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!!

Maui Strong - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps' sponsored design was created for the Technique Lover's Challenge - Partial Stenciling over at Splitcoaststampers.

The heart-breaking photos coming from Hawaii which show the devastation of the fires in Maui have inspired my card today. My prayer and support are with the people there who have experienced such unbearable loss.

The partial stenciling was done with an SVG Cut Stencil from KSS called

Waves and Splashes. The flowers were created with their Plumeria set. The sentiment was computer generated.

I have entered this card in the following challenges, as well, this week:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes - Optional Twist - CAS

Allsorts -  All Creatures Great and Small - Option Anything Goes

My Time to Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #514 - Stenciling

Simply Clean & Simple - August Challenge - Option - Outdoors

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!!

Plumeria Frame - Kitchen Sink Stamps

For this week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design, I have framed this seaside scene with an oval of plumeria! This card is going to a niece who has spent her birthday this past week on a tropical island with her sweet family. What could be more divine?

The following KSS sets were used to create this design. All of the images were stamped on SVG cut files which are available for these sets. They were then layered and assembles on the teal card front. A Spellbinders oval die was used to create the lighthouse panel.

Plumeria

Lighthouse

Palm Trees

Isle of Big Bay Lake

Hawaiian Greetings

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

Day of the Month Card Club - Challenge #54 - National Beach Day + National Lighthouse Day

The Paper Players - Challenge PP652 - Hot Fun in the Summertime

As You See It Challenge - Challenge #304 - Summertime & the Livin' is Easy- Fill in the blank - The thing I love most about summer is time spent at the beach!

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!!

SCS Technique Lover's Challenge #937 - Crate Card

While looking for something new to try for today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design, I happened upon Technique Lover's Challenge #937 over at Splitcoaststampers. Today's challenge was to create a crate card using their tutorial created by the talented Helen found here. I decided to give it a try for my Valentine collection.

I really love how it turned out! One really cool thing about it is that it folds flat to fit in an A2 envelope for mailing! How great is that!

Check out the tutorial and give it a try.

Color Recipe for the Plumeria Blossoms

Using Altenew Inks

Layer 6 - Vineyard Berry

Layer 5 - Rubellite

Layer 4 - Cotton Candy stamped twice

Layer 3 - Cotton Candy

Layer 2 - Diamond Pink

Layer 1 - Rose Quartz

Color Recipe for the Plumeria Leaves

Using Altenew Inks

Layer 3 - Mountain Pine

Layer 2 - Grass Field

Layer 1 - Parrot

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

Splitcoaststampers Technique Lover's Challenge #937

Colorful Options Challenge - February 2023 - Pink 

Dare 2B Artzy - February Challenge - Love

Allsorts Challenge - Week 714 - Anything Goes with Optional Theme... I Love

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!!

Housewarming Gift Tags - Kitchen Sink Stamps

 Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored designs are 3 x 3 gift tags that I need for this coming weekend. I am so excited to be getting to visit my precious niece at her newly build beach house on the Texas Gulf Coast. These tags are going to be attached to the various housewarming gifts I am taking along with me to celebrate with her! I bet you can guess which one will be attached to the bottle of rum!

The stamped netting background I used on each of these tags is from Kitchen Sink Stamp's Ocean Waters.

Other KSS images used came from the following sets:

Summer Splashes

Tiki Time

Plumeria

Pineapple

Summer Lemons (orange slice)

Hawaiian Greetings

I am entering these gift tags in the following challenges this week:

Splitcoaststampers' Clean and Simple Challenge #696

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Challenge 184 Fred She Said - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes + Optional Twist - Let It All Hang Out

Just Us Girls - Challenge #638 - Photo Inspiration

Thanks for your visit today I'm always happy to see you!!

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!!

Plumeria for Mother - Kitchen Sink Stamps

With Mother's Day just around the corner on May 8, I am sharing this card created for my mother as my Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design. I often mix lots of stamps together to create my KSS cards, but this design uses on two sets: Plumeria and Bold Holiday Greetings.

The blossoms and leaves were cut with my Cricut Joy using the SVG Cut File which is available for free from KSS when added to your cart at the time you purchase the Plumeria set. The layered stamping was then added to the cut outs.

The background was blended with Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide by Ranger. I then splattered it with water, dried it, and then splattered it again with liquid gold.

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

Sunday Stamps - SSC281 - Sweet Pastels

Alphabet Challenge Blog - B is for Blooms

Cut It Up! Challenge Blog p #250 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite: Floral or Cute. I love florals! Flowers are my "thing!"

Thank you, As You Like It!

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!!

Perfection - Best Day Ever! - Kitchen Sink Stamps

What could be better than a day on a Hawaiian beach? I wasn't sure that Hawaii had lighthouses, but I checked it out, and sure enough, they do! So I created this Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card featuring all the elements that would make up my Best Day Ever!

My intention was to create the spray of plumeria across the top of the card by masking and stamping it directly on the card front. I got all the way to the last plumeria at the bottom when I made a horrible misstep and ruined the whole thing. But, guess what!! SVG cut file to the rescue! I restamped the lower plumeria more to my liking on the SVG cut out and glued it over the boo boo! Card saved!!

