Jul 01 2008
Kitchen Sink Hibiscus
I’m very honored this month to be a guest designer for Kitchen Sink Stamps. Was I excited when I received that email? Yes! Maria’s images are beyond beautiful and so intricately designed she’s made it easy for stampers of all skill levels to create beautiful cards. I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to share a few with you.
For this card I used the large and medium-sized flowers and leaves from the Hibiscus set. I did a little simple masking to create this flower cluster and, once finished, I shaded around it with soft chalks.
What I find most fun about using the KSS flower images is choosing colors. So many variations for creating custom blooms! The sky’s the limit with a hibiscus. Oh, my! I looked them up — decisions, decisions! This flower is stamped in four steps:
Pretty in Pink + Apricot Appeal + Cameo Coral + Ruby Red = Gorgeous!
The leaves are River Rock, Certainly Celery and Old Olive. The shading is so subtle in some areas it’s hard to imagine the difference it makes, but leave a step out and you can see just how much thought was put into the stamp’s design — amazing!
I’m looking forward to sharing more KSS again soon. I’m glad you could stop by today!
- Stamps: KSS Hibiscus
- Paper: River Rock textured, So Saffron, Whisper White
- Ink: Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal, Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, River Rock, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
- Accessories: Ribbon, ticket corner punch, spray matte sealer (so chalk won’t rub off), Scotch brand foam mounting tape
Soooooooooo beautiful — love the clean look!!! Gorgeous colors!!!
This is just gorgeous! The textured cardstock looks like linen and really enhances the beautifully colored flower image! What a great card!!!
Love it. I just got the rose set and have yet to put on the ink. I think I need the hibiscus,living Fl requires hibiscus stamps. Susan
Absolutely beautiful…you just amaze me!
This is amazingly beautiful! I love it!!
Awesome work, the coloring is something else…Just Beautiful!
Wow!! Leslie I was so excited to see you in the kitchen this month:) This card is so gorgeous!! I love it!! The colors and shading are so soft. What a beautiful arrangement you made with this set. You are so amazing!!!
Stunning..the flowers look like a picture of real flowers!
GOJUS!!! Welcome to the crew!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Hey Leslie - this is stunning - welcome to the CREW!
Congratulations Leslie on your Guest of Honor spot!! This coloring is so detailed and just incredible…Did I note you to say previously that you were not very great at coloring? I think you are one of the most talented of all!
Congrats Leslie! How lucky are they to have you designing for them! This is simply stunning! Love the colours and the cluster design!
Oooooh!!! This is simply stunning!!! The image and your choice of colors and masking have made this card amazing!!! TFS
Leslie, this is absolutely stunning!! wow!! Yes, those stamps are amazingly beautiful…but what you have done with them is just outstanding!!! A feast for the eyes.
Just wanted to say this card took my breath away, it is so beautiful!
Leslie, this is gorgeous…love the colors as well!
Pinky
Fabulous job with the stamps! I grew up with these flowers in the tropics and these look almost real. Great work!
You’re the perfect choice to showcase the KS stamps, Leslie!! This is absolutely stunning!! Your colors are gorgeous, and thanks for sharing your combinations!!
Stunning card! I love all the shades! It looks so real!
Welcome to the Kitchen, Leslie! It’ll be a pleasure to work with you! (BTW, new girls have to do the dishes!)
A really stunning card-love the coloring. tfs
Congratulations on a superb job of masking and choice of colors. The idea to cluster the hibiscus is excellent. I’m impressed.
Outstanding, stunning, gorgeous, fantastic. I’m in awe and can’t stop looking at it.
Since discovering your site, I’ve become a great fan of yours and enjoy viewing your creations….many of which I’ve attempted to duplicate. But today’s hibiscus card has left me blown away. I had to go outside to look at all the hibiscus bushes in my yard and the neighbors. Tho I’ve seen them all my life, your hibiscus on paper radiated its beauty which caused me to study the real ones closely. Now whenever I see hibiscus flowers it’ll remind me of you. Who’d guess the power of transmission from your home to across the sea. Aloha.
Absolutely fabulous!
This is so beautiful ! I love this stamp. It is going to be the next one I purchase - so keep the samples coming so I can CASE them !!!
Leslie, your card is absolutely gorgeous!! Your color choices are so beautiful together. Kitchen Sink Stamps and you will be a wonderful combination! TFS
Omgosh, this is a real stunner! The colors are beautiful and your shading look so nice!
Sheer beauty! Outstanding Leslie!
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!
Oooo, this is gorgeous. Beautiful colors.
Gorgeous is right! Absolutely!!!
Wow…those flowers are beautiful!
OMG……gorgeous, gorgeous 4 step flowers. These flowers are easily one of the prettiest sets I have seen in a very long time. Leslie, your use of multiple colors on your flowers and leaves make them look so realistic. Wow……I just can’t stop looking. Love how you kept the card design simple as to not detract from your gorgeous main image
I am feeling so Inspired my friend………..
Your images literally just jump out at me. Wow, this is gorgeous.
This is so gorgeous! Congrats on your designer gig!
um….WOW!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness! I am trying to some catching up and what a treat your blog is! This card is just stunning! I too love the soft chalks, fun to work with. Take care, Deb
Welcome to the Kitchen Crew!!! Your card is just lovely!! I’m looking forward to seeing lots more beautiful work!
THESE ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! They glow from inside, from behind, from underneath…. it’s so hard to believe these are achieved with stamps and not the hand of a master artist! I’m blown away. LOVE them!!!!!!
This is absolutely beautiful! Makes me want to go out and buy that set! Great work. :0)
Wowza!!! Gorgeous color choices, Leslie! Congrats on being a guest designer. Maria was very smart to ask you. I’m with you on how amazing these Kitchen Sink stamps are. Genius designs. They are so addictive for trying out different color combinations. I didn’t want to put the Hydrangea set away because I kept trying different combinations. I did have to purchase more acrylic blocks so I didn’t have to keep changing stamps during the process, which helped a lot. And they just released a whole new batch of stamp sets. Yikes! Linda
Leslie, this card is just stunning, I came across it today in the gallery at Kitchen Sink Stamps. You made this card while I was finishing my last month on the Dirty Dozen, that’s the only excuse that I can give that I missed this gorgeous beauty. I’m sitting here in amazement at your talent with these stamps. You go Girl!