Birthday Dogwoods - Kitchen Sink Stamps

 Another Texas flower that doesn't stay around anywhere NEAR long enough is the dogwood. They are found mostly in East Texas filling the dogwood trees for a few brief weeks in early spring.

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design I have used Enchanted Dogwood to create this spring birthday card for a sweet friend. The sentiment if from Words 4 Celebrating.

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

Beautiful Blossoms Floral Challenge #3

Allsorts Challenge Weeks 722/723 - In the Spring Garden

Birds, Butterflies & Blooms - April Challenge

My Time to Craft Challenge - Challenge #505, Easter or Spring Flowers

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!!

Roses for Mother - Kitchen Sink Stamps

For today's Mother's Day card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I knew I wanted to use the beautiful rose and rosebud from Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps.

I wanted to create a swag of flowers to frame the sentiment so I went searching for something to use as filler to add shape and dimension to the spray of roses. I settled on one of the tiny layers of greenery from the Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps to create a pale lavender "baby's breath" type flower and was very pleased with the results. I inked it up with Memento Lulu Lavender and then used an SU Old Olive marked to color the part of the stamp that is a tree branch.

I then went looking for one more element to add more color and texture. For the magenta berries, I used a stem from Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps and the center from the small blossom in Enchanted Dogwoods Multi Step Clear Stamps. After stamping the center in Memento Lilac Posies, I then used a pencil eraser inked with Lilac Posies and stamped off once before stamping again on top of the berries!  (I am sure you can pick out the one that I forgot to stamp off!)

I finished the card by stenciling a delicate doily by Prima with Milled Lavender Distress Oxide.The sentiment was then stamped with Versafine Onyx Black, and I finished the card with a purple bow on the top corner.

Color Recipe for the Roses

Layer 4 PTI Lovely Lady

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Regal Rose

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink

Layer 1 PTI Sweet Blush

Color Recipe for the Leaves

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Granny Apple Green

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

The sentiments were pulled from Whole Family Clear Stamps and Words 4 Celebrating stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

Today's Mother's Day card is being entered in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #518 - Pretty in Pink

Moving Along with the Times - Challenge #96 - Floral

Bleeding Art Challenge Blog - April Challenge - Add Stenciling

The Kitchen Crew has created more beautiful designs 

to inspire you!

See them linked below:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Nancy Stamps by Nancy McCabe

LMS090 - Texas Easter Birthday!

Today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps is a special request card that may look a little out of the ordinary. My sweet friend, Cheryl, wanted a card made for a family member who is out of the country on vacation and is sad to be missing the prime wildflower season here in Texas. She also happens to be celebrating her birthday on Easter Sunday which is something like a Blue Moon --- it doesn't happen often! Therefore, Cheryl requested that Texas wildflowers, Easter, and birthday all the represented in the design.  Here's what I came up with!

Dogwoods grow in trees so I have them arching overhead of this Easter bunny and his decorated eggs nestled in a field of bluebonnets. Cheryl was even kind enough to help me with the card by doing all the fussy cutting on the dogwood blossoms and the bluebonnets!

Kitchen Sink Stamp Sets Used to Create this Design:

Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps

Enchanted Dogwood Multi Step Clear Stamps

Bluebonnets Multi Step Clear Stamps

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps

Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps - blessings

Color Recipes

Bunny

Layer 4 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 3 Memento London Fog

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 1 PTI Soft Stone

Dogwood Blossoms

Layer 4 PTI Lovely Lady with Memento Pear Tart in center

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink with center wiped clean

Layer 2 - Memento Angel Pink

Layer 1 - Memento Angel PInk

Layer 5 Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade

Dogwood Leaves

Layer 1 - Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Bluebonnets

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Blueberry Bliss

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Balmy Blue

Layer 2 - Memento April Rain

Layer 1 - Memento Dandelion on tips only

For the Easter eggs, I attached assorted washi tape to white cardstock and die cut the eggs with a die from The Stamps of Life.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Country View Challenges - April 2019 - Easter/& or Spring

Creative with Stamps #37: Birthday

Dragonfly Journeys - Challenge #138 Every BUNNY is Welcome

Creations of the Kitchen Sink Crew Include:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Floral Sympathy Cards - KSS

In recent weeks my sympathy card stash has sadly been depleted so I am using today's blog post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps to share with you the sympathy cards I have been working on this week. One is going to a sweet friend who just lost her younger sister. Her sister loved the color purple and loved hydrangeas so I incorporated both into my first design. 

I generally make my sympathy cards larger than the standard A2 card. Both of today's cards measure 5" x 7" and have a black grosgrain ribbon tied across the bottom.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used to create this card:

Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps

Lilacs Multi Step Clear Stamps (stems)

Spring Daffodils Multi Step Clear Stamps (dragonfly)

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps (with)

Other Important People Clear Stamps (Heartfelt)

Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps (Sympathy)

Color Recipe for the Hydrangeas

Layer 4 Memento Elderberry

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Gorgeous Grape

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Highland Heather

Layer 1 Memento Lulu Lavender

Color Recipe for the Stems and Leaves

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

Color Recipe for the Dragonfly

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 2 Versafine Onyx Black

Sentiment: Versafine Onyx Black

I have entered the hydrangea card in C4C445 - Sympathy or Hope Cards over at Crazy 4 Challenges.

This second card is going into my sympathy stash. For it I used the same layout and sentiment but added sprigs of dogwood blossoms. The two smaller blossoms are cut out and popped up over the background flowers.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used to create this card:

Enchanted Dogwood Multi Step Clear Stamps

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps (with)

Other Important People Clear Stamps (Heartfelt)

Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps (Sympathy)

Color Recipe for the Dogwoods

Layer 4 PTI Hibiscus Burst (wiped off the center)

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo (wiped off the center)

Layer 2 PTI Sweet Blush

Layer 1 Memento Angel Pink

Layer 5 Distress Ink Peeled Paint

Centers on Layer 3 & 4 - Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade

Color Recipe for the Leaves

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

Color Recipe for the Branches 

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Creamy Caramel (wiped off of the leaves)
Layer 2 Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar
Layer 3 Stampin' Up Soft Suede

A HUGE thank you for visiting my blog today.

Find more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration on the blogs below:


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


Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

LMS073- Under the Dogwood Tree - KSS

The fourth Monday of June brings with it the chance for me to create another scene for you using some of Kitchen Sink Stamps' newest released images: Enchanted Dogwood Multi Step Clear Stamps and Words 4 Celebrating Clear Stamps. I have mixed with them images from Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps, grass from Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps, and a word die cut from Hero Arts.

I am entering this card in the Stamping Sensations' June Challenge - Anything Goes as long as stamping is the center point of attention and interest. I sure hope the stamping catches your attention!

I stamped this scene with the large branch of dogwood blossoms across the top in the foreground to create the depth and distance back to the dogwood tree and bench. I have done this before as in the card seen here where I put the large flowers at the bottom forefront for the same reason. The front dogwood on this card was fussy cut and popped up on dimensionals.

Color Recipe for Today's Dogwood Blossoms

Layer 3 SU Real Rose on the petals and SU Certainly Celery in the center

Layer 4 PTI Hisbiscus Burts on the petals and SU Certainly Celery in the center

Layer 2 SU Powder Pink

Layer 1 Memento Angel Pink

Layer 5 SU Lucky Limeade

Color Recipe for the Leaves

Layer 1 SU Certainly Celery

Layer 2 SU Certainly Celery

Layer 3 SU Old Olive

Color Recipe for the Bricks

Layer 2 SU Granite Gray

Layer 1 PTI Soft Stone

The Kitchen Crew members also have some beautiful

Kitchen Sink Stamps creations to share with you today!

Check them out by clicking below!

Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Jeanne Frontz

Tammy Hershberger

Thank you for dropping in today to see my work!
Please leave a comment so I can see yours as well!

CCEE1824 - Spring Flowers

Joanne, our June CCEE hostess, says that spring came late to her neck of the woods so they are still enjoying the blooming of flowers. She asked that the CCEE Stampers create cards with lots of flowers.

I did not get over to East Texas this spring, so I didn't get to see the amazing dogwood trees in bloom. But since I got my new dogwood stamps, I am making up for that! I cannot seem to put them down! So even though you got to see them as virgin stamps last week, I am using them again. This time for a sympathy card. The flower images are from Kitchen Sink Stamps set called Enchanted Dogwood Multi Step Clear Stamps and the sentiment is an Impression Obsession die.

Head over and see the beautiful flowers used by the CCEE Stampers Design Team.

Then get out your favorite flowers and join in the fun!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam
Kelly McKown-Santi

LMS072 Inside Shadow Box Card

Lynn here with another Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps using their newly released Enchanted Dogwood Multi Step Clear Stamps. I also used KSS Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps as well as sentiments from Words 4 Celebrating Clear Stamps. My card today was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's June 4, 2018 post in which she shared a video tutorial describing the construction of an inside shadow box card. It was truly easy to create with her clear and concise directions. Thank you, Jennifer!! Check it out and give it a try!! You won't be sorry!

It takes one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock to create this card cut in half either direction depending on which way you want the card to open.

You might remember another style shadow box I have used in the past. Both styles are fun to make and loved by those who receive them!

I am entering this card on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog in their June Anything Goes Challenge.

You might remember another style shadow box I have used in the past.

Front of the Card

Inside Shadow Box

Close-up of Shadow Box

Color Recipe for the Dogwoods

Layer 3 SU Flirty Flamingo with  Memento Pear Tart in the center

Layer 4 PTI Hibiscus Burst with Memento Pear Tart in the center

Layer 2 PTI Sweet Blush

Layer 1 Memento Angel Pink

Layer 5 SU Lucky Limeade

Color Recipe for the Stems

Layer 1 PTI Classic Kraft

Layer 2 SU Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 3 PTI Dark Chocolate

Color Recipe for the Leaves

Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 3 Memento Olive Grove

Recipe for the Tree

Trunk  PTI Dark Chocolate
Layer 2 SU Flirty Flamingo
Layer 1 PTI Sweet Blush
Layer 3 PTI Hibiscus Burst

Bits of Lucky Limeade were dotted into the tree.

The edges on the front were sponged with PTI Sweet Blush.
The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! 

Your kind words about my cards are so uplifting to me!!

To see more beautiful creations with Kitchen Sink Stamps newly 

released stamps be sure to see the posts of the KSS Kitchen Crew!

Maria Colosimo - Owner and Creator of KSS

Tammy Hershberger

Jeanne Frontz

Virgin Stamps - CCEE1823

Joanne Grzelak has taken the reins as hostess for the CCEE Stampers for the month of June. She said, "I don’t think  I am the only one with unused, or ‘virgin’, stamps.  This week I want you to go through your stash and ink those virgins to create this week’s card."

Well, as luck would have it, yesterday Kitchen Sink Stamps released three new stamp sets and my virgin dogwoods are seeing ink for the very first time for CCEE Challenge 1823. 

This set is called Enchanted Dogwood Multi Step Clear Stamps and I have included the color recipes for the layering I did to create this sprig of spring dogwoods below the card.

Color Recipe for the Dogwoods

Layer 3 SU Flirty Flamingo with  Memento Pear Tart in the center

Layer 4 PTI Hibiscus Burst with Memento Pear Tart in the center

Layer 2 PTI Sweet Blush

Layer 1 Memento Angel Pink

Layer 5 SU Lucky Limeade

Color Recipe for the Stems

Layer 1 PTI Classic Kraft

Layer 2 SU Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 3 PTI Dark Chocolate

Color Recipe for the Leaves

Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 3 Memento Olive Grove

The sentiment is from virgin stamps as well: Words 4 Celebrating Clear Stamps.

It is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

If you have stamps that haven't seen any ink yet, 
pull them out and join the CCEE Stampers in this fun challenge

Look at the great stamps which have been hiding in the drawers and closets
of the CCEE Stampers' Design Team but have NOW been inked!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam
Kelly McKown-Santi