Archive for October, 2009
A Sneak Peek to KSS’s Holiday Release
Yes… it is true, MORE stamps coming from the Kitchen! Six to be exact! Here is a little taste as to what’s coming for the Holidays. Available on Nov. 3rd. 
I want to also mention that this sneak peek features some cool paper, Olive Ruche, which I recently discovered from Paper Temptress. It has almost a crepe paper streamer look to it and has a nice subtle texture. Great for adding interest where a solid background of color is being used.
I also understand that Paper Temptress is having a very cool Treasure Hunt to celebrate their Anniversary. The PT Treasure Hunt Give Away is still going on with winner/s being announce on Nov. 4th!
Serving up the Blue Plate Special
Wednesday again… so, now until midnight tomorrow (EST), the Kitchen Sink Store will be serving up another helping of
The Kitchen Sink’s Wednesday Blue Plate Special!
This is where you can find random items on sale for 24 hours only! You never know what might be on sale!
No promotion code is needed.
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Peachy Thank You Tags made for Georgia’s Workshop…. I truly had a peach of a day! 
Materials – Stamps: Multi Step™ Peach (Mini Set) from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Vintage Cream and Kraft from Papertrey. Always Artichoke and Apricot Appeal from SU! Ink: (stamping out-of-order) – Peach: Step #3 Rhubarb Stalk stamp off 1x – Memento, Step #2 Tangelo stamp off 1x – Memento, Step #1 Dandelion stamp off 1x than again with Tangelo stamp off 1x – Memento. Step #4 Rhubarb Stalk stamp off 1x – then repeat again – Memento. Leaves: Step #3 Imperial Purple – VersaFine, Step #2 Cottage Ivy – Memento, Step #1 Dandelion – Memento. Sentiment: Imperial Purple – VersaFine. Embellishments: Large Antique Eyelet and corner punch from SU! Border punch – Threading Water by EK Success. Basic chord/twine.
Color Recipe PDF can be found HERE.
Serene in Green Thank you!
Happy Monday, Kitchen Sink Readers!
I just love how green is so calming and tranquil… and that is what I was trying to achieve with today’s card. For the background, I used the Depth of Field Technique from Technique Junkie (found in their June/July ’09 newsletter). I love the look of this technique and it is a quick way to create your own Designer Paper.
Be sure to visit the Kitchen Sink Crew today and see what they have cooked up for you today.
Angel • Connie • Dee • Julie • Lisa • Lori
Lynn • Makiko
Have a Happy & Relaxing Monday!
psssst! If you go to FaceBook … you can find Kitchen Sink Stamps now has a Fan Page.
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Materials – Stamps: Multi Step™ Big Leaves and Simple Sentiments ( not yet available) from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Spring Moss, Vintage Cream and Kraft from Papertrey. Always Artichoke from SU! Ink: (stamping backwards) – Step #3 Olympia Green – VersaFine, Step #2 Bamboo Leaves with edges of Cottage Ivy – Memento, Step #1 Pear tart with daubs of Bamboo Leaves – Memento. Sentiment – Bamboo Leaves – Memento and Olympia Green – VersaFine. SPonge edges with Bamboo Leaves. For the background – use step #1 only – Pear Tart, New Sprout and Bamboo Leaves. Embellishments: Ribbon – Swiss Satin Double Face Ribbon in Fern from KSS. Brackets punch from EK Success. Paper edge punch from SU! Classic and Deckled Mega Rectangles from Nestabilities. Rhinestones from K&Company.
Blue Pate Special and Serving up October’s Project of the Month!
Yes, yes, yes ….. it is Wednesday again (so soon?) … so, now until midnight tomorrow (EST), the Kitchen Sink Store will be serving up another helping of The Kitchen Sink’s Wednesday Blue Plate Special!
This is where you can find random items on sale for 24 hours only! You never know what might be on sale!
No promotion code is needed.
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Getting ready for gift giving?
If you like giving gift cards or the gift of a brand new year by giving hand made/altered calendars …. you will not want to miss October’s Project of the Month. This month’s project was cooked up by Kitchen Sink Crew Member, Lisa Somerville. Lisa found these fun clear, plastic cases (which can be now be found in the KSS store), and quickly came up with two great gift ideas using these cases. There are two sizes to choose from: Business Card size & 4″x6″ Photo size.
The ladies who attended KSS’s workshop in Georgia this past September, got a sneak peek of Lisa’s gift card holder project and got a chance to make their own using the business card size clear case.
Using the 4″x6″ photo size case, Lisa has come with a wonderful calendar that is sure to make the coming year brighten up anyone’s desk! Here is one of the calendar samples that Lisa has created. How fun is this!?! … and the case can open up and stand upright.
You’ll want to see Lisa’s complete tutorials for both a Gift Card Holder and Clear Calendar Case for all the details. Lisa also has a downloadable 2010 calendar for you too!
Thanks Lisa for two fabulous projects… I can hardly wait to get a jump on getting ready for Holiday gift giving… and making!
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This Friday (Oct. 23rd – midnight EST) is the Deadline to enter KS Crew Challenge, Hosted by Angela. Here for all the details.
Getting ready for the spooks, ghosts & the Great Pumpking!
Happy Kitchen Sink Monday!
I have a quick card to share with you today. I spent the weekend celebrating my DS’s birthday at Disneyland. We all just love how the park is decorated this time of year. I will share some photos later when I get them uploaded.
In the mean time, here is a super quick card to get in the “spirit” of the Halloween!
See what the Kitchen Sink Crew has conjured up to bewitch your creative spirit!
Angela • Connie • Dee • Julie • Lisa • Lori • Lynn • Makiko
This Friday is the Deadline to enter KS Crew Challenge, Hosted by Angela. Here for all the details.
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Materials – Stamps: Multi Step™ Pumpkins from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Vintage Cream and Summer Sunrise from Papertrey. Basic Black from SU! Ink: Here for Pumpkin Color Recipe. Sentiment Background: VersaMark with Black Fine Detail embossing Powder from Ranger. Classic Square Nestibilities.
Happy… not blue for the Wed. Blue Plate Special!
Wednesday again… so, now until midnight tomorrow (EST), the Kitchen Sink Store will be serving up another helping of
The Kitchen Sink’s Wednesday Blue Plate Special!
This is where you can find random items on sale for 24 hours only! You never know what might be on sale!
No promotion code is needed.
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I know it is Autumn…. but, I was in such a “Spring” kind of mood when I did this card using the new stamp set, Multi Step Harvest…. the pinks & greens are just so HAPPY!
Materials – Stamps: Multi Step™ Harvest from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Vintage Cream, Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush and Kraft from Papertrey Ink. Ink: Flowers: Step #1 top half of stamp Rose Bud/bottom half of stamp Pear Tart – Memento, Step #2 Bamboo Leaves – Memento, Step #3 Olympia Green – VersaFine, Step #4 Satin Red – VersaFine, Step #5 Crimson Red – VersaFine. Basket: Step #4 Vintage Sepia – VersaFine, Step #3 Rich Cocoa stamp off 1x – Memento, Step #2 Rich Cocoa – Memento, Step #1 Desert Sand – Memento. Sentiment: Crimson Red – VersaFine. Textured paper: Step #2 of hay stack was stamping with Rose Bud (Memento Ink) on Berry Sorbet card stock for added texture. Embellishments: Long Classic and Deckled Mega Rectangles from Nestabilities. Spring Moss polka Dot ribbon from Papertrey. Buttons from Basic Gray. Linen thread from SU! Clear Atyou Spica pen.
New Stamps in the Kitchen & a Blog Anniversary Winner!
(The winner is announced at the bottom of this post).
There are 3 new stamp sets in the Kitchen! Prefect for cozy Autumn days. They are: Multi Step™ Trees, Multi Step™ Big Leaves and Multi Step™ Harvest.
Yesterday, I showed a card using Multi Step Trees. Today I am using… yup, you guessed it… Big Leaves! This project is a quick and easy! I purchased the blank parchment bookmark already as all I had to do was stamp… and boy this was quick! I was done in under 10 mins. These big leaves also go well with the smaller leaves in 3 Step™ Autumn Squirrel.
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Now, on to announcing the winner of my Blog Anniversary Give Away. The winner of a one of a kind Hummingbird CD Tin Note Set & a $20 Kitchen Sink Stamps gift certificate is………… #24, Mary B.
Congratulations Mary B.!!!!!
Mary B., please email me {HERE} with your email & shipping info by the 15th.
Again, I want to thank everyone for ALL the lovely comments left here… it has been wonderful getting to meet so many lovely people by way of stamping and blogging! I look forward to many blogging/stamping years ahead!
Hugs & Happy Stamping!
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Materials – Stamps: Multi Step™ Big Leaves from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Pre-Made parchment book mark with silk cord from The Paper Company. Ink: Leaves (top to bottom): Top Leaf – Step #4 Crimson Red – VersaFine, Step #3 Rhubarb Stalk – Memento, Step #2 Lady Bug – Memento, Step #1 Tangelo stamp off 1x. Middle Leaf – Step #4 Vintage Sepia – VersaFine, Step #3 Rhubarb Stalk – Memento, Step #2 Tangelo stamp off 1x – Memento, Step #1 Cantaloupe – Memento. Bottom Leaf - Step #4 Grape Jelly – Memento, Step #3 Rhubarb Stalk 2x’s – Memento, Step #2 Lady Bug – Memento, Step #1 Tangelo – Memento. Background swashes – Vintage Sepia stamp off 1x. Embellishments: silk cord that came with bookmark. Clear Atyou Spica pen for some highlights.
Happy Monday … and new stamps coming!
Happy Monday, Kitchen Sink Readers!
First, I would like to send out a heartfelt thanks for all the wonderful comments left on my Blog Anniversary Give Away post! You all know how to make someone smile from ear to ear! 
I am so thrilled to know that you are enjoying what you see here, that the color recipes are helpful and enjoying the Projects of the Month!
As you may know, 3 new stamp sets will be available in the Kitchen tomorrow, Oct. 13th….. but for all the fabulous In the Sink News readers and readers of the KS Crew,… the Kitchen Sink store doors will open a day early for an Early Bird Special!
KSS – Early Bird Special: Oct. 12, midnight to midnight EST – All orders $50 and over will get FREE Shipping – One Day Only.
International orders: Free Shipping on orders $60 and over on stamps ONLY.
Please NOTE: Shipping & Handling will be charged at the time of checkout and qualifying orders will have the S&H charge refunded upon shipment. Orders with a Pre-Ordered item that qualifies for FREE Shipping, the order will be held and ship when the Pre-Ordered item is available to ship.
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Now to share a card from Saturday’s sneak peek. This card uses one of the new sets coming out tomorrow 
called, Multi Step™ Trees. In this set there are two different types of trees that are about 3″ tall when finished…. and YES, I have a Tree Color Recipe all ready for you that I hope will inspire color combinations for Autumn, Spring & Summer. The Tree Color Recipe PDF file can be downloaded directly by clicking HERE.
The Kitchen Sink Crew also have samples from the up coming sets that they cooked up for your viewing today.
Angel • Connie • Dee • Julie • Lisa • Lori
Lynn • Makiko
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Materials – Stamps: Multi Step™ Trees from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Shimmery White and Soft Suede from SU! Ink: (stamping backwards) – Step #4 Olympia Green – VersaFine, Step #3 Cottage Ivy – Memento, Step #2 Bamboo Leaves – Memento, Step #1 Pearlescent Thyme – Brilliance. Sentiment – Vintage Sepia – VersaFine. Fro the ground – sponge Jumbo Java – VersaMagic and tiny grass lines at the tree trunk base with an Olive Atyou Spica pen. Embellishments: Ribbon – Chocolate Chip & Certainly Celery Grosgrain from SU! Chocolate Chip Corduroy Button from SU!
3 New Stamps sets… & a Blog Anniversary!
Holy Cow!!! I just realized that today is In the Sink News’ Blog Anniversary! 
I have been so busy cooking up new stamp sets for the up coming months… that my blog anniversary almost slipped by me!
To celebrate 2 years of blogging my passion and joy… stamping, I would like to give one lucky reader, this Hummingbird CD Tin Note Set [ HERE for more on this note set], PLUS : a $20 Kitchen Sink Stamps gift certificate.
To enter my Blog Anniversary Give Away, just leave a comment here on this post telling me what’s your favorite In the Sink News, blog post from the past 2 years… or what it is about this blog that has you keep coming back. If there is something you would like to see here on this blog… you can tell me that too. You have until Monday, October 12th, midnight (EST) to play. One winner will be picked by a random number generator. The winner will be announced HERE on Oct. 13th. So, don’t forget to come back to see if you won. IF, I don’t hear back from the winner by Oct. 15th… a new winner will be picked.
PLUS, on Tuesday, October 13th, Kitchen Sink will have 3 new stamp sets available… which means, it is time to share a few sneak peeks.
Something wicked this way comes …
… a wickedly fun challenge that is!!!!
Angela has cooked up a challenge where we not only get to push our creativity… but we get to count too!
Angela’s KS Crew Challenge #18 - Easy as 1, 2, 3: Use only 1 Pop Dot, 2 Embellishments (of your choice), and 3 different stamped images.
You can use as many layers as you’d like, but please don’t use more than the items listed. Want to use ribbon? That counts as one embellishment, but…you can use as many different types of ribbon as you’d like. Make sense?
I first stamped the moon (that’s 1 image). Then stamped the tree on top of the moon (that’s the 2nd image), followed by the leaves (that’s 3). I then did all my sponging of the ground and sky before I cut out the moon to pop it up with the 1 pop-up dot. My two embellishments… brads – #1 & ribbon #2. This was a fun challenge… sort of like counting Weight Water’s points… only with paper crafts! LOL! Thank you Angela for this super fun challenge. You really took my “COUNTING” to a whole ‘nuther level!
Angela - Challenge Hostess • Connie • Dee • Julie • Lisa • Lori
Join us in the KS Crew Challenge fun!
By using your Kitchen Sink Stamps and counting with Angela’s Easy as… 1, 2, 3 challenge for your card or project, you will qualify for a chance to win one of 3 prizes! Winners will be picked by a random number generator … so, everyone has a chance to win. The more you enter… the more chances to win.
Post your KSS project using Mr. Linky at the bottom of the post on the KSS Blog [ HERE ]. Please leave one link per challenge sample. Enter as many samples as you like. When uploading your KSS’s entry to you favorite gallery, please use KSCC#18, kitchensinkstamps or KSS as the keyword or tag.
All the info and rules for KSCC#18 can be found HERE.
Deadline to Angela’s challenge is Friday eve. – Oct. 23rd, (midnight EDT)
This month’s prizes are:
1st prize is $25.00 store credit.
2nd prize is $15.00 store credit.
3rd prize is $7.50 store credit.
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Materials – Stamps: Multi Step™ Owl & Autumn Moon from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Malmero Perle -Noir. Metallic Mango from the Paper Company. Going Gray and Confetti Cream from SU! Ink: Tree: (stamping backwards) – Step #2 Onyx Black – VersaFine, Step #1 Vintage Sepia – VersaFine. Leaves: Step #2 Rhubarb Stalk – Memento, Step #1 Tangelo – Memento. Moon – Step #3 Majestic Blue stamp off 1x – VersaFine, Step #2 Pearlescent Sky Blue – Brilliance, Step #1 Aspen Mist – VersaMagic. Ground: sponged Onyx Black & Vintage Sepia – VersaFine. Sky: sponged Starlite Silver – Brilliance. Embellishments: Small purple brads from SEI. Ribbon – from my stash. Peaks – Paper Edgers from Fiskars.
