2022 - Bring It On! Kitchen Sink Stamps

Looks like 2022 is going to be another challenging year for us all! I am busy making plans on just how to take it on successfully! I  hope my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design this morning reflects my resolve!

May we all approach the on-coming year with hope, strength, wisdom, and faith as we work together instead of against each other to tackle the problems and challenges we face as families, as communities, as nations, as a planet.

Wishing you all the best in 2022.

My card today was created with the newly released Champagne Cheer. The year was die cut using Alphanumeric Shadow Numbers by Sizzix. The Bring It On sentiment was computer generated. 

I layered 4 champagne glasses to create a chipboard type embellishment over the sentiment strip and clear embossed the top stamped layer to create a glass like surface for the champagne flute.

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

thehopefulcrafter by Tracy Shultz

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!!

Holiday Packaging

Now that all my holiday cards are complete and in the mail, I have this week to get my gifts wrapped and under the Christmas tree.

Today's Technique Lover's Challenge 878 over at Splitcoaststampers gave me the opportunity to do just that. For this challenge participants were asked to create holiday packaging that could hold a gift card. Challenge Hostess Lyn created a Box in a Bag using this tutorial. It looked like a fun and fast way to construct a gift bag for small treasures so I used it, too! She listed several other options, as well, if you would like to take a look.

For this Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored project, I used images and a sentiment from Christmas Poinsettia. I created a border for the bottom of the bag with the pines and pine cones and an SVG cut poinsettia as the center decoration. The sentiment is also stamped on an SVG cut file which is available with the purchase of this set. I can't find any identification on the designer paper so I'm not sure of its origin.

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

thehopefulcrafter by Tracy Shultz

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!!

Christmas Around the World - CCEE2150

 

Lynn McAuley here with the final CCEE Stampers Challenge for 2021. Last week we shared Christmas traditions within our families. Today's challenge might involve a bit of research on your part.

I would like for all those who are taking part in this challenge to select a country or culture other than their own and feature on the front of their cards a unique element or tradition from that country or culture's holiday celebrations!

I have chosen Holland. Every year during the days leading up to Christmas, Dutch children eagerly place their shoes by the fireplace in hopes that Sinterklaas will fill them with small gifts and tasty treats in the night. Traditionally, carrots are left in the shoes for Sinterklaas' loyal white horse named Amerigo.

In years past, naughty children would receive a potato in lieu of gifts!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our CCEE Fans!

We look forward to seeing you back for more fun challenges in 2022!

The CCEE Design Crew:

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam

Holiday Cheer - Kitchen Sink Stamps

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored holiday card, I wanted to share a new color recipe with you for the Amaryllis. I chose to go with pinks for this Christmas card which also features sentiments and pine from Christmas Poinsettia. 

Color Recipe for the Amaryllis using
Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Pretty in Pink

Layer 2 Polished Pink

Layer 3 Magenta Madness

Layer 4 Raspberry Ripple

The pines were stamped using only layer 1 in Mossy Meadow. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Claire Nocturne and the edges were sponged with Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide ink.

I still have more Christmas cards to go. Most of my holiday cards this year are featuring the amaryllis. The blossoms are so beautiful and it is so easy to stamp.

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!!

CCEE2049 - Family Traditions

As the hostess for the CCEE Stampers this December, I have asked the CCEE Stampers to create a project that represents one of the Christmas traditions celebrated at their house. I told them that mine may just be one of the wackiest!

At my house we have many Christmas traditions that we hold fast to each year, but the wonderfully wacky one involves a rubber chicken that one person in the family receives every year. They must then find an ingenious way to repurpose the chicken and pass it on to someone new the following year.

Below I have photographed 2 scrapbook pages that I did in 2013 which features "Chick Flicks" made for me by my granddaughter, Piper, in 2012. Beside that page to the left you see "Wild Chicken Whisky" presented to my husband by our son in 2015. I can't wait to see who gets the chicken this year, and what it will look like!!

My chicken card today features a chicken from Stampin' Up and a sentiment from Impression Obsession. The designer paper is Graphic 45.

Learn about the Christmas tradition in the households of our other CCEE Design Team Members below:

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

December Stamp Release - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I am posting an array of KSS sponsored cards in this post so that you can get a good look at the four new stamp sets releasing today at Kitchen Sink Stamps. 

The December 2021 sets include:

Angel's Wings

Champagne Cheer

Musical Things 4 Teddy

Bubbles All Around

This first card features images, SVG cut files, and sentiments from Angel's Wings. It was done for the Technique Lover's Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. The clouds were cut with a cloud die from Fawn Lawn. You can read about the Sentiment Down Under Technique here. 

