Time for a Birthday!

This week I am creating simple masculine birthday cards for my Ten Minutes and Ten Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

10 Minute Card

I am entering this card in AAA Cards' Game #65  The 2nd Big Birthday Bash.

I used Father's Pocket Watch Multi Step Clear Stamps stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle, PTI Classic Kraft, and PTI Fine Linen on Stampin' Up Crumb Cake. The number 2 was die cut from SU Early Espresso. The sentiment was stamped with PTI Classic Kraft ink.

20 Minute Card
I used the extra ten minutes to create a shaker card for this design. I die cut the word party from the white cardstock front panel and covered the back of this panel with an acrylic sheet. Foam tape was used to frame the back of party before adding the white, black, and silver sequin and attaching it all to the Stampin' Up Smokey Slate card front.

Color Recipe for this watch:  Layer 3 Versafine Onyx Black, Layer 2 Memento Gray Flannel, Layer 1 PTI Soft Stone.

Thanks for your visit today! Look in on Maria and Lisa to see their latest

Kitchen Sink Stamps creations!

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1621 - Blueberry Cheesecake

According to our CCEE Hostess, Maryann, today is National Blueberry Cheesecake Day. What a fun thing to celebrate!! Here is my cheesecake design:

The blueberries and sweet sentiment are from Berries Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Check below to see how the rest of the CCEE Stampers are celebrating this fun day!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam


I have also entered this design in Little Red Wagon's Challenge #343 - Round & Round.

Let's Make a Farmyard Scene - KSS

This fourth Monday brings a farmyard scene sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. The stamps used to create this scene are from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps sets:

Sunflowers Multi Step Clear Stamps 
Ducks & Pigs Multi Step Clear Stamps
Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps

The fence die is by Impression Obsession.

This card has been entered in the following challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Summertime

Crafty Friends Challenge #32 - Summer Time

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - #332 - Animals

Visit the Kitchen Sink Crew for more wonderful Kitchen Sink Stamps designs:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1620 - 4 Way Card

Maryann has challenged the CCEE Stampers to use the tutorial found on Splitcoaststampers to make a four way card.  Here is a link to the Four Way Card Tutorial, and here are two of my attempts.

Check out the rest of the 4 Way Cards created by the CCEE Team:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

KSS Hummingbirds

While looking through the Stamp Pantry at Kitchen Sink Stamps yesterday, I realized that I haven't given the Hummingbirds Multi Step Clear Stamps much attention.These delightful little creatures have begun to reappear around here during the last few weeks so I think this is the perfect time to pull out this set to use for the 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

10 Minute Card

Kitchen Sink Stamps used:

Hummingbirds Multi Step Clear Stamps

Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps

Papers: Stampin' Up Pale Plum and Perfect Plum

Recollections White

Inks: Memento Gray Flannel, Grape Jelly, and Lady Bug

PTI Soft Stone

Stampin' Up Going Grey

Versafine Onyx Black

Tools: Spellbinders Dies

20 Minute Card

Kitchen Sink Stamps used:

Hummingbirds Multi Step Clear Stamps

Aloha Multi Step Clear Stamps

Lilac Multi Step Clear Stamps

Giant Sunflower Multi Step Clear Stamps
Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps

Papers: Stampin' Up Groovy Guava and Lucky Limeade

Recollections White

Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue

Inks: Memento Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Olive Grove, London Fog, 

Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Moroccoand Lady Bug

PTI Summer Sunrise

Versafine Onyx Black

Thank you for visiting me today.

You can see more wonderful KSS creations at the links below:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1619 - Get Well

According to the National calendar today is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.

Our hostess, Maryann, has this chronic disease which is often called the invisible disease because those people who have it don't look ill. There is no cure, but maybe some day there will be. This week Maryann has asked the CCEE Stampers to make a Get Well card and add a purple ribbon in honor of those who suffer with fibromyalgia.

Below are links to the wonderful Get Well Cards created by the CCEE Team.

