Sea Shell Poster inspiration fro KSS Monday

Good Day! I hope everyone had a wonderful Summer weekend…. maybe a chance to get away to the beach, lake or relax by a pool…. maybe even a run through the sprinklers ?

Last Monday, I mentioned I was off to the beach for our family “day after the 4th of July” tradition. Even though it was a foggy day at the beach, we still had a wonderful time and came home taking half of the beach with us in our hair, towels, toys, etc. LOL!

This is where I got my inspiration from for today’s card and from this poster image from AllPosters.com. Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great day!

Please check out what the rest of the KS Crew has cooked up for Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday. Happy Stamping!

Angela • Connie • Julie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko

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Materials – Stamps: 3 Step Sea Shells, 3 Step Aloha!, 3 Steps Letters from the Past, Big & Bold Swashes and Vintage Words from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: Solar White Classic Crest from Neenah. Chiara from Stardream Kraft from Papertrey. Ink: (all Memento unless noted) Yellow Flowers: Step #4 Rich Cocoa, Step #3 Lilac Posies stamp off 1x, Step #2 Cantaloupe, Step #1 Dandelion stamp off 1x. Conch Shell: Step#4 Malted Mauve – VersaMagic, Step#3 Wheat – VersaMagic, Step #2 Angel Pink, Step #1 Thatched Straw stamp off 1x – VersaMagic, Step#5 Pink Petunia – VersaMagic. Sand Dollar: Step #3 Rich Cocoa, Step#2 Smokey Gray stamp off 1x – VersaFine, Step #1 Wheat – VersaMagic. Spiral Shell: Step#4 Rich Cocoa, Step#3 Smokey Gray stamp off 1x, Step #2 Angel Pink, Step #1 Wheat – VersaMagic. Script: Desert Sand. Swahes: (large) Rich Cocoa and (small) Smokey Gray-VersaFine – both stamp off 1x- . Stamp: Step#1 Sahara Sand – VersaMagic, Step #2 Rich Coca stamp off 1x. Sentiment: Rich Cocoa. Background aging: Sahara Sand – VersaMagic and Wheat – VersaMagic.  Embellishments: Embossing folder – Tiny Bubbles from ProvoCraft. Pearls from my stash. Sakura Clear Star pen.

And the Winners for “What’s Cook’n” for September are….

Thank you everyone for joining me and “Celebrating” Kitchen Sink Stamp’s 1st Year Anniversary! It was so wonderful reading about all your celebrations and how you like to celebrate them too!!!

But the celebrating hasn’t stopped yet in the Kitchen … there are still winners to announce for September’s: “What’s Cook’n with Your Kitchen Sink Stamps?”

WOW!

I have to say, it really is getting tougher and tougher each month (and the KS Crew agrees), to pick only one winner from these fabulous & creative entries!!! In my book, you are ALL winners and I have been inspired by each and everyone of you!!!:D

………….My heartfelt thanks to the fabulous Kitchen Sink Crew! ………………….. >…….. ……………………. …-they’ve got a tough job voting!

NOTE: Please read all the way down to the bottom of this post to find out about the Special “Anniversary Release” Drawing!

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OK…

…the votes are in and the ballots have all been tallied! It is time to announce the winners!

September’s Theme: “Celebrate!”

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Best Use of Color : Connie

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Best Use of a Sentiment : Angela

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Fun & Fresh Design : Wendy

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Thinking Outside of the Box : Angela

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Anything But a Card : Maureen

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Congratulations to all the winners!!!

Many thanks to all who entered! Your work is beautiful and inspiring! I hope to see you all back for October ……where there will a few exciting changes I think you are going to really like!
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But, before I can tell you about October …
… there is still the Special Drawing to take care of!!!

This is where each winner from June to (including) Sept., have been automatically entered in a Special “Anniversary Release” Drawing! … or also known as… “A SINK FULL O’ FUN” – this prize consists of all 5 New Kitchen Sink Stamp Sets that were released on the 25th of Sept.!!!
(Yup! That’s right! 3 Step Pansy, 3 Step School Days, 1/2 Pint Playful Alphabet, 1/2 Pint Playful Alphabet Buddy, plus the Limited Edition 1st Anniversary Set: A Year of Thanks + 3 Step Humming Bird) YaHoo!!!!

The winner to the special drawing will be announced here on Sat., Oct. 4th!

(time to come)…

... this is also World Card Making Day!

You can be sure, the Kitchen is cooking up something fun for WCMD too!

xoxo – Maria

She sells Sea Shells… in the Kitchen.

Two cards using the new 3 Step Sea Shells, this is the set I used for sneak peek #5. Thanks for looking!

Materials: Stamps – 3 Step Sea Shells and Never a Loss 4 Words from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Paper – Kraft and Basic White from Papertrey. Soft Sky from SU!

Ink – Sand Dollar :Step #1 Desert Sand ( Memento), Step #2 Pearl Beige (Brilliance), Step #3 Rich Cocoa ( Memento). Star Fish: Soft Sky (SU!) Sentiment: Rich Cocoa.

Embellishments – Antique Brass eyelets from Making Memories. Linen Thread from SU!

Materials: Stamps – 3 Step Sea Shells and Ready 4 Any Holiday from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Paper – Basic White from Papertrey. Soft Sky, Almost Amethyst and River Rock from SU!

Ink (all Memento unless noted) – Conch Shell: Step #1 Angel Pink, Step #2 Summer Sky, Step #3 Desert Sand, Step #4 Starlite Black (Brilliance), Step #5 Starlite Black – again. Sentiment: Imperial Purple (Versa Fine).

Embellishments – Ribbon from Michaels (on the wooden spool). Border Punch – Threading Water from Fiskars.