Gratitude and Grief - KSS

This past week has been one of gratitude and grief for me. I have been so blessed by the love and generosity of friends during this time of isolation. A thank you at the front door when they drop off a bowl of homemade ice cream or on the phone when they connect me with the perfect person to clean my gutters before the rain is just not enough. So the first of today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored designs is one of the thank you cards going out to these lovely people.

It was created using the newly released set Old World Door Multi Step Clear Stamps with a little help from Potted Topiaries Multi Step Clear Stamps (pot) and Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps (thanks). I turned the door into a window by cutting out sections of the door and adding a bit of brick below the windowsill. An inside peek shows some of the climbing roses in a pot on the kitchen table.

Color Recipe for the Brick and Window

Layer 5 PTI Dark Chocolate

Layer 4 SU Soft Suede

Layer 3 SU Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 2 SU Creamy Caramel

Layer 1 Memento Desert Sand

Color Recipe for the Pot

Layer 1 SU Creamy Caramel

Layer 2 Memento Potter's Clay

Layer 3 Memento Potter's Clay

Layer 4 SU Soft Suede

Color Recipe for the Leaves and Vines

Layer 1 SU Sage Shadow

Layer 2 PTI Ocean Tides

Color Recipe for the Roses 

Layer 1 Memento Lady Bug

Layer 2 Memento Love Letter

Layer 3 SU Merry Merlot

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Stamp & Fun = Creativity - Challenge #369 - Nature or Flowers

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #252 - Flowers and A Sentiment

The second KSS sponsored card is a sympathy card for a dear friend who lost her husband unexpectedly on Wednesday. She and I both live on the Texas Gulf Coast so I have created this masculine design using Lighthouse Multi Step Clear Stamps, Seaside Seagull Multi Step Clear Stamps, Shoreline Rocks Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Isle of Big Bay Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps.

Color Recipe for the Lighthouse

Layer 4 SU Early Espresso

Layer 3 PTI Dark Chocolate

Layer 2 SU Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 1 Memento Desert Sand

Recipe for the Pier

Layer 4 SU Soft Suede

Layer 3 SU Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 2 SU Creamy Caramel

Layer 1 Memento Desert Sand

Recipe for the Seagull

Layer 4 Memento Tuxedo Black

Layer 3 SU Gray Granite

Layer 2 PTI Soft Stone

Layer 1 (head and body masked) beak and legs PTI Soft Stone

I leave the masks on the birds to sponge on the sea and the sky, leaving their bodies white.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - PIP Challenge #2022 - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #508 - Anything Goes with Option "at least 2 layers"

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!!