Royal Kat Challenge Blog Hop!

You should have got to me from Maria. If not, please start back at the QKD blog to stop by everyone on the hop!

This week is a color challenge: pink & teal. I have to admit, this was a tough one for me! I love pinks, but teal is just not a color I use a lot. It took a while, but than it dawned on me that those colors were in this rockin' paper stack that I got from Prima! Perfect!

I used one of the stamps from the new Take a Journey Greetings set. I think it goes well with the Rock On paper & Zebra hearts! Wouldn't this be a fun "Rock on with your heart" encouragement card for a teen?!

Now it's over to Kelly Jean!!!

Hugs - Kelly

And, in case you get lost somewhere along the hop... here's the hop list in order:

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

Maria: http://www.riacreations.blogspot.com/

Kelly: www.kellystamps.blogspot.com

KellyJean: http://dancingwithstamps.blogspot.com

WIS: http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com

Bev (SG) http://getcreativesg.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/

PDD FRIDAY!!!

It's time for PDD Friday & our focus of the month: Grungeboard! I love working with Grungeboard. It's similar to "naked" chipboard, but it's flexible & comes in some cool textured patterns as well. You can spend a lot of money buying different colors/patterns of chipboard to match projects you're working on, or you can use grungeboard and custom match it to your projects! I guess I'm on a Halloween kick right now, because this is my 2nd Halloween project of the week! It is my favorite holiday- dressing up, kids all over, candy...what's not to love?!

For today, I made a Halloween tag:

I used Grungeboard letters and painted with TH Crackle paint, than used a new Studio G stamp to stamp over the entire letter in black. That fun bat border is a new EK punch, I used the tiny bats that it punched out on the top of the tag as well (2 for 1!).

The whole Pez-A-Doodle team will be showing you fun ways of using Grungeboard this month as well as other projects, so make sure to go check them out!

And head on over to Pez-A-Doodle for Grungeboard, paint & new Halloween goodies!

Hugs- Kelly

Royal Kat Challenge Blog Hop!

Today's QKD challenge is a sketch. Here it is:



And here is my version, using the new Cats set:



If you didn't come here from the hop, you can start at the beginning at the QKD blog.

Next stop on the hop is Kelly Jean!

Hugs-Kelly

PDD Tuesday!

PDD Wednesday posts are now on Tuesdays! Sorry for the delay today, I had some camera card issues :) But now I've got my pics up and ready to post! Today, I have a card using the new Halloween Studio G stamps with this weeks Mojo Monday sketch:



The cute dangly spider and Happy Halloween spiderweb are from the same Studio G set. I used my TH foam tool to ink the edges with black ink. Patterned papers are from last years MM line.
Thanks for stopping! Come back for more PDD fun on Friday!

Hugs- Kelly

Pez-A-Doodle New Release, Take 2!

Today the Pezzy girls are sharing projects with the new Nesties stamps - such a great idea & gorgeous stuff to see!
For my card I used the large Blackberry Nesties stamp. After die-cutting & embossing, I used my Tim Holtz foam applicator & Tea Dye distress ink pad to add color to the inside. This leaves a nice crisp edge around the die cut.
For the background paper, I used a Spellbinders Impressability (Butterfly) and again used the TH foam applicator to apply Tea Dye ink to make the embossing stand out.
For the card front, I cut it slightly shorter & used a border punch to finish off the bottom.
These stamps are so great for showcasing whatever image or sentiment you want to show off and frame them so nicely!

If you didn't check out the blog hop yesterday, see post below. Make sure to check out the other girls today & stop back soon for more using the fab new releases!
Thanks for stopping!

Hugs- Kelly

Yay! Pez-A-Doodle New Release Day!!!

New Release day is here for Pez-A-Doodle! Two new Princesses, two new Picnicin' Bugs & two great Nestie's Frames, how fun!
I am a sucker for cutesy stamps, so I am totally in love with the Princess & Bugs lines! The two new Princesses today are just adorable & I love the cute Bugs and the coordinating stamps that come with them.
Today the design team is working with both the new Princesses & Picnicin' Bugs, Princesses Priya & Isabella and Picnicin' Ant & Ladybug.
Tomorrow we will be showcasing the new Nesties frames as well as the Skittlebugs.

Here are my projects for today using Princess Isabella & Picnicin' Ant:

For my Ant card, I used pink flocking on the flowers to add some texture, cut out the main image and mounted with foam dots. (I decided to make a red ant) :)

For my Isabella card, I took her dancing as my inspiration, cut and mounted her on some sheet music patterned paper with foam dots.

Now, make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's projects with the new releases today (they're all listed on my sidebar). We are also happy to have 2 fabulous guest designers for the new release:

Jessica Diedrich ( http://www.thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com )
Jeanne Streiff (http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/)

After you check out all the projects, head on over the Pez-A-Doodle to get some new goodies!

Hugs- Kelly

QKD New Release Blog Hop!!!

Yay! It's time for another QKD new release blog hop! If you didn't start at the beginning, you'll want to make sure you see it all, so start at QKD blog!

This month, I got to use the new release Cats set. So much fun to play with the silhouettes & there are some great, fun sentiments! My late Great-Uncle was a very well respected cat Judge at cat shows all around the world and he was also an artist, drawing great bold black & white cat images, so I was inspired by him for my designs.

On both cards, I used a very dark charcoal paper to stamp the images on in white. I think it really shows them off nicely!

There's lots of new stuff to see today & some great deals at Queen Kat Designs:

Current QKD Sales:
55% off of all Clearance items

35% off of all Paper Packs

35% off of all Grab Bags

25% off of the Special Deal Section

20% off of all QKD Stamps

20% off of all Past Kits

35% off of all Acrylic Blocks

*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 (we have lots!)

Sale runs from 7/29/09 through 8/15/09 or until everything is gone!

Now, head over to Kelly Jean for another great new release!

Hugs, Kelly