Sunday, May 29, 2022

We Will Never Forget - Kitchen Sink Stamps

It is only fitting that on this Memorial Day my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design honors those thousands of men and women who have given their lives in sacrifice to the service of our great nation. May we never forget that freedom isn't free, and these brave men and women have given up their lives for us.

So during your day of celebrating, please take time to reflect and be grateful for the generations of American service men and women who fought and died for the freedom we enjoy. May God be with and bless their families on this national day of remembrance.


Images from

Stars and Stripes American Flag

Remembrance Poppy


And don't miss out on the KSS Memorial Day Sale

You have until midnight tonight to order items from your wish list at 15% off!





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, May 25, 2022

CCEE2220

According to our CCEE May Hostess, Kelly McKown-Santi, this month is Healthy Vision Month so she has asked the CCEE Stampers to make cards with glasses, eye charts, or any kind of eyeball as the  focal point!


My cat is from Gina Marie Designs and the sentiment is from Rubbernecker.


Monday, May 23, 2022

America the Beautiful - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design again features Maria's stunning American flag! It is my current favorite image!

The Kitchen Sink stamp sets used to create this slimline design include:

Stars & Stripes American Flag

Grazing Horse

Rolling Hills

Grand View Mountains

Tree Friends 



The sky was blended using the SVG cut stencil Cloudy Skies. The horse, flag, and flag pole were cut with SVG Cut files for those images. The SVG files come free with the sets if you add them to your cart at the time of purchase. The sentiment was computer generated.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Double Trouble - Challenge #111 - Spots and/or Stripes

Inspire.Create.Challenge #117 - Masculine

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - #182 - LeAnn's World 101

Inkspirational Challenges - Designer's Choice - Free (SVG cut files)


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, May 18, 2022

CCEE2219 - National Dance Like a Chicken Day

CCEE May Hostess, Kelly McKown-Santi has us celebrating National Dance Like a Chicken Day this week ~ so let's have some fun! This day entertains with people flapping their arms and strutting chicken-like. Create a card with a chicken(s) as the star! Dancing is optional :)

I went with a chicken-shaped card to celebrate this grand ocassion!


Who wants to see more chickens? Check it out below:

Monday, May 16, 2022

In Memory and Honor - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design was created in memory and honor of the remarkable American men and women what have given their lives in service to our nation. May we never forget the sacrifices they made so that you and I may live the lives of freedom that we have. We truly are the home of the free because of the brave. 

The images I used to create this Memorial Day card are from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps sets.

Star & Stripes American Flag

Remembrance Poppy

Poppy Bouquet




This card has been entered in the following challenges:







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, May 11, 2022

National Foam Roller Day - CCEE2218

 According to CCEE Stampers' May hostess, Kelly McKown-Santi, today is National Foam Roller Day. She has asked the CCEE Stampers to show her cards using any rolled technique!  There are many possibilities, like paper rolling, brayers, marbles - have fun with this! I used sponging and a brayer through this stencil to create the ocean waters on my design.


I wonder what's rolling on the CCEE DT's cards this week? Look and find out for yourself!

Monday, May 9, 2022

Can of Spring Daffodils

Today is the final day for the Kitchen Sink Stamps' Mother's Day Sale. Don't miss out on a chance to save 15% on all in stock items.


 My KSS sponsored design today features images from Spring Daffodils, Watercolor Thanks, and Sunflowers. It was created for the Clean and Simple Challenge at Splitcoaststampers this morning which required the addition of a gardening tool. The sentiment, daffodils, and watering can were stamped on SVG Cut Files from KSS.



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, May 4, 2022

CCEE 2217 - Celebrating National Dandelion Day

 

Now that a new month is here, Kelly McKown-Santi has taken over the job of hostess for the month of May for the CCEE Stampers! Since yesterday was National Dandelion Day, Kelly has asked the CCEE Stampers to show you our best dandelion cards.

