Queen Kat Designs

Blog hopping Tuesday

stephanie_ackerman@hotmail.com (stephanie) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:01:00 +0000

And it's time for another Wednesday blog hop. Since it's Thanksgiving week, we are blog hopping a day early. We hope you are inspired. This week the challenge was to take inspiration from this photo.

Ah the colors of a beautiful winter day. That is the inspiration for this card. My Green Fairy looks lovely in blue, so I created a card especially for her. Hope you like her.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern Paper:
Stamp: Queen Kat
Markers: Copics
Brad: Rusty Pickle
Card: Cricut, Wild Card cartridge
Other: Machine stitching, staples

Don't forget to check out everyone's creations this week:
QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' 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

Queen Kat Royal Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Nancyroo) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:22:00 +0000

Welcome to QKD's Royal Monday! This week, our designers had this inspiration piece to work with:

Are you ready to get started? Hop on over to Alex's blog
to see her creation!

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

Twilight Stamps are in!

noreply@blogger.com (Queen Kat) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:00 +0000

Hey there! We have some new stamps today!! I am happy to announce the arrival of the new Twilight themed stamps. There are two sets...

Team Jerseys...

Twilight Inspired...

Come by and pick up your stamps today!! If you order both of the sets together you'll get a free Team Bella stamp.

Sundays are for Stampin' - November 22th

noreply@blogger.com (AlienAnessa) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Good Sunday to you, and welcome to another Sundays are for Stampin' - as we head into Thanksgiving week, I'd like to pause and say on this glorious Sunday that I'm grateful for so many things, Queen Kat Vicki being the one who has given me this chance to be on a great design team! Y'all are tops!!

Why not share a 'thank you' card to lead us into Thanksgiving?! This was my very first creation with Green Fairy:

She is stamped with VersaFine Graphite onto 120lb watercolor paper, then colored with watercolor pencils (K-I-N) and Odorless Mineral Spirits. She's also got some Stickles and Shimmerz strategically placed on her. She has some K&Company bling for her necklace and earring -- dare I say of course! =)

Please don't forget that it's still free stamp month!! Check this out:

Now through November 30th
Buy 2 stamp sets get 1 separates stamp free
Buy 3 separates stamps and get 1 free
($3.99 value or less)

For every 2 stamp sets you order
you get 1 separate stamp for free! The more you
order the more free stamps you'll receive.

Thanks for reading and have a very blessed Sunday!!

♥AlienAnessa♥

Scraps on Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (linnes) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:24:00 +0000

Hi peeps!
Another Sunday, I love sundays, being home with the family, in this season, I mean in the Netherlands it is rainy and getting colder, so more reason to stay home and make some cards!
I've made this Christmas card, I love the sentiment, this one belongs to the Chester the mouse set, not just a 'cute' stamp but very nice sentiments too!
I stamped it with Versafine and head embossed it, so it gets even more Christmas 'feeling'
I think it is a perfect card for people who do not like the more 'cute' ones.

December Royal Kit

noreply@blogger.com (Queen Kat) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:18:00 +0000

Hey everyone! Thanks for making this past week such fun. I'm happy to say we survived all the fun and chaos here in the office. :) I've got something uber fun to share with you right now. The December kit is here and it's Rockin!

Get ready for some holiday cheer with this kit it's got the best 2009 Christmas papers in it along with the best stamp set ever from your favorite stamp company!!! I'm proud to present the last Royal Kit of the year....

Included in the kit:1: Stamp set 5: Patterned Cardstocks (12"X12") by SEI, 4: Cards & Envelopes, 3: Cardstocks (8.5" X 11"), 2 yards of Ribbon, 1 yard of Fiber, 1 yard of Velvet Ribbon, 1 yard Lace, 10: Glittered Brads, 1 Pinch of Gold baubbles, 1 Pinch of Gold baubbles, Micro Beads Sampler, Misc. pieces of Vanilla Icing Die Cuts from SEI, 5 White Iron On Velvet Snowflakes from SEI, 3 Snowflake Ghost Shapes from Heidi Swapp, 6 Epoxy Stickers "Merry Christmas".

As you can see this kit is jam packed with holiday goodness. I'm excited to tear into mine!! (tomorrow) I'll have lots of fun ideas to share with you tomorrow night!! So make sure you come by my blog and see what I've cooked up for you. For now, I'll leave you with some yummy close ups of parts of the kit so you can drool!

Take care and see you soon.

Stampin Saturday!

noreply@blogger.com (Penny) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Wow, did you enjoy the QKD birthday week!!! Three years of fabulous QKD designs and fun!!!

