Sending New Year Cheer - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps' sponsored design was created to welcome in 2024 and to wish you each a wonderful new year filled with peace and hope.

This A2 card has a blended and embossed background which was spritzed with water. Once it had dried, I added giant glitter glue confetti. The Champagne flutes were stamped on cut SVG files and then adhered to the card front of the card along with the sentiments.

Stamp Sets Used to Create this Design are:

Champagne Cheer

Coffee Mate Greetings

Christmas Poinsettia

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!!

Purple and Black Valentine

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card using non-traditional Valentine colors was created for a sweet coffee-loving friend who also loves nature and the great outdoors!

Kitchen Sink Stamps used in this design include:

Butterfly Kisses (Stamptember Exclusive Set from 2022 for Simon Says Stamp)

Coffee Mate Greetings

Ever After Greetings (heart)

Keep Calm Coffee Mug (SVG file - mug)

Angel's Wings (stamps and SVG file - sentiments) 

Lace Embossing Folder by the Crafter's Companion

Flowered Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug

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!!

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!!

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:

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!!

KSS - Easter Blessings 2020

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is an Easter card that is going in the mail to my pastor and his wife today. This year will be the first year in my life that I will not be worshiping in my church with my church family on Easter Sunday. Another of many life changes brought about by the spread of Covid-19 across my city, state, nation, and world.

Instead, I will be worshiping with my church family through the blessings of technology on Facebook. It will be a beautiful service celebrating the resurrection of our savior, Jesus Christ and offering Him praise and honor knowing that nothing can separate us for His love and saving grace. Thanks be to God!

My prayer is that we all come out of this pandemic more caring, more kind, more loving, and more Christlike. Stay in and help keep yourself and others safe from this dreaded disease.

To start this card, I attached a cross cut from computer paper to the center of my card front with repositionable tape. I then stamped the daisies and carnations over the cross mask and sponged around the edges of the cross.

I then removed the cross and stamped the Easter Blessings sentiment.

Kitchen Sink Stamps sets used to complete this card include:

Fresh as a Daisy Multi Step Clear Stamps

Carnations Multi Step Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps


Color Recipe for the Daisies

Layer 1 SU Barely Banana
Layer 2 Memento Dandelion
Layer 3 SU Crushed Curry
Layer 4 Memento Peanut Brittle
Layer 5 SU More Mustard

Color Recipe for the Carnations

Layer 1 SU Grapefruit Grove
Layer 2 SU Marigold Morning
Layer 3 SU Peekaboo Peach
Layer 4 SU Mango Melody

Greens used include SU Certainly Celery, Mellow Moss, Lucky Limeade and Mossy Meadow.

I am entering my Easter design in the following challenges:

Crafting Happiness- Challenge #43 - Anything Goes - Easter - one of their top picks for the week! Thank you, Crafting Happiness!!

Global Design Project - Challenge #235 - Spring/Easter

Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #254 - Easter

The Paper Girls Challenge #197 - Florals

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!!

International Women's Day Hop

Kitchen Sink Stamps is excited to be taking part in and supporting as a sponsor the 2nd Annual International Women's Day Hop. The goal of the ladies who have started this annual event is to encourage women's empowerment across the globe.

My Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card today was stamped in support of these wonderful women and their goal. I have added it to their blog hop today.

Kitchen Sink Stamps Images from the following sets were used to create this design.

Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Vintage Words Clear Stamps (retired)

Words 4 Celebrating Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Roses

Layer 2 -  PTI Hibiscus Burst
Layer 3 - SU Regal Rose
Layer 4 - SU Strawberry Slush
Layer 1 - SU Pretty in Pink

Color Recipe for the Leaves

Layer 1 - SU Granny Apple Green
Layer 2 - SU Old Olive
Layer 3 - SU Mossy Meadow

The filler greenery was stamped with Memento New Sprout.

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black

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 - A Latte Love

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is going to my coffee-loving granddaughter for Valentine's Day. Of course, since she drives by to pick up her Starbuck's on the way to work each morning, there will be a gift card enclosed. After all, what's a gram for if not to spoil the kids?

Kitchen Sink Stamps used to create this design include:

Keep Calm Coffee Mug Multi Step Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

Love 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps

Ladybug Hugs Multi Step Clear Stamps

The rose stenciled background is from the Tim Holtz Collection by Stampersanonymous.com.

This Valentine is being entered in the following challenges:

Always Fun Challenges - Challenge #146 - Use Your Favorite Stamp Set. The KSS Keep Calm Coffee Mug is my current favorite stamp set because I can decorate the mug for my coffee-loving friends for any and all occasions!

Allsorts Challenges - Week 555- More than a Single Word Sentiment

Simon Stays Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use a Stencil

Pammie's Inky Pinkie Challenges - PIP Challenge 2003 - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - C#123 -5th Anniversary Celebration - 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!!

Encouragement for a Friend

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design was created for a talented card maker and one of the sweetest crafters around who is currently battling breast cancer for the second time. The Teapotters over at Splitcoaststampers are showering her with cards this week, and I certainly want her to know how much we miss her and are rooting for her recovery. This card went in the mail to her on Saturday.

I have found the sentiments in the new Coffee Mate Greetings to be so very versatile and have used one of them on this card of encouragement and love.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used for this design:

Carnations Multi Step Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

Words 4 Celebrating Clear Stamps

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Carnations

Layer 1 Pretty in Pink by Stampin' Up
Layer 2 Hibiscus Burst by PaperTrey Inc.
Layer 3 Lovely Lady by PaperTrey Inc.
Layer 4 Rose Bud by Memento

Color Recipe for the Stems and Leaves

Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves
Layer 2 Memento Olive Grove
Layer 3 Mossy Meadow by Stampin' Up

The ribbons are actually shoe strings that I found at the Dollar Store.

In case you haven't heard, Kitchen Sink Stamps is currently having a Year End Sale.

See the details below:

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 - Christmas Thank You

Well, the Christmas cards are finished and all in the mail! Now it's time to get those Christmas Thank You Cards prepped and ready!

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card is a prototype for the one I plan to send this year. I know I will get at lease one coffee mug because my family knows that I collect them. I pulled out my Christmas mugs (each one of a kind) at Thanksgiving so we could start enjoying them together. Five of us are big coffee drinkers so I have to make at least two pots of coffee when they are all here!

What I usually do is write exactly what was in the gift on the tag. I then tack those to my bulletin board above my computer as a reminder until the Thank You is sent. I have substituted tiny post it notes in this design!!

I used the following Kitchen Sink Stamps' Sets to complete this design:

Keep Calm Coffee Mug Multi Step Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

Holly & Mistletoe Multi Step Clear Stamps

These are the color recipes I used to create this coffee cup. I stamped the holly first.

Holly Color Recipe

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Lemon Lime Twist
Layer 2 Stampin' Up Emerald Enby
Layer 3 - Memento Northern Pine

Berries  Color Recipe

Layer 1 Memento Lady Bug
Layer 2 Memento Love Letter
Layer 3 Memento Elderberry

After masking the leaves and berries, I added the mug on top using this recipe:

Coffee Mug Color Recipe

Layer 1 Memento Lady Bug
Layer  Memento Love Letter
Layer 3 Stampin' Up Lovely Lipstick
Layer 4 Memento Rhubarb Stalk

The sentiment was stamped using Stampin' Up Early Espresso.

Embellishments for this card include the adhesive backed cork board and the silver nailheads.

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!!

Come Rain or Snow - KSS

Normally by this time in November I have all my Christmas cards made, addressed, and ready to drop at the Post Office on the day after Thanksgiving. Sadly, that has not been the case this year. I am really going to have to kick it up a notch to have Christmas cards ready for all my friends and family. So from now until Christmas, you may think this is a Christmas ONLY blog, and it just may be!!

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design I have created this snowy night scene using images from the following KSS sets:

Friends of the Moon Clear Stamps

Tiny Norway Pine Multi Step Clear Stamps

(this set is no longer available but Minnesota Norway Pine Tree is)

Word 4 Celebrating Clear Stamps

Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps

These are the steps I followed to create the night sky:

   1. Punch a circle and attach it to the white 6 1/2 inch x 4 1/2 inch panel.

   2. Brush the top 3/4 of the panel with Distress Oxide Chipped Sapphire.

   3. Brush in a little Distress Oxide Black Soot.

   4. Flick on tiny droplets of water and dry with a heat gun.

   5. Before adding the snow, I stamped the 3 Norway Pines.
   6. Water down some white acrylic paint and flick on the falling snow.
   7. Remove the moon mask and stamp Santa.

