Good Friday morning! It hardly seems that this week should be over and I’m still chasing myself. You know, I might get caught up one day, but I truly doubt it. I need to have about two uninterrupted days in the stamp room. Make that three days. It is such a mess at the moment that I can’t find anything. I still have all these unmounted images all over the place that need to be cataloged and put away. Jeanne will be back this coming Tuesday (we are heading to CHA) and she doesn’t have a place to work right now. Actually that mess has to be cleaned today, because I have Stamp Club tomorrow.

Sydney is still with Kate. I checked in last night and she seems to be doing better, but it’s still too early to bring her home. Well, maybe she is home because she is Kate’s dog. Who knows, Kate may decide to keep Syd after all . . . if she does, I’m sure we’ll be looking at that new pup Mallory is dying for. Oh please . . . one more dog is all I need. But then again, I’m traveling so someone else has to take care of them while I’m gone. They won’t be satisfied until there is a herd of 30 running around!

I had a heads up on today’s SCS Limited Supply Challenge, but just by a few minutes. I did get my card done and uploaded to my SCS Gallery, but didn’t get the blog post written before uploading. I normally do that. Write my blog post and then upload to SCS. It was just too late and I was a little mushy headed. Today’s challenge is to make a card with a summer theme. One of my favorite places is the beach, so I had to make a beach card.

I decided to use one of the new Kittie Kits and break out my reinkers for a change. I painted the water, sand and sky first, laying down a light layer of color. All the images were stamped in brown, and I went over the sea oats with greens. The chair was stamped over the sand in the same color of browns, then painted in darker colors. To add some highlight to the water, I lightly brushed/dabbed on some Tulip Puffy Paint and then heat set it. To finish the card, and because we were limited on layers and no designer paper. Do you think they realize what they are doing to me - no designer paper? Minimum layers? Well, it is a challenge, isn’t it? Anyhoo, to add some interest to the card, I sponged the edges of the layers.

• Stamps: Kittie Kit Cause a Scene Beach Master SKU:KKCS M002, Kittie Kit Cause a Scene What’s For Lunch #5 SKU:KKCS S005, and Rubbernecker Sentiments Happy Brthday SKU:25-02 from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
• Paper: Canson Watercolor Paper, SU Soft Sky and Always Artichoke
• Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Broken China, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, and Weathered Wood Distress Inks; SU Soft Sky and Always Artichoke
• Accessories: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Reinkers; Water Brush; Cup of Water; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Ribbon; Tulip Puffy Paint

Hope y’all have a great day! I’m moving down to the basement to start picking up. Oh and Carrie if you are reading this, why don’t you come to Stamp Club tomorrow morning?

Good morning! I just know you have been holding your breath waiting for my big surprise! Well you can exhale now, cause I’m about to tell you. Actually there have been little clues dropped the last couple of days. You just needed to look closely!

It’s been a year in the making. Last June, Jeanne, Kittie and I sat around Kittie’s pool talking about her stamping style. It was before Kittie’s stint with design teams and even before the Dirty Dozen. To be exact – it was a year ago to the very week. We brain stormed the idea of Kittie making little kits with images and tools to help others learn her techniques to create the scenes she is so famous for.

I am so happy to announce that the day has finally arrived – INTRODUCING (a little drum roll please)

Kittie Kits by Kittie Caracciolo - CAUSE A SCENE exclusively from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Kittie has designed two Master Kits, one for Landscape Scenes, Master #1

and one for Beach Scenes, Master #2

Along with these two Master Kits, Kittie has also handpicked her favorite Rubbernecker images to be incorporated into accessory kits to accompany the Masters. The images have been resized and reworked for the exclusive kits.

The ones below accompany the Landscape Master #1

and then these accompany the Beach Master #2.

If you paid close attention over the last few days, you would have seen that Kittie has been uploading cards made with the images, dropping hints along the way about the new images.

It was my pleasure to make a sample with the Landscape Master #1 and the accessory set with the cabin.

I started the image by painting water on the top half of the watercolor paper, and applying a wash of Broken China Distress Ink. Once that dried, I painted the bottom half of the watercolor paper with water and applied a light wash of Shabby Shutters. Once that dried, I stamped the trees, masked them and stamped the cabin. Leaving the mask on the cabin, I stamped a few evergreen trees in the background. The cabin and tree trunks were water colored and the grass was given another layer of green. While the grass was still wet, I stamped the grass sprigs on the grass and let them run to add some dimension to the ground. The leaves were stamped with various images from the Kit, and then the flowers were added. To finish the card, I used Soft Sky which I sponged the edges with Weathered Wood and Old Olive.

• Stamps: Kittie Kits - Cause a Scene Master #1 and Rubbernecker Accessory Kit from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
• Paper: Canson 120 lb. Watercolor Paper; SU Soft Sky and Old Olive
• Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Weathered Wood, Fired Brick, Broken China and Vintage Photo Distress Ink; and Adirondack Pesto
• Accessories: Water Brushes; Ribbon; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber

Kittie will be with us at the Rubbernecker Booth during Stampfest Orlando to demonstrate her Kittie Kits and to give demonstrations. If you are planning to attend, we hope you stop by the booth to visit and say hello!