Glog

WTH is that? It's ok ya'll I haven't gone off the deep end!! There's actually something called glogster... I'm not seeing the real use of it.. But hey WTH is myspace really for? LOL. I have that website blocked from my computer because of all the crap on it anyway... Well.. there is a point to my mad ramblings, I promise! SJ, the newest QKD designer posted on her blog today about this thing called glogster... So I checked it out and I was playin around with it and made a little page dedicated to the stamp designers for QKD. :) Come check it out.

Quickie!

Just a quickie to say hi! Have a great weekend everyone!

Stamps coming out June 1 @ Queen Kat Designs.

2 Hours...

So, I went to visit grannie today again... And in 2 hours I made these 8 cards.. There's another one but it's not finished yet. :) I have to find my Black Prisma pencil... Lord only knows where it rolled to... Maybe one of the dogs ate it... hmmm... crap!

Ok... these first 3 are made with the NEW Cosmo Cricket paper called Get Happy and some matching rubons from that line. Then.. of course there's the NEW Queen Kat Designs Stamps that go ooooh so well with the paper!

Then.... There's a BIG SECRET floating around at the office here @ Queen Kat Designs..... Well.... these are the first official sneek peeks for the SECRET reveal on May 1. I'm busting at the seams to tell someone and I just can't! So, for now... Here's the peeks. Make sure you check out the gallery OFTEN as the peeks will pour in over the next 2 weeks!

It was amazing when Grannie said: "you got 9 cards finished" I about fell outta my chair. Note my supplies are limited... This is what I took over there... My sidekick, some embossing folders, a stash of flowers, a stash of ribbons, my "work tote" with all the essentials like adhesive, scissors (4 pairs), circle cutter (like I go anywhere without it!), pop dots, metallic mist and more.. Then I took some Basic Grey Blush Paper... Cosmo Cricket Get Happy paper, plain cardstock, and... I guess that's it! Oh... Chestnut Roan Ink, CTMH Chocolate Ink, Olive Pastel Ink and... Brushed Coord Tim Holts Ink... and in the past 2 days, I've cranked out almost 20 cards. Dang.. what do I need that FULL studio downstair for?? hmmm....

As promised!

Here are some of my creations that I made with the May kit over at Queen Kat Designs. It's a super fun kit! The stamps are limitless!!

OMG! Just forget it!!! Damn Blogger!!! I've been sitting here for an hour trying to upload the stupid things to this blog and it just keeps giving me an error!

Come see the cards here... Click me!

Been quiet.

It's been quiet around this blog, aye? Well.... there's been a lot happening. QKD has a new stamp designer, SarahJane Dowsett or SJ as we call her. So I've been making stamps. We released 5 of the sets from her yesterday. Have you see the robots? OMG they are freakin cute!

See what I mean?? adorable!

Then... on Sunday, I get this phone call.... Grannie's in the ER... she fell down... I drop the phone throw on shoes (note I'm still in jammies and it's like 5pm) and hurry to the hospital.... She broke her ankle.. Yeah what a night that was. They splinted it and sent her home with crutches and a splint up to her knee. I spent the night with her to make sure she did ok with the crutches that night. She's doing ok... She's in a ton of pain and her arms hurt from limping around on the crutches. I spent the afternoon with her yesterday and we worked on some business stuff.

Today I took a May kit to her house and we made cards all afternoon. I made 8 cards so far with the kit and there's still tons of stuff left over! I wanted to post some of them tonight and guess what??? they are over at her house! So you'll have to wait till tomorrow. :)

On top of all that.... QKD is coming out with a new revolution in kit designs on May 1!!! Save your pennies cuz you WON'T wanna miss this!!! We are taking kitting to the next level and keeping the prices low so you can get the most for your hard earned cash! I was listening to the TV tonight and they were talking about inflation and I'm sitting there going, raise prices? NAH! I'm going to keep them low and offer the best selection for the $. Anyhooo..... I have been working very closely with Tanis and SJ to bring you the first "new kit" on May 1 so make sure you stay tuned to see what we three have up our sleeves!

Well, I guess that's it for now. I need to get some dinner and get to bed. It's 10:35pm here and I'm starving! Have a great night/day...

Stamp Poll

Hey everyone! come and take a quick 1 question poll! Click here.

award? me? wow!

Thanks Tanis! You cheer me up too.

Ladies, I received this award a couple days ago and I just found it! go figure. :)
I'm gonna give it to.... Pooka, Toni, Alex and..... Suzann.

a load of cards....

I haven't shared anything lately... well.. ok I haven't made anything lately.. that is until this week. I made 20 cards this week from Wed- Thurs night. Check 'em all out here. Here's a few of them to share here...
For this card above, I used the new "Joe" stamp set that was just released today from Queen Kat Designs... and I used a Cosmo Cricket rub on for the saying.

For the card above, I used the Lucky you stamp set from QKD.. some MME paper and my rain drops that I got at M's.
For the cute card above, I used the new Ms. Piggie stamp set from QKD that was also released today! Tanis has some great monsters out.
This Happy Birthday card was made using the Rockstar party stamp set and the Retro Birthday stamp set from QKD.
This simple yet cute card was done using the new Build a Bird stamp set from QKD and the new Two Scoops paper from Basic Grey.

Make sure you stop by the QKD gallery to see more of the cards I made! There's 20 in all. :)

Woo Wee!

