Christmas Figure Skates

This is for sure rushing the season but Maria sent me this beautiful Multi Step Step Clear stamp set of Figure Skates, sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, and I've been wanting to play with the set.  It's awesome, they look so real! I used to ice skate every winter when I lived in Iowa as we had the perfect setting on our property.  The only problem was, when it snowed, the snow covered the ice so you had to scoop off the snow and back then, we didn't have snow blowers! But my Dad and Brother were good sports about pitching in and helping since I was a skinny little kid with no muscle!  I also used the sentiment from Multi Step Clear Tiny Norway Pine and Multi Clear Stamp Set, Build a Garland for the Garland and beautiful red bow!  That bow is a classic, it looks so perfect! It was such a fun card to make even if I was pushing the Yuletide a bit so indulge me, please and enjoy!!!

KSS Sets used in this scene include:

Figure Skates Multi Step Clear Stamps

Tiny Norway Pine Multi Step Clear Stamps (Junkie Fest 2018)

Build A Garland Multi Step Clear Stamps

Color Recipe for the Skates:

Layer 5 - Versafine Onyx Black

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Gray Granite

Layer 3  - Stampin' Up Basic Gray

Layer 2 - PTI Soft Stone

Layer 1 - PTI Soft Stone on the blades and back edge of the right skate only

Color Recipe for the Garland:

Layer 4 - Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Garden Green

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Pear Pizzazz

Layer 1 - Stampin' Up Shaded Spruce

Color Recipe for the Bow:

Layer 3 - Stampin' Up Real Red

Layer 2 - Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler

Layer 1 - Stampin Up Poppy Parade

Sentiment stamped in Versafine Onyx Black

Paper used:

Stampin' Up - Whisper White, Shaded Spruce and Poppy Parade

Other members of the Kitchen Sink Crew include:

Maria Colosimo - Owner and Creator of Kitchen Sink Stamps
Kitchensinkstamps'weblog
Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

Minnesota Loon at Night

Today I used three new Kitchen Sink Stamp Sets, the Multi Step Minnesota Loon Clear Stamp set and the Multi Step Tiny Norway Pine Clear Stamp set along with the Ocean Water Clear Stamp set. (Sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.)  I remember seeing the Loons in Minnesota as a child and later on as an adult.  I love to listen to them, it's sort of haunting but beautiful at the same time.  So, I tried to capture a memory of a Loon I saw in the moonlight on Leach Lake near Walker, Minnesota.  It was so impressionable with the reflection of the full moon on the water and the pine trees in the background, I wanted to see if I could reproduce that memory.  I hope you like it....

The recipe for this card in order that I stamped them:

For the Multi Step Minnesota Loon Clear Multi Step 

#3 Tuxedo Black Momento SU

#2 Basic Gray SU

#1 Smokey Slate SU

Blendables Light Basic Gray and Dark Basic Gray  SU

For the Multe Step Ocean Waters

#1  Tuxedo Black Momento SU

#2 Basic Gray Su
Sponged Dapper Dan Lightly along with Smokey Slate SU

Moon was a 2 1/2 Inch circle
Sky sponged with Basic Gray and Dapper Dan Su

Tree tops of Tiny Norway Pines used on the Horizon stamped in
Tuxedo Black Momento SU

Paper used was Basic Black and Dapper Dan SU

The sentiment is from the Tiny Norway Pines Clear Stamp set KSS

Other members of the Kitchen Sink Crew include:

Maria Colosimo - Owner and Creator of Kitchen Sink Stamps
Kitchensinkstamps'weblog
Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

Deep Sea Marlin

Today I am excited to display two of the new Multi Step Clear stamp sets sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.  Deep Sea Marlin and Ocean Waters are both beautiful Multi Step Clear stamp sets just now available to customers. I tried several different blues on the Marlin, then filled in with some Light Basic Gray and Light Daffodil Delight Blendables from SU.  I brayered the sky with Real Red and Daffodil Delight SU and sponged some Real Red down into the ocean water.  The sentiment used is from the Deep Sea Marlin stamp set, perfect for a male gender card.It was a fun card to make but challenging so I used my SU Stamparatus to keep it lined up.  The Marlin is a great looking fish!  I plan to keep trying different colors on him to see what I can produce but for a first time card, I don't think it turned out too badly.

The recipe for this card in order that I stamped them:

For the Multi Step Deep Sea Marlin Clear Multi Step 

#5 Blueberry Bushel SU

#4 Pacific Point SU

#3 Balmy Blue SU

#2 Bashful Blue SU

#1 Soft Sky

Blendables Light Basic Gray and Light Daffodil Delight SU

For the Multe Step Ocean Waters

#1 Balmy Blue SU

#2 Blueberry Bushel Su

Background done on Whisper White SU Brayered with Real Red and

Daffodil Delight SU and sponged Real Red in the Ocean.

Paper used is Tangerine Tango and Blueberry Bushel with 3/8 inch

Blueberry Bushel Grograin Ribbon SU

Other members of the Kitchen Sink Crew include:

Maria Colosimo - Owner and Creator of Kitchen Sink Stamps
Kitchensinkstamps'weblog
Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

Dogwood Wreath

Today I'm featuring the Enchanted Dogwood Multi Step Clear Stamp set sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.  I invisioned a wreath made of Dogwoods so I tried a new to me technique by cutting a 4 inch square of Whisper White SU card stock.  By using the Stamparatus, I kept turning the square stamping as I turned it to make a circle of blooms.  I also used the sentiments from Kitchen Sink Stamps, Words 4 Celebration Clear stamp as it is one of my favorite sets with a beautiful font.  

Recipe for my colors and layers in the order I stamped them:

Color Recipe for the Dogwoods:

Layer 4 Stampin’ Up SaharaSand

Layer 3 Blushing Bride

Layer 2 Powder Pink

Layer 1 Petal Pink

The card stock used was from Stamin’ Up,

Petal Pink and Whisper White
Whole Lot of Lovely DSP SU
Pear Pizzazz Satin Ribbon

Other members of the Kitchen Sink Crew include:

Maria Colosimo - Owner and Creator of Kitchen Sink Stamps
Kitchensinkstamps'weblog
Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper