Durcan Designs

Color Throwdown Challenge #12

It's my week to choose the colors  for the Color Throwdown blog!! :)

Here's my picks -

 

I was in the mood for Christmas so I pulled out my Playful Christmas set by Kitchen Sink Stamps.  I also used Ready 4 Any Holiday and Backgrounds and Borders by KSS.  For inks I  used Versamagic Tea Leaves and SU! Craft white.   

Be sure to stop by the Color Throwdown blog and see what the other designers have created or check out their personal blogs linked here -

Broni Holcombe

Cathy Indelicato  

Kisa Peters 

LeAnne Pugliese

Tammy Hershberger

 

Hope you all have a great day and happy stamping!

Recipe:

Stamps - Playful Christmas, Ready 4 Any Holiday, Backgrounds and Borders by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Cardstock by Bazzill and SU!, Punch by SU!, Buttons by American Crafts, Inks by SU! and Versamagic, dimensionals, white embroidery floss

Kitchen Sink Release Day!

Kitchen Sink Stamps is releasing 7 new sets today!!  Be sure to check them out here along with the other design team members blogs for more samples :)

Beth Silaika

Dee Jackson

Jan Tinklenberg

Julie Masse

Lori Tecler

Maria Colosimo

Nicole Cooke

Tammy Hershberger

Here's my card using 3 Step Autumn Squirrel :)

 

Recipe:

Stamps - 3 Step Autumn Squirrel by Kitchen Sinks Stamps

Inks - So Saffron, More Mustard, Certainly Celery, Bamboo Leaves (Memento), Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa

SU! - More Mustard, Ruby Red cardstock, Word Window punch, wide grosgrain ribbon, brads, dimensionals

CPS Sketch #73 and Kitchen Sink Stamps

Kitchen Sink Stamps is the CPS sponsor this week, so I pulled out my 3 Step Hibiscus set to play along :)  It's an awesome sketch this week and the designers cards are gorgeous!! 

Here's a little snapshot of my card's beginnings -

When I'm feeling kinda serious about my cardmaking it's usually a two day process.  The first day is just playing around with materials and brainstorming.  The second day is when I execute the final card.  So prior to yesterday I had already decided on a color scheme for the flowers and had an overall idea of what I wanted the card to look like because I had seen the CPS sketch in advance. Then, when I have some quiet time I pull out all of the supplies I think I might need and get set up to do some stamping :) 

Here is my completed card:

Hope you all have a great day and happy stamping!

Recipe:

Stamps - 3 Step Hibiscus by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Cardstock and Patterned Paper - Lime Tart "Half Tart" kit July 08

SU! - Whisper White cardstock, Corner Rounder punch, Inks: Pretty in Pink, Rose Romance, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, 2 Way Glue Pen

Doodle Bug black pigment ink, Colorbox Lime Peel chalk ink 

beautiful hibiscus

I loved playing with this hibiscus set!  I wound up using a variety of different inks because 1) I just ordered a big stash of VersaMagic and Memento cat's eye inks from Kitchen Sink Stamps and  2) I wanted to try and coordinate the flower with this Bazzill cardstock color.  I think it came out kind of cool.  I'll give you a run down of what I used in the card recipe below.

I will tell you too, that if you've been thinking about trying one of the 3-Step stamps from Kitchen Sink, you should give this one a go.  I found the flower and leaves very easy to line up.  The first and second steps are a piece of cake and then the rest of the flower easily lines up using the center stem as a focal point.  Also, if you have any questions, you can always just drop me a note :)

all images by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Recipe:

Stamps - 3 Step Hibiscus, Ready 4 Any Holiday

SU! - Certainly Celery and Chocolate Chip ink, Pallette O' Prints patterned paper, cream and white grosgrain ribbon, silver cord, hardware, silver brads, sticky strip

Memento Inks - Cantaloupe and Ladybug

VersaMagic Inks - Thatched Straw and Tea Leaves

Bazzill textured cardstock

Graduation Gift Bag

I am so high on life today!  Miranda and Cooper were so cute at their graduation yesterday!!  I am so proud of them.  I wish you all could have been there to see them :)

Today I wanted to share this cute little bag I made for Kitchen Sink Stamps.  It features the new release, 3 Step Graduation.

This is what I used for ink...

For the hat:

Step 1 - Going Gray

Step 2 - Going Gray again

Step 3 - Palette Noir Black

For the tassle:

Step 1 - Pale Plum

Step 2 - Perfect Plum

**I tend to reach for my SU! dye ink pads a lot with the 3 Step sets just because of the large variety of colors.

The bag I found at AC Moore and they were cheap :)  I think 35 cents or something.

I hope you like it!

Recipe:

Stamps - 3 Step Graduation by Kitchen Sink Stamps

SU! - Going Gray, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum Classic ink pads, Whisper White, Pale Plum and Perfect Plum cardstock, ticket corner punch, silver brads, piercing tool and template, grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Palette Noir black ink, eyelet by American Crafts

May Freedom Ring

Today is the release day for eight new Kitchen Sink stamp sets!!  There is a lot going on in the Kitchen this month including a contest, so be sure to check out the new Contest Blog to find out how you can win free stamps!!

The cards I'm sharing today use the new stamp sets Playful Stars, Plaid Plus! and Ready 4 Any Holiday.  The first card is an atc I made for my swap groups and the second card is just a larger version :)

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I also took a few photos while I was making the cards so I will share those too :)

Step 1 - Use the plaid maker image and SU! white Craft ink to make your background. 

Step 2 - Add the stars with Brilliance "Rocket Red" ink.  This brand of ink works really well with SU! Kraft cardstock.

Step 3 - Stamp your stars with Brilliance "Moonlight White" ink and cut. 

The large blue star and the medium red star were cut with a craft knife and ruler.  The small stars were punched with a SU! star punch.

For the ATC, I used both the large and small SU! star punches to make them easy to reproduce :) 

If you have any other questions, please let me know :)

Here are some links of my fellow design team members who are also featuring new Kitchen Sink sets on their blogs today:

• Beth Silaika
• Dee Jackson
• Erika Martin
• Jan Tinklenberg
• Julie Masse
• Lori Tecler
• Nicole Cooke
• Rebecca Oehlers
• Tammy Hershberger

Recipe:

Stamps - Playful Plaid!, Playful Stars, Ready 4 Any Holiday by Kitchen Sink Stamps

SU! - Brocade Blue, Kraft and Real Red cardstock, Brocade Blue Classic ink, Craft White ink, Ticket Corner and Star punch, Brocade Blue and White ribbon, Silver Cord, brads, dimensionals

Moonlight White and Rocket Red Brilliance ink, Papertrey White cardstock

how bout...

a Kitchen Sink sneak peek!  Maria is releasing EIGHT new sets June 2nd!!  Stop by the Kitchen Sink Weblog for more sneak peeks and a giveaway :)

Coop's Pre-K Graduation Card

I am so proud of my little Cooper.  He's been going to pre-school five days a week this year.  He did get pretty tired sometimes, but overall he did fabulous :) 

Images by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Recipe:

Stamps - Playful Numbers and Never a Loss 4 Words by Kitchen Sink Stamps

SU! - Kraft, Groovy Guava, Whisper White cardstock, Purely Pomegranate, Groovy Guave, Wild Wasabi and Craft White inks, Slot, Spiral and Oval punches, Library Clips, Ribbons, Sponge, Dimensionals 

Scrap Time and Kitchen Sink Stamps

If your interested...

Tonight (May 6th) at 6:30 EST time, there will be a video on how to use Kitchen Sink Stamps on the Scrap Time blog :)   Here is a link to the site -----> Scrap Time Blog

Kitchen Sink Coupon Code

Good news :)

In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month and Mother's Day, Maria at Kitchen Sink Stamps is offering a 10% savings from May 7-10.

Use the promotion code  MOM

All images by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Recipe:

Stamps - 3 Step Daisy and 3 Step Hearts and Roses by Kitchen Sink

SU! - Whisper White cardstock, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa ink, ribbon by Making Memories