Monday, February 28, 2022

Birthday Cake and Gifts - Side Step Card - KSS

I am continuing to have fun with Candle Wishes recently released by KSS. For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design I have created a colorful side step birthday card for a 13 year old friend. I wanted it to look like a tied cake and used BasicGray designer paper which features lots of gift! Things that any new teenager would love! The birthday sentiment is from Make a Big Statement.

I used this wonderful tutorial created by Beate Johns for Splitcoaststampers for the cutting and scoring measurements to cut and fold this design.


 

Embellishments include red Stickles icing to place the candles on the cake and a red cord bow. Here's hoping this card brightens this sweet teen's birthday.



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







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

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

CCEE 2207 - National Wedding Month

Liz Williams, our February CCEE Stampers hostess, is bringing our last challenge of  February. February is National Wedding Month so Liz has asked the CCEE Stampers to make a wedding card to send a couple who might be tying the knot this month or to send for the next wedding event that occurs for family or friends. 


Here are links to the wedding cards created by

other members of the CCEE Design Team:



Monday, February 21, 2022

New for February from Kitchen Sink Stamps

The Kitchen is heating up today with 2 new stamps sets, as well as new digi files for KSS fans! Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored designs feature a card with each of these awesome new sets!

First up is Candle Wishes which is an wonderful small set with a three step candle and flame perfect for any celebration! The set also comes with a wealth of sensational sentiments to be used for a variety of occasions! 

I used Candle Wishes to create a 93rd birthday card for my mother who just celebrated this wonderful event this past week. She is thrilled to catch up with my dad who had his 93rd birthday in January! The candles were cut with the corresponding SVG cut file before they were stamped. I then added the SVG layering cut behind the candles. The Happy Birthday Sentiment is a part of Words 4 Celebrating.





The background was created with Ranger Distress Oxide Inks in spun sugar, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry, and wilted violet splattered with gold acrylic paint and water.

The 93 was cut using Cricut Design Space, and I used the KSS SVG cut stencil Sun Spots.


Also releasing today is Just Ducky! What a fun set also with a delightful mix of sentiments! For this card I have mixed it with Bubbles All Around to create a card to welcome a new baby. I stenciled the waves using SVG Cut Waves & Splashes.






The new digi files include:


SVG Slimline Layered Stencil




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







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

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

CCEE2206 - National Embroidrey Month

CCEE February Hostess, Liz Williams, is back with another fun challenge for February. She discovered that February is National Embroidery Month, so she has invited the CCEE Stampers to use stitching, faux stitching, cross-stitching, or any other stitch design we might want to represent. I have gone with a home-stitched fashion theme with a wonderful sentiment from The Project Bin.


Cards from the Design Team:

 

Monday, February 14, 2022

Valentine's Day Love from Kitchen Sink Stamps

Sharing one last Valentine's Day card as today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design along with a little Valentine's Day surprise for our fans.


So if you have a few goodies on your KSS Wish List, today is the day to place your order. You have until midnight PDT to save 20% using prom code: KSSXOXO.


 

My Valentine today was created using images from Heart & Roses and Coffee Mate Greetings. The embellishments include an inked doily, crocheted lace, heart glitter ribbon and a glitter heart sticker. This is a 5 x 7 inch card.


Color Recipe Using Altenew Inks for the Roses

Layer 1 Vineyard Berry stamped 4 times
Layer 2 Heart Beat stamped 2 times
Layer 3 Crimson stamped 2 times
Layer 4 Crimson stamped once

Color Recipe Using Altenew Inks for the Leaves

Layer 1 Hunter Green
Layer 2 Mountain Pine
Layer 3 Evergreen

Sentiment was stamped with Heart Beat twice.



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







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

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

CCEE2205 - Valentines

Liz Williams, our CCEE Challenge hostess has another great challenge for the CCEE Stampers for February. Valentine's Day is a big card sending holiday and one of her favorites. So Liz's challenge to us  is to make a special Valentine's Day card or a friendship card using one of our favorite layouts or techniques and then mail it to someone we love. 



Valentine Cards by the CCEE Design Team

Sunday, February 6, 2022

Unconventional Valentine - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I decided to create a Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored Valentine's Day card using unconventional colors and images. I really love it! So much so that I may just send it to all my Valentines!!! I am calling this card my Once in a Blue Moon Love!



 

The images for this card came from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps Sets:


Lighthouse


Owl & Autumn Moon


Tree Friends


Isle of Big Bay Lake


The background of this card was blended with Distress Oxide inks by Ranger. I added 4 rhinestone stars.


I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge IC844 - Wallsauce

The Paper Players - PP577 - Love & Friendship

Just Us Girls - Challenge 618 - Friends

Three Room Studio - Saturday Challenge #70 - Love and/or Hearts

DL.ART - Thankful Thursday Challenge #292 - Valentine


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







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


Wednesday, February 2, 2022

CCEE2204 - Winter Olympics

Beginning this Friday, February 4, the Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, China.. Liz Williams, the CCEE Stampers Challenge Hostess has asked that the CCEE Stampers feature one of those winter sports on our cards. She also suggested that we might even want to add gold or silver as embellishment or highlight on your card.  



Here are links to the cards of the other DT members: