Wishing You Joy - Kitchen Sink Stamps

With my final Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card of 2023, I am wishing you joy this blessed Christmas Day!

This scene-building design includes images from the following KSS sets:

Snowy Cabin

Snowy Pine Trees

Alpine Mountains

Build a Pine Branch

The sentiments were pulled from the following KSS sets:

Coffee Mate Greetings

Christmas Poinsettia

Should Santa stuff your stocking with some Christmas Crafting Cash, you may want to snag some of your favorite in stock KSS images which are currently on sale through midnight December 28. The promo code to use at checkout is CHEER!

I have entered this week's card in the following challenges:

Peace on Earth - Christmas Challenge #54

Allsorts - Challenge #760/1 - Cold and Ice

Sweet Stampin' - Christmas

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Christmas Themed

Creative Knockouts - Challenge #511 - Time to Be Merry

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!!

Pines and Pinecones - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is my final holiday card for 2023. It was created with images from: All Year Grapevine Wreath, Build a Pine Branch, and Christmas Poinsettia. 

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

Peace on Earth - Challenge #54 - Anything Christmas Goes

Allsorts - Week 759 - Christmas Flowers and/or Wreaths

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog - MTTC #523 - Holidays Around the World

Star Stampz Challenge Blog - Challenge #53 - Christmas

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!!

Rustic Christmas - Kitchen Sink Stamps

This Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored holiday scene depicts my wishes for a quiet, peaceful, snowy Christmas! I doubt that it will happen. Maybe the quiet and peaceful parts, but there will likely not be any snow here on the Texas Gulf Coast. The last time that happened on Christmas was in 2004. 

Images used on this scene building design are from:

Christmas Poinsettia

Icy Pond

Snowy Cabin

all by Kitchen Sink Stamps

This is a 5 x 7 inch design with the cabin and trees stamped directly on a white card front. The poinsettia and leaves were stamped on a separate white panel, fussy cut, and glued to the bottom forefront of the card. All inks except the black are by Altenew. The sentiment and sleigh were stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne.

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

Make My Monday - Oh! Christmas Tree of Forest Trees

Star Stampz Challenge Blog - Challenge #53 - Christmas

Bastel-Traum Challenge Blog - Challenge #127 - Winter Landscape

We Love Stamping - December Challenge - Winter Flowers and/or Foliage

Crafty Calendar Challenge - December Challenge - Christmas Themed

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!!

All Aglow - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I am having such fun designing with Kitchen Sink Stamps' Christmas Lights 2020. What could be more colorful and festive for a holiday card? This card is my KSS sponsored design for this week! The sentiment is from Big & Bold Christmas Greetings, also by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

This one layer design was stamped with Altenew inks on an A2 white cardbase.

I have entered this holiday card in the following challenges this week:

Splitcoaststampers -  Clean and Simple Challenge #771

The Paper Players - Challenge PP669 - Theme - Christmas

Inspire. Create Challenge - Challenge #157 - Theme - Christmas

613 Avenue Create - December 2023 - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist - Any Winter Holiday

Less is More - Challenge #497 - D is for Deck the Halls

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!!

Holiday Lights - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Last weekend I went hog-wild making a large tub of  holiday lights from the Kitchen Sink Stamps set Christmas Lights 2020 so that I could get serious about creating my Christmas cards for this year. This delightful little set has three different light bulbs and two styles of sockets, as well as a wire stamp which you can use to connect the lights into a string. There are also several tiny one layer light bulbs. What a bargain for $10.50!

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design, I have used the small round bulb and straight socket for the first card and the large bulb and slanted socket for the second! Black cording was used for the wire, framing, and bow. The pine sprigs and sentiments are from Christmas Poinsettia.

For both of these 5 x 7 inch holiday cards, I stamped images from Snowy Pine Trees on a white panel and laid a designer paper oval frame cut from a holiday pad from the Paper Studio over them before adding the sockets and light bulbs. I fussy cut the bulbs and sockets. After gluing them down, I added the black cording and sentiments.

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

Stamping Sensations - November Challenge - Get Ready for Christmas

Peace on Earth - Christmas Challenge #52

Allsorts Challenge - Week #756 - Colors of Winter/Anything Goes

As You See It - Challenge #312 - The Most Wonderful Time - Christmas - The festive holiday lights are part of what make this season so magical to me. They are popping up everywhere in my neighborhood!

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!!

Happy Holidays - Kitchen Sink Stamps

The turkey and dressing are ready for the oven, but here at my house, the Christmas card bin is almost bare!! I have never been this unprepared for Christmas. For that reason today's Kitchen Sink sponsored design is a slimline holiday design featuring images from Christmas Lights 2020, Icy Pond, Owl & Autumn Moon, Snowy Cabin, and Christmas Poinsettia. The sentiment was embossed with gold, and I added some glittery holly stickers from the Paper Studio. The lights and wires were stamped with Altenew inks.

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

Hobby Vision - Challenge #139 - White Christmas

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge - Challenge #59

613 Avenue Create - November 2023 Challenge - Embossing - Wet or Dry

Allsorts Challenge - Week 755 - Christmas Time

Inkspirational Challenges - Challenge #303 - Seasonal

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!!

Autumn Blessings - Kitchen Sink Stamps

 Autumn Blessings is today's Kitchen Sink Stamps slimline sponsored design. It was created with images from Kitchen Sink Stamps' Autumn Squirrel (a retired set), Trees, Autumn Greetings, and Turkey Blessings. I ink blended the background with Distress Oxides inks and stamped all of the images on SVG files cut with my Cricuit Joy. All of today's images were stamped with Altenew dye inks. Although the squirrel is retired, I couldn't resist throwing one on the card since I feed them peanuts everyday here at my house!

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

All Sorts - Challenge #753 - The Great Outdoors

Crafty Calendar Challenge - November - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #265 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #688 - Stamp Act Week 1

Creative Inspiration Challenge - Challenge # 8 - 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

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!!

A Moment Like This

I am making a couple of these to add to my stash as masculine cards of congratulations. I mixed Kitchen Sink Stamps' Father's Pocket Watch with a sentiment from Love Songs 2 from Impression Obsession. The 3D embossed background and the Paper Doll are by Tim Holtz Idea-ology. 

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

Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog - Challenge #496 Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Week #752 - Embossing

Can You Handle the Pressure? - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - October Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge - *It's Alive*

Thank you for visiting today! I am excited to see you here!

Gratitude and Feasting - Kitchen Sink Stamps

 I pulled together a couple of Thanksgiving cards to share with you this week as my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored designs! One is an outdoor scene with the turkey, leaves, acorns, and pumpkins stamped on SVG cut files. The second one is a one layer design created with the pumpkin stamped first and then masked to stamp the turkey.

Images used for these cards came from the following KSS sets:

Turkey Blessings

Trees

Pumpkins

My outdoor scenic design has been entered in the following challenges this week:

C.R.A.F.T. - Challenge #695 - Halloween/Thanksgiving

613 Avenue Create - October - Anything Goes - Autumn Colors

Stamping Sensations - Autumn Colours

Christmas Lamp Light

I was gifted with a rare day of crafting with my sister today, and we are having such fun hitting the Christmas challenges!

This die cut A2 design uses Lamp Light by Sizzix and some fun designer paper from the Paper Studio. 

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #150 - Anything Christmas Goes

Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers - Falling for the Holidays 2023

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #50

Most Magical Time of the Year - Challenge #13 Halloween and Christmas

Thank you for your visit today!!

Happy Halloween - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I pulled together several of my KSS Halloween sets to create today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design. This slimline card features images from:

Mysterious Mansion

Owl & Autumn Moon

Friends of the Moon

Scaredy Cat 

The cat was stamped on an SVG cut file that is also available at Kitchen Sink Stamps.

