Monday, December 28, 2009

12/28/09 QKD Spotlighting Challenge


Happy Monday everyone. Hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday. Today we are trying a challenge called spotlighting. This is where a small piece of your creation is in color popped out from the rest card, and the rest of the card is monochromatic.

You should have come here via Meredith's blog and should then be off to Ashley's Blog. If not be sure to start at the QKD blog and do the whole hop.

QKD blog
Alex's blog
Helene's blog
Penny's blog
Meredith's blog
Anita's blog
Ashley's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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 StampsPersonalized Etsy/Artfire StampsPersonalized Handmade By Stamps


Hugs,
Anita

Monday, December 14, 2009

12/14/09 Color me winter QKD color challenge


Our challenge this week was to use the winter colors of blue, white, grey (silver) on our card. I have been having fun with different embellies. I used some pearls on stands to symbolize snow balls. I felt that this stamp is so wonderful that I didn't even color him in.


You should have come here from the fabulous Linda's blog and should then be visiting the talented Sara's blog. If you didn't be sure to start at the beginning with the QKD blog.
Here is the fabulous sale at the store, be sure to check it out.
Cyber Days Shipping Sale
35% off QKD Stamps
30% off on all Past Kits
(Good today through12/25/09)
(Excludes the separates line & personalized & custom stamps)
Hugs,
Anita


Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Welcome to the 8th day of Christmas


I have decided that I just love making boxes out of paper. Here is another cute one and I of course used the wonderful QKD Fancy Christmas stamp set. I hope that all my boxes have started you thinking about making some of your own. I hope that you are enjoying your December as it speeds by.

Hugs,
Anita

Monday, December 7, 2009

December Sketch Challenge Queen Kat Designs 12/7/09 and Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas


Hope you are all having a great December. Today I am sharing my sketch challenge card with our wonderful December stamp set. It is called Northern Exposure and I just love me some snowmen. These are so different than your traditional snowmen that I love them. You should have come here via Linda's blog and should then be going to Sara's blog. If you didn't then be sure to start out at the beginning at the QKD blog. Happy hopping and have a great week.

Hugs,
Anita

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Day 6 of the 12 Days of Christmas


I made this cute little box and used up some ribbon scraps on the handle. I used the QKD Fancy Christmas stamp set for a number of my projects so far. You see how much I love that set. The sentiment was a perfect addition to my treat box.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas Tag Box








I made this fun box with the Christmas Greetings stamp set and the Fancy Christmas Stamp. QKD has so many wonderful stamps, be sure to check them out. Hope that you are all having a great Saturday.
Hugs,
Anita


Friday, December 4, 2009

Day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas


I used the Fancy Christmas set to make this adorable box. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Be sure to check out QKD for this and many other awesome sets.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas


Okay, so I made this adorable stocking gift card holder and used a QKD stamp set that does not appear to be in the gallery anymore. I just really love how it came out so I don't want to change it. Vicki has the most awesome stamps and I really love the versatility of the sentiment stamps that she has. You can check them all out here.
Hugs,
Anita

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

The 12 Days of Christmas Day 2

Hey everyone:

Happy day 2 of the twelve days of Christmas. I altered a container and the bottles of a Starbucks coffee set. It is just sitting there now waiting for the right person to receive it. I again used the Christmas Greetings stamp set. I particularly love this phrase. See you all tomorrow,
Hugs,
Anita

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Day 1

Hey everyone:

Welcome to the 12 days of Christmas day 1. I made an ornament card and used one of my favorite holiday stamp sets from Queen Kat Designs called Christmas Greetings
It is such a versatile set with verses that cover the different types of cards that you might be making for the holiday.

The store is also having a fabulous sale: through today.

