Saturday Stamping Fun!

Okay, I am stamping and scrapping today and just want to share one of the fun projects that I made. I used the You're My . . . stamp set (I can't get enough of this set; if you don't have it what are you waiting for!!!) and one of the new stamps that will be released on Wednesday; mark your calendars now for the Release party!!!!! FUN challenges, FUN prizes, FUN stamps!!!!

Okay, here is my card!!!



Can you guess what the new stamp is? Can't wait to be able to share more designs with you I did using it!!! Don't forget Wednesday!!!!!

February 2009 Royal Kit

The kit is here! And... there's only 2 left!!! Come and get it now!! I can't believe it's almost February!! I can't wait to see what you all create with this kit! If you'd like to see what I made.. please click here.

Here's a card I made... There were 9 total and I still had supplies from the kit left over!!

If you don't have a subscription to the year of kits we have coming, you're missin out!! Don't let another month go by without getting a Royal kit from Queen Kat Designs.

Since we have sold out of the 12X12's... You can get on the wait list... If you would like to be put on the wait list for March's 12X12 kit, please email us at info@katstamps.com we will be happy to reserve a slot for you!

If you are waiting for the March Get Inked! kit, you're wait won't be long!!! :) Stay tuned for more info.

Winter Birthday

Yea....I'm STILL stuck on making birthday cards....what can I say....I have lots of people in my life that have birthdays! HA!



This one has a nice 'winter' feel to it. I love using purple and pink together. I remember as a child my sister laughing every time I would put my pink coat on with my purple skirt...she always said I didn't match, but I knew better! (Sorry, I digress...love you Paula!)

I used the 'Happy Birthday' stamp from the Greetings 2 Set (which is on sale by the way), embossed it with silver and few little touches for a sweet card for one of my many winter birthdays!

Have a great day and go stamp something!

Stamp Star of the Week

Meet Joe he and I are great pals. We both adore fresh java and pajama pants!!! He is the perfect additon to any stamper's collection! I've used him for holiday treats and cards to just say hello. How cute would he be with a Starbucks gift card tucked inside for that special someone. Grab one while you can, he is only on sale for one week!

Queen Kat Royal Wedneday

Welcome to another edition of Queen Kat Royal Wednesday! This week I thought we would get a little scrappy but with a twist.

Make a layout any size your heart desires and scrap a birthday it can be anyone's birthday, here's the catch we are going to use a sketch, one of Queen Kat's CARD sketches!

Yep that's right, turn this great sketch into a page.

I decided to scrap my two year old son from his second birthday last year. In my sample I have a sneaky peek into the new release coming in February, check out that cool bubbly background! I also used the rocket from Over the Moon and a cupcake from Cupcake Friends sets.


Thanks for stopping by I hope that you will play along with us this week. If you do please come over to our PCP forum and post your creations!

Be sure you don't miss out on our CHA sale right now!!30% off all stamps in the store!!

Birthday Sneeky!

Hi all!!!!
So, everyone has a bunch of birthdays every year between family and friends, right?! Here is a sweet new stamp being released in February! You are not going to want to miss this!!! It makes the perfect cards for a great birthday celebration!!



How cute is this new stamp set?!?!

Don't miss out on our CHA sale right now!!
30% off all stamps in the store!!

Big CHA Sale!!

Ends Jan 31st

Thank You Birds!!!! :)

I used these darling little birds (from Queen Kat Designs)and colored with yellow, and added stickles to them to make them glitter. They are soooo cute and will be released in Feb! You can visit the Queen Kat Store to see all the newly released stamps!! :) Also you will have to check out the SALES going on there as well!!! Some great prices ladies, so go on over and see for yourself :) Have fun!!!!

I love the colors on this card, and used the dp to match. I did find the trim at Big Lots, can you believe that, it was only a 1.oo for 3 yards. that is pretty good :) I tied the heart charm on and the T stands for Thank you. I will stamp that inside later :) Thanks for looking, and have a wonderful week!!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

Getting Ahead

Last night, I dug out a past Take 3 set that I had gotten but never had the chance to play with.  A friend of mine is in the process of buying a new house and so I thought that the little house allowed me the perfect opporotunity to be one step ahead on congratulating them on their new place. 

I think in the next couple of days I am going to spend my free time making cards in advance so that I don't have to smack myself for remembering something 2 hours before I need it.  Head over to the store and get some stamps that you can use to make cards ahead of time. I know there is something over there that you can always use, maybe somegreetings, fun animals, or maybe something revolving around some sweets...  Anyways, head over to the store and see what you can find that you can't live without.

Valentines Again!

Valentine's day will be here before you know it!!! My kids have already started checking out all the candy at the stores! Are you making homemade Valentine's this year? If you are, QKD has some cute Valentine's sets -- check them out:







Check out this card using the Hearts Stamp Set.

Never Enough....

Birthday cards!

Is it just me, or do you always seem to need birthday cards? I'm trying to pad my supply of them.

The other night the QK DT had a little crop of our own....(always fun to see what we come up with) and one of the challenges was a sketch challenge....and here is what I came up with!



I pulled out an older stamp set that I have of QK's....I LOVE this flower and thought, why not use it as a 'border' of sorts! I stamped them and cut them out....added a few goodies and there ya go! A birthday card for my stash...

I need soooo many more though?? How about you? How is your birthday card stash?

Have a great weekend!

Love the Asian Flair?

This is a card that I've created using the stamp set that I've designed for QKD's January 2009 Get Inked! Kit. Hope that it would inspire those of you who had bought that kit. For those of you who did not get a chance to own that kit, try your luck in my blog giveaway now where I'll be giving away this stamp set to one lucky winner.

In this card, I've used various distress inks to stamp the images and use a dark solvent ink to stamp the last image. This will give you the distance effect look on the images. Try this technique!

Be sure to check out February's Get Inked! Kit from QKD. I've designed the stamps and written some technique/projects sheets for it. I'll also be doing some further samples besides the projects that come with the kit hoping to further inspire. So, if you don't want to miss out on it, make sure you sign up on the wait list for February's GI Kit. You just need to send an email to info@katstamps.com .

Stamp Star of the Week!

Ahhhh to be in Hawaii righ now...that would be bliss! Instead I will settle for stamping with this oh so pretty stamp set! The Aloha set is perfect for those travel projects or just sending a warm hello to a friend! Get yours now it will only be on sale for one week!

Cards designed by Queen Kat herself!

Queen Kat Royal Wednesday

It's Wednesday again and you know what that means another edition of Queen Kat Royal Wednesday! C'mon and join the fun you know you want to.

This week's Royal challenge is paper piecing. This seems to be all over lately and lots of fun. If you want to avoid coloring your stamped images this is a great way to go. I used Basic Grey Bittersweet papers on mine.



My sketch is the sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Planet for this week. Be sure to visit us in our forum at PCP. I hope that you will play along and if you do please come over the the forum and post your creations.



Thanks for stopping by.

Blog Candy Winner!!

We have a winner of the QKD blog candy.
Congrats to......

Valems

Please email us and send your shipping address. info @ katstamps.com

You have 48 hours from now 1/19/09 9:26 pm MST to claim your prize. :)

Congrats!

Sweets!!! From Build a Sweet stamp set!

I designed this card using this darling set called Build a Sweet from Queen Kat Designs!! Also stop by the QKD shop to check out the Awesome sales going on right now!! :) Have fun shopping, and I almost forgot if you inter code cw10 at checkout you will receive 10% off you order, so have fun!!! :)

On my card I stamped the icecream top on pink polka dotted design paper, and then cut it out. Next I stamped the bottom of the icecream cone on white cardstock, and then used choc chip, and close to cocoa su pens to outline and color in. I did stamp the cherry along the bottom of this card, and on the circle tag! The ribbon along the side has little tiny brads in the center of each flower. I want to say thank you to Lynn for my RAK, I received the wide brown polka dotted ribbon in my package! Thanks again Lynn!! :) Thank you for stopping by!! Have a wonderful week!!












Hugs,
Cheryl

Who wants to be a QKD V.I.P.??

This NEW & totally awesome savings pass gets you 10% off every order you make for an entire year!! How cool is that!!!!! How much you ask?? Well... you will have to jump on over to the store to find that out!!

Not enough you say.... Well we have more!!!

Not only will you receive 10% off every order for an entire year, but you will also receive:

-1 FREE "Separates line" stamp with your first order
-1 FREE surprise gift with every order you make for the entire year

Sooooo..... the final question is..... Who wants to be a QKD V.I.P.?!?!?!

The classes are BACK!

Join QKD for a fun class. This month we are featuring sweets!! Yummy. The cards were designed by our very own Nikki and the directions were written by me. In the past we've provided some fun classes and this is the beginning of a year of new ones here at QKD. Each month we will provide you the best in card making classes.

This product is to pre order the February card class. Kits will ship on or before the 15th of each month.

What do I get when I sign up?

• A packet of supplies to make all 6 cards
• Access to the secret message board where you can get personal help from Nikki and I for your class and you can print the directions from there as well
• Stamps!! Yep that's right! You get stamps in the kit
• Sketches of all 6 cards to use later
  

Why sign up?

• Get instructions that you can use over and over..
• Learn new things..
• Build your card stash so you always have a perfect card on hand..
• Build your stamp collection..
• No mojo required! Everything is cut to size and designed for you..
• Build your personal sketch collection..
• Have some stamping fun..
• Try things you may not have normally tried or thought of on cards

February cards:

Time to Take 3

Every woman knows the importance of sitting back and enjoying the little things in life, we just might not get to do it all that often.  So with that in mind, your goal this week is to help remind that special lady in your life, whether she be your best friend, mom, or sister, to sit back and and take in the little things.  I've decided that my mom, who is entirely over worked, needs to sit back and enjoy, so I've made this card with the Take 3 kit to remind her.  

Yummy Kit!

With all of Jules' cards with the January kit, I have been drooling!!! So, I had to pull out my kit and use it for today! Now, if you were one of the lucky ones to get the kit! Woohoo!!!! If you were one of the unlucky ones and missed out, go right now to the QKD store and sign up for a subscription! You can select either a six-month subscription or a twelve-month subscription; this will keep you from missing another kit!!!

Onto the card:


A quick and simple card with this fun kit!!! Make sure you post your kit creations in the QKD gallery; we would love to see them!!!!

More Kit Candy!

Okay...I just can't get enough of the January Royal kit....I LOVE every thing about it. The colors, the stamps, the everything!

I realized as I looked through my cards the other day looking for a birthday card for my daughter to give to a friend that I am wayyyy short on birthday cards! So...I whipped this one up to add to my stash! Think I'll do a few more from this kit for birthdays!



What cha think???

More from Jeanne..

Here is our 3rd sweet card from Ms. Jeanne as our guest designer. I love the colors she used.. How about you?The flowers from the Diva the Monster set were colored with Copic markers and then cut out. I inked the slide mounts with light blue ink and then added dots with a fine black pen.

Stamps: Diva the Monster - Queen Kat DesignsPaper: White, Baby Blue Light, Black - Prism Papers
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky Memento InkAccessories: Copic markers, Pearls

I don't know about you all but I'm enjoying Jeanne's creations. We only have 1 more week of them.. *sniff*.. But in Feb.. we have 2 guest designers!! Yep that's right!! 2! I flubbed and double booked. :)

Stamp star of the week!!!

It's that day of the week today, the day I get to show off the star of the week! This is one of my fav new sets by QKD, Shroomies! How cute is this pair! The coloring opportunities are endless! Just look what Jen did below! Come grab your set while they last!

Wanna Win?

This is a sticky post. Scroll down to see the latest news!

How would you like to be the lucky winner of some QKD blog candy? I have some stamps right here to give away.... It's a suprise as to what they are.. But 1 lucky blog follower who leaves a comment on the blog between now and Jan 15th will own this stamp pack. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, be a follower of the blog (to the left) and post on your blog that we are offering blog candy! :)

February Get Inked Kit

Hello Hello!
Today I've got the February Get Inked! kit preview for you. We have a fun month ahead of us. The color of the month is RED! And aren't these stamps purrrfect for February creations??? Pre order yours today. There's only a limited number available.

Royal Kat Wedneday 1-14-09

Welcome to Royal Kat Wednesday! Are you ready for a challenge? I hope you will come and play along with us. This week I have a sketch for you to try. Did you know that Queen Kat has loads of fun sketches in the gallery, they rock. So I went through to pick one for today's challenge.

Here is what I came up with. This awesome butterfly is the Flutterby Stamp and the sentiment is from the Friends set.

Check out Ashley's fantastic creation. She used my favorite robot from Over the Moon.

Have you checked out the AMAZING sale yet? QKD has gone bonkers with a bonker of a sale!

GO HERE NOW and check it out!!

Come join us in the PCP forum for some fun chit chat and share your creations with us.

Till Later....

Love is in the air...

Ok, so it might be a little early to start celebrating Valentine's Day, but if you are like me (#1 procrastinator in the world) you always need a kick to start early! Here is an adorable tag I put together last night! I am planning on using it on the gift I get for my hubby!



First, I made the tag out of some white cardstock. Then, I smushed some Worn Lipstick distress ink onto wax paper, spritz it with a little water, and brayered it on the tag. I used the same color to ink the edges of the tag as well. Next, I grabbed a grunge heart, painted it red, and added some fruit punch stickles. The stamp is from the QKD set "Holiday Words", which I stamped onto white cardstock and colored in with Tombo markers. Grab some buttons and ribbon, and put it all together. Hope this inspires you to make something fun and fast for the holiday approaching!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Inventory BLOWOUT!

QKD is blowing out EVERYTHING in the store!!!!
45% off of all QKD Stamps
20% off of all Gift Certificates
30% off of all Past Kits... Includes Royal Kits, Take 3 Kits and Get Inked! Kits
50% off of all Clearance items

Nope, we are NOT closing... I've just gone bonkers!! Get it while it's here! :) You never know what's coming next. :) Happy shopping!

(Sale ends 12:01 AM EST Monday, Jan 19th)

Yummy!!!! Great Sales going on too at the Castle!!!

This card was made using Build a Sweet Stamp Set! I love this set, and have made a ton of cards for my daughters friends for their birthdays with this set:) This set is sooo soooo darling, and all of my daughters friends love these cards that I have made with this set!!

I stamped the brown on brown, and then used clear embossing powder, and heated it. I then stamped choc chip craft on white, and added dots and then dazzling diamonds to that. Next the heart was colored in pretty in pink. The flowers have diamond gems in the centers, and the Y is a chipboard piece and it came this way. I did write the yummy under it. I then tied ribbon around the top and made a big bow. Also use dp for the background. Hope you like :)

All stamps can be found here at Queen Kat Designs Also you have to check out the Awesome sales going on right over at the Castle!!! Spend 75.00 and get a free kit . And all clearance stamps are 45% off right now, so have fun shopping, and go and check out all of the cute stamps that Vicki has to offer !!!! :)

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!!!

Hugs,

Cheryl

This just in....

Drum roll please..... We have some winners to announce here at the castle...

These are the winners from our January Release party this Wednesday......

Grand Prize: Melissa Sackman
1st Prize: Vicki Enyart
2nd Prize: Terri (terriavidreader)

Congrats to you all!! Please contact us within 48 hours from now to claim your prize. If we have your mailing info it will be auto shipped this week.

And... a very special thank you to Ashley... A new Royal Stamping Maid here at QKD. She organized and ran the entire event for January!! Thank you so much Ash. Good job!

And... another huge thank you to those who played in your party!! The next one will be February 4th!

Time to Take 3

New thing, Time to Take 3. Every week for four weeks, I will show you samples that I have made using the Take 3 stamp kit for the current month. The Take 3 kits can be found here fromQueen Kat Designs.

 A couple things to keep in mind:

1. These Stamps are AWESOME!  

2. You need to sign up for this kit

3. The Stamps that are released with the kit are exclusive to the kit, however they may or may not be released at a later date.

4. You need to sign up for this kit

5. There are always three sets (hence the name Take 3) of stamps included each month

and last but not least....

6. You need to sign up for this kit.

This month, the stamps that are offered in the Take 3 revolve around indulgence of the greatest kind, a day at the spa. Here's a looky at the stamps in this months kit:

So now, on to the project....

This week I decided to make a tag invitation to a little girls night gathering, and what a better way to show that its going to entirely be about the pampering of yourself than to show a tub full of bubbles?  Well, have a look for yourself...

New Kits @ QKD!

We have been busy coming up with a new kind of kit for you! These are to die for kits!! They have enough material to make at least 1 of the featured item (more if it's a small item), the step by step how to instructions, and the stamps used to make the project!! How fun is that??

Want more?? Ok! You got it! We have set up a private message board just for instructions with pictures and interaction with the person who created the kit. What does that mean, you ask? It means that when you purchase one of the special project kits, you will be emailed a link to the message board where you can sign up and sign in and receive personal help from the project's creator! I think that's so fun! It's like taking a class in your own home. And you have the instructions and stamps to use over and over again once you've completed your project! We have an entire year planned with these kits.

At this time there are no subscriptions. There will be 1-2 new ones released every month. This month we have 1 to start with it's a "Sweetheart Frame". You'll be altering a ready made frame and adding all sorts of sparkle to it! check out what I did with mine..

I made my frame as per the directions and added some black and white photos of the people I love most. On the bottom, we have my little sister Marci about 3 years ago, then there's my little nephew Tyler this Christmas and my QT -Pie lil sis Alysha about 3 years ago. On the top we have my dear ol' dad, me and my grannie when I was oh.. maybe 3 or 4? This frame is so great and I know once you make one you'll treasure it always.

These make such great gifts too. I think I'm going to go get more frames and make a couple for Valentine's Day gifts! Want to make one as a gift? Come on over to the store beginning tomorrow and grab your kit! They are here and ready to ship!!

What's in the kit? Well I'll tell you...
1 Frame (with glass and all)
1 mini jar of QKD Red Shimmer Paint
1 mini jar of Iridescent Medium
1 Foam paint brush
1 Brad
1 Large Beautiful Flower
Instruction Sheet
1 mini Stamp Set
2 Rectangles of Cardstock

Here's the fun Mini stamp set you'll get.

What's the price of the kit? You'll have to come to the store tomorrow to find out! It's a great price for what you get.