Snow Much Love - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I am back today with another Valentine design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. I picked up this fun pad of winter paper titled Solitude by Authentique at Tuesday Morning this week because it is filled with fun snowy images of skiing, sledding, skating, and snowman building that I thought would be fabulous with Figure Skates by Kitchen Sink Stamps. I hope you agree they make a fun pairing.

The popped up words were punched with the We R Memories Word Punches and the stamped words are from various Kitchen Sink Stamp sets.

The skates were embellished with greenery from the Martha Stewart Fern Punch and a pretty red bow. I hope my Valentine likes it!!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Valentine or Love Cards 4 Kids

Daring Cardmakers - Cheer Someone Up!

Creative Friday - Challenge #247 - Winter Fun

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #252 "Valentine's Day"

The Male Room - Challenge #128 - It's Snowing

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!!

CCEE2004 - Ice, Ice, Baby, Ice, Ice

Lynn here to welcome you to this week's CCEE Stampers Challenge. It seems to me I have been bundled up in sweatshirts and sweaters for weeks now! Baby, it’s cold outside. Let’s see those icy creations!! Add your glitter and shine to make some shimmery winter beauties.

Here is mine:

I hope you will join us and post your icy beauties on the CCEE Blog!

Take a look at the wonderful winter creations the CCEE team has designed for you!

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak
Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

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!!

Envelope Art and Non-Traditional Valentine - KSS

Since I spent yesterday watching football instead of card-making (both my teams LOST by the way), I woke up this morning without my Kitchen Sink sponsored design ready for posting. When that happens on occasion, I head over to Splitcoaststampers to see what the challenges might be for the day.

I found one that was just to my liking - Technique Challenge 726 - Envelope Art. I don't usually take the time to create a matching envelope for my cards, but it sure is fun when I do.

For today's design I have crafted a non-traditional Valentine using the following stamp sets from Kitchen Sink Stamps. As you can see, I am keeping my wintery images busy during these cold winter days.

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Love 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps (sentiment)

Color Recipe for the Skates

Layer 4 - Memento Gray Flannel

Layer 5 - Memento Tuxedo Black

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite on the blades and Going Gray on the shoe

Layer 1 - Stampin' Up Going Gray on the blade and PTI Soft Stone on the shoe

The sky is Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass.

The trees, sentiment, and skaters are Stampin' Up Soft Suede.

All layers of the icy pond are Stampin' Up Baja Breeze. Each time stamped off once from the pervious layer.

Today's card is entered in the following challenges:

Technique Challenge 726 at Splitcoastampers - Envelope Art

Just Stamping at Daring Cardmakers

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - #154 Snowy Days/Nights

Card Mania Challenge #112 - Baby It's Cold Outside

Also creating beautiful designs with Kitche Sink Stamps:

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


Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Winter Treat Box

I bought this File Box die by QuicKutz before Christmas thinking it would be a great way to share holiday treats with friends and family. Well, time got away from me and that didn't happen. But now that I have extra time on my hands, I decided to get started on party favors for an upcoming February birthday party, and I love them!! I hope the birthday girl will as well!!

Kitchen Sink Stamps used include:

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Figure Skates

Layer 5 - Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite stamped 3 time

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 1 - PTI Soft Stone on blades only

I will stage the boxes on burlap and doilies with fake pine needles and real pinecones. Today I have filled the box with crinkle cookies that were coated with powder sugar before baking!

Visit the Kitchen Sink Crew to see their latest creations:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Let It Snow - Kitchen Sink Stamps

It doesn't look like there will be any snow in our South Texas forecast for this Christmas, but I check because we would love it!! I created today's card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps using the Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps and paired it with some of the tiny silhouettes doing lots of fun icy activities which are part of the Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamp set!! 

I create this card for the Splitcoaststampers' Virtual Stamp Night Challenge call Always Winter which required a winter themed card.

Images are from the following Kitchen Sink Sets:

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Skates

Layer 4 Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 5 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 2 PTI Soft Stone

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

Color Recipes

Stampin' Up Baja Breeze all layers

Silhouettes and Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black

The embossing folder is from Stampin' Up.

I embellished with SU Dazzling Diamonds on the bottom edge of the 3 icy scenes.

Don't miss an opportunity to see the latest holiday designs
for the Kitchen Sink Crew!

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



Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

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!!

Day Dreaming in Texas - KSS

Today is the 4th Monday of August so there are no apologies needed for this Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Last Monday I jumped the gun a little early with this post, but it seems that sometimes I just have no will power and play like my right-brain has taken control of my senses although my left-brain is usually able to rein it in and take charge somewhere along in the process.

For today's post I have designed a 5 x 7 New Year's Day card using a great mix of Kitchen Sink Stamps winter images. With the temperatures in the triple digits in my part of Texas all this week, my thoughts turned to snow and ice!

Kitchen Sink Stamps Sets Used for this Design

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Big & Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps

To create this design, I started first by stamping the snowy cabin on the left. I wanted the chimney to look like Texas limestone, so I inked layers 3 and 2 of the cabin with two colors. One for the stones and one for the logs.

Recipe for the Snowy Cabin

Layer 3 - SU Tip Top Taupe on the stone chimney

SU Baked Brown Sugar on the logs

Layer 2 - Memento Desert Sand on the stone chimney

SU Creamy Caramel on the logs

Layer 1 - PTI Fine Linen for both the chimney and the logs

All of the ice on the roof and pond, as well as all the snow mounds on this card were created with varied intensities of Stampin' Up's new Balmy Blue. It is my current favorite blue!! After stamping the roof, the pond, and the snow mounds, I added the trees.

Recipe for the Snowy Pine Trees

Layer 3 - Memento Northern Pine

Layer 2 - SU Mossy Meadow

Layer 1 - SU Old Olive

The hockey players, the bare trees, and the sentiment were all stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle.

The only masking I did on this card for a torn strip of paper laid across the top of the card to create the horizon. I brushed on the sky using Distress Ink Peacock Feathers.

I wanted this card to look like you were driving in through a front fence so I popped up a panel of wood-grain designer paper mounted on heavy card stock on the right to serve as the foreground of the design. I then stamped and cut out the figure skates, added a top bow of white embroidery thread and popped up the the skates hanging them from a brad over the faux fence. I am pleased with the way it turned out!

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

I am entering this card in Stamping Sensations's August Challenge - Use your "current" favourite stamp. The ice skates are "currently" holding that place. They are perfection!!

Kitchen Crew Members Maria and Jeanne have fabulous designs to share as well!!

Check them out!!

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



Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

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