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!!

Peace of Earth - Kitchen Sink Stamps

This week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design features their newly released Mighty Moose paired with their Birch Trees and Big & Bold Christmas Greetings. The moose and sentiment were cut with my Cricut Joy using the KSS SVG files while I fussy cut the trees to get the configuration I wanted. Glitter paper was used for the snow on the ground and splattered white acrylic paint for the falling snow.

 Color Recipe using Stampin' Up Inks

Moose

Layer 1 Creamy Caramel
Layer 2 Baked Brown Sugar
Layer 3 Close to Cocoa
Layer 4 Chocolate Chip

Birch Trees

Layer 1 Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 2 Soft Suede

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Make My Monday - Challenge #137 - Christmas Theme Card

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Challenge #519 - Christmas

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog - Challenge 446 - Christmas Animals

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!!

Sketch Challenge 816 at Splitcoaststampers

Today's card was created for SC816 at Splitcoaststampers. I used the newly released Teardrop Christmas Ornaments and Christmas Lights with a sentiment from Big & Bold Christmas Greetings.

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!!

KSS - Celebrate the Season

Well, two more days and Christmas will be here! The hustle and bustle of preparations will be behind us, and the time to celebrate being with those we love will have arrived.

My family and I will be together to celebrate the love and forgiveness that came to us from God on that first Christmas so many years ago in the form of his beloved son, and the love we have for each other. We are blessed beyond measure.

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card features the following sets:

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Holly & Mistletoe Multi Step Clear Stamps

Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps

To create this design, I stamped two sprigs of mistletoe directly on the woodgrain designer paper I chose.

Color Recipe for the Mistletoe

Layer1 Memento Pistachio

Layer 2 Memento Olive Grove

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

The berries on the mistletoe were dotted on using a stylus and white acrylic paint. I then set that aside to dry while I stamped the skates on a separate white panel.

Color Recipe for the Skates

Layer1 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 2 Memento London Fog

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 4 PTI Soft Stone stamped 3 times

Layer 5 PTI Soft Stone on the blades only

After fussy cutting out the skates, I glued them over the sprigs of mistletoe and then stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black. I matted the panel with black and attached it to the white 5.5 x 5.5 cardfront.

Wishing you a blessed Christmas filled with love and peace!!

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

The Library Challenge - Challenge #49 - Anthology (pick a precious book). I was inspired by the cover of Little Women which shows the girls ice skating.

Crafty Friends - Challenge #125 - Winter Colors

Jingle Belles - Taking Back our Ninth December - Happy Holidays

Winter Wonderland - End of Year Anything Christmas Goes Challenge

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #242  Christmas/Winter + a Sentiment

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!!

Kitchen Sink Stamps - Winter Cardinal

It is hard to believe that December is here, and I don't have near enough Christmas cards to put in the mail to my family and friends. It is a good thing my calendar is pretty open this week so I can focus on finishing up my cards and getting them in the mail.

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps' sponsored card is a snowy holiday scene featuring stamps from the following sets:

Winter Cardinal Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

and

Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps

This card was created by stamping the birch tree trunks first and then masking them. I then stamped the cabin and the evergreens over the masks. I next brushed layers of snowbanks across the width of the card using torn paper panels. The final step before removing the masks was to brush in the blue sky.

I was then able to remove the masks and add the bushes, horse sleigh, pines, cardinal, and Merry Christmas sentiment.

This card is 5 x 7 inches in size and it took me an hour and 10 minutes to complete 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

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!!

I am entering today's card in the following challenges:

Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge #176 - Anything Goes with optional Winter

The Artistic Stamper - Christmas is Coming

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog - Challenge #411 - Christmas Scene

Click the Kitchen Sink Stamps logo at the top of my left sidebar to enter the store!

KSS - Woodland Christmas

Woodland animals are so popular this year showing up in so many stamps and papers and embellishments. While looking through my newest Christmas papers, I found this delightful sheet in my Cozy & Bright Pebbles pad  and realized that I had never used the Autumn Squirrel to create a Christmas card. So today I have titled my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card Woodland Christmas. 

