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?

Amy Brown is here!!

Today is the first day of something wonderful! Queen Kat Designs has been working with Ms. Amy Brown herself to come up with a wonderful new stamp line!! We are welcoming Amy today with a mini blog hop by some fantastic Royal Court members.

I'm here to reveal all of the images that have been released today and offer a special deal! Then I'll send you to your first stop on the hop.

We have this wonderful bundle of stamps today for a fantastic price! For $40.00 you will receive all 6 of these gorgeous beauties! Shop now and make sure you get this bundle of stamps! It's a great collectors item. :)

Off to Jenn's blog to meet the first of Amy's Fairies you go. Happy Hopping

The full hop order is..

QKD- you're here

Jenn

Vicki

Wynneth

Shannon

Valerie

Jules

Jan

Whimsical Ink Sorority

November 9 Blog Hop: Sketch

Welcome to another Royal Kat Tuesday! Have you started on your Christmas cards and shopping list yet? I keep making cards and it never seems to be enough.

For this week's challenge, the Royal Court was asked to work with this sketch:

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
Stayce's 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 used the all-in-one Candy Cane Greetings Stamp Set. Have you seen it in the QKD Store yet? (Told ya it's one of those essential Christmas stamp sets you need!)

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

*hugs*
Nina

Pop Dragon

Sorry I am running late this week. Actually posting on the go.

Pop Dragon is a little steam punk, a bit os just a facination with bubble machines. It was just a basic line drawing for over a year. But after seeing all the fun things folks were doing with the stamp, I just had to add a bit of color myself. So I pulled out those prismacolors, and had a blast.

This isn't the first time the creativity of the stampers inspired my color choices,and I doubt it will be the last. Thank you all for sharing your creativity and inspiring me as well as others.

Christmas Stamps Oh Christmas Stamps

Okay, so you have a whole month before the countdown begins in December. How are the Christmas cards coming along?

Here are some stamps that just might inspire you. *wink*

Elf Boy Stamp

Christmas Kitties

And an old fave:

Peppermint Girl Stamp

Do keep coming back to the QKD Blog as the Royal Court always have amazing creations to inspire. =)

*hugs*
Nina

Thursday Focus

The focus for today is "birds" but actually birdcages! Did you see the two new fabulous birdcage stamps that were just release. If you not, then check these out:
Fall Birdcage



Winter Birdcage


And these cards made using the Fall Birdcage Stamp




These are just fabulous!

The new stamps are here!!

It's midnight somewhere!! That means new stamps for Queen Kat Designs on this first Wednesday of November!!

Welcome to the new release for QKD. We are proud to offer 24 new stamps and sets today! We are also welcoming a new stamp designer and lots of new Royal Court members! Lets start with the new Court members.

I'm proud to announce the newest additions to our court: Valerie, Gretchen, Jennifer, Jan, Shar and Linda! We have been welcoming them all weekend here at QKD and I'm so excited to make it public!! Please give them a big pat on the back. I can't wait to see what they make with the QKD stamps.

Now for some new stamps from a new designer, Valarie Wade. You may have seen her stamps in other stores, but we've got her now and we're not lettin go!! Here's a bit about our new artist:

"Valarie Wade is an artist and illustrator living in Oklahoma. Most of her paintings are created with acrylics on canvas or more recently cradled masonite panels. She enjoys painting fairies, fantasy, fun, and upbeat themes. She is inspired by anime and manga, cartoons of the early 80s, childrens books, etc.

Valarie holds a BFA degree in Psychology from The University of Oklahoma. From this experience she has learned the psychology of moods and color and for her more thought provoking contemporary or pop surrelist work shows the inter ego of her subjects tossed with popular and time honored symbolisms. Her work has been used on a variety of licensed products in the past from cross stitch patterns to rubber stamps."

We are proud to welcome her into our stampy family here at the castle! She has her own wing over at the castle shop. Click here to see! We have 2 stamp sets from her for this release. Christmas Kitties and Hang the Stockings. I fell in love when she sent me the images and I just had to make them into stamps and sneek them into this release today!! I know you'll fall in love. Look at this card that I made with Hang the Stockings....

I had fun coloring the images. I even busted out my flocking!! I flocked the rim of the stocking in white and the red on the stocking in red. It's sooo cute! then I added some red stickles on the wreath.

We have new stamps from Lollipop Lab Studios today as well! 3 sets and a single stamp! I'm so happy that Shannon joined us last month, her stamps rock! Lets see.. what else do we have... oh.... We have 5 new mermaids/fairies from my friend Maigan Lynn at the Whimsical Ink Sorority...

We have this month's Zodiac Circus stamp, Sagittarius from Che Gilson at the Dark Ink Sorority along with 3 other gorgeous stamps in her collection including the long awaited Christmas Elf Boy!!

And then we have.... drum roll please...... a build your own snowglobe stamp set from Kari Lind Creations!!! This set is sooooooo cute!!!! I sent the stamps to Valerie, one of our new gals and she busted out this sample so fast my head spun!!

I think it's safe to say QKD has started it's Christmas crafting!! Come and do the same. We have lots of holiday stamps and tons of others too. At last count it was over 500 stamps/sets!!

Use code bl10 to save 10% off your order today!

Happy Stampin'

Vicki

November 2 Blog Hop: Sketch

Welcome to another Royal Kat Tuesday and, yay, it's a new month! If you're a loyal and avid fan (which we hope you all are or will be), you know it means a preview of all the new releases! Yay!

And, for this week's challenge, the Royal Court was asked to work with this sketch:


And here's my Christmas card:


Stamp: Candy Cane Greetings Stamp Set

Seriously, if you're into buying a Christmas stamp each and every year, I'm telling you now, this is the ONLY Christmas stamp you'll ever need! (Okay, fine, at least the only one you'll need this year!)Find this stamp set in the QKD Store on Wednesday and you'll see why.

I wanted my cards this year to have a postagey/air mailey theme hence the use of the stamps from the Going Postal Stamp Set.

So off you go to the next stop at Lara's blog HERE. Thanks for hopping!

*hugs*
Nina

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
Penny's Blog
Genevieve's Blog
Queen Kat's Blog
Roni's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

More is...more!

Happy Monday!

So what do I mean by more is more? Stamps offer you so many chances to do more than just stamp an image. You can play around by using just parts of a stamped image, or in the case of the images I used below, cut the stamped image in half and create two projects!

I used the whole stamp to create a card. These lovely ladies were just the right size for ATCs, so I stamped them onto a clean sheet of cardstock, cut the image in half and made the following two ATCs.

Take a look at your stash of stamps and breathe new life into them!

Have fun.

-Gen