Royal Day at the Castle!

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...

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

Look what I made!

Hi everyone. Just a quicky before I head off to the pillow for the night. :) The Findings Kit was jut released over at Queen Kat Designs. I want to show you all what I made with the kit. There's lots and lots more that I've done with this one kit. so make sure you click the link at the bottom of this post to go see it all.

This is a covered journal that I made. I'm saving it for a special Christmas gift. :) I can't tell you all the steps I took to make this puppy. It's got at least 5 different distress inks, Extra thick embossing powder, mod podge, hot glue, monopoly houses, dictionary pages, pin wheels, Monopoly board pieces, puzzle pieces and more on it! This thing is HEAVY!! It's a great paper weight. :)Life's a game play it! Ain't that the truth?? If you don't play it, it'll play you! I love this card. The purple is so vibrant. I had some old note cards I'd purchased from Staples at 0.25 a box for like 15 cards back in like 2003. LOL. They have the pretty embossed rectangles that you see on here.. I need to figure out how to do that because once I run out of the 4 boxes I bought for $1.00 I'm sure to want more! :)Oh boy, what didn't I use on this card? lol it's full of fun vintage finds from the kit. I had a blast making this card. I used a sketch from the QKD gallery to complete it if only I could remember which one. :) (hey, it's 1am I'm entitled to a bit of memory lapse.)
So.. can you guess what this card is hinting for you to do? LOL! I totally did NOT plan this at all. Read the 3 highlighted areas that are matted with blue. The first person to tell me what it means (correctly) gets the card. :)

Thanks for coming. I hope you'll get a Findings kit of your own. Click here to see the rest of what I came up with.

Royal Wednesday!

Welcome to this weeks edition of Royal Kat Wednesday. I'm happy you came. If you're here from Tina's Blog you're on the right track. :) If you're here out of the kindness of your heart, thanks! But you're missing some fun! Track back to the QKD blog and start the hop over again. There's lots of fun in store for you.

Today I'm sharing a card I made using the new Vintage Time background stamp with the new Random Text Background stamp.
I used some patterned paper that I bought off of a friend on Etsy. I have no idea who's it is! It's gorgeous!! The green with the vines is flocked. How fun is that? The only cardstock I used on this is the brown for matting. I stamped on some of the patterned paper even. It gives a more 3-d look. Check out the new stamps that we added last week. There's lots to choose from and they are all 20% off right now!

Have an awesome week.. .Surf over to Maria's blog now for some more exciting art.

PS.. QKD has 2 open Royal Court calls right now! Come and check them out. See the links to the right at the top of this blog. :)

2nd post for the day

Hi again!! It's ME!! Just wanted to pop in and let you know that I've been featured in my 3rd treasury!! People are really lovin my stuff. I'm really excited! Come and click.. Make sure you click through the pictures. The more clicks the treasury gets the more chance it has to make it on to the FRONT page of ETSY!!! Click here.

It's my Lime Verbena Lotion bar!!Aloha!

There's a Challenge goin' on!

Come by and take the Verona Saturday Challenge over at the WIS blog! It's a great challenge this week and there's even a prize!!

Help for Anam

Hello everyone.
I just learned that one of my friends needs a bit of help. She's trying to gain full time citizenship in Canada from the UK. She needs to raise $4,000 by September something.. It's not like me to ask for help like this.. and I KNOW it's unlike Anam to reach out like this. She and her hubby and two gorgeous daughters love living in Canada and would like to stay there. If you'd like to read her story of how this came about, please click here.

How I know her? Well, Anam came to me over a year or so ago and offered up some designs for journaling blocks for Queen Kat Designs stamps. I jumped and said heck yah! We've been friends ever since. She's a nice person who really deserves the world. She helps everyone out when she's needed and doesn't ask for anything in return.

She emailed me tonight and asked for some items to be donated to her etsy store so she could try to sell them to earn the money for her residency. I've wrote her back and pledged as much as I could between my two businesses and my personal crafty world.

If you have some awesome stuff that you'd like to donate to her for her cause, please email me and I'll set you up with Anam. info @ katstamps. com

Please help her out! She is a really awesome person!!

Thanks for reading and listening.
Vicki

Release Blog Hop! Yay!

It's that time again! I'm so stoked for this month's releases. I can't tell you how much time the designers and I have put into these stamps.. And the Royal Court.. OMG they are killing it! I'm so happy that they are on this wild journey with me!

Today is the release day blog hop for QKD, but you may already know that if you've come from Ms. Tina's blog. If you didn't know it was release day, please hop back to the QKD blog to start over. There's lots and lots of new stamps/sets for you to see!

Today I have a few cards to show you. I've been working with my Tim Holtz "education" via his online videos again. lol I'm gettin pretty good at makin a mess and "wearing" my distress ink dyed hands all over town. haha. It's all in fun isn't it?

Ok.. The first 2 cards I have for you I used his new mini masks....For the card above, I used the new Fish Net Background stamp. Other products: Distress ink: Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain; Tim Holtz Crown Mini Mask and a flourish from a set of mini masks he just came out with. I embellished with some flowers and a brad. I had soooo much fun making this card! I used the new compass mini mask from Tim Holtz along with 4 different distress inks: Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain and Spiced Marmalade. The stamp that I used is the new Random Text Background stamp from Queen Kat Designs.
This tag is for a special someone in my life :) hmm... wonder what "D" could stand for? lol. For this I used both the Fish Net and Random Text Background stamps with the Crown from the Doodle n Crown Stamp set from QKD. The "D" is some black board from Cosmo Cricket and it's painted with some Walut Stain Crackle paint by Tim Holtz.
Meet Dotty the Bird. She's from the May Royal Kit at QKD. We decided that the Rocker Bird needed a sister so we brought Dotty back home.

Thank you for visiting us! There's more to see. Visit Maria next on our blog hop.

If you get lost along your way you can come back here and see who's next.
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: http://kellystamps.blogspot.com
KellyJean: http://dancingwithstamps.blogspot.com
WIS: http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com
Jacquie: http://jacquiemakescards.blogspot.com
Jen: http://expressivelyme.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/
QKD Store: http://katstamps.com/store

Adornit's Blog Hop

Thanks for coming! I'm excited to be a part of the Adornit Blog hop today. I was very excited when Georgana asked me to hop on. :) If you've come for your daily dose of QK thanks! But you're missin out on the whole hop. So hop over to the Adornit Web site.
For today I'm going to share a card that I made with "By the Sea Shore" mermaid. She's so pretty and I have so much fun coloring her when I get a chance. :) I used some patterned paper that I found in a stack from Making Memories It's so fitting for this card! I colored my mermaid using gamsol and colored pencils. I hope you'll stop by and pick up your own mermaid today. They are 20% off over at Queen Kat Designs and we're having a 55% off sale too!

Hop on over to Lauri Green's blog to see what's up her sleeve today.

A special thank you to Georgana and Adornit for putting this blog hop together!

Happy Wednesday

It's Royal Kat Wednesday at the castle again and we are making boxes this week! If you've come from Tina's blog you're on the right track. If you've come out of the blue, please sail back to the QKD blog for the beginning of the hop.

This is a "piece of cake" I used a cricut machine to cut the box out of aqua colored cardstock and used my scor-it to make the scores for the folds. Then I folded the box up and used tombow to secure the edges. I lined the outside with patterned paper from Fancy Pants. Adding a stamped and glittered cupcake and ribbon.

Next I added some Prima flowers and a brad to "ice" the edge of my cake.

That's it. It was a really simple box to make. I've seen people make entire cakes.. like 2-3 layer cakes with them!! It's a fun addition to a birthday party, wedding party, anniversary or even an open house. Fill them with candy, nuts or anything small and give them as favors at your next function!

Now, please visit Maria for the next stop on our box making blog hop. Thanks for stoping at my blog I hope you have a cool day.

400? Wow! I can't believe it!

Paradise Sunrise will celebrate it's 400th sale soon! At this time we are 16 sales from it! We are holding a special drawing!! and you could be the winner!!!!

For every item you purchase you will receive 1 pink raffle ticket with your order. If we hit 400 sales by midnight on July 31st PST, we will draw 1 or 2 winners on Aug 1st and announce them here and on our etsy store and on twitter!

BUY NOW AND BE ENTERED!
Take a look at our NEW Raspberry Lemonade Lip Balm! It's so yummy!!AND IT'S PINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aloha,

Hazing Event!

DUDE!!! Whimsical Ink Sorority just extended the cut off date for the 2nd Hazing Event! Come over and check it out....

The prize will be the 2 new word stamp sets that just came out.

