QKD May Get Inked! Kit!!

It's time again for me to present to you QKD's May Get Inked! Kit. It's not up for pre-orders. Click on this link to check it out.

This is what you'll get in this kit.

1 Stamp Set designed by me
2 Mini Colorbox Chalk Ink Pads (2 different pinks)
1 Projects or Technique Sheet written by me
1 White Souffle Pen

Here are the projects included in the project/technique sheet.

I'll also be doing more samples using this set of stamps. So, if you want to follow along and have this set of stamp to play with, grab your kit now before it's all gone. This set of stamps is not available anywhere else because it's specifically designed for this kit.

A Sunny Spot....

to mark your book?

Sure why not!

I've been hoarding these giant paper clips that I picked up from Walmart for a while now. I knew they would be perfect for a bookmark of sorts, so with some amazing QKD stamps, a little ink, and paper scraps I have the perfect card and mini gift for that reader in your life!

(Ok die hard fans three guesses as to which book I used in the pic and the first two don't count!)

Mushrooms and Pearls

How fun is this image? I love this Shroomies stamp, and did you know it's on sale?

I love adding bling to my stamped images. Can you see all the Kaiser pearls? They are the perfect size to add to the design of the mushrooms and are soooo pretty. The mushrooms are so fun to color, there's lots of detail to them. The embossing folder was a perfect match for the American Crafts paper as well.

Hope you have a very Happy Thursday!

Queen Kat Royal BLOG HOP

Are you ready for some Royal Wednesday fun? We have a new treat for you starting this week, the Queen Kat Royal Blog Hop.

This week's fun challenge is paper piecing. Paper piecing is an awesome way to accessorize your stamped images. What a awesome way to make use of all the pattern papers you have hanging around.

Here is our first sample this week from Royal Stamping Maid Tina, she used the Mini Sweets set for this card.

Be sure to HOP on through this week's Blog Hop for lots of Queen Kat fun. You don't want to miss a single blog because you don't know where fun "treats" may turn up.


We hope that you will play along with this challenge this week. Feel free to leave your links here or swing on by our forum at SNR and play along.

Your next stop on the Royal Blog Hop is TINA. So hop along....

Ribbon galore!

So, have you ever tried to think of a new and innovative way to use up some ribbon from that huge stash we all know you have??? Well, today I have a fun and easy way to do just that! Take a look for yourself...



All you need is some ribbon, staples, and a piece of cardstock and you are set! The whole card took me about 10 minutes total! Who wouldn't love getting this adorable card in the mail! Hope this inspires you to get in that scrap room and use some ribbon! A cute saying, like this one from QKD is a great way to personalize it for any occasion, small or big!!!!

FREE stamps!!!

Oh my! We've got a deal for you!!

Sign up for a 1 year subscription of the Queen Kat Designs Royal Kit and get 1 free background stamp of your choice each month!! That's right, 12 FREE stamps in all! That's $54.00 in FREE STAMPS!!

Click this link to get your subscription now!! We have the best kits around!! Each month they come with an exclusive stamp set available no where else!!! And we always feature awesome papers from leading manufacturers in our kits. Each kit comes with cards and envelopes, solid cardstock, and embellies galore!! Not to mention the awesome ribbons and fibers!

What are you waiting for?? Come get your kit now and start with the April kit! it's BASIC GREY!!

Shine Your Light Monday

Mondays aren't always the day

we shine our light the brightest we could.

So I'm hoping my Elf Shimmer Fairy

will help you flame your flicker into a

SHINE!

For more details you can visit my blog

Dancing with Stamps

Have a Magestic Monday!

Going Green...

Hello and Happy Monday everyone! In case you didn't know, Earth Day is this Wednesday. I decided to make this Going Green card for the occasion. I don't know about you, but my family doesn't do nearly as much as they should when it comes to being Earth 'friendly'. We should recycle, etc.. As the trend and awareness of "Going Green" saturates our society, I can't help but think about what I can do. I can't grow a big garden (pesky deer), but I do think I will try my hand at a small container garden. So, do you have any plans for going green this year? If so, please share!

Have a wonderful week!

Beverly

Saturday Stamp Spotlight!

Okay, for the Saturday post today, QKD is spotlighting a stamp. The stamp in the spotlight today is Diva the Monster! Diva is such a versatile stamp set, and she is one of my favorites because of this!




Isn't she just adorable!!! You get Diva, a flower, and a word phrase in this set!

Check out these samples from the QKD gallery!

Send some LOVE!

Just playing around with one of the CUTEST sets, the SENDING LOVE HOME Set.



This set is perfect for so many different occasions.

I love how adding some lace makes it perfect for some 'girly' cards, but at the same time you can keep it simple for the perfect 'boy' card....I'll make one of those and upload it in a bit!

Until then, just know that I'm SENDING you ALL a little LOVE!! Have a GREAT weekend!

Nannooo Nannooooo

Do you remember the show "Mork from Ork"?! I used to LOVE that show! Secretly I always wanted to be the girl on there because I thought, not only was she so pretty but, Robin Williams is a cutie pie!! Woo woo but, ssshhh don't tell my DH! Speaking of cutie pies, do you know a cutie pie of your own who is "Outta this world"?! When I saw this set on Queen Kat Designs and just knew that I "had" to have it! My husband and his sister are "believers",so is my daughter, nephews... and this would be the perfect stamp set to make them cards! I love these little "Hip Aliens"! They're not scary at all! They're so, well... "hip"! LOL! I had fun creating this card with them! Take a look and see what you think;



I used the set called "Hip Aliens" which, by the way comes with 4 stamps each one featuring the cute little aliens! The card base is the Basic Black from SU, the first layer of grey is SU, the glittery paper is a scrap from a huge pad of paper I had a while back (I actually keep my scraps!!). The stars are all made using the star punches from SU, the star shaped brads are from Making Memories. I used my Nestabilities to cut out the shape, first time embossing with Nestabilities too! I colored the whole image with my Koh-I-Nor pencils and Gamsol!

So what do you think?! Can't you just see these images being used for fun cards, invitations for an Area 51 birthday party, how about scrapping with them using the title "Outta This World" or "My Hip Alien(s)"?! There are so many possibilities! I hope you check them out and try some ideas for yourself!

Until next time...Nannoooo Nannoooooo!

At the end of the rainbow...

Is a pot of stamps? Well I treasure all of my QKD stamp sets like gold so why not! I was looking through the gallery really admiring all the great work the design team has put together, and I got to thinking... I wonder how many people really go check out all the latest and greatest in the gallery. I know it's where I go for inspiration! So here is a little homework if you will. Go check out the gallery and come back here and post a link to some of your favorite projects. Share some of that sunshine and be someone's rainbow!

The Tree of Life

I used a super fun tree from Funky Trees, lots of fun to color.

The card base is River Rock, such an earthy color perfect for the designer paper from SEI Dill Blossom. I added a strip of coordinating paper, matted it, and then added the eyelet border strip to the side for a little interest.

Another block of coordinating paper was matted and then I knotted the ribbon on the front and adhered. Don't you just love the selection of wide ribbons available now?!

The tree was stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black, then colored with copics. I added the grass at the base of the tree trunk just by swiping at it with my markers. Lastly, I adhered the prima flowers with a brad and a glue dot.

Have a happy Thursday!

Queen Kat Royal Wedneday

Welcome to Queen Kat Royal Wednesday! Are you ready for another fun challenge with the Royal Court? This week's challenge is Fun with Circles, you must use at least 3 circles on your project.

Here are some awesome samples:


MICHELLE:


MARIA:


NINA:

TINA:

I hope you will come and play along with us this week we can't wait to see what you have up your sleeves with circles.

Thanks for stopping by!

Notecards for the Making!

Hi all! Well, I think by now everyone knows how much I love to make little notecards for gifts and things! I am here today to share my 3rd set with you!! I always have fun making them because they don't take a whole lot of time and are no brainers!! Just easy fun to be had!!! Enjoy!!



I used the Retro Background stamp on this set! Love how they turned out!

Happy Tuesday All!

Tags for Bags! :)

So, has everyone seen the new personalized ATC backer stamps!? So cool! Well, in honor of the ATC, I decided to do something a little different, but still the 3 1/2 X 2 1/2 ATC size. I made two ATC sized tags personalized with my daughter's name. They will each go into a badge cover and tie onto her bags with ribbons. The cute summery beach one is going to be for her beach bag (of course). The adorable little monster with the ballet shoes will be for her dance bag. I just showed them to her and she loves them! A great fun, easy way to personalize tags for your kids stuff!


Use your own take on the ATC to make a personalized project of your own! Thanks for stopping!

Hugs- KellyB

Who Gives a "Hoot?!"

Well, it's MONDAY

and who really gives a "hoot?!"

Sometimes I feel that way.

But I know there are plenty

of people whooooo do.

So this is my

THANK YOU

to them...

"Thanks for giving a 'hoot!'"

I used K&Co's Wassil Collection

for my patterned paper.

My adorable little owl

from QKD (titled appropriately "Hoot")

has been paper pieced with dark brown and red.

The mid-colored brown was Versamarked.

