Hi there,
I just stop by to tell you that Kitchen Sink Stamps is having Mother’s Day Sale this weekend!!
Everything in KSS Store is 20% OFF when you use the Coupon Code:
MAK20 <- Just click and stat shopping!!
The Sale ends Sunday, May 13th midnight PST.
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Maki
TGIF and Happy early Mother’s Day to all mothers who visit my blog :) Hope you will have a wonderful Mother’s Day with your loved ones!
It is time for Sweet ‘N Sassy Digi Challenge (SNSDC53)!! The challenge is to create a *feminine style* card/project!
You can use any digital stamps. Only requirement is the image has to be digital – but if you have any digital stamps from Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps, we’d love you to use them! You can visit SNS Digi Challenge Blog for more information about the challenge and find out how to win free digital stamps from SNS. Can’t wait to see your creation!
I love going to tea rooms with my girlfriends! It is my girl’s time…no men allowed!! Not only I enjoy spending time there with my friends, but I also enjoy being served their pretty antique tea cups & pots. So, I decided to put those wonderful time into my feminine card.
I used Cookie’s Tea Digi for the image and one of True Friend Sentiments Digi for the sentiment. The image was colored with Copic markers and the circle mat was sponged with ink. The card was designed with the Echo Park designer papers and adde the decorative borders that was created with SNSS Lacey Eyelet Border die and MS Flower Bed deep edge punch. It was also embellished with the ribbon with the paper rose and pearls.
Be sure to stop by SNS Digi Blog Design Team for more inspiration!
Stamps: Cookie’s Tea, True Friend Sentiments (SNS Digi)
Paper: brushed bride (SU), white cardstock (PT), designer papers (EP)
Ink: Distress Ink spun sugar (Ranger), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, silver pearls
Tools: SNSS lacey eyelet border die, Spellbinders Nestabilities – classic circles, scalloped circles, Shapabilities bitty blossoms die
Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend.
Maki
If you came for RI New Release Blog Hop, please scroll down for the next post. Thank you~
Welcome to the FLLC May Release Noon Time Challenge 2 (FLLCMAYRW2)!! Father’s Day set was just announced at FLLC May Release Day 2! Have you checked all of the fabulous samples from the FLLC DT? If not, you may want to visit the Flourishes blog as soon as you finish reading this post!
Today's Noon Time Challenge is for Father’s Day set and the challenge is "Let's hear it for the Boys!". This challenge is all about the men in your life -- no matter what the age! All you need to do is make a more masculine card for this challenge and you will be in the running! If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use the keyword FLLCMAYRW2. Entries must be in before Friday, May 11th at 5PM EST. To enter, make sure you link up your creation over on the Flourishes Blog using the Inlinkz Widget!
Here is my card.
I used the image because it reminded me of my family about 8 years ago :) The image was stamped with Memento bahama blue on classic white mat of SB Blossom. The mat was sponged with Distress Ink antique linen using Ink Blending Tool & Foam. The sentiment was stamped with Memento rich cocoa on the label of Tailor-Made Classic Bookplate Template. Then the label was sponged with Distress Ink broken china. The card was designed with Glitz Happy Trail designer papers and colored cardstock. To finish off, I embellished with Candi Metallique steel and fix foam pads to finish off.
Be sure to check out other FLLC DT creations too!
Stamps: Father’s Day (Flourishes)
Paper: classic white cardstock (Flourishes), designer papers (Glitz), colored cardstock
Ink: Memento rich cocoa, bahama blue (Tsukineko), Distress Ink antique linen, broken china (Ranger)
Accessories: Candi Metallique
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities blossom, FLLC Tailor-Made classic bookplate template die, MS stars edger punch
Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!
Maki
Happy Thursday everyone!
Welcome to Repeat Impressions New Release Blog Hop!! If you came from Lynette’s blog, you’re on a right track. If not, you many want to visit from Repeat Impressions blog to start this fun blog hop event!!
We are releasing Big Boys Toys Series!! These stamps are great for Dads, grads, and the adventurous at heart. Images include airplanes with banner messages to pull behind them, fun hot air balloons, a couple of classic cars and a motorcycle. And of course we also have some great sentiments to pair with all of them.!! Big Boys Toys Series is available in as an unmounts sheet and individually at RI Online Store.
Here is my cards.
For this card, I used Harley (9120-M) and Born to RIDE (9115-G). I have a few people in my family who ride a Harley including my husband. So, I know the image and sentiment can be used a lot! I designed the card with masculine colors and H&D designer paper. It was embellished with the rhinestones and ribbon.
The next card was Clean and Simple. I stamped Airplane (9112-I) and colored with Copic markers. Then I created the clouds with ink using a sponge and cloud template. The sentiment, Fly away with me (9102-G) was stamped, trimmed and attached with dimension. The card was embellished with baker’s twine to finish off.
Now, it is the fun part!! You will have a chance to win the entire collection with playing Words Hunt!! While you are hopping each of Rock Star’s posts, all you need to do is collect all the words and create the correct phrase. After you collect all the words you need to email Wendy (wendy@repeatimpressions.com) with all the words to be eligible for the blog candy. And when you also use all the words to create the correct phrase, then you will have earned yourself 2 chances for the blog candy! You must complete the hop and email me all the words and/or the phrase no later than 5pm eastern time on Sunday, May 13th.
The winner of the blog candy will be announced on a regular SOTW post at RI Blog on Monday, May 14th.
My word for you is
“Boys”
Next Stop is Pattie J !!
Have fun hopping!!
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Maki
Welcome to the FLLC May Release Noon Time Challenge 1 (FLLCMAYRW1)!!
I assume you’ve already checked Flourishes May Release Sneak Peek Day 1 and seen all of the beautiful creations with Hydrangea from FLLC Design Team!
Today's Noon Time Challenge is for the Hydrangea set and the challenge is "Pretty
in Purple". To play in the "Pretty in Purple" Challenge, all you need to do is
use the color purple somewhere on your card or creation - just that simple! It
could be a the color on an image, a paper, ribbon, embellishment, anything! If
you upload to a Splitcoaststampers gallery, please use the keyword FLLCMAYRW1.
Entries must be in before Friday, May 11th at 5PM EST. To enter, make sure you
link up your creation over on the Flourishes Blog using the Inlinkz widget!
Looking forward to seeing your creations.
Here is my card.
I used the both of small flowers and some of the leaves from the large image from the set. It was colored with Copic makrers, trimmed and arranged on the frame of SB Label 6. The sentiment was stamped with Memento tuxedo black on the Classic White mat of SB Lacey Circles. The mat was sponged with Distress Ink milled lavender using Blending Tool & Foam. I used the flower image and stamped randomly with Memento lulu lavender on the classic white cardstock. The edge was also sponged with the same Distress Ink. The card base was designed with colored cardstock and the layer that was punched with the decorative edger punch. To finish off, the gingham check ribbon, purple pearls and Prima petal pin were used for the embellishments.
The card size is 5 1/2” x 5 1/2”.
Copic colors I used for this project:
and YG11, Y35.
Be sure to check out other FLLC DT creations too!
Stamps: Hydrangea (Flourishes)
Paper: classic white cardstock (Flourishes), colored cardstock
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, lulu lavender (Tsukineko), Distress Ink milled lavender (Ranger), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, Prima petal pin, pearls
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities – lacey circles, label 6, ink blending tool & foam, MS garden gate deep double edge punch
Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!
Maki
Happy Wednesday everyone~
It is time for Designer’s Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions!! It is Dawn’s turn to host and she is challenging you to create a Double Dutch fold card! I used the tutorial HERE to make mine :)
You will have two weeks (May 22nd) to enter your project. When you finish your project, make sure you link it to the DCC post at RI blog where the inlinkz are located so that you will have a chance to win the RI gift certificate! For more information about the DCC, please visit The House That Stamps Built (RI blog). Can’t wait to see your creation!
For my card, I used Lighting Bug Jar (9011-L) for the center image. It was colored with Copic markers and outside of the jar was sponged with Distress Ink. The background was stamped with Lighting Bug (9002-A) and designed with Basic Grey designer paper. The ribbon was embellished to finish off the front. The inside of the card was simply stamped with Lighting Bug and the sentiment, Sweet Things (9007-E).
Be sure to check out the creations by the rest of RI Rock Stars below to get more inspirations too!!
Stamps: Lighting Bug Jar, Lighting Bug, Sweet Things (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: not quite navy, so safforn (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptres), light blue cardstock (Bazzil), designer paper (BG)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Distress Ink scattered straw (Ranger), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon
Tools: SB Nestabilities scalloped rectangles
Thank you for stopping by.
Maki
Hello and happy Tuesday!!
It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC168)! Silke is challenging us to create a card/project with *PINK* as a main color. It can be anything from softer pink shades to bright pink colors. Please visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge.
I used Hello Baby! for my Pink-A-Licious card! I am sending this card to Troy’s cousin who is having a girl very soon! (As I am writing this, I need to make a baby boy’s card for her sister, who already had a boy about a month ago! I think the blue version of this will be wonderful as well.)
I stamped the image with Memento tuxedo black on the Classic White cardstock and colored with Copic markers. The mat was sponged with Distress Ink spun sugar using Ink Bleding Tool and Foam. Then it was layered on the mat of SB Beaded Circles die. The card was designed with Glitz designer papers and colored cardstock. The sentiment was stamped on the tag of SB Fancy Tags die and sponged with Distress Ink brushed corduroy. The flower clusters were created with SB Rose Creations and pine needle punch. To finish off, the beaded circle mat were dressed with the pink pearls.
I’ve submitted this card for Sweet Stop Sketch (SSS157).
Copic colors I used for this project:
Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations too!
Stamps: Hello Baby! (Flourishes)
Paper: classic white cardstock (Flourishes), designer papers (Giliz) colored cardstock
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Distress Ink spun sugar, brushed corduroy
Accessories: pearls
Tools: Spellbinders Shapabilities - fancy tags, rose creations, Nestabilities - classic circles, beaded circles, CM circle cutters, pine needle punch, CB 5x7 polka dots embossing folder, ink blending tool & foams, paper blossoms tool kit
Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!
Maki
Hello and happy Monday everyone~
It’s been quite hot here in Texas and swimming in a pool was one thing my kids did during the weekend! It is also a time for hummingbirds to buzzing around my yard :)
I decided to ink a hummingbird from Multi Step Hummingbirds with Multi Step Hibiscus for today’s Kitchen Sink Monday. I love the combination of those images…always make me think a beautiful summer!
The image was stamped with these steps:
Hummingbird: 4th – VersaFine imperial purple, 3rd – Memento cottage ivy, 2nd – Memento bamboo leaves, and 1st – Memento pear tart (1 x stamp off)
Hibiscus: 3rd – Memento rhubarb stalk, 2nd – Memento potter’s clay (1 x stamp off), 1st – Memento tangelo (1 x stamp off), 4th – Memento rich cocoa, and 5th – imperial purple
Leaves : 3rd – cottage ivy, 2nd – bamboo leaves and 1st – Memento new sprout
I added some shadow with Copic markers (C03, 01, 00). You need to check what Maria showed HERE if you haven’t seen yet! Memento ink works wonderfully for Copic markers and I had no problem with adding the details like shadows. I sponged the background with Memento danube blue. It’s bright blue and I needed to put off some ink before applying on the mat but it gives more brighter blue sky than Memento summer sky blue. After stamping the sentiment on the strip, I embellished the card with the sheer ribbon with button and rhinestones to finish off.
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Be sure to check out what other KS Crews are cookin’ for KS Monday today!!
Stamps: Multi Step Hummingbirds, Multi Step Hibiscus (KSS)
Paper: calypso cameo, wild wasabi (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer paper (BoBunny)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, rich cocoa, bamboo leaves, pear tart, cottage ivy, rhubarb stalk, potter’s clay, tangelo, VersaFine imperial purple (Tsukineko), Copic markers
Accessories: sheer ribbon, button, rhinestones, baker’s twine
Tools: Spellbinders classic circles and scalloped circles Nestabilities, MS double loops edge punch
Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!
Maki
Hello and happy Friday!! It is time for Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps Digi Challenge (SNSDC52)! The challenge is to create a card/project with your *favorite holiday theme*.
You can use any digital stamps. Only requirement is the image has to be digital – but if you have any digital stamps from Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps, we’d love you to use them! You can visit SNS Digi Challenge Blog for more information about the challenge and find out how to win free digital stamps from SNS. Can’t wait to see your creation!
My favorite holiday is Halloween :) Halloween was not familiar in Japan while I grew up and my first Halloween experience was when I was 18 years old during my college years. I remember I had so much fun with dressing up and wearing scary make-up :) After coming to the U.S and experiencing all Halloween events, it became my favorite time and holiday!
For my card, I used Rhubarb’s Punkins Digi for the image and created the one of the events I love during Halloween time – going to pumpkin patch! The image was colored with Copic markers and adhered on the card. The card was decorated with MS designer papers and the picket fence from SNSS Fence & Grass Die. To finish off, I added the Halloween theme epoxy strip and the rhinestones.
SNSS Digi Team is so excited we have five new DT members!!
Be sure to stop by SNS Digi Blog Design Team for more inspiration!
Cathy Wallington (New DT)
Cyndi Bundy (New DT)
Melinda Gleissner (New DT)
Meredith “Crafty Math Chick” (New DT)
Patricia Hays (New DT)
Stamps: Rhubarb’s Punkins (SNS Digi)
Paper: concord crush, wild wasabi (SU), white cardstock (PT), designer papers (MS)
Ink: Distress Ink weathered wood (Ranger), Copic markers
Accessories: epoxy strip, rhinestones
Tools: SNSS fence & grass die, Spellbinders fleur de lis rectangles
Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend.
Maki
Happy Wednesday everyone~
It is time for What If? Wednesday Sketch from Repeat Impressions! You will have 2 weeks (until Tuesday, May 15th) to enter your card using the sketch 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.
I used Watermelon (9010-H) for the image and One In A Melon (9015-D) for the sentiment. The image was colored with Copic markers. All mats were cut with SB Label 15 dies and embellished with heart epoxy stickers. The photo corners of the card were created with MS Double Arches corner punch and 1 1/4” square punch. You can create this kind of photo corners with any corner punches and square punches ;)
We are so excited to welcome two NEW Rock Stars, Patti J. Gilliam and Kecia Waters!! Be sure to check their first challenge creation as the RI DT!
Be sure to check out the creations by the rest of RI Rock Stars below to get more inspirations too!!
Stamps: Watermelon, One In A Melon (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: wild wasabi, so saffron (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptres), designer paper (EP)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Distress Ink scattered straw (Ranger)
Accessories: heart epoxy stickers
Tools: SB Nestabilities label 15, MS double arches corner punch, EK 1 1/4” square punch
Thank you for stopping by.
Maki
