Curtain Call {ACT59}

Hello everyone~

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I know we are always busy toward to the end of the year no matter what part of country you live but I hope you can take a little time for yourself and play the Curtain Call Color Challenge {ACT59} with us :)

Please visit Stacey’s Stamping Stage for more detail about the challenge.

Here is my card with using the color combo.

What do you think? I was not sure how I added the gray into the holiday theme card but I really love how it turned out! I used KSS Multi Step Winter Cardinals set and 3 Step Bells set for the word, “PEACE”. I used the sketch from Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #84 (MMSC#84) …thank you, Pricilla for uploading all sketches for December at once. It really help me to create my cards before my vacation!

These are the steps I did for each image (all inks are Stampin’ Up!)
(Cardinal) 3rd – cherry cobbler, 2nd – real red, 1st – so saffron, 4th – basic gray

(Pine) 4th – basic gray, 3rd – chocolate chip, 2nd – always artichoke, 1st – old olive

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see:

Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper

Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes

Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs

Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio –> me

Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper

Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation

Silke Ledlow at My Life

Stacey Schafer at Stacey’s Stamping Stage

and December Guest Designer, Maureen Plut at Buttons & Bling.

...then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky back at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

Stamps: Multi Step Winter Cardinals, Vintage Words (KSS)
Paper: real red, always artichoke & basic gray designer papers (SU), cryogen white(PaperTemptress)
Ink: real red, cherry cobbler, chocolate chip, so soffron, basic gray, always artichoke, old olive(SU)
Accessories: white ribbon, swirl rhinestones, silver pearls
Tools: classic oval Nestabilities

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!

Maki

RI What If? Wednesday Sketch D110

 

 

Happy Wednesday and 1st day of December!! That means 25 more days til Christmas!!

Today is also time for What If? Wednesday Sketch from Repeat Impressions! You will have 2 weeks (until Tuesday, Dec 14th) to enter your card for the challenge over RI Blog “The House That Stamps Built”. All participants will have a chance to win a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate!! I hope you will play along with us! Please check out RI Blog for more detail.

 

 

Here is my card :)

It’s a PINK Christmas card!! Don’t you love it?! Again, I used my favorite RI Christmas set, Christmas Penguin :) I hope you are not tired of seeing these penguins … I promise I will use something else after Christmas ;) The ornament part with Angel Penguin (8818-I) can be detached from the card and used as a real ornament :)  The circle edge was decorated with gold glitter. and I sprayed Fixative to keep the glitter intact before attaching the gold code. To finish off, the pink ribbon was attached on the top of the ornament. The sentiment, Christmas Wishes (8915-D) was simply stamped on the oval mat and the gold brads were used as an embellishment.

 

 

 

 

Be sure to check out the creations by the RI Rock Stars below to get more inspirations too!!

Ayana Posadas * Dana Joy * Darsie Rose Bruno * Harriet Skelly *

Joy Hadden * Julie Smith * Lynette Neus * Michele Greenwood *

Robin Kirkpatrick

 

 

 

Stamps: Angel Penguin – Christmas Penguins, Christmas Wishes – Snow Globes & Ornaments, Christmas (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: melon mambo (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer paper (MME) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic markers 
Accessories: ribbon, gold code, gold brads, gold glitter 
Tools: circle Nestabilities, oval & scallop oval punch

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Maki

FTTC95–Doilies

Hello everyone~

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC95)!! It is the last Tuesday of the month so we have us a challenge host! Mona Pendleton is our challenge host this month! Thanks so much Mona! Mona is challenging us to doilies! You can use actual doilies or create your own with punches or die cuts. The object is to have a doily look! We look forward to seeing what you create!

 

I LOVE using doilies..they give warm feelings and wonderful textures to my cards :) Speaking of “warm”, I used Warm Winter Wishes set for today’s card. For the doilies challenge, I simply used the paper doily (you can find it at baking section at major craft store) and the medallion – not simply… I made with the rings corner punch….I think it turned out like a doily! Then I used them as frames. The snowman was colored with Copic markers and attached on the white circle mat. To finish off, I embellished with the punched snowflakes with glitter, linen ribbon and chunky red button.

 

 

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations!

Mona (Guest Challenge Hostess)

Barb

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke

 

 

 

Stamps: Warm Winter Wishes (Flourishes)
Paper:  baja breeze, real red, designer paper (SU), heavenly white (PaperTremptress), kraft cardstock (Bazzil), paper doily   
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, summer sky (Tsukineko), Copic markers
Accessories: linen ribbon, button, twine, glitter 
Tools: circle Nestabilities, rings corner punch

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

RI SOTW–Week of Nov 29th, 2010

 

Hello again,

It’s time for another Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions!! This week’s SOTW stamp is “JOY (2108-H) ”. It’s such a wonderful image/sentiment combination! The SOTW is available exclusively to our RI blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Mon, Nov 29th – Sun, Dec 5th. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the RI blog “The House That Stamps Built”.

 

For my card, I designed the layout with BG designer papers and simply added the Joy sentiment mat and buttons over the baker’s twine. The stamped image was colored with Copic markers and the edge of the mat was colored with sponge.

 

 

Be sure to check out the creations by the RI Rock Stars below to get more inspirations too!!

Dana Joy * Harriet Skelly * Julie Smith *

Lynette Neus * Robin Kirkpatrick

 

 

 

Stamps: Joy (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: certainly celery, riding hood red (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (BG) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, bamboo leaves (Tsukineko), Copic markers 
Accessories: buttons, baker’s twine, vintage twine 
Tools: label 14 Nestabilities

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Maki

KS Monday–Nov 29th, 2010

 

Hello and happy Kitchen Sink Monday everyone~

First of all, I want to shout out,

“Happy Birthday Connie!!!”

I hope you will have a fantastic day, my friend!!

 

Now, Thanksgiving is over here, I can focus on the next holiday!!

For today’s card, I made a Christmas/holiday card with this yummy set, Multi Step A Cup of Warm Comfort. I combined SCS Color Combination 298 (CC298) and Sketch (SC308) challenges for the card.

 

After I stamped the hot chocolate cup image, I masked it and stamped the candy cane. I added white color on the whip cream and brown color on under the cup with Fantastix, I also used the Glossy Accent glue on the candy cane….can you see the clear coating on the candy cane?

 

These are the steps I did for each image (All inks are SU ink): 
(Hot Chocolate Cup) 4th – chocolate chip, 3rd – crumb cake, 2nd – crumb cake (1 x stamp off)

(Candy Cane) 3rd – cherry cobbler , 2nd – real red, 1st – real red (1 x stamp off)

 

 

To save 10% off your total purchase, just click HERE 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.

Be sure to check out what other KS Crews are cookin’ today!!

Angela * Connie (birthday girl!!) * Julie * Lisa * Lynn * Maria

 

 

Stamps: Multi Step A Cup of Warm Cormfort (KSS) 
Paper: chocolate chip, cherry cobbler, designer papers (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), kraft cardstock (Bazzil) 
Ink: chocolate chip, crumb cake, cherry cobbler (SU), Brilliance moonlight white (Tsukineko)
Accessories: baker’s twine, button 
Tools: CB embossing folder

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

Curtain Call {ACT58}

 

Hello everyone~

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. My kids are going bock to school after a week off !! I hope my  stamping time is back to normal for a while :)

Today I have one card to show you for Curtain Call Color Challenge {ACT58}!! Hope you will have a time to play with us :)  Please visit Stacey’s Stamping Stage for more detail about the challenge.

 

Here is my card.

I thought this color combo & the photo were clean elegant…so I decided to use the flower block stamp from Unity Kit of Month for my card. The image was stamped with VersaFine and I added purple and neutral color on the flowers with Fantastix. Then I masked the image and stamped the flourish image from Growing in Unity set with gray ink. The rests are pretty much what you see…attached the word mat and embellished with twine & pearls.

 

 

 

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see:

Introducing...

Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments
Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper
Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes
Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs
Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio <- me
Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper
Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation
Silke Ledlow at My Life
Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage
Teresa Kline at Enjoy the VA Sunshine

 

and November Guest Designer,

Marlene Peters at Hands On

...then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky back here at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

 

 

 

 

Stamps: October 2010 KOM, Growing in Unity (Unity) 
Paper: crushed concord (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), kraft cardstock (Bazzil)  
Ink: crushed concord, crumb cake, basic gray (SU), VersaFine onyx black (Tsukineko) 
Accessories: twine, pearls  
Tools: scallop circle Nestabilities

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!

Maki

Black Friday Sale!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone~

Just want to let you know about the Black Friday Sale from a couple stamp companies I’m blessed to be a part of. I hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving with the people you love :)

 

 

 

On Friday and Sat Only, the Kitchen Sink Stamps will be offering Black Friday deals ..... with 25% off everything available in the store and Free Shipping on order $45 and over.

The promo code is : KSS25

 

 

 

On Friday Only, The Flourishes LLC will get you  in the holiday spirit with a little Black Friday sale!

Use the code SAVINGS4U to receive 15% off your entire order.

 

 

 

Enjoy shopping!

Maki

CASE-ing Dana’s Card

 

Hello everyone~

It’s time for CASE Challenge from Repeat Impressions!! Hope you have a time to join this fun challenge with us :)

 

This week we are casing this card by Dana. Isn’t that such a cute and fun card?

 

Please visit RI blog, The House that Stamps Built for more information about the CASE challenge ;)

 

For my card, I used the stamp from the same Christmas Penguins set Dana used. The penguin’s hat was paper pieced like Dana’s. I also used another new Christmas set, Snow Globes & Ornaments and created the snow globe. I designed the card with traditional Christmas colors and added the ribbons on the borders.

 

 

Be sure to check out the creations by the RI Rock Stars below to get more inspirations too!!

Dana Joy * Darsie Rose Bruno * Harriet Skelly *

Joy Hadden * Lynette Neus * Michele Greenwood

 

 

 

Stamps: Seated Penguin, Coolest Christmas – Christmas Penguins, Snow Globe, Snowflake Orb – Snow Globes & Ornaments (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: riding hood red, kiwi kiss, designer paper (SU), cryogen white (PaperTemptress) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, rich cocoa (Tsukineko), kiwi kiss (SU), Copic markers 
Accessories: rhinestones, ribbon 
Tools: label 15 Nestabilities

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Maki

FTTC94–Cindy’s Sketch

 

Hello everyone~

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC94)! This week Cindy Haffner is hosting. She is challenging us to a sketch she has designed. As far as sketches go, there is not much of an explanation necessary. You can turn it and modify the shapes to fit your size card, but in the end, it should still look like the sketch. Good Luck! We cannot wait to see what you create with it!

 

 

What a fun sketch, Cindy! I decided to use Christmas Tea set for my image. I colored the tea cups with Copic markers and sponged the edge of the mat. The red mat behind the main mat was cut with Label 2 Nestabilities and the designer papers were used for the borders and background. I attached the circle sentiment piece that was created with Nestabilities (circle, lacey circle and scallop circle). To finish off, I embellished the red ribbons with pearls on the two corners and small pearls on the sentiment piece.

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations!

Barb

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke

 

Stamps: Christmas Tea (Flourishes)
Paper:  baja breeze, real red, designer papers (SU), heavenly white (PaperTremptress)   
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), baja breeze (SU), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, pearls 
Tools: circle, lacey circle, scallop circle and label 2 Nestabilities, border punch

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

KS Monday–Card Positioning Systems

 

Hello and Happy Kitchen Sink Monday everyone~

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. To kick off a new week, we have a fun sketch you can play with. Kitchen Sink Stamp is the company sponsor for Card Position Systems 194 (CPS194)! I hope you have a time to play along the challenge with us. Be sure to check out the CPS Blog on Wednesday for what you could win!! HERE is the page you can enter your card(s). Good luck and enjoy creating :):)

 

This is my take on the sketch.

 

 

 

I used 3 Step Holly & Mistletoe set to design the main image & holly frame. This set is the one of the first Christmas sets KSS released and I just got it for my KSS collection (Thanks Maria!!). I don’t know why I waited to get the set til now… the images are absolutely fabulous!

For the holly frame, I adhered the gold glitter to fancy up :) and I trimmed around the greeting and attached it on the bottom. To finish off, I embellished the stamped bow (it’s also from H&M set)! Isn’t the bow gorgeous or what?

 

These are the steps I did for each image (All inks are Memento): 
(Mistletoe) 3rd – paris dusk, 2nd – cottage ivy, 1st – bamboo leaves

(Holly Leaves) 3rd – cottage ivy , 2nd – bamboo leaves, 1st – bamboo leaves (1 x stamp off)

(Berries & Bow) 3rd – rhubarb stalk, 2nd – lady bug, 1st – lady bug (1 x stamp off)

 

 

To save 10% off your total purchase, just click HERE 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.

Be sure to check out what other KS Crews are cookin’ today!!

Angela * Connie * Julie * Lisa * Lynn * Maria

 

 

 

Stamps: 3 Step Holly & Mistletoe (KSS) 
Paper:  barely banana, garden green (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer paper (DCVW) 
Ink: Memento bamboo leaves, cottage ivy, paris dusk, rhubarb stalk, lady bug, cantaloupe  (Tsukineko)
Accessories: gold glitter 
Tools: label 8 Nestabilities

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki