Queen Kat's Stamping Castle

Happy Birthday QKD!!

2011-10-31T22:00:00.000-06:00

Thanks for stopping by on this leg of the 5th Birthday celebration blog hop for Queen Kat Designs Stamp Co. The Royal Court is rocking it today, aren't they?

I'm still into playing with resists. :) This time I used the new Fall Seasonal inks from Tim Holtz.. the color is Seedless Preserves. I love this color! :)

The stamp on this card, YES! It's only 1 stamp. :) It's a new background stamp that's coming out tomorrow at our stamp release party. I think I'll name it falling stars. I originally thought of it for a Christmas stamp but I'm lovin how it turned out for a Birthday card! the silver is my silver sailor pen and the dots that look kinda black are actually purple rhinestones. The whole card just blings in real life! :)

The resist I used on this card was versamark. I used my VM pad to stamp my background stamp then applied the Seedless Preserve ink over it.

I hope you like my card and will come check out the 19 day birthday celebration we have going on. There's lots and lots of fun stuff! It's over on our Facebook Fan Page.

Your next hop stop is... Kerry!

Have a happy day!

Changing It Up!

2011-09-13T18:40:00.002-06:00

Oh Holey Cow! 2 posts in 1 day! I know.. right? You are all shocked huh? :) I'm having fun playing with resists! Well ok this isn't quite a resist. It's more of a "How to Change Patterned Paper" card. :) I call it Changing It Up.

So you have a bunch of old patterned paper you don't like.. But you can't bring yourself to get rid of it.. I say stamp it! I got this idea from Jennifer McGuire in her Inspiration Showcase class. I've done this quite a bit before and before I even knew about Jennifer or her class. But She reminded me of it. :) You know how it goes, you do something 1 time then you file it in the back of your head and need a nugde to pull out that "file" again? So.. here's how I made this card:

Take some patterned paper and use one of the new large background stamps from Queen Kat Designs. here's a link. I used Vintage Photo distress ink and stamped it onto some patterned paper and adhered it to my card front.

I then stamped another background and cut out part of the image, matted it and added it to the front of my card. Using a cuttlebug flower set I got about a year or so ago I made a little flower out of white cardstock and inked it with Wild honey distress ink. I added a rhinestone in the middle with some Glossy Accents and I punched the leaves out of the patterned paper (before it was stamped) Added ribbon and the flower to the front of the card and I was done! :)

Now you go try it! :)

Versamark Resist Card

2011-09-13T17:55:00.003-06:00

Hi Stampy Friends!

It's been a really long time since I've blogged. So I thought I'd share a card with you that I just made. I'm playing with resist stamping this week and this is one of the cards that I came up with. So lets jump right in!

Supplies: black cardstock, 3 brads, adhesive, Versamark ink, Barn Door Distress Ink, soft cloth or towel, card base, and of course some stamps! I used a sentiment from Queen Kat Designs and a background stamp that will be released soon from QKD as well, Scissors, Black India Ink and an ink blending tool.

Directions:

1. Ink the background stamp with versamark ink. I used Champagne in VM ink. Next lay your stamp face up on your craft mat or work surface. Lay your glossy cardstock face down onto the stamp and gently rub all over it with your hands to transfer your ink onto your cardstock. Heat dry with your heat tool.

2. Using barn door ink and a blending tool, apply the ink onto your glossy cardstock. I find you get a much richer color if you use a blending tool and rub it into the cardstock vs. the pad to paper method because unless you press your ink pad into your paper and rub the heck out of it you will not acheive the bright colors. and this way you won't have to do layer after layer as if you were using the direct to paper technique. ps.. moral of the story, using an ink blending tool will save ink in your ink pad and you won't be rubbing it off of the paper onto a towel. :) That's the cheap-o in me! After you have inked it, gently rub the excess ink off with your towel to help the resist show through.

3. Mat the resisted background onto black cardstock and then adhere to the front of your card. Set aside.

4. Stamp the sentiment on white cardstock with black india ink and using your ink blending tool, color the cardstock with Barn Door ink. Cut right edge into a "v" and mat onto black cardstock, add brads and adhere to the card.

How simple was that?? Have a fabulous day!

New Royal Court Call

2011-08-11T20:33:00.000-06:00

Queen Kat Designs Stamp Co. (www.katstamps.com) announces its latest search for loyal, dedicated and excited Royal Court members! You must be a STAMPER and card maker to apply. We are a stamp manufacturer that makes laser etched rubber stamps. We are looking for people who LOVE to stamp and can do so on a deadline with a smile

*Must love to color!*
*Must be able to do a minimum of 5 cards a month*
*Must be able to blog 1 time a week on your own blog*
*Must be able to blog 1 time a week on one of our company blogs*
*Must be able to participate on our Facebook Fan Page each week*
*Must be able to post your own creations to our online gallery*

Work Description:
*5-6 Hand stamped cards a month (photographs only, you keep your cards)
*1 Blog post a week on your personal blog (using 1 of the cards you made for your monthly quota)
*1 Blog post on one of the 2 Queen Kat Designs Blogs or the Fan Page ( Dark Ink Sorority or the QKD Company blog, you will be assigned to 1 of the blogs upon hire)
*Participation on the QKD Facebook Fan page at least three times a week
*Check in on the Court’s private message board at least 3 times a week to make sure you’re up to date

Perks of the team:
+Worldwide exposure to your work through our blogs and online idea gallery
+Free rubber stamps each month of your term
+30% off any rubber stamps in our online store for your term (this also includes fabric blocks and iron on transfers)
+40% off any rubber stamps in our online store on the 15th of each month for your term
+And more…

Please see info below and take your time to prepare a well thought out application.
1. Make 3 cards showcasing your best work and blog about them on your blog with a link to the Queen Kat Designs Royal Court Call. (Cards must be new for this call and can use any stamps and products you want. Of course we are partial to QKD stamps but welcome submissions with any stamps.)
b. Email us the link to your blog post to: royalcall@katstamps.com with the following (all in 1 email please!)
d. Include the following information in the body of your email: Your full name, mailing address, phone number, blog or website address, email address. Current bloggers only! This call is open to anyone in the USA and Canada.
e. Provide one paragraph about yourself telling us about you and make sure your personality shines through.

General Questions…
1. Would you say you are primarily a stamper or a scrap booker?
2. How long have you been stamping/ scrapbooking?
3. Have you participated in any other design teams? If so, please explain (guest designer, regular designer, for store, for manufacturer, for kit company), and if currently on other teams, please list those teams and your commitment. Please list the work load and the length of your commitments as well as names of companies.
4. What is your motivation for participating in our design team? (Be candid)
5. Do you currently own any Queen Kat Designs stamps? If not, why not? (Please be candid)
6. Are you able/ willing to make at least one post per week to promote our products?
7. Are you able/ willing to commit to a 6 month term with QKD at this time?

Applications are due by August 30th at 10am MST!
New Royal Court members will be contacted by September 1st via email.
Send everything in 1 email to: royalcall@katstamps.com

CTMH Stamps for Sale

2011-05-21T22:50:00.000-06:00

All MUST go! These are ALL Close To My Heart (CTMH) My Acrylix Stamps!

$3 each:

A1041 Hip Hip Horray (used many times)

A1042 Live Life Well (a couple stamps used 1-2 times rest are new)

B1011 Tropical Vacation (well used)

A1058 Funky Chunky (new)

A1057 Funky Confetti (1-2 stamps used 1 time rest are new)

A1011 Spice (used)

$5 each:

B1026 Meow (most stamps are new)

B1157 BBQ (3 out of 6 stamps new)

B1170 Fairy Dust (used)

B1174 Flower Fairies (used)

B1162 Aloha (used a couple times)

C1043 Citrus Set (used)

C1008 Top O' The Morning (well used)

B1095 Thanksgiving Day (well used)

$8 each:

C1218 Bold Borders (brand spankin new!)

C1171 Campin' out (I can't remember using these but 1 or two stamps look used 1 time)

$10 each:

D1114 Create a File (1 stamp used 1 time the rest is new)

D1115 Princess (about 1/2 new and 1/2 used 1 time)

D1012 Confetti & Favors (used 1 time)

D1086 Birthday Bash (used)

If you are interested in purchasing any or all of these please send an email to info @ katstamps . com and tell me what stamps you want, what your mailing address is and your paypal address.

1-3 sets will ship USPS first class rate will be whatever it costs me to mail them

4 sets and up will go in a USPS flat rate envelope for $5 unless I can't fit them in there, then it'll ship in a priority box and rate will be what it costs to mail them.

I will post the photos of the stamps in a blog post BELOW this one so you can see what you're buying.

CTMH stamps for sale

2011-05-21T22:49:00.006-06:00

Carrie Hawks!

2011-03-30T00:11:00.002-06:00

Hey there!! It's new artist day at QKD!!! I'm here with a special peek.. Well.. more of a clue for one of the giveaways tonight on the Facebook Fan Page!

So.. Make sure you study this image and find out as much as you can about it today! Come over to our fan page at 7pm PST for the fun! :) The stamps will be released at that time. :)

Please jump over to Bonnie's blog for your next stop. :)

See you tonight! :)

Wind It Up

2011-03-22T22:17:00.002-06:00

Good Morning, friends! Thanks for coming. I'm here today with a new release from Christina Lynn Myers. My stamp that I got to play with is called Wind It Up. For my card, I tried to focus on the girl and keep the background plain. I stamped her in Black India Ink and colored her with my prisma pencils and gamsol. Then I added crystal lacquer to her eyes, lips, heart and clock. Then I accented the gear on her stomach with my Sailor Silver Metallic Pen.
Join us tonight on the Facebook Fan page for a release party. The fun starts at 7pm PST and lasts anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour. There will be some giveaways and lots of fun.

Please hop over to Jeanie's blog for her creation. Thanks for coming.

It's almost Easter, right?

2011-03-09T23:59:00.001-07:00

Ok so maybe not for a while... But I had to make this card!! I just had to. The stamp was calling to me. Her name is Carrot Bunnie. She's illustrated by Che Gilson over at Queen Kat Designs.

I used some hinges I've had forever! I mean... like.. oh.. maybe 5-6 years or so.. and some fun star brads to attach them to the card. This is one hefty card by the time I layered all the cardstock and added the metals.. I bet it weighs 1/2 a pound. lol

The hinges are actually functioning and the panel with the bunny open up. Under it I hand wrote "Happy Easter" and I still have the entire inside of the card to write to the person I send it to. I have someone in mind for this and I think her lil 12 year old heart will love it. :)

I used my Prisma pencils with gamsol to color the image and then touched up some parts with a Sailor metallic silver pen. It really adds some bling.

If you don't have any metallic pens, I suggest the Sailor brand. they come in a metal shaft with a shaker ball inside to really mix up the color. The tips are metal and once the paint is flowing it just glides on. I have both silver and gold.. well worth the money.

Ok... So that's my blog post for the day. Wow 2 days in a roll! I'm proud. :)

Take care and stay warm!
Vicki

It's a Foxy Day!

2011-03-08T23:59:00.000-07:00

Today we are welcoming Diana Vick to our stamp designer roster at Queen Kat Designs. You've probably seen some of her stamps already but today is a big release of her images! We are proud to have Diana with us. This is my card that I made with Phillea.. I chose to work with her because I LOVE hot air balloons. :) Isn't she the cutest thing? I had fun coloring her. I made this card and one other that can be seen in the QKD gallery. On this one I just had to color her "white" fur purple! She just screamed to be a punk, steampunk fox. :) I used some shimmery silver cardstock for the mat on the image and it just sparkles and shines. I had some mini pearls on a string left over from a Findings kit and strung them on the right side of the card. It's a simple card but really cute.

Thanks for coming to my blog. Please continue the hop over at Chris' blog.

Have a happy day!
Vicki

Welcome Ash!

2011-02-15T23:59:00.002-07:00

I am here to debut a new stamp line for Queen Kat Designs today. Have you seen the whole hop? If not, jump back to the QKD blog for more fun! I'm introducing "Chessie" to you today. He is Ash's take on the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. I love him!! I had fun making this card. It never ended. I took a sketch from my sketch gallery and went with it. I can not find the exact sketch online.. so I can't link you. I think it was one that got deleted when our gallery went down last year. :( but it's an easy card to make.

I stamped the kitty and saying in Wild Plum ink.. I believe that's the name of it anyway. It is from Tim Holtz' Adirondack line. I colored his eyes green with prisma pencils and then added diamond glaze to them. The patterned paper is really old.. It's from Cherry Arte... I made the flower using one of the cuttlebug Quilling sets and added a rhinestone in the middle. They are super fun to make.

I hope you enjoy my card. Please hop over to Penny's blog for her release.

Please join us tonight at 7pm PST on the QKD Fan Page.. We will have some giveaways as we release the stamps in the store.

Happy Stamping!!

Hawai'i here we come!

2011-01-26T00:01:00.001-07:00

Hi friends!! Thanks for coming to my blog today. I hope your enjoying some nice hot cocoa or coffee, perhaps a nice Starbucks drink. :) I'm bringing some sunshine and Aloha to my blog today... We are welcoming a new stamp designer at the Castle today named Samantha Nowak. If you have not seen the whole hop, please stop by the QKD blog and go through it. I promise you're guarenteed to smile. :)

Today I am sharing the Hawaiian Princess with you. She's full of sunshine, hula and all things Hawaiian!! She is my absolute favorite of the princesses that we are releasing today.

Super simple card!! Lots of layers of cardstock and paper.. 2 stamped images, some flowers, brads and stickles. I even added Rock Candy Stickles to my flowers on her hairpiece and Lei. The image was colored with prisma pencils and gamsol. Super fun and super simple!

Please jump over to Valerie's blog now for her fun creation.

Mahalo for coming.

Triple Tiara Tuesday

2011-01-24T23:36:00.000-07:00

Hi Hi! Welcome to my part of the Triple Tiara Tuesday challenge this week. We have a super fun challenge this week. I was happy to learn a new technique and try something new with supplies I haven't used in forever.

The Chalkboard Technique is so much fun... I used black cardstock, Yellow and Pink chalks, white pigment ink and a Thank You stamp from the Studio 77 Collection at QKD.
I made a video that shows how to do the technique. In it I used a Flame stamp from the Boyz Toyz Collection and a pretty butterfly from an old Royal Kit.

Take the challenge and link your project to the inlinkz think on the right hand side of the QKD Blog. This is the last challenge for January. The winner will get a $25 rubber stamp gift certificate to QKD!

Take care and thanks for coming! Be sure to visit Wynneth and the QKD blog for the official rules.

Here's a video I made of this technique.

Happy New Year and Happy T3!

2011-01-10T20:17:00.005-07:00

Been a while since I've last updated so... Happy New Year!! I hope your holidays were all you wanted and more. Today I'm here with the second week of Triple Tiara Tuesday from Queen Kat Designs.

Our challenge for this week was to create a card using White as the main color. So... I used the Butterfly Fairy from the Creepie Cutie collection that's coming out tomorrow at our Re-Launch of the line! You could say it's a preview of what's to come tomorrow from Kristie. :)

Super super simple card!! Just stamp your image onto some white cardstock and color. Layer onto some purple cardstock, add flowers and use pop dots to adhere the image to the front of your card. Stamp Hello in the bottom right and add some clear crystal lacquer or glossy accents to the skulls and eyes on the image. :) top with a large purple brad on the flower centers and you're golden!! See, what'd I tell you? Easy card, right?

I'm the last top of the triple tiaras today so please jump back to the QKD blog, read over the specs again and make your card! Submit it in the contest for your chance to win $25 in stamps from QKD!

Happy Stamping!
Vicki

Blog Candy Time!

2010-12-19T12:10:00.003-07:00

Hi friends.

It's blog candy time! I have a signed print from Che Gilson paired with a Vampire Boy Stamp from Queen Kat Designs to give away.

Winning is simple! If I can hit 150 followers by Christmas (blogger followers not networked blogs) I will draw a winner from the followers list to receive this set. It's an awesome prize and I'm sure it would make any stamper a happy camper! So.. hit that follow button over ---->> there and tell all your friends too! I will draw a winner if I hit 150 on the day after Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Some Tags...

2010-12-18T21:11:00.004-07:00

Greetings! Tonight I just thought I'd pop in and say hello with some gift tags I made. nothing fancy but they are pretty.

This first one is super easy to make. I just cut out a snowflake using a cuttlebug die I have and then using light adhesive in little dots, I stuck it to the tag and used distress ink to "stipple" around it. Then I removed the snowflake and used my adhesive remover (EK Success) to take off any adhesive left. Next I used the corner of a foam pad to rub some Broken China ink onto the snowflake and I added Rock Candy Stickles to it to give the shine. I stamped the ornaments with Red Pepper Adirondak ink and embellished with ribbon and some Cosmo Cricket letter stickers. Oh... I used Peeled paint to stamp the sentiment. :)

On this second tag, I aged the tag with some distress inks I think I used stormy sky and peeled paint (don't quote me).. I stamped the ornaments with peeled paint distress ink, the sentiment with red pepper Adirondak ink.. Then I cut out and embossed an ornamet that I have (Cuttlebug) I distressed it with the same inks and added some glitter glue then pop dotted it to the front of the tag. Added some ribbon and here it is! :)

Lastly, I distressed the tag with distress inks, again I can't remember the colors. I stamped the snowflakes with Faded Jeans Distress ink and the sentiments with crushed olive di ink. Next I heated the tag until I thought it was dry... Well, not all the way but to the point where I throught it was touchable without smudging! Then I sprinkled it with clear embossing powder and heat set it. Where the tag was wet is where the embossing powder stuck. It's pretty neat! I added some rhinestones with me irock added to and from with a sharpie and viola! :)

That's my post for this cold rainy/snowy Saturday night. I hope you've enjoyed my tags. They are the only 3 I made this year! No fancy Christmas here. We are having a freind over and that's about it. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and the happiest new year ever! Be safe and take care.

Vicki

Royal Court Call

2010-12-12T21:16:00.001-07:00

Queen Kat Designs (http://www.katstamps.com/) announces its latest search for loyal, dedicated and excited Royal Court members! You must be a STAMPER and card maker to apply. We are a stamp manufacturer that makes laser etched rubber stamps. We are looking for people who LOVE to stamp and can do so on a deadline with a smile!

Work Description:
*5-6 Hand stamped cards a month (photographs only, you keep your cards)
*1 Blog post a week on your personal blog (using 1 of the cards you made for your monthly quota)
*1 Blog post on one of the 3 Queen Kat Designs Blogs (Whimsical Ink Sorority, Dark Ink Sorority or the QKD Company blog, you will be assigned to 1 of the blogs upon hire)
*Participation on the QKD Facebook Fan page at least once a week
*Check in on the Court’s private message board at least 3 times a week to make sure you’re up to date
*1 of your cards made for your quota will be for the Royal Inklings Magazine so you will need to provide a write up on how to make the card with a supply list.
*Once or twice a month you will participate in Triple Tiara Tuesday. (T3) T3 is a new weekly mini blog hop/challenge that we are starting in January. This takes the place of our weekly blog hops.

(Terms are 6 months in length and we reserve the right to terminate your term at any time due to breach of contract)

Perks of the team:
+Worldwide exposure to your work through our blogs and online idea gallery
+Free rubber stamps each month of your term
+30% off any rubber stamps in our online store for your term
+40% off any rubber stamps in our online store on the 15th of each month for your term
+You will be published each month in our online magazine
+And more…

Please see info below and take your time to prepare a well thought out application.

a. Make 3 cards showcasing your best work and blog about them on your blog with a link to the Queen Kat Designs Royal Court Call. (Cards must be new for this call and can use any stamps and products you want. Of course we are partial to QKD stamps but welcome submissions with any stamps.)

b. Email us the link to your blog post to: royalcall@katstamps.com with the following (all in 1 email please!)

c. Choose 1 of the cards you made for the call and write up a “how to” sheet on it. (Simple instructions and a supply list) To get an idea of what we are looking for, take a look at the latest issue of the Royal Inklings Magazine here: http://www.4shared.com/document/-LMRXnbw/RI_Nov10QKDpdf.html

d. Include the following information in the body of your email: Your full name, mailing address, phone number, blog or website address, email address. Current bloggers only! This call is open to anyone in the world.

e. Provide one paragraph about yourself telling us about you and make sure your personality shines through.

General Questions…

1. Would you say you are primarily a stamper or a scrap booker?

2. How long have you been stamping/ scrapbooking?

3. Have you participated in any other design teams? If so, please explain (guest designer, regular designer, for store, for manufacturer, for kit company), and if currently on other teams, please list those teams and your commitment. Please list the work load and the length of your commitments as well as names of companies.

4. What is your motivation for participating in our design team?

5. Do you currently own any Queen Kat Designs stamps? If not, why not? (Please be candid)

6. Are you able/ willing to make at least one post per week to promote our products? (At least one of these posts will be on a Tuesday per month; the one that is a Tuesday will be your day to host a challenge on your blog)

7. Are you able/ willing to commit to a 6 month term with QKD at this time? Do you have at least 3-4 hours a week to devote to the team?

8. Are you willing / able to help with extra samples each month? We are signing a lot of new stamp artists in 2011 and we will need lots of extra help on samples. Are you willing to help?

Applications are due by January 9th 2011 at 10am MST!
New Royal Court members will be by January 10th 2011 via email.
Send everything in 1 email to: royalcall@katstamps.com

Release Week!

2010-11-29T22:30:00.003-07:00

It's release week here at QKD and hopefully you've taken the whole blog hop starting at the QKD blog here. If not please hop back. You dont want to miss out on all the new stamps we have this month. Off hand I can count... 30 and there's more than that!!! All coming on the market tomorrow!!

This is what I made with one of them. This is an image from my great grandmother, Beverly Cowan. This was drawn in the 1920's when she was a kid. Yes! a kid! She had mad talent!! We have several of her drawings out in stamps and we are adding to them!! We have even had a company copy one of our images and try to play it off as their own! I'm sorry but that don't fly with me! I'm proud to have my great grandmother's images in our collection.. Check it out...

I used the new Circa 1930's papers from Cosmo Cricket for this card. They fit so well with the image. :) The image was watercolor painted and embossed with black ink and clear embossing powder.

I hope you'll join us tomorrow for the stamp release! Have a happy day. Off to Roni's blog you go!

Crafty Card Gallery Christmas Blog Hop

2010-11-27T00:01:00.004-07:00

Hello blogging friends and new friends. Thanks for hopping along to my blog. I'm Vicki.. aka Queen Kat of Queen Kat Designs Stamp Co. I'm here with a fun card I made with some new stamps that are being released today at Queen Kat Designs!
When I heard about the blog hop I had to use this gingerbread man for my card. He's so cute! I used the new K & Co. Patterned paper for this card and some candy cane ribbon I have had for a few years. I colored my "man" with my Tombow markers (I love them!) and added stickles to his buttons and Glossy Accents to this trim, eyes and lolipop.

I hope you've enjoyed my creation. Please hop over to Jamie Fitzgerald's Blog

Happy Holidays!
Vicki

It's that time!

2010-11-23T00:01:00.009-07:00

Why hello there blog friends! Today I have a pretty large project to share with you for my part of the blog hop. This is an easy way to create a fun mantle piece or book shelf decoration for Christmas. Or any holiday or theme for that matter. This is my big project for the year, we really aren't celebrating Christmas this year at my house but I wanted to make something new for this year.
So.. I went to the $1 store and scored these awesome silver frames!! I brought them home took the glass out and threw it away.. I lined the inside of the frame with red crushed velvet. To do this I just cut a piece of chipboard that fit the frame and wrapped the fabric over all 4 edges and taped it down with scotch tape then put the back of the frame on!
Next, I free hand drew the letters on some cheap chipboard I have laying around and cute them out. I chose some SEI Christmas paper I believe it's from the Alpine Frost collection from last year. *yes I use paper that's from past seasons, don't hate. :) *
Then... I got out all the Christmas stamps from this year from QKD and went to town. I stamped some of the letters, I stamped the deer above.. It's a grungeboard deer that comes in a holiday pack from Timmy. I also stamped the grungeboard "25" below. both the deer and the 25 have been glazed over with clear crystal lacquer.
for the top of the "T" above, I used some fake snow that I found on clearance at a craft store. It's just white styrofoam circles in a white glue/paint paste. I believe it's made by Delta. The white flowers are from Michael's clearance they are paper. :) I have more and I plan to ink those up! I also get my poinsettas from the $1 store! I layer them with primas and other flowers too. This one has a rhinestone brad in the middle.
To finish the frames off, I used some prima stars, flowers, glitter, clear lacquer rhinestones and other fun things. This is a project where you just let your mind go wild. It's really fun to start with something blank like a frame and go from there.

Now I have a winner to announce!! The winner from my blog candy from the Queen Kat Designs 4th birthday is.... Alex. She guessed Kondona as the stamp I used and she's correct!! Congrats Alex, I will pop the prize in the mail as soon as I can dig out of the snow.

Please visit my friend, Roni's blog next for some more inspiration.

Happy stamping!

Dress up your leaves

2010-11-22T14:20:00.006-07:00

Holiday Greetings bloggers!! I've got a fun video and technique to share with you. I am running out of prima leaves... The pretty ones that have been glazed with clear, gold and glitter... And of course the lame stores around here don't carry them so I came up with some fun combinations to dress up my plain leaves I have in my stash! So if you're like me and like to bling things up, get down and dirty, then this is for you. Your guarenteed sticky, dirty and glittered fingers by the end of your play time!

This photo is of the last 3 prima leaves I have in my possession!!

This photo is the final product of leaves I got yesterday with my play time. I'm really liking mine better than the Prima's now that they are all 100% dry... Maybe I'm just partial..

This is a card I made with Santa's Helper.. The new Amy Brown stamp from QKD that just came out today!! He's soooo adorable!!!

Go.. Decorate some leaves.... Stamp a card out... and have fun!!

Happy Birthday QKD!

2010-11-18T22:00:00.001-07:00

I'm so excited!! My baby turned 4 today!! We are having a big party on the blog this week with lots of prizes!! And I have one special one here for you from my friend Che Gilson! Che is a fantastic manga artist and she's the one behind our Gothic Dollies stamp line as well as the Circus Zodiac! Che has graciously donated some signed prints to QKD today for prizes!! A big thank you, Che! I have paired one of her lovely prints with the Virgo stamp from the Zodiac Circus stamp line! This is the prize for this blog contest. :) So... All you have to do to win is identify the stamp on this card. If you correctly identify it by name, you'll be entered into a drawing on Monday and I will announce the winner on my Tuesday blog hop post for QKD right here on my blog!I made this card for my dad's birthday.... He never got to see it so I'm hoping he's with us today to receive his birthday card. :)

Ok my friends, identify that stamp!! Don't cheat by looking at all the answers above you.. that's no fun! Go to the QKD store and look for it. Please visit my good pal Melia next! She's another stamp designer for QKD! You'll love her post I promise!!! (I've seen it and it is cute!)

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

Turning 4!

2010-11-17T00:42:00.003-07:00

It's been a long road... But we are making it! Queen Kat Designs turns 4 officially on Friday! I'm so excited. We have started the celebration today with a special stamp release. There are 6 new stamps and sets in the QKD store along with the November Get Inked! kit and the December Whimsical Ink Kit!

Jump over to the QKD blog and join in the fun. We will be posting challenges once a day starting tomorrow and running through Saturday. There's a $50 gift certificate along with lots of other prizes to be won! Don't miss out on the fun. Click here now.

The picture above represents some of the items I made for the challenges that we will be presenting you this week! :)

Happy Turkey Day!

2010-11-16T00:01:00.004-07:00

Welcome to this weeks blog hop! I had a lot of fun with today's inspiration piece! Shannon always finds the most amazing photos for us to gain inspiration from!

Now tell me, isn't that just scrumptious?? Well, here's what I took from the inspiration.. I mostly stuck with the colors from the photo and not flowers, lol. I used the new Turkey stamp set from QKD that was designed by Shannon Rene at Lolli Pop Labs. For the flower, I took apart a huge rose I got at the $1 store and layered 2 of the flowers together. I used crystal lacquer to add polka dots to it and then I went around the egdes with rock candy stickles. It looks just like frost. I also added a dot of crystal lacquer to the eyes of mr. turkey. they pop right off the card.

Thanks for visiting! I'll be back next week with another fun hop project! this one's a real doozy!! Don't miss it. now off to the store for some shoppin!!

Take care and stay warm!

Amy Brown Stamp Release

2010-11-10T00:01:00.001-07:00

Welcome to this stop on the blog hop!! I'm excited to share the new Butterfly Elf stamp with you today.

I made this birthday card using some pretty "nature" themed papers from Flair Designs. This was a fun "Elf" to color. I just had to give her purple hair, I think she screamed for it. :) On the spots on her wings, I used some black puff paint I had. They are really shiny in person. I colored the image with prisma pencils and blended them with gamsol.

I can't wait to work with all of the other fairies in this release! Please visit my good friend Wynneth as your next stop on our mini hop today. She's got something very special to show you!!

Until next time.. Happy creating!

Moosey Christmas to you

2010-11-09T00:01:00.001-07:00

I'm Baaaaaack! Greetings to you bloggers. It's been an eventful week. The QKD laser machine went down a few times and I'm about ready to smash it in gazillion pieces. Anywhooo.... I went to a baby shower for one of my very best friends. Good times!! I'm here for the QKD blog hop! Did you know we only have 7 more QKD blog hops left? Yep that's right. You're hearing it here first! In January we will no longer have these weekly hops. We are switching to weekly/monthly contests! Oh it's going to be so much fun. The whole Royal Court is on board and excited about the change.

So.. Here we are with the 8th to last blog hop... and it's a Sketch challenge presented by Shannon.. this is the sketch we were to use:

This is the card I made. I used the new Moosey Christmas stamp set designed by my friend, Shannon Rene Justice at Lolli Pop Lab Studios. I'm having so much fun with her stamps!
It's pretty self explanitory as to how I made it.. but I'll tell you that the big gold "Merry" is some gold rub ons. I have no clue where they came from... oh wait I take that back!! they were in a pack of rub ons I found at DCWV's warehouse sale last spring. And you may notice a little shimmer on the "fur" of the image. I used my puffy fabric paint for it. It's actually pearl, very fun for this little guy. I added some black enamel for his eyes and buttons.

I hope you've enjoyed my stop on the hop this week! Please come back next week. Now you're off to Roni's blog for her stunning piece of art!

Til next time.. Happy Stampin

Facebook Contest!

2010-11-04T20:43:00.002-06:00

Hi again friends!! I hope you're having an awesome day! I just posted a contest on the QKD Facebook Fan page. It's in celebration of the new Amy Brown stamps coming out next Wednesday, Nov 10th! The Royal Court is bursting at the seams to reveal these stamps to you so I figured I'd get a good healthy contest going!!

So come on over and win some stamps!!

It's new stamp day!

2010-11-03T00:07:00.004-06:00

Hello again bloggers! Wow 2 days in a ROW? That's got to be a record for me!! lol!

I'm here with some new stamps from QKD today!! They are from our new stamp designer, Valarie Wade. Yeah, you may have seen her at other stores, but we have her now and the designs she's sending me are just as cute as a button!!

Here's a card I made with the Christmas Kitties stamp set. This little kitty makes me wanna snuggle with my zoo of cats. :) She's so cute and fuzzy. I used my tombow markers to color her up and I'm kinda happy with the way she turned out. I'm not a pro at coloring with markers by any means but I think it's cute. :) I used white floc on her hat brim and poof. and then some tan flock on her tail.

I busted out my lil Jamone sewing machine for this card, that thing is soooooo noisey!! If I'd have known it I wouldn't have bought it but it is a little bit more portable than my trusty Singer. I love sewing on cards. I dont know why I dont do it more. I used some nestibility scalloped circes and then pierced some holes in the scallops with my paper piercer. Added some stickles to the "envelope flap" and viola it was done!

Come over and check out the rest of the new stamps!! We have kicked off the holiday crafting at QKD, you can too!

Happy Stamping!
Vicki

New Stampies!!

2010-11-02T00:01:00.002-06:00

Hi bloggers!!

It's so good to be back in action and I'm happy to announce that I'll be here every week at least this month with a blog post!! I promise!!!! If I'm not I'll have to just delete my blog. lol

Today I'm elated to be on the Queen Kat Designs blog hop! I have a new stamp from Shannon Rene' at Lolli Pop Lab Studios here at QKD! It's called the 3 Kings. And it's super cute! Shannon you are my idol today!! these cutie pies are so fun to stamp with.

First let me share the sketch that I was challenged to use this week by my very good friend, Shannon Hawakins.. who BTW just got married.. Congrats girly!
This is the brightest Christmas card I think I've ever made! I got this pack of paper from Hobby Lobby like 5 years ago and haven't really used it much and I just thought it looked fun with the penguins!
I used my new IRock thingy from... ok so the name of the company escapes me at the moment! I have to say I wasn't sure I'd like it but I'm a total gadget head and have to have the latest in handheld tools. :) The stones are expensive but they are nice to work with and very clean!! no messy glue.

Anywho... what do you think of the penguins??? Let me know and I'll draw for a winner of 1 at the end of the week. The stamp will be available for purchase tomorrow at the QKD store.

Take care and please visit Roni Johnson next on our amazing blog hop!!

Happy Stamping!! And GO VOTE!!! Your vote counts!
Vicki

Lolli Pop Labs Blog Hop by QKD

2010-10-13T00:01:00.004-06:00

Greetings bloggers!! If you've come from Chris' blog you're on the right track for the new stamp release blog hop! If not, please start back at the QKD blog for all the fun creations.

I'm so proud to be on this blog hop today with some of the best stampers out there! The gals on this hop really inspire me and I'm happy to be amongst their talent today. Today I'm here to share a new stamp with you from our new collection called Lolli Pop labs at QKD. This little gal is "Lady in Waiting!

I love this stamp!! I am having a great time coloring her up in different ways. Isn't she a hoot?? For this card, I added a black piece of cardstock to the front of a white card base then embossed a piece of pink cardstock and punched the edges with an EK Success edge punch and adhered it to the front of the card.

Next, I cut a strip of some velvet paper and punched the edge of the paper and layered it to the front of the card. Then I added some ribbon to that. I stamped my image and colored it, matted it on some purple cardstock and pop dotted it to the front of my card. Then for fun I added some glitter glue to the toilet and toilet paper. :)
This is just a close up of the image. :) I laugh each time I see this image!! I hope you'll continue on the hop with us today. Please visit Katrina's blog next.

Have a happy stampy day!

We have a winner....

2010-10-09T00:01:00.000-06:00

and she is...

pjritsema

Congrats! pjritsema is the winner of the Autumn stamp set from Queen Kat Designs from the blog hop this past week.

Congrats. Please send me your mailing address and I'll have it shipped right out! info @ katstamps . com

Thank you to everyone who participated in the blog hop it was a blast to see all your creations!

Public Blog Hop Today!

2010-10-07T00:01:00.001-06:00

Hey there bloggers! I'm here with the public blog hop for Queen Kat Designs. If you haven't come for the hop, please stop by the QKD blog and start the hop over. There's lots of fun things to see. the theme for today is Fall. So I made a fun Fall card to share. I used last year's November Get Inked! Kit stamps drawn by Irene Tan for the card.

I'm going to be releasing these stamps today at the QKD store in honor of the Fall Blog hop! Leave a comment here and you'll be entered to win this set for FREE! Tell me what you love about Fall, and if you don't like Fall, what's your favorite season and why.

Thanks for coming!! The next stop on your hop is.. Kat Blue

Happy Hopping!

The entire hop order is:
Queen Kat Designs: http://qkd.blogspot.com/
Shannon Hawkins: http://shannonssentiments.blogspot.com/
Jenny Johnson: http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Whimsical Ink Sorority: http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com/
Jessica Griffin: http://www.canyoupixelthis.com/
Vicki Douglas: http://qksc.blogspot.com/ -- You're here!
Kat Blue: http://www.kateblue.blogspot.com/
Jeanie Dickinson: http://jeaniesdesigns.blogspot.com/
Dark Ink Sorority: http://darkinksorority.blogspot.com/
Charlene Cundy: http://ccundy.blogspot.com/
Loretta Rodger: http://www.msrhetta.blogspot.com/ - Please note that Loretta is out of town and can not ammend her hop order and we had someone drop out at the last minute. Please visit Bonnie after Loretta. Thank you.
Bonnie Rose: http://alifeunrehearsed2.blogspot.com/
Jill: http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/
Nina Patena: http://pasigmom.blogspot.com/
Kapree Clark: http://craftyvamp9.blogspot.com/
Ibis Arrastia: http://smilesbyibis.blogspot.com/
Penny Hartley: http://penny-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Nancy Yankowski http://thetrinketcollector.blogspot.com/
Shaunery Wharton http://shaunerysblog.blogspot.com/
Terri Sproul: http://terrisproul.blogspot.com/
Lara Bandanas: http://youwantthecookie.blogspot.com/

Thank You to my Royal Court

2010-10-06T14:36:00.002-06:00

I would like to take a moment to that the Royal Court at Queen Kat Designs for all of their help this past year. It's been a huge struggle for me to keep things floating here while trying to help my family. The Royal Court has taken on a lot of extra work that normally shouldn't be their job but without any groans or grumbles they constantly emailed me and asked if there was something I needed help with.

I can not tell you what an amazing group of women the court is.. I would like to give props to:
Jules Diley.. our fearless leader
Penny Hartley
Shannon Hawkins
Nina Patena
Wynneth Happer
Lara Badanas
Roni Johnson
Alex Lundgren.. who's leaving on Oct 31st
Meredith Winston.. a former member of the team

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have done and some of you continue to do for me and the company. I'm proud to have you!

Vicki

I'm alive

2010-09-16T01:06:00.004-06:00

hi blog readers.. I'm not sure how many of you are still with me it's been almost 3 months since my last post. As you know my dad has been battling multiple cancers for the last 3 years. on August 5th at 2:39pm we said goodbye for the last time. He was in so much pain at the end. I'm so thankful that hospice came in to help the last 2 weeks. I know you don't personally know my dad but let me tell you a little bit about him.. My dad, Scott Douglas was the most caring loving person I've ever met. He was in the Air Force and later became a machinest owning his own business for almost 20 years. He was a competition shooting champion holding some state records in Utah. We loved to spend time together laughing and doing things like camping, fishing and just plain old hanging out.

My dad was 49 when he passed away. He was only a month and half from his 50th birthday. Next week on the 22nd we will celebrate his birthday.

I'm sorry you guys.. I just can't write anymore. Once I pulled up the picture I started crying and I can't seem to stop. I haven't seen this picture in a couple years. This was taken in October 2007 after we shut down his machine shop because that's what caused his cancer.

I hope to be back to blogging soon. I need an outlet. For now take care and be safe.

Vicki

Not again!

2010-06-22T20:42:00.004-06:00

Wow time has flown by me! I haven't blogged in so long. I'm very sorry to my followers. This past month has brought some real highs and lows... As you know my dad is fighting multiple types of cancer right now... I found him in a confused state and not breathing right in early june. He was taken to the hospital and spent a little over a week there. He has been diagnosed with blood clots in the lungs and in his back. I almost lost him. They say if I hadn't found him when I did he'd be gone. I'm so thankful for the gift I've been given with my dad.

The good news.....

Queen Kat Designs is coming out with a new line... It's a fun and funky collection of all my favorite things... distressed, rock n roll, industrial and graffiti. The collection includes DIY distress stamps that you can use to distress things that aren't distressed already like this flower....

For this pretty blue flower I used the new Tattered Floral die cut from Tim Holtz.. I glued pages from an old book to some chipboard and cut them out. I stamped them with one of the new distress stamps and inked them up with Broken China and Faded Jeans distress inks. I've been making my own paint daubbers lately and used one of them here. It's kind of a brassy red. I think the correct name is Ruby Red Metallic.. (I'll blog them soon)

Then I just free hand cut the stem and leaves and used Crushed Olive distress ink to color them up.

I will have more sneek peeks for the new Studio 77 line soon. The whole collection (the beginning of the collection anyway) will be released on July 7th with the rest of the CHA releases.

Stop by and save up to 60% now at QKD.

Till next time,
Vicki

Diamond, Diamond- lie to me baby

2010-05-20T23:59:00.001-06:00

Welcome!!! I'm so excited to share this card with you today. She's a bling princess if I ever did see one.
This is one of our new releases in the "Sin Bonnet Sue" Collection. I've used some icey colors on this card with lots of bling. The purple background is actually metallic cardstock that's been embossed with the Cuttlebug Diamond Plate embossing folder.

And as I said on Monday's post, I am showcasing the bracket template I made... Well ok... now that I look at it, this is a different bracket than I used on Monday... But hey, it's a bracket. lol. The blue paper is from Pink Paislee I believe. I hand dyed the lace on this card as well. I used the Dusty Concord Distress Ink and my foam applicator for this lace.

The saying on this card just cracks me up: "Diamond, Diamond in my hand... how much money will you command? Like she's a diamond mafia momma. :)

Now hop over to Shannon as she reveals another new release.

New Stuff...

2010-05-16T23:59:00.001-06:00

Hi guys!! long time no blog.. I'm so bad at this blogging thing! I really wish I could find that 25th hour. Anywhoo.. I'm here now. I have a new QKD release to share with you. I surprised everyone, even the Royal Court today with a new release by Che! She's called Seraphim and she's a "paper doll" stamp. The set includes: a parasol, bunny, shirt, skirt, dress, top hat, Seraphim and 2 hair bows! I had a lot of fun making this card. I hand dyed the laces, I sanded some cardstock, got inky, sparkley and topped it all off with some metallic silver cording that used to be in my grandmothers sewing stuff! What more can you ask for in 1 card??? How about a shaped edge??

I made a template a while ago for this "bracket" like edge and I've used it quite a few times now and each time it looks different! You'll see on Friday another way to use this template as well. So make sure you come back here on Friday! We are releasing 10 new stamp sets and having a special court blog hop.

Until then... Happy Stampin'
Vicki

And the SECRET is...

2010-04-23T00:30:00.001-06:00

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!

until next time.. Queen Kat

You're probably wanting to see the difference in the stamps, huh?? Can you guess which is rubba and which is clear polymer?

Busy!

2010-04-22T00:13:00.003-06:00

Wow!! I can't believe this month is almost over and I've blogged once! Man I'm bad!! Well.... I've been keeping a HUGE secret that has to do with Queen Kat Designs and I'm just going to blurt it out soon if Friday don't come!! There are only a small handful of people who know and they are bursting to tell too. :) But I've sworn them to secrecy. Please come and join in the fun over at the castle. We've moved and I'm going to spill the news there first on Friday, so be one of the first to know and come join us! Here's some news I just put on the QKD blogs..

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.

Have a fantastic stampy day!
Queen Kat

Enamel Flowers

2010-04-04T18:29:00.004-06:00

Hey there! Happy Easter.

I hope you had a wonderful day. Mine was filled with family and nummy food. Last night I ran down to get a Melting Pot from Michael's so I could try some of Suze Weinberg's techniques... She's the guest designer for Queen Kat Designs for the month of April. :) I was watching some you tube vids last night and came across one that made these pretty flowers using Prima's and UTEE in the melting Pot. So today I melted up some UTEE and made me some flowers! Here's my finished product...

I just dipped them into the UTEE face down and swirled them around with a bamboo skewer and used tweezers to take them out then cooled them down on my craft mat. It's very simple to do. These pictures do no justice what so ever! If I have some free time this week, I will make a video of how to do it. They shimmer and shine and are oh so pretty. Here are some more shots...

The teal flower was used on my Dad's Easter card. I want to try the technique using other colors to make them more vintage looking. I am waiting for the new Petaloo Color me silly white flowers to come out in stores so I can ink them up with the new Timmy inks. Oh I can see so many possibilities with them and my melting pot.. :)

Until next time...

It's Blog Candy Time!

2010-04-01T01:38:00.002-06:00

Thanks to everyone who chose to enter my blog candy here. It's now closed. Although I only reached my 150 follower goal on Facebook's Networked Blog thingy, I'm going to still hand out 2 candies!! I'm going to pick randomly from the followers of my blog. If you're the lucky winner, please email me at info@katstamps.com with your address and I'll get it sent out ASAP. Drum Roll please meistro.....

Networked Blog Winner: Jodi Burkhart Neal

Blogger Winner: Jessica Buike

How were the winners chosen? Point n click. I pulled up lists of my followers and closed my eyes, pointed and who I clicked on first won. :)

I woulda used the random.org but each time I pull up the list the followers end up in a different order so that didn't work out.

Thank you all for entering. I hope you'll keep following me and enjoy all of the crafts n things I have to share.

Take Care!
Vicki

Lets Get Inky!

2010-03-25T18:21:00.005-06:00

As promised.. Here's my tutorial on how to make your own custom dyed ribbon...
Supplies:
Hug Snug Seam Binding
ReInker (any kind will do)
Mini mister
Water
Non Stick Craft Sheet
Plastic Baggie
Paper Towel and extra water for clean up

Step 1: Put about 10 drops of reinker into your mini mister (If using a Distress Ink Reinker use 1 full eye dropper of ink) fill the rest of the mister up with plain water just to the bottom of the threads on the bottle to allow enough room for the mister tube to displace the water when cap is on. Screw cap on and shake it baby! you now have your own dye.

Step 2: take your seam binding (I work with pieces that are 2 yards long) and lay it on your craft sheet. And spray away...
In this tutorial I used the new Crushed Olive Reinker from Tim Holtz. As you can see the color comes out kinda light so you'll want to spritz away until your color appeals to you..... Step 3: Keep turning the ribbon making sure you get all of it sprayed so you leave no white spots unless you like that sort of thing. Some do.. but I don't it bugs me to look 1/2 finished.I take ribbon and rub it all over my craft mat to pick up the excess spray so I don't end up wasting 1/2 a bottle on my mat that will be cleaned up and tossed in the garbage.

Step 4: When your color is achieved, ball your ribbon up and stuff it into the very corner of a plastic baggie... This will help ad crinkles and creases to the dried ribbon.
Step 5: Using a paper piercer or needle, poke holes in the baggie to ventilate so in case you forget to take the ribbon out of the baggie for a couple days, you're less likely to have musty or moldy ribbon. (BIG thing!!! Don't forget!)Step 6: Cut the very tip of the baggie off for even more air flow. The ribbon will NOT dry overnight in a closed plastic baggie no matter what anyone tells you. Wet + no air flow = wet and musty= YUCK!
Step 7: Set aside and take the ribbon out the next day. Note.. The ribbon will not be totally dry when you take it out of the baggie. I just take mine out and kind of loosely undo the "wad o ribbon" and let it air dry another night. You can heat set it with a heat tool but this may relax the ribbon and not leave you with the crinkles.. SO.. if you like crinkles.. don't heat it.. If you want it flat, heat away. And you can even iron it at that point if you want it flat.

So I'm sure some of you are asking.. What colors have I tried? Well.. Here's a picture of some I made yesterday.. Note these are not 100% dry but they are done up through step 7.

Blue: Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass with some Adirondak in Stone Wash
Purple: Close To My Heart Hydrangea
Orange: Orange Brilliance (has a pearl shine)
Pink: Distress Ink in Spun Sugar
Red: Cherry Red by Memories
Brown: CTMH Chocolate
Yellow: Wild Honey Distress Ink (this is my new favorite color!)
I hope you'll try out my tutorial. I'd love to see what you make!
Now go get inky! :)

The true love of ink....

2010-03-24T18:53:00.003-06:00

Ahhh I feel a little bit better now that I have gotten inky.. As many of you know my family is going through a rough time right now as my dad's cancer has spread to his brain. There are 15 tumors there that they can see.. They've taken him off Chemo and put him on radiation for the brain. We don't know what to expect but are praying for a miracle. Thank you to all of you who have sent me messages on Facebook, texts and emails my family truly appreciates all of the prayers.

So... Today... I got in a roll of seam binding.. I wanted to make some crinkle specialty died ribbons to use with my new Tim Holtz Distress inks.. So I made up all my little mini misters and water and sprayed up some ribbons! :) I'll have a tutorial here soon. I'm letting them dry over night so I can have some dry ones to show ya. But beware... This may happen...
And... a tip... either wear gloves or wait to get a mani! :)Be back soon!

Royal Court Team Contest...

2010-03-10T23:07:00.003-07:00

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Straight from the QKD blog.. go and enter!

There's a contest going on! If you're a new follower of our blog, please let us know who sent ya. The royal court is having a contest. Comment here with the name of the person who sent you an invite to join. The person with the most "team mates" at 12:00am MST on 3/20/10 will win a $20 QKD stamp shopping spree as will 1 team mate of theirs drawn by random.

This contest is also going to be running on the Castle message board, & all of the QKD blogs:
Whimsical Ink Sorority
Dark Ink Sorority

So make sure you follow them all. Each place you follow will be 1 chance to win for you & your team captain!!

Leave a comment here if you are now a follower via blogspot follow or Networked Blogs (1 entry only for this blog)

Make sure you tell them I sent you!!! If I happen to win for having the most people on my team, I am going to put all of the court members names into a hat and give the prize to them and one of you will still get a prize!

The Queen's Back...

2010-03-07T14:34:00.003-07:00

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Here ye' here ye' all hail the Red Queen... hehe. I just had to share this card I made.. I used the new Wonderland Friends stamp set from QKD along with a new border punch I picked up. I love how it turned out. I stamped the image with Momento ink onto watercolor paper and colored it in with my Tombow markers. I added some red stickled to all he hearts in the image.

For the large flower on the bottom of the card, I layered some primas and a red chiffon flower I made with a bridal flower and a silver brad. The chiffon I used has dots of red glitter on the fabric already so that just added more pizzazz. :) Oh.... I also random stamped the red cardstock with the playing card from the Fairy Queen of Hearts stamp set from QKD as well.

Have you stamped today?? until next time.. Vicki

Milestone Blog Candy...

2010-03-05T22:46:00.005-07:00

Are you ready for some nummies??? Well here it is... I'm trying to get 150 followers on my blog.. In both places.. the blogspot followers and on my Networked Blogs on Facebook. They are both on the right hand side of my blog -->

If I can get 150 on each of them by 4/1/10 April Fools day, I will hand out 2 blog candies!! That's right TWO candies!! 1 winner from blogspot and 1 winner from Networked Blogs! all you need to do is follow me then leave a comment that you're a follower!

I'd love it if you could help me out and post on your facebook, blog or twitter about my candy.

Here's what you could win...

I have two of these 6X6 kits ready to ship right now!! Here's what's in them..

12 6X6 patterned papers from Upsy Daisy
4 Pink tickets and stubs
1 Stamp set from Queen Kat Designs
1 baggie of Flocking
1 yard ribbon
1 yard trim
1 Pina Colada Lip balm from Paradise Sunrise Essentials
6 large brads
A pinch of metallic silver baubbles

So if you wanna win... Make sure you are a follower. Winner will be drawn on April Fools Day! Good luck and thanks for coming by.

A Little MAD....

2010-03-03T01:58:00.003-07:00

Hey hey, it's a beautiful day here at the QKD office. The sun is out and it's actually warm. I'm so glad that the new Alice in Wonderland inspired stamps are out now! Because that means I can show you what I've been working on. :)

This is a card that I made using the Mad Hatter from the new Wonderland Friends stamp set. I know the colors are not your usual color combo but I think it works. Strange yes, but who said the Mad Hatter wasn't a bit MAD?? :)

I used the Ace card from the new Fairy Queen Of Hearts stamp set at QKD to random stamp the black cardstock on this card. I stamped it with come Champagne Versamark ink.

*Side note: I have been wanting the new sparkley versamark for some time and I finally bought 2 pads. The champagne and the frost. I'm not even going to open the Frost. It's going back to the store. :( I'm not sure why I got so hyped up about it.. the look is just like regular VM ink only a tad of sparkle... which rubs off as the ink dries.

Next I layered some Jenni Bowlin patterned paper onto some creamy/yellowy Bazzill cardstock and embosses it with my new Moroccan screen cuttlebug folder and inked it all up with my new Barn Door Tim Holtz distress ink pad and foam applicator.

I stamped and colored the Mad Hatter on my trusty watercolor paper, inked the edges with the new light blue distress ink.. the formal name escapes me at the moment.. I added 3 brads and matted it to some aqua colored cardstock. Added a ribbon to the red piece and layered it all on my card base.

Then I pulled out the trusty, handy dandy clear glossy accents and applied it to the glasses, tea pot, tea cup and shoes. I added some red glitter glue to his feather and viola! card done.

If you'd like a chance to win this stamp set, come over and enter the card contest that Queen Kat Designs has going on right now.

Happy Stampin!
Vicki

The Queen's here...

2010-03-01T23:59:00.003-07:00

Hey there!!! Welcome to my stop on the blog hop. I have been having so much fun with the Queen of Hearts in the Whimsical Ink line that I had to join in the blog hop today.

This is a 5.5" square card. I love doing square cards yet I don't do them often.. go figure. You can't see it really well in the picture but I used the Heart It background stamp from QKD on the red cardstock in red ink to add a little bit more texture to the card.

I gathered up some tulle for the left side of the card then stitched the Queen on to that with some sparkley black string. After stamping and coloring the cards, I cut them out and pop dotted them on and added some clear glossy accents. I added the sentiment and viola! That's the card in a nut shell.

I hope you enjoyed the blog hops yesterday and again today. We do it each week and have a different theme each week. I know there was supposed to be a sketch today but I squeezed this card in at the last moment.

The new stamps will be available in the QKD store tomorrow!

Happy Stamping and hop over to the ever so fabulous Sally Lynn MacDonald. Sally is our guest royal court member for March.

Happy Stamping.
Vicki

I'm so excited!

2010-02-27T22:49:00.003-07:00

Today Queen Kat Designs opened the "doors" to its second sorority at the castle! The pledge sisters of this new sorority are all about celebrating the beautiful dark side of stamping. We will bring you the best in steampunk, tattoo, rocker and goth-like stamps from QKD.

Come over & get pinned.

I can't wait to show you the new stamps we have coming out this next week! The preview blog hops start Monday!

I'm a Fiskateer!!

2010-02-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited to share some fun info with you. I'm the newest Fiskateer! I met Kelly Jo (lead Fiskateer) @ CHA on the last day. I have always wanted to be a Fiskateer since I love their products it's a good fit. My number is 6977 & I'm so excited & proud to be a member of this awesome group! If you'd like to join me, just send me an email & I can hook you up with Kelly Jo. Visit the web site for more info!

My Sis

2010-02-23T18:48:00.002-07:00

Check it out! This is my 12 yo sister. She is telling a story at the Weber County School District Story Telling Fesitival today. It's the best gut laffing story I've heard in a loooooooong time!!! I'm so proud of her.

Got News?

2010-02-23T16:23:00.003-07:00

I do! I do! I was published in another magazine. :) It's the Just Cards! Birthdays! Special Edition. I have 4 cards in it!! and one of them can partially be seen on upper right hand side of the cover! hehe.. Ahhhh the lil things. :)

Check out pages: 24, 42, 70, 71, 80, & 82

I am still giddy with excitment and I got the news yesterday. :) I've got some more fun news! QKD is having another online crop. It's going to be our Spring Flower Crop on April 16-18 at the new Castle! Come by and hang out with us. Even though we aren't cropping, there's still stuff going on now! :)

I am sorry I dont have anything new to show you. I just had to share my news. :) Have a happy stampy day.

Been a while....

2010-02-19T23:52:00.004-07:00

Hi guys!

It's been a while since I blogged. I dont have much to tell yah. Life is happening at a fast pace right now and I can't get time to put thoughts into focus. I have more CHA pics to share but I dont know when I'll get on my laptop to upload them.. lol I'm sorry. By now you've probably seen it all anyway. I made a couple new tags last weekend. It's the first time I've made something since November.

Since I took Tim Holtz's class @ CHA, I got 4 of the new distress ink pads... Wild Honey, Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet and Barn Red. I used Bard Red and Wild Honey on the tag above. I stamped it with the new Ransom Alphabet background from Queen Kat Designs that we just released today. I made the flower thingy.. I made a gathered circle out of red tulle and singed the edges then cut a circle of organza and singed the edges of that. Then I layered a prima on it.. inked it up, added a jumbo brad and crystal lacquered pearls to the center and BLAM! You have a purdy flower. I think it would be more the size for a card than a tag but hey, not bad for my first tag outta the gate after an almost 3 month creative hiatus.
For the tag above, I used the new Victorian Velvet ink pad and the old Milled Lavendar pad.. Some grunge board wings, crown and key hole.. I painted the crown with bronze crackle paint.. stamped the winds with the new Ransom Alphabet background from QKD and then spread Rock Candy stickles over it and the ink smeared for me and made the wings purple.

I stamped the Bodice stamp and the Goth Necklace and added crystal lacquer and pearls. the crown is attached with gold wire. and the key hole is painted with rock candy stickles and attached with some awesome tiny tiny tiny brads that I found at M's a while ago. PS.. don't lose one then step on it!! it hurts, BAD!

So... in closing I have some fun things to tell you about for QKD. We had an impromptu stamp release today! I released 7 new stamps. 5 backgrounds and 2 steampunk stamps. We also kicked off our Sweet crop today at the new Castle. Please come by and play along. We are having a 3 day online crop. There are 4 challenge, 2 games and a grand prize. There's lots of fun and exciting things to see. Who knows I may decide to release more stamps!!! So come over, register for the board, and join our fabulous groups. The crop will end on Sunday. There's a live chat tonight (Sat) starting at 7pm MST. Join us for some fun.

Have a happy stampy day.

I'm here!!!

2010-01-25T23:18:00.004-07:00

Hey hey hey!!

I know, it's strange, I'm @ CHa & I'm only blogging for the 2nd time?? WTH? lol. I've been so busy with stuff. Seeing everything I need to see is proving to be a BIG task. hehe.

I've seen Ranger, Jilly Bean, Fancy Pants, Cosmo Cricket, EK Success, MME, Pink Paislee, Stampendous, Timmy, Scrap Within Reach, Pebbles, KaiserCraft, SEI, adornit, Clear Scraps, Tonic, Design Originals.... Sizzix, Tandy Leather, Maya Road, Basic Grey, Rocket Girl... & lots lots lots more!! I'm buried in catalogs I can't go to sleep on my bed. :)

I had the honor of meeting Mark Montano today. I was star struck! I couldn't think to get my camera out!! lol he shook my hand!! I don't think I will wash it ever again!

I watched Suze Weinberg do a demo yesterday & got to meet Claudine Hellmuth today. She's gorgeous & VERY nice!! I am surprised that some of the celeb's I'm meeting are very nice & down to earth. It's awesome. Vanna White was there today but there was no way to even get close enough to see her! lol.

I met Irene Tan today!!! She traveled all the way from Malaysia to come to CHa & I snuck up on her n we had a chat. It was great to finally meet her! Here's a pic of the two of us..

I'm having fun seeing the new stuff!! More to blog about soon!!

PS.. the 12 new Tim Holtz distress inks & reinkers are on order n will be on the QKD store soon!!!

Pink Feet @ CHA...

2010-01-21T23:43:00.007-07:00

So guys.. I made it to CA safe n sound. The rain was scary @ times but we made it through & are here @ the hotel stamping n getting ready for class tomorrow. I was spraying some foam core with memory mist for a display that Ky & I are making for the super show crop.....

Welll.... I sprayed it & sprayed it... it got all over the floor in the kitchen of our hotel room....

As you can see in the pic above I tried to clean up with my sock. haha. Then I walked through it... & this is the result..

Ky & I laughed pretty hard over it. I think the floor is perma pink now tho. :)

So... that's my first report from CHA hehe. :)

New Stamp Day

2010-01-06T23:39:00.002-07:00

Hey guys! I'm just stopping by to let you know it's new stamp day at QKD! We have 6 new sets and 2 new mermaids!! Come n get em!

Custom Stamps...

2010-01-03T20:51:00.004-07:00

Hey out there in blog land! Bet you thought I'd fallen off the earth hu? Nah, I'm swamped with custom stamp orders from Alchemy on Etsy. :) :) :)

I'm so happy to be busy with stamps I can't tell you!! Here's a few of the fun things I've been working on..

I've had the total pleasure of working with lots of Etsy stores to make their logos, addresses and other things into stamps for them!! It's always fun to see what people will come up with next in the way of needs for a stamp!

If you need a custom stamp, come by my shop and submit a private request or choose a stamp design I already have made up and I can add your info and go! Custom stamp prices start at $9.99 and all stamps up to 3X3 come with a FREE acrylic block! Anything over that I will add the block at wholesale cost for you if you need one!

I'm having a great time doing these custom orders. I'd love to work with you. Do you need a stamp for a wedding? How about a baby shower or engagement party? Or... Do you have an Etsy or Artfire store? How about a handmade by or return address stamp? See the possibilities are endless and the reasons are there! So pick a stamp and lets make it!!

Visit my shop today.

Stamping Contest

2009-12-27T22:22:00.003-07:00

Hey all. I'm so sorry I missed the last 2 days of Christmas. Life took over. :( I have a fun suprise for you!! QKD is having a stamp contest. Click here for phase #1

Day 10: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

2009-12-13T08:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to day 10 of my version of 12 days of Christmas. Today I'm sharing a very different kind of tag.

Ok.. Ok... Don't judge by the pics please!!!! It is so hard to photograph this tag. I musta spent an hour trying. But between the plastic glaring and the stamping wanting to show up twice like double vision.. I was having a hard time! This tag is one of a kind. It's very pretty in person, I haven't lost it I promise! :)

This tag was made using 2 plastic tags.. I found them at a clearance sale at Ben Franklin's when they were closing a few weeks ago. I used Peppermint Girl from QKD and some Alcohol Inks to get this very strange look; yes, I admit it is stange. But it's friggin awesome in person. Here's how I acheived this tag...

Supplies: 2 Clear Plastic tags, Peppermint stamp from QKD, foil corner, foil tape from Ranger, Alcohol ink: Cranberry, Meadow, Orgeano (I think) and Gold additive, Black Stazon, ribbons, white cardstock.

Steps:

1. Using your alcohol ink, ink up your clear tags (1 side only).. I used the Oregano on top, Cranberry in the middle and Meadow on the bottom. then I put the additive on to that after the color was on.

2. Sandwich a white piece of cardstock between your clear tags with the Alcohol ink inside. Trim off ends and poke a hole for the ribbon. Apply the Foil tape around the edges of the tag. (Note the tape comes in other colors but all I had was silver).

3. With stazon, stamp Peppermint on to the tag. Let dry.

4. Add the foil photo corner with tombow or your choice of adhesive.

5. Add ribbons and you're done!

This is one heavy, sturdy tag! It'll hold up to all the bashing the post office will put it through when I send it to who ever I send it to lol. I think for the next 2 days, I will be doing ornaments for you!! :) I'll be back tomorrow. Stay warm and make some tags! :)

Day 9: 12 Days of Christmas Projects & Blog Candy

2009-12-12T17:46:00.005-07:00

Ok.. So I'm having a really hard time sitting down to blog this year. You'd think.. 12 days.. I could do that.. But noooo life has other plans for me. It's snowing again outside and I just finished snow blowing the driveway. YUCK!! Mother nature needs to keep her snow and dump it somewhere else.. Like I dont know... CHINA??? lol.

So here we are finally with day 9 on my 12 day venture that's going to be a few days past 12.. lol.. Today I've got snowflakes!! lots of em.

I know, I know.. the pics are realllllly bad! But it's been one of them days! :) the tag is white, silver and blue. Not too much bling but it's very pretty.

I have a give away today too! Some Christmas stamps!! yay! Ho ho ho! Leave me a comment and make sure you're a follower of the blog either on blogger or Facebook. I'll choose the winner on Monday.

Here's how I did this tag...

Supplies: Tag, ribbon, velvet ribbon, grungeboard circle, QKD stamps, Faded Jeans DI Ink, Clear Embossing Powder, heat tool, versamark ink, blue azure stazon, pewter metallic crackle paint, foam applicator, snowflake glimmer screen, chestnut roan chalk ink.

Steps:

1. Using repositionable adhesive, apply your glimmer screen to your tag. and ink over it using your ink applicator and blue distress ink.

2. Remove the glimer screen and remove the adhesive it left on your tag if any.

3. Stamp and emboss snowflakes down the left side of your tag and the right bottom over the white snowflake left by your screen in step 1.

4. With your Script Background stamp and chestnut roan ink, stamp over the left side of your tag at an angle. Then stamp To and From in the same ink.

5. Cover the circle of grungeboard with your pewter crackle paint and let dry. Do not heat your metallic crackle paint!! It will turn out crappy if I may say so. Let it air dry. This will take longer than regular crackle paint.

6. When your circle is dry, stamp the snowflake with stazon on top of your crackle paint.

7. Add ribbon and hang your snowflake circle with silver string. If you'd like you can pop dot it to the tag.

8. Trim the bottom of the tag with scallop scissors and punch holes in each scallop.

How fun! :) I had a good time making this tag. I just kept adding more and more until it turned out. :) I hope you'll give it a whirl. :)

See you tomorrow for another tag. :)

Day 8: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

2009-12-10T01:00:00.001-07:00

Welcome welcome! It's Day 8 on my 12 day journey to Christmas. There's only 14 more shopping days left til the big day! Are you ready?? I'm no where close. Although all my shopping is done. I need to make more gifts than I think I can handle at this point but I'm glad to have my TAGS done! :)

Today I'm showcasing a fun tag for you. It's purple!!! Who doesnt' love purple??

Ok, these pics do this tag no justice what so ever. I promise the tag is purple!! As purple as Barney! (ewe).. Anywhoo.. Lets do it....

Supplies: Tag, ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing square flourish, Fancy Christmas Stamp from QKD, Picket Fence Crackle Paint, Gold Paint Daubber from Ranger, Grungeboard snowflakes, Black Momento Ink Pad, Foam ink Applicator, Dusty Concord DI Ink, Rock Candy Stickles, Embossing machine.

Steps:

1) Paint your grungeboard snowflakes with crackle paint and let dry

2) Pant the bottom 1/2 diagonally with crackle paint and let dry

3) When your tag is dry, use your foam applicator to apply Dusty Concord ink all over.

4) Stamp your images onto the tag using your black momento ink

5) Emboss the corner medallion onto the bottom of the tag

6) Using your paint daubber swipe over the top of the tag. I only did the top 1/2. I wante the crackle paint to stand out so I left it alone.

7) Using an up and down dabbing motion apply gold paint to the top of your snowflakes and let dry

8) Add ribbon

9) pop dot your snowflakes to the left side of your tag

10) Use your rock candy stickles and dress up your tag. I put them on my ornaments on my tree and swag. You can even add some to your snowflakes if you'd like.

So... wasn't that easy? Try it and come back and tell me. This was a super fun tag. I hope you'll try it yourself. I'll be back tomorrow with something fun. :)

Take care and stay warm.

Day 7: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

2009-12-09T11:35:00.004-07:00

Hey there!!! Welcome to the 7th Day of Christmas... Queen Kat Style! :) I hope you're all warm and ready to have some Christmas fun today! I'm sharing my favorite tag yet with you today. It's called the Best Gift of All....

Supplies: Tag, Cranberry Adirondack Ink, Pine Needles DI Ink, Embossing Ink, Gold Embossing Powder, White Cardstock Scrap: Gold Adirondack Paint Daubber, Grungeboard numbers, Stamps from QKD, Ribbon, foam ink applicator, heat tool, pop dots, flat zots or tombow.

Steps:
1) Random Stamp the gifts from the Fancy Christmas stamp set all over your tag alternating ink colors.

2) Swipe the entire tag with the Gold paint daubber. Don't do too much or you'll cover the gifts.

3) Stamp and emboss the "Best Gifts of All" saying onto some white cardstock. Using your ink applicator, rub on some cranberry ink and using a tissue rub off the ink from the embossed portion so you don't get all messy.

4) Cut out the saying and pop dot it to the bottom of the tag.

5) Take your ink applicator and apply ink to the 2 and the 5 grungeboard pieces. If you don't have grungeboard, you can also use chipboard.

6) Swipe the gold paint over your numbers and then adhere them to your tag. I pop dotted the 2 so it would have more 3-D-ness. :) and then used some flat zots on my 5 so it's on the tag.

wow! 6 steps? am I losing it?? NOPE! I promised fun, fast and easy! that's what you got! :)

Have a great day and visit me tomorrow! I'll have something gorgeous to show you. Thanks again for coming. :)

Day 6: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

2009-12-08T00:01:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the 6th day of christmas Projects with me. I'm excited to be back on track. :) we are 1/2 way through with this post today. I've got a super fun and easy tag for you today.

Supplies:
Tag, Pine Needles Crackle Paint, Seasonal Grungeboard pack, Aged Text Background stamp from QKD, Happy Holly Days Stamp from QKD, Broken glass, YES! Paste, Tombow, Embossing Ink, Gold Embossing Powder, Zots, Heat tool, Gold Stickles, Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink, Tim Holtz Edge Distresser, Cranberry Adirondack Ink, Pine Needled DI Ink and ribbon.

Steps:
1) Paint on a generous layer of crackle paint and let dry

2) Using your edge distresser, distress the eges. I like to roll mine to the front.

3) Using an ink applicator, apply some brushed corduroy ink to the tag. Even over the crackle paint. This will add color into the cracks.

4) Stamp over the entire tag with your Aged Text Background Stamp using Chestut Roan Chalk Ink.

5) Using Cranberry ink, swipe your light all over it to make it nice and red. Do the same with the tree but with green ink.

6) Stamp and emboss Happy Holly Days to your tag.

7) Adhere with zots, the light and tree.

8) Using yes! glue and a popsicle stick, apply a generous layer to the bottom of the tag covering part of the tree and some limbs. sprinkle and shake off the broken glass fragments. You can sprinkle and shake them off a few times until you get good coverage.

9) Tie your ribbon and add your stickles to your light and you're finished!

**I can not remember the name of the broken glass. It comes from the craft store. I got mine by the adhesives and spray paint. :)

Thanks for visiting! I'll be back tomorrow with day 7! Ho ho ho!

Day 5: 12 Days of Christmas Projects & Blog Hop

2009-12-06T20:26:00.005-07:00

Hey there! I'm so sorry my, 12 days of projects derailed. I had a family emergency and I couldn't get to the computer often to blog. :( But I'm baaaaaack! and just in time for Day 5 and the QKD RKM Blog hop day! yay!! 2 fer 1.

Today on the blog hop we were challenged with a sketch. It's one of my first sketches that I did. I've made a few cards with it and they all turn out different! This one is no exception.

Supplies:
SEI Christmas paper, Green Cardstock, Pine Needles Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Poinsetta Nestabilities, Poinsetta flower from Prima, Jumbo Brad, 3 silver 1/2 rounds, silver stickles, pop dots, stamping mat, bamboo skewer, tombow adhesive and Script Background stamp from Queen Kat Designs.

Steps:
1) Cut a background piece of patterned paper to size of your card. My card is 4.25" X 5.5". Adhere to your card front.

2) Cut a strip of patterned paper to: 4.25" X 2.58" and adhere to the left side of your card leaving about 0.25" showing underneath.

3) Cut a strip of green cardstock to 4.25" X 2.25" Stamp your background stamp on the cardstock and run your edges of the cardstock on your green ink pad to add depth. Adhere to card.

4) Using different patterned paper, cut 1 of each of the 3 poinsetta's in the nestibilities collection.

5) Using a bamboo skewer and your stamping mat, press the bamboo skewer into each petal making a crease in each petal to add 3-d effect.

6) Layer all 3 together and add the prima flower on top with a jumbo brad. Adhere to your card with pop dots.

7) After you've got your card all set and everything's together, take your silver stickles and go around the edges of the bottom 2 layers of your poinsettas. This will add some bling and brighten your card.

8) Using zots or your choice of adhesive, add 3 little silver 1/2 rounds to the bottom of the green strip.

That was so easy, right?? It took me 10 minutes to make this card. I told you my 12 days would be fast and easy projects right?? :)

Hop on over to Helene's blog for some more stamping fun! Thanks for stopping by!

Today's hop order is..

QKD blog

Alex's blog

Vicki's blog- You're here with me!

Queen Kat Designs Store

Day 4: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

2009-12-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

Ho Ho Ho! I loved making this tag today. I am in love with the new Crackle Paint called Rock Candy by Tim Holtz! and the Rock Candy Stickles.. O.M.G. How fantastic!!!! I have to tell you, I made it today, just in time to sign up for one of his classes at CHA! I am STOKED!!!!! I have never met him but he's like an idol to me. I love watching his videos because I learn soooo much!! Did you know Ranger is coming out with 12 new Distress Ink colors?? I'm gonna die and go to stamping heaven!! I can't wait. I have all of the old ones and I'm excited for the new.

Ok, ok... now for the project of the day... It's so easy to make and so much fun!

Supplies: Tag, Ribbon, QKD Stamp (Light of the Christmas Tree), Snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder, Cuttlebug, Metallic Gold Adirondak Paint Dauber, Cranberry Adirondack Ink pad, clear embossing powder, green stickles, Oregano Adirondack Ink pad, Dotted patterned paper, Embossing gun, White cardstock, craft sheet, paper towels, Foil corner, Leaf, Adhesive Prima flower and a brad.

Steps:
1. Cover your tag with dotted patterned paper using your choice of mono adhesive. I use Tombow.

2. Ink up the patterned paper with your foam ink applicator and Oregano Ink pad.

3. Dab gold paint along the left hand side of the tag. Do not rub it in, paint it on or anything like that. Dab it straight up and down. That will give you bubbles and texture. As the paint dries it will pop the bubbles and leave you with an awesome texture. I only did 1 width of the dauber because I added another treatment to the other half of the tag. Let dry.

4. Emboss the right hand side of your tag with your cuttlebug embossing folder.

5. Take your paint dauber and dab it onto a scrap piece of paper till it's almost dry. you want it to be like a dry brusk application for this step. Rub it lightly over all your snowflakes. This will give a more 3-D effect to your tag.

6. Now... Break out your rock candy crackle paint!!! This is the fun messy part!! slop it on, baby!! Leave nothing to spare here. The more you add the better effect you get. and I find that if you let it air dry about 10 minutes then heat dry the rest of the way it turns out nicely and you're not waiting too long for it to dry.

