Monday stamping

It's Monday again here at Kat Stamps and we are in the middle of another blog hop. I hope you got here from Wynneth's blog. If not, just start at the top of the list HEREand see everyone's creations.

Today's challenge was to use the following ad for inspiration. Isn't it gorgeous!



I loved the oranges and yellows and the fireplace aura so I created this card with the new Bon Voyage stamp set. I just love the hot air balloons!!!! I stamped them 3 times, colored in one with Copic Spica pens (love the sparkle), then cut it out and used pop dots to make it stand out.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzzill
Pattern paper: Crate Paper
Stamps: Kat stamps
Ink: Memories
Bling: Spica pens

Now head on over to Kimme's blog and see what she has created this week.

Enjoy.

Prima Goodness

Have you seen Prima's blog lately? This new line is awesome. I can't wait to get some at my house. Just leaving a post on Prima's blog could win you some goodies.

I'm a winner at DCRU

for my Valentine card - Love is in the Air (Feb 11 post)

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It's Monday and I hope you got here from Wynneth's amazing blog. If not, just start at the top of the list HEREand see everyone's creations.
Today's challenge was to use the following colors:

chocolate brown, red, aqua with any "older" Queen Kat stamp

I used a Happy Birthday stamp which I got from one of the grab bags I picked up at Kat Stamps.

I found these wonderful papers in my stash and created a birthday card. The background of the card is actually aqua - it didn't show up too well.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: stash
Stamp: Kat Stamps
Ink: Colorbox
Brads: Making Memories

Now head on over to Kimme's blog and see what she has created this week.

And don't forget to pop into the store for a fabulous sale - 35% off stamps this week. Pick up some, you'll be happy you did.


Enjoy.

Paper Romance DT call

Paper Romance is having a DT call so I submitted this card:



Stamps are Technique Tuesday
Colored with Copic Markers
Paper is Crate Paper
Butterfly ribbon is Making Memories

Love Spoken Here

Just in time for Valentine's Day, my January design team project is up on the Creativexpress blog. This was definitely a fun project and I loved using the new Cricut Love Struck cartridge.



All the details can be found on the Creativexpress blog.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Raven and White
Pattern paper: Imaginisce, Perfectly Posh
Cartridges: Love Struck, Calligraphy, Designers Calendar
Embossing: Cuttlebug, Mini Hearts
Ink: Colorbox, Smooch Taffy
Rhinestones: Kaiser
Pop dots

Love is in the Air

It's almost Valentine's Day, but you'd never know that by all the snow we just received. But I wanted to create a love themed card so here it is:



Pattern papers: Basic Grey
Die cuts: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Stamps: Theresa Collins Calendar stamp; Studio G
Ink: Memento; Smooch Taffy
Embossing: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Mists: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Chipboard: stash

Snow Day AGAIN

I believe this has to be the most snow we have seen here on Long Island for years!! While we were lucky enough to miss last month's snow, we are supposed to be getting about 14" today. I must say it did look pretty at 6am, but now it's just a mess.

Video Games

My son and his friends love to play video games and I found this amazing paper and rub-on collection at Scrappin' Sports Stuff . They have an amazing assortment of products for every sport imaginable, and yes, I sometimes believe that video gaming is a sport - a finger sport that is!!! I love their selection of products and you have to see what they are getting in from CHA!!!



Supplies:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Pattern paper: Scrappin’ Sports – Playing Video Games Paper
Rub-ons: Scrappin’ Sports Video Game Rub-ons
Brads: Creative Impressions Primary Mini Brads
Die Cuts: ProvoCraft Cricut Expression, Printing Press Cartridge
Spellbinders Nestabilities
Ink: Colorbok

It's Monday and another preview day for Kat stamps. I hope you got here from Wynneth's blog. If not, just start at the top of the list HERE and see everyone's creations. I absolutely love stamp release day and this by far is one of my favorite stamp sets. There is so much you can do with it.

So, today's card is based on this sketch:



I used the new stamp set Bon Voyage. Isn't it lovely? Think of all the wonderful projects you can create with this set.



Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: MME
Stamps: Kat stamps
Colored Pencils: Prismacolor
Ink: Colorbox

Now, head on over to Kimme's blog and see her wonderful creation.

And don't forget to check out the store - there is a sale going on.

Scrappin' Sports Stuff

My son LOVES ice hockey, so I created this layout for Scrappin' Sports Stuff . They have an amazing assortment of products for every sport imaginable!!! I love their selection of products and you have to see what they are getting in from CHA!!! Love it.




