Envelope Art and Non-Traditional Valentine - KSS

Since I spent yesterday watching football instead of card-making (both my teams LOST by the way), I woke up this morning without my Kitchen Sink sponsored design ready for posting. When that happens on occasion, I head over to Splitcoaststampers to see what the challenges might be for the day.

I found one that was just to my liking - Technique Challenge 726 - Envelope Art. I don't usually take the time to create a matching envelope for my cards, but it sure is fun when I do.

For today's design I have crafted a non-traditional Valentine using the following stamp sets from Kitchen Sink Stamps. As you can see, I am keeping my wintery images busy during these cold winter days.

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Love 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps (sentiment)

Color Recipe for the Skates

Layer 4 - Memento Gray Flannel

Layer 5 - Memento Tuxedo Black

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite on the blades and Going Gray on the shoe

Layer 1 - Stampin' Up Going Gray on the blade and PTI Soft Stone on the shoe

The sky is Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass.

The trees, sentiment, and skaters are Stampin' Up Soft Suede.

All layers of the icy pond are Stampin' Up Baja Breeze. Each time stamped off once from the pervious layer.

Today's card is entered in the following challenges:

Technique Challenge 726 at Splitcoastampers - Envelope Art

Just Stamping at Daring Cardmakers

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - #154 Snowy Days/Nights

Card Mania Challenge #112 - Baby It's Cold Outside

Also creating beautiful designs with Kitche Sink Stamps:

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


Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz