It's a Royal Wednesday blog hop

Today's challenge was to use shades of blue, white and gray (silver). Definitely the colors of winter.

I used my Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder and embossed a piece of tin foil. I then sewed this to my cardstock and then added Shimmerz Angel Wings across the entire embossed image. I then mounted it to my card base and used Queen Kat's Seasons Greeting stamp to finish my card. Fairly simple, but the Shimmerz adds some nice sparkle.



Now pop on over to Shannon's blog hop and see she has to show you this week.

QKD blog here
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
WIS blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Nina's blog
Nancy's blog
Stephanie's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Don't forget to check out the fabulous sale at the store, just in time for Christmas:
Cyber Days Shipping Sale
35% off QKD Stamps
30% off on all Past Kits
(Good today through 12/25/09)
Excludes the separates line & personalized & custom stamps

QKD Tag - Part 2!

So yesterday I was kind of a tease on my blog for the Royal Monday blog hop :) I showed this tag:

which I made for an inspiration challenge a few weeks ago, and also fit this weeks color challenge of using silvers & blues. Well, you don't think I'm gonna get off that easy do ya? Of course, there is more to it. For this weeks color challenge, I combined this tag with my favorite thing to do- homemade wrapping paper!

I mean, what good is all your crafty goodness if you don't use it for the biggest wrapping day of the year!? I LOVE making homemade giftwrap, boxes, any kind of packaging. For this paper, I used pigment inks in 2 different silvers and a baby blue. I used the Fancy Christmas set again to match the tag. After drying and wrapping, I tied some polka dot white ribbon around the gift, attaching my tag. I love the look of kraft paper, so I just buy rolls of postal wrapping paper at the dollar store well before Christmas and decorate it as I wrap.

Now, don't forget to scroll down to see Anita's beautiful card from this morning using the Fancy Christmas set as well!

Hugs- Kelly

P.S. This beautiful stamp set is on sale in the store right now for under $6!!!

12/15/09 Embossed Tree

The Christmas card I used the Fancy Christmas stamp set. This is one of my most favorite QKD sets. It is just so elegant. I embossed the tree with copper embossing powder which really made the design pop. The detail on this tree just comes out so lovely whether you are embossing, coloring or just stamping.

Take a few minutes when you have some time this afternoon to come back and see what Kelly has created for you to see.

Hugs,

Anita

It's Royal Kat Monday!

Welcome to QKD's Royal Kat Monday! This week, we have a color challenge for you: use shades of blue, white, and grey on your card.

And we are having a sale!
Cyber Days Shipping Sale


35% off QKD Stamps

30% off on all Past Kits

(Good today through12/25/09)

(Excludes the separates line & personalized & custom stamps)

I used some white cardstock and embossed with the snowflake Cuttlebug folder, and then I used the Holiday Sweater set. I colored in with copics, and popped up the mittens to use as an accent. The sentiment is from the Joe the Monster set.

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Alex's blog to see her take on the sketch.



Here's the list of blogs for today's hop:
QKD blog
Alex's blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Meredith's blog
Linda's blog
Anita's blog
Sara's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

12 Days of Christmas Day # 12

Then there is the 12th and last of Christmas Tags.

It was very inspirational, all of my fellow DT members made gorgeous tags! Now I am very pleased to show you what I made.

I used the Northern Exposure stamp set by Jonathan Pitcher, first I started to stamp the little snowwoman on the tag, made a mask with another one, after this I sponged the tag with blue and purple and sprayed over it with a blue sparkly mist.
I used a star shaped piece of chipboard, and painted this in colors combining the tag, over this star I sprayed more sparkly mist. I painted the snowwoman and glued the star on the tag.
To finish the tag, I stamped the Northern Exposure sentiment on the left side of the tag.

I hope you enjoyed all the tags we've created and showed you!!

12 Days of QKD Christmas--Day 11

I'm a vintage kinda gal. Today I'd like to show off the Queen Kat Designs stamps that are perfect for my vintage projects.
If you are following Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas, then you know this tag follows the general concept of his tutorial for Day 12 (which was yesterday on his blog). You will have to go to his blog for the detailed directions, but I can explain how I made my tag. First I have to tell you that I nearly fainted when I saw Tim's Day 12 tag because I knew it was a perfect fit for Queen Kat Designs stamps!!!!! I used the QKD Funky Swirl stamp and the QKD Aged Text Background stamp.
I started with a white tag 2-1/8" by 4-1/4", smaller than the typical TR tags. I wanted to incorporate this adorable image of a young boy (FreeVintageImages.com) and a Maya Road flower so I used Ranger Distress Ink in Broken China. I also used Ranger Tea Dye Distress Ink and Memento Lady Bug (red) and Tuxedo Black dye inks. My music strip was beige (Flair Designs, Inc.: Jingle Bells). I cut two brown felt leaves from de Vines by Prima. Brown ribbon, Hero Arts teal Gemstones, and a Santa circle from Graphic 45 Christmas Past tags 12x12 sheet complete the supplies.
I love how the young boy is standing on top of one of the flourishes and how the Santa circle tag (on a pop dot) fits perfectly inside one of the swirls. I told you this QKD Funky Swirl stamp is perfect for this project!
There are some great sales going on in the QKD store. This is a perfect time to pick up some stocking stuffers for your stamper friends--or for yourself!
Tomorrow is the QKD Monday blog hop, so I'll be seeing you on my blog for another QKD Christmas project. 'Til then, I hope you have time to scrap a lot! Helene

12 Tags of Christmas - Day 10

Haven't you just loved all the creations so far! We have such a creative team here at QKD, and their creations are so inspiring! I decided to go with a simple tag for my 12 Days of Christmas tag -- I first took my daughter's white poster paint and dabbed it on my tag (paint daubers would work well for this step, but my white dauber is not working! grr!!) After letting the paint dry, I took out my metallic rub-ons; I used some green and gently rubbed over the textured part of the paint to just catch the peaks of the paint.

Then I stamped the Christmas tree from the Fancy Christmas Stamp Set on another piece of cardstock. Cut it out and then added some dimension by using pop dots when I put it on the tag. I finished off by adding the To From sentiment.

Just a couple more days of the QKD 12 Days of Christmas; make sure you stop by and see the final projects.

Day 9: Christmas Cat Sitting at the Window

Welcome to Day 9 of the 12 Days of Christmas here at the QKD Blog. Nina here and I'm going to share with you a card I made which I'm particularly proud of.

It's my last month in QKD and it's been such a privilege getting to know the wonderful ladies behind QKD as well as the most awesome team I've ever met. So, for everyone here at QKD, here's my Christmas card for all you lovely ladies.


I'm not much of a cardmaker but I'm proud to say that this is my most favorite card I've ever made. It was originally based on an image of a cat sitting at a window for our Royal Kat Wednesdays but I'm using it here instead.

For the windows, I cut four rectangles on the opening gates of my card. Then I stamped the wonderful cat from the Ride With Me Stamp Set on one of the transparencies before sandwiching it between the cardstock and patterned paper.

On the inside, I wanted to do some sort of scene so I grabbed last year's Christmas patterned paper (why do I always manage to buy too much?) and stamped the bicycle and tree again from the Ride With Me Stamp Set.

Then I just used a rub-on to put in my sentiment: Believe.

I just wanted to leave you with the message that no matter how tough this year has been (it has been particularly rough on my family), know that things do get better and there's always room for Christmas in our hearts.

Sending you lots of love and blessings for the holidays and beyond.

Kindly keep on coming back for more fabulous inspiration from the team. And God bless you always!

*hugs*

Nina

Christmas Tag # 8

On the 8th day of Christmas, with Queen Kat Stamps, this tag I made for you. I used my Cricut machine and Ride with Me Stamps. What an amazing stamp set this is. I stamped the packages several times and the Christmas Tree, then cut them out and placed them behind the sled on pop dots. "Ride with Me" was cut into a square and then attached with a paper tagger. Hope you like it.



