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Kitchen Sink Monday

Monday, Monday..... another Monday means another challenge from the Kitchen Sink Crew Members!  But before I go too far, I want to let you know about some changes that have been made to the challenges!  The Challenges will now be combined with the What's Cookin' With Your Kitchen Sink Stamps Contest, and so now there are more chances to play and more chances to win!  Every other week, when the Crew hosts a challenge, the 1st prize winner (it could be YOU!) will win a $50 Shopping Spree in the Kitchen Sink Store!  And 2nd and 3rd prize winners will win stamp sets!  Check out the Kitchen Sink blog for all the contest rules and how-to's!

Today it was Nicole's turn to issue the challenge, and she asked us to create a project using a photograph.  There's one catch, though... no scrapbook pages!  Well, no problem here as I do not do any scrapping!  However, the majority of my picture-taking is limited to softball games (haven't had any of those since last spring!) and soccer games (not since last fall!) and photos of my cards!  So, to complete this challenge I turned to Google images!

I Googled "apples" and found this photo full of beautiful apples!  I printed it out on Very Vanilla cardstock and turned it into my designer paper!  A yummy apple and sentiment from the 3-Step School Days stamp set, and I was done!  I even found a scrap of apple designer paper in my stash!

Check out the blogs of the other Kitchen Sink Crew members for their great Kodak-moment creations!

Nicole Cooke
Dee Jackson
Lori Tecler
Julie Masse
Lynn McAuley
Angela Knopf
Maria Colosimo, owner

PLEASE remember to also upload your creations to Paper Craft Planet or any online gallery and use KSCC#9 in the tag line!  This way your creation can be added to the album along with all the others!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a fabulous Monday!  It's my day off, and I plan to stamp the day away!

 

Stamps:  3-Step School Days (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Pomegranate, Pickle (Bazzill), Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Blush Blossom, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Old Olive, Always Artichoke (Stampin' Up!), Versamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  twill ribbon (Creative Impressions), Nestabilities (Spellbinders).

Monday, Monday....

Another Monday has come around, and that means it's Kitchen Sink Monday!  A great day for you to check out creations from all the Crew members using our fabulous Kitchen Sink Stamps!

I was actually quite busy this weekend preparing some card designs for a big Stamp Camp I'm having at the store in 2 weeks, and also some design work for something later this week!  (Yes, I have a surprise for Wednesday!)  So my card is on the simple side tonight, but still a great Valentine!  I got this Scribble Scrabble paper at the store last week, and finally got around to using it today.  The colors are so rich, doesn't it make you want chocolate?

My heart is stamped from the new 3-Step Hearts set.  The solid heart is Cranberry Crisp ink, and I stamped the outline around it with Versamagic Jumbo Java.  The "Love" sentiment is from the Love & Luck stamp set.

Be sure to check out awesome designs from the rest of the Kitchen Sink Crew members!

Julie Masse
Dee Jackson
Lynn McAuley
Nicole Cooke
Angela Knopf
Lori Tecler
Maria Colosimo, owner

Have a fabulous day, and thank you for stopping by!  I appreciate it so much!

 

 

Stamps:  3-Step Hearts, Love & Luck (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Cranberry Crisp, Natural Ivory (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Cranberry Crisp (Stampin' Up!), Versamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  brads (Gary Burlin), clear embossing powder (Ranger).

Color Throwdown #24

Hey Color Throwdown fans... we're back!  After a little holiday break, LeAnne, Cathy, Broni and I are back to bringing you the Color Throwdown every week!  Kimberly Crawford spent a few weeks with us as a designer but had to bow out due to time commitments.  Kisa Peters also has a lot on her plate, so she won't be doing any regular designs with us each week but we've bribed her into sticking around and continuing to create the awesome banners on the Throwdown blog each week, as well as the blinkies and Color Pick swatches!  Since we found ourselves needing two more designers, we started the search for two new talents to add to our group!  And talent we found... in several people actually, but we all agreed on these two... Barbara Anders from Paper Pursuits, and Danielle Kennedy from Wild Dragonfly Designs!  Be sure to visit their blogs to see their awesome work, and stop by the Throwdown blog to see the creations from the whole team with today's colors! (or you can visit their blogs, linked below!)

Cathy Indelicato
Broni Holcombe
LeAnne Pugliese

For my card today, I pulled out this scrap of paper I had from Scribble Scrabble and was delighted to find it matched today's colors very well!  Some flowers and a sentiment from my Kim Hughes Nature Silhouettes stamp set helped to complete my card.  I plan to send this to a young couple who we are friends with.  Our family is currently searching for a new church home, and Emily and Josh graciously welcomed us at their church this past Sunday, so I want to be sure to thank them!

I hope you'll find time today, or later this week to give the Throwdown a try!  We're planning some new things for the coming year and one of those new things will start next week!  On Tuesdays we'll be randomly picking one participant from the previous weeks challenge to be featured on the Throwdown blog!  So who knows... maybe it'll be YOU!

Happy stamping!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Stamps:  Nature's Silhouette (Kim Hughes design for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Baja Breeze, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Going Gray (Stampin' Up!), markers #526 and #158 (Tombow)
Accessories:  punches, ribbon (Stampin' Up!), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), brad (Making Memories).

Kitchen Sink Crew Challenge

 

Today's the day!  Our first Kitchen Sink Crew challenge!  Every two weeks, the Crew members will be taking on a new challenge, and we invite you to play along!  You don't have to use Kitchen Sink Stamps to play, but if you do use 100% Kitchen Sink Stamps on your creation, and it fits in with the Attitude of Gratitude theme for the What's Cookin' with Your Kitchen Sink Stamps contest, then you can enter it for a chance to win!

Today's challenge was issued by our awesome leader, Maria and the challenge was to use silver or gold in our design.  I chose to use gold, and made a set of 12 cards for a lady at my church.  She is almost a shut-in herself, but loves to have cards to send to our members who are shut-ins, so I provide her with a stack of cards every other month or so!  I used brushed gold cardstock for the scalloped square behind my leaf, and used gold Encore ink for the "harvest greetings" sentiment.  My leaf is from the 3-Step Autumn Squirrel stamp set, and I stamped it in More Mustard, then Really Rust, and then Chocolate Chip.  The sentiment comes from Ready 4 Any Holiday.  I actually cut apart the stamp that says "holiday greetings" to make my sentiment for these cards.

 

Be sure to check out the creations from the rest of the Crew, too!

Angela Knopf
Dee Jackson
Lori Tecler
Lynn McAuley
Maria Colosimo (Owner)
Nicole Cook
Julie Masse

So are you ready to play along?? Make your card using silver or gold and post a link to it HERE, in the Papercraft Planet KSS Group.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a GREAT day!

 

Stamps:  3-Step Autumn Squirrel, Ready 4 Any Holiday (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), brushed gold (The Paper Cut), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  More Mustard, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), Encore Gold Metallic (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  scalloped square Nestabilities (Spellbinders).

Just Rite Teacher Cookie Basket

The PTO at my daughter Kelsey's school provides a birthday treat for the staff each month to celebrate, and this month was my turn!  My daughter Kaylie made this batch of Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies for me last night, and I made up the basket and card.  The basket is just an apple orchard basket, and worked perfectly for this!  I simply cut apart a brown paper bag, and covered the box.  Then I applied some designer paper that matched what I used on the card, and added the jumbo rick rack.  (Hopefully someone will decide to take the basket home, and it won't end up in the trash!)  Then I pulled out my Just Rite Stampers to personalize the basket and card. 

I also got to use another of my new Nestabilities, the Labels One, and used my Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug folder on the brown strip in the background.  My card is also very loosely based on Julee Tillman's Mojo Monday sketch.

 

Thank you for stopping by!  I appreciate the visit!  Be sure to come back tomorrow to check out the Color Throwdown!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  Small Letter set, 10 Designer Centers & Borders, Baking Stamp Ensemble (JustRite Stampers), swirl stamp on card (Art Impressions)
Cardstock:  Old Olive, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Naturals Ivory (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Momento Potter's Clay, Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Nestabilities Labels One, Circles, Scalloped Circles (Spellbinders), concave corner punch (EK Success), large brads, twill ribbon, jumbo rick rack (Creative Impressions).

Caramel Apple Kit

For my New Product Showcase at the store last week, I wanted to create a few projects for displays.  When I saw this Caramel Apple Kit several weeks ago on Michelle Wooderson's blog, I knew I was going to have to create my own version of it for the Showcase.

Inside this little pail is a pretty fall apple, and a little individual serving of caramel apple dip!  YUM!  I LOVE that stuff!  We could buy that in bulk at my house this time of year!

For the pail topper, I used the Baking Stamp Ensemble from Just Rite Stampers, and to make the "Caramel Apple Kit" words, I used the small letter set.  This apple stamp from Kim Hughes' Making the Grade stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms was perfect for this project, and the words fit perfectly inside it!

 

I used the Nestabilities to cut out the scallops and circles for the lid of the pail, and used Bazzill cardstock and papers from Scribble Scrabble.  (Sorry for the blurry picture on this one... just couldn't get the camera to cooperate with me!)

This was so fun to make, and I'm sure thankful for all the cute ideas Michelle comes up with on her blog, as this was a perfect display item on Thursday night!

By the way, I'd like to take a moment to thank Feedblitz for NOT sending out a feed on my post yesterday!  I don't know why, but I'm assuming it never went out as I usually receive one too, and didn't.  If you want to see my Color Throwdown card from yesterday, you can click here.  I was really pleased with how it turned out, so I'd love to know what you think, too!

And if you'd like to see some of the other things that were made at the Toyrifix New Product Showcase last week, you can click here for the Stampendous projects, and click here for the Just Rite Stampers projects. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown #15

  It's week #15 of the Color Throwdown, and this time Broni picked some beautiful Fall colors for us to work with!

Check out all the details on the Color Throwdown blog, and I hope you'll find time to join in.  If you don't have these exact Stampin' Up! colors, just use whatever you have that's similar, and have fun.

 

For my card, I was so excited to discover this paper I have that matched the colors beautifully!  This is another paper from my favorite Scribble Scrabble.  It's like it was made for this Color Throwdown!  I also used another stamp set I borrowed from Anita, and made a birthday card since my sister's birthday is tomorrow and I forgot until tonight.  (Happy Birthday, Kendra!)  The swirls stamped in the background is the wood-mounted stamp I bought from Stampers' Anonymous at the convention this weekend.

Again, I hope you'll find time to play today or sometime later this week!  For more inspiration, check out the other Color Throwdown team member blogs.

Broni Holcombe
Cathy Indelicato
Kisa Peters
LeAnne Pugliese

Happy stamping, and thanks for stopping by!  I noticed tonight that my hit counter is appoaching 150K!  Maybe it's time for a little candy???

 

 

Stamps:  Upsy Daisy (Stampin' Up!), swirl (Stampers' Anonymous)
Cardstock:  Mocha Divine (Bazzill), Really Rust, Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Momento Potter's Clay, Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (May Arts), brads (Gary Burlin).

Happy World Card Making Day!

In honor of World Card Making Day today, several members of the Kitchen Sink Crew would like to help you celebrate with a few challenges, and PRIZES!

At 11:00 a.m. (EST) this morning, Nicole posted the first challenge for today on her blog!

Other challenges will be posted by the following crew members, at the following times...

Dee - 1:00 p.m.
Julie - 2:00 p.m.
Lori - 3:00 p.m.
Tracy - 4:00 p.m.
Maria - 5:00 p.m.

That leaves only the 12:00 noon time slot to be filled by ME!  So here is your challenge!  First of all, please create a card that is specific to any of the three upcoming holidays... Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas.  (This is a requirement of all the KSS challenges today.)  And for my challenge, create a card or project using any form of dry embossing and/or scoring details.  Faux dry embossing counts, too!  And here is my card for the challenge...

As you can see, I used my Snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder on shimmer white paper for a pretty background!  I also embossed the edges of the white rectangle behind the "joy" letters with my Nestabilities.

If you choose to participate, please leave a comment on the Kitchen Sink blog with a direct link to your card either on your blog or in an online gallery.  The deadline to enter is noon Eastern time Sunday, October 5th.  A winner for each challenge will be drawn and announced sometime on Sunday evening.  All entries from the challenges will have a chance to win Ready 4 Any Holiday, and the New Limited Edition Anniversary stamp set from Kitchen Sink Stamps.  Also, if you use 100% Kitchen Sink Stamps on your creation, you will also be automatically entered in October's What's Cookin' Contest. The theme this month is "Getting Ready for the Holidays."

The winner of my challenge, which be randomly selected will receive this prize.

This is a clear pail filled with gourmet hot cocoa mix (Chocolate Supreme and Caramel Chocolate!) and a bag of mini marshmallows!  Perfect for welcoming any snow bunnies in from the cold this winter.

One more thing... it would be awesome if everyone participating today would be willing to donate their card for something special.  I personally would recommend checking out the Cards for Soldiers thread on Splitcoaststampers.

I'm uber-busy today as we have a huge toy sale at the store and I am working from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  So I won't be able to be around during the day today to see what is happening, but I will look forward to seeing lots of fabulous creations when I get home!  I will most likely be soaking my feet, too!  It's going to be a crazy day!

Have fun, and happy stamping!

 

 

Card Supplies
Stamps:  Snow Flurry (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Lovely Lilac, Almost Amethyst, Shimmer White (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Almost Amethyst (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  clear embossing powder (Ranger), Snowflakes Cuttlebug embossing folder (ProvoCraft), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), snowflake brad (Gary Burlin), ribbon (craft supply)

Pail Supplies
Stamps:  Snow Flurry (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Lovely Lilac, Almost Amethyst, Shimmer White (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Lovely Lilac, Almost Amethyst (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), clear embossing powder (Ranger), pail (Stampendous), silver stickers (Best Creation)

Featured Stamper

Over on Splitcoaststampers there are tons of really nice ladies, but one that always stands out in my mind is Liz/lazylizard!  She's always so sweet, and is quick to comment on everyone's cards no matter who you are!  Yesterday, she finally got recognized for her cute designs and her wonderful spirit by being honored as the Featured Stamper!

I chose this card from her gallery to CASE, and this is my version!  I used my new designer paper from Scribble Scrabble for this design, and I love those papers more everytime I use them!  Anyone coming to the Stamping Workshop at Toyrifix on October 9th will get to use them too, as well as see them being used on a few projects!

I have a busy Monday ahead of me, so I'd best get it in gear!  Have a great week everyone, and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Stamps:  Making the Grade (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Lava, Honeycomb (Bazzill), Natural Ivory, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  1" circle punch (EK Success), twill ribbon (Creative Impressions)

Stamp Simply #52 - Cuddle Up with.... ME!

We're finishing off this wonderful week-long celebration of Sharon's 1-year blog anniversary (last Friday) and the 1-year anniversary today of the Stamp Simply Challenges!  Two weeks ago, we went "Red Hot with Julie" with Stamp Simply team member Julie Koerber's design work featured.  Last week we went "Dancin' with Dee" as Sharon and the team members used Dee Jackson's designs as inspiration!  Today, I get to be your inspiration and you get to "Cuddle Up with Tammy!"  (My hubby's favorite thing to do!  Just kidding!)  When looking through my designs, Sharon decided that she saw a lot of cuddly, down-home comfort in my work... machine stitching, use of laces, ribbons and rick-rack and small patterned papers combined with solid papers for backgrounds.  Often I use my Cuttlebug embossing folders, too (but didn't today!)  So I'm thrilled to say that your challenge for today is to use ME as inspiration!

Here are a few samples that you might find inspiring...

Just Because 1

Foreground/Background

Sketches #56

Distressed Flowers

Coffee with Friends

Just Because 2

 

And here is my card for today!  I pulled out one of my favorite Kim Hughes sets to stamp my flowers using markers to color the rubber.  And I just got this pretty paper yesterday from Scribble Scrabble (my new favorite paper company!)  I thought it would be very appropriate for today's challenge since my use of patterned paper was one thing that stood out to Sharon.  This layout with a criss-cross background has become a stand-by for me, and I just love stitching around the edges using what I'm calling a "silly stitch!"  I found this velvety rick-rack in my ribbon jar and thought it was also a good choice for today. 

So, I hope you like my card and I hope you find something in my work to inspire you today!  I'm so excited and can't wait to see what you create!  Remember, if you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the keywords ssnotime52, and link your card back to Sharon's blog, too!

 

For complete challenge details, and her fabulous cuddly card, please check out Sharon's blog.  Samples from the other wonderful Stamp Simply team members can be seen by clicking their blog links below.  (Links will be updated and in red print as they become available.)

Julie Koerber

Dee Jackson

Jennifer Buck

Janine Orchard

Becky Oehlers

Stayed tuned for the announcement of the winner of the Stamp Simply Celebration Blog Candy #5 (the new stamp set from My Favorite Things) and also I'll announce who won the Cuttlebug folder today for being comment #3000!

Happy stamping, and THANK YOU for stopping by!

 

Stamps:  Nature's Moments (Kim Hughes design for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  More Mustard, Ruby Red, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Versamagic Brick Red (Tsukineko), markers (Tombow)
Accessories:  square frame and brads (Stampin' Up!), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), rick rack (Offray).