Supplies:

•Black Cardstock
•Stamping Station- Hockey Antique Paper
•Stamping Station- Hockey Antique Stickers
•Stampin Station-Hockey Antique Brads
•Die Cuts: ProvoCraft Cricut Expression, Sports Mania Cartridge
•Stamp: Making Memories
•Ink: Colorbok
•Brads: Creative Impressions

Go check out the store, you will love the products you will find there.

Happy Birthday PTI

It's Papertrey's anniversary and today the design team was giving away some digi birthday images. I made 2 cards with the images.

This first image is from Lisa Johnson.





Supplies:
Pizzazzil cardstock
Cuttlebug embossing

This next image is from Melissa Bickford.





Supplies:
Prism cardstock
American Crafts pp
Cuttlebug embossing

Monday, Monday

Hi everyone. It's a new month and you know what that means, right?
It's new releases at Kat stamps. Oh you will love this month's releases. I hope you got here from Wynneth's blog. If not, just start at the top of the list and see everyone's creations. Once you are done, pop on over to the store.

Today's card was based on this sketch:




And this is my take on it.




I used the new stamps from the High Note set that will be available in the store shortly.

Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Basic Grey
Stamps: Kat stamps
Ink: Memories
Dies: Spellbinders,Nestabilities

QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Lara's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Thank You Card

Today's Use Your Stash Challenge at Scrapperie is to use 15 different embellishments/techniques on a layout or card. I decided to create a card and thought this would be really easy to accomplish - alas, not as easy as I thought!!!! But after a lot of scrounging around, I came up with this card using the following items from my stash:



pattern paper
cardstock
metal photo corner
paper clip
brad
charm
stamp
ink
ribbon
rubon
flower
ticket
string
embossing
stitching

This was totally fun to do. So go check out the challenge at Scrapperie and let's see what you can create.

Leaf Glitz

PKGlitz is a company that creates amazing embossing powders and glitters. I love mixing their glitters and this leaf was the perfect opportunity to showcase how lovely their glitters are. PKGlitz has a sketch challenge this month so I created this card:



Pattern paper: K&Co.
Glitter, Embossing Powder: PKGlitz
Stencil: Sizzix
Metal: Karen Foster
Stamp: Stampland
Punch: Fiskars

Tim Holtz and Bluemoonscrapbooking

Do you want to win a free Tim Holtz signed item from CHA??? I know I do, so check out this cool give away: http://bluemoonscrapbooking.blogspot.com/2010/01/tim-holtz-sizzix-alterations-die.html

Monday Blog Hopping

It's another Monday blog hop and I hope you got here from Wynneth's blog. If not, just start at the top of the list and see everyone's creations. Once you are done, pop on over to the store.

Today's assignment was to create a card based upon this photo:


I loved the rich wood tones paired with some red so I used Queen Kat's Kitchen Goddess stamp with Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry collection. I have always loved this Kitchen Goddess and this paper worked so well for a wonderful card.




Supplies:
Card: K&Company
Pattern paper: Basic Grey
Die cuts: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento


QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Lara's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Don't forget about our sale:

Tuesday Twenty

It's gonna be Tuesday for the rest of the month!
Take 20% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 75% off
(Good today through 01/31/10-use coupon code: TT20)

You're My Cup of Cocoa

I created this card for the sketch challenge at die cuts r us. All papers are left overs. The background stamp is Kat Stamps and the foreground stamp is Stampabilities. I cut the cup with my Cricut Expression and Christmas Cheer, then embossed it with Swiss Dots for some dimension.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

I created this card for a challenge at die cuts r us to create a new card using left over Christmas stuff. Well, I definitely have tons of leftover Christmas stuff so I cut the image from my Cricut Expression and A Child's Year, then embossed the border with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots. The stamp is from Hampton Arts. The background is the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder.

Scrapperie's new challenges have begun

Over at Scrapperie, we have started our weekly challenges. Come check them out.