Supplies;
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memories
Die cuts: Cricut
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Basic Grey
Ribbon: Stash


Check out tomorrow for another awesome creation.

It's sketch day

Don't you love working with sketches? They can really work to your advantage when you are feeling a bit stressed or challenged. So, this week's sketch:



My take:



This is from the BUSY stamp set and I just love it. This would be a great stamp to use for a coworker or just for someone so busy they don't have time for you right now. Add a cute saying inside and have them laughing in no time.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memories
Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities

Now head on over to the blog hop and see what we've got to show you this week.

QKD blog here
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Nina's blog
Nancy's blog
Stephanie's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Christmas, Chirstmas time is near...

Hi all!! Welcome back to the 12 days of Christmas! I hope you've been stopping in every day to see what the talented team has created just for you. I'm day 7, and a mighty fine day it is.

I decided to use the Fancy Christmas stamp (which I LOVE!!) I stared by covering a tag with some brand new paper I picked up at Archivers this afternoon.

I then stamped the to and from as well as the tree directly onto the designer paper. As a finishing touch, I stuck on a glittery snowflake (again from this evening's trip) and added a little ribbon! This seriously came together in 5 minutes. See how easy it can be to make personalized tags??

Well, I hope you enjoy and be sure to stop back tomorrow for day 8!!

OOOooo... Don't forget the blog hop while you're at it. I know the hop order is posted!!!

Enjoy!

Lara

12 Days of Christmas Day 6 - 'Christmas in Oz'

I know that the QKD DT are having lots of fun creating their 12 days of Christmas tags or cards to share with you.  I  had a great time creating my card to share with you today.  As I have been working on making lots of christmas cards recently, I wondered what I could do to stretch my imagination a little more!  I decided to take some non-christmasy image stamps and try to create christmas cards using them.  So, for my first one I decided to use the Friends of Oz stamp which was one of the newly released stamps in the QKD store in November.  I hand drew a tiny santa hat for each of the girls, colouring them with ProMarkers and adding Glossy Accents dusted with Glamour Dust on the bobbles and cuffs.  I then 'dressed' the girls in festive colours using ProMarkers, popped their santa hats on and they are all set up for the Festive Season!  Did I pull this personal challenge off?  Let me know what you think, I love reading your comments.  Thank you for stopping by today to view my creation, don't forget to come back tomorrow and the rest of the 12 days to see what other members of the QKD DT have created to share with you, here's a list of what's to come to help you remember to stop by.

Wynneth ... today

Lara ... Wednesday, December 9

Stephanie ... Thursday, December 10

Nina ... Friday, December 11

Penny ... Saturday, December 12

Helene ... Sunday, December 13

Linda ... Monday, December 14

 

hugs

wynneth

x

Royal Sketch Monday

Welcome to QKD's Royal Kat Monday! This week, our designers were assigned to work with the sketch below:

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Alex's blog to see her take on the sketch.

Here's the list of blogs for today's hop:

QKD blog

Alex's blog

Vicki'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

12/7 Welcome to our 12 days of Christmas, Day 5

Here is my tag made with the new fabulous set called Northern Exposure. I had fun coloring them and glittering them up. I used liquid applique for the snow and sprayed the whole thing with Glimmer Mist. I have been playing with that more often and love the look it creates. Hope your holiday planning is coming along.

Hugs,
Anita

Christmas Tags Day 4!!!

Hello everyone and welcome to day 4 of our 12 days of Christmas tags & cards! If you missed any of the first three days, just scroll down to see the great tags featured already. I've been making tags like crazy getting ready to wrap up all the presents I worked so hard to find for Christmas! Braving the cold, standing in crazy lines at midnight! Today I'm going to show a tag using my favorite and much used set Fancy Christmas. I cut the tag using my Cricut and embossed the tree and sentiment with white embossing powder. (I also embossed the "to & from" on the back). I than tied a bow through the top hole of tag and sewed on a button with twine and tied in a bow.

We'll be featuring Christmas tags & cards everyday through the 15th, so make sure to check back everyday for some great holiday inspiration!

Hugs- Kelly