Sundays are for Stampin' - November 8th

Happy Day to you and welcome to Sundays are for Stampin'! You just have to scroll down and check out Linda's Peppermint! She's fresh and eclectic!

Why don't we call today "get out of your stampin' comfort zone" day? I am offering a project to you today using the delightful Green Fairy new release - and up until two weeks ago I had never bought nor colored a stamp like this. So out of the comfort zone and into the Green Fairy I jumped. I thought I had it all under control until I emailed my first Green Fairy project to our lovely Vicki only to find out it wasn't her favorite Alien creation, and she was kind enough to tell me why!!! Please, if you ever seek guidance or advice about a QKD stamp and/or set, do not hesitate to email Vicki - her advice to me was perfection. As a result, I've blinged up my projects and taken my satisfaction with them up a couple of notches!

I am so glad that my friend Tina turned me onto Shimmerz! This project was so much fun, paintin' on the glitz! Remind you of a song, anyone? (Colored with Copics as well)

Green Fairy is glitzy by nature, so by extension the Christmas holiday really brings it out in her!

Thank you ever so much, Vicki, for your guidance! Do you like this?

Have a very blessed Sunday!!

♥AlienAnessa♥

Scraps on Sunday

Happy Sunday readers!
I am showing you a picture of Peppermint, which was one of the new released stamps last Wednesday, isn't she cute in her kind of Ms. Santa outfit?

I know she is in fall colors, she should be on the blog in a few weeks, but I used the wrong background colors. So now she can be 'exposed' on this Sunday.

Stampin Saturday Part II

It is a gorgeous Saturday here! Hope you are having a great weekend!!!

Before I share my project for today, I wanted to remind you of the Saturday challenge at Whimsical Ink Sorority!

This week's challenge is to use butterflies on your card. You can use butterfly images, background paper, punches, ribbon, etc... This is in honor of one of QKD's new releases called Monarch Mia who is a butterfly mermaid, how cool is that?!? To play along, just make a card with one or more butterflies on it. You don't have to use QKD stamps, but you get two entries into the drawing if you do. Please have your creation linked to the WIS post by next Friday, Nov 12th by 5pm Pacific time. The winner can pick the mermaid stamp of their choice.

Now, here's my creation for today!



I used some pp with butterflies on it and the ever cute Bunny Chan stamp!! I tried coloring with my ink pads for this creation and I love how it turned out!

Make sure you check out all the new stamps in the store and remember the blog hops next week are Monday and Wednesday!

Stampin' Saturday

I want to share with you my first creation with Wa Loli, one of this month's QKD stamp releases. The image is beautifully detailed. I made a 3 panel fan as her background. I hope you have time this Saturday to stamp a lot. Be sure to check back later for Penny's post.

Coloring Fool

I LOVE COLORING THIS GIRL!!

OK, I know I'm not the only stamp addict out there that loves to color. Let me tell you that if you do you have to try out these stamps!!! They are so much fun to color. For me, I feel like I literally see her come to life as I color. Believe it or not they are even perfect to make into twinchies. Don't believe me...LOOK!!

Stamps: Bunny Chan
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Ink
Paper: Basic Grey - Urban Prairie, PTI Sweet Blush, Black Magic by Coordinations, Prism SSW
Extras: Copics, Impressabilities, Nestabilities, Hero Arts Jewels, We R Memory Keepers Eyelet, Heart Ribbon

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The more I take tons of photos, the more I write down my thoughts in my journals, the easier it is for me to forget the details of the everyday things or even the most special of occasions.

Sometimes a photo is not enough or even a hurried note on the calendar. Sometimes you have to reach out and connect with something -- eat a local delicacy, touch, take a moment to just let everything sink in.

I may not remember the date of this photo. (I can easily look for it in my digital file folder.) But I do remember the precise moment I did this. It was a chilly weekend and I was freezing. But I reached out and touched a post from the outside steps of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.

I love how the pointing finger and the postage stamps from the QKD Going Postal Stamp Set just go so well together.

May we also find ways to remember and capture precious memories.

Did you see?

All of the new stamps released yesterday??? They were absolutely ADORABLE!! Hopefully you had a chance to participate in the blog hop and see all of the fabulous creations from the design team! Regardless, you MUST head over to the store and pick some up for yourself!

I wanted to stop in today and show you a little something I made using Chester the Gnome and his mouse.
Tee Hee, isn't he cute!! I just love his little mouse! I colored both of them with my copics and mounted them to my card stock. If you love him too, you MUST get to the store and take him home!

Enjoy!
Lara

Welcome to another Thursday

I am so excited to show you what I've been up to with the new Queen Kat releases. I'd like to introduce you to Green Fairy. I just adore her - there is something about those sparkling eyes!!! And I'm having so much fun with my Copic markers.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Making Memories
Stamp: Queen Kat
Markers: Copic
Ink: Colorbox

Don't forget to check out the sales now going on at the store.
And mark your calendar for November 19 - it's Queen Kat's anniversary and we've got some fun new releases planned. We sure do hope you can join us.

November Release Day!!