I got published!! YAY! 3 times in 1 issue! I'm on page 67 of part 2 of the April/May issue of Ready, Set, Create's online magazine.. How exciting is that? And I've been told I've been picked up for another issue coming out soon. :) that's all I'm gonna spill for now. :)

Gettin' OUT!

I'm finally getting outta here for a day. :) Ever since I got back from the last retreat I have been extremely busy... dealing with personal issues and have been down with a bad back from the past week and half. I'm sucking it up and escaping this place I call home/work tomorrow and I'm going to STAMP!!!! I haven't stamped since the beginning of the month and I'm about to go insane. I still have all my stuff packed from the last "escape" so I can load it in the car and go tomorrow. I'm excited for this. My friend Tammy is coming down and she'll be there with me. We never have a bad time together. She's a fun person and a great friend. My mom is hosting the "crop" it's supposed to be her "open house" for becoming a consultant with Close To My Heart... Yeah?? what's that about?? Her DAUGHTER (me) owns a stamp company and she signs up to be a consultant with CTMH? Oh well. She never has really been into my stamps or business so I guess it shouldn't be a suprise, aye?

well... this is turning into a whine session and that's not what I wanted.. I'll stop now and go organize my stuff for tomorrow and try to take out the things I won't need... Well ok, I need it ALL but in reality, in 6 hours how much can I use? hehe..
I'll post pics when I get home!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

My attempt at Scrapping..

Ok, so you have probably guessed by now, I'm NOT a scrapper at all! Well... today, QKD and the Royal Court are being featured at Split Coast Stampers. Come by and check it out.

Here's my page I did for the feature. It's of me and my dad. :) I have very few pics of me and none that are less than 8 years old... So, here's a pic that's about.... oh, 25 years old. :) They were taken on my dad's 21st birthday. :) And yes, he is giving his little girl Wine in the little pic. :)

And here's a tiny close up of part of the page.

Home Again...

I got home Saturday and was so tired, I slept until 12:00 today! I can't believe it. I had fun the first 2 days but come the 3rd, I was ready to GO HOME!!! But I stuck it out and stayed the whole time. I made load of cards! I can't believe how many I got done! I worked with the April kit packet for Queen Kat Designs and then I moved on to the April and May releases for QKD. check out some of my favorites from the weekend.. Then click here to see the rest. :)

Card 1 & 2: Patterned paper: Cherry Arte and stamps by: Queen Kat Designs

Card 3: Patterned paper by: MME and stamps from Queen Kat Designs

Card 4: Patterned paper by: Cosmo Cricket and stamps from Queen Kat Designs

Packin Up...

I can't believe it!!!! Only 1 more day until I leave on retreat!! I soooooo can't wait. I've almost finished up sending out all the March kits and making all the stamps that are due before I leave... It's been a busy busy couple of weeks. This weekend was so insane! DH went to Cali and I worked non stop for 48 hours minus 3 hours to sleep on Saturday. Today I actually took the time to pack up some goodies to take on retreat with me.. Now mind you, this is only the 3rd time I've gone somewhere to scrap that wasn't already fully loaded with goodies before I got there (aka grannie's house)...

So, I'm still an amature when it comes to packing and knowing what I'll need... Since I am the kind of person who "grab-n-creates" I can't just plan something to do.... So I packed load of things! See for your self...

This is my XL Roller Tote.. It's over flowing with stuff!! I had to take a couple "layers" out of it because I couldn't LIFT it! YIKES! So... I took some out.. and put it in here... This pic to the right is a trunk that I bought a couple years ago. It was made by Chatterbox.. I got it and 2 smaller sizes for a great 80% off deal after attending the Sacramento stamp show in 2006. It's leather and has straps and everything just like a real trunk. Of course it doesn't hold much.. but it'll do for my big kick and all my extras I HAVE to have. :) So next, I packed my table top AMM tote...

It's got all the essentials... Well ok, SOME of them like scissors, scallop scissors, punches, pop dots, piercers, files... knives... things like that in it. I had a helper while I was packing.. Her name is Bubblez. She's the littlest full grown cat I know. :)

So.. I can't go without paper.. you know??? Here's part of the paper I intend to bring.. Now one small problem.. It won't FIT in my roller totes and I don't know where my paper keeper is!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who packs everything for a 3 day retreat? Please tell me I haven't gone off the deep end yet. :)

SCREAM IT! for me...

All month long, Queen Kat Designs and the Royal Court is having a contest! Do you want to win?? Then here's what to do:

1. Take this blinkie and place it on your blog with a note about the contest.

This blinkie contains a secret code to give shoppers 10% off in the Queen Kat Designs store:

http://www.katstamps.com/. Make sure you link the blinkie to that site. Then leave a comment on THIS post that you have posted the blinkie and your name will be entered into a drawing for a stamping prize on April 1... What's the prize?? It's a secret.. And here the secret... The bigger and better and more names we have entered in the drawing the bigger the prize will get. So, SCREAM IT! Tell everyone you know about the sale at Queen Kat Designs and all the fun stamps we have!

2. There's another way to get an extra entry in the drawing...

Take this blinkie, link it to http://www.katstamps.com/ and place it on your blog and anywhere else you can think of. Make sure to comment to THIS thread that you have posted it and link us to your blog so we can confirm your entry.3. Want another chance to win? Place an order over $10 (store minimum) at the Queen Kat Designs Store. We will automatically place your name in the drawing.