Sunday is Book of Me challenges
Monday is Sketch challenges
Tuesday is Technique challenges
Wednesday is Scraplift challenges
Thursday is Use Your Stash challenges - DT Member
Friday is Color challenges
Saturday is Freestyle challenges

This week's challlenge for Use Your Stash was BLING.
You know you have it, so pull it out and use it.
Here's what I did - I used black rhinestones as the butterfly tails - definitely not too girlie for a boy page.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Die cuts: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Bling: Queen & Co
Embossing: Cuttlebug
Ink: Colorbox, Memento

Butterfly Glitz

PKGlitz is a company that creates amazing embossing powders and glitters. I love mixing up their glitters and butterflies are perfect to use with these glitters because of their array of colors. PKGlitz has a sketch challenge this month so I created this card:



Pattern paper: Crate Paper
Glitter: PKGlitz
Stencil: American Traditional
Ribbon: Michaels
Ink: Colorbox

Happy Birthday to you

Over at Kat Stamps today, the challenge was to use purple, blue, pink and lime green (with a touch of black and white) along with an older stamp. So I pulled out my Imaginisce paper which had all those colors, paired it with some Prism and American Crafts cardstock and a Grab Bag Happy Birthday stamp and this is the result.


The Grab Bbags have oodles of fun and funky stamps and are definitely worth the price. So head on over to Queen Kat Designs Store and check out all the stamps.

And don't forget there is a sale this month:

Tuesday Twenty
It's gonna be Tuesday for the rest of the month!
Take 20% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 75% off

(Good today through 01/31/10 - use coupon code: TT20)

Monday Blog Hopping

It's another Monday blog hop and I hope you got here from Wynneth's blog. If not, just start at the top of the list and see everyone's creations. Once you are done, pop on over to the store.

Today's request was that we red, white and black so I created this card with Queen Kat's Just A Note stamp:


Cardstock: Bazzill
Embossing folders: Cuttlebug
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento


QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Lara's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Don't forget about our sale: Tuesday Twenty

It's gonna be Tuesday for the rest of the month!
Take 20% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 75% off
(Good today through 01/31/10 =use coupon code: TT20)

Zapdots

Helmar USA is introducing new adhesive dots at CHA (Booth 2880). Besides being 3D they are now in color. That is exciting. No more wondering how to cover up those white pop dots we use!!!

Scrapperie Tres Chic Girl

I am thrilled to be a new Scrapperie Tres Chic Girl! This site has been reorganized and I am part of the "Use Your Stash Challenge" Team. How fun is that. I know we all have stash we haven't used, so this will be a wonderful source of inspiration to get your stash out and actually use it!!! Challenges and examples will be posted weekly and we hope you will play along with us. The challenges start next week on Scrapperie.

Monday Blog Hopping

It's another beautiful Monday and I can't wait to show you today's stamps. We were working with another Queen Kat sketch and I used the Forest Fairies stamp set.




Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Basic Grey
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento

In case you missed part of the blog hop, here are the links:

QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Now head on over to the store and check out these stamps.

Friendship Recipe

Well I was having fun with Queen Kat's stamps so I created a Friendship recipe.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Prima
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento

Don't forget to stop by the store for a fabulous sale.
Make Your Own Sale
Take 10% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 65% off
(Good today through 01/10/10)
use coupon code: BL10

Monday Blog Hopping

Hey, it's our first blog hop of 2010 with Queen Kat stamps. Hope you'll join us each week as we showcase some of these amazing Queen Kat stamps.

Today's card was based on Queen Kat's sketch.



I used the new Kitchen Goddess stamp set, choosing to use the words from this set.

QKD Blog
Jules' blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Lara's blog
Wynneth's blog
Steph's blog HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill
pattern paper:

Don't forget this week's sale which is pretty amazing:

Make Your Own Sale
Take 10% off everything!
That makes all clearance items 65% off
(Good today through 01/10/10)
use coupon code: BL10

Dream Mini Album

Well, as we start a new year, I'd love for us to Dream about what the future will bring and hope that it brings everything we're wishing for.

Today I was playing with my new Spellbinders long rectangle dies. I thought I'd create a mini book, but found the longest scalloped die wasn't long enough, so I elongated it by cutting half the die first, then moving the cut portion up so that I got the size I was looking for. I then embossed the covers with my Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls embossing folder. I then used the non-scalloped rectangle die as the pages of my book, cutting them so they fit. Using my bind it all, I created a binding and added ribbons. The tabs were punched with a Stampin' Up punch and adhered to the pages. Dream was stamped from JustRight stamps and the Spellbinders oval dies. It was adhered to some Doodlebug papers with a Prima flower and brad. A little lace jazzed it up a bit.




Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Doodlebug
Embossing: Cuttlebug
Stamp: JustRight
Ink: Memento
Flower: Prima
Brad: Making Memories

Thanks for looking.