It's here!! I am so happy to share our new releases with you today. we have some fantastic stamps. And a big announcement to share. First I will start off with 2 of our bundles for this month. We have the BEST stamp designers in the world. :)

This first bundle is from Jonathan it includes the Christmas words set along with two new gnomes and the brownies. He's been hard at work drawing up a storm for QKD. Let's show some love and buy up these bundles.

You can score all 4 of these stamp sets for only $29.97! That's $5 off the retail price if you bought all 4 sets separately. Next, we have the Creative Kids bundle. All of these stamps come from Che Gilson. She's the best Manga artist I know!
This bundle is only $22.96. That's also a $5 savings off of the retail price! Shop with QKD this holiday season and save!

The announcement... We will host a special release day including prizes and a blog hop from the Royal court on thursday, November 19th. That's our 3rd Birthday!! We will have more stamps to release and prizes to give out. Tell all your friends!

Hop over to Shannon's blog and check out her fantastic release!!

For today's blog hop, we have:
QKD blog-- You're here
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
Maria's blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Nina's blog
Nancy's blog
Stephanie's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Sweet as a Strawberry!

Do you ever just HAVE to use something? In the creative department, I mean. I got this adorable new paper pad (DCWV) with strawberries, cherries & cute little critters and I just had to do something with a strawberry! I wanted to use the papers, but it ended up being too busy for a background, so I stuck with just using my sentiment & strawberry I made.For the sentiment, I cut the same label in 2 sizes (from Slice Vintage Findings card) and stamped that cute sentiment from the Flower Patch stamp set.For the strawberry, I cut at 3 1/2" using the Slice Spring card in both red & green. I than hand cut the top of the green off to go on top the red. I used my Scor-Pal to make 1/4" score lines in both directions all across the strawberry. I finished it off using Black Diamond Stickles on the score marks for the seeds!

Now, scroll on down and check out the adorable project from this morning! And, don't forget, it's New Release day tomarrow! There will be a new release blog hop and all the new sets up for sale at the store!

Hugs- Kelly

Let's Get Comfy

I just love this Get Comfy stamp set. My daughter has been real sick this week and she really needs a comfy place to rest. I made this matchbook holder for her. I am going to put a small chocolate bar inside, after I get one at the store, lol.

Happy Tuesday everyone. Don't forget that we will have another lovely creation by Kelly later today so be sure to check back.

Hugs,

Anita

It's Royal Monday!

Welcome to the Queen Kat Royal Monday blog hop! This week is release week. This means, we have BRAND NEW stamps in store for you, this Wednesday.

But today, we have a special sneak peek for you. That's right, we are previewing the stamps ahead of time for the first time in QKD history! So exciting!

We also have a fun special this week at the store: Buy 2 stamp sets, get 1 separates stamp free ($3.99 or less) or buy 3 separates, get 1 free. So, whatever you see that you like today, you can buy at the store on Wednesday.

And 1 more fun suprise coming up in November: November 19th is our 3rd birthday, so don't forget to come that day for a special new release! And you won't believe how awesome it is!

This month, I got to work with the Mouse Gnome. It's a Christmas stamp. As soon as I saw this image, I fell in love. Isn't it adorable? I especially love the piece of cheese. The sign says, "Save 'til Christmas."

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Alex's blog and see which new release she is previewing! Don't forget to look at all the blogs to see all the goodies we have to offer this month. Everyone has different stamps, so if you miss one, you may miss that "gotta have" image.

Here's the hop list for today.
QKD blog
Alex's blog
Vicki's blog
Kelly's blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog

Meredith's blog
Linda's blog
Anita's blog
Sara's blog
Ashley's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Sundays are for Stampin' - November 1st

Hello there and welcome to another day of Sundays are for Stampin' - it's here...November!!! Can you even believe that? Only 54 shopping days left until Christmas!

The project I'm showing today is Beauty, using one of my favorite stamp sets and ribbon that I just love!


I have absolutely adored creating with the Friendship Tree stamp set this month! The quotes are perfect, and the tree is gorgeous and so versatile! I have absolutely no doubt that I will turn to this set again and again because the tree is perfect for so many projects!

Thanks for reading and have a very blessed Sunday!!

♥AlienAnessa♥

Scrapcard on Sunday

Hi peeps!

How is your weekend? Had a nice and spooky Halloween? Or is it still feeling a bit scary.
I thought to use this Top Hat Girl for Halloween, with her cute handbag.
Black, white and red, she does great in these colors.
I put a link to Top Hat Girl but she is in a set too.
Have a great Sunday!
xx Linda

Stampin' Saturday Part II

Don't you just love Helene's card!!! It's Halloween!!! LOL! Okay, I love Halloween and I don't love Halloween. I don't love all the candy that I think I need to eat. But, I love seeing what creative things people can come up with for Halloween; I love haunted houses; I love scary movies; I love pumpkins!!!

So, when I saw the Ride With Me stamp set, I knew it would be great for a Halloween or pumpkin card!



I took my card base, stamped the bicycle on it, then used my exacto knife to slit the basket, stamped the pumpkins on some orange cardstock, cut them out, and layered them. Just think of all the fun goodies you can put in the basket!

Happy Halloween; Happy stamping and see you next week!