Tuesday

It's another reveal Tuesday here at the Castle. You don't want to this week's release. Check out the inspiration we needed to work with today:



Here's the full blog list for today. Now head on over to Shannon's blog and see her wonderful creation.

QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Alex's blog
Whimsical Ink Sorority
Meredith's blog
Anita's blog
Nina's blog
Bronwyn's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Happy stamping.

QKD Royal Release Week #2

Welcome to QKD's Royal Monday Blog Hop! This week, we have more new releases to show you. Our DT worked with this sketch:

And this is the card I made, using the Queen of Hearts from the Wonderland friends set:

I used paper from Prima Marketing on this card. I colored the Queen in Copics, and added stickles to her hat and scepter for a little sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Dark Ink Society for another great new release.

Here's the whole list:
QKD blog
Dark Ink Society
Jules
Penny
Wynneth
Steph
Kimme
Keely
Terri's Blog
Erika
Queen Kat Designs Store

Welcoming Sally Lynn MacDonald...

This month, we are featuring the very talented Sally Lynn MacDonald here on the Queen Kat Designs blog. We are so excited to have her with us this month. Each Sunday we will share a creation of hers right here on the blog! Today I'm sharing with you a little bit about our Guest Royal Court member and the first project of the month.

She has been a professional instructor in the paper arts industry for several years, specializing in ink techniques and surfaces. She is a Certification Trainer for Copic Marker / Imagination International as well as being a certified and/or endorsed instructor for Prima, Ranger and Tattered Angels. She travels extensively, teaching workshops at conventions and stores throughout the United States and Eastern Canada.

Her personal design challenge is to take products or techniques that would have her students saying "Huh?" and bring them to "Aha!".

She has been a professional instructor in the paper arts industry for several years, specializing in ink techniques and surfaces. She is a Certification Trainer for Copic Marker / Imagination International as well as being a certified and/or endorsed instructor for Prima, Ranger and Tattered Angels. She travels extensively, teaching workshops at conventions and stores throughout the United States and Eastern Canada.

"I enjoyed giving her a proper, ladylike setting - with her hands tucked behind her back and looking at the rabbit as if waiting for tea to be served. Certainly no idea of mad hatters or what's to come! So I set a place with lace and pearls and a dainty rose."

Dark Ink Sorority...

Happy Wednesday! Thank you all for joining us for a fantastic stamp release week! The blog hops this weeks were superb! I loved seeing what the Court did with the new Alice in Wonderland inspired stamps. I have something fun to share with you today but before I do I'd like to welcome Sally Lynn MacDonald to the QKD family for the month. Sally Lynn is our fabulous guest designer for March. I will be sharing her work with you each Sunday so make sure you follow our blog. She's got some awesome stuff to share.

Now for the news!! We just formed a new sorority here at the Castle. It's called "Dark Ink Sorority" It's for everyone who loves steampunk, goth and tattoo'd art. The Royal Court is very excited to share their love for this type of art with you. There's a give away on the blog right now. Click here to see what's up. We also have a group just for this sorority on the Castle! Come by and get in on all the chatter. The members are really diggin' the new sorority!

I'm going to leave you with a card I made using one of the new stamp sets.. Wonderland Friends... If you'd like to find out more about this card, please visit my blog, here.

Have a happy stampy day!
Vicki

I'm Early, I'm Early for a Very Important Date...

They are here!!! they are here!! The March release stamps are here! I can not tell you how long the Royal Court has been anticipating the release of the Alice in Wonderland stamps. I found out about the new movie coming out last Spring... And about a day after that I told them about this months stamp release. I made them wait almost a whole year for these stamps! And now they are here!

I made a special card just for this blog post. I used the new Smoking Caterpillar stamp for my card. He's so awesome. I have some more ideas on how to color him up. That's the thing with these stamps, you can color them any way that you want to and they look fabulous! There's no rule to how you color or use these new babies!! Check out my card...

Jump over and get some of the new Alice in Wonderland stamps now. We have 11 in all!

Happy Stampin!

Royal Kat Tuesday Alice Blog Hop

Good morning everyone and welcome to a new month. And you know what that means, right? It's new release time at Queen Kat Designs Stamp Co. So grab a cup of coffee or tea and check out today's blog hop.

This is the sketch that is being used on today's hop:













Here's the full blog list for today. Now head on over to Shannon's blog and see her wonderful creation.

QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Alex's blog
Whimsical Ink Sorority
Meredith's blog
Anita's blog
Nina's Blog
Bronwyn's Blog
Vicki's Blog
Guest Sally Lynn MacDonald
Queen Kat Designs Store

And don't forget to check out Queen Kat's new castle and Dark Ink Sorority for some fun challenges and a good time.

The Royal "Alice" Release Week

Hi and welcome to QKD's Monday hop! We are unveiling some new releases today, which will be available in the store on Wednesday.

This week, we had a sketch to work with....

and here is my creation:

I had the pleasure of working with the Alice stamp. All our releases are themed around Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. I used the sentiment from the Wonderland friends set.

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Dark Ink Sorority to see Bronwyn's creation!

Here's the whole list:

QKD blog
Dark Ink Sorority
Jules
Penny
Wynneth
Steph
Kimme
Keely
Terri's Blog
Erika
Queen Kat Designs Store

Thank you Helene

I would like to thank Helene for a great 8 months. As she wraps up her term with QKD I'd like to share some of my favorite highlights of her time with us.

This first card is wonderful. If I remember right it was a card that she made when she applied for the royal court. She used the Birthday cake stamp set from QKD and lots of black and white. Very classy!

This next card was one that she made for me for my 29th birthday. Yes, my REAL 29th birthday not my 2nd or 3rd. :) I'm not there yet! I love this card so much. The colors are just awesome!She got the holding part right! :) And last but never least, this card is awesome!! I love how she did the shading and the fun background for the tree. It looks picture purrrfect.
So to you my dear friend, Helene, thank you for all that you have done while on the court. We are so blessed to have a friend like you. Take care and God Bless.

Your friends on the QKD Royal Court

Stampin' Inchies on Saturday

Minchies, Inchies, Twinchies.  Mini squares. One inch squares.  Two inch squares.  Today we'll look at some inchies.  You can buy a one inch square punch or you can buy precut inchies which might make the process easier. (I have a tendency to cut paper crooked, so both are a big help to me.)   Inchies add an interesting dimension to your cards.  

Here's one of the first QKD cards I made--hot pink on craft paper.  I put three inchies across the bottom as embellishments:

Lara used the images on her inchies as her focal point.

 This is Anita's card, layered/stacked with the inchie on top, yet it's part of the total design:

 

Wynneth used inchies as a background.

 

The possibilities are endless.

This is my last Stampin' Saturday post for Queen Kat Designs.  My eight month term has come to a close.  I want to thank Queen Kat for taking me along on a wonderful ride.

I hope you have time to stamp a lot this weekend!   You can still find me at the Castle or at my blog.
Helene aka 2amscrapper at  LOTSA SCRAP

Tuesday blogging

Good morning everyone and welcome to another Tuesday of blog hopping here at Kat stamps. I hope you enjoyed yesterday's creations.

Today's challenge was to use this ad as inspiration. Isn't it gorgeous?



Here's the full blog list for today. Now head on over to Shannon's blog and see her wonderful creation.

QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Alex's blog
Whimsical Ink Sorority
Meredith's blog
Anita's blog
Nina's blog
Bronwyn's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

And don't forget to check out the sale this week.

Royal Inspiration Monday!

Welcome to Royal Kat Monday! This week, we have some ad inspiration for you...

and here's what I came up with:

I was really inspired by the color palette of the ad. I used the Hot air balloon from the Bon Voyage set.
Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Jules to see her creation.
Here's the whole list:
QKD blog
Jules
Helene
Penny
Wynneth
Steph
Kimme
Keely
Terri's Blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

SWEET STAMPIN' SATURDAY

Welcome QKD bloggers to Stampin' Saturday where today's technique is to get you to join in the fun at the Castle. It's there that we have a SWEET on-line crop full of challenges, prizes and fun for YOU! Did I mention fun?

So grab a cup of coffee (sweetened with cream, of course!)

Mrs. Dashwood stamp; card by Nancy

Stock up on some sweet provisions:

Cookie the Baker stamp; card by Kimme

Mini Sweets stamp set; card by Meredith

Cupcake Friends stamp by Anita

Don't scream for something to do this weekend.......because........

We Scream for Ice Cream stamp; card by Queen Kat

We have the perfect recipe for fun at the Castle

Kitchen Goddess stamp set; card by me (Helene)

So won't you join us for the QKD SWEET Royal Crop at the Castle? Pretty please, with sugar on it?

Link here: Queen Kat Designs Stamp Co.

I hope you have time to stamp a lot this weekend! Helene aka 2amscrapper at LOTSA SCRAP

It's Tuesday

Good morning everyone and welcome to another Tuesday of blog hopping here at Kat stamps.

Today's challenge was to use the colors red, pink and white with Kat stamps. Since it is Valentine's week, I couldn't resist creating this card:















Here's the full blog list for today. Now head on over to Alex's blog and see her wonderful creation.

QKD blog
Alex's blog
Whimsical Ink Sorority
Meredith's blog
Anita's blog
Nina's blog
Bronwyn's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

You need to check out the new Queen Kat ning network and join in the fun. There are lots of events planned so come join us. Can't wait to see you there.

And remember there is a sale going on this week at Queen Kat Designs Store
so don't forget to check it out.

Royal Monday Color Hop

Welcome to Royal Kat Monday! This week, we have a color challenge: use the colors, red, chocolate brown, and aqua.

I used the color scheme to make a Valentine for my son. I used the Furry Monsters set, and matching sentiment from the Monster Mash Bundle. I colored the monster in with Copics, and used Basic Grey and Cosmo Cricket paper. I added some heart brads from my stash,

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Jules to see what she has done with the color challenge.

Here's the whole list:
QKD blog
Jules
Helene
Penny
Lara
Wynneth
Steph
Kimme
Keely
Terri's Blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Spotlight on Stampin' Saturday

An easy way to tackle those detailed stamps is to color only part of the image. This technique is called spotlighting.  Stamp your image.  Decide which part of your image you want to spotlight by coloring it.  You can do it on the first stamped image as Penny did.  Or you can stamp the image a second time on another piece of paper; punch out the portion that you want to spotlight; color it; then place it on top of the first uncolored image. That is what Alex did.
Here's one by Penny using the Mr. Stalone stamp:

 

This is what Alex created with the Koi Pond Mermaid:

 

So grab one of those great detailed stamps in the QKD store and try this technique. You can do it!
In the meantime, hope you have time to stamp a lot!.  Helene aka 2amscrapper at  LOTSA SCRAP