It's Wednesday

and you know that means another Royal Kat blog hop. This will be the last one for this year!!!! Wow, 2010 is coming up soon. I hope you got here from Nancy's blog. If not, just start at the beginning because you don't want to miss a thing.

This week's hop focuses on a really fun technique called Spotlighting. Using the
Birthday stamps, I add some color to the face and the wrapping. This is definitely a fun technique that can be used for so many projects.


Supplies:
Bazzill cardstock
K&Co pattern paper
Queen Kat stamps
Memento ink
Staedtler Colored Pencils

Be sure to pop over to everyone's blog and see what we've created this week, then stop in the store and check out the awesome sale that ends very soon.



Lost Days Sale
Recently our server went down so we are having a huge sale to make up for our lost days! Our loss is your gain!
40% off QKD Stamps
40% off on all Past Kits
FREE Name & E-Mail stamp with purchase of any custom stamp
(Good today through12/31/09)
(Excludes the separates line & personalized
& custom stamps)

What's New?
Personalized Address Stamps
Personalized Etsy/Artfire Stamps
Personalized Handmade By Stamps

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

Christmas Eve

I can't believe that it's Christmas Eve already. Where has the time gone?

I wanted to post another tag I made with Queen Kat stamps - what an awesome amount and diffeent variety of stamps Queen Kat has in stock. Go check them out. The day after Christmas they are 40% off - how can you pass on that deal?



So my tag today is using the every so popular Snowman stamp . He is perfect for so many different projects.

Supplies:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Pattern paper: K&Company
Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Stamp: Queen Kat
Ink: Memories

After Christmas sale

Wait for it!!!!!
You won't believe it!!!!
Queen Kat herself has decreed that December 26 will be the start of the after Christmas sale-a-bration. Woohoo!!!!

Check it out:

40% off past kits
40% off QKD stamps
Free stamp with personalized stamp purchase (free stamp will be your name and email addy)

Don't forget to shop Queen Kat Designs Store for huge savings and some fabulous stamps you can't find anywhere.

There is no Royal Kat hop today 'cause we figured everyone would be getting ready for Christmas. Can you believe it's only a couple days from now? I know I can't. But I did want to post this Christmas card.



I used the Hearts stamp set. I just replaced Valentine's with Christmas cut with my Cricut.

Supplies:
Bazzill cardstock
Provocraft pattern paper
Queen Kat stampsCricut Expression
Stickles

Merry Christmas to you all. Hope the upcoming new year will be better for all of us.

BRRRRRRR

We had about 18+" of snow between Saturday nite and Sunday morning. It's definitely very pretty, but also cold. Lots of icicles hanging. Paulie isn't too sure about the snow. As long as he can walk, he seems to be ok, but he definitely does not like the snow drifts.

It's another Queen Kat Hop

Today's challenge is to use blue, white and silver. I hope you got her from Nancy's blog. If not, just start at the QKD blog and follow the trail. You will love everyone's projets.

Today, I created a cute little mini book to give to a coworker or a friend. It was really easy to make and quick too. It took only about 10 minutes from start to finish!!! And it was perfect to use with my Busy stamps . While it is hard to see, I "painted" my little guy with some silver Shimmerz and I had to use some brown cardstock to make him stand out a little.




I started by cutting 2 pieces of chipboard and 4 pieces of pattern paper each 4x4. I adhered the pattern paper to both sides of the chipboard then rounded the bottom edges. Using my Bind It All, I added Owires to the top and some ribbon. I stamped my items from the BUSY stamp set with my circle Nestabilities, then mounted them to the cover. Inside I added post it notes and voila - done. Hope you like it.

Don't forget to stop at the store and pick out your stamps. After all, there is a wonderful sale (up to 35% off) now through Christmas Eve, so stock up while you have the chance.

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

Queen Kat #9

On the 9th day of christmas, another Snowman tag I created for you. This little guy is just so versatile - you can make play with him in so many different ways.




Supplies:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Stamps: QueenKat Designs
Ink: Memento
Ribbon: Stash

Queen Kat #8

I was having lots of fun with Queen Kat's new the Belated Birthday set so I decided to make a tag. Using my Heart Nestabilities, I was able to get this pretty cool tag. Doesn't it really depict the craziness we go through this time of year - too many packages, not enough time.




