Some Cards..

Here are some cards I've made in the past 2 weeks. The first one is a birthday card for my bff's husband. The others are peeks to the Sept. kit for Queen Kat Designs.

On the first and last cards, I used some Iridescent medium to add bling to the chipboard. It sure sparkles!! Have you made anything lately?

Winner!

I know I'm a bit late in posting this.. But we have a winner for the lift it challenge! :) Congrats to Nina. I'll have your prize sent right out. :)

Lift It Challenge...

Jules and I are the first to be posting challenges for the QKD birthday. She's already got hers up and this is mine for the week. You'll have a whole week and then sum to finish it and link your creation here. check it out...

Theme: Scrap lift it.. Well ok.. CARD lift it.

What to do: Visit the QKD Gallery here and find a card that you like. Using that card as a sketch, create your own rendition of the card. Use at least 1 stamp. Using QKD stamps will get you an extra prize if you should happen to win.

Link me to your card by 12 noon PST on August 9th winner will be announced on July 10th. Be sure your link it all in your comment. If I can't get to your card, it won't be entered into challenge.

The winner will receive a special birthday stamp set and an exclusive stamp set from Queen Kat Designs. Both of which have never been released in the store!

It's here!!

The 3rd Birthday is officially here! Queen Kat Designs has begun the party. Come and rock out with us here.

I will also be posting a challenge here on my newly pimped blog (thank you SJ) later 2day.. So make sure you stop back in and holla back. :)

Celebration!

It's a party over at the Queen Kat Designs Blog!! We are going to be celebrating all month long in August. There are prizes and tons of fun. The store will be hosting a sale all month and our August kits are already hot and on sale. Don't miss gettin yours... You'll need it for a challenge we're havin!! (u can use any of the qkd kits from Aug for that challenge). I'm first on the list to host a challenge for the first week. It'll start tomorrow. :) Check it!! Don't miss it... There's stamps for pete's sake! :)

August Kits in da hizouse!

Presenting the August Royal Kit...Pre-Order yours today.

Get Inked!The August kit is on pre-order now! These are the stamp sets for August! Pre-Order Yours now!

CHA is here @ QKD!

The new stamps just released a couple minutes ago. How exciting. We have 11 new stamps and sets. Here's some of the cards I was able to make with them... CLick the text to be taken to the store to score some new stamps!

So much for that!

Well guys.. I had every single last honest intention of leaving town this week! I SWEAR!!! I had the trailer and the dogs packed up and hitched up and running.... I went to close the garage door and it came off the spring! Yeah... so I figured with everything else that's gone wrong in the past 2 months I better stay home and camp in the driveway. So I called the garage door repair man and un hitched the trailer.

Marci and I have been in it for the past 2 days making cards. So I thought I'd share some with you here. :) I hope you like. Here's mine...

Here's some of Marci's. I've added a special album to the QKD Gallery for kids kreations. So if your child is using some QKD stamps.. Come and up load them. We love to see everyones work!

We're having a good time just hanging out. There have been a lot of bumps in the road the past couple days but we're getting over em. I hope you all have a great 4th of July!

In loving memory...

I got the word late last evening of a terrible tradgedy that struck 2 of my friends, Vern and Linda Stanley. They were on the way to visit his parents in Washington state, riding their new motorcycle when Vern lost control of the bike and was hit head on by an on-coming pick up truck. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Vern and Linda were the kindest, most whole hearted people I've met in a very long time. They would light up a room and Vern would give you the shirt off his back no questions asked. Married only a couple of years these two were meant to be together forever. Vern and Linda please know that we all love you and will miss your laughter and love that you gave so freely. Here's a little poem for you...

My Friend

My friend who I remember being the best
A friend in the good and bad
My friend who was always there
Even if he wasn’t really there
A friend who help me up when I was down
A friend I'm not a shamed of
My friend who no more I can see
A friend who already passed away
My friend who might not be here
But still present in my heart
My friend who I remember till the end
As my friend who was always there.
-gustavo saldana

Headin out...