I am thrilled with the results! With only three layers, this adorable squirrel is one of the easiest KSS images to stamp with perfection!!

Kitchen Sink Stamps used are:

Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Winter Cardinals Multi Step Clear Stamps

Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Squirrel

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Early Espresso

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Soft Suede

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Creamy Caramel

The embellishments include glittered ribbon and a satin bow by the Paper Studio.

I am entering today Christmas card in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Christmas/Winter

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge #464 - Christmas - Use Some Glitter

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge #123 - Christmas

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog - Challenge #410 Christmas Animals

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - November Challenge - Must Have a Critter
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!!

Quick Gift Card Holder

In today's post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I am sharing a quick and easy gift card holder I learned from Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator Judy Garza at a recent Stamp a Stack workshop she hosted.

This gift card holder is standard A2 size and therefore fits in an invitation envelope perfect for Christmas gift giving.

The basic construction requires a 4.25 inch by 11 inch piece of colored cardstock and a 3.5 inch by 7 inch piece of white cardstock. The colored cardstock is scored at 2 inches and at 7.5 inches. The white cardstock is scored at .5 inch and at5 inches.

I then attached score tape as shown below and attached the white panel.

This created the popup pocket for the gift card. When closed, the gift card slides down into the bottom flap of the card.

Stamp Sets used to Create this Design

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Holly & Mistletoe Multi Step Clear Stamps

Big & Bold Christmas Greeting Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Skates

Layer 5 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 4 Memento London Fog

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Granite Gray

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 1 (back edge of shoe only) Stampin' Up Granite Gray

Color Recipe for the Holly Leaves

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Granny Apple Green

Color Recipe for the Berries

Layer 1 Memento Love Letter

Layer 2 Memento Lady Bug

Layer 3 Memento Rhubarb Stalk

Sentiment: Memento Rhubarb Stalk

Both Maria and Jeanne have wonderful new Kitchen Sink Christmas creations to share with you! Please visit their blogs for a real treat!

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,
the owner and creator of KSS


Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Skating through the Holidays - KSS

For those of you not aware, Kitchen Sink Stamps is celebrating their 11th birthday with a big sale!!  When placing an order from them through midnight, September 25, you can receive a 20% discount on their in stock merchandise by using promo code BIRTHDAY20KSS.

For Kitchen Sink Stamps' Let's Make a Scene design today, I have crafted a tall Christmas card featuring a recent set released from KSS, Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps. I placed the skates on the hardwood floor and above it part of a large picture window looking out on the happy skaters. I created this outside scene with the skates a few weeks ago, but decided to take them indoors today.

Other sets used to create this Let's Make a Scene design include:

Icy Pond Multi-Step Clear Stamps
Snowy Cabin Multi-Step Clear Stamps
Big & Bold Christmas Greetings

Color Recipe for the Skates:

Layer 5 - Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 3  - Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 2 - PTI Soft Stone

Layer 1 - omitted

Color Recipe for the Icy Pond:

Layer 3 - Memento Summer Sky stamped 3 times

Layer 2 - Memento Summer Sky

Layer 1 - Memento Summer Sky

Bare Trees were stamped with Stampin' Up Soft Suede

The sky was brushed on with Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass by Ranger.

The skaters and the sentiment were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

The window frame was created using Stitched Rectangle Dies by My Favorite Things.

Papers used for this card include:

Sahara Sand by Stampin' Up

Recollections White

Dolled Up by My Mind's Eye

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - September #166 Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas #404 Anything Christmas Goes - optional theme: Use patterned Paper

Crafty Catz #430-Anything Goes with optional twist - Christmas

The members of the Kitchen Sink Crew have some fabulous new creations to share. Don't miss out on an opportunity to see them:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!! I always enjoy visiting yours as well and being inspired by the beautiful work I find there!!