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 through12/1/09)



Monday, November 30, 2009

December Pre-release party 11/30/09

It's the December pre-release party and I am so excited to share my creation with you. This is a really fun winter set called Northern Exposure. I was at a crop this past weekend and took two fabulous classes and we used the snow on my card and I just fell in love with it. It is called Snow Tex and it is by DecoArt. You should have to come to my blog by way of Linda's blog. Isn't her project awesome? Next you will be going off to see what Sara has created. If you didn't come that way, you should definitely start at the QKD Blog beginning. Wednesday will be the official release party so be sure to come back for that also.

NEW SALE!!!!
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)
Hugs and Happy December,
Anita

Monday, November 23, 2009

QKD Royal Monday Inspiration Challenge 11/23/09








I absolutely love the inspiration this week. Maria chose a room that I would just love to have in my house. I guess that I will have to settle for my project instead. I hope that you like it to. This is the last card this month using the Child's Play stamp set. If you don't have it yet, be sure to order one. It is so much fun. Playing is after all the most important activity for children and adults in my opinion.



You should have come here from Linda's wonderful blog and you are almost done and will be hopping to Sara's wonderful blog from here. Be sure to hit every stop on this wonderful hop, I am sure that you will love all the fun ideas and creations. You can start here QKD Blog

QKD blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Thanks for looking and have a great week.
Hugs, Anita

Check out the current sale at the store which is the last stop on our hop.
It's FREE stamp month!!November 8th through November 30thBuy 2 stamp sets get 1 separates stamp freeBuy 3 separates stamps and get 1 free($3.99 value or less)For every 2 stamp sets you orderyou get 1 separate stamp for free! The more youorder the more free stamps you'll receive.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

November 19th Special Release party




Queen Kat Designs is three years old and we are hosting a party. We have a fabulous new designer, Kelly Kost and a bunch of awesome stamps. Be sure to hop to the end and check out all the stamps for sale in the store. You should have come here from Linda's blog and your next stop is Nancy's blog.


Alex
Meredith
Penny
Jules
Kelly B
Sara
Anessa
Lara
Linda
Anita you are here :)
Nancy
Steph
Helene
Vicki
QKD Store

Monday, November 16, 2009

Royal Kat Monday Color Challenge Blog Hop 11/16/09







Guess what? We are celebrating 3 years in business for our very own Queen Kat Vicki. In honor of her and her wonderful stamps our color challenge is QKD's official colors: pink, purple, grey and white. I made this card for our Queen, hope she likes it.


You should have come here from Linda's wonderful blog and you are almost done and will be hopping to Sara's wonderful blog from here. Be sure to hit every stop on this wonderful hop, I am sure that you will love all the fun ideas and creations. You can start hopping here at the QKD Blog.
Anita's blog you are here :)
Thanks for looking and have a great week.
Hugs,
Anita
Check out the current sale at the store which is the last stop on our hop.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Adornit Blog Hop




Hi Everyone:

I am so excited to be participating in the Make it Merry Blog Hop from Adorn It. I am married to the love of my life for almost 25 years and have two teenage children. I work part time from home two days per week which leaves plenty of time for papercrafting. If you just found your way here without starting at the beginning then you really should start there and not miss all the wonderful creations. You can start here: Make it Merry Blog Hop List

I decided to make a treat jar filled with some fun holiday white chocolate chips that I found. I love the Be Merry set by My Mind's Eye. The papers are just fabulous. I had a lot of fun creating this and hope you might like to give it a try altering a jar. I have a lot of recipes for the mixes, let me know if you want to make one.

Your next stop on this wonderful hop is to Quasi Serendipita Can't wait to see what she has created for you.
Thanks for looking and happy hopping.

Hugs,

Anita

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Adorn It Make it Merry Challenge



How many cards can you make in 30 minutes? Well, I was able to make 6. I actually like 5 of the 6 and it forced me to use something embellies that I have been holding on to. Thanks for a fun challenge. Be sure to check back tomorrow.

Hugs,
Anita

Royal Kat Wednesday Sketch Challenge 11/11/09

QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Nina's blog
Nancy's blog
Stephanie's blog
Katarina's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Here is the rest of the creations by our DT for the sketch challenge that I posted on Monday.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Royal Kat Monday Sketch Challenge 11/9/09






I am having such fun with this Child's Play stamp set. Stay tuned for more fun cards.