To complete the card, I used watered down Chipped Sapphire to paint the tree shadows and tore an addition snowbank on which to stamp the sentiment. I edged the top of the snow banks with some clear Stickles and called the card done.

Should you need it, here is the Color Recipe for the Norway Pines:

Layer 3 Memento Espresso Truffle

Layer 2 PTI Ocean Tides

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Santa and the Sentiment were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black

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!!

Today's card has been entered in the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge #213 - All that Glitters

Dragonfly Dreams Challenges - Christmas/Winter

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Always Anything Goes Christmas - Optional - Buttons

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - Make Your Own Background

Cardz 4 Galz - Challenge #109 - Let It Snow

Sending a Cup of Christmas Cheer

I have been working for weeks on some table toppers and name tags for a church event which all featured these tiny hands by Impression Obsession. I still have tiny hands scattered everywhere, and I felt they would look adorable presenting this cup of coffee from Kitchen Sink Stamps' new Coffee & Friends set. So my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card today included them as well as words from Coffee Mate Greetings and Christmas from the Limited Edition Gingerbread Hugs which sold out at Simon Says during their STAMPtember Event.

Color Recipe for the Cup and Saucer

Layer 4 Memento Rhubarb Stalk stamped 3 times

Layer 3 Memento Love Letter

Layer 2 Memento Lady Bug

Layer 1 Memento Lady Bug

Coffee Recipe

Layer 1 PTI Fine Linen

Layer 2 SU Creamy Caramel stamped 2 times

Layer 3 SU Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 4 Memento Espresso Truffle

Embellishments include:

Die cut hand by Impression Obsession

Bow sticker by the Paper Studio

Washi Tape Diamonds by the Paper Studio

Paper Doily

I have entered today's card in the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #461 - Anything Christmas Goes

Art Impressions - Holiday Cards Challenge #269

Mod Squad Challenge - Sentiment Says It All

Moo-Mania & More - #202 Die Cuts and Punches

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 - Cup of Hope & Healing

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card, I have added the newest KSS set to the Coffee & Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps set to create this autumn get well design. The new sentiment set is called Coffee Mate Greetings Clear Stamps and is a fabulous tag- along set for both Coffee & Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps as well as Keep Calm Coffee Mug Multi Step Clear Stamps.

This fabulous set will be arriving in the store any minute and is expected to start shipping on October 25.

Color Recipe 

for today's Coffee Cup

Layer 4  Stampin' Up Only Orange stamped 2 x

Layer 3 Momento Tangelo stamped 3 times

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Mango Melody stamped 2 x 

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Mango Melody

Color Recipe 

for today's coffee brew:

Layer 1 PTI Fine Linen

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Creamy Caramel

Layer 3 Memento Toffee Crunch

Layer 4 PTI Dark Chocolate

Sentiment stamped with PTI Dark Chocolate

Designer Paper from Happiness Collection by The Stamps of Life

Embellishments: leaves punched with McGill punch, bow, and plastic spoon sticker


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!!

Warm Christmas Wishes - KSS

Good morning to my coffee-loving Kitchen Sink Stamps friends!! I wanted to share with you this morning a new companion set called Coffee Mate Greetings which pairs beautifully with the just released Coffee & Friends and Keep Calm Coffee Mug.

You can PRE-order this great set with shipment expected to be October 31. Just in time for your Thanksgiving and Christmas wishes for your coffee-addicted friends (like ME)!!

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card I have created a holiday card with Coffee & Friends. I had to pull together sentiments from here and there because I don't have Coffee Mate Greetings in my hot little hands yet, either!! But when I do, watch out!!

Color Recipe for Cup

Layer 4 - Memento Rhubarb Stalk

Layer 3 - Memento Love Letter

Layer 2 - Memento Love Letter

Layer 1 - Memento Lady Bug

Color Recipe for Coffee

Layer 1 - Memento Desert Sand

Layer 2 - PTI Fine Linen

Layer 3 - SU Creamy Caramel

Layer 4 - SU Baked Brown Sugar

Designer Paper and Stickers - the Paper Studio

Today's card has been entered in the following challenges:

Crafty Friends - Challenge #120 - Christmas

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything Goes and Optional - Christmas Decorations

Cute N' Crafty Christmas - Challenge 18

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!!