CCEE1639 - Christmas/Winter Card

This week hostess Lois Bak has asked the CCEE Stampers to create a Christmas or winter card.

I have used two parts of the Art Impressions trifold Nativity set. Although it doesn't show that well in the photo, the stable is popped up over the manger with super thick spacers and it's really cute with the donkey peeking in the stable door. The sentiment is part of the Born this Day set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

Click below to view the cards of the CCEE Design Team:

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne

Maryann Einam

KSS - Let's Make a Scene - Owl & Autumn Moon

This past week was the hottest one of the year here in our part of Texas so with today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I am doing my best to encourage autumn to hurry up and head down our way! We are more than ready for some cool, breezy days and some bright autumn leaves to dot the landscape around these parts.

This masculine get well card was created with Kitchen Sink Stamps' Owl & Autumn Moon Multi Step Clear Stamps, Make a Big Statement Clear Stamps, and Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps (the bare trees). I used a stylus, Versamark, and clear embossing powder to sprinkle a few stars in the night sky.

I also clear embossed the moon, owl, branch, and leaves using layer 1 of each so I could sponge in the dark sky as my background.

Find more Kitchen Sink goodness on the following blogs:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Thank you for visiting today!!

Follow the List - CCEE1638

This week our hostess, Lois, asked the CCEE Stampers to Follow the List.

We were to include on our card:

One (1) animal

Two (2) layers

Three (3) colors (plus neutrals -- black, white, gray -- if you wish)

The image and background paper are Raining Cats & Dogs by Graphic 45

Inks: Versafine Onyx Black and Stampin' Up Lost Lagoon

Won't you join us by adding a card to the CCEE Blog!

Visit the rest of the CCEE Team to see which animals they have chosen!

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

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

CCEE1637 - Dies Only

Lois has a fun challenge for the CCEE Stampers today:   Make a card with no stamping -- just die cuts.

Dies: Tall Grass and Crane by Impression Obsession

Happy Birthday by Die'sire

Circle by Spellbinders

Click below to see the die designs of the CCEE Stampers:

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne

Maryann Einam

KSS - Let's Make a Scene - Harvest Time

I have been excited to find all my favorite in-season apples popping up at my local grocery store lately from honey crisps to galas to rambos. They inspired me to make some delicious sour apple bars as well as to create a card for this week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Today's scene has been entered in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Challenge #131 - Trees

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - Theme Challenge - The Great Outdoors

Stamps:  Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps
and Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Dies: Spellbinders Oval Regalia and Wrought Iron Fence

Color Recipes:

Baskets - 4 Memento Espresso Truffle, 3 Stampin' Up Soft Suede,

2 Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft stamped twice, 1 Papertrey Ink Fine Linen stamped twice

Apples - 3 Memento Rhubarb Stalk stamped twice, 2 Stampin' Up Real Red stamped twice, 1 Stampin' Up Barely Banana

Tree: 4 Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft, 3 trunk - Memento Rich Cocoa, leaves Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow, 2 Stampin' Up Old Olive, 1 Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade

Thanks for your visit today!

Find more Kitchen Sink inspiration by visiting the blogs of the Kitchen Sink Crew!

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1636 - WORD

With most kids back in school by now,  our hostess Lois has given the CCEE Stampers a Word Challenge -- the word being WORD.  She said, "Include something on your card that begins with each of the letters in W - O - R - D."

Using images from Unity's ...head up-heart strong, I have included the wind for W, the outdoors for O, a ribbon for R, and have used a die for D.

Check out the W.O.R.D. creations of the rest of the CCEE Stampers Design Team:

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

KSS 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Carnations

This week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps use the Multi Step Carnations. This has fast become my favorite flower to stamp due to the ease of lining it up quickly and the elegant simplicity of the cards created with it. It is great for a multitude of occasions and gorgeous in all colors.

10 Minute Card

For this card I stamped a single bloom and topped it with an elegant die cut sentiment. So fast and easy.

Stamps: Carnations Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White and Black

Color Recipe: 

Carnation: Layer 1 Memento Lady Bug stamped off once, Layer 2 Memento Lady Bud

stamped twice, Layer 3 Memento Lady Bug stamped 4 times, 

Layer 4 Memento Rhubarb Stalk

Stem: Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves, Layer 2 Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade,

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Embellishment: With Sympathy Die by Impression Obsession

20 Minute Card

For this card I stamped the carnation three times, and then added a couple of corner punched layers and a grosgrain bow.

Stamps: Carnations Multi Step Clear Stamps and Make a Big Statement Clear Stamps
Papers: Recollections White and Stampin' Up Pink Pirouette
Color Recipe:
Carnation: Layer 1 Memento Angel Pink stamped twice, Layer 2 Stampin' Up
Pretty in Pink stamped twice, Layer 3 Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink stamped 4 times,
Layer 4 Memento Rose Bud
Stems: Layer 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves, Layer 2 Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade,
Layer 3 Stampin' Up Old Olive
Embellishment: Marvy Corner Punch, Pink Ribbon

Visit the Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE 1635 - Bokeh Background

Lois, our CCEE hostess for September, is starting the month off with a Technique Challenge. She has picked a simple technique she loves called Bokeh Background.

Here is a link to the Splitcoaststampers' tutorial which describes this method: Bokeh Background.

Dog: Crazy Dogs by Tim Holtz
Sentiment by Funny Bones

See how the rest of the CCEE Stampers used this fun technique:

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

Ten Minutes and Ten Minutes More KSS Bells

I chose to used the set 3 Step Bells for today's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. The bells are great for making cards for the holidays as well as anniversaries so I made one of each!

10 Minutes

Stamps: Bells Multi Step Clear Stamps and Poinsettia Multi Step Clear Stamps
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Recollections White and Stampin' Up Garden Green

Inks: Layer 4 - Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 3 - Memento Gray Flannel

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 1 - Papertrey Ink Soft Stone

Sentiment - Stampin' Up Old Olive

Embellishment - Nuvo Indian Gold Embellishment Mousse

Poinsettia Ribbon

20 Minutes

Stamps: Bells Multi Step Clear Stamps and Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Recollections White and Black

Inks: Layer 4 - Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 3 - Memento London Fog

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Going Gray

Layer 1 - Stampin' Up Going Gray stamped off once

Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black

Embellishment - Nuvo Pure Platinum Embellishment Mousse

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Embossing Folder

Number and Letter Dies

Silver Embossing Powder

Silver Cord

If you are looking for more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration, it can be found here:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

More Herbs, Less Salt Day - CCEE1634

Today is More Herbs, Less Salt Day!! Herbs and plants add so much to our lives, so in honor of this unusual day, our hostess, Liz, has asked the CCEE Stampers to make a card with an herb or plant on it. Many of you love gardening, so any of these images would work great. You might even want to add colors that are named after herbs and plants: sage, thyme, lavender, cinnamon, nutmeg, mint, celery, olive, or cocoa, as well as all those you can think of. Have fun with it.

This is the closest thing I have which looks a little like flowering chives. I think the sentiment helps it fit today's celebration of herbs!

Images from:

Wild About Flowers by Stampin' Up

...head up-heart strong by Unity

Bucket Die Cut by Impression Obsession

Visit the rest of the CCEE Stampers:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

KSS Let's Make a Scene #34

On this fourth Monday of August, Let's Make a Scene #34 sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps features the Multi Step Lighthouse used to create a sympathy card. The images were stamped on watercolor paper so I could watercolor the sky and the sea. I still need lots of practice and possibly some lessons with that!

The stamp sets used to complete this card are:
     Lighthouse Multi Step Clear Stamps
     Icy Pond Multi Step Clear Stamps (pine trees)
    Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps
    Other Important People Clear Stamps (Heartfelt)
    Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps (Sympathy)

Embellishment:
     Die Cut Seabird by Impression Obsession

Also creating with Kitchen Sink Stamps:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator