Nov. 30 Blog Hop: Sketch

Wow, November just whizzed by didn't it? And now the countdown to Christmas begins!

Want to have a sneak peek of the December release stamps? *wink* Course you do! Read on.

For this week's Royal Kat Tuesday challenge, we were asked to work with this awesome sketch with the December release stamps.

Here's my card using the lovely A Walk Down Memory Lane Stamp Set designed by the talented Irene Tan:


I was gushing over this stamp set when I first saw it. (Still do!) And, yup, it isn't really a Christmas stamp set but you can definitely imagine the possibilities with it.

I also used the sentiment from the Candy Cane Greetings Stamp Set.

And here's the Blog Hop order in case you get lost along the way:

QKD Blog --- You are here. =)
Lara's blog
Shannon's blog
Dark Ink Sorority Blog
Chris' blog
Whimsical Ink Sorority
Linda's Blog
Penny's Blog
Queen Kat's Blog
Roni's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Remember to come back and check out the new releases tomorrow at the QKD Store!

Now off you go to see Lara's lovely creation HERE.

*hugs*
Nina

Angel Kitty

Angel Kitty was a commission from a good friend. She asked it to be a portrait of her beloved CiCi. I loved working on this one. Being able to create a painting that means so much to someone made the work an extra joy.
Of course she is now also a rubber stamp at QKD. I think that she would make a wonderful Christmas card or a Valentine. You can color her to look like your favorite kitty.

Making backgrounds for ATCs

Been playing around with copper and gold acrylic paints and watercolors.

And of course the gorgeous Winter Birdcage Stamp.


Set Yourself Free ATC

Supplies:
thick watercolor paper (from a sketchbook); gesso; acrylic paint (gold, copper, black); dictionary page; Maya Road or other bird embellishment; Dymo tape; metal charms; Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents; Winter Birdcage Stamp; Versafine.

Tip: To make the paper sturdier, paint gesso as a first layer and dry. Use a make-up sponge to create a smooth finish of acrylic paint. Squirt on copper and gold acrylic paint directly on a whole page of watercolor paper. Squirt black paint last and only along the four edges then blend in. If the black paint is too dark, add more copper and gold. Cut up watercolor paper into ATC size.


Beauty in the eye of the beholder ATC

Supplies:
thick watercolor paper (from a sketchbook); watercolors (in tubes); Winter Birdcage Stamp; Dymo tape; Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents; postage stamp; flowers; pearl string.

Tip:
Paint your watercolor paper with water. Place watercolor colors of choice in small individual dish per color. Dilute watercolors before painting on paper. Once watercolor is on paper, paint again with water. To get splotches of black watercolor, drip watered down black color on spots on the page. Paint more water to dilute the black. If the black is too dark, simply add white watercolor or more blue color.

*hugs*
Nina

Happy Thanksgiving

The staff here at Queen Kat Designs would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Getting Ready for Thanksgiving?

Hello QKD fans.

I hope you're having a great day. It's cold and snowing here so I thought I'd warm up with some Thanksgiving cards.... I'm going to feature some cards from the QKD Gallery.. Sit back and enjoy the turkey day goodness...

I have hand picked 3 cards made with the new Lollipop Labs Turkey stamp set. Isn't he soooo cute??? You can find him here and he's 35% off now through Sunday. We are also running a killer deal on past kits from QKD.. Including: Royal kits, Get Inked! kits and Findings Kits. They are all 40% off!

Have a happy stampy day!

Vicki

Nov. 23 Blog Hop: Inspiration

Welcome to another Royal Kat Tuesday! For this week, the Royal Court was asked to work with this photo from Better Homes and Gardens for inspiration:


Here's the Blog Hop order in case you get lost along the way:

QKD Blog --- You are here. =)
Lara's blog
Dark Ink Sorority Blog
Chris' blog
Whimsical Ink Sorority
Linda's Blog
Penny's Blog
Genevieve's Blog
Queen Kat's Blog
Roni's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

And here's my card:


I broke down the photo into its most basic elements and basically turned it into a sketch. So that's how I ended up placing my elements where they are.

And, yup, still using the Candy Cane Greetings Stamp Set. *wink*

Now off you go to Lara's Blog HERE. Till next time!

*hugs*
Nina

Challenge #4: Party Clean Up

So the party's over and all the guests have gone home... You're left with a big mess and some nice gifts. Lets ignore the mess.. After all the maid will get it, right? But we can't ignore our friends who brought the gifts and celebrated with us!

Lets make some thank you cards. your challenge is to make a thank you card using a cat stamped image and some kind of bling.. whether it's glitter, rhinestones or anything else shiny it's up to you!

