Thank You Card - Mod Squad Challenge with Kitchen Sink Stamps

 Hello Crafters! I have created a Mini Slimline Thank You card for Maria Colosimo of Kitchen Sink Stamps. She has the most beautiful stamp sets that I've ever seen! They make very detailed and realistic images. The Modsquad Challenge is to create a Thank You card for Maria using Kitchen Sink Stamps.

I used the very first stamp set that I ever purchased from Kitchen Sink - Hearts & Roses. To create each rose and leaf image there are three to four stamps that you just layer with coordinating ink colors to achieve the intricate and detailed final images. All of her stamps are so detailed and fun to create.

I started with the flowers and used inks from Gina K Designs and Pinkfresh Studio from the palest pink to a really pigmented pink to achieve the look of the roses pictured. This set does not have a die set to match but Kitchen Sink Stamps offers an SVG file with their sets. I can use that SVG file on my Cricut Maker or Explore to cut out all of the images (and as many as I want). After I cut the images with my Cricut I just stamp the cut outs. 

I die cut the white and teal cardstock with the Pinkfresh Studio Mini Slimline Die Cut Bundle. Then I used the Harvest Stencil from Gina K Designs and a pink ink to create a soft background. I die cut the vase from GKD Fearless Joy stamp & Die set to place my roses in and inked it in a teal color.

The 'Grateful' sentiment is a GKD die from the new Fluttering Fall Bundle.

While I was stamping these beautiful roses I decided to grab more coordinating ink colors and made many more roses in different colors for future projects. They are so addicting to make!

Well, I hope that you enjoyed seeing my Thank You card for Maria! I hope she enjoys it also! Hop on over to the Modsquad Challenge Blog and play along!

Thank you for dropping by! Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Gina K. Designs Color Challenge

 This week there was a color challenge in the FaceBook group Gina K Designs & Stamp TV. The colors that I got from this photo are Blue Denim, Tranquil Teal, Key Lime, Jelly Bean Green and Fresh Asparagus inks — all from Gina K Designs.

Here is the challenge photo:

I love the colors but I didn't want to do a nature landscape. The first stamp set that I thought of was Melanie Muenchinger's Fresh Flowers Stamp & Die set! After using it I fell in love with it and I will be making more cards with this set — a lot more!

This card is inspired by Melanie! It's a Mini Slimline card and measures 6.5" x 3.5"

Melanie did a fantastic job designing this gorgeous set — and there are dies to match!!! There are multiple flowers, stems, leaves and beautiful vases included in the set.

I picked one of the vases and stamped it twice in GKD Blue Denim and Tranquil Teal. It helped the blending of the two colors to actually use my blending brush to tap the color onto the stamp instead of putting the stamp pad directly to the stamp. The blending brush gave it a much more softer look and the colors blended so much better. I then stamped two flowers Tranquil Teal with Blue Denim in the flower centers and die cut both flowers and the vase with my Vagabond 2.

For the card background I used the GKD Harvest Flourish stencil and inked it with Key Lime heavier in the center and a little more lightly towards the edges. I knew where I wanted the flowers & the vase to go so I stamped the stems and leaves on the panel so that when it was finished they looked like they were trialing up and to the right. I stamped the stems in Fresh Asparagus. With the leaves I used my blending brush technique like I did with the vase. I first stamped the leaves in Jelly Bean Green then I added the darker Fresh Asparagus with my brush and tapped it at the base of each leaf stamp. 

I finished the card by rubbing Key Lime ink very lightly with my blending brush at the very bottom. This grounds the vase so it won't appear to be 'floating' on the card. I adhered the vase and flowers to the card with pop dots and stamped the sentiment in Blue Denim. This top layer is adhered onto a piece of Tranquil Teal cardstock and then both were adhered to a Key Lime card base with a piece of foam in between to give it a little depth. I used PinkFresh Studio Mini Slimline Bundle Set for the layers.

I hope that you will be inspired to get a stamp set out that you haven't used yet and create something special! I have more cards waiting to be posted that were created for and inspired by a few more challenges. 

So until next, Happy Crafting!