7. Stamp a Christmas Tree in Cranberry ink and emboss with clear powder. Layer your flowers and add a brad in the center.

8. When your tag is dry to the touch, Adhere your tree to it along with your flower and leaf.

9. Add your photo corner and green stickles for bling!

Geesh! That's not even 10 steps and you have a fabulous tag ready for the top of a special gift. :)

I'll be back tomorrow with another fun easy project. :) Take a look around at the QKD blog. There are lots of the Royal Court members that are doing their own 12 days of projects!!

Take care and I'll see you tomorrow!! :)

Woohoo!!!

2009-12-03T21:29:00.002-07:00

So... some of you already know.. but I'm gonna toot here!! QKD is teaching a class at the Winter CHA Supershow for the public!! It's going to be one heck of a fun time!! The class is filling up so get your ticket now. Here's what we will be making..
We will be using Verona to make a glass pendant and an awesome greeting card. You'll get all the supplies to make both of them and sitll have stuff to take home including a Verona stamp of your very own!! It's $25 for a 2 hour class. Click below to sign up!
See you there!!

Day 3: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

2009-12-03T00:48:00.004-07:00

Hi there!

Welcome to day 3 of my 12 days of Christmas projects! There's a PRIZE today!! So read on....

I used Victoria for this tag and colored her in Christmas colors. Here's the skivvy...

Supplies: Tag, ribbon, QKD stamps (Victoria & French Floral Background), Gold Trim, Tuxedo Black Momento ink, Tim Holtz Cranberry Ink, New Sprout Momento Ink, Tombow markers, White Souffle Pen, Red Cardstock, White paper, removable adhesive, Tombow adhesive, pop dots and Foam Ink Applicator.

Steps:
1. Stamp Victoria with black ink onto the tag
2. Stamp Victoria on a plain white piece of paper and cut her out (this will be a mask)
3. Using removable adhesive such as a piece of cheap scotch tape or removable tombow, place the mask over the stamped image on your tag.

4. Stamp over the mask using the "New Sprout" ink pad and your French Floral Background stamp. Remove the mask carefully, do not damage the image below.

5. Color Victoria in some vibrant Christmas colors.
6. Using your foam ink applicator, apply some cranberry ink to the top of the tag and down the sides and across the bottom for highlights.

7. Wrap the bottom of the tag in gold cord and secure. Add you ribbon in the top hole.

8. Stamp your sentiment on Red cardstock in Black ink and pop dot it to the top of the tag.

9. Using your white souffle' pen add white highlights and dots where you'd like.

See that was easy wasn't it? I hope you'll join me for another fun project tomorrow. :) In the mean time, Follow my blog. I will choose at least 1 person tommorrow from my followers to receive a special holiday treat from me! Leave some love and let me know you're a follower to be entered.

Happy crafting! Jump over to the QKD store we are having a shipping sale!

Day 2: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

2009-12-02T00:01:00.002-07:00

Welcome to the 2nd Day of Christmas Projects. Today I've got a special Christmas Tag for you today. I used the new Northern Exposure stamp set that came out today at QKD. That's right! It's new stamp day at the castle. Here's how I did it...

Supplies:

Tag, Stamps from QKD, Grungeboard holly leaves, Momento Black Ink, Pine Needles Distress Ink from Tim Holtz, Mahogany Distress ink, Red sitckles, Inkessentials foam applicator, Ribbon, Shimmerz paints, Pine Needles Crackle Paint, pop dots, craft mat.

Steps:

1. Make the background: using your pine needle DI ink, sponge it on the top of the tag then do the same with the mahogany on the bottom of the tag. I find I get the best results when I used my Inkessentials foam applicator and my craft mat. I use small circles starting off the tag and working to the inside. I try not to start on the tag because it leaves "edge" marks from the foam and sometimes they are not wet enough to be blendable.

2. Stamp the TO: and FROM: stamp with momento ink and then stamp the snowman.

3. Paint your snowman with your shimmerz paint or any paint you have.

4. Paint the grungeboard holly with pine needles crackle paint. When dry add red stickles and apply to the tag using pop dots or thick zots.

5. Apply ribbon and you're done!

How easy is that? 5 steps to a fun Christmas tag. I hope you will try this project. Come by the store to grab a set of the Northern Exposure snow people. They are fantastic for all your winter crafting.

I'll be back tomorrow with day #3 of the 12 days of Christmas. Until then.. Stay warm!!

Day 1: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

2009-12-01T00:01:00.003-07:00

Welcome to my 12 days of Christmas projects. I have a bunch of fun things to share. From December 1st through December 12th I'll be posting something fun each day. Today I have a simple ornament that I made. This is one of the easiest things you can make that will add some cheer to your Christmas tree and not cost a fortune to make.

Supplies:
Stamp (From the December Royal Kit @ QKD)Bazzil Basics Chipboard Shape, Green Mini Beads, SEI Christmas Paper, Tombow, Gold Adirondack Paint Dauber, Sand Paper, Gold Cord, White Cardstock, Green Ink Pad, Popsicle Stick and YES! Glue

Steps:

1. Cover the chipboard piece on both sides with patterned paper using your tombow to adhere it to the chipboard.

2. Sand the edges of the paper to make them "distressed" looking and to get rid of the "cut" edges on the chipboard.

3. Using your paint daubber, go around the edges of the covered chipboard to paint the raw edge and add a little sparkle to the front and back of the ornament.

4. Stamp "Cheer" onto a small piece of white cardstock, cut into a rectangle and apply to the front of the ornament with tombow.

5. Using your popsicle stick and YES! glue, apply a layer generously around the "Cheer" sentiment. Apply green mini beads and shake off excess. You can apply them 2-3 times until all of the YES! glue is covered.

6. Tie some gold cord in the hole and hang on your Christmas Tree.

I hope you've enjoyed today's project. Come back tomorrow for my next project.

(paper, mini beads and stamp were from the Dec. Royal Kit at QKD)

Ho Ho Ho!

2009-11-29T20:10:00.003-07:00

Welcome to the December pre-release day! I'm happy you could make it. I've got some very special releases for you today! Maigan had an burst of creativity to draw some "snowmaids". I just love them! I can't wait to color some more of them up. The first one I have here today is "Let It Snowmaid" She's so pretty.
Both of the mermaids I have here today were colored with my new tombow markers and blinged up with some $1 find stickles. I used some patterned papers from last year's SEI Christmas collection... I think it is called Glitzmas.. This next mermaid is "Happy Holidays Snowmaid". She's so fun and festive all dressed up in her pink shell bikini ready to hit the beach.

Oh.. Wait... Maybe that's ME that's ready to hit the beach.. Hmmm.. LOL. I am! I really am ready for the beach. Snow is not my favorite thing that's for sure. But these Snowmaids are awesome!! These new stamps will be in the QKD store on Wednesday!!

You're off to Kelly's blog next. Happy hoppin! Stop by here tomorrow as I kick off my 12 days of Christmas projects!

Cyber Days Shipping Sale
Save on shipping rates!
Spend $20 get $2 shipping...
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(Good today through12/1/09)

Here's the hop order for the day.
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

The angels are coming...

2009-11-25T20:35:00.003-07:00

Hey everyone, Happy Thanksgiving. :) I hope you are spending the day with someone you love. I get to have the family over tomorrow for the day. I can't wait to spend time with my dad!!! He's helping me rebuild the stamp machines. Both of them crapped out on me this week. :( But I think we are only missing 2 things for them so we are going to start working on them tomorrow.

I wanted to come by and show you what I've been working on. Most of you know I'm a total night owl and sleep rarely.. Well this is just the beginning of the heavenly creatures I will be making this year. I have put my love of making angels on hold for the past 7-8 years and I'm finally getting back into it.

Meet Anne Marie...

There are so many details that I've put into this angel I'm almost leaning to keeping her.. But I have sooo many right now. I think I counted 6 sitting around my living room. :) hehe. I think Anne Marie needs to be in a home with fewer angels so she can bless the family she lives with.

I've listed her for sale here in my Etsy shop.

The dress, coat and wings were all handmade. Even the cone and dress poof under her skirt were hand done. :) I don't like the angels at the big box stores they look cheap and don't have a real meaning since they likely weren't made with the love I add to my girls. So if you need some extra love in your holidays, come by and pick up Anne Marie.

Happy Turkey day!

Royal Monday Blog Hop

2009-11-22T22:42:00.003-07:00

Welcome!! I hope you had a great weekend. I've got a super fun card to share with you today. I used the Happy Holly Days Stamp set from QKD.

I have used this set over and over and over again and it still looks different each time I put ink on it and put it to paper. The snowflakes are so awesome. I used some patterned paper I had in my scrap drawer for this entire card. I cut no virgin papers for this baby! I'm going green and using my scraps.. lol. I random stamped the blue background with the 2 snowflakes in the set and then also random stamped the white circle.

The White "flower" on the left hand side of the card is a new product that I'm making for the QKD shop. They will be exclusives and only available in the store. They are organza fabric with a bling center. Soooo gorgeous. I can't wait to make more. I just had to try one out on this card.

I hope you've enjoyed this stop of the hop! Next up we have Kelly's blog don't miss out on her fun creation!

Yesterday, Queen Kat Designs introduced 2 Twilight inspired stamp sets! That's right!! more new stamps for this month and they are TWILIGHT!! Come n get em. Buy both and get a FREE "Team Bella" Stamp.

Queen Kat Designs Store

It's here!! It's here!!

2009-11-18T23:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Queen Kat Designs!! Yahoo!! We made it 3 years!!! I'm so stoked. The big 3 has arrived. On to 4 baby! We are celebrating big today!! We are introducing some new stamps and a new designer. How fun is that??? Today I'm sharing my recipe card that I made with "Cookie: The baker" I love this stamp and I can't wait to use it some more.

I colored the image with my handy dandy trusty Tombow markers. The "recipe" was stamped with one of the new alphabet stamp sets from QKD. I am loving them! I random stamped the pink cardstock with the Cherries from the Ms. Piggie stamp set and added lots of sparkle to them with some pink stickles. The card is 6X6 and the recipe was written on a 3X5 card. I love making recipe cards, I hope you will try one.

Come by and pick up Cookie and her sister stamps today. We have a great bundle of stamps at a fantastic discount. And the free stamp month is still on! Buy any 2 stamp sets get 1 separate stamp free, buy any 3 separate stamps and get 1 free! See store for deets. Hop on over and get your stamps now.

I'm the last stop on the hop today. Please join us for the chat night here. It's from 8pm EST to 10pm EST or until everyone caves in from all the fun.

The hop list for the day is:
QKD Blog-- If you missed the start of the hop, come back here!

Vicki-- You're here

RKM Blog Hop & Announcment

2009-11-15T23:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Royal Kat Monday blog hop. I'm glad you came. Today I have a fun announcment and nice card to share.

This coming Thursday is Queen Kat Designs' 3rd Birthday!! We are going to celebrate all week long! Today I have some fun blog candy to offer up... Follow my blog and get an entry, leave a comment and get an entry. Easy peesie! :) Winner will be drawn on November 30th so there's still time to get in after this week. The blog candy is......

Woohoo!! That's right! The winner of the blog candy will win my handmade Christmas Planner that I blogged about last week.

So... today's challenge is the color challenge. It was to use the QKD official colors: Pink, Purple, Grey and white. (yes that's mostly purple.. the light was way bad for pic taking!) I used the new word sets for this card (Who luvs yah?, Snug as a Bug, and Warm Fuzzies). I just spplied them randomly to an acrylic block, inked and stamped! It made a fun looking "background" type image. I used lots of layers and ribbon.. Added some flowers and poof, instant card. :) It was fun using these colors together! You should try it!

Thanks so much for coming. Please hop over to Kelly's blog for some more fun. and be sure to join us this Wednesday on the QKD blog for Royal Kat Wednesday and on Thursday we will have a very special release! :) More new stamps and even a new designer!! The blog hop order for the day is:

QKD blog

Alex's blog

Vicki's blog-- You're here with me. :)

Queen Kat Designs Store

Adornit's Make It Merry Blog Hop

2009-11-12T22:16:00.000-07:00

Hello! Welcome to my stop on the Adornit's Make it Merry Blog hop. I'm happy to be a part of it. Today I'm sharing a fun Christmas tag with you. I made it using the supplies in the Nov/Dec Findings Vintage kit from Queen Kat Designs. I used a plastic snowflake I had from somewhere (yeah one of those things you have and you don't know where it came from but it's useful at that moment :) ) and I layed it on to my tag, then I used my mini mister with water and denim ink mixed in it and spritzed the tag. After it dried, I random stamped the ornaments on it and used stickles to spruce them up. I stamped "Wishing you a happy christmas" on the tag.

The next thing I did was stamp two ornaments from the Findings stamp set on separate cardstock, color and cut them out. I used a metallic gold roller ball pen to color the centers of the large ornament. Then I added clear crystal lacquer to them to make them pop. For the small ornament, I added a button from the kit to make it more vintage like.

When the large ornament was dry, I used pop dots to affix both of them to the tag. I added the lace and some twine to the hold in the tag. Then tied two mini jingle bells from the kit to the ends of the twine.

I had a lot of fun with this kits. Come by and pick one up for yourself.

Have an awesome day. Please visit RhondaSue next.

More Christmas Planner...

2009-11-11T08:00:00.000-07:00

Hey there!! I'm baaaack! I have more of my Christmas Planner to share with you. Today I'll be sharing my Shopping list and Schedule pages.

For the Shopping list, I created the base page just like I did the front page with my paper bag and patterned paper. I added ribbon and rick rack over the seam. For the left side, I embossed with gold two ornaments like they are hanging on a Christmas tree.

The swirls on the left were so fun to make, I bought this glue at the craft store back in September thinking I could write with it and then glitter it.. Well I finally used it! It's the most awesome stuff. I'll have to blog it later. Please forgive me I don't have the name of it right now. Anyhoo.. I drew the swirlies in glue then glittered them up they sparkle just like the lights on a tree. I used the QKD alphabets for the "Shopping list on my tab.

Next I have the 3rd and final section of my planner, it's the Schedule...

I used the sheet music from the Findings kit on this page. It's so pretty I can't get enough of it so I also covered the back cover in it. :) This page was super easy. I random stamped "sparkle in the light of the tree" all over the paper bag end of the book and drew some scrolls on it with a metallic gold pen.

I embossed the small ornament from the set in gold along the bottom of the page just for some extra texture. Then I layered the flowers above and inked em up with me trusty Chestnut Roan ink pad, added a button and viola!

I'm so happy with how this project turned out. I can't wait to give it away next week! :) You'll have a chance to win it right here next Thursday!

Have a nice day and stay warm!

Christmas Planner

2009-11-09T23:59:00.002-07:00

Today I have a super fun project to share with you. It's a vintage Christmas Planner. It has 3 sections: Wish List, Shopping List, Schedule... To me these are the most important things we need to have lists for while we are getting ready for the holidays. You can use it to plan your meals, family gatherings and all kinds of things.

I used paper lunch sacks as my base along with the 3 "File tabs" that came in the Fall Into Christmas Vintage kit at QKD. They were the purrfect size to fit into the paper bags. What I did was I cut off the closed ends of the bags so I had the open frayed ends. I put about 3-4 inches of the bag onto the file tab and stapled them with decorative X's down the side. Then I applied my patterned paper over the left side.
I stamped it up with the Christmas Ornaments that come in the stamp set of the kit and I added some by using my alphabets from QKD. Those stamps come in handy with loads of things!! For the coloring on th ornaments, Iused my prisma pencils and gamsol. To get the text behind the ornaments on the left side of my book, I stamped them onto the novel pages that came in the kit.

For the large ornament seen above, I colored it then covered the whole thing with crystal lacquer.. Yeah that took a pretty minute to dry. :) ooo... I just remembered, I didn't color that one with pencils. I filled it in with stickles.. let them dry over night and then covered it with crystal lacquer. It is so shiny and sparkley it's gorgeous.

The little wooden star was inked with Chestnut roan chalk ink and I added gold stickles and also covered it with lacquer.

I'll show you the inside pages then leave you for today.. :) I'll be back Thursday with more of this book. Tomorrow I'll be here with Royal Kat Wednesday. I have a special guest's card to blog about. :)

So for the inside pages, I used the closed ends of the bags as my base alternating open end out and open end in so you can instert more lists, reciepts, tags or other things in the open ends for safe keeping. I cut a piece of notebook paper and affixed it to each page front and back. Then I stamped them with an ornament with Olive chalk ink. --ok so blogger isn't letting me add more pictures.. grrr. I'll try to insert it later. :)

Have a great day!! oh.. PS.. you'll have a chance to win this on November 19th!

Royal Kat Monday...

2009-11-08T22:29:00.004-07:00

It's Monday!! Wake up everyone.. :) No more sleeping in.. It's a work day... I hope you all had a good one. We are here for the Monday edition of Royal Kat Days. If you haven't seen the first of the hop, please surf back to the QKD blog to start over. It's sketch week and you don't want to miss out.

This weekend I got to play with the new QKD Monster stamps. The one I used is from the "Furry Monster" collection and I used the new monster word stamp sets as well. (Snug as a bug, Warm Fuzzies, & Who Luvs Yah?)

I used my new tombow markers to color my little monster. He's so cute! Don't you just want to tickle his toes? The background is some new 6X6 corrogated paper that we will have in the QKD store this week. It's awesome. I've used it on a couple of different projects so far.

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. Come by and take advantage of the savings. Hop over to Kelly's blog for some more sketchy fun. Have an awesome week!

Today's hop order will be:

Queen Kat Designs Store

Believe...

2009-11-02T23:59:00.000-07:00

All you have to do is "Believe and you will find Christmas"... I love these little "Brownie" guys. They are so dang cute. I have another card to share with you today that I made with the set.

I found a Cuttlebug folder I'd never seen before in a store so I snatched it up just for this card. :) It's got all kinds of ornaments on it. I used a thick (I mean THICK) piece of cardstock for this. It's red on one side and green on the other. I have NO clue where I got it from. It's the thickest CS I've ever seen and some how I ended up with like 10 sheets of it. lol. It's almost like it's 2 pieces glued together. hmm... anyhow...

I embossed it with my new cuttlebug folder and standed through the gree to hit the red. I could have sanded another 1/2 hour and still not reached total red. lol. so it's a "hint of red". I embossed my brownie guy with black pigment ink and clear powder then colored him with my new babies (tombow markers) I just love how the highlights came out in his hair.

Have you started your Christmas crafting?? You'll NEED this stamp set for your projects. trust you me. This is the cutest set ever. It will be available in the store tomorrow. So stop by and shop.

Have an awesome day!

I got an Award!

2009-11-02T23:50:00.003-07:00

I got this awesome award from one of my awesome blog readers...Scrappin Kitty. Thank you so much for the thought. :) Amanda you rock!!

The rules are this: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.

1. Where is your cell phone? pocket

2. Your hair? long

3. Your mother? hmmm

4. Your father? LOVE

5. Your favorite food? fish

6. Your dream last night? strange

7. Your favorite drink? coffee

8. Your dream/goal? #1

9. What room are you in? office

10. Your hobby? soap

11. Your fear? snakes

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? hawaii

13. Where were you last night? bed

14. Something that you aren't? lazy

15. Muffins? blueberry

16. Wish list item? money

17. Where did you grow up? utah

18. Last thing you did? work

19. What are you wearing? clothes

20. Your TV? off

21. Your Pets? buttheads

22. Friends? #1

23. Your life? chaos

24. Your mood? bored

25. Missing Someone? grandpa

26. vehicle? LOVE

27. Something your not wearing? shoes

28. Your favorite store? QKD

29. Your favorite color? purple

30. When was the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? today

32. Your best friend? Jamie

33. One place that I go to over and over? Starbucks

34. Facebook? sure

35. Favorite place to eat? kitchen

Ok.. now for my nominees...

Royal Kat Monday...

2009-11-01T23:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the second edition of Royal Kat Monday with Queen Kat Designs. Today is the preview day for the new November releases on Wednesday! If you've hopped here from Alex's Blog you're on the right track. If you've missed the beginning of the hop, please feel free to visit the QKD blog and start from the beginning.Today I'm previewing my favorite new release with you! This is a little guy from a stamp set called Brownies. The set contains 3 different little brownies and 3 sute sayings. The set can be used year round!! but, I'm getting a jump on my Christmas cards so I colored him all up ready to hep put out the "cheese" for santa!

I just got a set of the Tombow water based markers.. And I LOVE THEM!!! I'd take them over Copic any day. There's only 96 of them so that means my marker budget is low and I dont have to store a ton of markers I'll probably never use. I think I got like 34 of them and so far I've used all of them lol. And I've only had them for about 32 hours. :)

*tip if you have the Tombow markers and you're having paper issues, try watercolor paper (the back side) it works like a charm and it's cheap too.

I wanted to show you how I did the edge of the card so I've photographed it up close.. It's the "Icicle" punch from EK success. I punched it out of double sided cardstock from Cosmo Cricket and then lightly wet the edge and used a bamboo skewer to "curl" the edge and inked it with Chestnut Roan Chalk ink. It's such a fun addition to this card. I hope you'll grab this stamp set for yourself It's so cute!!! The new release stamps will be available in the store on Wednesday!

Please remember, we have 2 blog hops a week now. This one on Monday's and then the regular Royal Court Wednesday hop. They both start at the QKD Blog.

For more preview fun, please hop over to Kelly's blog. Have an awesome day. I'll be back tomorrow with another preview if you'd like to stop by.

Today's hop order will be:

Queen Kat Designs Store

New Kicks!

2009-10-30T19:45:00.002-06:00

Ok so.. I was heading out to get some of this AWESOME Fajita meat from a local Mexican market... When grannie turns to me and says.. "Isn't there a walmart over here?" and I'm like.. yeah.. and... you want to go? She's like sure.. Why not.. And I'm like well it's not in the nicest of places to be.. So we ended up going anyways lol. At first I was looking for another hoodie to snuggle up to the computer in and work.. But they didn't have one for me. :( Stupid store! BUT... I did find these totally rad shiny plether boots!! O.M.G. they are friggin awesome!!!

Grannie thought I was absolutly insane for trying them on and I threw them in the cart so fast I think her head is still spinning! haha. They are HOT pink and oh so awesome!! She asked where I was going to wear them.. I said "everywhere" she looked at me like I'm crazy. but guess what?? I'm wearing them right now!!! lol. Here's my new friends..

Aren't they the bees knees? lol I just HAD to share..

I want them in red!! So if you find them in RED size 10 let me know!! :)

CTMH Markers for sale!

2009-10-28T20:04:00.003-06:00

I'm clearing out some things in my studio to make room for me to actually play in there. :)
I have the following CTMH markers for sale:
Watermelon
Golden Ember
Plum Mist
Ocean
Citrus Leaf
Brown Bag
Smokey Plum
Breeze
New England Ivy
Blush
Ponderosa Pine
Vineyard Berry
Garnet
Seafoam
Star Spangled Blue
Dutch Blue
Topiary
Olive
Autumn Terracotta
Moonstruck
Buttercup
Hollyhock
Garden Green
Pink Carnation

That's 24 yummy colors.

they are $2.25 each or all for $45 plus shipping. let me know if you're interested. thanks
info @ katstamps dot com

Royal Monday...

2009-10-25T23:59:00.004-06:00

Hi! I hope your weekend was a good one. I've been so busy getting some new things in place for the Royal Court... We are now hosting 2 blog hops a week. We will have 1 on Monday and 1 on Wednesday. Each one will feature about 1/2 of the court each day.

Welcome to the first edition of the Royal Monday blog hop. I'm happy to share my Monday with you. today's challenge was to use this photo as inspiration for a card:

So... For my card, I used a Tim Holtz mask with some Distress inks in: Broken China, Tattered Rose and Scattered Straw (I think that's the one I used. lol) then I removed the mask and stamped over it with the Script background, butterfly writings background and the harliquin background stamps from QKD. I added some velvet ribbon, flowers and matted it with brown cardstock and came up with this:

I am having so much fun still with my Distress inks. I hope you'll try them too! Have you seen the Get Inked! kits from QKD? They are fantastic and an excellent way to grow your QKD stamp collection as well as ink collection. The next two months will be awesome as always with Irene, but the new year... Oh man, I can't wait! Roni Johnson, will be taking over the reins. I can't tell you how fabulous the stamps are for the year. Did you know, Roni just wrote a book? That's right!! It's called "Teach Yourself Visually - Collage & Altered Art" It's a highly recommended book for a great read if you like techniques.

Now on to Kelly's blog for some more blogging fun! Don't forget we have the Regular Royal Kat Wednesday blog hop on Wednesday.

QKD blog

Alex's blog

Vicki's blog-- You're here

20% of Sale in Paradise...

2009-10-22T20:54:00.000-06:00

Paradise Sunrise Essentials is having their Halloween Boutique today through the 25th. Come by and get 20% off of all of your favorite Paradise Sunrise items! All purchases will be entered into 2, that's right!! 2 different drawings.

Drawing #1: the Halloween Boutique Drawing.. Will be drawn and announced on the 26th. The gift is a free set of 3 lip balms!

Drawing #2: Our 800th sale drawing. We are close to hitting the big 800 and we are celebrating with a drawing. As soon as we hit 800, we will hold a drawing for a free goodie pack!
Get in on these awesome drawings! Shop now.

Aloha,
Vicki

Royal Kat Wednesday

2009-10-20T23:59:00.003-06:00

Happy Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by. If you've come for the blog hop, you're in the right place. :) If you've missed the beginning, please feel free to hop back over to the QKD blog and start over.

Today I'm sharing one of the new Manga stamps with you. Her name is top hat girl. I love painting these stamps. It's so fun.

I used my reeves professional watercolors on her. i love how the highlights turned out on her dress. They are much better on the card than in this picture. :) I used the "You're my..." sentiment stamp set from QKD for my sentiment.

Thanks again for coming. I hope you're having a geat stampy day. Please surf over to Maria's blog and see what she's got for you.

Visit the QKD Store for some great deals:
55% off of all clearance
30% off of these stamps:
Thanksgiving Dragon
Christmas Tree Dragon
Off Beat Alphabet
Jester Alphabet
through 10/25/09

Here's the whole hop list for the day...
QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
Penny's blog
Vicki's blog
Maria's blog
Kelly's blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog
Victoria's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Helene's blog
Nina's blog
Alex's blog
Meredith's blog
Linda's blog
Nancy's blog
Anita's blog
Sara's blog
Stephanie's blog
Ashley's blog
Katarina's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Try it!

2009-10-20T18:29:00.004-06:00

Hi hi! I have the best lip balm to tell you about. It's so awesome. Paradise Sunrise Essentials now has Orange Chocolate Lip balm! It's the best thing ever. ok... ok... Cranberry and Cheesecake are a close 2nd and 3rd. These lip balms will moisturize and make your lips silky smooth. Come by and pick up some balm. Mention this blog post and get 10% off! (Refunded through paypal)

Have a nice day. :)

Presenting....

2009-10-19T23:59:00.000-06:00

A new stamp designer is always so much fun for me. Today Queen Kat Designs is welcoming Melia Newman to our Royal Court. She's got some fun dragon designs and I'm happy to be able to showcase one of them for you. Today we released 2 of them.. There's more to come!! This is the second to last stop on the mini hop for the day.

If you've come for your daily dose of me.. Thanks! But you've missed one heck of a blog hop. Please visit QKD's blog to hop through the mini hop. Tomorrow is the big Royal Kat Wednesday blog hop.

I've got the Christmas dragon for you. He's so stinkin cute and I've blinged this baby up! :) Yeah, that's the theme for me today. :)

I just couldn't resist making him a red headed dragon! What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by. I'll see you back here tomorrow for the Royal Kat Wednesday blog hop!

The next and final stop on the blog is here. Where you can get the two dragons at 30% off as well as 2 alphabet stamp sets for 30% off.

Please come over and join our yahoo group here. This is our new newsletter group. If you'd like to get the awesome sale info first, come and join our group

All caged up

2009-10-16T07:00:00.000-06:00

Hi again! wow 3 days in a row. That's got to be a record right?? hehe. Today I'm showcasing a tag that I made last weekend. I used the Nov. Royal Kit that hit the QKD store yesterday. You have to pick one up. They are fantastic and for that matter, subscribe and don't miss a beat with the kits they keep getting better and better.For this tag, I used a premade- store bought ivory colored tag (have had it forever) I inked the edges with my inkessentials foam applicator (I'm in love with it!) and some Honey CTMH ink. Then I tore a piece of patterned paper and applied it to the tag & trimmed off the egdes. Next I stamped the birdcage in Wild Plum Adirondak Ink on some white cardstock and stamped the flowers over the cage in Honey ink and swiped the edges with the same ink.

I stitched 6 X's with some waxy flax I've had forever... Matted the cage and applied with pop dots to the tag. Added some ribbon and funky fiber and viola! I was done. I think it took me a whole 10 minutes to make and it's so pretty.

I hope you've enjoyed. Take a break and shop with QKD for some fun and funky stamps. :)

Have a great day and visit soon!
Vicki

Indian Summer Card

2009-10-15T08:00:00.000-06:00

Hi again. OMG I'm blogging and it's NOT a hop! lol. I hope you all enjoyed the QKD blog hop yesterday the girls did a great job, didn't they?

I've got a fun card to share with you today. It's done up using things from the November Royal Kit at QKD. I just love this kit. I made like 6 cards and 2 tags and I still haven't made a dent in it! The supplies and paper in this kit are unreal.

Here's my card for the day.
I love the foiled papers in the collection I wish I had a never ending supply. :) I inked the chipboard oval with Prussian blue chalk ink and then stamped it with cosmic copper brilliance with the flowers in the kit. I also did the photo corners the same way. They just sparkle.

Here's a peek at what I'll blog about tomorrow. So make sure you stop by!
Until then... Meow!

Royal Kat Wednesday Blog Hop

2009-10-13T23:59:00.001-06:00

Hello and Happy Hump Day! It's another blog hop for me today. If you've come over from Penny's blog you're on the right path. If not, please feel free to visit the QKD blog for the beginning.

Today we were challenged with one of my sketches to create a card. I had fun with this one. I was making samples for the store with my November kit from Queen Kat Designs so I snuck this card in there! I used all supplies from the kit and added some glitter too.
For the November kit we chose some fancy blinged up pattern paper from K & Co. It's foiled and glittered and oh so scrumptious. The kit will hit the store on 10/15/09 be sure to pick yours up. We will have 2 different versions of the kit (2 different paper selections) So be sure to shop early and grab some 55% off clearance and 27% off stamps while you're there. Happy hopping. Off to Maria's blog I'm sending you..

Today's line up...
QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
Penny's blog
Vicki's blog-- You're here
Maria's blog
Kelly's blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Victoria's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Helene's blog
Nina's blog
Alex's blog
Meredith's blog
Linda's blog
Nancy's blog
Anita's blog
Sara's blog
Stephanie's blog
Ashley's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Welcome to release day!

2009-10-06T23:59:00.001-06:00

It's October again... :) This month has grown on me.. I used to not like October but now as I age I have grown to like it. :) Dunno why. Probably because it's getting cool but not freezing I'm not good with heat or freezing.

ok so.. today is the release day for Queen Kat Designs. We have a total of 30 new releases this month!!! WOAH!!! I just now counted them up. Geesh let me pick myself up off the floor.....

Ok I'm good. lol.. I have lots and lots to show you all in 1 blog post! I am revealing 4 new alphabet stamp sets to you today and the 2nd bundle deal from QKD! How exciting??? So lets get this party started... The 2nd bundle of the day is.. Creative Kidz by Che Gilson. You will get all 4 of these awesome stamps for $19.55. That's over 30% off!!

Now for my release day cards.. I will share 4 of them with you here. This first one is my favorite. I used Tim Holtz masks, distress ink and Queen Kat Designs stamps!! Oh how they work so well together.. Stamps are Boxed Background, Harliquin Background and Jester Alphabet.

This next card was fun to make. I got to get out my glitter and glue. I used the new Cupcake Twins stamp set, Jester Alphabet and Offbeat Alphabet stamps from QKD.

My next card was so easy and fun to make. I used the Harvest stamp set and the new Cracked Alphabet stamp set. I drug out my trusty ol' gold metallic ink pad and went to town.

and last but not least... I made a recipe book! It's going to be for sale in my Etsy store soon. :) I used the new All Curled Up alphabet for this book. It's fun and funky. I can't wait to play some more with the new stamps.

Ok, so you've seen what I have for you, lets see what Maria has in store.... Thanks for coming. :)

Check out these sales at the store.
27% off of all QKD stamps (excludes separates and customs)
15-20% off of all Past Kits (royal, get inked!, The findings and Take 3)
10% off of all paper packs
55% off of all clearance
10% off of all acrylic blocks
10% off of all grab bags
20% off of the scrapbooking kit section (does not include royal kits)

Here's the blog hop list for the week:
QKD: http://qkd.blogspot.com
Shannon: http://shannonssentiments.blogspot.com
jules: http://julietds.blogspot.com
Penny: http://penny-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Vicki: http://qksc.blogspot.com- -You're here
Maria: http://riacreations.blogspot.com/
Kelly: http://kellystamps.blogspot.com
WIS: http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com
Bev (SG) http://getcreativesg.blogspot.com
Andrea: http://mystampingheaven.typepad.com
Victoria: http://eatstampsleeprepeat.blogspot.com/
Lara: http://youwantthecookie.blogspot.com
Anessa: http://alienanessa.wordpress.com
Helene: http://2amscrapper.blogspot.com/
nina: http://creatinginsolitude.blogspot.com
Alex: http://paperandstring.blogspot.com/
Meredith: http://www.papercanteen.com
Linda: http://linda-scrap-atc.blogspot.com
Nancy: http://craftynancy.blogspot.com
Anita: http://happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/
Sara- http://saracreativemind.blogspot.com
QKD: http://www.katstamps.com/store

Who are you thinking about?

2009-10-02T00:29:00.002-06:00

hey everyone. QKD is celebrating this month. We are bringing memories back and sharing our stories and loved ones.. What the heck am I talking about?? well you'll have to come click here.

RKW- Altered Frame Blog Hop

2009-09-29T23:58:00.001-06:00

Welcome to this edition of Royal Kat Wednesday. I'm so sorry I missed out the past 2 weeks. It's been super duper busy here at the QKD office and I haven't had any time to sit and make anything. :( But this week I pushed it all to the side and took Maria's challenge of making an altered frame. This post may get to be long but it's worth reading on if you'd like to know how I did it. :)

If you're just starting on the blog hop please make sure you hop back to the start and check out all the goodies to see.

I started with a plain white double frame I got from SEI and I painted it all over with my Fired Brick Crackle paint from Tim Holtz (I love this stuff) I let that dry for about an hour while I prepard a couple embellishments to add to the frame...
I used Cosmo Cricket Black Board/Chipboard letters for the B and L. I pierced 3 holes in the side and wrapped wire through them to make it look "laced". I added 3 clear rhinestones on each letter. Next I took some teal colored patterned paper (from who knows where) and I used some letter rub ons to spell Bubba and Lucky. I lightly sanded the back of 2 clear fragments from Tim Holtz and applied clear Accents to the back and stuck that on my paper over the words I made with the rub ons. I allowed that to dry for about 2 hours and cut it out with my exacto knife. Once the Crackle paint was dry, I random stamped the Random Text background stamp from QKD onto the frame using red Stazon Ink. Next I took a mask from Tim Holtz and placed it along the edge of the frame and used my foam/handle from Inkessentials and sponged some Charcoal Chalk Ink over the mask. Using Black Stazon, I stamped random sentiments around the frame. I used the Friends Forever, you're my... and the Elegant Sayings stamp sets for the words.
Then using tombow as my choice adhesive, I applied the 4 gold photo corners on the frame. I stamped the Kings Crown in versamark and embossed in gold. then I painted the crown with Coal Shimmers paint and added rhinestones for bling. I used XL Zots to adhere the B,L and the two crowns to the frame. And I "stitched" the teal fragments on with wire. Added a picture of each of my boyz and viola! There you have it. Thanks for visiting.

Off to Maria's blog you go. Have a great hop!

Here's the list of the blogs on this hop...
QKD: http://qkd.blogspot.com
Shannon: http://shannonssentiments.blogspot.com
jules: http://julietds.blogspot.com
Penny: http://penny-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Tina: http://woodedviews.blogspot.com
Vicki: http://qksc.blogspot.com-- You're here
Maria: http://www.riacreations.blogspot.com/
Kelly: www.kellystamps.blogspot.com
KellyJean: http://dancingwithstamps.blogspot.com
WIS: http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com
Bev (SG) http://getcreativesg.blogspot.com
Victoria: http://eatstampsleeprepeat.blogspot.com/
Lara: www.youwantthecookie.blogspot.com
Anessa: http://alienanessa.wordpress.com
Helene: http://2amscrapper.blogspot.com/
nina: http://creatinginsolitude.blogspot.com
Alex: http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com/
Meredith: www.papercanteen.com
Linda: http://linda-scrap-atc.blogspot.com
Nancy: http://craftynancy.blogspot.com
Anita: http://happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/
QKD: http://www.katstamps.com/store

Royal hop

2009-09-08T23:20:00.004-06:00

It's Wednesday again? Oh brother! This long weekend has kicked my butt, lol. I have a fun Fall card to share today. I used the new 2 Step Tree and the Friends Forever stamp set. OO.. and the new Elegant Swirls stamp set. I'm in LOVE with that set! I used it on my Whimsical Ink card for today as well. I turned the sketch over and made a "Portrait" oriented card. For the tree, I stamped it in Chocolate Ink (CTMH) and then over stamped it in Palette New Canvas ink. I love that stuff!! It's an easy card to make and it will be just perfect for a friend of mine to let her know I'm thinking about her. :)

Have some more fun and hop over to Maria's blog. Until next time.

Total hop list:
QKD: http://qkd.blogspot.com
Shannon: http://shannonssentiments.blogspot.com
jules: http://julietds.blogspot.com
Penny: http://penny-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Tina: http://woodedviews.blogspot.com
Vicki: http://qksc.blogspot.com-- you're here
Maria: http://www.riacreations.blogspot.com/
Kelly: www.kellystamps.blogspot.com
KellyJean: http://dancingwithstamps.blogspot.com
WIS: http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com
Bev (SG) http://getcreativesg.blogspot.com
Andrea: www.mystampingheaven.typepad.com
Victoria: http://eatstampsleeprepeat.blogspot.com/
Lara: www.youwantthecookie.blogspot.com
Anessa: http://alienanessa.wordpress.com
Helene: http://2amscrapper.blogspot.com/
nina: http://creatinginsolitude.blogspot.com
Alex: http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com/
Meredith: www.papercanteen.com
Linda: http://linda-scrap-atc.blogspot.com
Nancy: http://craftynancy.blogspot.com
Anita: http://happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/
QKD: http://www.katstamps.com/store

Calling all Etsians

2009-09-06T00:20:00.002-06:00

Hello everyone. I just wanted to pop in and say hi. And tell you about something that me and a couple friends have started. It's called Handmade Boutiques. Each month or... I should say the months with holidays.. We are hosting an online craft fair called a handmade boutique. We accept sellers from Etsy in various categories and we offer discounts and a drawing on each of our stores. It's for 4 days and a lot of fun. I think it'll be a great way to advertise your wares on Etsy! The first boutique is Oct 22-25th come sign up!

Have a nice day.

I got published again!!

2009-09-03T00:56:00.003-06:00

Yahooooo. I can't believe it! I got another magazine in the mail today. It's the Just Cards! Holidays! Special Issue. I'm on page 64. they must love my Halloween cards. That seems to be all they publish haha. I was so excited to see a white envelope from Scott Publishing I dropped the rest of the mail and ripped it open. lol.

ok enough of that.. :) I have another card to show you from the release yesterday at QKD. I used another one of Che's stamps. It's called Pirate Lolita. I love her! I think her parrot is so cute!!I bought like 2 of the Rockstar Queen Mat stacks and 1 of the King mat stacks when they came out and I'm trying to use them up. so I used the paper on a lot of my samples for the release. :)Here's a close up of the image and the painting. I used my professional Reeves Watercolors to paint her. I am even starting to mix my own colors. I'm having a lot of fun with them. I need more paint palettes. I've filled 3 already hehe. I hope you enjoy this card. It's super fun. The images are all on sale now for 30% off.

Have a great day!

Woohoo! It's release day.

2009-09-01T23:59:00.001-06:00

Happy September everyone. I hope your summer was a blast!! I worked all summer long. *bleh* but hey who can complain when you're makin stamps?? :)

This is the Royal Blog hop for QKD's September release. If you've come from Tina's Blog you're on the right track. If not, please hop over to the QKD blog and start over. There's lots and lots to see.
I'm "releasing" the new Cabaret Fairy. She's sooooooo cute and so fun to paint and color. This is one of our new stamps by Che our new stamp designer. I used the original coloring that Che did on her fairy to complete this painting. I'm going to send this as a Halloween card. Watch your mailbox!! It may just come to you!

Thanks again for coming. Make sure you go and pick up some QKD stamps. They are all 30% off from now through Labor Day, Sept 7th. On to Ms. Maria's blog for some scrappy inspiration!!

If you get lost please come back here and find your way...
QKD: http://qkd.blogspot.com
Shannon: http://shannonssentiments.blogspot.com
jules: http://julietds.blogspot.com
Penny: http://penny-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Tina: http://woodedviews.blogspot.com
Vicki: http://qksc.blogspot.com---You're here
Maria: http://www.riacreations.blogspot.com/
Kelly: www.kellystamps.blogspot.com
KellyJean: http://dancingwithstamps.blogspot.com
WIS: http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com
Bev (SG) http://getcreativesg.blogspot.com
Andrea: www.mystampingheaven.typepad.com
Victoria: http://eatstampsleeprepeat.blogspot.com/
Lara: www.youwantthecookie.blogspot.com
Anessa: http://alienanessa.wordpress.com
Helene: http://2amscrapper.blogspot.com/
nina: http://creatinginsolitude.blogspot.com
Alex: http://www.paperandstring.blogspot.com/
Meredith: www.papercanteen.com
Linda: http://linda-scrap-atc.blogspot.com
Nancy: http://craftynancy.blogspot.com
Anita: http://happypapercrafthappenings.blogspot.com/
QKD: http://www.katstamps.com/store

Royal Day at the Castle!

2009-08-25T23:59:00.000-06:00

Hey all. Welcome to another edition of Royal Kat Wednesday. I want to start off by thanking Maria for planning all of these blog hops we do each week. She does a fantastic job! So, thank you!!!

If you've come from Tina's Blog, you're on the right track, if not please zoom back to the QKD blog and start the hop over. There's lots to see.

Today I came up with a wide but short card. It fits into a business size envelope. Very fun. I love making things that are different sizes. :) In fact the card you'll see at the Whimsical Ink sorority today is a different size too.
I used the newish stamp set called Seals from QKD for this card. I hadn't used my set yet and have been itching to break it out. I random stamped the "teal" color with the separate "flowers" in the set and stamped the seals on white and matted with velvet cardstock. It's a fun card. I can't wait to mail it off. :)

Thanks for coming today. Now it's on to Maria's blog. Have a great day!

QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
Penny's blog
Tina's blog
Vicki's blog-- You're here!
Maria's blog
Kelly's blog
Kelly Jean's blog
WIS blog
Andrea's blog
Victoria's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Helene's blog
Alex's blog
Nina's blog
The Store

It's a Royal Day...

2009-08-18T23:59:00.001-06:00

It's Royal Kat Wednesday.. If you've come from Tina's blog you're hoppin along on the right track. If not, please jump back to the QKD blog and start over. There's lots you've missed.

Today Maria challenged us with Pink and Teal. So here's my best attempt...
I used the new Sea Shell from our Fantasy line along with a saying from the Live, Dream, Believe stamp set. I second generation stamped the faint hibiscus flowers over the saying just to tone down the stark white of that cardstock. For the shell, I stamped it twice and colored one of them, cut it out and pop dotted it to the card.. Then I colored 2 flowers on the other shell, cut them out and pop dotted them to the top of the other shell. :) Clear as mud right? it's fun to highlight just pieces of a stamped image like that. You should try it! :)

Off to Maria's blog you go... Have a great day! Thanks for hopping with us.

If you get lost along the trail, just stop back here and get back on track.
QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
Penny's blog
Tina's blog
Vicki's blog--You're here
Maria's blog
Kelly's blog
Kelly Jean's blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog
Victoria's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Helene's blog
Alex's blog
The Store