Royal Kat Tuesday: Inspiration

Happy Royal Kat Tuesday greetings!

I'm feeling a little bit sentimental about Queen Kat Designs since we made the big switch HERE!

While we're waiting for the new and improved and yummy goodness that is Queen Kat Designs stamps, let's take a second (or third) look at the clear stamps.

Have you ever wished you could translate some beautiful piece of art and use it as a jumping off point to make something? Well, this week, we have a beautiful piece of art to serve as our jumping off point.

This week's challenge is Inspiration:

And here's what I came up with:

I used the following Queen Kat Designs stamps: Aloha Stamp Set, Hello Owl, Hibiscus, and Ice Shimmer Fairy.

Our blog hop order for today is:

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

Definitely stay tuned to the awesome changes in the days ahead!

Now off you go to Shannon's Blog to see her fabulous creation. Till next time!

*hugs*
Nina

Royal Kat Monday

Welcome to Royal Kat Monday! Have you heard the news about the new stamps?? If not, scroll down to the next blog post and see Queen Kat's big announcement she made on Friday! Then hop over to Jules' blog.

This week, our designers were challenged to use this ad as inspiration:

And here is my take on it. I used the Carnival Kitties set. I used my circle cutter to cut the circles and I used some stickers for some added dimension.

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Jules to see another great creation!

here's the whole hop:
QKD blogJules
Penny
Lara
Wynneth
Kimme
Keely
Terri
Erika
Queen Kat Designs Store

The SECRET is out!

Hi Stampers!

Queen Kat Designs is proud to announce that we are changing our stamps from clear polymer to Grey laser etched rubber! That's right, REAL rubber stamps!! I am so excited, I've been chomping at the bit driving all my Facebook friends nuts with hints it's unreal.

This move comes for a couple of reasons.. #1 I can acheive more deatil in our stamps with a laser machine that I ever could with polymer. and #2 Health risks. Unless I catch myself on fire with the new machine, there's no health risks for me in making the stamps where as submerging my hands 6-9 hours a day in photopolymer and breathing the fumes didn't do me any good.

The Royal Court is so STOKED for this change they can not wait to get to work with the stamps. The machine just arrived yesterday and I'm still setting it up. I plan to have the rubber stamps in the store and starting to ship on May 1st just in time for National Scrapbook Month.

The stamps will be unmounted and will come in sets or sold as singles as we've always done it. No changes there. :) We will sell EZ Mount foam for you to mount your stamps on. It's on order and hopefully will be here sometime next week.

So... right now, ALL QKD stamps left in stock are 50% off! Come and take advantage of the sale and clear us out of clear stamps to help make room for the rubba!

There's still part of the secret that it under wraps that only 1-2 people know about.. I'm still working on the product but it'll be announced soon and will be shipping May 1st as well!

If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know! You're probably wanting to see the difference in the stamps, huh?? Can you guess which is rubba and which is clear polymer?

until next time.. Queen Kat

Voting now open....

Come over to the QKD Contest blog and vote for your favorite card. Each month we have a card contest with a great prize. Since April is our birthday month for the Royal kit we are giving the winner a mini kit made up of things from our great royal kits!

Also.... Come over and shop the QKD clearance sale. We are clearing out ALL of our stamps to make room for new ones. Don't be frightened, we are going no where! We are just turning up the greatness!

ALL stamps are 30% off!! Shop now for the best selection.

AND.. We have a new home.... a new Castle so to speak. We have moved our forum to a new server. Please come and join us for some fun. This Friday I will reveal the big secret I've been keeping for a couple months. :)

Have a fantastic stampy day!

Queen Kat

Royal Kat Tuesday: Color Challenge

Hope you're having a fabulous week so far and getting in some happy crafting time. We hope that we infuse some inspiration and creativity for you with our weekly hops. *wink*

This week's Royal Kat Tuesday is a color challenge: blue, brown and white.

And here is what I came up with:

I was totally excited to play with Queen Kat Designs' Vintage Findings March Kit since it has the oh-so-fabulous Alice Stamp Set. I couldn't bear to make use of the kit just yet so I played around with the Alice stamp set first.

Our blog hop order for today is:

QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Alex's blog
Meredith's blog
Anita's blog
Bronwyn's Blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Now off you go to Shannon's Blog to see her fabulous creation. Till next time!

*hugs*
Nina

Royal Color Monday

Welcome to Royal Kat Monday! This week, we have a color challenge- use the colors blue, green, and yellow on your card.

I used an oldie but goodie for this one- the dinosaur from Dino and Guido. These guys are just too adorable! I'm saving this card for when my son has an accomplishment that is dino-mite!

So there you have it, a quick post today. Hop on over to Jules to see the next creation!

Here's the whole hop:
QKD blog
Jules
Penny
Lara
Wynneth
Kimme
Keely
Terri
Erika
Queen Kat Designs Store

Royal Kat Tuesday: Release Week #2

Hello and welcome to another Royal Kat Tuesday! We're all set to show off some of the most fabulous new stamp releases for April. Are you all set? And go.

This week's challenge is a sketch:

And here's my take:

I had fun with Queen Kat Designs' Hello Owl Stamp Set plus Eiffel Tower Stamp plus Going Postal Stamp Set. Plus lots of spray inks.

I've been meaning to scrap all our visa/passport application photos and didn't have any inspiration until I saw this fab sketch. Sometimes it really is easier to scrap when you have something like a sketch or some other inspiration challenge to start with.

Our hop order for today will be:

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

Now off you go to Shannon's Blog to see her fabulous creation. Till next time!

*hugs*
Nina

Royal Sketch Monday- release week #2

Welcome to QKD's Royal Kat Monday! This week, we have a sketch and some more new releases to show you.
Here's the sketch:

and here's my take on it:

The set I used is called Enchanted April. I colored her in copics and I used some paper from Jillybean soup. I finished with a couple of flowers.
Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Jules to see the next new release.

Here is the list:
QKD blog
Jules
Penny
Lara
Wynneth
Kimme
Keely
Terri
Erika
Queen Kat Designs Store

Royal Kat Tuesday: Release Week #1

Hello, blog readers! This is Nina taking over the weekly posts for Royal Kat Tuesdays.

Sadly, Stephanie's term has ended and we will definitely miss her! Hey, Stephanie! We hope that we'll still hear from you so we can continue to be inspired by your beautiful work!

This week's Royal Kat Tuesday challenge is a sketch:

And here's my take on it:

This is my son, Matt, and he's such a camera buff and loves to take pictures. This was a recent photo he took while I was taking a break from taking shots of my layouts.

I used an April 2010 release stamp set called "Hello Owl". Watch out for it in the QKD Store!

Since we are on a blog hop, kindly check out the list below to be on your way:

QKD blog -- You are here.

Shannon's Blog

Alex's Blog

Whimsical Ink Sorority

Meredith's blog

Anita's blog

Bronwyn's Blog

Queen Kat Designs Store

Now off you go to see the rest of the Royal Kat Tuesday team's fabulous creations.

Till next time!

*hugs*
Nina

Royal Sketch Monday...and new release sneak peek!

Hello, and welcome to Royal Kat Monday! This week, we have a sketch and a preview of some of the new releases which will be out Wednesday. You'll want to complete the whole hop and see what will be on your wish list this month!
Here is our sketch:

And here is my take on it. I used the Carnival Kitties stamp set to make this card. I colored them in Copics and gave one of the kitties tiger stripes.

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is Dark Ink Society

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

It's All About SUZE!

First off.. Happy Easter to you all! I hope your day is wonderful and filled with family and or friends.

This month I am proud and over excited to present Suze Weinberg as our guest designer!! That's right, this month we are Schmoozing with Suze! I have met Suze many times over the years and the latest was at CHA... It was a total honor and pleasure to sit and just watch her use her melting pot with beeswax! This woman is fantastic.
Just in CASE you don't know who Suze is, here's a bit about her...

Internationally known rubber stamper Suze Weinberg has been designing and creating with rubber stamps for over 18 years and while it all began as a hobby, Suze has spent the last several years developing products for the rubber stamp industry, writing books, producing videos, appearing on HGTV's Carol Duvall show and traveling the world over teaching techniques.

Suze is well known for her editorial contributions to The Rubber Stamper magazine and her "Schmooze With Suze" column ran for 5 years. She now contributes ideas to many of the stamping publications.

During her career she conceptualized and developed the ideas for Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel, (a staple in most basic stamping kits) , as well as Wonder Tape, The Melting Pot, BeaDazzles, Mold 'n Pour molding putty and dozens more products.

Wanna meet Suze?? Click here to see where she's going to be next.. It's hard to keep up with such a busy bee.

Come by and check out her blog. It's a combination of her life, travels, family and crafts. You will never be bored while with Suze!

Suze is working with Queen Kat Designs stamps and her melting pot! I can't wait to show you some fun projects this month from Suze! So join me each Sunday in April for some Schmooze with Suze.

Come back here tomorrow for the first previews of the April stamp release!!