This second card is a card for a friend whose husband passed away just over a year ago. It was done with a light watercolor wash background on watercolor paper. I used the SVG cut files for the wings. The heart was created with a Darice die.

The new Champagne Cheers set is packed with lots of fun sentiments, confetti, streamers, and the champagne flute. It is perfect to create a card of celebration for so many occasions! Such fun! The streamers and champagne flute were cut with my Cricuit Joy using the SVG files available at KSS. Don't forget that they are free if you add them to your cart at the time that you purchase the set.

On this second card with Champagne Cheers, I used the new Bubbles All Around set to create the background.

I added the trumpet from Musical Things 4 Teddy to Teddy Bear Wishes, Things for Ducky and Teddy, and Christmas Poinsettia to get another Christmas card made. I am so, so far behind!! The embossed holiday background is from Tim Holtz and the holly designer paper is from the Paper Studio as is the holly sticker. All the KSS images were stamped on SVG cut images.

Don't overlook the awesome creations Maria and Nancy have for you using these new images!!

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!!

Celebrate with Song - CCEE2148

It is my honor to get to host the December challenges for the CCEE Stampers as we close out 2021.

Music plays a huge part in the celebration of the Christmas holidays for many, many people. We hear holiday music played in churches, piped to us in stores, coming through our radios, and featured on holiday specials on T.V. throughout the month of December.

For today's challenge, "Celebrate with Song," I am asking that the CCEE Stampers use song lyrics from a holiday song (either secular or religious) as the sentiment on the front of a Christmas design. 

I have chosen one of the songs I always loved hearing at Christmas Eve services during my childhood. It still gives me goosebumps to this day.

Images used to create this card include:

Come to Bethlehem by Stampin' Up

Cover-a-Car Universe by Impression Obsession

Sentiment by Stampabilities

Visit the blogs of our Design Team to see their creations inspired by holiday songs!

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Peach Poinsettia Basket - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Beautiful poinsettias of every hue are filling the shelves at my local gardening centers. Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored Christmas card was inspired by a beautiful basket of peachy poinsettias I saw this weekend.  This is a 5 x 7 inch design stamped with Altenew inks.

Images used on this holiday card came from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps sets:

Christmas Poinsettia
Baskets
All Year Grapevine Wreath
Winter Berries

Lilacs

Color Recipe for Poinsettias using Altenew Inks

Layer 1  Blush

Layer 2 Honey Drizzle

Layer 3 Pink Pearl

Layer 4 Rouge

Layer 5 Rouge

Color Recipe for Leaves using Altenew Inks

Layer 1  Grass Field

Layer 2 Mountain Pine

Layer 3 Evergreen

Color Recipe for Basket using Altenew Inks

Layer 1  Rocky Shore

Layer 2 Mocca

Layer 3 Espresso

Color Recipe for Pines using Altenew Inks

Layer 1  Hunter Green

Layer 2 Evergreen

Color Recipe for Pine Cones using Altenew Inks

Layer 1  Caramel Toffee

Layer 2 Mocca

Layer 3 Espresso

Color Recipe for Berries using Altenew Inks

Layer 1  Rubellite

Layer 2 Magenta

Layer 3 Razzleberry

The poinsettias and the bow were stamped on SVG cut files. The rest of the images were masked and stamped on the card front. The front poinsettia is popped up on dimensionals.

I brushed a little color under the basket using Tea Dye Distress Oxide Ink and the top edges with Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink. The sentiment was stamped with Verafine Claire Nocturne.

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

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #4 - Anything Christmas

Stamping Sensations - November - Christmas

The Paper Shelter - Challenge #493 - A Christmas Card

Addicted to Stamps & More - Challenge #419 - Any Occasion

The Card Concept #164 - Rustic Holiday - My card style is classy and elegant and I was inspired by the basket of poinsettias in the inspiration photo below.

On Monday, December 6 Kitchen Sink Stamps will be releasing 4 new sets. Here is a quick peek at one image you will find in one of them!

Thank you for visiting today!! It is always great to see you here!!

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!!

Thankful Leaves - CCEE2147

Kelly has posted our final challenge for November for the CCEE Stampers!

Being that it's Thanksgiving, she has asked the CCEE Stampers to create a card or project with a thankful theme ~ bonus points for adding a leaf/leaves on your card!

Here's mine!

Check out what the other CCEE DT Members have created:

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Thanksgiving Sale - Kitchen Sink Stamps

The Kitchen Sink Stamps Thanksgiving Sale has begun! Use promo code GOBBLE to receive 25% off on all in stock merchandise from today until midnight on Saturday, November 27!

I've been busy making Christmas tags for my gifts using images from Amaryllis and sentiments from Christmas Poinsettia! I think my packages will look beautiful!!

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!  Be sure to add promo code GOBBLE to your order and don't forget to add the SVG cut files for any sets you purchase. Remember, they are free at the time of purchase. Thanks so much!!

Wishing You Cheer! - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Before I get to today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design, I wanted to give you a heads-up for Kitchen Sink Stamps Thanksgiving Sale. Check back here on Wednesday to get the the promo code to save 25% on all in stock merchandise.

And now on to today's card! I am finally getting serious about getting my Christmas cards done this week. Most of my holiday cards this year will feature the newly released Amaryllis but today's holiday design is a slimline window scene featuring a potted poinsettia plant created with images from Christmas Poinsettia, stems from Lilacs, Clay Pots, and the bow from All Year Grapevine Wreath. Outside the window is a deer from Tree Friends and the smallest trees from Snowy Pine Trees. The poinsettias, the clay pot, and the bow were stamped on precut cardstock cut with the SVG files available for these sets.

Dies used to create this card include the Grand Madison Window by Poppy Stamps, and Tag Thinlits from Sizzix.

The designer paper is from Graphic 45.

Color Recipe for Poinsettias Using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Watermelon Wonder
Layer 2 Pineapple Punch
Layer 3 Poppy Parade
Layer 4 Real Red
Layer 5 Raspberry Ripple

Color Recipe for Leaves Using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Lucky Limeade
Layer 2 Old Olive
Layer 3 Mossy Meadow

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

International Art & Soul - Challenge #122 - Winter

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #4 - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams November Challenge - Christmas/Winter

Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge #62 - Slimline Card

The Card Concept Challenge #164 - Rustic Holiday - I was inspired by the cabin feel of the photo as well as the potted poinsettia on the floor. My card style is Classy and Elegant.

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!!

The Holidays are Sneaking Up!

For some reason, the holidays seem to be sneaking up on me and catching me unprepared this year. I am scrambling to get some pies and cakes baked and into the freezer to serve on Thanksgiving which is just one week away! EKKK!!

And Christmas cards and tags, don't even go there!! I looked in my Christmas stash bin thinking I had over 50 cards. Guess again!! There are all of 19 ready to mail! WHAT?? Looks like I will burning the candle at both ends for a while!

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored designs feature both a Thanksgiving card and a Christmas card. 

 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!!

CCEE2146 - Buffalo Plaid

CCEE November Hostess, Kelly McKown-Santi, absolutely adores black and white buffalo plaid (also known as buffalo check). She has asked the CCEE Stampers to create a card with buffalo plaid as our focal point.

Here is a fun fact I learned this week. On Thursday, November 18 Mickey and Minnie Mouse are celebrating their 93rd birthday! It just so happens that my parents will be celebrating their 93rd birthdays in January and February. I think this will be a fun card for one of them.

The buffalo plaid is a stamp by Momenta. The Happy Birthday is a sentiment by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Mickey and Minnie were cut with a die by Cuttlebug and the 93 were cut with a die by Sizzix.

Check out the fun buffalo plaid designs by the CCEE Design Team:

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam

CCEE2145 - Tag, You're It

 Hi friends! Kelly McKown-Santi has presented the CCEE Stampers

with a really fun challenge this week!

Today's challenge is simple.

 She says, "Let's get ready for the holiday gift giving

by creating holiday tags ~ any style!"

Here are the ones I came up with:

Look at the fabulously fun tags 

from the rest of the CCEE team!

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Activate: Feast Mode - KSS

 I have been in the kitchen for over a week trying out new recipes for our family Thanksgiving feast! That experience has been the inspiration for this week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design.

The turkey and sentiments used here are from the newly released Turkey Blessings. What a fabulously awesome array of  sentiments from serious to whimsical come with this fun set! The other stamp set I put into the mix is Pumpkins.

The background was created using the SVC Cut Oak Leaves and Acorns Slimline Stencil, also from Kitchen Sink Stamps! Brushing in all those autumn colors was quick and easy! I'm loving the look!

Color Recipe for the Turkey using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Creamy Caramel
Layer 2 Cinnamon Cider
Layer 3 Marina Mist
Layer 4 Poppy Parade
Layer 5 Soft Suede
Layer 6 Early Espresso

Color Recipe for Pumpkins using Stampin' Up Ink

Layer 1 Peekaboo Peach

Layer 2 Pumpkin Pie

Layer 3 Only Orange

Layer 4 Cinnamon Cider

Layer 5 Really Rust

This card has been entered in the following challenges this week:

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #138 - Thanksgiving, Autumn, and Rust

The Card Concept Challenge #163 - Beautiful Bounty - Style - Clean and Graphic. I was inspired by the pumpkins and leaves in the inspiration photo.

