Scary On - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is a Halloween card using images from Graveyard Raven and Scaredy Cat. It was inspired by today's Technique Lover's Challenge #973 - Night Sky. 

My night sky for this challenge was created with blended Distress Oxide Ink by Ranger, Mica Spray, water, and rhinestones. The raven and tombstone were stamped on SVG Cut Files which coordinate with these sets. I punched a full moon to add to the scene as a highlight for the raven.

This card has been entered in the following challenges this week:

Splitcoaststampers TLC973 - Night Sky

Inspire.Create.Challenge #153 - Autumn/Halloween

Crafty Calendar Challenge - October - Autumn Colours/Halloween

Halloween Crafts All Year 'Round - Challenge #9

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!!

Hiking through the Meadows

I have been having so much fun working with Hiking through the Meadows, the small die of the month for September from Spellbinders. Because of having to do much of my crafting away from my craft space due to life circumstances, dies are becoming more and more my go-to card making technique. I can take boxes of my die cut pieces and glue and piece to my hearts content with nothing but a bottle of glue, card fronts, embossed panels, and sentiment tags!

I made two of these this morning: one for  Mother Mark's Teapot Tuesday Challenge #794 at Splitcoaststampers and one for a friend who is having a knee replacement today.

Is it just in Texas, or is it everywhere that shoulder and knee replacements are now day surgery? That's just crazy.

Sentiment by Divinity Designs

3D Embossing Folder by Sizzix

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

Happy Little Stamper - HLS October - Anything Goes with Dies

Can You Handle the Pressure? - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge Blog - #332 Autumnal/Fall Colours

Make My Monday - Challenge #211 - Autumn Colours

Inspire.Create Challenge #153 - Autumn/Halloween

Wonderful Sister - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design is a card I have created for my sweet, sweet sister. She is my faithful partner in providing care for our aging parents. Without her help, I could not do the do all the things that must be done! What a blessing she is to our lives!! Thank you, Liz!! 

I again have created a 5 x 7 design using All Aflutter and added a beautiful sentiment from Whole Family. I wanted something beautiful and delicate so I created this framed vellum shadow box by layering 4 stitched die cut rectangles  and adding the vellum between the top two layers. The SVG cut flowers and butterfly were glued to the back of the bottom frame. I love how it turned out and think this will also make a stunning sympathy card. I will be making several of these for my sympathy stash.

Although All Aflutter is sold out, you can create this design with Butterflies and many of the other KSS flowers and sentiments.

Images from Kitchen Sink Stamps:

All Aflutter - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember collaboration 2023 - SOLD OUT

Whole Family

Background embossing by Sizzix

This card has been entered in the following challenges this week:

Happy Little Stampers - HLS October - Anything Goes with Dies

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Goes Flowers

Classic Design Challenge - September #9

LeAnn's World 101- October Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Week 749 - Vintage/Option Anything Goes

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!!

Autumn Scene Building with All Aflutter

I thought I would share with those of you who purchased All Aflutter, the Kitchen Sink Stamps and Simon Says Stamp collaboration set during STAMPtember, an autumn scene I created mixing it with other images from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Scene building is my favorite type of card making so I am always delighted when new images can be mixed with old ones to add more interest to my scenes.

The additional images are from the following sets:

Isle of Big Bay Lake

Trees

Tree Friends

Autumn Greetings

For those of you who were not able to get the set with dies before they sold out, Kitchen Sink Stamps sells SVG cut files for All Aflutter which is what I used to stamp the flowers, butterfly, and dragonfly.

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

613 Avenue Create - October Challenge - Autumn Colors

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - October - Autumn

Stamping Sensations - October Challenge - Autumn Colours

Critter Crazy Challenge - Challenge #79 - Anything Goes with a Featured Critter

Creatalicious Challenges - #268 - Anything Goes with Autumn Colours

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!!

ALL AFUTTER - Simon Says Stamp! and Kitchen Sink Stamps STAMPtember Collaboration for 2023

Today is the day!! Kitchen Sink Stamps' ALL AFLUTTER, a limited edition set (only available until the supply runs out) has been released by Simon Says Stamp! during their fabulous STAMPtember celebration! Once the set is gone, it is gone so if you love butterflies, dragonflies, and lavendar, head over to Simon Says Stamp! and place your order.

Here are the samples I have created to share with you how beautiful and versatile this wonderful set truly is. The only item I have used which is not a part of this set is  the sentiment With Love on the final card. The sun rays on two of these cards was create with the SVG cut stencil Big Burst.

Maria has created SVG Cut Files for this set which are available for purchase at Kitchen Sink Stamps. All of my stamped images were stamped on the pieces I cut with my Cricut Joy!

The above card has been entered in the Use a Stencil, a Sentiment, an Image Challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.

The above card has been entered in the Stamping Sensations September Challenge - Garden Delight.

The above card has been entered in the We Love 2 Create - Challenge 8 - Mixed Media, Anything Goes.

The above card has been entered in Challenge #187 - Butterflies Galore at Butterfly Challenge.

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!!

Not Older - More Distinguished - Kitchen Sink Stamps

September finds me in need of a masculine birthday card so I added a digital sentiment from KSS' new Happy Birthday Banner Sentiment digi svgs (there are 8 fun banners to foil or print in this fun set) to images from Birch Trees and Mighty Moose for the rugged outdoorsman in my family! 

The birch trees and the moose were stamped on SVG cut files that are available at KSS to go with these stamps sets. I used Altenew inks on these images.

The clouds were created by dipping my finger tips in white acrylic paint and dabbing the wet paint on the blue cardstock panel.

This card has been added to the following challenges this week:

We Love 2 Create - Mixed Media - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes with option of trees and leaves

Allsorts Challenge - Week 746 - Masculine

Just Add Ink - Challenge #670 - Just Add Wildlife

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog - Challenge #215 - Fall Scenes! ** Birch Trees is a set released by KSS in 2015. Mighty Moose was released in 2020.

Kitchen Sink Stamps is again a sponsor for Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember so be on the look out for thein exclusive collaboration!!

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!!

A Slice of the Sea - Kitchen Sink Stamps

With today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored slimline design, I wanted to take a little cross-slice of the sea with a bit of underwater action below and some beach action above. It isn't quite right, but I love it just the same!! It has me chillin', at least!!

Kitchen Sink Stamps Sets used for this design include:

Giant Coral & Seahorse

Seaside Seagull

Tropical Fish

Hawaiian Greetings
 

Seaweed Stencil

I am entering this slimline design in the following challenges this week:

bastel-traum Challenge Blog - Challenge #125 - Holiday/Vacation

Creative Crafting Uncles - Challenge #44 - Animals

Sparkles Monthly Challenges Blog - Challenge #167 - Tropical and/or Beach

Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge #266 - Anything Goes

Classic Design Challenge - September - Anything Goes

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!!

Autumn Leaves - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Although the temperatures are still hitting triple digits here in Texas, I am dreaming of autumn with more anticipation than ever this year. This week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card was created with images from Big Leaves and Autumn Greetings attached to a watercolor and splattered background. The leaves were stamped on cut SVG files, and I fussy cut the sentiment, popping it up on dimensionals.

Color Recipe for the Leaves

Layer 1 - Stampin' Up Mango Melody
Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Merry Merlot
Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip

I am entering this card in the following challenges this week:

We Love Stamping - September Challenge - Anything Goes - Option Trees/Leaves

A Place to Start - September 2023 - Anything Goes

Avenue 613 - September 2023 - Purely Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create - Challenge 8 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Week 744 - Anything Goes

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!!

Long Live Little League! - Kitchen Sink Stamps

This week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design was inspired by the hours of pleasure and enjoyment my family and friends received from watching Little Leaguers from all over the world take part in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania this past week! What an amazing display of skill, determination, heart, and sportsmanship from these remarkable young boys! 

Congratulations to all who took part in this sensational event. It was a hard earned honor to be there, and I am so proud of each and every participant.

Congratulations, also to El Segundo who came out on top and a huge shout out to Texas' own Needville who represented us so very well! Way to go, boys!

Images from the following Kitchen Sink Stamps sets were used to create this design:

Baseball - retired

Star & Stripes American Flag

Honey Bunny 

The sentiment was computer generated. The flag and mitt were stamped on SVG cut files which coordinate with the stamp sets. The flag pole was also a two layer SVG file cut from two colors of cardstock.

I am entering this design in the following challenges this week:

Corrosive Challenge - 8-August-2023 - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping - Masculine

The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog - Challenge #564 - Summertime

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Make a Scene

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!!

 

 

Maui Strong - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps' sponsored design was created for the Technique Lover's Challenge - Partial Stenciling over at Splitcoaststampers.

The heart-breaking photos coming from Hawaii which show the devastation of the fires in Maui have inspired my card today. My prayer and support are with the people there who have experienced such unbearable loss.

The partial stenciling was done with an SVG Cut Stencil from KSS called

Waves and Splashes. The flowers were created with their Plumeria set. The sentiment was computer generated.

I have entered this card in the following challenges, as well, this week:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes - Optional Twist - CAS

Allsorts -  All Creatures Great and Small - Option Anything Goes

My Time to Create Challenge Blog - Challenge #514 - Stenciling

Simply Clean & Simple - August Challenge - Option - Outdoors

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!!

Back to School - Kitchen Sink Stamps

My neighborhood is a little bit quieter these days as the students in my little town returned to school last Wednesday. Three month summer vacations are a thing of the past here in Texas! 

My Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design this week features images from the following sets:

Back to School Supplies

Class Notes

The crayons and sentiments were stamped on SVG cut files which are available of these sets from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

I am entering this card in the following challenges this week:

Ally's Angels - Challenge #73 - Always Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - August 2023 Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - August - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #260 - Anything Goes

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!!

Plumeria Frame - Kitchen Sink Stamps

For this week's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design, I have framed this seaside scene with an oval of plumeria! This card is going to a niece who has spent her birthday this past week on a tropical island with her sweet family. What could be more divine?

The following KSS sets were used to create this design. All of the images were stamped on SVG cut files which are available for these sets. They were then layered and assembles on the teal card front. A Spellbinders oval die was used to create the lighthouse panel.

Plumeria

Lighthouse

Palm Trees

Isle of Big Bay Lake

Hawaiian Greetings

I have entered this card in the following challenges for this week:

Day of the Month Card Club - Challenge #54 - National Beach Day + National Lighthouse Day

The Paper Players - Challenge PP652 - Hot Fun in the Summertime

As You See It Challenge - Challenge #304 - Summertime & the Livin' is Easy- Fill in the blank - The thing I love most about summer is time spent at the beach!

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!!