Winter Cabin - KSS Monday

The second Monday in November finds me farther behind on Christmas cards than I have ever been at this late date in the year. This week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps uses a great mix of winter images to create a greeting card for the holidays and gets me one step closer to being ready to mail out my Christmas cards the week after Thanksgiving.

Stamps: Cabin by the Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Build a Garland Multi Step Clear Stamps, 

Snowy Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Greetings from the Woods Clear Stamps, and 

Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow and Crumb Cake

Inks: Memento Northern Pine, Olive Grove, Cottage Ivy, Toffee Crunch, Potter's Clay, Rich Cocoa, Peanut Brittle, Espresso Truffle, and Summer Sky

Also creating with Kitchen Sink Stamps are these Kitchen Crew Members:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Circles, Circles Everywhere!! CCEE1545

Our November CCEE hostess, Frances, has us running around in circles this week! I went with a fun easy way to use up scraps to make a bright and colorful birthday card! I hope you like it. I punched  circles in all colors and sizes and glued them to my black front panel before embossing it with my circle embossing folder. Lastly, I added a sentiment and bow to create this simple birthday design.

Check out these other fabulous circle designs by the CCEE Team and then play along!!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Amber Hillman

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

KKS Monday - Autumn Squirrel

Watching the squirrels scurry around burying pecans in my front yard on Wednesday inspired me to reach for my 3 Step Autumn Squirrel set to create this week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs for Kitchen Sink Stamps. I am glad to see that they will visit me again this winter to dig up their sweet Texas pecans for a quick lunch!

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps, Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Color Recipe for Squirrel:

Layer 3 Memento Rich Cocoa stamped twice

Layer 2 Memento Potter's Clay

Layer 1 Memento Toffee Crunch stamped twice

Designer Paper - Pyrus by BasicGrey

20 Minute Card

Stamps: Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps, Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Words of Love Clear Stamps

by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Color Recipes:

Squirrel

Layer 3 Memento Espresso Truffle

Layer 2 Memento Potter's Clay

Layer 1 Memento Desert Sand stamped twice

Birch Trunks

Layer 2 Memento Espresso Truffle

Layer 1 Memento Toffee Crunch

Birch Leaves

Layer 3 Memento Morocco

Layer 2 Memento Tangelo

Layer 1 Memento Dandelion

Other members of the Kitchen Sink Crew are:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Thank you for visiting me today!

CCEE 1544 - Down Under

This week our Australian hostess, Maryann,  has asked the CCEE Stampers to end our October challenges by using something down under. She says it is not necessary to have something Australian; it can be under the sea, or a tree or underground or under an umbrella.

Stamps:

Puddle Fun by House-Mouse Designs, Inc.

Friendly Greetings by Hero Arts

See the down under creations of the CCEE Design Team:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Amber Hillman

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

Bushels of Thanks - KSS Let's Make a Scene

This week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps was created for the Hope You Can Cling To event at Splitcoaststampers. It was inspired by hostess Holly Brown wo chose as her theme "Bunches of Thanks" which brought to my mind bushels of mums for autumn. 

I started with the three baskets of mums across the bottom of the card front and then masked them to add the truck. I then masked the truck to sponge in the road and grass and sky. The leaves for the birch tree where stamped next. I stamped the tree trunks on computer paper and cut them out to mount over the sponged sky.

The sentiment was computer generated and then punched out with an oval punch and mounted on another decorative punched piece.

Lastly, I stamped and fussy cut another basket of mums to pop up on the bottom right corner of the card.

What a great way to spend a lazy, rainy Saturday morning! This card is going to MD Anderson in Houston, Texas to be used by a cancer patient there. I hope it brings them a little joy and comfort!

Kitchen Sink Stamps used:

Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps

Classic Old Truck Multi Step Clear Stamps

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

This card has been entered in the following challenges:

HYCCT1524 - Bunches of Thanks at Splitcoaststampers

Challenge #160 - Fall/Autumn at Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge Blog
Challenge 236 - Autumn Splendor at The Corrosive Challenge Blog

Kitchen Sink Crew

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

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CCEE1543 - Reflections

Our CCEE hostess, Maryann, as assigned us the task of having fun with reflections for this week's CCEE Stampers' Challenge.

Here is what I came up with! Hope you like it!

I have used the following stamp sets from Kitchen Sink Stamps:

Love Birds Multi Step Clear Stamps
Cabin by the Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps
Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

The sentiment is by Verve.

Look in on the fabulous reflections created by the CCEE Team!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Amber Hillman

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

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

CCEE1542 - Acetate

Our October CCEE hostess, Maryann, has asked that we create a card that incorporates acetate into our design for this week's challenge. That gave me the opportunity to create a fun sequin and bead shaker card for the holidays.

Stamps

Bird Crazy by Tim Holtz

Multi Step Grizzly Bear Wishes by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Christmas Messges and Holiday Home by Stampin' Up

Check out the creative uses of acetate by the rest of the CCEE Team! Then join in the challenge and show us how you would use acetate on a card!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Amber Hillman

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

Warm Autumn Hugs

Since October 1st I have been taking part in Hope You Can Cling To at Splitcoaststampers. All cards created for this great annual event go to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas for use by their patients and the's patients families.

Today's Let's Make a Scene card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps was created for SCS's First Class-No Extra Postage challenge. In other words, flat for easy mailing. It is headed out this week along with my first dozen cards created for this year's HYCCT challenges to MD Anderson. I hope it goes to someone needing a warm autumn hug and brings them comfort.

I am also entering it in the Mod Squad Get Your Fall On Challenge. Don't forget that Kitchen Sink Stamps will be a sponsor of the Mod Squad Challenge next week (third Wednesday) with one lucky entry winning a $25 gift certificate to the Kitchen Sink Stamps store!

Kitchen Sink Stamps

Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps

 Pumpkins Multi Step Clear Stamps

Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps

Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps

Accessory

Impression Obsession Fence Die

Other Members of the Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Chocolate Combinations - CCEE1541

Our CCEE October hostess, Maryann, has requested chocolate combinations for this week's cards. Chocolate and ivory, chocolate and pink, chocolate and.......

For my card I have chosen to pair chocolate with mint for this simple masculine birthday design.

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes and Big Day by Stampin' Up

See what the rest of the CCEE Stampers have combined in their chocolate designs!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Amber Hillman

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

Then join us for this challenge and create a card with chocolate and the color of your choice to share in the CCEE Challenge!

Birch Tree Christmas

For this week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes more cards sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I have used the newly released Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps to create two simple holiday designs. This is one of my all time favorite KSS sets! I have mixed in with the stamped images  die cuts deer from Impression Obsession.

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Christmas Lights Multi Step Clear Stamps, 

and Grizzly Bear Wishes Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White and SU Early Espresso and Crumb Cake

Inks: Trees - Layer 2 Memento Espresso Truffle, Layer 1 Memento Toffee Crunch

Sentiment - Memento Espresso Truffle

Deer sponged with Memento Rich Cocoa

Tools: Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug, Deer Dies by Impression Obsession

20 Minute Card

Stamps: Multi Step Birch Trees

and Snow Flurry by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White and SU Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, and Crumb Cake

Inks: Trees - Layer 2 Memento Espresso Truffle, Layer 1 Memento Toffee Crunch

Sentiment - Memento Espresso Truffle

Deer sponged with Memento Rich Cocoa

Tools: Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug, Deer Dies by Impression Obsession

Members of the Kitchen Sink Crew Include:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Hope You Can Cling To - 2015

Yesterday was the start up day for Splitcoaststampers' annual Hope You Can Cling To event in support of breast cancer awareness month. All cards created for this wonderful event go to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas for use by their patients and their families. I love taking part in this event each year and hope to complete a card for each of their challenge throughout the month of October.

The card I have created today is for the collage of hope challenge, and I am also entering it in the Mod Squad Anything With Wings Challenge this week.

Stamps: Stipple Butterfly and Stipple Rose by Stampin' Up

Hanging Droplet Set by Designs by Ryn

Sentiment from Azalea by Power Poppy