Gem of a Challenge - Challenge #23 - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - November Challenge - Anything Goes

 Thank you for visiting my blog today! It's always fun to see you here!!

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!!

CCEE2144 - Manatee Awareness Month

Kelly McGown-Santi who lives in the sunny and eternally warm state of Florida is hosting the challenges for the CCEE Stampers for the month of November. She has informed us that November is Manatee Awareness Month. To celebrate Florida's beloved, iconic marine mammal she has requested that we add one (or more!) to our cards this week!

My card features a manatee cut with my Cricut Joy using Cricut Design Space. The sentiment if from the Impression Obsession set Family Reunion. The water stencil is by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Here are the cards created by the CCEE team honoring this gentle water mammal.

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

So Very Thankful - Kitchen Sink Stamps

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card I have created a card of thanks which features images from Turkey Blessings and a sprig of pine from Christmas Poinsettia. These two sets are part of the KSS October release and both have an awesome array of wonderful of sentiments to make holiday card-making fun!

Color Recipe for the Turkey using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Creamy Caramel
Layer 2 Cinnamon Cider
Layer 3 Marina Mist
Layer 4 Poppy Parade
Layer 5 Soft Suede
Layer 6 Early Espresso

The sentiment was also stamped with Early Espresso.

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!! 

CCEE21143 - Create a Scene!

Frances Byrne has one last fun challenge for the CCEE Stampers on her last week as our October hostess. She says, "Create a scene!!  -  outside, inside - any kind you like!"

As many of you know, I love creating scenes. Usually I use my stamps to do so, but today I have done it with dies!

Here are links to the scenes the DT created:

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

October Release - Kitchen Sink Stamps

The three new sets released today by Kitchen Sink Stamps have me excited about getting started on holiday cards! The two Christmas sets are Amaryllis and Christmas Poinsettia and for Thanksgiving there is Turkey Blessings. Both Christmas Poinsettia and Turkey Blessings are also packed with sensational sentiments to add great variety to the cards you create with them.

The amaryllis, pot, bow, and sentiment were stamped on the SVG cut files which coordinate with these sets and are available for free at the time of purchase. Be sure you add them to your cart!

I added a table top created with a paper doily and DP from the Paper Studio.

I am entering this card in Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge #565 - Anything Christmas with the option of adding a flower or two.

KSS sets used to create this holiday card include:

Amaryllis

Christmas Poinsettia (sentiment)

Clay Pots

All Year Grapevine Wreath (bow)

Color Recipe for the Amaryllis using Altenew Inks

Layer 1 Crimson

Layer 2 Heart Beat

Layer 3 Vineyard Berry

Layer 4 Grapevine

Color Recipe for the stalks and leaves using Aletnew Inks

Layer 1 Hunter Green

Layer 2 Mountain Pine

Layer 3 Evergreen

This next Christmas card was completed with images which are all a part of the Christmas Poinsettia set. This is one stand lone set that is packed with possibilities. Again, I stamped these images on the SVG cut file that is a companion to this set. The designer paper is Solitude Five by Authentique and Rose Gold Metallic by the Paper Studio. The filly die is Love and Romance Card Front by Crafter's Companion.

This card has been entered at the Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog for their challenge Pine Cones & Poinsettias.

Color Recipe for Poinsettia using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Watermelon Wonder

Layer 2 Pineapple Punch

Layer 3 Poppy Parade

Layer 4 Berry Burst

Layer 5 Fresh Fig

Color Recipe for Leaves using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Certainly Celery

Layer 2 Garden Green

Layer 3 Always Artichoke

Color Recipe for the Pine Cones using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 watercolor wash of Cinnamon Cider

Layer 2 stamped with Cinnamon Cider

Layer 3 Chocolate Chip

Color Recipe for Pine Sprig using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 watercolor wash of Always Artichoke

Layer 2 stamped with Always Artichoke

I'm ending today's post with this fun Thanksgiving card which incorporates images from Turkey Blessings, Grazing Horse (fence), Trees, and Pumpkins. The designer paper is by Bo Bunny.

This card has been entered in the Alphabet Challenge O is for Outdoors.

Color Recipe for the Turkey using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Creamy Caramel

Layer 2 Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 3 Marina Mist

Layer 4 Watermelon Wonder

Layer 5 Chocolate Chip

Layer 6 Early Espresso

Thanks for stopping by to check out the new stamps!!

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!!