It's finally time to go camping this year! Since life has been up in the air for the past 2 months I'm just shutting everything down and headin' out. Who ever is around to come is welcome.. If no one is, I'm goin' alone! I called today to the camp ground to make sure they'll have spaces on Wed and they said they don't think so.. So I guess I'm headin' out tomorrow with HIGH hopes of getting a spot.

The new stamps are up over at QKD... The kits will be up before I close up shop..... The Take 3 kits are up too. We have some FUN stamps for July in the Take 3 and August is killer too! For $20 a month and 3 stamp sets?? How can you go wrong?? SJ, Tanis and I are working hard to bring you the best sets possible.

I'm gonna take some stamping stuff with me and see if I can get some stuff done up there. So hopefully by the time I come home I can blog with some new creations! :) So.. until then.. take care and stamp your heart out!

Summer Cards...

Here are a couple of cards I made today. I wasn't planning on doing anything but cleaning my office today... Then I started working... and I got interupted by someone playing stupid games with me and I lost my train of thought.. so I milled around for a couple hours... Went to the bank and came home.. sat with the dogs until they started jumpin on me... and then I went down to my studio and made 3 cards times 3. :) LOL! I'm making cards to send out for CHA promotions so I'm making everything times 3-4 or 5 when I do make something. LOL!

So.. here's 2 cards I made using the June Take 3 kit from Queen Kat Designs...

Then... last but not least... Here's the Father's Day card I made for dad this year. :)

Great Day!

Well guys... I had a GEEER8T Birthday today... (oh, you didn't know my birthday was today? lol) It started by taking grannie to the hospital for more blood work.. (which turned out good, so we are happy). then it was off to my mom's church. She bought a birthday cake and took it to her church. after services she served it up to everyone. Apparently she announced that it was my birthday because everyone was coming up to me asking if I was the birthday girl. LOL! It was fun and I got my chocolate cake fix. :)

Then I took Grannie to my house and I made some cards for the June kit samples. It was my month to do samples and I'm so late in getting them done it's insane! But I got em done and they are in the gallery now. :) After that, we went to the $1 store and looked around.. Didn't find any good flowers or sb crap so I just got the 9V battery for the sprinkler system that I needed. LOL what a buy huh?

Next we went to Grannie's house. She was going to make a birthday card for me.. We sat there for an hour and half and she just fumbled around and we chatted. I drew some stamp designs up and she just sat there. LOL. This is not un common at all for us. We rarely do what we set out to do when we do get to it. hehe. Then we went to my dad's house and checked out his latest shooting project. He's building a rail gun and has just finished the storage boxes for it and OMG, guys these boxes are freakin awesome!!! We are going to start marketing them. So if you or someone you know shoots and loves to keep their guns and supplies in order and in a safe place, then make sure you watch this web site. We will be adding them to the store soon!

After that, we all went out to dinner. We went to Sizzler. It was good but since I've been sick, it took my 4 times as long to eat the food because I still can't swallow correctly. My throat is still swollen but it's getting better. I wasn't gonna miss a dinner on the town with my dad and grannie, no way!! Being in my dad's presence is everything to me. That man means more to me than anything.

Then I came home and worked a bit. I am trying to get myself on a schedule so I'm not to here and there on work things and hopefully it will help me to focus and get things done easier and faster. I haven't been able to focus really since February, so it's about time that I get back on the horse and ride!!!

Well... I'm not leaving yah without some pics!! here's the samples that I made today with the June kit...
Get the kit now. It's a fun one!

QKD Calls

Queen Kat Designs is looking for 3 new Royal Court members. Come and check out the calls on the Official QKD blog!

Crawling Out...

Hey everyone! It's me.. Yep. I haven't fallen off the planet yet. But I am sick now. Man, what else could happen? Grannie's been in the hospital for a week, I've got a broken heart, dad starts chemo soon and I'm sick now to boot.. and on top of that.. houst hunting.. OMG, I can't take much more!

My lil sis {Marci, 10} spent the night with me last night.. good thing she was here. the garage flooded! we spent a good 2 hours cleaning it out at about 10 last night. anyhow.. we made some cards last night! My mom is a new CTMH consultant (yeah go figure).. and she's having her first "gathering" tomorrow and needed samples.. So I volunteered like a moron to help.

So.. here's what we accomplished last night between 8pm and 2am and allowing a good 2 hours for garage clean up. :(

This was a pen holder that we made her as a suprise for her inagural gathering. :) We decorated popsicle sticks so she could use them in a game or as discount sticks. Something I learned when I was with CTMH.

This is an invite that I made at about 1am this morning.. :) I was looking through a PC magazine and got the idea. It was I think June/July's issue from last year. the reverse has the party info on it. It can also be used as a place holder for a dinner party or kids bday event.
this was the last card that Marci made last night. We were getting tired and she decided we needed to make a card that had funny colors that didn't match... But I think it matches just fine.
This is the first card I made of the night. I used the June STOM from CTMH (This is the first time I've stamped with stamps other than QKD in almost 2 years!)
This was the first card that Marci made of the night. Pretty cute if I can brag on her! :)
This is I think the last card I made of the night. It's pretty bright and cheery.
Jut a fun bday card I made. I don't really like the stamp set but my mom wanted a sample out of it.
Isn't that flower just too cute? I want one!!

My little stamper... Yep this last one was made by my little 10 yo sis. She's getting good at stamping. It was quite fun to have her over. :) Thanks for stamping with my Marci. I luv yah!

100th Post

Well... This is my 100th post on my blog. I never thought I'd have that much to say on one of these things! Wow!

The reason for this post is to tell you about one of my very bestest friends in the whole world. Her name is Tanis. She's always there to cheer me up when I need it and to help out with the business when she can. With all the crap going on in my life right now, she's never strayed from my side. I've never ever had a friend like that and I just wanted to THANK her for her love, caring, support and all the work she has put into QKD over the past months. Tanis is one hell of a good friend and I'm so thankful for her and I'm so lucky to have her in my life. So Tanis, if you're reading this, please know I luv yah and I'm so thankful for you.

There's a few more people I'd really like to thank as well... Lindsay.. girl you know I got your back and much love for you. Guys, Lindsay is so fun to be around. She's always there to lend a hand and to crack a joke when needed. She's super sweet and uber goofy. Many hugs and thanks to you Lindsay. :)

Then there's Jules. OMG, this girl... I can't even begin to tell you what Jules means to me. I've known her for over a year and it seems like eternity. She's a true southern bell in my eyes. (wether she sees it like that I don't know.) Thank you Jules for your faith, love and support you have lent me. You mean the world to me.

Of course I can't forget the whole QKD design team and stamp designers. If it weren't for them, the last 3 weeks, I'd have gone nuts in my own skin. Their love for each other and the company really shows through. These girls have made bonds that will last a lifetime. I'm so happy to have each one of them in my life and on my Court. So, Nancy, Toni, Heidi, Amy, Nikki, Pookie, Suzann, and Penny... Thank you so much. You are the best DT ever!!

And last but for sure not least!!! SG.. That's right, GRANNIE... She's been here physically and mentally for me through the past weeks. She's stood by me when I wanted to curl up and die. She's pushed me and shoved me into getting back on track. I can't even begin to tell you what a gammot of emotions we have been through in the past 8 weeks. It all started when she fell and broke her ankle.. then my back went out and the family was torn apart after that. So as you can imagine we are trying to get our lives back on track.

So to all my friends, THANK YOU!!! Know that I love you with all my heart and I truely appreciate all your love and support during this rocky patch. Hugs to you all.