I wanted to share a layout that I did using Bunny Chan. This is such a cute stamp!! In fact, my nine year old daughter is off stamping and coloring it right now!! She loves it!

And here's a closeup!

This post was perfect for today because have you checked out the Whimsical Ink Sorority Saturday Challenge! Ashley has this great challenge on Saturdays on WIS. Make sure you check out the challenge and play along! We would love to see your creations!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

Penny

Party Hangover

sara_henton@hotmail.com (Expressions of a Creative Mind) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:38:00 +0000

The party's over. The stamps are released. Now what? Don't forget the challenges from this week can get you FREE stamps. Including the one I used on my card today.

Stamps: Tree Girl
Ink: Memento London Fog
Paper: Memory Box ?, Prism SSW
Extras: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Nestabilities, Hero Arts Jewels, Copics

It's our Birthday!!

noreply@blogger.com (Queen Kat) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:59:00 +0000

Toot toot goes the party horns! We are cheering for joy and celebrating our 3rd birthday today!! 3 years ago today I released the first Queen Kat Designs stamps. Man, we have grown so much. I can not believe how far we have come.

We are welcoming a new stamp designer today on our 3rd birthday. Her name is Kelly Kost. She has some fun and funky designs for us and the royal court has cooked up some fantastic projects for you today. So lets just jump right into the hop!!

OH! Wait.. remember to be at our crop night tonight! It's from 8pm EST to 10pm EST. Click here to come over and play with us. There are prizes and challenges and lots of fun!

In fact today's challenge is a spin on the Featured Stamper Challenge. You create your own feature stamper instead it will be a Featured Gallery... ours. Go here and choose someone's card to CASE. Here's the one I choose to CASE, it's by the first on the hop today Ms. Alex. I channeled my inner Tim Holtz for this one.

You have until Monday 23rd to upload a sample of your work using the keyword QKDSR04. If you upload to your blog too then you can get an extra entry. Just make sure you put you add a link to your blog here once you’ve done it so we can count you.

It's now time to hop over to Alex for our first release.

The hop list for the day is:
QKD Blog-- You're here
Alex
Meredith
Penny
Jules
Kelly B
Sara
Anessa
Lara
Linda
Anita
Nancy
Steph
Helene
Vicki
QKD Store

It's another Royal Kat Wednesday blog hop

stephanie_ackerman@hotmail.com (stephanie) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:48:00 +0000

And it's birthday week. This week's color challenge from Queen Kat was to use the colors: purple, pink, grey, white. This is my creation. Have you been playing along? You can be winning free stamps.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Prism
Pattern Paper: Prima
Stamps: Queen Kat
Markers: Copic
Punch: Fiskars
Other: Machine Stitching

SOOO are you playing along? There are FREE stamps involved here!! How can you not be playing? Today's challenge is be inspired by our own resident artist Maigan Lynn.

What will you win? You ask...

I'm glad you asked. This beautiful piece by Maigan Lynn, Arctic Blue. I mean she's just gorgeous. I really have to get me some of these. To find out more about the details for your challenge you have to go to the Whimsical Ink Sorority Blog but make sure you come back here to let us know that you did it. You have until Monday 23rd to upload a sample of your work using the keyword QKDSR03. If you upload to your blog too then you can get an extra entry. Just make sure you put you add a link to your blog here once you’ve done it so we can count you.

So start your blog hop by visiting Shannon's blog and see what she has create.

QKD blog <---YOU ARE HERE Shannon's blog
Jules' 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

Use coupon code BL10 in the store at check out and receive an additional 10% off your purchase!! This includes kits, clearance, stamps, and well.. EVERYTHING in the store!! (If you're purchasing a kit subscription, the discount applies to the first month only.)

AND don't forget to check back tomorrow for QKD birthday releases.

Day 2 - Sketch Challenge

sara_henton@hotmail.com (Expressions of a Creative Mind) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

We are still partying hard this week. Today's challenge is a sketch made up by our Queen Vicki.Isn't it cool? She's so talented. This girl can work a sketch.

I will be giving away as a prize for my challenge one of the new stamps. That’s right NEW STAMP!!! You don’t have to use a Queen Kat Stamp if you don’t have any but we’d appreciate it if you do.

You have until Monday 23rd to upload a sample of your work using the keyword QKDSR02. If you upload to your blog too then you can get an extra entry. Just make sure you put you add a link to your blog here once you’ve done it so we can count you.

Here's my take on the sketch:

Alright it's your turn. Show me what ya got!!

RKM, Challenge & Birthday week!

noreply@blogger.com (Nancyroo) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:59:00 +0000

Welcome to Royal Kat Monday! It's QKD's birthday week! Because of this, we had a special color challenge this week, to make a creation using the official QKD colors: pink, purple, gray, and white.

Play along with us for a chance to win a stamp set! If you make a card using this color combo and link us to it here on Mr. Linky's widget below in this post, you'll get 1 entry. If you post your card on PCP or SCS using keyword QKDSR01 you'll get another entry. Just post the links to your card and the link to your blog post where we can verify your entry. The prize is.... a Birthday Cake stamp set.

So, hop on over to Alex's blog to see what her creation is.

And don't forget to come back here tomorrow for some more birthday fun! There's prizes all week long. Thursday we will have a special new release!

Use coupon code BL10 in the store at check out and receive an additional 10% off your purchase!! this includes kits, clearance, stamps, and well.. EVERYTHING in the store!! (If you're purchasing a kit subscription, the discount applies to the first month only.)

Here's the whole list:

QKD blog - You're here

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

This week @ QKD.. It's our 3rd Birthday!

noreply@blogger.com (Queen Kat) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:30:00 +0000

Welcome!! Thanks for coming for the celebration. QKD is turning 3 officially on Nov 19th. We are so excited to share this event with you. We have a fun week planned just for you!!

Here's the schedule of events:

Monday:
Royal Kat Monday Blog hop: QKD Blog
Color Challenge: Our group @ PCP

Tuesday:
Sketch Challenge: Our group @ PCP

Wednesday:
Royal Kat Wednesday Blog hop: QKD Blog
Inspiration Challenge: Our group @ PCP

Thursday:
Royal Blog Hop: @ QKD Blog
"Crop" night: Our group @ PCP 8-10 pm EST
-We will have random prize drawings for those who come participate
-There will be special challenges with prizes
-Chat time with the QKD Royal court including Queen Kat.

Friday:
Thanksgiving Challenge: Our group @ PCP

All Week:
Sale at QKD: Use the coupon code: BL10 and get 10% off your entire purchase. You can save up to 65% in the store with this coupon. All clearance items are already 55% off.

This includes everything in the store. If you use this coupon to subscribe to one of our monthly kits, the coupon discount is good only on the first month.

Sundays are for Stampin' - November 15th

noreply@blogger.com (AlienAnessa) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:59:00 +0000

Hi there, gorgeous!! Ya you!! =) Welcome to the Queen Kat Designs blog AND Sundays are for Stampin'! It snowed here in northern Colorado, and that means......???......yep! Stampin'!! Before you leave the QKD blog today, PLEASE scroll down and check out my Sundae Posting Sistah Linda's card!!

So now let's go right to the project!

I'd like to share with you a creation that comes courtesy of Green Fairy turned purple! It has been a load of fun to create with this image!

I hope I'm succeeding in my goal so far, to show you that a novice-to-these-stamps can come up with interesting projects too! ;-)

Thanks for reading and have a very blessed Sunday!!

♥AlienAnessa♥

Scraps on Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (linnes) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:11:00 +0000

Hi there sunday bloggers!
How is your weekend, flying by like mine?

I thought it would be fun to show you one of my Christmas cards, this one is with Chester the mouse don't you think he is fun? There are 4 awesome stamps in this set.

Go and check out the store, there are many many more stamps!

xx Linda

Stampin' Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Penny) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:04:00 +0000

It's Saturday!! Hopefully this wonderful Saturday finds you spending time with your friends and family and remembering how thankful you are for them! Yes, it is getting time for Thanksgiving here in the States, and I must say Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday (yes, even more than Christmas!). QKD has some great stamps for Thanksgiving as well. Of course, my favorite one is the fun Thanksgiving Dragons Stamp Set.

Okay, the project that I want to share today is my first attempt at playing with alcohol inks. I wanted to have a marble effect with them without it being so dark. I stamped Bunny Chan on a tag and then let her dry over night to make sure nothing smeared. Then I pulled out my husband's shaving cream and put some in a paper plate. (shhh, don't tell him why it is low!). Then I dropped in a couple drops of alcohol ink and then used a Popsicle stick to swirl the colors.

After that I placed the tag down on top of the shaving cream and ink mixture, making sure that it was covered. I then rinsed off the extra shaving cream and let it dry for a day.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stampin' Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (lotsa scrap) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

This is a quick card I made using the QKD Russian Dolls stamp set. I combined it with some "old country" trim and patterned paper.

Yesterday, Friday the 13th, I participated in the Adornit Make It Merry Blog Hop. I hope you have time to visit my blog to see what all I created using the QKD Apple Days stamp set. This is a great set to use for holiday gift tags, recipe cards, etc.

I hope you have time today to scrap a lot. Don't forget to also look for Penny's post today.

Adornit's Make It Merry Blog Hop

noreply@blogger.com (Queen Kat) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:55:00 +0000

Hi! I hope you're having a great Friday. Welcome to QKD's stop on the Adornit blog hop. A special thank you to Georgana for inviting us again. :)

Today I'm Sharing ROMP with you!! He's from the "Furry" set. Isn't he the cutest thing you've ever seen? Don't you want to tickle his toes and eat his ice cream??

I used some fun SEI Christmas paper from last year.. I believe it's called Glitzmas.. That's right! I'm usin' my stash! After all, I have it why not use it? :) I colored Romp with my Tombow markers. They blend so nicely.

To get the "halo" effect around him, I used my foam ink applicator from Ranger and some Pine Needles Distress ink with my non stick craft sheet and blended the ink right up to the image leaving a bit of white showing around him. It kind of makes him pop off the page. the Sentiment is from the Fancy Christmas set.

Please stop by the QKD store after the blog hop and take advantage of free stamp month and take an additional 10% off your order when you use code qk10 in the coupon box at check out! That means you can save up to 65% in the store. This coupon code is only good through Midnight on Sunday!

Have a fantastic day! Stop back tomorrow for more blogging fun! Hop over to Mercedes' blog for more action!

Vicki

If you've missed the start of the hop, come here.

Going places

nina_patena@yahoo.com (Nina) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:53:00 +0000

I got these self-laminating bag tags and had a little bit of fun with some of my favorite QKD Stamps.

And these are the back with my name on Dymo tape.

These are just so fun and easy to make. Think ATCs but for a practical purpose.

What I love about scrapbooking is discovering little ways we can incorporate little sources of inspiration in our daily lives.

For these bag tags, I used QKD's Russian Dolls Stamp Set, the bicycle and cat from the Ride With Me Stamp Set, the Going Postal Stamp Set, and Random Text Background Stamp.

Inchie fun!

ljn162@yahoo.com (Lara) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:06:00 +0000

Happy Thursday all! Are you ready for the weekend?? I know I am! Since I'm in the mood for a vacation or even a road trip, how about a little something using one of the fantasy palm trees?
I stamped them out and punched them with a 1 1/4 square.

I love that it kinda looks like a flower. I also used some sentiments from the Seals set.
Well, I hope you enjoy!
Have an awesome day!
Lara

Our nest

stephanie_ackerman@hotmail.com (stephanie) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:02:00 +0000

is definitely blessed and this QK stamp was perfect when combined with the new Cuttlebug embossing folder I just received. Don't they go together well? I love using mini sentiments on a card.

Supplies:
Pattern paper: Basic Grey, other
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug
Stamp: Queen Kat
Ink: Memories

And don't forget to check out the sale at the store!!

Queen Kat's Royal Wednesday blog hop

stephanie_ackerman@hotmail.com (stephanie) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:59:00 +0000

It's another beautiful day here at the palace and we have tons to share with you. This week our challenge was to use this sketch:

I turned the sketch around and got this cutie - My Green Fairy looks lovely in shades of pink and red, don't you think?

Supplies:
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memories
Cardstock: Bazzill
Flowers: Prima
Brads: Making Memories

Grab a cup of coffee and check out all the blog posts today - start with Shannon's blog and see what she's got in store for ya.

QKD blog YOU ARE HERE
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Nina's blog
Nancy's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

And don't forget: November 8th through November 30th
Buy 2 stamp sets get 1 separates stamp free
Buy 3 separates stamps and get 1 free
($3.99 value or less)

For every 2 stamp sets you order
you get 1 separate stamp for free! The more you
order the more free stamps you'll receive.

Christmas Cookie Swap 11/10/09

noreply@blogger.com (Anita) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:59:00 +0000

I am making a whole bunch of invitations to a Christmas cookie swap that I am hosting. I used the Mini Sweets stamp set for the bottom right verse. I have gotten so much use out of this adorable stamp set. Happy Tuesday everyone.

Be sure the check back and see what Kelly has in store for us this afternoon.

Hugs,

Anita

Royal Kat Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Nancyroo) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:59:00 +0000

Welcome to Royal Kat Monday! This week, our designers had a sketch to work with, created by Queen Kat, herself:

Pretty cool, huh? Now hop on over to Alex's blog to see her take on it.

We are extending the free stamp week for this week where you buy 2 stamp sets and get 1 separate stamp free or buy 3 separate stamps get 1 free.

here's the whole list:
QKD blog - You're here
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 8th

noreply@blogger.com (AlienAnessa) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:47:00 +0000

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♥