Apple for the Teacher! TCP Tuesday 227

It's TCP Tuesday at The Cat's Pajamas and time for a fun challenge from ME - your Hipster Hostess!  Since school has started and it's never too early to give the teacher a pick-me-up, let's create a Gift for the Teacher! I'm really wanting to focus this challenge on some kind of holder - either gift card or a small treat holder, a box or bag of some type that you create, but let your mind run wild and have fun!! :)

My mind went straight to caramel apples when I started thinking about this.  What could be better this time of year?  It's the old "apple for the teacher" only kicked up a notch or two!  Plus, I added a Dunkin Donuts gift card for a little something extra.

I used a few of my favorite products from The Cat's Pajamas, the Gift Card Envie CutUps die, the Sunflower Rosette CutUps die and the Stamp Trio CutUps die, along with the coordinating stamp set, Commemorating You.

Here's a close-up of the Gift Card Envie. I die cut it from some gorgeous Authentique paper, Lively that I got at eclectic Paperie.  I layered the Sunflower Rosette with some burlap, a pretty button and some Linen Thread.

Please visit Alma's blog and/or the TCP Forum on SCS for all the details about the challenge, we highly encourage you to play along!  Oh and just so you know, I heard from my children's teacher that the apple was delicious! *wink, wink*



Cardstock: (Solar White) Neenah, Patterned Paper: (Lovely) Authentique, Stamps: (Commemorating You) The Cat's Pajamas, Ink: (Pearl Tart, Rose Bud, Rich Cocoa) Memento, Accessories: burlap, (Linen Thread) The Cat's Pajamas, Tools: (Easy Rosette CutUps, Gift Card Envie CutUps, Stamp Trio CutUps) The Cat's Pajamas

Tangerine Thanks

It's a great day, don't you think so?! I'm excited to start a new week with so many things going!  One of the fun things is that the Kitchen Sink Stamps new release is one week away and Maria is starting her Sneak Peek game today!!  Every day this week she'll have a peek of the new sets.  All you have to do is answer her question to be entered into a chance for KSS prizes!

I recently passed up (what?  I'm kicking myself now for it!) a great shirt that was such an amazing (and very "in") shade of tangerine.  I know, it's the color this year!  Anyway, it got me thinking that these Kitchen Sink Stamps 3 Step Daisies would be beautiful in tangerine so I gave it a try!

I used FTL 186 for this one which I think would have looked much better if I had moved the daisy on the bottom over a bit more so the 2 didn't line up.  Next time . . .!  Here's my color recipe:

Step 3 (Barn Red) Ranger, Step 3 again (Tangelo) Memento , Step 2 - (Lady Bug Red) Memento, Step 2 again - (Tangelo) Memento, Step 1 - (Tangelo) Memento, Step 1 again - (Lady Bug Red, stamped off) Memento

So as you can see, I had to make up my own Tangerine color but I think it worked. I also love the pop of brown added with the polka dot paper!

I hope you have a chance to visit the rest of the KSS Crew today and don't forget to watch for the sneak peeks!  Have a great day!  

Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Cardstock: (White) Neenah, Patterned Paper: (Dots & Stripes) Echo Park, Stamps: (3 Step Daisies) Kitchen Sink Stamps, Ink: (Lady Bug Red, Tangelo, Rich Cocoa) Memento, (Barn Red) Ranger

Happy Birthday Cupcake!

Hello!! Well Monday came and went and I am just now getting my Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday post done!  I went CAS again this week, using the CAS challenge from Splitcoaststampers. The photo inspiration includes some yummy pastel cupcakes so I dug out the KSS set Happy Birthday Cupcake can came up with this.

I obviously used the soft palette with some pretty paper from My Mind's Eye that I picked up at i {heart} papers (there are all kinds of pretties available there now - ooh la la!)!  The bold circle around the image also comes in the stamp set and I love how it's a great way to add some color - and some bling! :)

Please visit the rest of the KSS Crew when you have a chance and thank you so much for being patient with my sporadic posting lately! I'm hoping things will slow down soon! :)

Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Paper: (White) Neenah, Patterned Paper: (Howdy Doody, Miss Caroline) My Mind's Eye, Stamps: (Happy Birthday Cupcake) Kitchen Sink Stamps, Ink: (Soft Sky) SU!, (Rich Cocoa) Memento, Accessories: (Rhinestones) Kaiser, Tools: (Pinking Border CutUps) The Cat's Pajamas, (Nestabilities) Spellbinders

Prayers on the Way!

It's Monday already?  Boy that weekend goes by quickly!  But it is Monday and it's Kitchen Sink Stamps day - yea!  You still have time to make a card for this month's Crew Challenge seen HERE - there are prizes involved people!!

I decided to take a set that came out a couple of months ago (September I think), Multi-Step Ribbons with a Cause and show you what the causes are for this month.  In case you didn't know, every month KSS donates 15% of the proceeds from the sale of this set to charities designated here.  This month the 2 causes hightlighted are the Alzheimer's Association and Diabetes Research Institute.  What a great chance to contribute to some worthy causes!

So I made a card using purple for the ribbon which is the color of Alzhiemer's ribbon.  I used Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch (which I tweaked a bit to make it work for my card).  The ink recipe for my ribbon is listed below. 

 

Please visit the rest of the KSS Crew today to see their wonderful creations!  Thanks for visiting today - I love guests! :)

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (Plum Pudding, Vintage Cream), tissue paper, Patterned Paper: Crate Paper, Stamps: Kitchen Sink Stamps (Multi-Step Ribbons with a Cause), Ink:  Step 3  Vintage Violet (SU!), Step 2: Sweet Plum (Memento), Step 1: Lulu Lavendar (Memento), Tuxedo Black, Accessories:  Spellbinders (Nestabilities), Kaiser (pearls), Papertrey Ink (Ribbon), My Favorite Things (Open Scallop die), Provo Craft (flower die), corner rounder punch

KSS Crew Challenge

Good Monday Morning! I'm sure you all remember that last week I messed up and forgot to do a project for the new Kitchen Sink Stamps Crew Challenge, right? Well the challenge was to create a Halloween project. I finally was able to make mine and am sharing it today.

Please visit the KSS Blog for all the details and rules about the challenge but basically if you play along, you have a chance to win VERY cool prizes!!  I've had the paint can sitting around and thought it would make a neat container for a cupcake!  The sets I used are:  1/2 Pint Alphabet Buddy, Multi-Step Harvest Moon, Ready 4 Any Holiday and Happy Birthday Cupcake.  I simply stamped my images across a sheet of paper and then cut it in strips to wrap around the can!  The bats came from Multi-Step Harvest Moon and were super easy to stamp repeatedly on orange.

I thought since I was putting a cupcake inside the bucket (appropriately decordated for the season) that the cupcake image would work well as a tag.  I added some different color and size rhinestones to the frosting - yum!! :)

So,  now it's your turn!! Make a Halloween card or project and submit it on the KSS Blog - you could win! :)  Remember also, that you can use coupon code JULIE10KSS anytime for 10% off your order.   Please visit the rest of the KSS Crew today for more goodies and have a great day!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Father's Day ATCs

 I have 2 posts today - please scroll down for my Who's Fab? post! Thank you! :)

Hello my friends!  I have a little mass production project to share today.  Last week's Kitchen Sink Stamps Father's Day card for the KSS Crew Challenge got me inspired to create another Father's Day project.

Last month I took on a project at church.  Our church hosts several Sunday afternoon lunches a year for our church family. Each time they also box up approximately 35 of these lunches for delivery to friends in the area who are not able to make it out to church. For several years now they have been taking a small “favor” with each delivered meal and they recently needed someone to take over that project. I suggested that we make scripture ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) that could be kept in a small album.  I put together 35 little albums using my Bind-It-All and Mother's Day was our first one (you can see it here).  Now it's time for Father's Day and I again reached for my Multi-Step Trees from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

I printed the verse first and then used Multi-Step Trees from Kitchen Sink Stamps to stamp the tree slightly off the card.  Since I was mass producing I kept it fairly simple.  The brown cardstock layer was embossed with a woodgrain texture plate and the twine is wrapped around the card twice and tied.  Here's my ink recipe for the tree:

Step 4 - Rich Cocoa (Memento, Step 3 - Always Artichoke, Step 2 - Old Olive, Step 1 - Kiwi Kiss

I finished up a little early (which rarely happens let me just say!), so I decided to pretty up little glassine bags to hold the cards.  I stamped "happy father's day" from  Ready 4 Any Holiday and then the Step 1 leaf from Multi-Step Leaves (both from KSS).  Since the bags are a bit taller than the ATC, the label fits perfectly above so that you can see the ATC on the inside - I like that.

Thanks so much for visiting today, please be sure to visit the rest of the Crew also!  Have a great day!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Naturals Ivory (SU!), Stamps: Multi-Step Trees, Multi-Step Leaves, Ready 4 Any Holiday (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss (SU!), Accessories: Woodgrain Texture plate, Twine (Papertrey Ink), Brad (Pink Hedgehog Crafts)

With This Ring

Happy Memorial Day to all my US friends! We're having our usual family picnic today which is always fun!

If you remember, last week Kitchen Sink Stamps had a release of 2 new sets.  Today I have the second set, Multi-Step Wedding Rings to show you.   This card was quick and easy but would be a nice wedding or shower card, probably even an anniversary card!


The wedding rings come in 2 sizes in this set and I've used the larger pair today.  My card is 5" x 3.5" which the right edge cut with a scalloped edge die.  The recipe for my rings was taken from a mixture of ink recipes the other Crew members gave last week.  I played around a bit with the inks I had on hand and came up with:

All inks by SU!:  Step 3 - Crushed Curry (stamped off), Step 2 - Apricot Appeal, Step 1 - Creamy Caramel (stamped off), Step 4 - Creamy Caramel

Next week we'll have a new Crew Challenge for you - you can see the winner of this month's challenge today on the KSS blog!!  Be sure to visit the rest of the Crew today for lots of inspiration!  Remember to use coupon code JULIE10KSS when ordering to receive 10% off your order.  Have a wonderful day!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Cardstock: Classic Laid (Paper Temptress), Terra Cotta Tile (Papertrey Ink), Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Stamps: Multi-Step Wedding Rings (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Ink: Crushed Curry, Apricot Appeal, Creamy Caramel (SU!), Black (Memento), Accessories:  Vintage Cream ribbon, Medium Scalloped die  (Papertrey Ink), Blush Pearls (Kaiser), Ticket corner punch (SU!)

Birthday Make A Wish

Good morning! Mondays seem to roll around very quickly don't they?!  I love Kitchen Sink Stamps Mondays and I love that we only have 3 more until we're done with school! :)

Yesterday's Featured Stamper at SCS was Lori Tecler, an alumna of the Kitchen Sink Stamps Crew.  It seemed a great opportunity to play along. I chose this fun card to case - what a great sketch!  Today is actually my brother's birthday so I thought the sketch would make a great birthday card. I pulled out Happy Birthday Cupcake for my card and some brightly colored papers. As you can see I pieced the top of the cupcake with the flocked dotted paper and colored the bottom portion.  I love the black rhinestones on the side!

Pretty quick today - I made this card in under hour!! (that's really fast for me!!)  Happy Birthday to my brother, Jon!! (not that he reads my blog, but . . .)  Now it's time to visit the rest of the KSS Crew - I know they'll inspire!  Have a wonderful day everyone!

Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Cardstock:  Cool Caribbean, Green Galore  (SU!), White (Neenah), Patterned  Paper: ??? (forgot!), Stamps: Happy Birthday Cupcake (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Ink: Black (Memento), Accessories: Copic markers, rhinestones (Kaiser), Nestabilities, ribbon, foam adhesive

Thanks Berry Much

Good Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday to you!  It was such a pretty weekend here - it's so great to have nice weather.  It's put me in the mood for summer and summer fruit - I must be on a fruit kick lately after last week's Peach card! :)

Today I used Multi-Step Berries for my card but used some non-realistic colors for my strawberries. They do look pretty though don't they?  Here's the recipe:
Strawberries:
Step 3 - Rose Bud (stamped off)
Step 4 - Rose Bud
Step 2- Angel Pink 
Step 1 - Angel Pink (stamped off)
Leaves
Step 3 - Bamboo Leaves
Step 2 - Bamboo Leaves (stamped off)
Step 1- New Sprout

The sketch is Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch (#66) - I love the strips down the side! It was fun going through my paper to find the best pieces to use!  I also used my new large scalloped circle Nesties and some fun green pearls.

Please take a few minutes to check out what the rest of the KSS Crew made today!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

 

Cardstock: Kraft, Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink), White (Gina K Designs), Patterned Paper: Papertrey Ink, Jillibean Soup, Paper Salon, Stamps: Multi-Step Berries, Ink: Black, Rose  Bud, Angel Pink, Bamboo Leaves, New Sprout (Memento), Accessories:  Pearls, (Zva Creative), Nestabilities, Paper Piercer, foam adheive

April KSS Crew Challenge

Good morning! Since it's the first Monday of April it's time for a new Kitchen Sink Stamps Crew Challenge.  Today's challenge comes from Angela:

It's Hip to be Square - Create a card or project that's SQUARE. The more squares the better!!

You all should be able to handle this one and if you make a card for the challenge you have a chance to win a great KSS prize!  You can see all the rules and details about entering on the KSS blog.

For my card today I used 3 Step Honey Bunny.  On Friday I went down and visited Wholly Scrap in N. Hampton, NH which is the location for Stamping Around NH (which is coming up in less than 2 weeks!!).  Of course, how can you visit a LSS and not pick up a few treats? So I saw this pretty dp and thought of the 3 Step Honey Bunny set (what you can't see is that there are these cool monochromatic bunnies all over the dp - well you can see some ears if you look, but then you don't know what you're looking for so you'll have to trust me on this!)  :)  I have lots of squares, some crazy sewing and even a bit of fussy cutting.  The flower is a Cuttlebug die cut.

I wanted my bunnies to match the dp so here are my recipes:  Large Bunny:  Step 4 - Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink), Step 3 - Latte (Adirondack), Step 2 - Dessert Sand (2x), Step 1 - Cantelope  Small Bunny:  same as large bunny except Step 1 - Berry Sorbet (stamped off).  ETA: Oops, I forgot to add that the sketch is a take-off on one of the Go-To Sketches that I wrote about last week! :)

I hope you get a chance to try enter the challenge - there's plenty of time so no excuses!!  Visit the rest of the KSS Crew today for more inspiration! Oh and remember to use coupon code JULIE10KSS when you place your next order for 10% off!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Cardstock: Apricot Appeal (SU!), Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet (Papertrey Ink), White (Gina K Designs), Stamps: 3 Step Honey Bunny (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Ink: see above, Accessories: Square punches, Cuttlebug flower, brad, sewing machine

Spring Lilacs

Good morning! Today for Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday I broke out the Multi-Step Lilacs again. Spring is here and the lilacs will be blooming before you know it - yea!!  These lilacs are just so beautiful!

Here are my recipes for the lilacs: 
Dark Lilac:  Step 4 - Elegant Eggplant (SU!), Step 3 - Vintage Violet (SU!), Step 2 - Lovely Lavender (SU!), Step 1 - Lulu Lavender (Memento)
Medium Lilac:  Step 4 - Vintage Violet, Step 3 - Lovely Lavender, Step 2 - Lulu Lavender, Step 1 - Lulu Lavender (stamped off)
Light Lilac: Step 4 - Lovely Lavender, Step 3 - Lulu Lavender, Step 2 - Lulu Lavender (stamped off), Step 1 - Angel Pink (stamped off) (Memento)
Leaves:  Step 3 - New Leaf (Papertrey Ink), Step 2- Bamboo Leaves (Memento), Step 1 - New Sprout (Memento)

ETA: I forgot to add that the sketch is FTL84 from Clean & Simple Stamping - it's a great one! :)  We have a new challenge for you next week so be watching for that!  For now, please visit the rest of the KSS Crew today!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

and

Tammy Hershberger - March Guest Designer

One final note, my children and I have started a challenge blog that's just for children.  Our first challenge was posted yesterday so if you have children who love to craft please visit Children's Challenge Corner and play along!!  

Cardstock:  Spring Moss, White (Papertrey Ink), Lilac (Bazzill), Stamps: Multi-Step Lilacs, sentiment from Multi-Step Cup of Warm Comfort (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Ink: see above and Black (Memento), Accessories: Scallop die (Papertrey Ink), Rhinestones (Kaiser), foam adhesive, Polka Dot embossing folder (Quickutz)

Lucky Birthday Wishes

Happy KSS Monday!!  There's one last set from the March release that I have to show you today, it's Multi-Step Horseshoes and it's another great mini set!  As I thought about it, there are several ways this set can be used.  Maria pointed out that if you pair it up with the stars from Multi-Step Ornament & Stars you can make a western themed card.  You could also pair it up with the Multi-Step Shamrocks & Clover for a neat lucky Irish card. You can also pair it up with some small flowers and make a vintage-birthday card like I have today.

I've seen vintage cards/postcards for birthdays, Christmas and wedding cards using a horseshoe surrounded by a bouquet of flowers.  So I went through my Kitchen Sink Stamps floral stamps and ended up using the smallest sunflower from Multi-Step Sunflowers and the smallest daisy from 3 Step Daisies for my bouquet.  The sentiment is from Simple Sentiments.

I started stamping with the flowers first - the purple sunflower and then the 2 small daisies.  I masked the purple daisy and then stamped the yellow daisy (see all the recipes below) and the leaves.  I then made a mask for the other flowers and stamped the horseshoe.  Once I stamped the sentiment I die cut the image using Nestabilities Label 3 and aged it with the die still in place.

The background of the card was stamped using Vanilla ink and the script block background from 3 Step Letters from the Past.

Have you played this month's KSS Crew Challenge yet?  This Friday night is the deadline so get stamping!  The challenge is masking and you can get all the details HERE.  Please visit the rest of the KSS Crew  to see what they've cooked up today!  :)

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

and

Tammy Hershberger - March Guest Designer

Cardstock: Kraft, Plum Pudding, Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink), Patterned Paper:  Websters Pages, Stamps: 3 Step Daisies, Multi-Step Sunflowers, 3 Step Letters from the Past, Multi-Step Horseshoes, Simple Sentiments (Kitchen Sink Stamps), Ink: see below and Tea Dye Duo (Papertrey Ink), Accessories: Nestabilities, Plum Pudding Ribbon, Vintage Button, Twine (Papertrey Ink), scallop punch (SU!), pearls (Zva Creative)

Ink Recipes:

Purple Sunflower:  Step 3 - Sweet Plum (Memento), Step 2 - Sweet Plum (stamped off), Step 1 - Sweet Plum (stamped off 2x), Step 4 - Sweet Plum, Step 5 - Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink) 
Daisy 1:  Step 2 - Hibiscus Burst, Step 1 - Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink)
Daisy 2:  Step 2 - Raspberry Fizz, Step 1 - Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink)

Leaves:  Step 3 - New Leaf (Papertrey Ink), Step 2 -  Bamboo Leaves (Memento), Step 1 - New Sprout (Memento)


Horseshoe:  Step 3 - Rich Cocoa, Step 2 - Rich Cocoa (stamped off), Step 1 - Pearlescent Beige (Memento)
 

St. Patrick's Day Treasure

Today I have a bit more information for you about the great St. Patty's Day Treasure Hunt being sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps and PaperTemptress.  The contest runs all week and you have the chance to win some fun prizes so be sure to visit the PaperTemptress's Community blog for more details on how to find your clues and enter the contest.

For my card today I used some of the pretty papers from the KSS St. Patty's Day Green Paper Package from the Paper Temptress and the brand new Kitchen Sink Stamps set Multi-Step Shamrocks & Clovers.  This is another awesome mini set!! It's the perfect for you to give a try if you haven't tried KSS before! There are a lot of clovers in this mini set as well as a wonderful little color recipe!  I stamped the clovers on Neenah Ivory paper using this recipe:  Step 3 - New Leaf (Papertrey Ink), Step 2 - Bamboo Leaves (Memento), Step 1 - New Sprout (Memento). 

After I had stamped a bunch of the clovers randomly I die cut a circle with my Nestabilities.  I then stamped the sentiment from Ready 4 Any Holiday on vellum and die cut that with the next smaller circle Nestabilities and layered it on top.  The green scalloped circle was die cut from Emeraude Sparkle, the background panel is Khaki Ruche and the cardbase is Neenah Green, all of which are part of the paper pack.  I stamped one final shamrock, cut it out and popped it up on the front. Of course, I had to add a bit of bling!! :)

For more inspiration using Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Shamrocks & Clovers along with KSS St. Patty's Day Green Paper Package from Paper Temptress be sure to visit the other KSS Crew blogs. While I don't have a part of the Phrase Word, they just might!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

and

Tammy Hershberger - March Guest Designer

Cardstock:  Green, Ivory (Neenah), Emeraude Sparkle, Khaki Ruche (Paper Temptress), Vellum (SU!), Stamps: Multi-Step Shamrocks & Clovers, Ready 4 Any Holiday (Kitchen Sink Stamps),Ink:  Tuxedo Black, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves (Memento), New Leaf (Papertrey Ink) Accessories:  Swarovski crystal, foam adhesive, Nestabilities (Spellbinders), sewing machine, corner rounder, ribbon (Michaels)