Hello there, just in case you came in here looking for a project of mine, please feel free to scroll down! I am otherwise taking a hiatus from blogging for a while, I’m just having too many issues with my anti-depressant that I’ve got to get them worked out before I can do anything I love. Apologies to my family for the significant downs I’ve been experiencing!! Prayer will get me back! Thanks!
You’re a True Nugget December 23, 2009
Hello there dear friends and family! Wow am I tired! I’ve had some changes in medication dosages recently, and I just don’t think everything is quite leveled out in my system, whew. Queen Kat gave us this week off from a blog hop, so I thought I’d share with you a project that I made last week for my daughter’s 2nd grade teacher.
My smokin’ hot, sweet, awesome, wonderful hubby picked up some Hershey’s Nuggets for me, and I covered each with some patterned paper stamped with “Do not open til Dec 25th” from the Light of Christmas stamp set:
Nugget closeup
This metal tin perfectly holds a dozen nuggets, under which I placed a piece of glittered cardstock that matches the tin’s decorative band.
Finished closeup
I used some American Crafts “miniMarks” rub-ons to decorate the window of the metal tin. Since I don’t want the rub-ons to get scratched off each time someone slides the decorative band, I opened the tin and used the inside of the window.
Rub-ons closeup
I love projects like this because it’s incredibly easy to make this look like it took HOURS to complete! And then people think you’re just the craftiest thing to come along in ages!
Let’s have a hop! December 15, 2009
Time again for another inspirational Royal Wednesday blog hop! These always begin at the QKD blog, then I follow Lara’s blog (well I try), and Nina’s amazing work follows mine!
We were given a color challenge this week as our inspiration: blue, silver, white, and grey. I really do truly love those colors together; lately, however, due to the severe drops in temperature in northern Colorado, those colors actually kinda chill me! LOL
Blue, silver, white, grey
You’d be utterly amazed at how quickly this fairly elegant card came together. I LOVE the ‘To’ and ‘From’ that are part of the Light of Christmas stamp set.
Here is a list of the hop order for today:
QKD blog
Shannon’s blog
Jules’ blog
WIS blog
Lara’s blog
Anessa’s blog – this is your 20 =)
Nina’s blog
Nancy’s blog
Stephanie’s blog
Queen Kat Designs Store
Also, I just wanted to let you know that in the QKD store, you can enjoy 35% off QKD Stamps and 30% off all Past Kits — this is good today through Christmas (excludes the separates line & personalized & custom stamps)
Royal Wednesday Sketch Challenge December 8, 2009
It's a Royal Wednesday blog hop
Welcome, folks, to our blog hop! It started at the QKD blog, though you might have come from Lara’s blog, and I do so hope that you’ll continue hopping to Nina’s blog!
This week we were challenged with a sketch, and this is my project, made using the new stamp set All Bundled Up:
Winter boy
Amariah Shelton is a recent artist addition to QKD, and her creations are positively delightful!!
Close-up
Here is the list of hoppers for today, please be sure to leave them some love!
QKD blog
Shannon’s blog
Jules’ blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG’s) blog
Andrea’s blog
Lara’s blog
Anessa’s blog – this is your 20 =)
Nina’s blog
Nancy’s blog
Stephanie’s blog
Queen Kat Designs Store
Yep, I’m late but still here! December 6, 2009
Life has thrown some viruses my way, of the human and data varieties. Ugh. But here I have my next QKD tag for you (couldn’t find my camera either…life can sure thrown ‘em, huh?!):
Blog tag
That cool sentiment is from QKD’s Light of Christmas stamp set, I just love the type set!
Close-up
Now, before I left you go, have you heard about QKD going to CHA??? It is absolutely the truth, and wow what I wouldn’t give to have the opportunity to go! My family, from hubby to son to daughter, would go with me because we love doing that stuff together! Wow, that’d be cool! But our own Vicki and Sara will be teaching a class there! Sign up now…ooooh I would so be jumping at that opportunity!!
QKD at CHA 2010
Happy countdown to Christmas, all you beautiful crafty people of this planet! 
–> 12 Days of Christmas, a Tag <– December 3, 2009
Hi there! You’re here and I thank ya! I am having myself some serious fun with some Nestabilities and Queen Kat Designs Christmas stamps! For my first day of Christmas project, I would like to offer an ornamental tag that I made:
Happy Christmas tag
I credit the wonderful, awe-inspiring Becca Feeken for this delightful project! There are so many things you can do – and I’ll prove it for 12 days – with QKD stamps and the Fleur de Lis pendant!
QKD has some of, seriously, the best stamps for this season! From fancy to funky (wow, and I wasn’t even trying for the alliteration) I’m just loving what the design team is doing with them!
Now, before I left you go, have you heard about QKD going to CHA??? It is absolutely the truth, and wow what I wouldn’t give to have the opportunity to go! My family, from hubby to son to daughter, would go with me because we love doing that stuff together! Wow, that’d be cool! But our own QKD will be teaching a class there! Sign up now…ooooh I would so be jumping at that opportunity!!
QKD at CHA 2010
Happy countdown to Christmas, all you beautiful crafty people of this planet!
—> The New Phone Books Are Here!!! <— December 2, 2009
Well, no, cause it’s better than that!!! It’s QKD’s December Release Day Blog Hop!! But shoot, you already know that since you hopped here from Lara’s blog; our fun, of course, began at the QKD blog. And hopping to Nina’s blog will be the next step in our regularly scheduled programming!
I am sharing with you today what I consider to be a rapid output card. It did not take much time at all to put this card together and consider it ready to be on its way to a friend. That’s what I want to showcase about this set of Belated Birthday stamps – if you’re like me at all, even one iota, then more often than not, when you realize you’ve missed a birthday and no way in micromanaged hell will your card make it there in time, then turn to this set and whip out a snappy card!
simple Happy Belated Birthday
By the time I realize that I’ve missed a birthday, at that point I want to punch out a cool, handmade card just as soon as I can; otherwise it kinda becomes a sad, moot point and the Catholic guilt settles in rather uninvited!
Now, before you go, I’d like to make you aware of a little sale for you cyber shoppers going on over at the QKD store — it’s the 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 12/5/09)
I’ll be showcasing more projects – using the Belated Birthday stamp set – on Sundays are for Stamping over at the QKD blog, so don’t forget to visit us over there =) Thanks for visiting today!
Queen Kat Royal Wha?? November 24, 2009
Howdy! Yep, it’s Tuesday…decided we’d take into account the unofficial start of the holiday week tomorrow by hop-along-Cassidy’ing it today! So glad you hopped from Lara’s wonderful blog to this here blog As you might have seen from the starting post at QKD’s blog, we were given an inspiration challenge of a modicum of deliciously relaxing and soothing colors that I would absolutely welcome in a reading room of my house!
First thing’s first, though: please take a moment to visit the Royal Monday blog hop since the creations are astronomically inspirational!!
When I saw this paper in a My Mind’s Eye holiday book of Christmas cardstock, I was hoping I could pull off this challenge with these papers!!
Ohhh Christmas Trees
The sentiment and the WONDERFUL tree sign (I don’t know, it just speaks to me, it does!) are partnered with Ned the Gnome in the Store. And the funky Christmas tree is from the aptly named Funky Trees Stamp Set in the store!
This way, this way, they're over here
Next you’re hopping to Nina’s gorgeous creation, and here is the list for your reference (and definitely mine):
QKD blog
Shannon’s blog
Jules’ blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG’s) blog
Andrea’s blog
Lara’s blog
Anessa’s blog – this is your 20 =)
Nina’s blog
Nancy’s blog
Stephanie’s blog
Queen Kat Designs Store
I would also like to share with you something else that I consider completely cool…personalized address labels!! Queen Kat has designed some of the coolest ones on the market!! My personal favorite?? Sooo glad you asked! They’d have to be named after me, right?! Check out the Alien Return Address stamp (and the others, if that’s what you’d like to do *grin*)!
Happy Birthday, Queen Kat Designs! November 19, 2009
Queen Kat Designs turns 3 today! To celebrate we are unveiling a new artist, Kelly Kost, and let’s just say we’re ALL counting ourselves lucky to have the opportunity to create with Kelly’s designs!!! Yeeeeehaaaaww!!
I nearly threatened bodily harm in racing to pick this image, Tree Girl, to create a happy birthday project for today! (No humans or animals were harmed in the making of this card:)
Sweet Tree Girl
I paired this wonderful Tree Girl with some kraft and BasicGrey Mellow papers, and I almost couldn’t be happier with the result!
Close-up
So you came here via Sara’s blog and her wonderful Tree Girl creation, and I hope that you continue hopping to Lara’s blog, but please don’t forget to check the QKD blog if you haven’t already!
Don’t get your what in a what? November 17, 2009
Birthday week at Queen Kat Designs!!! Yeeehaww!!
It's a Royal Wednesday blog hop
Hello there and welcome to another Royal Wednesday blog hop! You checked out Monday’s hop, right? Talk about some cool projects!! And this hop will be no exception! My blog follows Lara’s blog, and the hop began at QKD!
We were given a color challenge for today’s project, so our creations all have some form of QKD’s official colors: pink, purple, grey, and white. Our beloved Queen Kat has a wonderfully wry sense of humor like I do, though I think hers is more refined than mine, so I decided to go silly with my card:
The sketch for this card also happens to be one of Queen Kat’s favorites, so I thought the sketch, coupled with the Royal colors, would get me serious points! *grin* =)
Ned the gnome
Some notes about my card: 1) see the small town atop the image’s mat? It’s a martha stewart punch, and I thought it’d look kinda sweet with some snow on the buildings, ground, and trees! 2) this guy, Ned, is always so busy, so do you see the snow he’s kicking up cause he’s in such a rush?? 3) Ned’s colored with Copics, Shimmerz, and Snow-Tex.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and leaving some love! Speaking of love, get ready to leave some love at Nina’s blog – she’s next in the hop!
Here’s the hop list for your reference:
QKD blog
Shannon’s blog
Jules’ blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG’s) blog
Andrea’s blog
Lara’s blog
Anessa’s blog – this is your 20 
Nina’s blog
Nancy’s blog
Stephanie’s blog
Queen Kat Designs Store
Also, November 19th marks QKD’s 3rd birthday!! Please don’t forget to drop by the QKD blog for the start of something special for our birthday celebration!!
