This week for the QKD blog hop we are following this sketch. If you are hopping along you would have arrived here from Bev's blog or you can go to the QKD blog to start at the beginning.... I flipped it to work with my fairytale paper and (giant) bow. We'd love for you to play along as well. I used Nivea (with background) on this card as she is one of the October new releases and I couldn't wait to play with her. If you want Nivia or any other cool stamp from QKD check out these sales:
November 8th through November 30th
Buy 2 stamp sets get 1 separates stamp free
Buy 3 separates stamps and get 1 free
($3.99 value or less)
For every 2 stamp sets you order
you get 1 separate stamp for free! The more you
order the more free stamps you'll receive.
Woot Woot- great deal! Next stop on the hop is Lara's blog...enjoy!
QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog (yo9u are here...)
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Nina's blog
Nancy's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store
I just love release days! I am sharing today one of the cool new stamps I get to play with that are being released in November. Today you would have hopped here from Bev's blog or if you need to start at the beginning please click here to start at the QKD main blog.
Today's share is with Monarch Mia and she was really easy and fun to colour. I wanted to play up her tail and make it look like butterfly wings...I was happy with how it turned out! Not sure if you can tell in the pic but I added a thick glaze to her tail and sprinkled in glitter to give it some extra oomph. I am going to see a friend of mine tomorrow who just had a new baby and this card is for her. I used copic markers to colour the image then used some fun paper, die cuts and embellishments that were in the same shades of aqua blue as the paper. I had to use the crystal butterfly too, it just seemed to go with Miss Monarch Mia tee hee.
I also wanted to share that on Nov 19th Queen Kat Designs will be having a birthday bash and will be celebrating with a special blog hop and stamp release on that day woot woot! To tide you over until then our Queen Kitty has a great sale on- Buy 2 stamp sets get 1 separates stamp free ($3.99 or less) or buy 3 separates get 1 free. Schweet!!! Click here to go to the store and start shopping.
Well I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop. You will be hopping on over to Lara's blog next by clicking here and I have pasted the entire list below in case you get lost along the way. Cheers!! Andi
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
It's the weekly hop and if you have come here from Bev's blog you are half way through. If you are just starting out click here to start at the beginning, the QKD blog. This week's challenge at QKD was to pull colours from an inspiration photo (see below) and use our QKD stamps to see what we come up with! I went more with the browns, pinks, purples and a splash of blue- just like the pic. I used the just released Guardian of Love with background stamp (you can click on the name to go right to her at the store). I had also been reading on lots of blogs about those of you who stamped and coloured on kraft paper so I thought I'd give it a try. I kind of like the cool look it gives to the image. My only regret is that I saw most of you do it as a no layer card- stamping right on the kraft paper and colouring. I wanted to do that too but I got really ambitious and added lots of sparkle glue and it made my paper buckle and look soggy. So for a no layer card- I don't recommend liquid glue, glitter or sparkle- it takes away from the clean look. Instead of tossing the card out I wanted to make the most of the cool image and the effect of colouring on that paper so I cut it out and used some funky paper to help bring more browns into the photo. I also kept to the kraft card base to bring it all together- hope you like how it turned out! I think the Guardian looks sooo serene on this card and I have to say she is a really sweet stamp to play with and so versatile.
Now head on over to Lara's blog to continue along and I have included the whole blog hop under the inspiration pic in case you get lost :)
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
Hope you have a fabulous day!!!!
come on over to my new blog at http://www.mystampingheaven.blogspot.com/ and enter to win some lucious goodies!!!!!!
Oh Posey...you warm my heart- you shouldn't have girl- those flowers are lovely!!!! I wanted to use Posey on this week's challenge. The hostess for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge is Vicki who I had the pleasure to meet at the launch party AND I LOVE HER...trust me this woman is phenominal...just wanted to giver her a quck shout out. I love what she inspired us this week for her Shades of Autumn challenge. So fun and perfect right now. To play along we had to use Brown, Rust and either Green or Yellow on our designs!!
I used my brand new paper that I heart by Basic Grey- Indian Summer- full of lucious colour! I also used my new nesties...and I was tickled to see that Kimmie and I not only used the same image and same nesties but we both also coloured her dress with rust colours. We really are stampin soul sistah's lol!!! The copics I used were E000, E00, W1, E07, E08, RV25, RV29, R20, YG95, E25, E27, E29, C1 and my colourless blender for the boo boo's lol.
Now on this gloomy fall Saturday here in SW Ontario pop over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog and get ready to fall in love with the shares the Krafty Girls have for you. We are also honoured to have a new Krafty Friend joining us this week, Simonne. Great card girl!!! To play along and have a chance to win the stunning Charlotte be sure to link us up in the comments section of this post! And if you post your design to an online gallery, such as Splitcoast, be sure to use the keyword KKSC3, so we can all check 'em out!! What a great way to spend a fall day and Charlotte, which is featured on Vicki's card could be yours!
Hope you are all having a fabulous day or evening, depending on when you read this. I love Wednesdays as it's time to join in with my QKD DT sisters and share our creations together. If you came here from Bev's blog you have already seen some beautiful work. Otherwise start at the QKD blog to start at the beginning. I used Victoria again as we are getting closer to Halloween and she is a Halloween vixen to me all the way! The first card I made with her went over really well! I had so many of my friends who wanted me to make them a card with Victoria the Vixen so I have to make up so more with this lovely lass. Doesn't she inspire you to make some amazing Halloween cards for your friends, she does to me lol!
Look at these amazing sales!:
55% off of all clearance
30% off of these stamps:
Thanksgiving Dragon
Christmas Tree Dragon
Off Beat Alphabet
Jester Alphabet
through 10/25/09
I know AMAZING SALES. The very last stop on our hop is at the store so you can either hop along to get there or go there right now by clicking here and then enjoying the hop lol. Here are all the links case you get lost- I do easily so there will be no judging by me lol!!! If you are already hopping pop on over to Victoria's blog now by clicking here who always blows me away with her amazing art!
QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
Penny's blog
Vicki's blog
Maria's blog
Kelly's blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog
Victoria's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Helene's blog
Nina's blog
Alex's blog
Meredith's blog
Linda's blog
Nancy's blog
Anita's blog
Sara's blog
Stephanie's blog
Ashley's blog
Katarina's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store
Cheers!!!!
Picture the Stevie wonder song playing in the background here ...'isn't she lovely....' okay I don't remember the rest of the song but you know what I mean lol!!!! I wanted to share the 2 cards I will be teaching this coming Sunday at SGD at our monthly copic class featuring Greeting farm stamps. I HAD to use her- I mean her cuteness is too much!!!! The stamp is actually called Snuggle. too much! Do you want to see the other card...okay...it's oozing with vampire loveliness....the Greeting Farm has an Edward stamp!!! I don't know if you can see it in this pic (maybe click on it to make it larger) but his skin sparkles like another Edward I know.....sigh....sorry I have advance screening tickets to see New Moon and I am getting to be on Edward alert!!!!! If you have time this coming Sunday contact SGD and come and join Kimmie and I at our class. If you can't come but would like a card kit we sell the class kit for $12 with a limit of 4 kits made up. I would love to see you there so hopefully you can make it, we always have so much fun!!!!
Okay, now I have a huge favour to ask. I am in the process of starting to shift my blog here on typepad to blogger (it's free) to help reduce costs this year. Can you do me a favour and if you are one of my followers here, or if you would like to follow me can you go to my other blog and follow it instead? If you could leave me a comment when you have moved over it will help me know when its safe to turn this one off. My new blog can be found here and it's called mystampingheaven.blogspot.com, Easy peasy lol. thank you so much my wonderful readers, I appreciate you so much and hope you have a fab day!! Cheers, Andrea