Supplies:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Stamp: QueenKat Designs
Ink: Memento
Pencils: Staedtler
Ribbon: Stash

Queen Kat #7

On the 7th day of christmas, I decided to create a simple, but elegant tag for you.



When I was selected as a RSM, I picked up a QKD grab bag and found this Seasons Greetings stamp (along with tons of other amazing stamps). It was perfect to create a quick and elegant tag. After I embossed the tag, I used Angel Wings Shimmerz over it for a little glimmer and shine.

Supplies:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Embossing: Provocraft, Cuttlebug
Stamp: QueenKat Designs
Ink: Memento
Ribbon: Stash

On the 6th day of Christmas

On the 6th day of Christmas my tag for you is this:



Wouldn't this be great for all those cookie exchanges done during the Christmas season? I used The Baker for this tag, but cut her down slightly to fit inside my die cuts.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Provocraft
Stamp: Queen Kat
Dies: Spellbinders
Pencils: Staedtler

Queen Kat Designs

It's another sketch day at Queen Kat Designs. Check out this sketch:






Here's my card. I used some yummy Imaginisce papers and the Belated Birthday set from QKD.



Supplies:
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memories
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Imaginisce


I hope you got here from Nancy's awesome blog. If not, just start at QKD blog and check out everyone's creations.

QKD blog
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 HERE
Queen Kat Designs Store

Christmas Tags - Queen Kat style

It's day 5 and here is another tag I created with Queen Kat stamps. Ride With Me stamp set is extremely versatile. I stamped the tree all over the tag then colored them in. I then cut out several and placed them on the tag with pop dots - very easy and pretty too. Why not try it.




Supplies:
Stamps: Queen Kat
Ink: Memories
Cardstock: American Crafts

Christmas Tag

On the 4th day of Christmas, Peppermint was my choice agan today to use on a Christmas tag. Iused my Cuttlebug embossing folder on the tag first and blinged it with Shimmerz. The big snowflake is Karen Fosters and the ribbon was the perfect touch.


Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Embossing: Cuttlebug
Stamp: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento, Tuxedo Black
Markers: Copics
Brad: Karen Foster
Ribbon: Stash

Christmas tags

On the 3rd day of Christmas, Peppermint was my choice to use on a Christmas tag. Isn't she just the prettiest?? There are so many things you can do with her - use copics, use shimmerz, use stickles, etc., etc. Why not pick her up and have some fun.



Supplies:

Stamp: Queen Kat
Ink: Memento, Tuxedo Black
Markers: Copic
Bling: Stickles
Paper: Stash

Christmas Tags - Queen Kat style

On the 2nd day of Christmas, Season's Greetings are being sent to you. It's so much fun to create quick tags for the holidays and Queen Kat has some awesome stamps to help you out. For this tag, I embossed my cardstock with the Cuttlebug Christmas Countdown folder (which I inked prior to embossing), added 2 kinds of ribbon, stamped my sentiment twice and adhered.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Stamp: Queen Kat
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug
Ink: Memento
Ribbon: Stash

Don't forget to check out the sale at the Queen Kat Designs Store, good till December 5.

RELEASE Day

Oh how exciting, it's a new month and you know what that means don't you????? It's Release Day at Queen Kat Stamps. I hope you got here from Nancy's blog. If not, just start at the QKD blog and go through the blog hop. There are so many fun stamps this month and I got the pleasure of working with Busy stamp set. What a delightful stamp set! I just pulled some "busy" pattern paper from my stash and the stamp was perfect to use on a card.



Supplies:
Stamp: QKD
Die cut: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Pattern paper: Stash

Isn't this a great stamp set? Think of all the possibilities. Now head on over to the store and check out all the stamp sets in stock and this week's sale.

QKD blog
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 here
Queen Kat Designs Store

Till next time.....

Christmas Tags - Queen Kat style

On the first day of Christmas, Queen Kat sent to me this really cute Snowman stamp. It's just perfect for a tag or a card.



After stamping with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I colored him with Copic Markers then added some Flower Soft for dimension. I mounted him on circles created with my Nestabilities. Karen Foster's beautiful papers and sparkly brad finished my tag.

Go check out Queen Kat Designs Store - you will surely find some wonderful stamps to play with. And they are on sale this week too!

Cyber Days Shipping Sale
Save on shipping rates!
Spend $20 get $2 shipping...
Spend $50 get FREE Shipping...
Spend $100 get FREE shipping & a FREE stamp set!
(Good today through 12/1/09)