From Vicki

From Nina

Photograph your card and blog about it.. use the inlinkz widget on the right hand side of our blog here to link us to your blog post and creation.

Each link to a different project will be entered once into the grand prize drawing to be held on Monday November 22.

The grand prize will be a $50 stamp gift certificate to the Queen Kat Designs online shop.

All entries into our challenges for this celebration will be entered into the one inlinkz widget and will compete for the grand prize.

You may enter more than 1 time for this first challenge. You may make 1 of each of the listed projects above if you wish to do so.

Entries for this challenge are due Monday November 22nd by 10 am MST.

Come back tomorrow for the next challenge in our 4th birthday celebration.

More Winners Announced!

We have some more winners to share with you today... A big congrats to...

Phyllis McKenna

Diane Rainas

Michelle Sheehan

Lorie Ames

Cathy Tidwell

We gave away a bunch of stamp grab bags and these other prizes last night on Facebook...

I will have some giveaways from my friend, Maigan Lynn tonight to share with you! So make sure you're my friend on Facebook here and a fan on the QKD Fan page here.

Challenge #3: Party Favors

Ok.... so... it's day 3 of our challenge chain in our 4th birhtday celebration.. We need some party favors for the friends who join us. There are so many possibilities for this it's all up to you what you make.. some ideas are:

candy boxes, bags or packets, mini baskets, covered journals with a pen, 2011 calendars, wrapped and stamped candles, paper cake slices, anything is a go for this! Make 1 item from the list or come up with your own party favor using at least 1 stamped image and the color purple.

Here's what the Royal Court presents today for inspiration:

From Jan

From Jenn (postit note holders)

From Valerie

From Vicki (the purple is on the "cherries" :)

From Nina

Photograph your image and blog about it.. use the inlinkz widget on the right hand side of our blog here to link us to your blog post and creation. There must be a blog post to accompany your submission and it must mention this challenge.

Each link to a different project will be entered once into the grand prize drawing to be held on Monday November 22.

The grand prize will be a $50 stamp gift certificate to the Queen Kat Designs online shop.

All entries into our challenges for this celebration will be entered into the one inlinkz widget and will compete for the grand prize.

You may enter more than 1 time for this first challenge. You may make 1 of each of the listed projects above if you wish to do so.

Entries for this challenge are due Monday November 22nd by 10 am MST.

Come back tomorrow for the next challenge in our 4th birthday celebration.

Challenge #2: Happy Birthday QKD!!!

It's our 4th birthday!!!

We are excited to share this day with you. We have a special challenge and blog hop for you today. The royal court has put together a nice birthday blog hop for QKD and we would like to share it with you. Below is the hop order and below that is the challenge for today.

Whole hop order:
QKD Blog - here
Vicki
Melia
Shannon
Chris
Penny
Nina
Lara
Jules
Valerie
Jenn
Jan

We are celebrating our birthday KAT style! Today we have a yummy kitty challenge for you! We need cake for our birthday, don't we?? What's a birthday party without some sweet chocolate cake with cream cheese icing? OH MY! Now that I'm craving cake, lets make one!

Make a card or ATC using some kind of cake or cupcake image... and add some glitter somewhere on the cake! the card must have at least 3 layers of paper or cardstock. The rest is up to you.

Check out what the Royal Court has made for this challenge..

For this challenge, I made a birthday card and a gift bag to match.

From Shar

From Valerie

From PennyFrom Nina

Photograph your image and blog about it.. use the inlinkz widget on the right hand side of our blog here to link us to your blog post and creation. There must be a blog post to accompany your submission and it must mention this challenge.

Each link to a different project will be entered once into the grand prize drawing to be held on Monday November 22.

The grand prize will be a $50 stamp gift certificate to the Queen Kat Designs online shop.

All entries into our challenges for this celebration will be entered into the one inlinkz widget and will compete for the grand prize.

You may enter more than 1 time for this first challenge. You may make 1 of each of the listed projects above if you wish to do so.

Entries for this challenge are due Monday November 22nd by 10 am MST.

Come back tomorrow for the next challenge in our 4th birthday celebration.

Some Ramdom Prizes!

Tonight I did some fun giveaways on my personal Facebook page along with the Queen Kat Designs Fan Page on FB! I'm uber excited to announce the 4 winners!

A big congrats to....
Maria Levine
Jennie Alvers
Gay Ferland
Joel Wixom

This is what we gave away tonight...

and an acrylic stamp grab bag!

I will do some more giveaways tomorrow night 11/19/10 so make sure you are stalking my facebook page and the QKD Fan page.

A special Thank you to our fabulous stamp designers who graciously donated their prints to the party cause!!
Melia, Che and Kristie you guys rock!

Challenge 1: Birthday Party Prep

Welcome to the first challenge of the celebration! We are excited to have you at our party. There are lots of prizes to be given out. We have a grand prize of a $50 Gift Certificate for rubber stamps at the QKD store and some prizes that have been generously donated by our stamp designers: Kristie, Melia and Che! So get your challenge on and lets party!!!

Since we are celebrating our birthday... we need to prep for the party, right? Here's your challenge... Make any of the following items that you'd typically use if you were getting ready for a fun birthday party....

Invites

Place Cards for the party table

Center piece for the party or gift table

Pennant Banner

Sign for the mail box or front door

Cake Topper or cupcake topper

You must use at least 2 stamped images on your item and the rest is up to you!

Check out our Royal Court inspiration...

From Shar

Cupcake Toppers from Nina

Place cards from Vicki

From Valerie

From Vicki

Cupcake Toppers from Vicki

Closeup of the toppers from Vicki

Photograph your image and blog about it.. use the inlinkz widget on the right hand side of our blog here to link us to your blog post and creation. There must be a blog post to accompany your submission and it must mention this challenge.

Each link to a different project will be entered once into the grand prize drawing to be held on Monday November 22 at 10am MST.

The grand prize will be a $50 stamp gift certificate to the Queen Kat Designs online shop.

All entries into our challenges for this celebration will be entered into the one inlinkz widget and will compete for the grand prize.

You may enter more than 1 time for this first challenge. You may make 1 of each of the listed projects above if you wish to do so.

Entries for this challenge are due Monday November 22nd by 10 am MST.

Come back tomorrow for the next challenge in our 4th birthday celebration.

Lets Party!!

Today kicks off the 4th Birthday Celebration for Queen Kat Designs!! I'm so excited that we will turn 4 officially on Friday! I'm here with a very special stamp release today.. We have new stamps from Krisite Silva, Shannon Rene Justice and more! Check out this $40 bundle of nummies!In this fun stamp bundle we have:
You're a Cupcake
Tangled
Birthday Party
Spit Out Santa
Have Your Cake
Happily Ever After

If you order this $40 bundle you will get all 6 of these fantastic stamps/sets plus a suprise from Queen Kat. The Royal court is excited to show you what we've done with some of these new releases. Please come back tomorrow to participate in our fun Challenges. They will be listed one at a time for the next 4 days! Come back right here and win some prizes!!

There will be a $50 Stamp Gift Certificate as the grand prize along with some other prizes! Don't miss out.

Nov. 16 Blog Hop: Color

Welcome to another Royal Kat Tuesday! For this week's challenge, the Royal Court was asked to use these pretty colors as inspiration: red, orange, with neutrals.


Here's the Blog Hop order in case you get lost along the way:

QKD Blog --- You are here. =)
Lara's blog
Shannon's blog
Dark Ink Sorority Blog
Chris' blog
Linda's Blog
Penny's Blog
Genevieve's Blog
Queen Kat's Blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

And here's my handstamped giftwrapping paper and notecard:


And, yes, I'm still using the Candy Cane Greetings Stamp Set and definitely see more uses for it!

Now off you go to Lara's Blog HERE. Till next time!

*hugs*
Nina

Flitter

I love art nouveau designs. All the little twists, turns and swirls. Making them is almost a meditation. While working on this painting back in April, I got so lost in it, that I was up all night finishing it. I really like how the wings appear translucent.
I can't wait to get the stamp in, because I am looking forward to trying out new colors on the design. I think this is going to be my Christmas card design with gold embossing and red wings and flowers. Or maybe some green wings.

Christmas Gift Tin

Hi! Just wanted to share a simple and easy gift tin to make as a Christmas gift.


This is a Maya Road tin I use to store my bottlecaps. It's super easy to simply trace and cut some patterned paper for the bottom of the tin and inside, while adhering pieces with double-sided tape on top, along with some fun Christmas stickers and pretty ribbon.

And here are some close-ups:



Stamps: Peppermint Girl Stamp, Candy Cane Greetings Stamp Set

What kind of creative Christmas gifts are you giving this year? Would love to hear!

*hugs*
Nina

Thursday Focus

Hi everyone! This is Penny bringing you another edition of Thursday focus.

Today, instead of focusing on just one stamp set, I thought I would focus in on Birthdays and images that are perfect for birthday cards! While I pulled a few out of the gallery, the birthday fun is endless, so you definitely still need to check out the gallery and the store for more birthday ideas!

Birthday Loli is a great stamp to use.



Did you forget a birthday, then don't miss this Belated Birthday Stamp Set!




And the Birthday Cake Stamp Set is perfect for all birthday cards (even wedding cards!)


How about Cupcake Friends for a great birthday card or box?