Stampin cuz I Luv 2

My Blog Has Moved To Typepad!!

2008-03-12T09:04:00.004-04:00

Good Morning! I've had so many issues with blogger thatI decided to move to typepad.
CHECK IT OUT HERE I'm really happy with the move so far. Don't forget to update my new address.
http://www.stampincuzIluv2.typepad.com/ Let me know what you think:)I will have some new cards for you later today. My blog anniversary is 27 March I will have a special drawing for subscriber's to to my NEW BLOG!! So come see what all the buzz is about!
See you there!
Dee

FS57 FLLC Blessings

2008-03-09T09:38:00.004-04:00

Good Morning! This is the card I made for the FS57. I really liked the clean lines on the card I cased
I moved the sentiment up and used rhinestones instead of a brad. Both cards focus on the image. Thanks for such great inspiration Paris:)
This gorgeous Cross is one of Flourishes LLC new released Easter sets. I colored it with chalk and q-tips.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Stamps: Easter Blessings ( Flourishes)
Paper: Pretty In Pink, Black, PTI Stamper's Choice White
Ink: Black Stazon, Stampin Pastels
Accessories: Rhinestones

ssnotime25 Celebrate Friendship

2008-03-07T13:28:00.003-05:00

Hi there! Well I guess this sore throat and cold are going to be with me for a while. I saw Sharon's challenge and the LSC challenge and knew I had to play. To bad I didn't read the LSC right so this card is a no go that one. I used the BG magnetic snaps for my fun flap. The sentiments are from the Many Sentiments Set over at Flourishes llc Have a great weekend:)
Thanks for stopping by
Dee
Card Supplies:
Stamps: Doodle This, Many Sentiments ( FLLC)
Paper: Rose Red, Pretty In Pink, WW, Black, Olive Textured
Ink: Black
Accessories: Black Brads, Fancy Scissors, Ribbon
Techniques: Crayon resist

FYI !! Flourishes New Release Today

2008-03-05T18:46:00.008-05:00

Hi there! I'm trying to catch a cold or something so no stamping for me today. For those of you who want to be in the know. I wanted to tell you Flourishes has new releases today. Flourishes recieved the shipment today however the design team sets are going out this afternoon. Because we haven't recieved our sets Jan Marie was sweet enough to let us post her samples on our blogs. There's a lot of cool new things in the Flourishes Online Boutique Have fun!

This card uses the new set called Easter Blessings You can read the inspiration behind this set on Jan Marie's Blog

This is Easter Bunnies
Jan Marie made this for a ATC swap she's in. Wow lucky swappers!!
Thanks Jan Marie for the sneak peeks. I can't wait to get these sets:)
I'm off to bed. Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

CC156 KSS Bunny Wishes

2008-03-04T11:23:00.004-05:00

Good Morning! I thought I'd try the color challenge today. I bought the Wasabi paper when it first came out and hate it! This was a great way to try and love it:) Well that didn't happen but I do like it with this stamp and color combo. This adorable bunny is one of the new released sets at Kitchen Sink Stamps. It's a three step set. I hope you have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee
Card Supplies:Stamps: Honey Bunny ( Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Paper: Wasabi,Banana, Pomegranate, White
Ink: Caramel, Cocoa, Choc., Artichoke,Garden Green
Accessories: rhinestones

FS56 New KSS 3-Step Hey Chicks

2008-03-02T11:24:00.003-05:00

Good Morning! I made this card for todays Featured Stamper 56 on SCS. I love this set and like yesterday's peek I wanted to make a non Easter card. You can buy this set called 3-Step Hey Chick on March 3rd from Kitchen Sink Stamps
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee
Card Supplies:
Stamps: Hey Chick ( Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Paper: NQN, NON, WW, Buckaroo,DP
Ink: Bordering blue, Brocade, NON, Caramel, Apricot,Pumpkin
Accessories: Grey chalk, Brads

KSS New Release 3-Step Honey Bunny

2008-03-01T19:03:00.004-05:00

Well I must say I'm thrilled with the new release sets from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The release date is March 3rd. I really love that this set can be used for Easter as well as everyday. Can you get over how real the bunny looks? Can you believe the bunny is 4-steps? I will have a few more peeks tomorrow so make sure to come back!
Have a great night:)
Dee
Card Supplies
Stamps: Honey Bunny ( Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Paper: Choc. Chip, Black, Tan, PTI White, dp
Ink: Blush, Sahara, Close to Cocoa, Black, Mellow Moss, Garden Green
Accessories: Brads, Matpack, Chocolate Marker

LSC157 Sympathy Card

2008-02-29T17:30:00.002-05:00

Hi there! Thank you for all the prayers for Wesley he's doing really well. He is off the vent and sitting up. He had soild food yesterday. So things are looking good:)
I made this card for a co-worker of my husband.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend:)
Dee
Card Supplies

Stamps: PSX Floral stamp, Kitchen Sink Stamps sentiment
Paper: Lavender Lace, Black , White
Ink: Prismacolor pencils, Black ink

SC165 Forever

2008-02-27T10:58:00.003-05:00

Good Morning! I made this card for today's sketch challenge on SCS. I've missed my Natural Beauty set and felt it needed some love. Hope today is a great day for you.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee
Card Supplies
Stamps: Natural Beauty, Michael's $ stamp
Paper: Bravo, Banana, Mellow, Stella Ruby BG
Ink: Chalk, Bravo, Cranberry, Mellow,
Accessories: pop dots, brads

Jan Marie Happy Birthday!!

2008-02-25T21:43:00.002-05:00

Hi there! This is my birthday card for Jan Marie from Flourishes LLC. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! It's been a pleasure getting to know you and designing for this Awesome company! Thank you all!! Jan Marie is having a huge party and you're invited you can check it out here! Ink up those Flourishes stamps and get busy with it!! See all the details here
See you soon!
Dee

FLLC meets KSS For The First Time

2008-02-24T16:02:00.005-05:00

Hi there! Sorry I've been MIA a very dear friend of mine is in ICU. We packed and drove to Myrtle Beach SC. If you believe in the power of prayer please pray for Wesley! This man talked and held my hand through chemo when my husband was deployed. I love him dearly!! My heart is breaking more than you know. During the same days our third grand daughter turned one! So we went there to " celebrate " her b-day! With that said I know Wes would want me to get back to my life so here I am with some updates and news!

(Jan Marie) From Flourishes LLC has a birthday on Monday 25 Febuary to celebrate Flourishes and ( Jan Marie ) have a party going on!!

How to Play: On Monday, February 25, upload any card or item made with ANY stamp by Flourishes. Use the keyword: fllcjanmariesbirthday. Then post a link to your project in the Flourishes Forum at SCS. This is especially important if you are posting to your Blog only and not SCS. Without linking in the Flourishes Forum at SCS, no one will find you.

What You Can Win: Throughout the day on Monday, Jan Marie will be doing random drawings for small prizes, and there will be a lot!!! Then on Tuesday, she will make selections for the big prizes. The big prizes are:

1 Xyron 900
1 Nestabilities-Standard Classic Circles
1 Nestabilities-Classic Scallop Circles-LG
A pair of Fiskar scissors engraved with Flourishes,LLC
Various Flourishes,llc stamp sets

* I totally copied and stole the above Flourishes info from our team leader Sharon Johnson's blog!! Thanks so much Sharon!!*

This is a glass frame with a mirror square. I stamped the inside with the Rose and Heart set from Kitchen Sink Stamps On the glass I used the new Flourishes LLC set called Many Sentiments.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the FLLC forums on SCS for the Big Birthday Bash! See ya there

FS54 Betty

2008-02-17T12:44:00.002-05:00

Hi there. Wow! what a gorgeous gallery Betty has!! I really had a hard time picking a card. This is the one I went with. I changed the stamps and used a circle instead of oval. Thank you so much for the awesome inspiration. Here's the card I cased

Card Supplies
Stamps: Fancypants Designs, ( Pollen Dust, Simply Stated) QVC corner stamp, Michael's $ stamp
Paper: Kraft, WW, BB,
Ink: Black, Red, Garden Green
Accessories: Circle cutter and punches
TFL!
Have a great day
Dee

FLLC Glass Candle Holders & How To ( Reloaded)

2008-02-15T11:41:00.002-05:00

*ETA* For some reason this post wasn't showing the pictures. I deleted it and reposted it I hope it works now:) Sorry for the double post for those who are google reader.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Hi there! Yesterday I stamped on a mug and thought to myself this background would be so cool on glass. So I ran to Walmart and found these cute glass candle holders the triangle one was .97 cents the rounded square one was $1.23. I used stazon to stamp the background. I had a lot of questions and emails asking how I stamped on the mug so I took a picture to show you. I hope that helps! Just remember to apply a lot of pressure so the ink makes good contact. If you are using craft ink the stamp will slide and will get muddy looking if you press to hard. With the Stazon ink on the glass you need to work super fast because the ink dries fast. I cleaned my stamp with hot water and soap between stamping each side.
You can find this awesome Damask background stamp at Flourishes LLC
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Email Notification and Comments??

2008-02-14T23:21:00.004-05:00

So blogger is acting up! My emails aren't going out and my comments aren't coming in to my email? I have no clue what is up! I'm so sorry!!! If this one goes through make sure to check out what you've missed:) I hate not having control, hummm how many of you knew that? LOL! Anyway I'm aware of the issue. I just don't know how to fix it. I emailed the powers that be, so far no help! Hang in there:)
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

WT153 FLLC Damask Mug

2008-02-14T11:26:00.003-05:00

Hi there! Today I wanted to try this idea I had for the new Damask background stamp from FLLC. I inked up the stamp with craft white ink since it's not mounted it's a clear stamp I laid it on the mug and slowly applied pressure. The design goes right up to the handle on either side. I used a sponge and white craft ink to sponge the top and bottom edge. I also sponged the handle. Fill it with your favorite treat. This is for decorative uses only!! I have no idea if you can wash it. I do know you can dust it:)
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

SC 163 & KSS Card

2008-02-13T09:22:00.006-05:00

Good Morning! Wow what a busy week this has been. I wanted to do today's sketch challenge this is what I came up with. I love these colors together. I also have a rose card to share. I hope today will be a great day for all of you:)
The corner stamp and sentiment are from a clear stamp set I bought from QVC there is no company name on them. The bird is Inkadinkado. The colors I used are Celery, Olive and Ruby Red.

Stamps: Kitchen Sink Stamps
Cardstock: WW
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Cranberry, Bravo, Mellow, Artichoke, Garden Green
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

FS53 KSS U Have The Key!

2008-02-10T15:47:00.000-05:00

Hi there! I made this card for today's FS53 Sarah has a wonderful gallery you can see it here I love this new Kitchen Sink Stamp set called Adornment. This is for my husband for Valentine's Day:)
* ETA I wanted to show a close up picture of one of the locks, can you believe this 3- Step Stamp set Adornment. Holy Cow I about passed out!!! Look at the detail.

Card Supplies
Stamps: 3- Step Adornment, 3- Step Roses and Hearts
Paper: Hunter, Bravo, Blush
Ink: Caramel, Cranberry, Bravo
Accessories: Brads, Ribbon, Oval Punch

Thanks for stopping by
Dee

New KSS Stamps & Leslie's Challenge?

2008-02-09T17:49:00.000-05:00

Hi there! Yesterday was a fun mail day. I had several new stamps waiting to be inked up and loved:) I was so excited to play with the new 3-Step Adornment set from Kitchen Sink Stamps.
Leslie made the most gorgeous card creating a beautiful background from scratch, you know paper, ink and stamps. Leslie asked if anyone would be interested in doing that type thing as a challenge. I got so excited and made this journal. I used vanilla cardstock and stamped the French Script in black. I used one of the stamps from Looks Like Spring and Wonderful Wings. I stamped all kinds of smaller stamps in Choc. Chip, Bravo,Saffron. For the tassel I used Saffron, Cranberry and Bravo. I cut it out and attached it with foam tape. Then I disstress the heck out it using several different disstress inks. Finally I tore a piece of paper and sponged along the torn edge to make the slight pattern. This was a blast to make I hope you like it!
Have a great day:)
Dee

Fantasy Floral Surprise! Are U Ready? ( Tutorial)

2008-02-07T21:38:00.000-05:00

Hi there! What a exciting day Flourishes LLC will be releasing it's first background stamps! I have a little sneak peek for you as well as a new use for the large flower in the Fantasy Floral Garden Set. Are you ready?

1. Start by stamping the large flower with Jet Black Stazon ink (you will need four flowers).

2. Cut,trim and color the flowers as shown. I used Stampin' Up! Marker's ( Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral). I used a black sharpie to go around the edges and to make the tips darker.

3. Punch a circle out of black cardstock using the 1-1/4" punch. ( Stampin' Up! )

4. Arrange the four flowers as shown and adhere to the black circle. * See the finished card below for the placement of the flowers* Sorry I forgot to put it in the picture!
5. Use a decorative brad for the center.

The background for this card was made using the " New" Positive and Negative Damask Background stamps from Flourishes LLC. I Just love these backgrounds! I softened the edges with a sponge and cameo ink. So what did the finished card look like?

There's more! the sentiment is new also. I love the font and the fact it's larger than all other Flourishes words! Can you stand it? I'm trying hard to keep it together at this point to show you the compianion gable box I made with the card to match.

Now adjust your eyes...a different color and design same background stamp! for this card. I stamped both the positive and negative and punched them using the 1-1/4 square punch for the background. Layered on black cardstock.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Dee

WT 152 Thoughtful Owl

2008-02-07T15:36:00.000-05:00

Hi there! Well today I'm running way behind, seems to be my life the past few weeks. I forgot to tell ya that Kitchen Sink Stamps has 2 new releases. I will have some samples for you next week. You can see the new sets here. Maria made two gorgeous cards you won't believe your eye's she has done another amazing 3 step set.
Friday Feb 8th Flourishes LLC has two new released sets be sure to stop by here to see my samples and visit the Flourishes Site to see the full sets! They won't be shown until Friday:)
So this is the card I made for today's WT 152 challenge. I thought I'd try something different lol. I hope today has been a great one for you:) See you bright and early tomorrow with my sneak peeks.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Card Supplies:
Cardstock: Hunter Green, Bravo, WW, My Mind's Eye dp
InK: Jumbo Java, Hunter
Accessories: Rub on and Buttons

CC152 & Some Info

2008-02-05T10:02:00.001-05:00

Good Morning! Well I'm very sorry I've been out of touch for so long. I have a lot going on right now most I can't share at this time:( I can tell you I've been stamping up a storm! You may have noticed I don't use SU! stamps very often anymore. I really didn't like the last catalog and didn't buy anything but paper. So now the new catalog is out and I feel the same about this one, I've decided to leave SU! I'm looking forward to the future and all the wonderful things still to come. I hope you will continue to visit my blog and find inspiration.
If you haven't seen the project of the month for Kitchen Sink Stamps you really want to check it out here. Julie made the most adorable wine glass charms and gives a great tutorial
So here is a card I made for today's color challenge. I think my butterfly slipped a little bit before I snapped the picture.
Card Supplies
Stamps: 3-Step Rose, Wonderful Wings
Paper: Ballet, Apricot, Natural White
Ink: Real Red, Cranberry, Bravo, Mellow, Artichoke, Black
Accessories: Chalk, Circle Cutter,Ribbon
Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

The Winner IS.......Gerriann #55

2008-01-31T09:59:00.001-05:00

Good Morning! The winner of the 3-step Rose set from Kitchen Sink Stamp is Gerriann #55 was the random number choosen. Congratulations Gerriann!! Thanks Maria for making this all possible:) Please email me your home address no later than Feb 2nd. If I don't hear from you I will pick another winner on Feb 3rd. my email address is stampincuzIluv2@aol.com
Thanks for all the wonderful flower ideas here are the top three
1. Tulips
2. Peony
3. Hydrangea

My personal favorite is the Hydrangea:) I'm sure Maria has some awesome 3-step flower sets up her sleeve for all of us flower children! I can't wait to see the next flower released!!
I saw that several of you mentioned Daisies. Kitchen Sink Stamps already have a wonderful Daisy set you can see it here.
Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!
Dee

Fllc Thanks & SC161 Hearts, Blog Candy

2008-01-30T11:47:00.001-05:00

Hi there! I have two cards to share today. But First I want to remind you today is the last day to enter to win the 3- Step Rose Set from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Go here to enter. Good luck!
I made this card for today's SC161 this is a fun layout. My finished card is 5x7 I used only one set on this card Lace Hearts

Card Supplies
Stamps: Lace Heart (Flourishes)
Paper: Purely Pomegrate, Pretty in Pink, Black
Ink: same
Accessories: Ribbon, Rhinestones

This next card was a quick thank you for a guy. I had fun with the layout the stamp sets used are both from Flourishes you can find them here.