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne

Maryann Einam

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

CCEE1618 - Let There Be Light

Maryann will be the hostess for May's CCEE Challenges. She recently had holidays at the beach and saw some beautiful lighthouses along the coast, so she asked us today to let there be light and add a lighthouse to our cards.

I showcased some wonderful silhouettes from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps for my lighthouse design today.

Do you have a lighthouse you could share? Join us in this week's CCEE Challenge and post your card on the CCEE Stampers Blog.

See the wonderful lighthouses used by the the rest of the CCEE team below:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

Sunflower Birthdays - KSS 10+10

I am using today's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps to create some cheerful birthday cards for two of my dear friends who are celebrating this week. I sure hope they like them!

To create these cards I used images from Giant Sunflower Multi Step Clear Stamps and sentiments from Make a Big Statement Clear Stamps and Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps. For these designs, I substituted the stem from Multi Step Lilac to create a taller flower.

This is the color recipe I used for the sunflowers on both cards:

Sunflower - Layer 3 Memento Peanut Brittle, Layer 2 Memento Cantaloupe, Layer 1 Memento Dandelion, 4 Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft, 5 Memento Espresso Truffle

Leaves - Layer 3 Memento Olive Grove, Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves, Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Lady Bug - Layer 3 Memento Tuxedo Black, Layer 2 Memento Lady Bug, Layer 1 Memento Rhubarb Stalk

10 Minute Card
The only embellishment on this card is the Martha Stewart punched edge.

20 Minute Card
For the next card I sponged a ground and sky background and added a die cut fence from Impression Obsession. The grass images come from Multi Step Birch Trees and 3 Step Honey Bunny. The sunflower, leaves and stem were fussy cut and mounted on dimensionals over the fence.

Thanks for coming by to see my Kitchen Sink Stamps creations today. I always enjoy your sweet comments on my work. Visit the blogs below for more inspired work with Kitchen Sink Stamps:

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

LMS 026 Pedaling CHEER Your Way KSS

The 4th Monday of April means it's time for another Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. We have had more sun than rain the last few weeks here at my house so it is time to air up my bicycle tires and get out to enjoy the flowers of spring.

For today's inspiration I started with KSS' newest floral, the Multi Step Carnations. I decided to go with a tall card and only needed to mask the bicycle and the tree trunks.

Here is a look at the color recipes I used:

Carnation - Layer 2 Memento Rose Bud stamped twice, Layer 3 Stampin' Up Melon Mambo stamped once,  Layer 4 Memento Rhubarb Stalk stamped once, Layer 1 Memento Rose Bud stamped once

Stems and Leaves - Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves, Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves, Layer 3 Memento Olive Grove

Bicycle (minus the basket) - Layer 4 Versafine Onyx Black stamped twice, Layer 3 Memento Gray Flannel stamped twice, Layer 2 Memento London Fog, Layer 1 Papertrey Ink Soft Stone stamped twice

All Layers of the Basket were stamped with Memento Peanut Brittle

Birch Trunks - Layer 2 Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Layer 1 Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft

Birch Leaves - Layer 2 Memento Pear Tart, Layer 3 Memento Bamboo Leaves (I omitted layer one on this design.)

Sponged grass - Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade

Sponged sky - Stampin' Up Bashful Blue

Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black stamped twice

 Stamp Sets by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Bicycle Multi Step Clear Stamps

Carnations Multi Step Clear Stamps

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Get Well Teddy Multi Step Clear Stamps 
(for the mini carnations in the basket)

Thank you so much for your visit today! I hope that spring has sprung in your neighborhood!

See more Kitchen Sink Stamps' creations 
at the blogs of the Kitchen Crew:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1616 - Scene with Red

Anne's CCEE challenge this week is right up my alley! She has asked the CCEE Stampers to create a scene card and to be sure to throw in some red. What a great opportunity to get my Father's Day card knocked out a little early this year.

Images by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Classic Old Truck Multi Step Clear Stamps

Palm Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

Sail Boats Multi Step Clear Stamps

Die Cut Birds by Impression Obsession

Die Cut Letters by Cuttlebug

Check out the CCEE Stampers' scenes with red:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam