Roses of Sympathy - KSS

A dear friend lost her sweet mother on Saturday so for this week's design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps I have used their Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps set and their Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps to create this feminine sympathy card.

Color Recipe for the Rose

Layer 4 Memento Rhubarb Stalk stamped 3 times (using my MISTI, of course)
Layer 3 Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Layer 2 Memento Love Letter
Layer 1 PaperTrey Ink Hibiscus Burst

Leaves
Layer 3 Stampin' Up Old Olive
Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves
Layer 1 Memento Pistachio

The embossing folder is Rose by Anna Griffin for Cuttlebug.

Check out the latest autumn beauty created by

Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

of Kitchen Sink Stamps

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

Butterflies and Prayers - KSS

Today's card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps was created for a dear friend who was involved in a serious accident this week. It was created with images from  Butterflies Multi Step Clear Stamps, Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps, Letters from the Past Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps. It was stamped entirely with Distress Oxide Inks by Ranger. I can't seem to put them down these days! They do things that no other inks can!!

Find addition KSS inspirations at the blogs below:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

KSS Fun Fold #6 - Open Book Fold

For the today's Fun Fold design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I have chosen to make an "open book" fold sympathy card featuring the Multi Step Iris.

My completed card is 4.75 inches by 6.5 inches. The insert was cut from a 6 inch by 10 inch panel of card stock. The red lines are cut and the blue lines are scored.

Cut 1 inch down from the top and one inch up from the bottom from inch 1 to inch 9 on your trimmer. The score lines are at inch 1,2, 8, and 9 from cut to cut. At 5 inches score all the way across the card. At 4 and 6 score from the cut to the outside edge at the top and bottom.

After the pop up is cut and scored, fold and burnish all the folds and place score tape on the three sections shown below to secure to inside of the card. Repeat of the other half of the pop up.

I then attached the stamped images to the front and inside of the card.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used for this design:

Iris Multi Step Clear Stamps

Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps

Other Important People Clear Stamps

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 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Fun Fold #5 - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Fun Fold Design #5 sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps is a stair-step fold card. This type fold has been around for a long time. It really is simple to do and makes for a dramatic display. If you haven't gotten around to giving it a try yet, do! I think you will be pleased with the results!

My card was made with a 5.5 inch by 11 inch piece of cardstock cut and scored as shown in the photo below.  The two cuts are 1.25 inch in from each long edge. The cuts begin 1 inch from the bottom and end at the 6.5 inch mark. The scores are at 1 inch, 2 inches, and 6.5 inches in from the edge to the cut. The final score is across the center panel at 5.5 inches. The finished card fits in a standard 5.5 x 5.5 envelope.

The subject matter of today's design was inspired by the beautiful work of Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper of the week, DJ Rants. Her design which inspired my card can be seen here. I created the card to place in her Featured Stamper Gallery this week.

Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps

Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps

Dies:

Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Grass Die

Impression Obsessions Deer and Cardinal Dies 

Find more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration here:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Another Fun Fold with KSS

I am back today with another fun fold card design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. It features images from Butterflies Multi Step Clear Stamps and the sentiment set Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps.

My cut lines are a little wobbly since I couldn't find one of my old Fiskers trimmers and had to use just a ruler and utility knife instead. Here is a drawing of how I cut the front of the card.

And here is what it looks like after it is cut and scored:

Thanks for visiting here today!

Find more great Kitchen Sink designs:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Masculine Get Well Cards - 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More - KSS

With three gentlemen friends in the hospital this week, I found myself in need of some masculine get well designs so I decided to work with some beautiful autumn leaves for this week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Make a Big Statement Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

20 Minute Card

Stamps: Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Leave

Layer 3 Memento Rhubarb Stalk

Layer 2 Memento Lady Bug

Layer 1 Papertrey Classic Kraft stamped twice

The leaf was cut out with scissors and the edges sponged with Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip. It was then popped up with dimensionals on a patch of fringed burlap.

The Kitchen Sink Crew

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Let's Make a Scene - Hummers and Lilacs - KSS

My friend Margaret is getting a new knee this week. I decided to put together hummingbirds and lilacs for this week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps to bring a little of the outdoors inside to cheer her as she recovers. I really love how they work together so well! I sure hope you do, too!

Kitchen Sink Stamp sets used to create this scene include:

Hummingbirds Multi Step Clear Stamps
Lilacs Multi Step Clear Stamps
Cabin by the Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps
Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps

Here is the order in which I created the scene:

1. hummingbirds
2. lilacs
3. leaves
4. lake
5. far shore
6. near shore
7. sentiment

The only masking on this card was the lowest leaf to add the lake.

Here are the color recipes I used on each element:

Hummingbirds: Versafine Onyx Black; Memento Gray Flannel, Rose Bud, Grape Jelly, and

Lulu Lavender; Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist

Lilacs - Layer 3 Memento Rose Bud, Layer 4 SU Purely Pomegranate, Layer 2 SU Pretty in Pink, Layer 1 SU Pretty in Pink

Leaves - Layer 1 SU Certainly Celery, Layer 2 SU Lucky Limeade, Layer 3 SU Old Olive

Lake: Layer 1 Memento Summer Sky, Layer 2 SU Baja Breeze

Background Trees - Memento Olive Grove

Grass - stamped and sponged - Memento Bamboo Leaves

Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black

Embellishment: Ribbon

I am entering this week's Let's Make a Scene design in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #184 Use Birds or Feathers or Both

Amusing - Birds of a Feather Flock Together

Come & Get It - Make Your Own Background

Polkadoodles - Week 27 - Add Ribbon or Twine

Crafty Ribbons - Challenge 159 - Things with Wings



Thank you so much for your visit today! For additional KSS inspiration visit the Kitchen Sink Crew:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Bluebonnets - KSS

With only a few more weeks left of Texas bluebonnets lining the highways and country roads of our grand state, I knew I wanted to feature them in this week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. They bring such beauty to our state each spring, and we hate to see them go.

The stamp sets used for these designs were Bluebonnets Multi Step Clear Stamps,  Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

10 Minute Card

Color Recipe for the Bluebonnet

Layer 3 stamped 4 times with Memento Summer Sky

Layer 2 stamped once with Memento Summer Skky

Layer 1 (tips only) stamped with Papertrey Ink Lemon Tart

Layer 4 stamped once with Stampin' Up Brilliant Blue

Leaves

Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves stamped twice

Layer 3 Memento Olive Grove

Background sponging and speckling

Stampin' Up Pool Party and Baked Brown Sugar

Sentiment

Stampin' Up Brilliant Blue

20 Minute Card

Color Recipe for the Bluebonnet

Layer 3 stamped 4 times with Memento Summer Sky

Layer 2 stamped once with Memento Summer Skky

Layer 1 (tips only) stamped with Papertrey Ink Lemon Tart

Layer 4 stamped once with Stampin' Up Brilliant Blue

Leaves

Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves stamped twice

Layer 3 Memento Olive Grove

Butterflies

Layer 3 stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic Markers

Tools: Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

See more beautiful Kitchen Sink Stamps designs by visiting:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Kitchen Sink Monday - Autumn Leaves

This Monday brings you some new 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps featuring autumn leaves. The leaf images are a part of the Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps set while the acorn is from Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps. The sentiment is from Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps.


10 Minute Card

20 Minute Card

Embossing Folder by Darice

Visit the Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Spring Tulips - KSS Monday

What a wonderful week of beautiful weather we have had this week.  Wonderful spring flowers are showing up in yards all over town. This week my Kitchen Sink designs feature tulips from Tulip Garden Multi Step Clear Stamps. (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Tulip Garden Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White and Black, Unknown Yellow

Inks: Memento Bamboo Leaves, Cantaloupe, and Olive Grove

Stampin' Up Hello Honey, Crushed Curry, and Daffodil Delight

Tools: Thanks die cut by Impression Obessions and Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

20 Minute Card

Stamps: Tulip Garden Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, Blackberry Bliss and Lavender Lace by Stampin' Up

Inks: Memento Bamboo Leaves, Olive Grove, Elderberry, Grape Jelly, and LuLu Lavender

Tools: Nestabilities Decorative Elements dies by Spellbinders

See additional sensational KSS Designs!

 Lisa Somerville - designer

Connie McCotter - designer
 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

More Autumn Leaves - KSS Monday

With the temperatures dropping and cool breezes blowing through south Texas, I was drawn once again to autumn leaves. The images are from Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps and the color combinations are endless. Today I have focused on orange and brown.  (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Whole Family Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie

Inks: Leaves - 4 SU Early Espresso, 3 SU Baked Brown Sugar, 2 SU Tangelo Twist

(I omitted layer one on the leaves and let the Pumpkin Pie paper show through)

Sentiment - Early Espresso

20 Minute Card - This design is an emboss resist done on glossy paper.

Stamps: Big Leaves Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Words of Comfort & Joy by Kitchen Sink Stamps
Papers: Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, and Glossy White
Inks: Leaves - 4 SU Early Espresso, 3 SU Baked Brown Sugar, 2 SU Tangelo Twist,
1 Versamark and clear embossed
Sentiment - Early Espresso and Versamark clear embossed

See the beautiful work of the other members of the Kitchen Crew!

Connie - designer
 Lisa - designer
 Maria - owner and creator

Autumn Chrysanthemums - KSS Monday

Today's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Kitchen Sink designs were inspired by my evening trip to our local HEB. You know that autumn has arrived in Texas when the sidewalks entering the store are lined with baskets filled with gorgeous chrysanthemums of every rich fall color. I knew this basket of mums for Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps would be perfect for creating seasonal cards for a couple of my hospitalized friends. The sweet sentiments are from a KSS set called Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps. (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps
 by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Recollections White

Inks: Basket - 3 SU Early Espresso, 4 Memento Tuxedo Black, 

2 SU Soft Suede,1 SU Baked Brown Sugar

Mums - 5 SU Mossy Meadow, 4 SU Always Artichoke, 3 Memento Elderberry,

2 Memento Sweet Plum, 1 Memento Sweet Plum stamped off once

Sponging - SU Pool Party and Baked Brown sugar

Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black

20 Minute Card

Stamps: Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Recollections White, SU Pumpkin Pie and Blackberry Bliss

Inks: Basket - 3 SU Early Espresso, 4 Memento Tuxedo Black, 

2 SU Soft Suede,1 SU Baked Brown Sugar

Yellow Mums - 5 SU Mossy Meadow, 4 SU Always Artichoke, 3 SU More Mustard,

2 Memento Dandelion, 1 Memento Dandelion stamped off once

Purple Mums - 5 SU Mossy Meadow, 4 SU Always Artichoke, 3 Memento Elderberry,

2 Memento Grape Jelly, 1 Memento Lulu Lavender

Orange Mums - 5 SU Mossy Meadow, 4 SU Always Artichoke, 3 Memento Morocco,

2 Memento Tangelo, 1 Memento Tangelo stamped off once

Red Mums - 5 SU Mossy Meadow, 4 SU Always Artichoke, 3 Memento Rhubarb Stalk,

2 Memento Love Letter, 1 Memento Love Letter

Sponging - SU Pool Party and Baked Brown sugar

Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black

Visit the Kitchen Sink Crew for additional autumn inspiration. 

Connie - designer
 Lisa - designer
 Maria - owner and creator

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More for HYCCT

I have been hard at work this month creating cards for MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas by playing along with the Hope You Can Cling To challenges at Splitcoaststampers. For today's 10 and 10+ cards I created these two cards using the 3 Step Hydrangea for the Many Colors of Cancer Challenge. The burgundy hydrangeas were created to honor those who battle multiple myeloma and the purple hydrangea for those fighting pancreatic cancer. With the completion of these two cards, I will be shipping out my first dozen cards to MD Anderson this morning for use by cancer patients and their families.

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps, Lilac Multi Step Clear Stamps (stem),
and Never a Loss 4 Words Clear Stamps

Papers: Pure Luxury White by Gina K. Designs, 

Lucky Limeade and Elegant Eggplant by Stampin' Up

Inks: Memento Grape Jelly and Elderberry

Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade and Old Olive

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Card

Stamps: Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps, Lilac Multi Step Clear Stamps (stem),
Words of Love Clear Stamps,

 and Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps

Papers: Pure Luxury White by Gina K. Designs, 

Regal Rose and Cherry Cobbler by Stampin' Up

Inks: Memento Rhubarb Stalk

Stampin' Up Bravo Burgundy, Lucky Limeade, and Old Olive

Tools:  EK Success Border Punch, Martha Stewart Flower Punch

Embellishment: Pearls

Fabulous new Kitchen Sink Stamps were in my mailbox on Saturday, and I am busy creating new designs to inspire you! The new sets will release on October 21!

Visit the crew for more KSS inspiration!!

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

A Garden of Zinnias!

I really love the way that Maria has designed the Kitchen Sink Zinnias Multi Step Clear Stamps so that the smaller zinnia is a darker shade of the large zinnia. I promise you it has nothing to do with the way the stamps are inked and everything to do with Maria's amazing talent in designing the image. I love stamping these beautiful blossoms in every color imaginable! Hopefully you will enjoy them, too!

Stamps: Zinnias Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Seed Packet Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Pure Luxury White by Gina K. Designs and Basic Black by Stampin' Up

Inks: Dusty Durango, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron,

Lucky Limeade, and Old Olive by Stampin' Up, Tuxedo Black by Memento

Tools: Nestabilities Labels 3

Stamps: Zinnias Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Never a Loss 4 Words Clear Stamps
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Pure Luxury White by Gina K. Designs and 

Garden Green and Old Olive by Stampin' Up

Inks: More Mustard, Crushed Curry, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, 

and Lucky Limeade by Stampin' Up, 

Tools: Paper Piercer, EK Success Edge Punch

Stamps: Zinnias Multi Step Clear Stamps
and Words of Comfort and Joy 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Pure Luxury White by Gina K. Designs and 

Pink Passion and Pretty in Pink by Stampin' Up

Inks: Melon Mambo, Pixie Pink, Pink Pirouette, 

Lucky Limeade, and Old Olive by Stampin' Up

Stamps: Zinnias Multi Step Clear Stamps 
and Never a Loss 4 Words Clear Stamps 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Pure Luxury White by Gina K. Designs and Lovely Lilac by Stampin' Up

Inks: Elderberry, Sweet Plum, Grape Jelly, Lulu Lavender, Bamboo Leaves, 

and Cottage Ivy by Memento

Tools: Circle Nestabilities an Sizzix Embossing Folder 

Thank you so much for dropping by today.

For more KSS inspiration, check in on the crew.

* Connie * Lisa * Julie  * Maria