Two Celebrations - Kitchen Sink Stamps

There are two celebrations going on in my life this week! The first one is my youngest granddaughter's birthday She and her sweet husband have just returned from a Greek honeymoon so I have decided to create a Texas beach card for her big day! Our beaches don't compare to those on the Mediterranean Sea, but I hope she will get a kick out of it.

This Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design uses images from the following sets:

Summer Splashes

Beachcomber's Bounty

Make a Big Statement

Rubber Ducky

I folded a scrap of designer paper to create the towel and added some sticker jewels to embellish the flip flops! 

This card has been entered in the following challenge:

Cardz 4 Galz - Challenge #227 - Summer Fun

The second celebration, of course, is Father's Day. My dad has always delighted in putting out the American flag on this front porch on patriotic holidays. At 95 years old, he is no longer able to manage that trip up the ladder. As part of his Father's Day gift this year, my sister and I have enrolled him in the "Lease a Flag" Program sponsored by a local Boy Scout Troop.  They will place a flag in his front yard the week of every patriotic holiday throughout the year! I think he will love his gift!!

Below is the card I have created to let him know about his gift.

It was created with Stars & Stripes American Flag and Bold Holiday Greetings by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

This card was entered in the following challenge:

 Allsorts Challenge - Week 785 - Masculine

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Poultry Day - CCEE1611

Frances is our CCEE hostess for the month of March, and these are her instructions to all CCEE Stampers:

Saturday is Poultry Day. So let's be inspired by Poultry when creating our cards this week… Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys, Geese, Emus, Ostriches, etc., or Eggs. As Easter is just over a week away, you could create an Easter card but this is optional. Bonus points if you  include Green on your card to celebrate St. Patrick's Day which is today.

Looks like I have gone for the bonus points!! I hope there is a cash prize involved!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Join us this week and post a card for this challenge on the CCEE Stampers Blog!

The images are from Rubber Ducky Multi Step Clear Stamps and St. Patrick's Day 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps. The sentiment is from Deep Red.

Check out the fowl featured by the rest of the CCEE Stampers Design Team today:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Bryne

Maryann Einam

Ducky and Teddy Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

What a fabulously fun day in the Kitchen with the release of St. Patrick's Day 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps! This set was created for use with Teddy Bear Wishes Multi Step Clear Stamps and Rubber Ducky Multi Step Clear Stamps. I have also mixed in a few images from Multi Step Shamrocks & Clover with my designs today. After all, we are celebrating St. Patrick's Day!  (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

10 Minute Card

Stamps: St. Patrick's Day 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps , 
Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
and Rubber Ducky Multi Step Clear Stamps
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White and Black, Stampin' Up Coastal Cabana

Inks: Duck - 1 Memento Dandelion, 2 Memento Cantaloupe,

 3 Memento Cantaloupe, 4 Memento Peanut Brittle

Duck Bill - Memento Tangelo and Potter's Clay

Eye - Memento Tuxedo Black

Hat - 4 Memento Northern Pine, 3 Memento Cottage Ivy,

 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves, 1 Memento Pear Tart

Shamrock - 3 Memento Northern Pine, 2 Memento Cottage Ivy, 

1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Tool: Darice Waves Embossing Folder

20 Minute Card

Stamps: St. Patrick's Day 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps,  
Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
and Teddy Bear Wishes Multi Step Clear Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow and Barely Banana

Graphic 45 Sporting Aristocrat

Inks: Bear - 1 Memento Desert Sand, 2 Memento Rich Cocoa,

 3 Memento Espresso Truffle, 4 Memento Tuxedo Black

Hat - 4 Memento Northern Pine, 3 Memento Northern Pine,

 2 Memento Cottage Ivy, 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

4-leaf clover- 3 Memento Northern Pine, 2 Memento Cottage Ivy, 

1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Sentiment- Memento Tuxedo Black

Tool: Oval Nestabilities

Embellishment: Ribbon

I am throwing a third card into the mix today because I wanted you to see all of the images that come with this fun set. In the 10 and 20 minute cards today I didn't get a chance to show off the adorable pot of gold and coins that also come with this delightful set. I am entering it in Artistic Impressions Challenge #126 - Anything Goes with a Twist of Green.

Stamps: St. Patrick's Day 4 Ducky & Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
and Teddy Bear Wishes Multi Step Clear Stamps 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow and Certainly Celery,

Stampin' Up Designer Paper

Inks: Bear - 1 Memento Desert Sand, 2 Memento Toffee Crunch,

 3 Memento Rich Cocoa, 4 Memento Espresso Truffle

Hat - 4 Memento Northern Pine, 3 Memento Northern Pine,

 2 Memento Cottage Ivy, 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Pot - 3 Memento Tuxedo Black, 2 Memento Gray Flannel, 1 Memento London Fog

Coins - 1 Memento Cantaloupe, 2 and 3 Memento Peanut Brittle

Sentiment- Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishment: Ribbon

Members of the Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa - designer

Connie - designer
 Maria - owner and creator

Shamrocks and Clover - KSS Monday

It has been a while since I have created cards with Kitchen Sink Stamps Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps. With Saint Patrick's Day just around the bend, this seems like a good week to pull them out. The 10 minute design uses a shamrock to honor the Irish and the 20 minute design uses the 4-leaf clover.  (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Ready 4 Any Holiday Clear Stamps 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, SU Garden Green

Inks: Memento Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, and Tuxedo Black

Tools: Nestabilities by Spellbinders

20 Minute Card

Stamps: Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Lucky Horseshoe Multi Step Clear Stamps,

Rubber Ducky Multi Step Clear Stamps,
 and Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White and Black, SU Garden Green

Inks: Memento Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Gray Flannel, London Fog, and Tuxedo Black

Tools: Nestabilities by Spellbinders

Kitchen Sink Crew:

Connie - designer
 Lisa - designer
 Maria - owner and creator

Green Accessories

Just had a little fun today accessorizing some iconic Kitchen Sink images with a touch of green in honor of Saint Patrick's Day.  (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

For the 10 minute card I let this cute rubber ducky show off the 4-leaf clover he found that is sure to make him the luckiest duck on the pond.

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Rubber Ducky Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps

by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Georgia Pacific White, SU Pool Party and Daffodil Delight

Inks: Ducky 3- SU Marigold Morning, 2 SU Crushed Curry, 1 SU Daffodil Delight,

4 SU Marigold Morning, 5 SU Marigold Morning, 6 Memento Tangelo

Clover - 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves, 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves stamped off once,

3 Memento Cottage Ivy

Waves - SU Pool Party

Sentiment - Memento Tuxedo Black

For the next card, I dressed up the classic old truck to lead off the St. Patrick's Day Parade by making it green and adding a shamrock to the door panel.

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Card

Stamps: Classic Old Truck Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Shamrocks & Clover Multi Step Clear Stamps,

and Ready 4 Any Holiday Clear Stamps
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Georgia Pacific White, SU Old Olive and Basic Black

Designer Paper by Graphic 45

Inks: Truck Wheel Base - 3 Memento Tuxedo Black, 2 Memento London Fog,

1 Memento London Fog stamped off once

Truck Body - 3 Memento Pear Tart, 2 Memento Pear Tart, 

1 Memento Pear Tart stamped off once

Shamrock - 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves, 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves stamped off once,

3 Memento Cottage Ivy

Sentiment - Memento Tuxedo Black

I wonder what the girls in the Kitchen are up to? Let's check in and see!

*Tammy * Connie * Lisa * Julie (on hiatus)  * Maria

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More - Bicycle

Thank you so much for dropping by today! I have been so anxious for this day to arrive so that I could share the cards I have created with some of the images from new sets Kitchen Sink Stamps is releasing today!

For this week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes more cards, I am using Bicycle Multi Step Clear Stamps. This set comes with the bike and flowers for the basket. Also included with the set are six sensational sentiments. I stamped the flowers first, masked them, and then added the bicycle.

10 Minute Card

This is the color recipe used to create both cards:

I stamped the leaves first:

layer 1 - Memento Pistachio

layer 2 - Memento Bamboo Leaves

Flowers

layer 2 - Memento Peanut Brittle

layer 1 - Memento Cantaloupe

layer 3 - Memento Rich Cocoa

Bicycle and Basket

layer 3 - Memento Gray Flannel on the bike and Memento Peanut Brittle on the basket

layer 2 - Memento Gray Flannel on the bike only stamped off once, 

clean the stamp then add Memento Toffee Crunch to the basket only

layer 1 - Memento Desert Sand

layer 4 - Memento Tuxedo Black

20 Minutes More Card

With the extra 10 minutes I added a layer of designer background paper from K&Company, burlap accents, and a flower cluster at the corner. The flower punch is from Stampin' Up and the leaf punch from Martha Stewart.

And, of course, I just had to add a little something with Rubber Ducky Multi Step Clear Stamps!  I did a he and she for this card.

In addition to the bicycle and rubber ducky, the other new stamps releasing today include:

Multi Step Snowy Pine Trees

Multi Step Tree Friends

and

Multi Step Things 4 Ducky & Teddy, Set 1

Head over the the Kitchen Sink Store to get a good look at them all!

The Crew has been busy creating for you! Check to see their latest samples:

 *Tammy * Connie * Lisa * Julie (on hiatus)  * Maria