QKD - Royal Color Challenge!!!

Hello!!! Welcome to a fantastic Royal Monday!!! Today we were issued a color challenge!!! Blue, White, Grey/Silver! I knew JUST what to make!!!

If you've arrived here 'just because' then WELCOME!!! If you came here from Penny's blog then you are on the right track and if not you'll want to start at the beginning of this awesome hop with us!!!

Today I've made a funky Hanukkah card! I used a long note base of 9 1/4" x 4". It's a great size when you have larger images or paper with a large image to work with.
My base is made out of grey cardstock then stitched with the white/blue designer paper. The paper kind of reminds me of a blueprint!! Super cute!! I stitched that down with a zig zag stitch and then added the right hand panel of silver cardstock matted and straight stitched with it's matching designer paper. The star is the star stamp from the Party Like A Rockstar set.

I stamped it in silver ink and then went over it with silver Stickles.

I then stamped JOY from the Doodled Holiday Words set which is a MUST have for any holiday card!!! So cute...and at only $9.99...it's simply a bargain. It's a FAB set. Very versatile. I stamped it in Brilliance Pigment Ink in sky blue and then heat set it with embossing powder directly onto the DP background. To bring more emphasis to this word I used the silver Stickles to follow the pattern on the DP next to it.
Lastly, I created a HAPPY HANUKKAH banner using the DP and printing sentiment on the free hand banner out on my computer. I backed it with a matching blue cardstock so it would stand out more and stitched around the edges.

I hope you enjoyed my creation today!!! Keep on hoppin' to see what Linda has for us today!!!

And, here's the full list of participants in today's hop in case you get lost along the way!!

QKD Blog
Alex's Blog
Vicki's Blog
Kelly's Blog
Helene's Blog
Penny's Blog
Meredith's Blog --- THAT'S ME!! =)
Linda's Blog
Anita's Blog
Sara's Blog
Ashley's Blog
Queen Kat Designs Store


XOXO-

QKD - Royal Sketch Monday!!!

Hello!!!! Welcome to a fabulous Royal Sketch Monday!!!

Above is the sketch that we're working with today!!! Such a fun one!!!

First and foremost! =) If you've arrived here 'just because' I thank you for visiting!!! But you should have arrived here from Penny's blog as we're hoppin' right along!! If you didn't you'll definitely want to start at the beginning of the hop so you don't miss one of our Design Team's fabulous creations!

I wanted to steer away from the holiday cheer for this one as most of what we've all been working on is one kind of holiday project/card or whatnot! =)

I grabbed this delicious leopard print (roar!) paper from my stash knowing exactly which stamps I wanted to use!! The card base is 5"x5"...a standard go-to size for me.

I cut all of the circles for the background using my various SU! punches ranging in size from 1 3/4" all the way down to 3/4". I layered them on the background as close to the sketch as I could ;)

I then used black and brown as the decorative strip on the left, zig zag stitching them together. I used the adorable skull from the Happy Skullz Birthday Set - also quite a go-t0 for me as well as the star from the Party Like A Rockstar Set. Another MUST HAVE!!! Each of these sets are a BARGAIN at $6.99 each!!!

I inked the stars up in SU! Basic Black ink on a variety of scraps that I had in my drawer and then punched them out with the SU! star punch. I adhered them with pop-dots for some great added dimension.

The skull was inked also in the same black and then glittered up with my gold paint pen as well as some blingidy bling bling with gold glitter on the teeth!!

I matted the 'tag' on basic black cardstock and tied it with some polka dotted ribbon and attached it with a pop-dot.

I think it's SUPER cute!!!

I hope you enjoyed my creation!! Now...keep hopping along!!! Let's see what Linda has in store for you today!!!

I've added the full list below in case you lose your way!!!

QKD Blog
Alex's Blog
Vicki's Blog
Kelly's Blog
Helene's Blog
Penny's Blog
Meredith's Blog --- THAT'S ME!! =)
Linda's Blog
Anita's Blog
Sara's Blog
Ashley's Blog
Queen Kat Designs Store


Thanks for visiting!!!

XOXO-