Let's Make a Scene - Winter Birthday KSS

I'm getting a little bit of a late start in posting my Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps this morning, but today is a very amazing day for a dear friend and her family so I wanted to create something very special. My sweet friend is celebrating  her 107th birthday today! What a remarkable feat! She is not accepting gifts at her party this afternoon and actually had her family pass out 107 red roses to our church members yesterday. It is just like her to always think of others first!

With much of our nation blanketed in snow this week, I decided to make a winter theme. I can image that in her youth, Lucile may have had the pleasure of riding in a horse-drawn sleigh through the snow! I will ask her this afternoon at her party!

The frame is popped up over the stamped background and the snowman is popped up on the frame. I crocheted a scarf to add a little fun texture to the design! The sentiment is die cut and angled across the frame.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used include:

Snowmen Multi Step Clear Stamps

Tiny Norway Pine Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Color Recipes

Trees

Layer 3 Distress Oxide Gathered Twigs

Layer 1 Distress Oxide Peeled Paint

Layer 2 Distress Oxide Pine Needles

Snowman

Layer 3 Memento  Summer Sky

Layer 2 Memento Summer Sky stamped off

I did not stamp Layer 1 but traced around it with pencil and cut out the snowman.

Hat

Layer 3 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 2 SU Gray Granite

Layer 1 Memento Summer Sky stamped 3 times

Coal - Versafine Onyx Black

Carrot - SU Only Orange

Sky - Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass

I am entering my card today in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #170 - Snowman

My Time to Craft Challenge Blog - Challenge 388 Winter Birthday

Visit the Kitchen Sink Crew for more layered stamping inspiration!

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


Nana loves stamping by Jeanne Frontz

Welcome Home Cowboy - KSS Let's Make a Scene

Today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps was made with a friend in mind who will soon be returning to his county home after an extended hospital stay followed by several weeks in rehabilitation. Being a down-home Texas boy, I think he will love it. Although the bluebonnets are quickly fading away for this year, I wanted to include them in his welcome home card. I created them with the tip of a stylus using Distress Oxide Ink and white paint.

To create this scene, I used images from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps Sets:

Cabin by the Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps
Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps
and assorted sentiments

Color Recipe for the Cabin

Layer 4 Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip
Layer 3 Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar
Layer 2 Stampin' Up Creamy Caramel
Layer 1 Memento Desert Sand


Maria has some fabulous KSS samples to share, as well!
Visit her blog and see her amazing creations!!

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Play Ball!! - KSS

The return of spring means the return of baseball to our local parks! I am a huge baseball fan from way back so I will be spending some of my afternoons at the ballpark, popcorn in hand, cheering on our UHV Jaguars!

For today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I have created a baseball themed birthday card! The images are from Baseball Multi Step Clear Stamps, Classic Old Truck Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps. The die cut fence is by Spellbinders.

Find for spring beauties featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps

on Maria's blog!

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Thanksgiving Blessings - KSS LMS061

I have been struggling with computer issues in recent days and have finally gotten this post to load. Later this morning, it is off to the repair shop where I hope they are able to fix all the computer problems I have been having for the past week.

For today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I have made a card of thanksgiving. It includes images fro the following Kitchen Sink Stamps sets.

Turkey Trot Multi Step Clear Stamps
Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Pumpkins Multi Step Clear Stamps

Check out Maria's blog below for more

Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration:

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Autumn View - LMS - KSS

I had so much fun creating this week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps using all these rich, beautiful colors of autumn. Although we have had a cool breeze or two through here is the past few weeks, I am still anxiously awaiting the first true Texas Norther! I am so ready for sweater weather!!

To create my window on autumn I have used images from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps sets:

Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps

Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps

Owl & Autumn Moon Multi Step Clear Stamps

Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps

The chair was created with a die by Impression Obsession.

The grass tuft was created with a die from Gina Marie Designs.

Thank you for visiting my blog today. It's always great to see you here!!

Kitchen Sink Crew:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

KSS LMS59 - Autumn Squirrel

Two things have been showing up in my yard a lot this week: squirrels and acorns. They were the inspiration for this week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps!

Images used came from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps Sets:

Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Squirrel

Layer 3 Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate

Layer 2 Ranger Distress Ink Vintage Sepia

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Creamy Caramel

The sentiment is die cut using

Shine Thinlits by Sizzix

Find more KSS inspiration in the work of the Kitchen Sink Crew:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Texas Night Lights

I am back today after a week away enjoying the simple country life that my wonderful state of Texas has to offer. My time away was an inspiration for today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. This week's scene depicts an old farm truck under an antique street light surrounded by fireflies!! Hope you love it as much as I loved making it!

Kitchen Sink images from:

Classic Old Truck Multi Step Clear Stamps

1/2 Pint Alphabet Clear Stamps

Also sharing work using Kitchen Sink Stamps:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

KSS - Let's Make a Scene - Hummingbird

The fourth and final Monday of April brings with it a new Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Today's card was inspired by the hummingbirds that have returned to my part of Texas in recent weeks. I can sit for hours watching them flit from flower to flower in the backyard!

Images from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps' sets were used to create this scene:

Hummingbirds Multi Step Clear Stamps

Aloha Multi Step Clear Stamps

 Lilies Multi Step Clear Stamps

Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps

Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Whole Family Clear Stamps

 Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps

Also creating beautiful design with Kitchen Sink Stamps:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

KSS - Let's Make a Scene - Kittens and Carnations

It's time again for another Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Today I decided to have a little fun with these cute kittens and place them in a grassy lawn with a basket of carnations in front of a lattice wall.

To create this scene, I stamped the kittens first and then masked them to add the basket. I then masked the basket as well and laid the lattice stencil over the card front and brushed in the green grass and blue sky with my Clarity brushes using distress ink. Once I removed the lattice stencil but not the masks, I added the carnations and the grassy foreground. After removing the kitten and basket masks, I added a few more blades of grass to create a smooth transition. The sentiment was stamped last of all.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used to create this scene:

Kittens & Pup Multi Step Clear Stamps

Basket Multi Step Clear Stamps

Get Well Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps

Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps

Make a Big Statement Clear Stamps

Looking for more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration,
find it at the links below:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

KSS - LMS033 - Bicycle Birthday

My calendar and I had a senior moment this week, and I am posting the Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps which should have been posted last Monday. August is jam packed with birthdays among my family and friends so I added the birthday greeting from Make a Big Statement Clear Stamps to images from Bicycle Multi Step Clear Stamps, Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Daisy Multi Step Clear Stamps to create this end of summer birthday design.

Drop by to see more KSS designs from the Kitchen Sink Crew:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Summer Cabin - Let's Make a Scene - KSS

I love when fourth Monday rolls around again, and I get to create  another "Let's Make a Scene" design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps! Right about now, I am wishing that my summer involved some time away in a cabin by the lake! Wouldn't that be heaven?

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


613 Avenue Create - #182 Sights, Tastes, and Sounds of Summer

Addicted to Stamps - #129 Anything Summer + a Stamp

Little Claire's  - #70 - Create a Scene

Inkspirational - #111 - Masking

My Time to Craft - #323 - Summertime

Steps I took to complete this scene:

1. Stamp the leaves of the birch trees at the top of the page

2. Stamp the cabin and mask it

3. Stamp the lake and boat

4. Sponge the sky, sandy shore, and grass

5. Stamp the grass and pebbles

6. Remove the mask

7. Stamp the birch tree trunks on a separate panel (I did several so I could piece the trunks and make them taller for this design)

8. Cut out the trunks and glue them into place over the cabin and lake

9. Stamp the ivy on a separate panel. Cut them out and glue them at the bottom of the card.

Images by Kitchen Sink Stamps
Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps  
Cabin by the Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps 
Ivy Multi Step Clear Stamps 
Father's Pocket Watch Multi Step Clear Stamps 

Also creating with Kitchen Sink Stamps:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Let's Make a Graduation Scene! - KSS

In two short weeks my youngest granddaughter will be graduating from high school with honors. Last week I finished party invitations for her, and today I am using my Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps to create a special graduation card for her very special day. She is a crafter like her gram so I know she will appreciate it.

For this scene, I started with the bowl of carnations and stamped them directly on the wallpaper background. I colored the water with Copic Marker B0000. The cap and diploma were stamped on white cardstock, cut out, and glued to the cardfront along with the table and hatrack.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used:

Graduation Multi Step Clear Stamps

Get Well Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps

Bitty Tulip Bouquet Multi Step Clear Stamps

Thank you so much for coming by to visit today!

For more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration take a peek at the wonderful work of the 
Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1617 - Baseball

For Anne's last CCEE Challenge as hostess this month, she has reminded us all that it's baseball season again (YAY!).  On today's card we were to promote our favorite team, their colors, or just use a baseball theme.

Baseball and dads make a great pairing so I am using today's challenge to finish up on my Father's Day cards for 2016. I hope you like it. The stamped images are from Baseball Multi Step Clear Stamps and Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps and the die cut fence is by Impression Obsession.

Check out how the rest of the CCEE Design Team celebrates baseball this week!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

Let's Make a Scene - Hello Spring KSS

The second Monday of March brings spring back to Texas so it must feature in this week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Birds, butterflies, flowers and new leaves are showing up everywhere, and we are so happy to have the chill of winter finally behind us this year. Here is a peek outside my kitchen window!

Images from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps were used to create this card:

Get Well Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps (small carnations)

Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps (butterfly)

Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps (tree trunk and branches)

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps (leaves for the tree)

Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps (grass)

Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps (sentiment)

Tools: Grand Madison Window Die by Poppy Stamps

Oval Punches by Stampin' Up

Inks: Memento Dandelion, Cantaloupe, Peanut Brittle, Tangelo, New Sprout,

and Bamboo Leaves

Stampin' Up - Bashful Blue

Versafine Onyx Black

Papers: Recollections White, DP by My Mind's Eye, Stampin' Up  Baja Breeze

Be sure to check out Maria and Lisa's latest KSS designs:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

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Thank you for your visit today.

4th Monday - Let's Make a Winter Scene - KSS

The fourth Monday in January brings with it this fun winter scene sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. The design includes an ice fisherman on a frozen pond tucked in behind the birch trees. I am loving all the new winter images for my masculine cards.

Sets used to create today's scene include:

Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps
Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps
Greetings from the Woods Clear Stamps

Color Recipes

Birch Trees - Layer 1 Papertrey Ink Classic Craft, Layer 2 Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate

Pine Trees - All layers Memento Northern Pine (layers 2 & 3 stamped off once)

Bunny  - Layer 4 Memento Espresso Truffle, Layer 3 Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Layer 2 Papertrey Ink Classic Craft, Layer 1 Papertrey Ink Fine Linen

Visit the members of the Kitchen Crew for additional  Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration!

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

LMS - Swan Lake

It's 2nd Monday and time for another Let's Make a Scene card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. I am excitedly waiting to catch a whiff of autumn in the air here on the Texas Gulf Coast. It hasn't happened yet, but I am anxiously looking forward to fall's arrival as you can see in today's design.

Today's scene was created using Memento Dandelion, Peanut Brittle and Morocco for the autumn leaves of the Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps. The trunks were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and Toffee Crunch. The lake is from Cabin by the Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps and stamped with Memento Summer Sky. The swan comes from the Love Birds Multi Step Clear Stamps set. Thinking of you is a part of Words of Love Clear Stamps. The die cut fence is from Impression Obsession.

The Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Kitchen Sink Stamps will again be sponsoring the Mod Squad Challenge this coming Wednesday.
Check it out and play along. One lucky winner will receive a $25 Kitchen Sink Gift Certificate!

4th Monday - KSS Let's Make a Scene

Fourth Monday brings with it another scenic design using images from Kitchen Sink Stamps. I really love the new Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps. They look sensational with spring leaves, summer leaves, autumn leaves, or no leaves at all. I have featured them without leaves and bows on the trunks for today's holiday card. Today's post is sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Stamps:  Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps,Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps, 

and Greetings from the Woods Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Designer Paper: Figgy Pudding by BasicGrey

Inks: Toffee Crunch, Rich Cocoa, Norther Pine, Olive Grove, and Cottage Ivy

Embellishment: Ribbon

See more beautiful Kitchen Sink Stamps designs from the Kitchen Crew:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

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The fourth Monday of the month brings with it another scene card created with Kitchen Sink Stamps images. I hope you like it! (post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps)

Stamps: Kittens & Pup Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps,

Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
and Words of Love Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery by Stampin' Up

Black and White Recollections

Color Recipes

Dog - Layer 4 Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 3 Memento London Fog

Layer 2 Memento Gray Flannel stamped off once

Layer 1 Memento London Fog stamped off once

Brick Wall

Layer 1 and 2 Memento Desert Sand

Pine Trees

Layer 3 Memento Northern Pine

Layer 2 Memento Olive Grove

Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Sky - Stampin' Up Bashful Blue

Grass - Memento Bamboo Leaves

Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black 

Today's bonus card was created to share with you an new set by Kitchen Sink Stamps: Paint Splatters Multi Step Clear Stamps. To the splatters I added a KSS butterfly and sentiment.

Click the code below to save 15% on your purchase of stamps from KSS.

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Members of the Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

KSS 4th Monday - Let's Make a Scene!

Fourth Monday means another Kitchen Sink Stamps scene. I'd love to be sitting on this bench under a big shady tree! Today's scene was created with images from Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps, Lilacs Multi Step Clear Stamps (the leaves on the card front), and Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps. (post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps)

Today I am also wishing you a blessed Memorial Day and remembering in prayer the thousands of brave men and women who have given their lives in service to this great nation allowing us to remain strong and free.

Color Recipes

Tree Trunk - Layer 1 Memento Rich Cocoa

Layer 2 Memento Rich Cocoa

Layer 3 - Memento Espresso Truffle

Tree Top - Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 3 Memento Cottage Ivy

Stone Path - Layer 2 Memento Gray Flannel

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Going Grey

Bench - Memento Espresso Truffle

Grass - Memento Bamboo Leaves

Ground - Memento Bamboo Leaves

Sky - Memento Summer Sky

For more Kitchen Sink inspiration visit:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Let's Make a Scene! KSS Monday

I have decided to mix things up a bit with my Kitchen Sink Stamps posts. (post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps). It has been over 4 years now that I have been doing 10 minute cards every Monday. Two years later I started adding 20 minute cards as well. While clean and simple is normally my style, there are so many more things you can do with your Kitchen Sink Stamps. And scene cards are my FAVORITE sooooooooooooooo....

Beginning today and every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, I am going to be creating scenic cards by mixing several KSS sets together to an extent that 10 and 20 minutes did not allow. Today's card  was completed in 60 minutes. To create this card, I stamped the rabbit first and then masked him. I then stamped the rock wall and masked it. Next I added the sunflowers and grasses. 

This card is going to a sweet friend who is moving out of state this week. I am going to mail it a few days before she leaves so it will be there waiting for her when she arrives.

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Stamps: Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps, Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps, 

Sunflowers Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Words of Love Clear Stamps
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Below you will find the order in which I stamped each image and the inks used:

Bunny - 3 Memento Rich Cocoa

2 Memento Toffee Crunch

1 Memento Desert Sand

4 Memento Espresso Truffle

Brick Wall - 2 Memento Toffee Crunch

1 Memento Desert Sand

Sunflowers - 2 Memento Cantaloupe
1 Memento Dandelion
3 Memento Peanut Brittle
4 Memento Rich Cocoa
5 Memento Espresso Truffle

Sunflower Stems and Leaves - 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves
2 Memento Bamboo Leaves
3 Memento Olive Grove

Sky - Stampin' Up Bashful Blue
Grass - Memento Bamboo Leaves (sponged and stamped)
Sentiment - Memento Espresso Truffle

Embellishments: Crocheted Lace,  Prima Sunflower

Tools: Arch Dies, McGill Leaf Punch, MISTI

Thanks for your visits and sweet comments today!

To find additional Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration please visit:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator