Halloween Blog Hop Day 12

Good Morning Blog Hoppers.  Our 13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop is almost over.  Just one more day after today.  I have had the best time designing for this hop.  I have some new stamps, learned some new tricks, and have been able to see some beautiful artwork from other DT sisters.  I hope you have enjoyed this hop as much as I have.

If you hopped here from Janie's blog, you are on the right trail.  If you didn't, please go back to the Official Queen Kat Blog and start there so you don't miss anything.

Don't forget about the coupon code that is good through the 13th of this month.  When the blog hop ends, so does the coupon code.




Our theme for today is ZOMBIES.  I can honestly say I have never made a card featuring a zombie until today.  I picked a cute zombie to work with.  I think she's cute anyway.

This little cutie is called Little Bit Creepy--Raven.  Little Bit Creepy has a whole line of these cute little zombies.  I colored her in with colored pencils and OMS and then added some Sakura Glitter Pen for highlight in her hair.  I used Sakura Clear Star on the skulls in her hair.  And a red Sakura for her lips.  I used Nestabilities to cut out Raven and the Scalloped mat behind her.  I used DI Spiced Marmalade to shade in around Raven.

This is my first attempt at an Easel Card.  I never realized they were so easy to make.  I found a video on youtube, and followed the directions and wow...I made one.  I used the Wednesday's Sketch from SCS to make the flip up part.  I used the same papers to create the inside.  I added some Halloween colored bling, a Prima flower pair that I inked with DI Spiced Marmalade and an orange mini brad.  I stamped the sentiment with the same ink.  I inked all the edges with DI Black Soot.  It was a pretty simple card to put together.

I hope you all enjoyed your visit here with me.  Head on over to Maria's blog and take a gander at what she has created.

Stamps: Raven from QKD; Sentiment Inkadinkadoo

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; DI Spiced Marmalade; DI Black Soot

CS: SU Basic Black; GP White; Colorbok Burnt Orange.

DP: Cheveron- Teresa Collins; Black Diamond-Recollections

Flowers: Prima

Rhinestones: Queen and Co.

Brad: my stash

Adhesives: ATG; Foam Tape, Pop Dots

BLOG HOP LIST

Official Queen Kat Designs Blog

Beth's Blog

Vikki's Blog

Janie's Blog

Emily's Blog <<--You are HERE

Maria's Blog <<--Your next stop

Teresa's Blog

Kristi's Blog

Queen Kat Designs Store

13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop--Day 11

Velcome to Day 11 of the Halloveen Blog Hop.  I do hope you are finding everything to your liking.   Ve at Queen Kat Designs are vorking very hard to make sure you have vonderful projects to view.   Yesterday, I gave you a little hint as to vhat  zee theme is for today.  I told you to zink of Brad Pitt, Robert Pattenson, and Bela Legosi..Did you figure it out???

First off, if you hopped here from Janie's blog, you are correct.  If not, please hop back to zee Queen Kat Official blog and start there.  I vouldn't vant you to miss anything.

Also, Queen Vikki has given us a vonderful discount.  Just imput zee code in during zee checkout process and you vill recieve 15% off zee total of your order.


Now, my darlings, let's move onto zee card for today.   I am sure you have guessed zee theme by now.  My bad impression should have given it away, hehe.  Yep, that's right.  It's VAMPIRES.    I tried my best vampire imitation at the beginning of this post.  Hopefully you guys didn't think I was just ignorant and couldn't spell..:)

My card today features two adorable vampire images from Che Gilson called Vampire Girl and Vampire Boy.  I just love these two cuties.  I put them together on the same card and used a non Halloween combo of colors.  Even though it's still a Halloween card, you could actually use these cuties for an anniversary or love card if you have someone into vampires, Goth, or just out in left field.

I think it turned out pretty cute.  I stamped both images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them in with colored pencils and OMS.  I fussy cut them out and pop dotted them onto a white background.  I edged the white cardstock with DI Black Soot and mounted it on a piece of Basic Black CS from SU.

 I punched a white 1 1/2" circle, edged it with DI Black Soot and matted it on a 2" black scalloped circle.  I had wrote the sentiment with a Sakura Glitter Pen.

I added some rhinestones and used a sketch from Sketch Saturday to design the card.  I sure hope you all enjoyed today's project and with only two days left in the blog hop, I hope you guys are taking advantage of the coupon code over in QKD Store.  Thanks for stoppin' in today and I hope ya'll have a Happy Thursday.


Stamps: Vampire Girl, Vampire Boy by Che Gilson
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; DI Black Soot
Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils and OMS; Sakura Glitter Pens; Ranger White Gel Pen
CS: SU Basic Black; GP White; Colorbok Red
DP: DCWV; 7 Gypsy's
Rhinestones: Cloud 9
Tools: Circle Punches from EK Success
Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

BLOG LIST
Official QKD Blog
Miranda
Beth
Queen Vikki
Sue
Castle Playground
Janie
Emily <<--You are here
Queen Kat Store <<--Your next stop

I am also entering this card  for the Hooked on Craft Challenge

Day 10

                                 

Good Morning blog hop followers.  We have seen some wonderful art work the past 9 days.  I have really enjoyed looking at all the blogs and even getting some great ideas.

You should have arrived here from the Whimsical Ink Society blog.  If you didn't, please go back to the Official Queen Kat Blog and start from there.  I know that you don't want to miss anything.

Also, make sure you take advantage of the wonderful savings  Queen Vikki has so generously provided for all the followers of the blog hop.  Just enter the promo code during checkout and save yourself 15% on your total order.

                                                        

Today's theme is LABELS.  There are many stamps out there featuring labels, but my favorite by far is  the Raven Claw Tea stamp.  It's spooky, it's vintage, and I love it.  I decided to make this an old, distressed card.  I found a neat paper pad from Teresa Collins at Hobby Lobby the other day and in it were these label sheets.  I cut out seven of them to put on my card.  I took my cutterbee scissors and distressed all the edges, tore some of the edges and then inked them all with DI Vintage Photo.  The DP cheveron pattern also came from the Teresa Collins collection and I distressed it as well.

To make the focal image with the Raven Claw Tea stamp, I used five colors of Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks and some glossy card stock.  Then, using DI Black Soot, I stamped the image two times.  I used my heating tool to dry the ink.  I trimmed each label down and used foam tape to place one on the other.  I then used two layers of foam tape to adhere the image  a little off center.  I found a scrap piece of Halloween word paper and cut out three of the words, inked them and used pop dots to add them to the three corners.

I think this turned out very well.  I like the distressed look of the card and it gives it just the right amount of spookiness.  I sure hope you enjoyed my card for today.  I look forward to seeing you tomorrow for Day 11.  Tomorrow's theme is one of my favorites..just think  Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson, Bela Legosi.


BLOG LIST
Official Queen Kat Designs Blog
Queen Vikki
Beth
Janie
Stephanie
Whimsical Ink Sorority
Emily <<--You are here
Kristi
QKD Store

Day 9

                             

Hello everyone.  Welcome to Day 9 of the 13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  If you got here from Stephanie's blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, please go back to the Official Queen Kat Design Blog and start there.  I wouldn't want you to miss anything.

Also, for the remainder of the blog hop, Queen Vikki has generously given us a coupon to use.  It will save you 15% off your total order.  Just insert the code during checkout and your discount will be applied.

                         

Today's theme is CUTE.  There are so many ideas you could come up with for cute that deal with Halloween.  The stamp I chose is called Candy Pleeze by Coriander Shea.  Coriander has many wonderful stamps.    For my card, I found a cute DP from Recollections and trimmed it down so you can see the dand with the treat bag.  I stamped Candy with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with colored pencils and OMS.  I trimmed her down and inked the edges with DI Vintage Photo.  I matted her on a piece of Orange Cardstock from Recollections.  I added three brads from Recollections in Orange, Purple Glitter and Black Glitter to the corners of the image.  I found this cute card board cut out from Studio G that says, "CUTE"  I added some foam candy stickers, candy corn see through stickers and some orange/black polka dot ribbon and my card was finished.  I think she turned out pretty cute.

I appreciate you guys stopping by today and hope that you will come back tomorrow to see what designs we have.  Have a great day.


BLOG LIST

QKD Official Blog
Beth
Pat
Queen Vikki
Janie
Stephanie
Emily <<--You are here
Maria <<<--Next Stop
Kristi
QKD Store

Day 8

Happy Monday Morning!  Today is the eighth day of our blog hop already.  Wow.  Time is really flying.  I hope you all have enjoyed all the wonderful designs you have seen this past week.  I know I sure have.
I hope you have come here from Janie's blog.  If not, please go back to the Official Queen Kat Designs blog and start from the beginning so you don't miss anything.

Today's theme is PUMPKINS.  I chose to use a stamp that I already had in my collection.  It wasn't made originially for Halloween, but it is adaptable.  There are alot of stamps in the QKD store that are like that.  You can make them any theme you want.  Just like Gypsy from yesterday, Mud Pies is one of those stamps.

This little dragon was origionally supposed to be making mud pies.  But, I decided she needed to expand her repetoire so she is now making pumpkin pies.  I colored her with colored pencils in more of a Halloween theme.  I fussy cut her out and pop dotted her onto a black lacey circle.  I cut out three pumpkins and colored them for accents.  The little poem I wrote myself and printed out on my computer.  All of the DPs are from my Halloween stash and are from Teresa Collins and DCWV.  The rhinestones add just the right touch.

I hope you have enjoyed my card for today and I hope to see you back tomorrow.  The theme for tomorrow is an adjective.  Yep, gives you a lot to think about doesn't it?  Have a great Monday!

Stamp: Mud Pies; Pumpkins from my stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black;  Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie; DI Vintage Photo
CS: Orange--Colorbok; Black--Recollections; White--GP
DP: Teresa Collins; DCWV
Rhinestones: Queen and Co.
Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

BLOG LIST
Official Queen Kat Designs Blog
Pat's Blog
Beth's Blog
Queen Vikki's Blog
Sue's Blog
Jamie's Blog
Janie's Blog
Emily's Blog <<--You are HERE
Kristi's Blog
QKD Store

Day 7

Good Morning friends.  Thanks for stopping by today.  As I mentioned in my post yesterday, today's theme is something that every cardmaker has in their stash....FLOWERS.  Yep that's right.  We all have tons of flowers...paper flowers, felt flowers, ribbon flowers, Prima flowers, Punched flowers, Die Cut flowers and now even rolled flowers.  There are tons to choose from for all our projects.

I chose a purple scheme for my card.  I realized after I completed it, that I could have entered it for the Purple day also.

One of these days, I will learn to either take better pictures or get a better scanner.  :)  For this card, I used a sketch from the Mojo Monday's archives.  I took a piece of  DP from the new Recollections set and cut it into 6- 3/4" x 5 1/4" pieces.  I adhered them vertically across the card base which a dark purple from Colorbok.  I stamped  Gypsy  with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her in with colored pencils and OMS.  I inked the edges with Victorian Velvet DI and matted the image on a piece of black card stock leaving a 2" border on the right side of the image.   I then added a piece of  light purple pleated ribbon to the right side.  I added two Prima purple leaves and different colored flowers from Recollections.  I used my hot glue gun to adhere them.  I added a little rhinestone center flower to the bottom left corner of the image and highlighted some of the jewerly she's wearing with a Sakura glitter pen in Clear Star.  

Thanks again for stopping by today and I hope you are enjoying all the wonderful work that my DT sisters are showcasing.  Make sure to visit all the blogs so you don't miss anything.

Blog Hop List

http://qkd.blogspot.com/                                                 Official QKD Blog

http://ajsalternativecreativeendeavors.blogspot.com/         Althea

http://qksc.blogspot.com/                                                 Vikki

http://inkcoveredgirl.com/                                                 Beth

http://patacakespages.blogspot.com/                                Pat

http://charisma3103.blogspot.com/                                   Janie

http://www.stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/                       Stephanie

http://emsmanythoughts.blogspot.com/--YOU R HERE    Emily

http://mommameasfavoritethings.blogspot.com/                Teresa

http://www.kristiscreativecafe.blogspot.com/                    Kristi

http://www.katstamps.com/shopnow/index.php               Store

Day 6 The Color Orange

Hello blogger friends.  Today's creation for the blog hop is all about the color orange.  Although I wasn't too hung up on this stamp at first, I have come to love the many ways you can design him.  He is very flexible and looks good in any color.  So today, this little thief is orange.

I used a woven paper background for this card.  It actually was much simpler than it looked.  I chose two patterns of paper, cut them to 1/2" and wove them together.  The candy corn images are from a set of stamps by Inkadinkadoo and I thought they went perfectly with the focal image.  I colored in Ill Gotten Goods with shades of orange.  The black candle goes great for Halloween.  He stole all those pieces of Candy Corn, so he got his treats.  He's a little bit creepy so the title reflects both ideas.  CREEPY TREATS.

Thanks for stopping in today and I sure hope you will be back tomorrow for Day 7.  A little hint for tomorrow's theme....something that most card makers have lots of in their stash..  Check back tomorrow for the answer.  Have a great day!


Stamp: Ill Gotten Goods; Inkadinkadoo candy corn; sentiment from my stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Cat's Eye Orange
Coloring Medium: Sharpie Markers; Colored Pencils and OMS
CS: Burnt Orange--Colorbok; White--GP
DP: Recollections
Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

QKD Blog Hop Day 5

Welcome back to Day 5 of our 13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  Have you guys been checking out all the wonderful works of art that is being showcased?  Wowza.  It's fantastic.  My DT sisters have been rocking Halloween this week.

First things first..you should have arrived here from  Janie's blog.  If not, please go back to the Official Queen Kat Blog and start over.  I wouldn't want you to miss a thing.  Also, make sure you take advantage of the coupon code for 15% of your total order at the store.


Today's theme is SKELETONS/BONES.  When I was crusin' through the store, I found this stamp and knew it was the one I wanted to use.  I love it.  It represents what true love is all about.    Even after death, love always remains.  I am actually sending this one to my cousin and her husband for their anniversary.  She is into Tim Burton and Goth, so this card will make her laugh.

I apologize for the image distortion.  My camera isn't working and I had to try and scan it in.  I used a sketch from Mojo Monday to complete this card.  I think it turned out very well.  I began by stamping the images, which are two separate ones, with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I colored in the image with colored pencils and OMS.  I used Nestabilities to die cut the image and DI Spiced Marmalade to highlight the circle.  I then cut out a scalloped circle to put behind the focal image.  The two DPs are from Recollections collection that came out last year.  The three paper roses I made using black and each side of the patterned paper.  I then covered them with Stickles.  I hand wrote the sentiment and added some rhinestones.  It was fairly simple.  The part that took the longest was die cutting everything.

Thanks for joining us today and we hope to see you back tomorrow for Day 6.  Just for a little hint, the theme for tomorrow can be a color, a drink or a fruit.  Happy Friday!

Stamp: Sugar Skeleton from Creepy Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; DI Spiced Marmalade; DI Black Soot

Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils and OMS

CS: Orange--Colorbok; Red--Recollections; White--GP; Black--Recollections

DP: Recollections Halloween Pack

Rhinestones: Queen and Co.

Flowers: Paper Roses made by me

Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

Sketch: Mojo Mondays

BLOG LIST

Official QKD Blog

Miranda

Pat

Beth

Vikki

Janie

Emily<< that's me

Kristi

QKD Store

Mojo Monday

Hello there.  Today's card was made using the Mojo Monday sketch challenge.  I found this site on a fluke actually.  I was cruisin' through one of the blogs that I follow and found a link.  I checked out their site and fell in love.  This is my first week entering a challenge on the site.

Here is the sketch that we needed to follow.

Here's the card that I made from that sketch.

I also entered this card into the Outlawz Color Challenge for this week.  The focal image is a freebie from Beccy's Place.  I used colored pencils and OMS to color in the image then used a yellow Sakura glitter pen to color in the outside frame of the image.  I made the little flower using a 2" scalloped paper punch from Fiskars.  All the papers and card stock came from my stash.

Thanks for checking out my first entry for the Mojo Monday Challenge Blog.  I hope you all have a great day and God bless.

Created with Love Challenge

Hello Everyone.  Today I have a card that I made for the Created with Love challenge.  Our theme is Christmas.  I found this wonderful pyramid candle on the internet for free.  It was a lot of fun to color and put this together.  This is the first pyramid card I have ever done and I think it turned out pretty cute.

I used my colored pencils and a Sakura Clear Star glitter pen to color in the images.  I then cut them out using my Nestabilities Classic Circles.  I used two layers of foam tape to seperate each layer.  I used a green and gold DP and stamped the sentiment in TCP Gold.  I used a piece of red and a piece of gold rope ribbon and tied a bow in the middle.  The longest part was coloring in all four images.

Thanks for stoppin in to day to take a gander at my Christmas card.  God bless you all and have a great Thursday.


Stamp: Free digi;  sentiment from my stash
Ink: Inkjet printer; TCP Gold
CS: Red--Colorbok; White--GP
DP: DCWV
Ribbon: Walmart
Adhesives: ATG; Foam Tape

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As most of you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  We, as ladies, need to fully aware of this.  Even though it is one of the most curable forms of cancer, it still takes thousands of lives every year.  Please be aware of your bodies.  Make sure that you get your annual check up and do the monthly at home exam.  If find anything, and I do mean anything, unusual, get to the doctor as soon as possible.  I had my own scare a couple of years ago when doing my exam at home.  I found a lump in my left breast.  Talk about freaking out.  I made an appointment with my doctor, had a mammogram and an ultrasound.  Thank God mine was just a calcium build up in a milk duct.  After having three aunts suffer through breast cancer, I don't take any chances.  You shouldn't either.

So, in awareness of this issue, the Greeting Card challenge over on the Outlawz for this week is Breast Cancer Awareness.  Our cards had to have something to do with this theme.  I found a too cute image over at Beccy's Place and knew I had to use it.

Too cute, right??  I love it.  The DP paper is actually a baby girl sentiment page, but the words on it fit perfectly with this challenge.  Words like Precious, Beautiful, Special, Happy, Future, Cute.  These are words that I would associate with a survivor of Breast Cancer.

Thank you so much for stopping in today as we honor those suvivors and remember those who fought a good fight until the end.  God bless you today.



Stamp: Beccy Muir; sentiment from the computer
Ink: Inkjet printer; Cat's Eye Sweet Pink
Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils and OMS
CS: Soft Pink--Recollections; White--GP
DP: DCWV
Rhinestones: Queen and CO.
Ribbon: My stash
Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

QKD Blog Hop Day 4

Welcome back everyone.  Today's theme is  SPOOKY.  I love the stamp I picked for this card.  Even though it's supposed to be spooky, I think he's rather cute..hehe

Hopefully you made it here from Stephanie's blog.  If not, please go back to  QKD and start from the beginning so you don't miss anything.  You never know what you might see.  

Also, just for this blog hop, Vikki has given a coupon to help you save some  money on the stamps you've seen so far, plus all the ones you will see in the coming days.  It's also good for anything in the store.  You should really take advantage of it.  Just add the code from the ticket to the promo/coupon box during the checkout.


Now, on to today's card.

This stamp is called GRAVE DIGGER and is by Miss Megs I told ya'll he was cute didn't I?  This card was pretty simple to make.  

How To Make:
1.  Use a black card base in the standard A2 size (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")
2.  Trim a piece of red card stock to 4" x 5 1/4".
3.  Stamp image on white card stock with black ink and color in using the coloring medium of your choice.  I chose  colored pencils and OMS.  I also chalked the sky.
4.  Ink the edges of the focal image.  I used DI Vintage Photo.
5.  Trim a piece of black card stock to 3 3/4" x 4".  Then a piece of white card stock 1/4" smaller and your DP 1/4" smaller than the white.  I chose the bat DP from Recollections Haunted Estates collection.
6.  Mat all pieces together and adhere to the card base.  Using pop dots, add your focal image to the bottom left corner.  Notch out your sentiment, edge with black ink and adhere to the top left corner of the image.
7.  Embellish.  I had a set of skulls and bones stickers from a few years ago that I got a Michael's so I used those since our little guy is playing in a graveyard.  I added some holographic rhinestones from the same set just for kicks.

There you go.  All the instructions to make this cute little SPOOKY card.  Join us tomorrow for Day 5 to see what the DT comes up with.  Remember to start on the Official Queen Kat Blog so you don't miss any of the fabulous projects.  Have a great day!

BLOG LIST
Official QKD Blog
Pat
Beth
Vikki
Janie
Castle Playground
Stephanie
Emily <<--that's me
Kristi
QKD Store


Stamp: Grave Digger by Miss  Megs (QKD)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; DI Black Soot; DI Vintage Photo
Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils and OMS; Chalk
Card Stock: White-GP; Colored--Colorbok
DP:  Recollections Haunted Estates
Embellies: Rhinestones, Skull, and Bones stickers from Michael's
Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

QKD Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome back everyone.  The blog hop is just a hoppin' away.  I have looking at the blogs and I have to tell you..I have found some beautiful projects.  I hope you all are keeping up.

I'm glad that you found my blog, but to take care of some housekeeping first, you should have hopped here from Maria's blog.  If you didn't, please return to the QKD Official Blog just to make sure you didn't miss out on anything.

Also, here is a great coupon that is good through the end of the blog hop for 15% off in the store.  Make sure you enter the code during the checkout to get your discount.

So, today's theme is the COLOR PURPLE.  I knew I had to do this day, because purple is one of my most favorite colors.  You can do anything with purple.  Today's card features a new stamp called Flip Top Frankie which is being released today.  He's too cute and has a very confused look upon his face.  I think he might be in sugar shock..

I used a Mojo Monday sketch for this cute little guy.  I think he turned out cute in purple.  

To make this card:

1. Stamp image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Using the coloring medium of your choice, color Frankie.  I used colored pencils and OMS.   Fussy cut out Frankie

2.  Using Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles Large, cut out two circles that are next to each other in your package.  I used orange cardstock for the smaller one, which I embossed.  I used a sheet of DP from my stash for the larger circle.  It is a mottled purple.

3.  Cut a piece of lime green card stock into a 3x3 square.  Cut a piece of purple card stock into a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" rectangle.  Cut a piece of orange cardstock to 1/2" x 2 1/2" and notch one end.

4.  Cut your background paper to 4" x 5 1/4".  Ink the edges.  I used DI Vintage Photo.   The card base is orange as is a standard A2 size card (5 1/2" x 4 1/4")

5.  Using some Halloween or coordinating ribbon, wrap it around the DP and tie a small bow to the right side of the card.

6.  Attach your back ground paper to the card base.  Lay the purple card stock at and angle and attach.  The lime green piece is turned sideways and centered on the DP.

7.  Apply your greeting to the notched strip of orange.  I hand wrote my sentiment, but you can add whatever sentiment you like.

8.  Put your circles together with ATG and using pop dots, attach Frankie to the center.  Lay your focal image on the card towards the left side and place the sentiment strip under it until you have it where you want it.  Remove the focal image and attach the sentiment.  Using pop dots, attach Frankie.

And there you have it.  Flip Top Frankie is complete.  I hope you enjoyed stopping by and checking out my creation for today.  Be sure to stop back in tomorrow for Day 4.  Thanks so much.

Materials:

Stamp: Flip Top Frankie

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; DI Vintage Photo

Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils and OMS

Card Stock: Orange, Lime, Purple all by Colorbok

DP: Mottled Purple from my stash

Ribbon; AC Moore

Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

October 3: The Color Purple   
QKD Blog   http://qkd.blogspot.com
Beth   http://www.inkcoveredgirl.com/
Pat   http://patacakespages.blogspot.com/
Vikki   http://qksc.blogspot.com
Sue   http://cardandjewelrycorner.blogspot.com/
Teresa   http://mommameasfavoritethings.blogspot.com/
Janie   http://charisma3103.blogspot.com/
WIS 2.0    http://whimsicalinksorority.blogspot.com
Stephanie L    http://stephscreativechaos.blogspot.com/
Maria   http://riacreations.blogspot.com/
Emily   http://emsmanythoughts.blogspot.com/
Kristi   http://kristiscreativecafe.blogspot.com
QKD STORE   http://www.katstamps.com

QKD Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Queen Kat Design's Blog Hop.  I hope you have seen some creative and wonderful works of art so far.  My design team sisters are very creative.

Before we get started with my card for today, I want to make sure you are following the hop in the correct order.  You should have arrived here from Stephanie's blog.  If not, please go back to the Official QKD blog and start from the beginning.  I want to make sure you don't miss anything.

The second thing I want to share with you before I reveal my card today is this coupon.  It will save you 15% off your next order at the QKD Store.  Use the code on the coupon in the checkout and you will see your saving.  Vikki has some wonderful stamps and accessories over in the store, so when you are done hopping for today, you should check it out.




Today's theme is BATS.  I actually forgot to order a bat stamp when I placed my order for this hop, so I had to improvise.  The stamp I used I have showcased before, but I wanted you guys to see how versatile this stamp can be.  It's called Vacation Cottage by Catherine Swinford.  I showcased it as a Christmas Card and as a Thanksgiving Card.  Now, you are going to see it as a Halloween Card.    This stamp has so many possibilities that I think it is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

Didn't it come out cute?  This was one of the easier cards I have made for the hop.  I pulled quite a few things from my stash to use.  It's pretty clean and simple, but still packs a punch.

To make this card:

1.  Use a standard size card base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").  I used Basic Black from Stampin' Up

2.  Cut a piece of DP to 4"x 5 1/4" for the background.  I chose the bat pattern from Recollections Halloween pack.  Ink the edges.  Cut a piece of coordinating ribbon  to 4 1/2" and adhere to the middle of the DP.  Take another piece of ribbon about 3" long and tie a bow around the part already on the DP.

3.  Stamp your image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, or whatever your favorite black ink is.  Color in your image.  I used Spectrum Noir alcohol pens and little bit of glitter gel pen for highlight.

4.  Trim you image to the size that you would like it.  Cut a mat 1/4" larger than your image. Ink the edges of you image.  I used DI Vintage Photo.  Mat the image.

5.  Using pop dots, place your focal image to the left side of the card, evenly spacing all around it.

6.  Take a piece of scrap paper that has bat images on it.  I used a piece from the Recollections Haunted Estates pad.  I fussy cut out three of the bats.  Using little pieces of pop dots, attach them to the image randomly.

7.  Attach your embellishments.  I had these little rhinestone spiders in my stash.  I found them at either Michael's or AC Moore a couple of years ago.  I lined them up going down the right side and one in the top right corner of the image.

So, it's that simple.  If you don't have any DP with bats on it, you can always use other bat embellishments like brads, stickers, or felties.  Just remember to pop dot them.

Thanks for stopping by for Day 2 of our 13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  I hope you are having fun and seeing some new ideas that you would like to try.  Now, it's time to move on to the QKD Store for a little browsing and a little shopping.  Remember to use your code for a 15% discount on your entire order.  Have a great day.

Materials:

Stamp: Vacation Cottage by Catherine Swinford

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; DI Vintage Photo

Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir Alcohol Pens (Similar to Copics, but much cheaper :); Sakura Glitter Pen in Orange

Card Stock: Basic Black-Stampin' Up; White-GP

DP: Recollections Haunted Estates pad

Embellies: Rhinestone Bats; Bat Ribbon; Fussy Cut bats from DP;

Tools: Trimmer; Scoring Board;

Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

Here is today's blog list.  If you missed anyone, please make sure you check them out.

Official QKD Blog

Miranda

Pat

Beth

Vikki--the Queen

Jamie

Janie

Stephanie

EMILY <<--You are HERE

QKD Store

Thanks guys.  Have a wonderful Tuesday!

BLOG HOP--DAY 1

Good morning everyone.  Happy October 1st.  Can you believe it's that time of year already..There are only 12 weeks until Christmas.  WOW..That's scary.

So, if you came here from Janie's Blog then you are on the right trail.  If you didn't find your way here from Janie's blog, go back to the beginning, which starts at the Official QKD blog.  You don't want to miss anything good.

The theme for today is SKULLS/STEAM PUNK.  I chose SKULLS.  I'm not much on the steam punk thing, but I figured I could do just fine with skulls.  The stamp I picked is called  Memories and is available for sale at the QKD Store.  I also used the Wicked sentiment.

I began by stamping the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I used colored pencils and OMS to color in both images.  I used a light gray on the face and the skull.  Sand, light brown and harvest gold on the lady. I colored in the eyes and mouth of the skull and her lips with red.  Her hair is done in shades of black.  I used some Sakura glitter pen in Clear Star to highlight the designs on her face and hair as well as the skull.

For the sentiment I used turquoise and black for the words and blended them together.  I used red on the roses as well as the Sakura glitter pen.  Two shades of green did the leaves and the cute little spider and web are highlighted with the glitter pen.  I inked around the edges with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.  I matted the sentiment with a 1/8th inch border on Turquoise card stock by Colorbok.

To put this card together, I started with a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of GP White Card stock cut in half and 5 1/2".  I took one half and scored it horizontally at 4 1/4".  The finished size ends up being 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".    I cut a piece of Recollection's Haunted Estate DP to 4" x 5 1/4".  I ran that through my Cuttlebug using a Tim Holtz Alterations Embossing Folder.  I then adhered that to the card base using my ATG gun.  I then ran the sentiment through the Cuttlebug with the same embossing folder.  I am not sure of the name, I haven't been able to find it.  I used Labels 10 to cut out the oval shape behind Memories.  I inked up the top of the embossing folder with Distress Ink in Black Soot and ran it through the Cuttlebug.  This technique is almost like Letterpress.  It gives your shape a very interesting look.  I then fussy cut Memories out leaving a very thin white space around her.  I attached the Labels 10 (3rd one from the largest) with my ATG and used pop dots to adhere Memories.

The flower is a Rolled Paper Rose that I made.  You can find many tutorials on how to do this technique on you tube as well as Splitcoast Stampers.  I'm sure there are alot of tutorials out there.  I curled the edges of the rose, added some Stickles in Hologram and placed a jewel in the center.  Two rhinestones on either edged of the Labels 10 die cut finished off the card.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today.  If you look below you will find the link to the next blog.  Keep on hopping and checking out all of the wonderful works my design team sisters are creating.  Join us tomorrow for Day 2.


Stamp: Memories from Queen Kat Designs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; DI Vintage Photo; DI Black Soot
Coloring Medium: Colored Pencils and OMS; Sakura Glitter Pen in Clear Star
Card stock: White-GP; Turquoise and Red-Colorbok
Designer Paper: Recollections Haunted Estate
Tools: Cuttlebug; Trimmer; Tim Holtz Embossing Folder;
Rhinestones: Queen and Co.
Glitter: Stickles Holographic
Adhesives: ATG; Pop Dots

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Pat

Beth

Vikki

Janie

EMILY <--You are HERE

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