August Release at Kitchen Sink Stamps

Kitchen Sink Stamps is releasing seven brand new sets tomorrow. Maria has again created some amazing three and four step images. I've been enjoying playing with the new images and I'm looking forward to sharing some samples with you over the next few days.

I must admit that I've never been a teddy bear "person." Bunny rabbits were my stuffed animal of choice as a little girl and now that I'm an adult, I don't keep any stuffed animals around because of Cosmo the crazy dog. He's obsessed with anything fluffy, soft, and stuffed. You would think that a big dog like Cosmo would want pull toys or bones, but he really prefers the soft, stuffed things. Anything stuffed immediately becomes his and I spend a huge amount of time cleaning up the mess of un-stuffed stuffing he makes as he "loves" his cuddly toy.

But, I have completely fallen in love with the teddy bear image in the new Get Well Teddy set from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The very first time I stamped the four step image (actually on a piece of scrap paper!), it came out perfectly and so real-looking. I actually stopped what I was doing and emailed Maria at Kitchen Sink to tell her how much I loved the image.

I moved on from that and created a gate-fold card featuring the bear image on the front. The bear is stamped on cream cardstock using Colorbox Dune pigment ink as a base, then Creamy Caramel, then Close to Cocoa stamped off once, then Close to Cocoa full strength. I sponged a little Creamy Caramel around the edges of the panel, then layered it

I threaded a little bit of twine through the holes of a brown button and attached it to the cardfront with a glue dot. The stamped panel slips under the button and the button helps to hold the card closed. When open, you can see one of the sentiments from the set inside.

If you stop by the other design team members' blogs today and tomorrow, you'll be able to see other samples featuring the new releases from Kitchen Sink Stamps:

Nicole Cooke

Tracy Durcan

Tammy Hershberger

Dee Jackson

Julie Masse

Beth Silaika

Jan Tinklenberg

Materials Used:

Get Well Teddy set (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Dune ink (Colorbox); Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, and Night of Navy Classic inks, Close to Cocoa, Brocade Blue, and Night of Navy cardstock, glue dot (Stampin' Up!); cream cardstock (Papertrey Ink); patterned paper (Prima's Baby Boutique Collection); brown button (American Crafts); twine (Walmart)