Hawai'i here we come!

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.

Crafty Card Gallery Christmas Blog Hop

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

Happy Birthday QKD!

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

Amy Brown Stamp Release

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!

Lolli Pop Labs Blog Hop by QKD

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!

Got News?

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.

Stamping Contest

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 6: 12 Days of Christmas Projects

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!