QKD Royal Court Crop - Sketch Challenge No. 3

Hey Everyone!! Woosh was it a busy weekend!!! Our Queen Vicki really had us movin'!! We had a great Royal Crop and everyone made super fabulous projects!! Here is my final post on my last challenge!! YAY!! I did them all!! WOO HOO ME!!! =)

Anyway - enough tooting of my own horn...

Below is the final sketch that we were given and our colors were PINK, LIME GREEN AND TURQUOISE. Really...so NOT my colors. Which is why this was a great challenge for me!!! I'm also not so much into the paper tearing technique...I've actually never done it before so another reason why this was a great challenge!!



Here is what I came up with!! I started with SU! Green Galore (cause really...what else do I ever use this color for!!) I cut the paper at 9" and scored at 3" and 6" to create my folding 'doors'. I then cut a slice of this brandie new DP that I picked up at Michael's last week. It's from Recollections - Rockets 'n' Sprockets and used it as my background.
I then stamped my image which are these ADORABLE aliens!! I've had this set for a while and have yet a calling to ink them up but now was my chance!! I inked them in Brilliance Pigment Ink in Pearlescent Lime and heat embossed them. I colored them in with my Copics and gold paint pen and trimmed them out. I made the frame out of SU! Pretty in Pink using my Cricut - Accent Cartridge. I stitched a straight stitch in turquoise thread around the perimeter for a little extra pop.
I then set to tearing the 'doors' just at random. I then used my stash of Stacy Claire Boyd paper to adorn the outside of the doors. I then ran my SU! Green Galore pad over the edges of the torn paper.
I stamped my sentiment Sweet Memories in black and then traced over it with my gold paint pen. I used a jumbo piece of turquoise grosgrain ribbon threaded through a large square bookplate to hold it all in place with a fluffy bow!

I hope you enjoy my last creation!!!

Thanks for visiting!!

XOXO

QKD Royal Court Crop - Sketch Challenge No. 2

Welcome to QKD Royal Court Crop Sketch Challenge No. 2!!

Colors: Blue, Silver, White

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Am I in L O V E !!!! I knew I was in love with Victoria when she was previewed to us before her release.

She wasn't my assignment so I hadn't yet had a chance to work with her. But I recently received her in an order and have been waiting for just the right moment to ink her. And this...was it. This is...by far....the most serene card I've EVER made!! I instantly feel peaceful when I look at it!! I think it's the color palette that we were given. Very soothing!


I didn't have a ton of silver cardstock (I need to stock up on my metallics!) so I used this great piece of silver patterned cardstock from American Crafts as the card base. I then used one of my favorite yet widely ignored SU!'s Not Quite Navy. I've always loved this color! As the background to the rectangle panel and the 'tag' panel.


I knew I was working with Victoria, and that she sits on an adorable mushroom. So...BING!! I grabbed my Shroomies stamp!! This was one of my first purchases. I just think they are SO stinkin' cute!!

I used my Cricut - Doodlecharms cartridge to create the oversized tag. I used my last piece of silver cardstock to cut the front of the tag. I inked the Shroomies up in regular Versamark and heat set them. I didn't want them to distract from Victoria but rather compliment her.

I colored her in my Copics, Sakura gel pens, my white and silver paint pens. I used a piece of SU! Taffeta ribbon in grey (close enough!) to complete the tag. The left panel is adhered directly to the card base and the tag is sitting up on 4 foam squares.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this sketch!!!

XOXO

QKD Royal Court Crop - Sketch Challenge No. 1

Happy Football Sunday Everyone!!! My darling husband has taken our 2 kiddies to Auntie's house to watch football and play so I can get some VERY peaceful and serene time to create!! He's simply the absolute best!

I'm now working on 3 different sketch challenges. Here is the sketch for Sketch Challenge No. 1:
We were challenged to use white, green, red, and gold.

So I of course thought of Christmas. But I've done a few Christmas cards in the last week or so therefore I chose to do a simple card with the sentiment inside that says Miss You from the Sweet Memories Mini Set. It's a TOTAL go-to for me.

I had only a teeny scrap of gold paper left so I had to work sparingly with that. I started with a white card base of 5x7. I then used this shimmery green paper as my next matte. For the next panel I used my Library Card Background stamp.

I stamped it in Brilliance Black Pigment. I heat set it but before it was 100% dry I went at it with my sanding block. I also went around the edges with my distressing tool. I matched the same size paper up for the bottom slice which is from last year from SU!. I zig zag stitched these 2 pieces together and adhered them to the green base panel.

I then added my sheer gold ribbon (cutting a notch in the fold of the card so I could wrap it all the way around and tie a cutie bow.
My next task was to work on the bottom panel. Here is where I pulled in my gold scrap. I used it as my base and then created 3 different embellishments with the same papers using my 1 1/4", 1" and 3/4" punches. They are all sitting nicely each on a foam square.

My last panel is my favorite. The Vintage Time Background stamp is one of my favorites. I inked it both Colorbox Olive Pigment ink and Brilliance Black Pigment ink (basically one on top of the other), I stamped on the white paper and heat embossed. I love how it came out!!! I then matted it 1/4" sequentially with green and polka dotted SU! paper. For my embellishment I used a piece of SU! chipboard with the same dotted paper behind it. This is also sitting on a square foam dot.

I am mailing this tomorrow to a friend. And I can't wait until she gets it!!

Thanks for reading!!!

XOXO

QKD Royal Court Crop Weekend - INCHIES!?!?!?

Hey everyone!!! Happy Sunday!!! We're still in the middle of our Royal Court Crop Weekend!!! Vicki (aka The Queen) has issued so many amazing challenges to inspire and keep our awesome DT on our toes!!! This challenge was issued as follows:


"You must use inchies, twinchies or shorties on your project.

Inchie: 1"X1"
Twinchie: 2" X 2"
Shortie: 1.75" X 1.5"

Honestly...I had NO idea what these were!!! I had no idea how to do them or what so I have 2 attempts to show you on this post.
On my first attempt I stamped my images FIRST and THEN tried cutting them down to be 1x1. Um...ya...that didn't so much work!! I did the best I could and finished the card. I really like how it came out however, it looks more like a ransom note than an inchie card!! LOL!
Last night we had a Royal Court Chat and I asked the other DT gals how to do this and I realized that I needed to cut the inchies FIRST line them back up together and THEN stamp!! AH HA!! Now I understand. So I worked with the same color, paper and stamp scheme as the Randsom Note card. So this time I cut the 1" squares first, I then stamped PEACE from the Doodled Holiday Words set (IT'S A MUST!!! SO VERSATILE!)
I matted this fab new paper from American Crafts - Aplified - Doo Wop is the name. The purple card base is PTI, the silver paper is actually a slice of SU! Pomegrantate paper that I coated in Versamark Dazzle ink and then silver embossing powder which I've only busted out once or twice ever! But I love the sparkly effect!!

The word PEACE itself is colored in Copics, Prismacolor Markers and my Elmer's gold paint pen. I then matted them to SU! Tempting Turquoise squares, stitched around the perimeter of each one with a straight stitch using black thread and adhered them with foam squares to the silver paper. Before adhering this to the card base I tied a piece of Purely Pomegranate SU! double stitched ribbon around the base and tied on a truly vintatge (from Great-Grandmother's sewing kit) rhinestone button. I then used my "redliner" tape to adhered the final panel down since it was heavy from the heat embossing and the inchies.

I love this inchie thing!! I need to work on it but it's such a fun idea!!!

Thanks Vicki and the team for helping me learn something new!!!

And thanks for visiting!!

You simply MUST check out my fellow QKD DT Anita's, Lara's, Linda's, and Nina's , take on this challenge. Their creations are all simply GORGEOUS!!!

XOXO

Royal Court Crop Challenge!! Christmas!!

This particular challenge was given to us as simply....Christmas Greetings Challenge. Our assignment was to create a Christmas card using QKD Christmas stamps OR to turn a QKD into a Christmas stamp.

I accepted the little extra challenge and pulled out a non-traditional stamp and turned it into a Christmas stamp!!
I JUST got the Hello Honey stamp in the mail this week and I've been DYING to ink it up!!! QKD has FANTASTIC Christmas/Winter Images so DEFINITELY check out the store!!

In my mind this particular vintage image makes me think of a time when Hubby coming home from the office on Christmas Eve, grabbing his darling Wife giving her a big smooch as they get ready to celebrate the holiday season with their family!!

I have round ivory cards from the Paper Source so I started with that. I used my Cricut to cut a circle of PTI Pure Poppy paper as well as a circle of festive DP. I stitched them all together with black thread in a zig zag stitch.
I colored the image with my Copics and sparkly Sakura gel pens. I glittered up those FAB stacked heeled, platform, Mary Janes as well as those "Wing Tip" shoes that I imagine the DH wearing. His coat and hat are colored in the closest color to Burberry tan that I could match. I then matted this image on a slice of SU! last years holiday paper with the corners rounded. I added a white parenthesis on the right side for a tiny decorative touch and lastly printed out a sentiment on my computer "Home For The Holidays" and made it into a little decorative flag.

I'm thrilled at how this turned out.

Thanks for visiting!!!

XOXO

Royal Court Crop - New assignment...Thankful...

This next assignment was to come up with a 3-D piece for Thanksgiving. We had to use 2 QKD stamps, 2 embellishments and the color red.
I literally JUST this past Wednesday purchased this awesome 1/2 gallon Mason jar at Michael's for $2. I've told you before that I love things that are in miniature form but also in JUMBO form!! I thought it was SO cool and I knew that I could do SOMETHING with it. And then this challenge was issued!I grabbed the jar knowing instantly what I was going to use it for. Whenever we sit around the kitchen table...me, my DH, my 5 year old daughter and my 3.5 year old son we TRY to remember to say one thing that we're thankful for every day. It's not necessarily surrounding meal time, sometimes it coincides but it just happens whenever we're sitting together. So I decided to make this our THANKFUL jar. We now write what we're thankful for each day, scroll the paper up and put it in the jar. It can be something big...small...or in between.
I started with the lid. I measured out the inner piece of the Mason jar top and trimmed a circle out using my Cricut. I, of course, distressed the edges. I then stamped the word LOVE, in red, from this amazing QKD set. I proceeded to use my sparkly Sakura pens to color in the image. I then trimmed it up a bit and adhered it to the lid. I didn't want anything too dimensional on the lid as it will be opened a lot.

I then moved onto the band around the jar. I measured and trimmed and stitched then used my 'red liner' tape to adhere the band of yellow with the matching button paper to the jar.
I tied this red ADORABLE chicken ribbon (which I've been dying to use for YEARS now!!) around the jar and adorned it with a Buttony Bow. I then made a little distressed flag that says "We are thankful for...". I wrote it in my handwriting (which stinks!) but it worked. I adhered it to the jar with 3-D glue dots. Lastly I added a hang tag using the QKD Mini Sweets Set pulling out the word 'Enjoy'. I stamped it in red and heat embossed it. I tied it on with a little bit of extra twine that was on my desk.

I loved this challenge!!! This jar is now sitting smack dab in the middle of my kitchen table and looks AWESOME!!

Thanks Vicki for this great challenge!!

And thanks for visiting!!

XOXO