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

Simon Says: Spooky!

AAA Card Challenges - Challenge #251 - Anything Spooky Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - October - Autumn Colours/Halloween

The Fairy and Unicorn Challenge #10 - October - Anything Fantasy Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Challenge #695 - Halloween/Thanksgiving

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!!

Scary On - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is a Halloween card using images from Graveyard Raven and Scaredy Cat. It was inspired by today's Technique Lover's Challenge #973 - Night Sky. 

My night sky for this challenge was created with blended Distress Oxide Ink by Ranger, Mica Spray, water, and rhinestones. The raven and tombstone were stamped on SVG Cut Files which coordinate with these sets. I punched a full moon to add to the scene as a highlight for the raven.

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

Splitcoaststampers TLC973 - Night Sky

Inspire.Create.Challenge #153 - Autumn/Halloween

Crafty Calendar Challenge - October - Autumn Colours/Halloween

Halloween Crafts All Year 'Round - Challenge #9

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!!

Hiking through the Meadows

I have been having so much fun working with Hiking through the Meadows, the small die of the month for September from Spellbinders. Because of having to do much of my crafting away from my craft space due to life circumstances, dies are becoming more and more my go-to card making technique. I can take boxes of my die cut pieces and glue and piece to my hearts content with nothing but a bottle of glue, card fronts, embossed panels, and sentiment tags!

I made two of these this morning: one for  Mother Mark's Teapot Tuesday Challenge #794 at Splitcoaststampers and one for a friend who is having a knee replacement today.

Is it just in Texas, or is it everywhere that shoulder and knee replacements are now day surgery? That's just crazy.

Sentiment by Divinity Designs

3D Embossing Folder by Sizzix

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

Happy Little Stamper - HLS October - Anything Goes with Dies

Can You Handle the Pressure? - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge Blog - #332 Autumnal/Fall Colours

Make My Monday - Challenge #211 - Autumn Colours

Inspire.Create Challenge #153 - Autumn/Halloween

Wonderful Sister - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is a card I have created for my sweet, sweet sister. She is my faithful partner in providing care for our aging parents. Without her help, I could not do the do all the things that must be done! What a blessing she is to our lives!! Thank you, Liz!! 

I again have created a 5 x 7 design using All Aflutter and added a beautiful sentiment from Whole Family. I wanted something beautiful and delicate so I created this framed vellum shadow box by layering 4 stitched die cut rectangles  and adding the vellum between the top two layers. The SVG cut flowers and butterfly were glued to the back of the bottom frame. I love how it turned out and think this will also make a stunning sympathy card. I will be making several of these for my sympathy stash.

Although All Aflutter is sold out, you can create this design with Butterflies and many of the other KSS flowers and sentiments.

Images from Kitchen Sink Stamps:

All Aflutter - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember collaboration 2023 - SOLD OUT

Whole Family

Background embossing by Sizzix

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

Happy Little Stampers - HLS October - Anything Goes with Dies

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Goes Flowers

Classic Design Challenge - September #9

LeAnn's World 101- October Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Week 749 - Vintage/Option 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

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!!

Autumn Scene Building with All Aflutter

I thought I would share with those of you who purchased All Aflutter, the Kitchen Sink Stamps and Simon Says Stamp collaboration set during STAMPtember, an autumn scene I created mixing it with other images from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Scene building is my favorite type of card making so I am always delighted when new images can be mixed with old ones to add more interest to my scenes.

The additional images are from the following sets:

Isle of Big Bay Lake

Trees

Tree Friends

Autumn Greetings

For those of you who were not able to get the set with dies before they sold out, Kitchen Sink Stamps sells SVG cut files for All Aflutter which is what I used to stamp the flowers, butterfly, and dragonfly.

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

613 Avenue Create - October Challenge - Autumn Colors

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - October - Autumn

Stamping Sensations - October Challenge - Autumn Colours

Critter Crazy Challenge - Challenge #79 - Anything Goes with a Featured Critter

Creatalicious Challenges - #268 - Anything Goes with Autumn Colours

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!!

ALL AFUTTER - Simon Says Stamp! and Kitchen Sink Stamps STAMPtember Collaboration for 2023

Today is the day!! Kitchen Sink Stamps' ALL AFLUTTER, a limited edition set (only available until the supply runs out) has been released by Simon Says Stamp! during their fabulous STAMPtember celebration! Once the set is gone, it is gone so if you love butterflies, dragonflies, and lavendar, head over to Simon Says Stamp! and place your order.

Here are the samples I have created to share with you how beautiful and versatile this wonderful set truly is. The only item I have used which is not a part of this set is  the sentiment With Love on the final card. The sun rays on two of these cards was create with the SVG cut stencil Big Burst.

Maria has created SVG Cut Files for this set which are available for purchase at Kitchen Sink Stamps. All of my stamped images were stamped on the pieces I cut with my Cricut Joy!

The above card has been entered in the Use a Stencil, a Sentiment, an Image Challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.

The above card has been entered in the Stamping Sensations September Challenge - Garden Delight.

The above card has been entered in the We Love 2 Create - Challenge 8 - Mixed Media, Anything Goes.

The above card has been entered in Challenge #187 - Butterflies Galore at Butterfly Challenge.

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!!

Not Older - More Distinguished - Kitchen Sink Stamps

September finds me in need of a masculine birthday card so I added a digital sentiment from KSS' new Happy Birthday Banner Sentiment digi svgs (there are 8 fun banners to foil or print in this fun set) to images from Birch Trees and Mighty Moose for the rugged outdoorsman in my family! 

The birch trees and the moose were stamped on SVG cut files that are available at KSS to go with these stamps sets. I used Altenew inks on these images.

The clouds were created by dipping my finger tips in white acrylic paint and dabbing the wet paint on the blue cardstock panel.

This card has been added to the following challenges this week:

We Love 2 Create - Mixed Media - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes with option of trees and leaves

Allsorts Challenge - Week 746 - Masculine

Just Add Ink - Challenge #670 - Just Add Wildlife

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog - Challenge #215 - Fall Scenes! ** Birch Trees is a set released by KSS in 2015. Mighty Moose was released in 2020.

Kitchen Sink Stamps is again a sponsor for Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember so be on the look out for thein exclusive collaboration!!

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!!

A Slice of the Sea - Kitchen Sink Stamps

With today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored slimline design, I wanted to take a little cross-slice of the sea with a bit of underwater action below and some beach action above. It isn't quite right, but I love it just the same!! It has me chillin', at least!!

Kitchen Sink Stamps Sets used for this design include:

Giant Coral & Seahorse

Seaside Seagull

Tropical Fish

Hawaiian Greetings
 

Seaweed Stencil

I am entering this slimline design in the following challenges this week:

bastel-traum Challenge Blog - Challenge #125 - Holiday/Vacation

Creative Crafting Uncles - Challenge #44 - Animals

Sparkles Monthly Challenges Blog - Challenge #167 - Tropical and/or Beach

Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge #266 - Anything Goes

Classic Design Challenge - September - 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

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!!

Autumn Leaves - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Although the temperatures are still hitting triple digits here in Texas, I am dreaming of autumn with more anticipation than ever this year. This week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card was created with images from Big Leaves and Autumn Greetings attached to a watercolor and splattered background. The leaves were stamped on cut SVG files, and I fussy cut the sentiment, popping it up on dimensionals.

Color Recipe for the Leaves

Layer 1 - Stampin' Up Mango Melody
Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Merry Merlot
Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip

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

We Love Stamping - September Challenge - Anything Goes - Option Trees/Leaves

A Place to Start - September 2023 - Anything Goes

Avenue 613 - September 2023 - Purely Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create - Challenge 8 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Week 744 - 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

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!!