Encouragement for a Friend

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design was created for a talented card maker and one of the sweetest crafters around who is currently battling breast cancer for the second time. The Teapotters over at Splitcoaststampers are showering her with cards this week, and I certainly want her to know how much we miss her and are rooting for her recovery. This card went in the mail to her on Saturday.

I have found the sentiments in the new Coffee Mate Greetings to be so very versatile and have used one of them on this card of encouragement and love.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used for this design:

Carnations Multi Step Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

Words 4 Celebrating Clear Stamps

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Carnations

Layer 1 Pretty in Pink by Stampin' Up
Layer 2 Hibiscus Burst by PaperTrey Inc.
Layer 3 Lovely Lady by PaperTrey Inc.
Layer 4 Rose Bud by Memento

Color Recipe for the Stems and Leaves

Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves
Layer 2 Memento Olive Grove
Layer 3 Mossy Meadow by Stampin' Up

The ribbons are actually shoe strings that I found at the Dollar Store.

In case you haven't heard, Kitchen Sink Stamps is currently having a Year End Sale.

See the details below:

For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit the blogs and YouTube videos of the members of the Kitchen Crew linked below:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nancy Stamps by Nancy McCabe

For those wishing to purchase Kitchen Sink Stamps, click SHOP HERE. It will take you directly to the store as well as let Maria know that you are a fan of my work! Thanks so much!!

KSS - Celebrate the Season

Well, two more days and Christmas will be here! The hustle and bustle of preparations will be behind us, and the time to celebrate being with those we love will have arrived.

My family and I will be together to celebrate the love and forgiveness that came to us from God on that first Christmas so many years ago in the form of his beloved son, and the love we have for each other. We are blessed beyond measure.

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card features the following sets:

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Holly & Mistletoe Multi Step Clear Stamps

Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps

To create this design, I stamped two sprigs of mistletoe directly on the woodgrain designer paper I chose.

Color Recipe for the Mistletoe

Layer1 Memento Pistachio

Layer 2 Memento Olive Grove

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

The berries on the mistletoe were dotted on using a stylus and white acrylic paint. I then set that aside to dry while I stamped the skates on a separate white panel.

Color Recipe for the Skates

Layer1 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 2 Memento London Fog

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 4 PTI Soft Stone stamped 3 times

Layer 5 PTI Soft Stone on the blades only

After fussy cutting out the skates, I glued them over the sprigs of mistletoe and then stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black. I matted the panel with black and attached it to the white 5.5 x 5.5 cardfront.

Wishing you a blessed Christmas filled with love and peace!!

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

The Library Challenge - Challenge #49 - Anthology (pick a precious book). I was inspired by the cover of Little Women which shows the girls ice skating.

Crafty Friends - Challenge #125 - Winter Colors

Jingle Belles - Taking Back our Ninth December - Happy Holidays

Winter Wonderland - End of Year Anything Christmas Goes Challenge

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #242  Christmas/Winter + a Sentiment

For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit the blogs and YouTube videos of the members of the Kitchen Crew linked below:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nancy Stamps by Nancy McCabe

For those wishing to purchase Kitchen Sink Stamps, click SHOP HERE. It will take you directly to the store as well as let Maria know that you are a fan of my work! Thanks so much!!

Austin Original Christmas Tree Farm - KSS

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card was stamped in honor of my parents, Jud and Bette Austin, who truly are the ones who have led the way in card-making in our family They have been creating and mailing Christmas cards to their family and friends for one year short of 70 years. For the past 40 years or so they have stamped "An Austin Original" on the back of each card so I named my Christmas Tree Farm - Austin Original. At 90 years old now, they continue with this time-honored tradition needing fewer cards as cherished loved ones and friends pass away and working a little slower, but never considering sending a card that wasn't crafted by their own hands.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used to create this scene:

Classic Old Truck Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Birch Tree Multi Step Clear Stamps

with brief appearances by

Seaside Seagull Multi Step Clear Stamps

Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps

Things 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps

Holly & Mistletoe Multi Step Clear Stamps

This card has been entered in the following challenges:

Merry Christmas Crafting Happiness - Challenge #27 - Christmas

Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog - Challenge #388 - It's Christmas Time!

Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #247 - Christmas

Make My Monday - Challenge #111 - Anything Christmas

Dare 2B Artzy - December Challenge - Holiday Fun

For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit the blogs and YouTube videos of the members of the Kitchen Crew linked below:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nancy Stamps by Nancy McCabe

For those wishing to purchase Kitchen Sink Stamps, click SHOP HERE. It will take you directly to the store as well as let Maria know that you are a fan of my work! Thanks so much!!

