KSS - Mother's Day Pop-Up Card

My Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored pop-up Mother's Day card has turned out even more beautiful than I envisioned it would! Thanks to inspiration from my crafty friends Frances Byrne and Lois Bak who work on the Karen Burniston Design Team, I have been experimenting with and finally mastering some of the Karen Burniston pop-up dies that have been in my collection for over a year. I watched over and over Karen's You Tube video to learn to correctly fold and place the pop-up pieces. I think I have it down now!

Today I combined images for KSS Butterflies Multi Step Clear Stamps and dies from the Upsy Daisy Pop-Up by Karen Burnison and I am really thrilled with the results.

When you have a very special mother, she has to receive a very special Mother's Day card! Don't you agree??

This is an A2 sized card and pictured below is the front.

Here is what you see when you open the card.

Color Recipe for the Butterflies:

Layer 3 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Blushing Bride stamped twice

Layer 1 PTI Sweet Blush stamped twice

The inside designer paper from Jen Hadfield's Patio Party for American Crafts has pretty gold foiled butterflies which are hard to see in my photo, but I added gold metallic mats on two of the butterflies and on the sentiment panel to match the.

I also added wire antenna on the two cut out butterflies. I think my mother will get a kick out of this pop-up surprise this year!

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

Crafting Happiness Challenges - Challenge #46 Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Challenge 2017 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Challenge #503 Anything Goes

Polkadoodle's Craft Challenge Week 17 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #504 - All Occasions

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!!

CCEE2017 - Interactive Cards

Anyone who knows our April CCEE Stampers hostess, Frances Byrne, knows how much she loves cards that pop, slide, or move in any shape or form. For our challenge this week, Frances has asked the CCEE Stampers to make interactive cards.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I avoid them as much as I possibly can. It seems that no matter how carefully I measure, cut, and fold something is always off just a bit which keeps the card for working properly.

I purchased the Karen Burniston Photo Collage Pop-Up dies over a year ago and have used them only once. And not very successfully, I must say. So today I watched this You Tube video over and over and over until I was able to construct the pop-up structure and get it to work correctly.  Below is the Christmas card I ended up designing.

Front of the Card

Inside of the Card

The designer paper is by the Paper Studio and the dies are from Sizzix. The Oh what fun sentiment is by Stampin' Up.

As luck would have it, I attended a Zoom card making event this afternoon hosted by Stampin' Up demonstrator Andi Fazioli and learned another interactive card. I had a lot of fun with this design as well. I chose papers from my favorite paper maker Graphic 45. The inside images are from By the Tide by Stampin' Up and the sentiment is from Hen & Chicks by Power Poppy. I used various punches and dies to create the frilly embellishment behind the 3¢ stamp.

I am entering this card in: 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #70 - Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #486 - Anything Goes Christmas

Front of Card

Inside of Card

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #455 - All Dressed Up - Include a Moving Part

Here are links to the interactive cards created by the CCEE Stampers Design Team:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak
Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

My Mom, the Saint - The Project Bin

This Mother's Day design sponsored by The Project Bin features two of the fun sentiments from the newly released Defined. There are so many great options with this wonderful sentiment set. I reach for it quite often!

For this card I have used a dress form die from Stampin' Up, Angel Wing dies from Darice, and nesting circle dies from We R Memory Keepers.

The designer papers are from It's All Good by American Crafts and Dendrology by the Paper Studio. 

Thanks for your visit today! Be sure to stop by The Project Bin Blog for more great samples by our other oh-so-talented design team members!

A Daisy of Hope - KSS

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design features the gerbera daisy from Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps, Words 4 Celebrating Clean Stamps and some 2 inch die cut letters.

I die cut the letters twice and stacked them offset before clear embossing them.

Color Recipe for the Daisy

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Powder Pink

Layer 2 PTI Sweet Blush

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Blushing Bride

Layer 4 Versafine Onyx Black

I then went back and stamped Layer 1 over the daisy with Versafine Ink and added a layer of clear embossing.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - PIP Challenge #2016 - Always Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Challenge #130 - Always Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' - Bloomin' Wonderful Challenge

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #184 - Anything Goes

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!!

CCEE2016 - Stencils

Stencils - There are so many fun stencils out there these days, to help decorate our cards. CCEE April hostess, Frances Byrne, has asked the CCEE Stampers create a cards that uses at least one stencil, either for a background or focal image.

I have used my stencil as a background for these Easy Breezy Coneflowers by Power Poppy and have added a sentiment from  Floral Encouragement Cards by My Sentiments Exactly.

For more stencil inspiration, please view the cards of the CCEE Stampers DT:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak
Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Stamping on Designer Paper with KSS

It seems that the times in which we find ourselves these days call for different cards than I currently have in my occasion bins! Most of my friends and family find themselves home alone and in need of encouragement.

Therefore, my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored cards today are very simple combining an image with a sentiment relevant to the times! I have stamped the images directly onto designer papers which also speak to the lives we are living at present.

This first card was made using Guitar Multi Step Clear Stamps and designer paper from Girl Squad by Pebbles.

Color Recipe for the Guitar

Layer 4 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Soft Suede

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 1 Memento Toffee Crunch

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Challenge #29 Always Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Week 3 - Anything Goes Craft-Card-Making

Welcome to Crafty Friends - Challenge #133 - Anything Goes

This second card was stamped with Bicycle Multi Step Clear Stamps on a sheet of designer paper from the Practically Perfect pack by Carta Bella which depicts an empty city park.

Color Recipe for the Bicycle without the basket inked

Layer 4 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 3 Memento London Fog

Layer 2 Memento Gray Flannel

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Going Gray

Color Recipe for the Basket Only

Layer 4 Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Soft Suede

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 1 Memento Toffee Crunch

I am entering this card in the following challenges this week:

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge - Week 15 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #183 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #248 - Anything Goes + 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!!

CCEE2015 - Unicorn Day

According to Frances Byrne, our CCEE Stampers April hostess, today is Unicorn Day. She has asked the CCEE Stampers to feature unicorns on our cards this week.

To create this card I used Crafter's Companion's Fairyland die and one of their sentiments as well. The unicorn die was cut with a Spellbinders set called Unicorn Fantasy.

Take a look at the magical unicorn designs created by the CCEE Stampers Design Team.

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak
Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Faith for a New Day - The Project Bin

Today's card sponsored by The Project Bin is designed around a sentiment from their newly released set called Defined. I love this versatile set which covers so many occasions with its mix of sometimes moving and sometimes fun definitions.

The card is meant as a metaphor for the situation in which we find ourselves in the spring of 2020. There have been many dark days, but our faith lights the way to brighter days ahead. My faith tells me we will come out of this pandemic wiser, kinder, and filled with hope for blessings to come.

The designer paper is from Twilight by One Canoe Two by American Crafts. The lightening bug sticker is from my years-old stash and contained no identifying marks.

I am entering this design in the following challenges:

Artsystamper Challenge & Inspiration Blog - Challenge #13- Things with Wings

My Inkie Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #MIFC011 - Make It Pop

Sweet Stampin' - Things with Wings

KSS - Easter Blessings 2020

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is an Easter card that is going in the mail to my pastor and his wife today. This year will be the first year in my life that I will not be worshiping in my church with my church family on Easter Sunday. Another of many life changes brought about by the spread of Covid-19 across my city, state, nation, and world.

Instead, I will be worshiping with my church family through the blessings of technology on Facebook. It will be a beautiful service celebrating the resurrection of our savior, Jesus Christ and offering Him praise and honor knowing that nothing can separate us for His love and saving grace. Thanks be to God!

My prayer is that we all come out of this pandemic more caring, more kind, more loving, and more Christlike. Stay in and help keep yourself and others safe from this dreaded disease.

To start this card, I attached a cross cut from computer paper to the center of my card front with repositionable tape. I then stamped the daisies and carnations over the cross mask and sponged around the edges of the cross.

I then removed the cross and stamped the Easter Blessings sentiment.

Kitchen Sink Stamps sets used to complete this card include:

Fresh as a Daisy Multi Step Clear Stamps

Carnations Multi Step Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps


Color Recipe for the Daisies

Layer 1 SU Barely Banana
Layer 2 Memento Dandelion
Layer 3 SU Crushed Curry
Layer 4 Memento Peanut Brittle
Layer 5 SU More Mustard

Color Recipe for the Carnations

Layer 1 SU Grapefruit Grove
Layer 2 SU Marigold Morning
Layer 3 SU Peekaboo Peach
Layer 4 SU Mango Melody

Greens used include SU Certainly Celery, Mellow Moss, Lucky Limeade and Mossy Meadow.

I am entering my Easter design in the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness- Challenge #43 - Anything Goes - Easter - one of their top picks for the week! Thank you, Crafting Happiness!!

Global Design Project - Challenge #235 - Spring/Easter

Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #254 - Easter

The Paper Girls Challenge #197 - Florals

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!!

CCEE2014 - Garden Month

It's a brand new month, which means it's time to introduce our new CCEE Stampers Challenge Hostess to you, which is Frances Byrne.

According to the Days of the Year web site, April is Garden Month. So Frances has challenged us this week to be inspired by a garden .... flowers, plants, trees, insects, garden shed, etc. Anything that you might find in a garden is good for this challenge.

Images are from Berries by Kitchen Sink Stamps
Designer Paper is from Down on the Farm by Echo Park Paper Co.

Let's look in on the gardening designs from the CCEE Stampers DT!

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak
Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

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!!