New things in Paradise..

Greetings from under the cabana. It was 99 degrees here today. YIKES! Too hot for my blood. So I stayed inside and opened up a new store! :)

Paradise Sunrise Essentials now has two retail outlets. You can find our fabulous soaps, lotion bars and lip balms on Artfire as well as Etsy. There's lots and lots of new stuff that I've added in the past month or so. Come by the shop and check it out. I don't have everything up on the Artfire store yet but have already had my first sale! I'm very excited about this and if all goes well, Etsy will be history.

I'm offering a free lip balm to those who purchase now through 7/31/09 on the new Artfire Store! So shop now and get those lips smooth!

Here's one of my fav. new soaps. You just have to try it. It's Pomegranate and smells so yummy. It is HUGE!!!How about my fav. lip balm.... well.. I really have a HARD time telling you which is my fav. if you could see my desk, I have 1 of each flavor here, open and ready to use. lol. but the one I reach for the most I'd have to say is Cheesecake!
Treat yourself to a refreshing soap and lip balm! Each order will receive a free lip balm. If you order more than 1 item, I'll add a soap sample. :)

Aloha,

2 new stamp sets and RKW!

WOW what a day! Welcome to the Royal Kat Wednesday Blog hop, the 2nd Hazing Event celebration for the Whimsical Ink Sorority AND a special RELEASE day!!!

Oh my. Have I got some treats for you! #1 if you came from Tina's blog you're on the right track. Welcome! If you've come out of the blue to my blog, please hop back to QKD's blog and start the hop over again. You won't regret it!

#2 Have you seen the Hazing Event? OMG I'm so excited!!! We are holding a drawing at the sorority for a stamp set!! Well, ok 2 stamp sets! You'll get BOTH of the new word stamps that accessorize the fantasy stamps that QKD makes. which brings me to #3....

New releases!! We have 2 new stamp sets for you today. They are "Magic Can Happen" and "Live Dream Believe". I made a card with the latter and here it is...
It kinda doesn't fit with the "inspiration" that Maria gave us... But that's kinda becuase I made my card ahead of time.. *yikes don't throw that at me again!* lol. But it's a FUN card.. don't you think? I had fun making it. Get your sets today! Don't wait we may run out!

Thanks for coming to the blog hop. I'm glad you had time to visit. Please leave some love so I know you were here. Stay kool and hop over to Maria's blog now.

Check out the Sweet Summer Sale @ Queen Kat Designs
20% off of Past kits
20% off QKD stamps*
25% off Special Deals Section
35% off Grab Bags
35% of Acrylic Blocks
35% off Paper Packs
55% off Clearance Section
55% off Scrapbooking kits**

*Stamp Exclusions: Separates line, Mini Sets and ATC Backers
**Scrapbooking kit Exclusions: Royal kits

EVERY order over $25 gets a Grab bag worth at least $13.50 while supplies last
Sale runs from 7/22/09 through 7/31/09 or until everything is gone!
We are blowing out everything to make room for some fun new stamps and kits.

Here's the official hop list for today:

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
Jacquie: http://jacquiemakescards.blogspot.com
Jen: www.expressivelyme.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

It's RKW!!

Welcome to another week of the Royal Kat Wednesday Blog hop! We are excited to have you with us today. If you've come from Andrea's Blog, you're on the right track!! If you've come out of the blue, thanks! but you'll want to check out the whole hop! Start over at the QKD blog for the hop.

(Please note that the blog hop is not officially starting until 6am PST so if you're here before that time, please check the QKD blog at 6am PST for the start of the hop. I posted this early because in recent hops we've had trouble with bloggers auto post feature and we wanted to provide you with a seamless hop this week. Thank you for coming.)

Today's theme is color. Maria has presented us with: Lime, Yellow, Orange and Red. We were told to make a card using those colors. So.. here's what I came up with. It's a fun card. It's a spin on a card by my friend Ana Wolfhart. I saw it in a Cards Magazine issue. I believe it was July 2008 that it's in. Thanks for the inspiration Ana! You're the best.


I think I did a good job with those colors!! Almost NO cool colors to be found. YIKES!! I need my purples and blues. :) I used the new Paradise Found stamp set for this. It's a purrrrfect fit for this color scheme.

Thanks for visiting! Please hop over to Lara's blog now and see what she's offering this week.