Any questions, you can find my email on my blog

Dancing with Stamps

March Guest DT Extended Version II

Well hello there! I hope your week was a great one! I'm back with our TWO Guest Royal Court Members!! Callie and Heidi. Today we are going to feature some fun cards from both gals.. Let's get to it!

Heidi:

From Heidi: "I used SU Pink Pirouette cardstock for my base and then SU Baja Breeze cardstock embossed with the swiss dots cuttlebug folder. The image Swirly Tree is stamped in SU Kiwi Kiss on Whisper white paper and matted on Kiwi Kiss cardstock. I then took the dotted background stamp with SU Baha Breeze ink and stamped on Cool Carribean and matted on SU Blue Bayou. The scallop circle is Regal Rose. The flowers are primas and the ribbon is SU Blue Bayou"

Ms. Callie... and the blue King Forggie! Isn't is so cute??

Stay tuned for next week's Royal Guest... Heidi will have an AB-FaB card for you!! I'm sure of it!!

ATC Challenge

Hey there!! what's an ATC party without the challenge? This one is a simple one!!! Make an ATC Using Red or Pink or the combo of them! Here's a couple-few-four-or five I made...

I've gone ATC bonkers lately!! I love making them. For me they are almost betta than a card but I gots to get my card fix on too!

Rules of the challenge...

Post a link on this thread to your picture.

Only full, functioning links are accepted as entries. If I can't see your creation, I can't enter you to win, no can I? :)

Entries are due here by Sunday midnight PST!

1 entry per person

Fantasy

No it's not an erotic joke! We've got a new line of stamps coming out that you are going to fall head over heals for! If you love to color, paint or ink, we've got your back! I'd like to introduce a new stamp designer, Maigan Lynn! She's one of the best Fantasy Artists I've seen in a very long time and we are proud to have her on our Court. There will be more info on Maigan to come. For now... Run over to the store and get this mermaid stamp!! It's gorgeous!!!

I told you!!! Gorgeous!!! Run over and get her now! :)

There's still more to come from Queen Kat's Castle today! Don't miss the next 2 hours!

New Coffee Stamps

I'm sneaking a new stamp set or two into the store today!!! That's right!!! More new stamps for April?? How can that be? hehe, I'm sneaky like that! I'm happy to introduce the Coffee Bean to you! This is a set of 3 new stamps that are oh so fun to work with. Check out the 2 ATC's I made with them.

About 5 years ago, I was in a swap with a great friend of mine, Shelley Connelie it was a brown swap. Where we had to send X amount of brown embellishments. She chose beads! And those beads were in the shape of COFFEE BEANS!!! I've been saving those beads for a special project.. and low and behold 5 years later, they have inspired a stamp set and they ended up on my ATC's!

For more ATC fun check out the Queen Kat Designs Gallery! There's another Coffee bean ATC in there. :) Don't miss out! There's more to come next hour. We will be going strong through 3pm today!

Sweet Treat....

How about a little something sweet to give a friend...nothing like giving them a little 'piece' of you! (I had a sweet friend just do that for me! Wink...thanks Vicki!!!) Well, one of the SWEETest ways is to make them a card that just says you care....who knows, I bet it becomes their bright spot in a maybe difficult day!!!!

I sat to create last night and realized I hadn't used my Cupcake Friends Stamp set that much so I set myself up to do just that....and here are my results...

So when is the last time you made something to just share a little piece of YOU with a friend??? Do it today!!! Thanks again Vicki! You DID brighten my day today....can I go to the beach with you next time?????

ATC Bundle

Get your ATC Bundle now! We've got a great deal for you!!

1 Personalized ATC Backer Stamp
5 Background stamps of your choice (They are all ATC sized!)
1 pack of ATC Blanks (15 Count)
1 ATC Book (to hold your ATC cards)

Retail price: $34.47
Your Price: $29.00 until April 20th

You'll love your new ATC backer filled in with all your personal info.. You won't have to hand write it all anymore! How kool is that?

I'll leave you with some fun ATC's made by myself and Sierra Grannie for this special event.

New ATC Books

These ATC books are just fabulous!!!! I made a couple for Christmas Gifts (as seen here). Although the use for these books is different, they are still meant for ATC's! I just printed out some of my card sketched to the size of an ATC and stuck them in my book!! These books are so awesome!! You can stick entire collections of ATC's in them. (ok, a small collection)

They hold anywhere from 10-20 ATC's depending on if you do front to back and how much bulky embellishing they have on them. Each book comes blank and ready for your creations! It has chipboard covers, front and back with 10 double sided plastic pockets inside for your ATC's. It's bound and ready to fuss up. At a mere $2.99 how can you pass these up?? Get one now! Heck, take two and get 1 free!