CCEE1950 - Santa through the Window

Lynn McAuley, December CCEE hostess here with the final challenge of 2019. After today the CCEE Stampers will be on holiday until January 2 enjoying the season with their families and friends. We thank you for another wonderful year of shared stamping and wish you and yours the very best during this season of joy. Please join us in the new year for more shared stamping fun!

For our last challenge, I am asking that you create a card which has a window. It will then be your choice on whether you want to be peeking IN on Santa or peeking OUT at Santa. I can't wait to look through your window to spy on Santa. Have fun!!

My Santa image is from Unity.

The Christmas tree is Graphic 45 paper

The dies: Pine and Cones from Sizzix

Window - Poppy Stamps

Sentiment - Impression Obsession

Embossing Folder - Stampin' Up

Let's peek in or out of the windows on the CCEE DT's cards:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak
Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

KSS - Christmas Thank You

Well, the Christmas cards are finished and all in the mail! Now it's time to get those Christmas Thank You Cards prepped and ready!

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card is a prototype for the one I plan to send this year. I know I will get at lease one coffee mug because my family knows that I collect them. I pulled out my Christmas mugs (each one of a kind) at Thanksgiving so we could start enjoying them together. Five of us are big coffee drinkers so I have to make at least two pots of coffee when they are all here!

What I usually do is write exactly what was in the gift on the tag. I then tack those to my bulletin board above my computer as a reminder until the Thank You is sent. I have substituted tiny post it notes in this design!!

I used the following Kitchen Sink Stamps' Sets to complete this design:

Keep Calm Coffee Mug Multi Step Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

Holly & Mistletoe Multi Step Clear Stamps

These are the color recipes I used to create this coffee cup. I stamped the holly first.

Holly Color Recipe

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Lemon Lime Twist
Layer 2 Stampin' Up Emerald Enby
Layer 3 - Memento Northern Pine

Berries  Color Recipe

Layer 1 Memento Lady Bug
Layer 2 Memento Love Letter
Layer 3 Memento Elderberry

After masking the leaves and berries, I added the mug on top using this recipe:

Coffee Mug Color Recipe

Layer 1 Memento Lady Bug
Layer  Memento Love Letter
Layer 3 Stampin' Up Lovely Lipstick
Layer 4 Memento Rhubarb Stalk

The sentiment was stamped using Stampin' Up Early Espresso.

Embellishments for this card include the adhesive backed cork board and the silver nailheads.

For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit the blogs and YouTube videos of the members of the Kitchen Crew linked below:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nancy Stamps by Nancy McCabe

For those wishing to purchase Kitchen Sink Stamps, click SHOP HERE. It will take you directly to the store as well as let Maria know that you are a fan of my work! Thanks so much!!

A BIG and BOLD Christmas - CCEE1949

Hello, CCEE Stampers and friends! Lynn McAuley here to lead you through the final challenges for 2019.

As the CCEE December hostess, I have chosen for today's challenge that you create a holiday card where a BIG and BOLD sentiment is the star on the front your design.

My card was created with 2 inch die cut letters and a die cut Christmas mounted on top of this cute designer paper from Cozy & Bright by Pebbles.

Let's look in on what the rest of the CCEE Stampers have designed for you today:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak
Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Kitchen Sink Stamps - Winter Cardinal

It is hard to believe that December is here, and I don't have near enough Christmas cards to put in the mail to my family and friends. It is a good thing my calendar is pretty open this week so I can focus on finishing up my cards and getting them in the mail.

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps' sponsored card is a snowy holiday scene featuring stamps from the following sets:

Winter Cardinal Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

and

Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps

This card was created by stamping the birch tree trunks first and then masking them. I then stamped the cabin and the evergreens over the masks. I next brushed layers of snowbanks across the width of the card using torn paper panels. The final step before removing the masks was to brush in the blue sky.

I was then able to remove the masks and add the bushes, horse sleigh, pines, cardinal, and Merry Christmas sentiment.

This card is 5 x 7 inches in size and it took me an hour and 10 minutes to complete it.

For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit the blogs and YouTube videos of the members of the Kitchen Crew linked below:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nancy Stamps by Nancy McCabe

For those wishing to purchase Kitchen Sink Stamps, click SHOP HERE. It will take you directly to the store as well as let Maria know that you are a fan of my work! Thanks so much!!

I am entering today's card in the following challenges:

Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge #176 - Anything Goes with optional Winter

The Artistic Stamper - Christmas is Coming

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog - Challenge #411 - Christmas Scene

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