The images used to create this card come from the following KSS sets:

Plumeria

Lighthouse

Cabin by the Lake

Summer Splashes

Beachcomber's Bounty

Sea Shells

Hawaiian Greetings

Color Recipe for the Plumeria Using Altenew Inks

Layer 1 Blush
Layer 2 Pink Pearl
Layer 3 Rouge
Layer 4 Coral Bliss
Layer 5 Vintage Berry
Layer 6 Mocha

Color Recipe for the Leaves Using Altenew Inks

Layer 1 Parrot
Layer 2 Just Grass
Layer 3 Shadow Creek

Color Recipe for the Lighthouse Using Stampin' Up

Layer 1 Creamy Caramel
Layer 2 Close to Cocoa
Layer 3 Baked Brown Sugar
Layer 4 Chocolate Chip

Color Recipe for the Flip Flops Using Altenew Inks

Layer 1 Blush
Layer 2 Pink Pearl
Layer 3 Rouge
Layer 4 Coral Bliss

The hibiscus from Hawaiian Greeting was then stamped on the SVG cut flip flops using Deep Iris. I then glued on jeweled flower stickers by the Paper Studio as additional decoration for the flip flops.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - August Challenge - Summer Fun

Gem of a Challenge - Challenge 18 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' - Lots of Layers

Crafter's Castle - August Challenge #44 - 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!!

Mahalo - You are Beautiful - KSS

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card is a thank you card for one of the beautiful people in my life. How blessed I am to have such kind and loving friends. I don't know what life would be without them! 

This card was created with a background created using the SVG cut Big Burst Stencil and images from Plumeria and Hawaiian Greetings from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The plumeria were also cut with KSS SVG files.

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!!

5 O'Clock is CHEER!! - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I can't seem to put down these wonderful tropical images from Kitchen Sink Stamps. They take me to the beach when I am not able to get there! For today's cards I have used something from every one of the new release sets and then some!

Tiki Time

Plumeria

Summer Splashes

Beachcomber's Bounty

Hawaiian Greetings

Sea Shells

Ocean Waters 

This first card was created for Sketch Challenge #867 at Splitcoaststampers. I used a brick embossing folder on the card front and added an angled strip of Graphic 45 designer paper. The tiki mug, plumeria, umbrella, and board sign were cut from white card stock using the KSS SVG cut files before they were stamped.

For this second card, I grounded the flip flops and shells by stamping the fishnet from Ocean Waters across the bottom corner of the card at an angle before attaching the stamped images.

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!!

A Trip to the Beach - Kitchen Sink Stamps

We are celebrating one of the best places on earth to be during these final days of summer with the newest releases from Kitchen Sink Stamps: THE BEACH! There is no place I would rather be, any time of the year. 

Available for purchase today at Kitchen Sink Stamps are these fabulous new sets:

Summer Splashes

Beachcomber's Bounty

Plumeria

Tiki Time

and

Hawaiian Greetings

I will be sharing you Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored cards I have created with these delightful sets throughout the week, but thought I would get started today with the following cards.

This first slimline design features the fabulously fun flip flops and some of the great sentiments which are a part of the Summer Splashes set. The flip flops which were cut with the SVG file available for this set are decorated with a hibiscus which is an image found in the Hawaiian Greetings set. The small shell is an image from Beachcomber's Bounty while the small star fish is from the Sea Shells sets which has been in the store for a good while.

Color Recipe for the Flip Flops
Using Altenew Inks

1 - Blush

2 - Pink Pearl

3 - Rouge

4- Coral Bliss

The hibiscus were then added using Deep Iris

The striped designer paper making the towel on the beach is from American Crafts while the torn ocean papers and kraft beach are by the Paper Studio.

The sky is Bazzill blue and the card base is Watermelon Wonder by Stampin' Up as is the Painted Texture embossing folder used on the sand

This second card features the gorgeous Plumeria set which contains three different blooms and two leaves. I also used the SVG cut files for these flowers and leaves which make for easy arranging of the stunning blossoms and leaves without the need for masking. Attached is the color recipe I used for the flowers. You will notice on the color recipe that I did not stamp layer one as I wanted white highlights on the blossoms. The sentiment if from Hawaiian Greetings.

Color Recipe for the Plumeria
Using Altenew Inks

Color Recipe for the Plumeria Leaves

Using Altenew Inks

1 Grass Field
2 Hunter Green
3 Evergreen

This final card today is a Happy Hour card using images from Tiki Time, Plumeria, Sail Boats, and Palm Trees. The card base is Orchid Opulence and Watermelon Wonder by Stampin' Up. The table was created with woodgrain paper by the Paper Studio while I stamped the images on Recollections white card stock. SVG cut files were used for the plumeria, the tiki cup, and the drink umbrella.

Color Recipe for the Plumeria 
Using Stampin' Up Inks

Color Recipe for the Tiki Cup
Using Altenew Inks

1 Sand Dunes
2 Rocky Shore
3 Mocha
4 Espresso

I'll be back tomorrow with more fun card using this new sets from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Thank you for coming by to see my work today!!

For additional designs featuring these wonderful new images from 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!!