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Color Thowdown 100th Color Challenge Blog Hop & the BPS!
It is a BIG DAY for the creative ladies over at Color Throwdown who are dishing out their 100th color challenge today! Congratulations Ladies!!!!
To celebrate this big milestone, they have a big blog hop going on with a super long list of fabulous give aways from awesome sponsors! Kitchen Sink Stamps is one of the sponsors with the Kitchen Sink Crew Design Team is playing along. In addition to all this fun, KS Crew Member Makiko Jones, is also a Guest Designer for Color Throwdown too! WOW!
Here’s the 100th color swatch using: Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Real Red and Baja Breeze. Be sure to play along and leave a DIRECT LINK to your creation on the Color Throwdown Blog. You don’t to miss the chance to win one of those awesome prizes! 
Here is my card for Color Throwdown Challenge #100, using the Gerber Daisy from 3 Step Honey Bunny and the sentiment from Never a Loss 4 Words.
Please check out what the rest of the KS Crew has cooked up Color Throwdown’s 100th challenge too.
Angela • Connie • Julie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko
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Plus, help yourself to another serving of… Kitchen Sink Stamps’ Wednesday Blue Plate Special! 
This is where you can find random items on sale for 24 hours only! You will never know what might be on sale!
No promotion code is needed
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Materials – Stamps: 3 Step Honey Bunny and Never a Loss 4 Words from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Solar White Classic Crest from Neenah. Certainly Celery from SU! Ink: – (pink flower) Step #4 Onyx Black – VersaFine, Step #3 Rocket Red – Brilliance, Step #2 Rose Bud – Memento, Step #1 Angel Pink – Memento. (blue flower) Step #4 Onyx Black – VersaFine, Step #3 Ocean Depth – VersaMagic, Step #2 Ocean Depth stamp off 1x – VersaMagic, Step #1 Ocean Depth stamp off 2x’s – VersaMagic. Sentiment – Rocket Red – Brilliance. Embellishments: Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon from SU!
Color Throwndown Challenge #83 … take 2 & a color bonus!
I thought Tammy’s CT color challenge with these bright Spring colors were so fun… I just had to do another card for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge! …. and boy, you should check out what the Color Throwdown Design Team came up with… gorgeous!
Tammy’s colors for Color Throwdown #83 are:
Marigold Morning, Wild Wasabi, Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo
I had started this card several weeks ago. I did not like the background behind the lamb and bunny. It was white and the lamb was getting lost. So, I had come to stand still and put the aside… hoping something would come along and inspire me. Well, it did … it was Connie’s clouds with her little lambs card [HERE] was the ticket!!!! (two minds thinking alike down the same path… but mine got stuck in the mud! LOL!) Thanks Connie for the heavenly inspiration! You will also find a color recipe for both Little Lambs HERE and the Bunny from 3 Step Honey Bunny HERE.
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With my first challenge card, I mentioned that I did not have all the SU! inks… which lead me to find close substitutes using a different ink brand.
I will admit, I have been working on an Ink Substitution Chart for some time now and I would like to share it with you.
So now if you see a color you don’t have used in a Multi Step Color Recipe, you can go to the chart and see if you have something else that might work instead.
Please keep in mind that colors can shift even within a manufacturer (even as I walk from room to room. LOL!). For example, I have two different ink pads of Imperial Purple…. one is dark gray-purple and the other is a brighter blueish-purple. Kind of crazy… but it happens, different dye lots, even aging over time can cause the difference…. but, I can’t bear to part with either one! When one of the purples is used by its self, it is noticeable that they are very different… but when I use either one when I am multi step stamping … it all seems to meld together and they look the same. I think I’ll call it color harmony! 
My starting point was to match inks to SU!’s paper line, comparing the full line of Tsukineko’s inks. This included; Memento Dye Inks, Brilliance Pigment Inks, VersaFine Pigment Inks and VersaMagic Pigment Inks. You will notice a few colors are the alternative choice for several different colors… it might be a touch lighter, brighter or darker… but close enough where it works. You’ll also find some colors are a “spot on” match (love that!). I also included two other ink brands to my ink substitution chart …. Palette Hybrid Ink and Adirondack Dye Inks.
Again… this is just how my eyes are seeing it, you may find that you have a substitution that you like much better than what I have here on this list. …. and if you do, I would love to learn about it.
Hope you find my Ink Substitution Chart helpful. Happy Stamping!
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Materials – Stamps: 3 Honey Bunny, Multi Step Little Lambs, Plaid Plus! (to decorate the eggs) and Ready 4 Any Holiday from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Solar White Classic Crest from Neenah. Wild Wasabi, Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo from SU! Ink: HERE for Little Lambs and HERE for Bunny. Clouds in Aquatic Splash – VersaMagic, Sentiment in Cantaloupe – Memento and Turquoise Gem – VersaMagic. Grass – Step #3 Cottage Ivy – Memento, Step #2 Bamboo Leaves – Memento, Step #1 New Sprout – Memento. Embellishments: Atyou Spica pen – clear. Labels 6 from Nestabilities. Egg punch from Punch Bunch. Adhesive Gems from K&Co. Ribbon from sei (sorry, it was a scrap from a kit).
Color Throwdown is in the Kitchen
How lucky our we?!! We get a jump on the this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge!
How did we get so lucky?
KS Guest Designer, Tammy, is also a Color Throwdown Team member. It is her turn this week to throw down the Color Throwdown Challenge – #83 and KSS is the sponsor! WoHoo!
The Color Throwdown Challenge #83 – officially opens this Wed., March 10th, and on Wed. you’ll also find out what the Color Challenge prize is going to be too. So, you’ll want to make sure to pay a visit and enter your CT color challenge this Wed.
Tammy’s colors for Color Throwdown #83 are:Marigold Morning, Wild Wasabi, Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo
I had all the SU! colors used for the challenge in paper, but not ink.
So, I thought it would be fun to compare Tsukineko Inks to SU! inks and see what might match.
Marigold Morning = Cantaloupe (Memento) bit lighter
Wild Wasbi = Bamboo Leaves (Memento) very close
Bermuda Bay = Turquoise Gem (VersaMagic)
Melon Mambo = Rose Bud (Memento) bit lighter
[ this is just a start for ink comparisons ]
…and to help get your colors cookin’, check out what Tammy and the KS Crew has created today!
Now you have 2 FUN Challenges to get your Kitchen Sink Stamps inky.
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Materials – Stamps: 3 Step Daisy and Simple Sentiments from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Solar White Classic Crest from Neenah. Wild Wasabi, Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo from SU! Ink: Yellow Daisy: Step #3 Toffee – VersaFine, Step #2 Cantaloupe – Memento, Step 1# Dandelion – Memento, Flower Center: Imperial Purple – VersaFine. Pink Daisy: Step #2 Rose Bud – Memento, Step 1# Rose Bud stamp off 1x- Memento, Flower Center: Imperial Purple – VersaFine. Blue Daisy: Step #2 Turquoise Gem – VersaMagic, Step 1# Turquoise Gem stamp off 1x – VersaMagic, Flower Center: Imperial Purple – VersaFine. Sentiment: Turquoise Gem – VersaMagic and Toffee – VersaFine. Embellishments: Atyou Spica pen – clear. Petite Ovals and Double End Tag from Nestabilities. Embossing Folder – Swiss Dot from Cuttlebug. Crystal brads from Making Memories. Ribbons from Michael’s.
Oops! – It’s Wed. AGAIN & inspired x’s 3
It’s Wednesday again… so, until midnight (EST) tonight, the Kitchen Sink Store will be serving up more 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. 
(Note: I am a bit late AGAIN today, so TKSWBPS will continue until Thurs. Noon EST).
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I made this card for Sarah Moore, who has broken her foot … in TWO places!!! How awful!!! 
If you get a chance, go over and wish her well. 
My inspiration came from 3 places today. First the Sketch Challenge on the Planet - SK031409 (hosted by Tammy YaHoo!). Second, from Color Throwdown #33 – CTD33 and third, from Sarah’s foot cast! Sarah’s cast is bound to make anyone smile!!!
I sure hope you mend quickly, Sarah ... and aren’t going too crazy from not being able to drive!!!! 
Materials – Stamps: 3 Step Get Well Teddy, 3 Step Daisy and Never a Loss 4 Words from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Tempting Turquoise and Green Galore from SU! Vintage Cream from Papertrey. Light Green Vellum from the Paper Company. Ink: (from SU! unless noted) Bear: Step #1 Wheat – VersaMagic, Step#2 Pink Pirouette, Step #3 Ruby Red – stamped off 1x, Step #4 Chocolate Chip. Green Flower: Step#1 Green Galore – stamped off 1x, Step#2 Green Galore, Step #3 Garden Green, Center – Elegant Eggplant. Blue Flower: Step#1 Tempting Turquoise – stamped off 1x, Step#2 Tempting Turquoise, Center – Elegant Eggplant. Embellishments: Classic Rectangles from Nestabilities. Circle punch. Dark Purple grosgrain ribbon from Michael’s. Turquoise and Lavender Stickles.
A Happy Birthday Wish
This card goes to someone who is having a birthday TODAY! Hope you have a FABULOUS HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIE!!!!! Surprise Julie and go wish her a Happy Day! giggle.
Today’s card inspiration came from CPS Challenge – CPS106 and Color Throwdown #34.
Materials – Stamps: Happy Birthday Cupcake from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Shimmery White, Blush Blossom, Kiwi Kiss and Night Navy from SU! Ink: (from SU!) Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Night Navy and dabbed Regal Rose on the tips of the largest flower after sprayed with Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist. Embellishments: Prima Flowers. Classic & Scallop Ovals – Nestabilities. Green Crystal brad – Citrus from SEI. Petite Pearl brads from Bazzill. Copic Markers – R20,RV11,RV34, YG03, YG17 & 0. Sakura Gelly Roll pen – Clear Star.