You should have come here from Linda's wonderful blog and you are almost done and will be hopping to Sara's wonderful blog from here. Be sure to hit every stop on this wonderful hop, I am sure that you will love all the fun ideas and creations. You can start at the beginning because you won't want to miss even one stop, start here at QKD Blog.
QKD blog
Queen Kat Designs Store
Thanks for looking and have a great week.

Hugs, Anita


Sunday, November 8, 2009

Coffee, Tea And Me Challenge




Make a card with the theme of coffee, tea or me. it must include the color brown and must have no white anywhere on it! simple right??

Not so...It must include... If your theme is coffee, some kind of coffee beanIf your theme is tea, some kind of tea bag. If your theme is me, a picture of you on it!

This was our challenge. I made a holiday tea holder. I realized that it is very hard for me to not use any white. I love this Mini Sweets stamp set, so darn cute and I have used it in so many ways. Vicki has a whole section of stamps just for food, yummy.
Happy Sunday everyone.

Hugs,

Anita

Last of QKD's DT party challenges




I did two of the three sketches proposed. For the top one I used the Cupcake Friends stamp set and the bottom Christmas card I used the Fancy Christmas stamp set. These are two of my favorite sets.




Christmas Gettings QKD Challenge


Did I mention how much fun these Queen Kat Designs stamps are and how good Vicki is to us? This is the third of five challenges for the weekend. This one it to create a Christmas Greetings card. I just love the Christmas Greetings stamp set because there is truly something for everyone.


I am waiting for entries for my blog candy give away. Be sure to play by Monday 11/8 at 9AM EST.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Tiny Tim Size Really Does Matter Challenge QKD


Hey Everyone:


Happy Saturday. I am working on the next Fall Crop party at Queen Kat Designs. The challenge was to create a card using an inchie. My inchie is at the center of my stamped leaf image. I just adore this Harvest Time stamp set. Be sure to check it out in the store. I couldn't find my glossy card stock to make the background paper so I used a sheet of photo paper and my trusty brayer and Kaleidacolor autmun leaves stamp pad.


Be sure to check back over the next couple of days to see what else I have created.

Hugs,

Anita

Friday, November 6, 2009

Give Thanks Challenge Queen Kat Designs is throwing us a DT party and you can win :)


I have been having such a fun time designing for Queen Kat Designs and she is throwing a party for us Thursday through Sunday to create and just have an awesome time.

Here is the challenge: You should give it a try. If you participate and link your creation back here to my blog I will put the names in a hat for some blog candy.

For this one, make any Thanksgiving 3-D project you'd like.. You're only limited by your own imagination. You can do a center peice, napkin holders, chair covers, place cards, a mantle decoration.. anything!!Must use at least 2 QKD stamps, the color red, and 2 embellishments

I used the Harvest Time stamp set which I just love and a dotted swirl set that I just love as well. I made a Mayflower boat I am from MA after all. I used red and the tag on my larger sail says Give Thanks. My smaller sail has two pieces of ribbon and a pearl headed pin. I will try to take a better picture tomorrow.

Hope that everyone has a great weekend and thanks for looking.

Hugs,

Anita

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Wednesday's is QKD's Release Day Hop 11/4/09


We will also be having the Birthday hop/release on November 19th.


Special: Buy 2 stamp sets get 1 separates stamp free ($3.99 or less) or buy 3 separates get 1 free.


QKD blog

Shannon's blog

Jules' blog

Maria's blog

WIS blog

Bev (SG's) blog

Andrea's blog

Lara's blog

Anessa's blog

Nina's blog

Nancy's blog

Stephanie's blog

Queen Kat Designs Store

Monday, November 2, 2009

It's Our Fabulous Preview of Release Day at Queen Kat Designs





Hey everyone, it doesn't seem possible that it is November already, but here we are. I just love this Child's Play stamp set. We have game night each month with friends and I am tucking this card away as well as some of the other cards to come for special occasions with them. The stamps this month are beyond awesome, please hop through so you can see them all. Be sure to remember to hop on Wednesday also to see what the rest of the DT has been up to.
You are PREVIEWING what's to come for QKD on release day which is November 4th. The stamps will hit the store on 11/4/09. We will also have a fabulous Birthday hop/release on November 19th. Here is the store special: Buy 2 stamp sets get 1 separates stamp free ($3.99 or less) or buy 3 separates get 1 free.



You should have come here from Linda's wonderful blog and you are almost done and will be hopping to Sara's wonderful blog from here. Be sure to hit every stop on this wonderful hop, I am sure that you will love all the fun ideas and creations. If you are just starting out, start here at the QKD Blog.











Anita's blog you are here :)



Thanks for looking and have a great week.

Hugs,

Anita

Monday, October 26, 2009

10/26/09 Queen Kat Designs Royal Monday Blog Hop Inspiration







Welcome to ourQueen Kat Designs blog hop. We are going to have two QKD hops per week. The list attached below is for the Monday hop and we will also have a hop on Wednesay as usual. This is something new that we will be doing every week. Be sure to go to QKD Blog today if you didn't start there and be sure to go there on Wednesday as well to see all the creations my fellow DT members have created. We had the most intersting and wonderful inspiration challenge to work with this month. Thanks Maria. I pulled out some of the colors and I can't wait to see everyone's take on this inspitation. You should have come here from Linda's blog and will next be traveling to Sara's Blog . If you have just found your way here, be sure to go to the beginning and hop all the way through. Thanks for looking and have a great week.










Anita's blog You are here :)





Be sure to finish the hop at the link to the Queen Kat Designs store for amazing shopping.


Hugs and happy crafting :)


Anita



Wednesday, October 21, 2009

10/21/09 Queen Kat Designs Royal Blog Hop Color Challenge




Hi:

Our fabulous color challenge was created by our very own Queen Kat, Vicki. I had such fun with these colors. We were challenged to use orange, purple, white and black. It was so much fun to create a Halloween card and I used my Friendship Tree stamp set and colored it with those colors.

You should have come here from Nancy's wonderful blog and you are almost done and will be hopping to Sara's wonderful blog from here. Be sure to hit every stop on this wonderful hop, I am sure that you will love all the fun ideas and creations.

Thanks for looking and have a great week.


QKD blog
Check out the current sale at the store which is the last stop on our hop.

55% off of all clearance
30% off of these stamps:
Off Beat Alphabet
through 10/25/09
If you are an international customer, please email your order to info@katstamps.com our cart does not calculate shipping to you. We only charge actual shipping rates to our international friends. Thank you



Anita




Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Special QKD Welcome to Designer Melia Newman


The two stamps that we are releasing today are on sale for 30% off as well as the two alphabet stamps that Queen Kat used on the card for the QKD blog today. This sale will last through Sunday 10/25/09. Hop on over to the Queen Kat Designs blog and hop through the gorgeous samples made by members of our wonderful DT.


QKD blog
Helene's blog
Lara's blog
Kelly's blog
Alex's blog
Meredith's blog
Penny's blog
Vicki's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Queen Kat Designs Wednesday Blog Hop Sketch Challenge







Hello and welcome to our weekly Wednesday Queen Kat Designs Wednesday blog hop. We had a great sketch to work with this week. I used my Friendship Tree stamp set to create an inspirational card for a family member. The saying is just so touching. You should have come here from Nancy's blog and you will next be hopping to Sara's Blog to see what she has in store for us. Happy hopping and see you next week. If you happend across my blog without going through all the sites to see what everyone has created.
Be sure to check out the awesome sale at the Queen Kat Designs Store:

Sara: http://saracreativemind.blogspot.com/ you are going here next :)
See you soon. Hugs, Anita