This is a quick and easy one that I love to use for sympathy cards made with a Sizzix die cut and a sentiment from Impression Obsession.


Who wants to see more dandelions? Check these out:

Monday, May 2, 2022

Tiger Lilies and Ribbons - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Along with a new month come fresh new stamps for the Kitchen! Kitchen Sink Stamps is releasing two new sets today: Tiger Lily and Ribbon of Support. I have created two samples with each of these great sets to share with you today as my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored designs.

As I have two friends celebrating birthdays this week, I used the Tiger Lily for the cards for these spring birthday girls.

This first one, I stamped the lily as a Stargazer Lily by using my Cricut Joy to cut the lilies from white card stock using the free SVG file available at the time you purchase the set. Don’t forget to add it to your cart. I then omitted stamping layer one to leave the first layer a crisp white.


Color Recipe Using Altenew Inks

For the Star-Gazer Lily

 

Layer 1 – omit

Layer 2 – Rose Quartz

Layer 3 – Pink Diamons

Layer 4 – Cotton Candy

Layer 5 Rubellite

 

Color Recipe Using Altenew Inks

For Lily Leaves

 

Layer 1 – Grass Field

Layer 2 – Mountain Pine

Layer 3 – Evergreen

 

The designer paper is Pink Stripes by Penny Lane for My Mind’s Eye.

The sentiment (with the exception of Birthday) came from Ever After Greetings. These words were stamped twice with Altenew Rubellite.

 

For the second card I used the traditional colors of the Tiger Lily. Before I could get this card made, my Cricut Joy gave up the ghost (I will be purchasing a new one as soon as I can get to the store), and I had to rely on my old masking skills, stamping these lilies directly on the card front. I stamped the lilies first and then masked them so I could add the stems and leaves. Next I stenciled in the lattice using the SVG cut stencil which is also from Kitchen Sink Stamps using Dried Marigold Distress Oxide by Ranger. The words (again with the exception of birthday) came from Bold Holiday Greetings. Birthday in this font is found in a couple of KSS sets – Lighthouse and the retired Simple Sentiments. Last of all I added the ladybugs to one stem and one leaf.

 

Color Recipe for Tiger Lilies

 

Layer 1 – Orange Cream by Altenew

Layer 2 – Pumpkin Pie by Stampin’ Up

Layer 3 – Only Orange by Stampin’ Up

Layer 4 – Mocha by Altenew

Layer 5 – Espresso by Altenew

 

Color Recipe for the Leaves with Altenew Inks

 

Layer 1 - Grass Field

Layer 2 – Mountain Pine

Layer 3 – Evergreen



 I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Four Seasons Challenge - May SPRING

International Art & Soul - Challenge #132 - Things with Wings


My two samples using Ribbon of Support were created for a male friend battling melanoma and a female friend finishing up treatment for breast cancer.

The masculine card was stamped in blacks and grays as a black ribbon is the symbol for melanoma. I added a strip of designer paper from the Paper Studio down the side and Melanoma Awareness punched from black cardstock using my We R Memory Keeper’s Word Punch.



 

Color Recipe for Ribbon and Sentiment

Using Altenew Inks

 

Layer 3 – Jet Black

Layer 2 – Pure Graphite

Layer 1 – Industrial Diamond

 

Lighter sentiment – Industrial Diamond

Courage/Hope – Jet Black

 

This card is being entered in Inspire. Create. Challenge #115 = Colour Challenge


For the breast cancer card, I created a background panel by blending the following three pink Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger:  Tattered Rose, Kitsch Flamingo, and Worn Lipstick. I then sprinkled water across the entire panel. While that was drying, I stamped the ribbon using Altenew inks.



 

 

Color Recipe for Ribbon and Sentiment

Using Altenew Inks

 

Layer 3 – Rubellite

Layer 2 – Cotton Candy

Layer 3 – Pink Diamond

 

Sentiment – Rubellite stamped twice


For additional designs featuring these new sets 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!!