CCEE2216 - Spring Garden

For our final April challenge, CCEE Hostess, Liz Willams has asked the CCEE Stampers to give her a peek at what we have planted in our spring garden. She said to feature our favorite blossoms on our creations.

Well, unfortunately, I am no gardener. Even the knockout roses I planted last year refuse to bloom. The only blossoms appearing in my flower beds this year are weeds that put out flowers! But that's O.K. They come in many pretty colors!

The sentiment is from Deadbeat Designs and the die cut wildflowers are from Flower Field by Tim Holtz for Sizzix.

See the flowers growing in the gardens of the DT members below:

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne

In addition to the CCEE challenge, I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Card Concept #174 {How Does Your Garden Grow} As mentioned above, Texas weeds and wildflowers grow in my yard each spring. The style is pretty clean and simple.

The Sisterhood of Crafters - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Can You Handle the Pressure? - Anything Goes with a Twist of PASTELS

Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog - Challenge #446 - Spring/Easter

Plumeria for Mother - Kitchen Sink Stamps

With Mother's Day just around the corner on May 8, I am sharing this card created for my mother as my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design. I often mix lots of stamps together to create my KSS cards, but this design uses on two sets: Plumeria and Bold Holiday Greetings.

The blossoms and leaves were cut with my Cricut Joy using the SVG Cut File which is available for free from KSS when added to your cart at the time you purchase the Plumeria set. The layered stamping was then added to the cut outs.

The background was blended with Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide by Ranger. I then splattered it with water, dried it, and then splattered it again with liquid gold.

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

Sunday Stamps - SSC281 - Sweet Pastels

Alphabet Challenge Blog - B is for Blooms

Cut It Up! Challenge Blog p #250 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite: Floral or Cute. I love florals! Flowers are my "thing!"

Thank you, As You Like 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

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!!

CCEE2215 - National Kindergarten Day!

It’s National Kindergarten Day. April's CCEE Challenge Hostess, Liz Williams, spent many years as a kindergarten teacher in Texas schools. She has asked the CCEE Stampers to make a card using only primary colors and basic shapes.

 Let's see what others created with yellow, red, and blue!

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Happy Spring - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Most people around these parts are very happy to see spring arrive this year!! Such pretty colors and life everywhere you look.

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design was created with images from Spring Nest, Remembrance Poppy, and Bold 4 Seasons Greetings. The nest and fern fronds were cut with SVG files using my Cricut before stamping the colored layers. The embossed panel is from Crafters Companion. 

This card has been entered in the following challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure? - Anything Goes with Embossing

Sweet Stampin' - Easter/Spring Mood Board

Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge #233 - Anythings Goes with Optional Spring Colors

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Challenge #634 - Spring/Easter

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!!

CCEE2214 - Look Up To The Sky

CCEE Stampers' April Hostess, Liz Williams says, "It's look up at the sky day.”  So recreate something you love as a beautiful part of God’s huge canvas (maybe a starry night, a bright rainbow, sunrises or sunsets, or beautiful cloud formations. )

All images by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

CCEE Design Team:

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Bunny Basket - Kitchen Sink Stamps

This week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design features more of the gorgeous hydrangeas that I love so much! I used them on this card to fill this fun Easter basket along with a bunny and pretty bow!

The KSS stamp sets used to create this Easter card are Hydrangea, Honey Bunny, Basket, All Year Grapevine Wreath, Bold Holiday Greetings, and Coffee Mate Greetings.

All the images were stamped on the SVG cut files that coordinate with these sets. I then arranged the pieces and glued them together before popping them up on dimensionals over the embossed background panel. The embossing folder is from Crafter's Companion.  

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure with a Twist ? - Easter

Cut It Up! - Challenge #249 - Easter and/or Create Your Own Background

Colorful Options - April 2022 - Yellow

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!!

CCEE2213 - No Housework Day

Our April CCEE Challenge hostess, Liz Williams has asked the CCEE Stampers to celebrate “NO HOUSEWORK DAY” by spending the day in our stamp rooms designing a “Free for All” card with the theme of our choice. She said, "Have fun," and I sure did.

This card is going to a friend (not naming any names here) to give him a chuckle! This card shows him at his favorite place taking part in his favorite sport! This guy is from Art Impressions. I added a die cut beer bottle in his hand. The hilarious sentiment is from Picket Fence Studios.

Let's see what the rest of the crew chose to create this week:

Kelly McKown-Santi

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

 

Hydrangea Easter Cross - Kitchen Sink Stamps

For my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design today, I am featuring an Easter card which uses images from KSS' Hydrangea and sentiments from Bold Holiday Greetings and Coffee Mate Greetings. I cut the hydrangeas out using the SVG cut files that match the set and glued them over the cross. The background was created with the SVG cut stencil Big Burst. The cross was cut using Cricut Design Space.

Color Recipe for the Hydrandeas

using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 SU Fresh Freesia

Layer 2 SU Fresh Freesia

Layer 3 SU Highland Heather

Layer 4 Gorgeous Grape 

Color Recipe for the Leaves

using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 SU Granny Apple Green

Layer 2 SU Lucky Limeade

Layer 3 SU Always Artichoke

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Make My Monday - #171 Use a Stencil

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - April - Spring/Easter

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #228 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

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!!