Peaceful Wishes

Today's card is my final Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design as a design team member since the store will be closing shop at midnight PST on Wednesday, July 31. I have had the remarkable pleasure of working with Maria and her amazing art almost from the beginning of Kitchen Sink Stamps. My first purchase from her was the classic Heart & Roses. Although KSS is closing, you will still see her beautiful images showing up in my work from time to time. Her realistic, layered images are themselves timeless. They will therefore never go out of style and will always be among my favorites. Thank you, Maria for the beauty and joy you have brought into my life with your exquisite talent.

Thank you to each of you who have followed by work here as well as at Splitcoaststampers and left such sweet comments. What a blessing you have been to my life.

I chosen to create with the Graceful Swan today since it is still in stock in the store. I know many people shy away from white images so I am including the color recipe I used to create the swan today. My main advice to you when trying to stamp a layered white image is to ALWAYS leave off Layer 1. Start stamping with Layer 2 in the palest gray you have and go up from there.

Color Recipe for the Swan
Using Altenew Inks

Layer 1 - omit this layer

Layer 2 - Limestone stamped off once

Layer 3 - Limestone

Layer 4 - Silver Stone

Layer 5 - Silver Lining

Layer 6 - Industrial Diamond

Layer 7 - Jet Black

Kitchen Sink Stamps Used:

Graceful Swan

Isle of Big Bay Lake - sold out

Cattails - sold out

Shoreline Rocks - sold out

Greetings from the Woods - sold out

Receive a 40% discount using the promo code INKYHUGS from now through midnight PST, July 31.

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

Dragonfly Dreams - July Challenge - Christmas in July

Rudolph Days Challenge - July Challenge

Daring Cardmakers - Christmas in July

Simply Create Too - Christmas in July

For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit:

 Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

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!!

Sea & Sand - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Texas temperatures are now in the 90s so, of course, my mind is headed to the beach! Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design features images from Lighthouse, Plumeria, Sailboats, Isle of Big Bay Lake, and sentiments from Beachcomber's Bounty! 

I first stamped the Isle of Big Bay Lake on the blue card front and then added the torn paper land. After stamping the lighthouse, sailboat, and plumeria on cut SVG files, I attached them to the card front and added the sentiment.

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

Make My Monday - Challenge #227 - B is for..... (I chose beach)

Colorful Options - June 2024 - Aqua

We Love Stamping - June Challenge - Fabulous Florals

Allsorts - Week 783 - Anything Goes or Lots of Layers

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Challenge # 251 - D is for Die Cut

For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit :

 Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

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!!

Wildlife Birthday

For this week's Kitchen Sink Stamps' sponsored design, I have created a masculine birthday card for an outdoorsman in my circle of friends. I included images from Mallard Ducks, Isle of Big Bay Lake, Simple Sentiments (retired), and Tiny Norway Pine (retired). 

This A2 design started out with a white panel of cardstock with a Distress Oxide blended background. I then stamped the trees onto the panel and attached an SVG cut duck. All inks on the trees and duck are by Altenew. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clair Pinecone.

Check out the ongoing sale at Kitchen Sink Stamps

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

Crafting from the Heart - Challenge #9 - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels - Challenge #79 - Anything Goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - Challenge #49 - Happy Birthday

Stamping Sensations - February Challenge - Animals, Birds, & Creatures

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!!

Canadian Birthday - Kitchen Sink Stamps

My son and daughter-in-law are currently enjoying a much needed and welcomed vacation taking in the glorious beauty of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada. They will be flying home on Thursday and on Friday we will be celebrating my son's birthday.

The breathtaking photos they have been sending me were the inspiration for today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design. And yes, they did encounter bears! Eeeek!!

The following Kitchen Sink Stamps were used to create this slimline birthday card:

Cabin by the Lake

Grand View Mountains

Bear in the Woods

Isle of Big Bay Lake

Pine Trees

The sky was created using the SVG Cut Stencil Cloudy Skies. 

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

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Challenge #736- Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge Blog - G is for Green

Color My Heart Color Dare - Color Dare #556 - Six Pack (must use 3)

We Love Stamping - July Challenge - Anything Goes 

Worldwide Crafters and Colorists Challenge Blog - Challenge #6 -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 Greetings - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is going to a dear friend of mine who has an obsession with moose! I know she is going to love this 5 x 7 card!!

Sets from Kitchen Sink Stamps used to create this card include:

Mighty Moose

Isle of Big Bay Lake

Autumn Greetings

I also sponged the tiny leaves using the SVG cut Falling Leaves stencil and resized the maple leaf from the SVG Cut File for Big Leaves to create the leave-shaped window in the card front.

This card is being entered in the following challenge this week:

Path of Positivity - Challenge #105 Celebrate Something You Love about Your Favorite Season (falling leaves)

International Art & Soul - Challenge #145 - Happy Fall Y'all

Stamping Sensations - October Challenge - All Things Autumn

Craft Rocket Challenges - Challenge #97 - Autumn/Halloween

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!!

Let There Be Peace - Kitchen Sink Stamps

It's been a while since I have used the lilac. I guess I forgot how beautiful it is!! I think it looks awesome drooping down in the upper foreground over this graceful swan.

This Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card was created with a mix of images from the following sets:

Lilacs

Graceful Swan

Isle of Big Bay Lake

Bear in the Woods

Honey Bunny

Sweetheart Daisies

Bold 4 Seasons Greetings

Coffee Mate Greetings 

Color Recipe for the Lilacs using Altenew Inks

Layer 1 Pink Diamond
Layer 2 Cotton Candy
Layer 3 Puffy Heart
Layer 4 Razzleberry

Color Recipe for the Leaves using Altenew Inks

Layer 1 Green Fields

Layer 2 Shadow Creek

Layer 3 Mountain Pine

The lilacs, leaves, swan, and trees were cut using the SVG files with coordinate with these sets before the layers of stamped inks were applied.

This card has been entered in the following challenges:

Farm Quest Challenge Blog - Theme #10 - Pond or duck or goose

Bastel-Traum - Challenge Blog - Challenge #116 - Into the Wood

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - Challenge #288 - Relaxation Day

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges - Challenge #8 - Summertime Buzz

Try It on Tuesday - Summer Blooms

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!!

Unconventional Valentine - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I decided to create a Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored Valentine's Day card using unconventional colors and images. I really love it! So much so that I may just send it to all my Valentines!!! I am calling this card my Once in a Blue Moon Love!

 

The images for this card came from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps Sets:

Lighthouse

Owl & Autumn Moon

Tree Friends

Isle of Big Bay Lake

The background of this card was blended with Distress Oxide inks by Ranger. I added 4 rhinestone stars.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge IC844 - Wallsauce

The Paper Players - PP577 - Love & Friendship

Just Us Girls - Challenge 618 - Friends

Three Room Studio - Saturday Challenge #70 - Love and/or Hearts

DL.ART - Thankful Thursday Challenge #292 - Valentine

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!!

Back from the Beach - KSS Angel's Wings Sunset

A transformer exploded and a neighbor's fence burned to the ground on Sunday night, so I was without phone, cable, and internet for the early part of this week. I am posting today the Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card I had prepared for Monday. 

As many of you know, I usually spend the last week of the year on a Texas beach with my family where we honor my late husband at sunset on December 30. This year is the fifth anniversary of his passing. Although family responsibilities and illnesses kept me at home most of that week, I was able to drive down to be with them on the 30th when my nephew stepped up to fill in for me at home for that night. 

The memorial card I made uses images from Angel's Wings and Isle of Big Bay Lake. The clouds were created using the SVG Cloudy Skies cut stencil. The initials and dates were computer generated.

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!!

Mama's Gone Fishing - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I had a lot of fun with today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design. It seems like mothers everywhere face some of the same problems daily. There are always mouths to feed. I used images from the following sets by Kitchen Sink Stamps to create this tongue in cheek outdoors design I call "Mama's Gone Fishing!" It is a mini slimline design measuring 3 inches by 6 inches.

Bear in the Woods

Trout Fishing

Shoreline Rocks

Honey Bunny

Isle of Big Bay Lake 

The two color recipes I am sharing today feature inks from Stampin' Up.

Color Recipe for the Bear

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Creamy Caramel

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Soft Suede

Layer 4 Stampin' Up Early Espresso

Color Recipe for the Trout

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Soft Seafoam

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Mellow Moss

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Garden Green

Layer 4 Stampin' Up Always Artichoke

Layer 5 Versafine Onyx Black

I then brushed a touch of Stampin' Up Flirty Flamingo on the belly.

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

Get Creative Challenges - Challenge #103 - Show Water

Sweet Stampin' - Create Your Own Background

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Challenge #153 - Trees

Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #7 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!!

Canadian Birthday - KSS

Today's Let's Make a Scene Design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps is going in the mail to a friend who just returned from a Canadian vacation. Hope it brings back wonderful memories of that fabulous trip! It's still a hundred degrees here in Texas!!

To create this design I started with the Norway Pines across the bottom of the card and then added the lake working my way up from there.

The die cut Happy Birthday sentiment is by Darice.

The following Kitchen Sink Stamp sets were used to create this tall card which measures 3.75 inches by 9.25 inches.

Mallard Ducks Multi Step Clear Stamps

Minnesota Norway Pine Multi Step Clear Stamps

Isle of Big Bay Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps

Fishing 4 Bass Multi Step Clear Stamps

Created for the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Happy Birthday

Creative Friday Challenge #238 - Bingo - Stamping - Stamp - Colorful

Pattie's Creations Challenge 162 - Things That Fly

Moving Along With the Times. - Challenge 105 Things with Wings

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!!

Monochromatic Lighthouse - KSS

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps' sponsored design, I have stamped a monochromatic card using images and sentiments from Lighthouse Multi Step Clear Stamps and images from Isle of Big Bay Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps. When I finished the stamping, I embossed the panel with this nautical compass embossing folder from Darice. My final step was to sponge the embossing with Seaside Spray by Stampin' Up.

Color Recipe for Blue Lighthouse

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

International Art & Soul - #64 Embossing

Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers #140 -  S is for Sea

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #161 - Beach/Under the Sea

Creative with Stamps Challenge Blog - #41 - Dad (or Masculine)

JFF Monthly Challenge - At the Shoreline

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!!

Soar High, My Friend - KSS

Today's card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps is a masculine sympathy card created using stamps from the following KSS sets:

Lighthouse Multi Step Clear Stamps

Isle of Big Bay Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps

Cattails Multi Step Clear Stamps

Shoreline Rocks Multi Step Clear Stamps

Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps

My favorite method for creating clouds is to dab my finger in white acrylic paint and pat it around until I get the cloud shapes I want. It is quick and easy and like real clouds, I get a variety of shapes.

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

ARTastic Challenge - July Use Paint

Do-Al (l) Kreatives Challenge #34 - On the Wave

JFF Monthly Challenge - July - At the Shoreline

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!!

Owl by Big Bay Lake - KSS

Today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps is one of the cards I created for display at Junkie Fest in Minnesota last month. It is the final card I rushed to finish before shipping the prepared cards to Maria. It was down to the wire so I didn't get any notes recorded about the colors on this card. Therefore, there won't be any color recipes today, but I hope you enjoy this night owl and full moon card anyway!

Kitchen Sink Sets Used in this design include:

Owl & Autumn Moon Multi Step Clear Stamps

Isle of Big Bay Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps

Cattails Multi Step Clear Stamps

Shoreline Rocks Multi Step Clear Stamps

Make a Big Statement Clear Stamps

Friends of the Moon Clear Stamps

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

Dragonfly Dreams - Things with Wings

Sweet Stampers Challenge #34 - Summer

As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Bird or Beast and WHY? - The owl is my current favorite bird. As I sit on my patio after dark, I can hear one calling in the distance but have yet to spot it!! I hope to soon!

Simon Says - Make Your Own Background

Also don't miss the chance to see the latest designs from the Kitchen Crew linked below:

Kitchensinkstamps' Weblog by Maria Colosimo,

the owner and creator of KSS

Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Nancy Stamps by Nancy McCabe

Seaside Birthday - KSS

I know today isn't a normal Let's Make a Scene posting day, but I needed one for a beach-loving buddy who is big-time into restoring old trucks. He is celebrating his birthday tomorrow. For those reasons, today's card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps includes images from Classic Old Truck Multi Step Clear Stamps, Seaside Seagull Multi Step Clear Stamps, Palm Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, Sail Boats Multi Step Clear Stamps, and 

Isle of Big Bay Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps.

Color Recipe for the Piling

Color Recipe for the Seagull

Color Recipe for the Wheel Base of the Classic Old Truck

Color Recipe for the Truck Body of Classic Old Truck

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - July - Masculine Birthday

Challenge Up Your Life - Challenge 113 - Vitamin Sea

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!!