KSS - Let's Make a Scene - Mother's Day Kitchen Table

For today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I have created a Mother's Day kitchen table still-life scene featuring the KSS Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps and a sentiment from KSS Whole Family Clear Stamps.

As a child I can remember my grandmother and grandfather always coming to visit at our house on Mother's Day, and they always brought my mother a beautiful potted hydrangea.
Some years it was pink and some years it was purple. So every third year or so, I carry on the tradition by featuring a hydrangea on my mother's card on Mother's Day.

I started first by stenciling a wallpaper design on the cardfront  using Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide. The stencil is by Heidi Swapp. I then added wood plank designer paper from My Mind's Eye on the bottom fourth of the card. Next I stamped Mom on the die cut jar and added the bow before securing it to the card front. 

Now I was ready for the hydrangeas. Here is the Color Recipe I used to create them.

The Flowers

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Blackberry Bliss

Layer 3 - Memento Sweet Plum

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Highland Heather

Layer 1 - Memento Lulu Lavender

The Leaves

Layer 1 - Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 3 - Memento Olive Grove

Sentiment - Stampin' Up Blackberry Bliss

I want to share a little something that I do when fussy cutting that I think makes a great difference in the look of the card.  I always sponge the edges of the cut out pieces in a medium tone color to insure that no white from the cardstock shows. 

After I had finished the sponging, I glued down the leaves and the small hydrangea and all the leaves to the card front. The finishing touch was to pop-up the large hydrangea with dimensional.

I am entering my Mother's Day card in the following challenges this week:

Stamping Sensations - April Challenge - April Showers Bring May Flowers

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog - Challenge #395 - Spring Flowers

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - Challenge #157 - Flowers

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 578 - Flowers


Be inspired by more beautiful Kitchen Sink Stamps creations on the blogs of the Kitchen Crew linked below.

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Thank you for your visit and sweet comments!! I hope you will be inspired to join in on the layered stamping craze!!