Thanksgiving Blessings - Kitchen Sink Stamps

 Although this Thanksgiving will look decidedly different from those in the past, the blessings of this year have indeed been bountiful! Thanks be to God!

For today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design I have created a Thanksgiving card for my son and his wife. They have recently moved to the country and see sights like this one just outside their windows (except for the mountains) everyday! We won't be together on that day, but hope to connect on Zoom!

To create this card I have chosen images from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps sets:

Grazing Horse
Grand View Mountains
Icy Pond
Birch Trees
Autumn Greetings

I am entering this card is CAKath's Falliday Fest Challenge at Splitcoaststampers.

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!!

CCEE2044 - Men Make Dinner Day

Kelly McKown-Santi, our CCEE Stampers November challenge hostess, has a super fun assignment for us today! She says that November 1st was National Men Make Dinner Day. In honor of men who love to cook, Kelly has asked the CCEE Stampers to create cards which showcase men as chefs!

My card was created with Grillmaster from Cricut Design Space. The designer paper is Grab and Go by American Crafts while the sentiment was created with my much loved We R Memory Keepers Word Punch.

Here are the rest of the men chefs featured by the CCEE team:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Manal Habib

Hazel Estibeiro

Shadow and No Line Stamping - The Project Bin

I have just returned from Northern Georgia when I attended the wedding of my oldest granddaughter in Cloudland Canyon State Park. What a remarkable place for an outdoor wedding. The beauty that I experienced there was the inspiration for today's card sponsored by The Project Bin.

I used their New Leaf autumn set paired with designer paper by Bo Bunny, dotted oval dies, and a jute bow. Below the card are photos of the view down into the canyon.

I shadow stamped the sentiment using Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie ink by Stampin' Up. I used no-line stamping on the pumpkin. It was stamped with Memento Dessert Sand and then watercolored with Stampin' Up reinkers in Marigold Morning, Really Rust, Lemon Lime Twist, and Lucky Limeade.

 

Cloudland Canyon State Park, Georgia - October 25, 2020

SCS Falliday Fest 2020 - Triple Fold Card

Today is opening day of Splitcoaststampers annual Falliday Fest! What better way to spend this time at home than having fun learning new crafting tricks and sharing with crafters who enjoy doing the same. 

Today's Kitchen Sink sponsored card was created using the Triple Fold Card design based on this wonderful tutorial by Mary Bush. It's easy and fun!

I have used images and SVG files from Kitchen Sink Stamps' new All Year Grapevine Wreath and Fall Chrysanthemums. The designer paper is Autumn Splendor by Simple Stories. The labels are Sizzix die cuts.

These are the color recipes I used to create these images
using Stampin' Up inks. 

Wreath

1 Creamy Caramel

2 Close to Cocoa

3 Baked Brown Sugar

4 Soft Suede

Chrysanthemums

1 Barely Banana

2 Apricot Appeal

3 Marigold Morning

4 Mango Melody

5 Peekaboo Peach

6 Barely Banana

Bow

1 Marigold Morning

2 Pumpkin Pie

3 Only Orange

4 Really Rust

The sentiment was stamped with SU Chocolate Chip and the edges sponged with SU Really Rust.

I used Kitchen Sink Stamps for two other challenges over at Splitcoaststampers in the past few days that I haven't shared here yet. The first one was for the Featured Stamper Challenge on Sunday. It was based on this card by rdm and uses the KSS Guitar. The designer paper is World Map by Gartner Studio. The music sentiment was cut using Cricut Design Space while the journey is the destination is a Tim Holtz sticker from Small Talk.

This next card also used the All Year Grapevine Wreath and the Fall Chrysanthemums and was created for the Free4All Challenge. The designer paper is by BasicGrey.

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!!

CCEE2044 - Black Cat Awareness Month

October is Black Cat Awareness month. For the last CCEE Stampers challenge of October, hostess Frances Byrne has asked that we feature a cat of any color on this week's project.

I am sharing a Halloween lapel pin I created using Autumn Pumpkin and the SVG files that go with it from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Designs from the CCEE Stampers Team Members:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Manal Habib

Hazel Estibeiro

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!!

Another October Release - Kitchen Sink Stamps

I am so excited to be able to share with you two new Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored designs using 4 new multi layered stamp sets being released today! There are so many possibilities for autumn and holiday cards with these fabulous images!!

The new sets include:

All Year Grapevine Wreath
Fall Chrysanthemums
Gingerbread Family
Autumn Greetings 

Color Recipe using Altenew Inks for the

Gingerbread Family

Layer 1 Buttercream

Layer 2 Rocky Shore

Layer 3 Mocha

Faces - Espresso

Sentiment - Stampin' Up Forest Foilage

Sponging - Altenew Vineyard Berry

Designer Paper from the Paper Studio

Gingerbread Family SVG Cut Files from KSS

Color Recipe for Wreath using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Creamy Caramel

Layer 2 Baked Brown Sugar

Layer 3 Soft Suede

Layer 4 Chocolate Chip

Color Recipe for Chrysanthemums using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Pale Plum

Layer 2 Sweet Sugar Plum

Layer 3 Sugar Plum

Layer 4 Rich Razzleberry

Layer 5 Blackberry Bliss

Layer 6 Early Espresso

Color Recipe for the Leaves using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Lemon Lime Twist

Layer 2 Old Olive

Layer 3 Always Artichoke

Color Recipe for the Bow using Stampin' Up Inks

Layer 1 Barely Banana

Layer 2 Pineapple Punch

Layer 3 Crushed Curry

Layer 4 More Mustard

Sentiment is Stampin' Up Baked Brown Sugar

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!!

CCEE2043 - More Than One Fold

CCEE October hostess, Frances Byrne, has asked the CCEE Stampers to create a card that has more than one fold this week… Gatefold, Z Fold Card, Easel card etc. 

I am featuring a card which uses the fold that was featured in last week's sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers. The thread includes a YouTube tutorial for creating this design. It is fun and easy and, as a bonus, creates a pocket inside that is perfect for stashing cash or a gift card!

This card was created for my oldest granddaughter who is getting married this Sunday at an outdoor wedding in the mountains of Georgia, thus the autumn colors and theme.

I used Momenta dies for the leaves and acorns and the designer paper is Autumn Splendor by Simple Stories.

Check out the fun folds that the members of the CCEE Stampers design team chose to feature this week:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Manal Habib

Hazel Estibeiro

I Remembered - The Project Bin

For today's design sponsored by The Project Bin, I used their awesome sentiment set, Born Yesterday. It has so many fun sentiments to use in creating birthday cards for your friends and family.

As a fellow card maker, you know there is one major flaw in waiting to see someone's birthday pop up on Facebook! It's too late to get a card in their hands on that day unless you hand-deliver it. I have solved this problem by writing my friend's birthdays on my calendar 5 days before their actual birthday! Now I don't have to send out belated cards nearly so often! LOL!!

To create this birthday card, I stamped this fabulously fun sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black ink on designer paper from the Whale of a Time designer paper series by Stampin' Up and layered it on top of another design from the same series. The crab is a Momenta die cut, and I added some enamel dots as air bubbles. 

Thanks for your visit today! Stop by The Project Bin and check out their fun images and sentiments!

Sweet Halloween - KSS

I  am having more fun creating with Sweet Treats for today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design. I used various candies from this great set to spell out Halloween on this slimline card. The It's is from Words 4 Celebrating.

The designer paper is by Teresa Collins. The white cardfront is Recollection 110 white.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Artsy Stamper - Challenge #26 - Halloween Colors

Incy Wincy Designs - Halloween and/or Autumn Fall Colors

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Holiday or Celebrations Cards 4 Kids

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!!

CCEE2042 - Dictionary Day

CCEE Stampers October hostess, Frances Byrne, has informed the CCEE Stampers that tomorrow is Dictionary Day. For our challenge this week, she has asked that we create a card that includes words on it. Maybe a scripty word background either stamped or using patterned papers or a large focal sentiment, etc.

I am kicking it into high-gear with my Christmas cards for this year. How is it possible that I am so behind during this year of isolation? I don't know, but I am. I have created this holiday design using the 3-D Poinsettia embossing folder by Sizzix and added the die cut Joy from Stampin' Up. 

Find out what "words" the CCEE Stampers Design Team members used here:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Manal Habib

Hazel Estibeiro

Sweet Halloween Treats

This week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design uses their delightful Sweet Treats Multi Step Clear Stamp set released last week. As you can see in the card, the candies in this fun set include candy corn, twizzlers, gumdrops, a sucker, and peppermints! I used kraft paper to build a treat bag to hold the candy and decorated it with images from Autumn Pumpkin, Pumpkins, and Ready 4 Any Holiday.

The designer paper is Haunted Hallows by Teresa Collins. I used a circle punch for the moon and a Gina Marie Designs die for the grass.

I am entering this card is the following challenges:

Simon Says: Spooky!

International Art & Soul - Challenge #94 - Halloween

613 Avenue Create - October Challenge: Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Winged Things

Inkspirational Challenge #223 - Angle 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

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!!

CCEE2041 - World Octopus Day

October hostess, Frances Byrne, has informed the CCEE Stampers that today is World Octopus Day! She has therefore declared that the CCEE Stampers should include an octopus or other sea animal on this week's cards.

I searched my collection high and low to see if I could come up with an octopus. Turns out I have no octopus stamps or die cuts, but look what I found in my Graphic 45 tub!! These papers are from their By the Sea collection and work perfectly for World Octopus Day, if I do say so myself!

The links below will allow you to see the wonderful "Octopus Day" designs by the rest of the CCEE Stampers Design Team:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

Manal Habib

Hazel Estibeiro