meadow

Layer 1 - SU Old Olive

The hockey players, the bare trees, and the sentiment were all stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle.

The only masking I did on this card for a torn strip of paper laid across the top of the card to create the horizon. I brushed on the sky using Distress Ink Peacock Feathers.

I wanted this card to look like you were driving in through a front fence so I popped up a panel of wood-grain designer paper mounted on heavy card stock on the right to serve as the foreground of the design. I then stamped and cut out the figure skates, added a top bow of white embroidery thread and popped up the the skates hanging them from a brad over the faux fence. I am pleased with the way it turned out!

Color Recipe for the Skates:

Layer 5 - Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 3  - Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 2 - PTI Soft Stone

I am entering this card in Stamping Sensations's August Challenge - Use your "current" favourite stamp. The ice skates are "currently" holding that place. They are perfection!!

Kitchen Crew Members Maria and Jeanne have fabulous designs to share as well!!

Check them out!!

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,
the owner and creator of KSS



Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz