KS Monday -- Feb 15th, 2010

Happy Monday and it's another Kitchen Sink Monday for you! Today is President's day in the U.S. and I needed this holiday so much today. I had more errands than usual last week and I need a little rest :p

Today's card was inspired by Mardi Gras :):) Living in East Texas and half of my husband's family live in Louisiana, Mardi Gras celebrations are everywhere here right now!! Fat Tuesday is tomorrow and I'm sure there will be the bigger party than ever in New Orleans since the Saints won last Sunday! Who Dat! Hee hee.

I used 3 Step Butterflies set and Simple Sentiment for the word "Celebrate". I mainly used white and those colors - purple, yellow, green as an accent color so I can keep the clean look. The background was embossed using the CB embossing folder and DTPed with chalk inks. The mat of the word "Celebrate" was punched with the border punch, that was taken from Lisa's great idea :):) The same border punch was also used for the purple card base.



These are the steps I did for each image (all inks are Memento) :
(purple butterfly) 1st - lulu lavender, 2nd - sweet plum, 3rd- grape jelly
(yellow butterfly) 1st - dandelion, 2nd - canteloupe, 3rd- tangelo
(green butterfly) 1st - pear tart, 2nd - bamboo leaves, 3rd- cottage ivy

• To get 10% off of your purchase, just click the promotion code MAKIKO10KSS and it will take you straight to the store to shop. When you check out, enter MAKIKO10KSS at the coupon code box. Note - please type a capital "O" at the end of my name and a zero in the number for 10

• KSS online store now accepts Visa & MasterCard in addition to PayPal.

• KS Crew Challenge #22 (KSCC#22) is still going on until February 26th with KSS gift certificates for the challenge prize.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of KS Crews are cookin' for you today!!
Angela * Connie * Julie * Lisa * Lynn * Maria

Stamps: 3 Step Butterflies, Simple Semtiment (KSS)

Paper: elegant eggplant (SU), classic white (Flourishes)
Ink: Memento lulu lavender, sweet plum, grape jelly, dandelion, canteloupe, tangelo, pear tart, bamboo leaves, cottage ivy, VersaMagic thatched straw, malted mauve, tea leaves (Tsukineko)
Accessories: pearls
Tools: border punch, CB embossing folder

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!