Card Supplies
Stamps: FLLC Harlequin & Accessories, Love Nest
Paper: Thyme, Cranberry, Buckaroo,Mustard, WW,Sahara
Accessories: Thanks Rub-on, Brads
Well that's all for now. Have a great day:)
Dee

CC151

2008-01-29T12:05:00.000-05:00

Hi there, this card was made for the color challenge on SCS. I just recieved this awesome set of stamps made by Inkadinkado. We don't have a store here that carries these stamps so I ask my design team buddies if they had one. Jan was so sweet to get it for me! Thank you so much.
The colors today are Going Gray, Basic Gray, and Yo Yo yellow. I used Sahara Sand, Going Gray, Eggplant, and Black ink. I really didn't think I'd like these colors but I think they worked out nicely. The sentiment is Kitchen Sink Stamps
Have a great day!
Dee

TLC 153 Dahlia Fold

2008-01-28T14:20:00.000-05:00

Wow! This was a great challenge today over at SCS. Check out the directions here It's really easy to do. I hope you'll try it. This is what I ended up with. I don't know who makes the paper it was in my scraps.
Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping
Dee

My Take on IC112, Blog Candy Reminder

2008-01-26T14:29:00.000-05:00

Don't forget to enter to win the 3-Step Rose set from Kitchen Sink Stamps.It's been fun seeing all the flowers you want. I can't wait to see what Maria comes up with next!

This was a huge challenge for me!! You can see the inspiration challenge here You should check out the gallery wow a lot of awesome cards for this challenge.

Stamps: 3-Step Rose ( Kitchen Sink Stamps), Art of Life, Long Stemmed, Lace Flower ( Penny Black)
Paper: WW
Ink: Cameo, Blush, Summer Sun, Mellow, Artichoke, Rose Red, Bliss Blue, Distress ink
Accessories: rhinestone

Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Some Candy!! & Tips on Stamping on Dark Paper

2008-01-24T20:59:00.001-05:00

I'm loving this 3-Step Rose Set!! I know you will too:)
So many of you had questions about my WT 150 card so I thought it would be fun to have the 3-Step Rose set as blog candy!!! Maria owner of Kitchen Sink Stamps will mail the winner a brand new set. Thanks so much Maria!!
To enter all you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me what type flower you'd like made into a stamp 3-Step Kitchen Sink Style? One winner will be drawn using random org. Jan 31st. The winner needs to email me your address so Maria can ship it to you. If the winner has not claimed the set by Feb 2nd on Feb 3rd I will draw a new name. I'm excited to see your flower ideas. Good luck everyone!!

I hope this answers the questions I've gotten. I took a few pictures so you can see what your card should look like as you go. I find the best way to apply the paint is with a foam brush. Really work the paint into the brush and wipe off any excess paint on paper towels. Apply the paint to stamp ( Step 1 ) stamp it onto your dark colored card stock I used Choc Chip. Clean off your stamp with a wet towel and let the image dry completely. Since these stamps are on acrylic blocks it's easy to stamp the image again. Repeat Step 1. Clean stamps. Let dry completely. The first picture shows you while the paint is still wet it is very white but as it dries it lightens. The next three pictures show you how it looks as you add the steps. The finished card can be seen here

This is really fun to do. I hope you will try it. If you do please post a link to your card. I would love to see them. Feel free to email me if you have more questions.
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Wt150 Use Paint KSS Chocolate Roses

2008-01-24T12:25:00.000-05:00

Hi there! This took a while to make I had to let the paint dry:)
This is for the WT150 challenge. I used white acrylic paint for step 1 of the rose and leaves. I applied the paint with a foam brush very lightly. I stamped it off and then stamped it on the choc chip paper. I used Craft white ink for the sentiment
This stamp set is called 3-Step Roses found at the Kitchen Sink Stamps Store.

Rose steps
1. White Folk Art paint
2. Rose Red ink
3. Real Red ink
4. Bravo ink

Leaves
1. White Folk Art paint
2.Artichoke ink
3. Garden Green ink

I'm loving these roses:) Thanks for looking
enjoy the day!

SC160 KSS Roses

2008-01-23T09:29:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! My new Rose set arrived from Kitchen Sink Stamps!! It's to gorgeous for words. I love it!! This card is for today's sketch challenge. My finished card is 5x7. I used Black and Rose Red CS (SU!) the white is PTI. All stamps Kitchen Sink Stamps.
Ink for the Rose
1. Rose Red stamped off
2. Rose Red
3. Real Red
4. Bravo

Ink for the leaves
1. Mellow
2. Artichoke
3. Garden Green
black for the words

Rose ink
1. Summer Sun stamped off
2. Summer Sun
3. More Mustard
4. Cranberry Crisp

Leaves
1. Mellow Moss
2. Artichoke
3. Garden Green

Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

KSS Heart and Soul

2008-01-21T10:44:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! All the stamps used are from Kitchen Sink Stamps
I used the following stamp sets: Forever & Always, Playful Alphabet, and Thanks With Style. Card stock Choc Chip, Rose Red, and Basic Grey (Two Scoops and Blush) My ink is Jumbo Java I love that ink!! I bought mine from Maria at Kitchen Sink Stamps. The layout I used is from the CPS# 48. Great inspiration for layouts on that site!
Thanks for stopping by:) I have some cool " Cuz I Want To Say Thanks " candy later this week!! Be sure to check back:)
Enjoy the day
Dee

KSS B-day

2008-01-20T11:40:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I needed a birthday card for a guy. I checked out the FS50 on SCS and went from there. Kathy is today's featured stamper you can see her beautiful gallery here All stamps are Kitchen Sink Stamps. This set is called Happy Birthday Cupcake. It was so fun making a guy b-day card without using Lovely As a Tree:) I hope you've been inspired to stamp today!
Enjoy the day:)
Dee

LSC151 PTI Dreams

2008-01-18T12:05:00.000-05:00

Hi there! I decided to try the limited supply challenge on SCS today. I bought this set from PTI awhile ago and really didn't know what to do with it once I bought it:) I'm sure you've done that before! When I saw the challenge I knew I had to use this set. The card stock is Bravo and Kraft. I used Bravo and Artichoke ink. I love to stamp soild images over the floral background so that's what I did here.
Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

SC159

2008-01-16T09:02:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I made this card for today's SC159. Did you know Kitchen Sink Stamps has some new releases today? You can see them here Make sure you go check them out! I love the new sets:)
Flourishes has become a memeber company on SCS. Be sure to check out the forum. You can now load your Flourishes cards and projects into the gallery using FLLC in the keyword.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee
Card supplies:
Paper: Choc Chip, Rose Red, Olive, Pumpkin
Ink: Same
Stamps: Time Well Spent, Michael's $ stamp

Another Mask FLLC

2008-01-14T08:49:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Man are these fun to make! This one maybe a bit over the top but it is Mardi Gras!! The stamps are from the new release from Flourishes it's called Mardi Gras.
I used Eggplant, Garden Green and Summer Sun paper and ink.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

FS49 New FLLC Mardi Gras

2008-01-13T12:12:00.000-05:00

Hi there! This is one of the new stamp sets released by FLLC called Mardi Gras. This set is really cool you can see it here I made this card for today's FS49 seen here
Card Supplies:
Card Stock: Eggplant, Summer Sun
Ink: Summer Sun, Garden Green, Eggplant
Stamps: Mardi Gras, FLLC
I uses iridescent ice embossing powder on the mask.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

KSS U R My Love

2008-01-10T08:50:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I made this Gate Fold Pop Up card using stamps from Kitchen Sink Stamps. (Playful Alphabet, Never a Loss 4 Words, Thanks with Style.) The larger hearts are made using my Cricut. The letter "Y" has stars and stripes I covered the stars with mini heart brads. I used my scor- pal to make the folds.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

SU! CC148, Mojo 19

2008-01-08T10:38:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! When I saw today's colors for the CC148 I thought yuk! Wasbi, Buckaroo, Banana. My next thought was Artfully Asian. So here's my go at the challenge. I also love the sketches for Mojo Monday's over at Julee's blog so I used that for my layout. I colored the flowers with a banana marker and hit it in spots with a prismacolor pencil.

* If you haven't entered Nicole's blog candy yet today's the last day! Check out what she has from Kitchen Sink Stamps!

Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

FLLC Open To Love

2008-01-07T07:31:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! For this card I used watercolor paper and watercolor crayons. The stamps are both from Flourishes Open to Love, and Lace Heart.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Card Supplies:
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Blush, Watercolor paper.
Ink: Jet Black stazon, Watercolor crayons.
Accessories: Aqua painter, Pop dots, Sponges

FS48 Pollen Dust & KSS

2008-01-06T10:05:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! This was a really fun card to make! I stamped the background using Backgrounds and Borders from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The Heart is cut out and mounted on pop dots. The heart is from Pollen Dust Stamp set by Fancy Pants Designs
You can see the featured stamper Nancy Riley's gallery here. This is the card I cased
Have a great day!
Dee

KSS It's Party Time! Line Them Up! & Sharon's Challenge 16

2008-01-05T18:55:00.000-05:00

Hi there! I made this card for Sharon's long and low challenge. This was a blast to make, I just got some new (KSS) Kitchen Sink Stamps and ink and couldn't wait to play! I also wanted to share with you how quick and easy this card was. I just lined my letters on one acrylic block and used versamagic ink pads. You could also use SU! spots:)Fast...Fun...Done!!

Don't forget to check out Nicole's blog her scarf's ROCK!! You can win a free set of the 3-Step Daisy too!!
Have a great night:)
Dee

My Comfort Zone LSC149

2008-01-04T10:07:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I made this card for the LSC on SCS make a card without using white or vanilla cardstock. I used blush, mellow,and cameo. The pictures will show you what the flowers and leaves look like using markers and prismacolor pencils on colored cardstock. I learned this technique from Asela's Blog I decided to only use the pencils on my leaves.
I hope this is helpful. Have a great day!
Dee

Card Supplies:
Stamps: IFB, Artfully Asian
Paper: Mellow, Cameo, Blush
Ink: Cameo, Mellow, Black Stazon
Accessories: Cutterbug, Jewels, Prismacolor Pencils, Ribbon, Pop dots

Happy New Year!!

2008-01-02T11:03:00.000-05:00

Sorry I'm a day late with my Happy New Year wishes!! I had some major health issues the past few days, not exactly my plan to start off 2008. I'm feeling much better today and wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all of you that visit my blog! When I started blogging I wasn't sure what I was doing or how to do it! You've stuck with me and I thank you. Something you may not know about me I collect elephants. I ran across a online store that has the cutest elephant stamps. I had to buy them both. The store is Peachy Keen Stamps. This was my first order from them and the customer service was great, super fast shipping. I'm sure I haven't done this little guy justice I need to practice making him look cute and adorable. I admire so many stamper's that can color animals so well they look so cute you just want to hug them:) The words are from Never a Loss 4 Words by Kitchen Sink Stamps Well I hope your having a great 2008!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

FLLC Hidden Kiss

2007-12-29T11:23:00.001-05:00

Good Morning! Well after a much needed stampin break my mojo is back:) I'm just thrilled with the out come of this project. I stamped the heart and embossed it with silver. I did DTP using chalk ink. I cut the heart out and used a black sharpie around the edges. I wanted a little pocket to hold a couple of Hershey Kisses so I messed around with the idea until I came up with this. The words are stamped on Shrinky Dink using Black stazon. The words in the set are much larger. This set is from Flourishes LLC it's called Lace Heart. I took a couple of pictures to show you what the heart looked like before putting it on my card. I stamped the tissue using the reindeer from Flourished Christmas. I placed one Hershey Kiss inside:)
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

More Gifts

2007-12-28T09:38:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Things are slowly getting back to normal here. Although I haven't stamped in days! I think I'm all stamped out:)I have a few more gifts to share. The card totes using Kitchen Sink 3 Step Daisy were made for my mom and sister. Each tote holds 6-8 cards with envelopes. I know some of you maybe wondering if I threw out all my other stamps since this set is the one you have seen the most. This was the set I decided to use for most of my stamped gifts this year. The tin set has Fireside, cookies, and some chocolate. I covered the tin in red cardstock and used puff paint on the foam. The lid of the tin has the same BG Figgy paper as the cookies. I really thing this is a cute set. The stamp set used is SU! Like it a Latte.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Did Santa Bring You Something Fun From The Kitchen?

2007-12-26T00:21:00.000-05:00

Hi There! I hope you had a Merry Christmas!! Ours was wonderful. I haven't stamped anything the past two days but I did want to tell you about a sale going on today 12-26-07 ONLY!! Over at Kitchen Sink Stamps. Why fight the traffic and crowds when you can get everything you want from The Kitchen Sink online today only with a great sale price? Maria over at Kitchen Sink knows Santa was very busy and may have missed some of the fun things you can find at Kitchen Sink Stamps! so she is having a one day sale of 15% off!! Use the promotion code BOWS to recieve the 15% discount. Happy shopping!!
The Kitchen Crew is all fired up for 2008!! You ain't seen nothing yet!!:) Get inspired from the gallery found here or check out the design teams gallery on SCS Have a wonderful day!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Another Gift Using Toile Blossoms

2007-12-23T13:05:00.001-05:00

Hi There! I've had this idea for this box for months, I've colored hundreds of images trying to get the color right. I refused to give up!! Yippee I did it! I'm so excited I'm really happy with the results. I used shimmery white cardstock I love that stuff. I did the coloring with ink pads and blender pens. Can you believe to get the color on the leaves right I used Old Olive, Garden Green and on the outer edge Caramel. I have 2 pictures to share. There's some kind of strange glare on the close up the shading is soft and pretty IRL :) I hope everyone is ready for Christmas!! This will be my last post until after Christmas. Have a Wonderful Holiday! Be safe.
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

From My Kitchen to Yours!!!

2007-12-21T13:42:00.000-05:00

Hi there! I found these recipe holders over a year ago at Target. I bought a bunch of them and decided after making one using dp it was way to much work! Fast forward to Christmas 2007 and my Kitchen Sink Stamps and WOOHOO!! I've been cranking these out like nobody's business:) So here is one set I made for my neighbor who just love's everything I cook LOL. She flipped when I gave this to her along with some of my favorite recipes. I stamped this directly on the box. I stuck my large acrylic block inside the box and added cardstock on top of the block until the box was firm. It stamped up like a dream:) I have so many gifts to show you but I want to wait until each person has recieved it,btw I still have stuff to mail so who knows it maybe next year before you see them all:) sad but true.
I hope you are getting all your stampin finished. If not maybe this will inspire you to make a recipe holder with matching cards for someone on your list.
Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

SC155, Something for Valentine's Day!

2007-12-19T08:53:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Finally finished with all my Christmas stamping Yippee!!! So I thought I'd get a head start on Valentine's Day:) The card and candy tote both feature the birds from the Love Nest set made by Flourishes. I used Prismacolor pencils and baby oil to color. I love my cuttlebug so I used that as well.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

FS45 Birthday Card Using KS Stamps

2007-12-16T12:13:00.000-05:00

Hi there! Today's FS was the inspiration for this card. As you know I totally love this set:) 3- Step Daisy from Kitchen Sink Stamps I needed a card for my sister's birthday this is what I made. I'm having a love affair with hunter green I love it with garden green on all the leaves from KS. I use it on the holly as well. I used the Blue Frost Spectrum pad for the flowers and garden green and hunter for the leaves. The dew drops were a wonderful gift from a very special someone:) Thank you so much I love them!! Well have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Sharon's no layer challenge & LSC146

2007-12-15T08:16:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Sharon posted a challenge on her blog to make no layer cards. This has always been a challenge for me so I thought I would give it a shot. Lucky for me my new stamp set Lace Hearts arrived yesterday! The card is pretty basic no layers, white card base. Black and red ink only. The scallop along the bottom was made using the heart in the set. I only inked part of the top of the heart. For the limited supply challenge on SCS you could use layers but had to use white as your card base. So this works for that as well.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

KS Fireside Tins

2007-12-13T10:02:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I wanted to share with you a great recipe and my super simple packaging idea. Inside the tin I made my special winter mix called Fireside.

Here's the recipe you will love this:)
2 cups instant hot chocolate
2 cups coffee creamer
1 cup instant coffee
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Mix well. Store in airtight container or glass jar. Add 2 tablespoons of mix ( or to taste) to 6-8 oz of hot water. Stir and enjoy!

I also put a few chocolate dipped candy cane sticks and some assorted chocolate candy. I used my cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder for the top of the tin and wrapped it up in cellophane. I made a tag using Playful Christmas stamp set from Kitchen Sink Stamps
On the back of the tag I put the recipe:)
Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Open To Love New Release

2007-12-12T09:11:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Open To Love is now available from Flourishes LLC. For this card I used my cuttlebug to emboss the background. The vase is from the Open To Love set the Thank You is from Flourished Words set. I colored this with markers. The layout is from today's SC154. I'm still finishing up Christmas projects I hope you are finished with your shopping and crafting!! Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Kitchen Sink Candles!

2007-12-08T18:49:00.001-05:00

Hi there! Gift giving has been so easy this year thanks to so many great stamps on the market! I love the WOW factor. Non stamper's would never guess it was so easy:) Gotta love that. I made these candles in literally minutes and I love the way they turned out!! Yep you guessed it I will be in auto mode cranking these babies out. I've seen so many great tutorials on stamping on candles that I decided to just link to the one that's on SCS I used the Holly and Mistletoe set from Kitchen Sink Stamps. I'm amazed at the results everytime I use this set! Well I'm off to make more candles. Have a great night!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Stamps: Holly and Mistletoe (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Ink: Mellow Moss, Artichoke, Hunter, Caramel, Red, Bravo

New Release from Flourishes LLC

2007-12-07T08:38:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Flourishes has two new releases available later this month. I thought you might enjoy a little peek at what's coming:) The set is call Love Nest. I'm still hard at work trying to knock out my Christmas projects sigh...
Have a great day!
Dee

CPS42 Fantasy Floral

2007-12-05T10:27:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Well I'm so excited! I had happy mail my Flourishes stamps arrived. This is the card I made for the CPS42 featuring Fantasy Floral Garden by Flourishes LLC. I wanted this to look aged so I used distress ink while the stamped images were still wet so it would smear. I also shadow stamped the images. I used a scallop punch and overlaped the artichoke ones so my main image would stand out. I apologize for the bad photo the sheer ribbon placed on the very edge made this hard to crop.
Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day:)
Dee

KS CC143

2007-12-04T10:53:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I used the snowflake embossing folder on the celery card stock. I layered that on old olive. I stamped the trees from Playful Christmas made by Kitchen Sink Stamps in celery and old olive. I backed part of the cut out tree with black cardstock so it would pop. I used small rhinestones for the tree topper.
Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Still time to get your discount!

2007-12-03T17:17:00.000-05:00

Today Dec 3, 2007 is another exciting day over at Kitchen Sink Stamps. Maria has a 10% sale going on today only!! Here's the best part she also released 4 new sets Use the promotion code SCSDEC to recieve the 10% discount. Happy shopping!!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Flourished Christmas CPS42

2007-12-03T10:23:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Flourishes will be the feature company on the CPS blog this week. The sketch is wonderful! The featured stamp set is Fantasy Floral I don't have it yet but I really wanted to play:) So I pulled out my Flourished Christmas set and decided I would make a black and white Christmas card. The large panel uses the antlers only from the reindeer. I used tape to mask off the face and body of the reindeer and just repeated the process until I was happy with the result. If you have this set you really should try this I love the way it turned out, I hope you do to.
I know it seems I've been MIA but I've been working hard making gifts and cards for Christmas. You've seen most of what I've been making. I hope to have some new things to share with you in the next few days.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Dee

SC152 Good Friends

2007-11-28T10:25:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I made this card for today's challenge. I really love these two stamps together. I colored the image on shimmery white card stock using pastels. I used a copper paint pen on the edges. I'm not sure I will be using this layout for my Christmas cards for close friends but I do know I will be using these stamps.
Stamps: Inkadinkadoo, Lizzie Anne
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Shimmery White
Ink: Black
Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Copper Paint Pen, Ribbon, Oval Punch
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Playful Christmas Basket

2007-11-27T10:27:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! This is one of my top sellers. Last year I made hundreds of these and had to stop taking orders for them. This year I'm making the ones I did last year as well as some using a few new stamp sets. For this basket I used Playful Christmas from Kitchen Sink Stamps. I love this set:)Inside this basket there's Hershey nuggets, Hot Cocco, Mixed nuts, and Peppermint candy.Here's a few from last year

I made these using Michelle Fischer on SCS. Thanks again Michelle for the wonderful directions:)
So as you can see I've been stamping up a storm! I hope you will be inspired to make some of these fun little baskets.
Stamps: Playful Christmas
Paper: Mellow Moss, WW,
Ink: Artichoke, Garden Green, Mellow Moss
Accessories: Brads, Ribbon, Tag Punch, Ticket Punch, Rhinestones
Enjoy the day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Cut and color when needed

2007-11-26T09:05:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! In the past I have colored and cut out tons of flowers. I never seem to have the color I need cut out. With this set I decided to do things different I stamped all the images in black stazon and cut them. Now when I need the images I can quickly color to match my project. See the pictures:) I love doing it this way I hope you will too.
Have a great day
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Happy Thanksgiving, and WT141, Mojo12 card

2007-11-22T11:16:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I know I should be cooking or cleaning but I just had to do the challenge lol. I saw Julee's Mojo Monday card on SCS and loved it. I wanted to try the layout. I think I'm really going to like the set from SU! So many things about this card aren't my normal style but it's fun sometimes to jump out of my box:)
Supplies used:

Stamps: Time Well Spent
Paper: Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Artichoke, WW
Ink: Black, Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Old Olive
Accessories: Rhinestones, Ribbon, Foam tape

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Thanks for stopping by.
Dee

SC151 Time Well Spent

2007-11-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I want to thank all of you that contacted me with the information on the unknown snowman:) I'm happy to say I ordered him and can't wait to have him back in my stamp collection. Thanks so much you ROCK.
Yesterday I recieved my free set from SU! I stamped a full sheet in black stazon and cut them out that way I can just color and go. I really like the way this turned out. The dp is BG Figgy, I used old olive and whisper white cardstock as well. I colored this with markers.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

CC141 Unknown Snowman

2007-11-20T09:53:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I love this snowman I have no idea who makes him. He was lost many years ago when we moved. My husband found this stamped image in a box in the garage. I wanted to cry...I had forgotten all about this stamp. If you know where I can this snowman please let me know. This card was made for the color challenge. Colored it with markers. I distressed the edges a bit. The card stock is Wild Wasabi, Pretty In Pink, and Natural White.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

The Secret's Out!

2007-11-19T08:55:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I have some exciting news to share. I'm on the new Flourishes design team!! I'm thrilled to be designing with these awesome talented ladies. I quickly fell in love with these stamps and look forward to creating some cool projects for all of you. Here is the first project I'd like to share with you. I love the way this Christmas tin turned out. The stamps are so elegant your projects look like a million bucks with little effort. I purchased the tin at Hobby Lobby and the Fern- Rhinestones from Jacksonbelle's store.
ETA: Congratulations Ladies!! I look forward to designing with you:) The links are listed on my side bar.
Flourishes Design Team
Jan Tink
Kelly Sampson
Leslie Miller
Lisa Somerville
Natasha Trupp
Sharon Johnson, Design Team Leader
Tracy Durcan

Have a wonderful day :)
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Gift Bag

2007-11-17T11:02:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Well I've been a very busy girl:) Most of which I can't show you yet. I'm sure you remember the gable box and Christmas card I made earlier. This is the quick and easy gift bag I made to put all my yummy treats in. This time I cut a sheet of WW cardstock in half. I stamped all the half sheets with the words first. I then stamped all of the one step stamps on each half sheet of cardstock repeat with step two and three. For the berries I only did step one and two. By stamping all your half sheets with each step it makes this project super fast and easy. It would take forever to make this if you completed each holly one at a time:)I found the gift bags at Hobby Lobby 2 for a dollar:)You can purchase the 3-Step Holly and Mistletoe set from Maria at Kitchen Sink Stamps
Supplies used:
Gift Bag
Stamps: Holly And Mistletoe (Kitchen Sink Stamps), One Of The Joys by (Stampabilities), Itty Bitty Background (SU!)
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Mellow, Garden Green, Hunter, Saffron, Real Red, Black
Enjoy the day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Sc150 Something Sweet For You Today:)

2007-11-14T09:59:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Every year I make chocolate Christmas cards. Chocolate Chip is my hands down favorite cardstock color. I love today's sketch and I love this card *blushing* Well I do!! Anyway the only ink used was Chocolate Chip:)
Once again stamp one full sheet of cardstock and cut, another super simple Christmas card!
Have a great day
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

CC140 Pollen Petals

2007-11-13T11:15:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! I made this card for today's color challenge on SCS. I put a little extra time into this one (wink) I hope you have a great day:)
Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Petal Prints, Pollen Dust,, Paisley, Thanks With Style ( KS)
Paper: Pom, Kraft
Ink: White Craft, Rose Red,
Accessories: Matpack, Ribbon, Swirl Clip

Dee

Super Simple Elegant Christmas

2007-11-12T09:13:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! As I mentioned to you before this year my Christmas cards need to be simple, and easy to mass produce. I also wanted to make cards that didn't require extra postage. I love this card design the colors are so elegant IMO:) I used Adia Cloth background stamp with versamark on hunter green card stock only for the card base. I stamped a full sheet of WW with Baroque Motifs and the berries from Peaceful Wishes. I used hunter green ink and real red.I stippled the edges with artichoke ink.
Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Storage Solution For Clear Stamps

2007-11-11T08:35:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Today I want to share with you my idea for storing Kitchen Sink and other clear stamps. I'm sure most of you use CD cases however I wanted to keep my stamp sets all together the 3-step daisy set would have to go in two cases. So check this out:) I kept the stamps on the sheets they came with.
Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

BLOG CANDY CLAIMED!!!

2007-11-10T17:56:00.000-05:00

Hi there! Just a quick post to let you know that Jan did email me so we do have a WINNER!!!
Thank you all so much for the awesome gift ideas. I'll be back tomorrow with a couple of things to share:)
Have a great Saturday!!
Dee

Jan Scholl Where are you???More Cards For Mom

2007-11-09T15:27:00.000-05:00

If I haven't heard from Jan Scholl by tomorrow I will draw another winner for my blog candy!
Hi there, This time I made no layer cards. These are for my Mom it's a set of six. Mom wanted cards that didn't require extra postage so I'm trying to do just that:) I colored the image with chalk and q-tips.
Have a great stamping day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee
Stamp: Inkadinkadoo
Ink: Black Stazon, Stampin Pastels

Simple card

2007-11-08T12:17:00.000-05:00

Hi there! I was talking to my mom yesterday and she mentioned she would like some of my cards to give to friends and ladies at church. I wanted to make something pretty that didn't need extra postage. This is what I came up with. I love the paper but can't remember who makes it sorry. I colored this using ink and blender pens.
Have a happy day!
Dee

And the WINNER IS............& SC149 Holly Gift

2007-11-07T09:57:00.001-05:00

Good Morning! The Winner is.................. Lucky #2
******* Jan Scholl*********** Come on down!!! Please email me so I can get your gift certificate to you!! You're gonna love shopping at Jacksonbelle's store:)
Here's what Jan said.

Jan Scholl said...
Since I really dont do the whole family gift thing at Christmas, my favorite hand made thing to do is get out my home printed checks (I have made my own for 15 years now), fill them in by hand and then deliver them to my favorite charities the day after Christmas. I write them out on December 25 and put them in envelopes and stamp them up pretty.

November 1, 2007 1:18 AM

Thank you all for the great gift idea's!!! They're wonderful. I'll be sharing mine with you in the next few days.

Here's my card for today's SC 149 this is a bit out of my comfort zone but I had some leftover stamped paper from the cards I made on friday. It was just to pretty to trash but really not big enough for a card. Then I remembered I'd bought a tag punch a few years back and my card was born!! I hope it looks like a gift to you lol. The strip going across the middle of the card is backgrounds and borders from Kitchen Sink Stamps. I stamped it on WW with Garden Green ink. Don't you love it?
Stamps: Mistletoe and Holly , Backgrounds and Borders Kitchen Sink Stamps,
Paper: non SU! green and red, WW
Ink: Mellow, Artichoke, Garden Green, Real Red Cranberry, Saffron
Accessories: tag punch, jewels, ribbon, cord
Have a great day!!
Dee

Last day for blog candy comments!!!! TLC141

2007-11-06T08:30:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! Today is the last day to enter for my blog candy giveaway!! I will draw the winner Nov 7th in the morning. If you didn't leave your email address make sure you check back. Wow!! The gift ideas listed in the comments are fantastic. I really enjoyed reading all of them. Some I will use this year as well. Thanks so much for taking your time to share!!
Here's my pocket card for TLC141 These are hard to take pictures of sorry for the poor quality. The finished card is 5x5. I love the One Of The Joys stamp from Stampabilities.
Have a great day:)
Dee

More Kitchen Sink 3 Step Daisy's

2007-11-04T08:03:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! This notebook came together just beautifully. I bought the book at Target. At first I thought I would stamp on SU! Kraft CS to get my colors and placement down before I stamped directly on the book. So I cut my paper to the size of the book and started stamping I used the 3 Step Daisy and Backgrounds & Borders Sets from Kitchen Sink I used several different colors of ink all SU! for the daisy I used Red, Ruby Red, Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Cocoa, and Black. The last three were for the centers. The greens I used were Artichoke, and Garden Green.

Don't forget to enter my BLOG CANDY!! Just scroll down a few post. Good Luck!!
Have a great day,
Dee

LSC140 KS Holly

2007-11-02T09:00:00.000-04:00

*ETA* Don't forget to enter for my Blog Candy!!! You only have until Nov 7th:)Scroll down You could be a winner!!!!!!!

Good Morning! This is the card I made for today's LSC.
Make a holiday card that would be easy to reproduce and not require extra postage... Make a FLAT holiday card! I had to play with my new stamps. This card was super fast!! Just stamp a full sheet of card stock and cut it. I used fine lace on the bottom. Super fast,easy to reproduce, and flat! Look it matches my gable box:)
Stamps: Holly and Mistletoe, Fine Lace
Paper: Artichoke, WW
Ink: Mellow, Artichoke, Garden Green, Saffron, Red, Cranberry

Have a great day
Thanks for stopping by
Dee

OH MY!!!!!! I Luv this Set

2007-11-01T09:51:00.000-04:00

Good Morning! I'm just beside myself with joy!! I recieved my new released stamps from Kitchen Sink and once again I'm in love!!! Straight from the package I created a quick and easy gable box that looks like a million bucks and hours and hours of work! Shhhhhh don't tell my friends and family that it was as easy as 1 2 3:)
Today is the day to hop over to SCS and see the Design Teams Samples. Maria has a banner on SCS today with a special be sure to check that out you can see all the new sets at the Kitchen Sink Store
Lastly don't forget to leave a comment for my blog candy. It's great reading all your handmade gift ideas:)
Have a great day!
Dee

Blog Candy!!!!!! & Kitchen Sink Holiday Stamps

2007-10-31T22:31:00.000-04:00

I was shocked to see my blog had gone over 15,000 a few days ago!! I want to say thank you for stopping by. Thank you for your time, comments, emails, and cards. I've met so many awesome people and made wonderful friends. One of my favorite shopping places is Jacksonbelle's
Lindsey ROCKS!!!! So my blog candy to the lucky winner is a gift certificate to shop at Lindsey's store. To enter please leave a comment sharing your favorite hand made gift to give during the holidays. I’ll use the random number generator to select a winner on Wednesday November 7th. If you enter please make sure to check back or post your email address with your comment. A new winner will be choosen on Nov 10th if I haven't heard from you. Good Luck!!!!

Don't forget to check out the new holiday stamps over at Kitchen Sink!! They are Fabulous!!
Jump on over to SCS and check out the banner! look for the code and go shopping!! I'll see you there:)
Dee

Kitchen Sink New Release! CC138

2007-10-29T21:17:00.000-04:00

Extra! Extra! Did you hear the news? Kitchen Sink is releaseing four new awesome stamp sets. It's like early Christmas in just two days. Get ready for more stamping fun. Maria has a sneek peek on her blog

I had my grand kids in mind when I made this card:) The colors are not my normal choice so this was fun! I really think they will love getting this in the mail. I colored this with markers and ink with a blender pen.

Stamps: Candy Cane, Inkadinkado, Stampabilities
Paper: Turq,Saffron,Red
Ink: Turq,Red,Saffron,Black,Orange
Accessories: Ribbon
* Don't forget tomorrow is Blog Candy time so be sure to come back!
Have a great day!
Dee

Tall Black, White And Basic Gray Card

2007-10-29T10:53:00.000-04:00

Good Morning! I hope you had a great weekend:) This card is so pretty IRL. I have tried for three days to get a good picture. We have a sunny day here today and I think this is as good as it gets. I used the 3 step daisy set from Kitchen Sink Stamps. I only used step 2 and 3. For step 2 I used Versamark. For step 3 I used Craft White. The center stamp is Jet Black Stazon. The words are from Studio G dollar set. I so love the new Basic Gray card stock from SU! used here with Basic Black also from SU!
Card Supplies
Stamps: 3-Step Daisy, Studio G
Paper: SU! Basic Gray, Basic Black
Ink: Stazon Black, Craft White, Versamark
Accessories: Ribbon

I just noticed I went over 15,000 hits WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!! Thank You All So Much:) I have some blog candy for you! I will share it with you on Wednesday so make sure you come back to sign up for that.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

FS 38 Nitestamper

2007-10-28T11:55:00.000-04:00

Hi there! I hope you're having a great weekend. I've spent most of it trying to clean my stamp room. I haven't stamped in a few days so I wanted to do the challenge today. I messed up the placement of Merry Christmas I should have cut it even with the other layers. Gotta love it when your tape actually sticks completely the first time:) Anyway back to cleaning
Enjoy the day!
Dee
Card Supplies
Stamps: Teddy and Snowman ( Hampton Art Stamps) Sentiment from Flourishes Christmas
Paper: Wasabi, WW, DP
Ink: Black Stazon, Prismacolor Pencils
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch,Brads, Ribbon,Baby Oil

SC 147 Motifs card

2007-10-24T10:39:00.000-04:00

Good Morning! I really like the layout for today's sketch challenge over at SCS. I wanted to use SU! stamps today. I know it seems forever ago since I've posted a SU! card so here it is!:)
Card Supplies
Stamps: Baroque Motifs
Paper: Pretty In Pink, Pomegranate, WW, Designer Textured Paper
Ink: Rose Red
Accessories: Mat Pack, Gold Circle and Flower Brads
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Some Exciting News!!!!!!!!

2007-10-22T07:10:00.000-04:00

Good Morning! This week has started out great, I recieved a email from Maria over at Kitchen Sink Stamps inviting me to be on the Visiting Kitchen Crew!!!!!!! Can you imagine my excitement? It took me less than a minute to say yes! I love her stamps and can't wait for more releases. This week Craft Critique will have feature stories and reviews of the stamps be sure to check it out. More great news Kitchen Sink Stamps has announced it's brand new Kitchen Crew and Visiting Crew you can see all the Crew members on my side bar or look here. I'm thrilled to be a guest in the Kitchen with all these talented stampers. So much fun to come!
Today's project uses the Kitchen Sink 3-Step Daisy set that I just love. I made the tote using my awesome friend Leslie's tutorial that you can see here. Leslie used designer paper on her tutorial. I stamped my WW card stock first with the Daisy set and then cut and scored the tote. You may have noticed the colors I used are the same as my other gift set that's because I still had everything out and I love the color combo so much I decided to make another set. There are 4 cards with matching envelopes that fit inside the tote you can see the 2 styles of cards in the picture.
You can win a free stamp set from Kitchen Sink Stamps follow this link to read how.
Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!
Dee

2007 Quick & Easy Christmas Card

2007-10-20T12:05:00.000-04:00

Hi there! Every year around this time I struggle to design my Christmas cards for people I'm not sure will appreciate a handmade card. I want to make all my cards but can't see putting a lot of time and money into them. I don't want to mail out junk either! I usually pick images that don't need to be colored because that takes time. Here is one I really like and it will be a breeze to mass produce. I hope this simple card will inspire some of you to make all your Christmas cards this year not just the WOW one's for special friends and family. If you have a Qucik & Easy Christmas card you would like to share please leave a link in the comments.
The sentiment stamp can be found here The tree is Lovely As A Tree SU!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

For WT136 Flourish Reindeer

2007-10-18T13:25:00.000-04:00

Hi there! I wasn't going to do today's challenge until I thought about trying this idea I had in my head. I love it so far. I'm afraid to stamp the sentiment or punch a hole for brads, faux stitching is totally out of the question lol. My history is when I color or create something I love and try to add to it with any of the techniques I just mentioned, something horrible happens! I perfect example would be my stamp won't be straight leaving my masterpiece with crooked words!!!! I really wish I could share all the steps I did to make this but to be honest it's a blur. I do know the reindeer was done using the pencil over technique. I stamped it in Black stazon right on top of the trees which were stamped on dp using artichoke and hunter ink. I went over the reindeer with barely banana marker let it dry and then colored it with prismacolor pencils.
Stamps: Flourishes Christmas, Lovely As A Tree
Paper: Dp, Black
Ink: Hunter, Artichoke, Stazon Black, Craft White, B Banana Marker
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Wood Frame
Techniques: Pencil Over

Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

SC 146 Just for you

2007-10-17T14:10:00.000-04:00

I made this card to match the gift set below using the SC146 layout. I love these colors together. The flower has so many different looks using different colors.
Card Supplies:
Stamps: Fine Lace, KS 3 Step Daisy
Paper: Rose Red, WW, Mellow Moss, Blush
Ink: Blush, Mellow Moss, Cameo, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Accessories: Circle Punches, Ribbon, Silver Cord
TFL!
Dee

Strut Your Stuff Flourishes Contest Card

2007-10-17T10:40:00.001-04:00

Here's my card for the SYS on SCS today. I totally love this set!! It's so easy to make gorgeous cards because the stamps are so pretty. For this Christmas card I stamped the tree on SU! Basic Grey CS I embossed it with silver embossing powder. I stamped the Rejoice in black ink. To make the silver stripes I used sticky tape with silver embossing powder, make sure you heat set it. I then layered it onto BB card stock. The dp is from a mat stack called Old World. The finished card fits inside a 5x7 envelope. TFL!
Card Supplies:
Stamps: Flourished Christmas
Paper: Basic Grey, Mellow, Black, Old World dp
Ink: Black, Craft White,
Accessories: silver embossing powder, ticket punch,sticky tape, ribbon, silver cord
Have a great day :)
Dee

KS Gift Set

2007-10-17T09:37:00.001-04:00

Good Morning! Sorry I've been MIA. I had a few things going on and just didn't have anything to post. I stamped yesterday so I have a few things to show you. As you know I love flowers. I've been playing with my 3 Step Daisy set from Kitchen Sink Stamps man oh man do I love this set. I decided to make a gift set which includes a small tin filled with Hershey nuggets. A gift bag that has Starbucks coffee inside. The gift card holder is also to Starbucks. I used SU! Shimmery White card stock it's really pretty IRL.
A special thank you to my gf Pinky who gave me the small tins and fold down bags when I was in the hospital. I just love them!
So have you made your card for the Flourishes Strut Your Stuff Contest yet? I have mine already to load so stay tune for that!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Beate's WSC23 & Lindsey's Inka Contest

2007-10-13T12:32:00.000-04:00

Hi there! I'm so excited Beate has a great sketch challenge this weekend you can see it here Lindsey has a Inkadinkado Card Contest going on you can see it here
With so much inspiration how could I pass these up? My stamp is made by Inkadinkado. I colored the hummingbird after I googled hummingbirds and saw one I liked, the one I saw had a black head and black tail but the body really was Old Olive and NQN. So I took it from there and this is what I came up with. I used chalk on Natural cardstock to color the image. The clouds are made using chalk and a cloud stencil.
Card Supplies
Stamps: Hummingbird ( Inkadinkado)
Paper: NQN,Natural White, BG Blush
Ink: Black
Accessories: Stampin Pastels
*ETA Here's a link to my coloring with pastels tutorial I made back in April
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Thank You Tins

2007-10-12T12:13:00.000-04:00

So far the tin above is my favorite out of the three. Which one is your favorite?

Hi there! So I've been busy making thank you gifts. These are really fast to make because I used designer paper around the nuggets. I used part of the Artfully Asian flower on the tag. I colored it with markers. I love the font on "a little something for you" stamp made by stampabilities. The dp is cut 1 inch wide x 3 inches long, I used a glue stick on one end and wrapped it around the nugget.
TGIF!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

Another for SC145 3-step daisy

2007-10-10T13:48:00.000-04:00

So I had to use another one of my new stamps for today's challenge. The colors are so pretty with this gorgeous flower by Kitchen Sink Stamps. I love this set!!
Card Supplies
Stamps: 3-step daisy ( Kitchen sink stamps) Fine lace, sentiment (Stampabilities)
Paper: Mellow, Artichoke,Regal Rose, WW
Ink: Mellow, Regal Rose, Pixie Pink,Cranberry,Black, Versa mark
Accessories: Ribbon, Silver cord, Matpack
Thanks for looking:)
Dee

SC145 Using my new stamps

2007-10-10T10:11:00.000-04:00

Good Morning! I'm thrilled to say I got my Christmas set from Flourishes yesterday. This reindeer is too cute. I colored him with prismacolor pencils and baby oil.
Card Supplies
Stamps: Flourishes Reindeer, Paisley
Paper: Choc Chip, Mellow, Vanilla, Caramel
Ink: Black,Choc Chip, Mellow
Accessories: Prismacolored Pencils, Baby Oil, Ribbon
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Today's CC135 Lace Flower

2007-10-09T11:29:00.000-04:00

Good Morning, My card today went fast. It took more time trying to get a good picture. I used Mellow Moss instead of River Rock. The stamp is by Penny Black called Lace Flower it's such a beautiful stamp. I stamped the flower with craft white on black card stock. The main image is stamped on Basic Gray SU! with black stazon.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

Kitchen Sink Stamps are here!

2007-10-08T10:52:00.000-04:00

Good Morning, I had happy mail on Saturday my new Kitchen Sink Stamps came. I just couldn't wait to play:) This is the first card I made using the 3-step daisy set. You can find it here Maria is wonderful to work with. It's a new company but I have a feeling a lot of exciting cutting edge stamps will be produced with this company and I'm excited! As you all know I love anything floral when I saw this set I knew it was perfect for me. To make this card I stamped the large and small flowers using More Mustard, and Pumpkin Pie ink. I stamped the 1st step flower off once with Mustard. The second step I used the mustard without stamping off. The third step I used the pumpkin. For the leaf I used Artichoke stamped off for the first step. I used Artichoke straight from the pad for the second step. I used a small strip of daisyd's dp along the bottom and again on the flap of the matching envelope.
I hope you're having a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

FS35 Anna & Tutorial Faux Bg

2007-10-07T10:47:00.000-04:00

I didn't have the background stamp Anna used so I created my own bg. After I did all the pictured steps I used sand paper to sand off part of the main image. What do you think?
Stamps: IFB, French Script, Boticals
Paper: Choc Chip, Old World Dp, Black, Vanilla
Ink: Choc, Cocoa, Caramel, Cranberry, Olive, Saffron, Mustard, Black, Caramel
Accessories: Copper cord, Brads,Ribbon, Matpack, Choc Marker
Have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

SC144 Snowman Gretting

2007-10-03T10:19:00.001-04:00

Good Morning! When I saw today's challenge I knew right away what I was going to make. I really like how it turned out. The snow on the ground was done using a sponge and craft white.
Card Supplies
Stamps: Lovely AS A Tree, Hampton Arts Snowman, Stampabilities Snowflake, Retired SU Greeting
Paper: Pomegranate, Black, Basic Gray
Ink: White Craft, Black, Rose Red
Accessories: oval punch, brads, ribbon
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee

CC134 New Stamp!

2007-10-02T08:18:00.000-04:00

Good Morning! I was so excited to see today's color challenge. This is one of my new stamps. I just love it. I used watercolor crayons to color the mail image. I used chalk for the yellow background. I have a Doctor appointment this morning, I'll be back later today I have a few more cards to share with you.
Stamps: Inkadinkado,Stampendous
Paper: Bayou, Choc Chip, WW
Ink: Stazon Black
Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, Aquapainter, Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by:)
Dee

IC95 Butterfly

2007-09-29T11:04:00.001-04:00

You know I love to make butterfly cards. Today's inspiration challenge has a butterfly woohoo! This is what I came up with. I used Wonderful Wings and the flowers from Natural Beauty. The paper is daisyd's again. It's really to bad every stamp on this card is retired:(

Stamps: Wonderful Wings, Natural Beauty
Paper: daisyd's DP, Saffron, Vanilla
Ink: Stampin Pastels, Markers, Black
Accessories: Brads
TFL!
Dee

Watercolored Hello

2007-09-29T09:20:00.000-04:00

Good Morning! I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I had a little set back I'm sure it's just from doing to much to fast. I put myself in time out!! lol (wink) so I've been watercoloring the past few days, my way of being creative without over doing it. I sat and colored mainly with watercolored pencils. My favorite stamps to color are all retired. This card uses one of my all time favorite stamps I hope you like it. After I colored it on vanilla card stock I used distress ink all over. I then used sponges and added Choc Chip and Ruby Red around the edges. I also used Itty Bitty background to make the black spots. The main images was lost in this gorgeous dp from daisyd's (Attic Heirlooms)so I added a layer of black cardstock. When I cropped the picture of the card the strip of dp on the left looks uneven but it's straight IRL:)
Here's a picture of the basket up close.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dee