CAS Big & Bold Christmas - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card is a clean and simple holiday design.  The sentiment is from the newly released Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps while the ornament is from Ornament & Stars Multi Step Clear Stamps. I hung the ornaments from each S in Christmas with a die cut string from String Ornament by Poppy Stamps. In the past I have tied bows with cord as seen on this card, but the die cut version is much quicker and easier if you are mass producing a design.

I like the tall, slim look with these hanging ornaments and will probably made 10 or 12 copies of this card to add to my holiday stash.  I am also entering this card at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog in MLCCB#2 - September - Anything Christmas Goes.

Papers Used:

Recollections White

American Crafts Silver Metallic

Color Recipe for the Ornament:

Layer 1 - Memento Lady Bug the bulb and SU Gray Granite on the hanger

Layer 2 - Memento Lady Bug on the bulb and SU Gray Granite on the hanger

Layer 3 - Memento Love Letter and SU Gray Granite on the hanger

Layer 4 - SU Lovely Lipstick on the bulb and Memento Tuxedo Black on the hanger

Layer 5 - SU Berry Burst on the bulb and Memento Tuxedo Black on the hanger

Sentiment:

Distress Oxide Candied Apple stamped 3 times

See what Kitchen Crew members Maria and Jeanne have to show you today:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,
the owner and creator of KSS



Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Thank you for your visit to Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper.
I always love looking in on you and your work.
I have learned so much for all of you!

What's Cooking in the Kitchen?

Today is a big day for Kitchen Sink Stamps with 4 brand new sets being released. Two of the sets are ocean related: Ocean Waters Multi Step Clear Stamps and Deep Sea Marlin Multi Step Clear Stamps.  The other two may just inspire you to get started on your holiday cards. They are Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps and Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps.

And, of course, it is the second Monday which means I had the opportunity to work one of them into this week's Let's Make a Scene design. I think it makes the perfect January birthday card for my "way up north" friend.

KSS Sets used in this scene include:

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Tiny Norway Pine Multi Step Clear Stamps (Junkie Fest 2018)

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Skates:

Layer 5 - Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 3  - Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 2 - PTI Soft Stone

Layer 1 - PTI Soft Stone on the blades and back edge of the right skate only

Color Recipe for the Tiny Norway Pine:

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Lemon Lime Twist

The card front was embossed with snowflakes and die cut snowflakes were glittered and layered as embellishments.

Next up is a masculine birthday card created with Ocean Waters Multi Step Clear Stamps and Deep Sea Marlin Multi Step Clear Stamps.

This card was entered in the Allsorts Challenge Blog Week 480/1 From Boys to Men Challenge.

Color Recipe for the Marlin:

Layer 5 - Stampin' Up Blueberry Bliss

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Balmy Blue

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite (lower half of fish only)

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Going Gray (lower half of fish only)

Layer 1 - PTI Soft Stone with Memento Dandelion added to the stomach area

Color Recipe for the Ocean Waters

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Balmy Blue

Layer 1 - Stampin' Up Soft Sky

A die cut sand dollar, starfish, and seaweed sprigs were added as embellishments on the fish net which was stamped in Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar.

I am ending today's preview of the new stamp sets with this clean and simple one layer Christmas card which was made with Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps, Build a Garland Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Christmas Lights Multi Step Clear Stamps.

I have entered this card in the challenge at Sweet Stampin' - Christmas in August.

Recipe for Pine Sprig

Layer 3 - Memento Olive Grove

Layer 2 - Memento Bamboo Leaves stamped twice

Layer 1 - Memento Bamboo Leaves

Recipe for the Light Bulb

Layer 4 -  Memento Rhubarb Stalk (top of bulb only)

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Lovely Lipstick (top of bulb only)

Layer 2 - Memento Lady Bug (top of bulb only)

Layer 1 - Memento Love Letter (top of bulb only)

I hand cut a socket for the lightbulb out of red rubber and stamped it with Memento Olive Grove. The wire was hand-drawn with a Copic marker. The glow of the bulb was brushed on with Distress Oxide Barn Door. The sentiment was also stamped with Barn Door.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing the new releases. Visit Kitchen Sink Crew members Maria and Jeanne to see more projects with these new images.

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz