Challenge #32- Animal Antics

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Friday!

Welcome to QKR Stampede's 32nd Challenge! Thank you so much to all of you who joined us last week for our Easter Fun Challenge! What Fantastic Creations!

Our Winner from Challenge #31 Via Random.org is:

 24. Yvonne Morentin 

 

Congratulations! Please Email Tina with the words "QKR Stampede Challenge Winner" in the Subject Line! *Also, Don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries for Challenge #29 Are:

in no specific Order

 23. Sandy How  
 34. Pam D 

 18. elizabeth h  

5. Cathy(Kraftykoolkat)   

 28. Meighan Wheller   

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**OUR PRIZE FOR BEING THE RANDOM WINNER IS 2 DIGITAL IMAGES OF YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR QKR STAMPEDE STORE! HOWEVER, IF YOU ENTER & WIN USING A QKR STAMPEDE IMAGE, YOU WILL WIN 5 DIGITAL IMAGES OF YOUR CHOICE!!*** 

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THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:

Animal Antics

We Would Love to Thank March Guest Designer

Sandra

My name is Sandra Janssen, 26 years old and married to the love of my life. I am from The Netherlands.I have been crafting as long as I can remember. As a child I started crafting with my grandmother, we made 3-D-paperpieced cards. She also tried to teach me how to crochet and knitting, but since I am left handed and she is right handed, it didn't quite work out. About 8 years ago, I found out about scrapbooking and did that for a very long time, but it bothered me that I just couldn't finish a lay-out in 1 evening. I usually took me about 2 or 3, and I began searching for thingsI could just do in 1 evening. On the internet I saw people creating the most beautiful cards, with the same materials I used for scrapbooking. A new addiction was born, I managed to make 2 cards on one evening!

I have been coloring with Copics for about 2 years now, and I totally love it. For me, it doesn't matter whether they are rubber stamps,clear stamps or dig stamps, I love them all!

Here is Sandra's Darling Card using Image: 
digi20101 Lounging Moose

Now, onto some more creative inspiration from the Design Team! 

 Mian
 digi14016 Queen Bee

Deonna
 digi19602 Pogo Stick Turtle

 Bettina
 digi18505 Windup Turtle

Deanne
 digi24307 Pretty Pig

 Ruza
 digi24169 Strolling

 Tina
digi14511 In Love
digi12002 Love is Kind

 Jacki
Sharing digi 24299 Panda Paddle Ball 

Sara P 
  

Reminder:

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog.

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a  MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

Digital Stamps and the Silhouette Cameo

Hello and welcome to this weeks tutorial post.

I am Sara and today I will show you how you can use

your wonderful digital stamps with the Silhouette Cameo design software and cutter. 

(Click on any  photo below to see actual size.)

For the tut today I am using:

QKR Stampede

digi5801 Stringing Buttons

** I will be working with a pre-colored 

digi stamp however, if you like to hand color

your digi stamps the process is exactly the same just open

the downloaded digi file for the first step.  

Sadly, I gave Copics a go and it totally was not my thing so I stick

to what I know and love my Adobe software AI and PSE;) 

Here is my finished card, a CAS creation that looks just fab...

 

 

 Below you see the printed digi stamps on the carrier mat.  **I did go back and included the basic digi stamp uncolored.  

 Below you see the cut digi stamp images still on the carrier sheet.  The excess paper has been removed...

The nicely cut digi stamp and some dimensional foam tape meet a CAS thank you card...

Thanks for stopping by today;)

Challenge #31- Easter Fun (What's in your Easter Basket)

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Friday!

Welcome to QKR Stampede's 31st Challenge! Thank you so much to all of you who joined us last week for our Dreaming of Spring Challenge! What Gorgeously Green Creations!

Our Winner from Challenge #29 Via Random.org is:

 21. Pam Ramesh 

 

Congratulations! Please Email Tina with the words "QKR Stampede Challenge Winner" in the Subject Line! *Also, Don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries for Challenge #29 Are:

in no specific Order

 5. Pam  

  42. Scatty Jan  

52. Julie J    

 27. Dawn C  

 17. Heidi   

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**OUR PRIZE FOR BEING THE RANDOM WINNER IS 2 DIGITAL IMAGES OF YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR QKR STAMPEDE STORE! HOWEVER, IF YOU ENTER & WIN USING A QKR STAMPEDE IMAGE, YOU WILL WIN 5 DIGITAL IMAGES OF YOUR CHOICE!!*** 

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THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:

Easter Fun 

(What's in your Easter Basket) 

Please Welcome our March Guest Designer

Sandra

My name is Sandra Janssen, 26 years old and married to the love of my life. I am from The Netherlands.I have been crafting as long as I can remember. As a child I started crafting with my grandmother, we made 3-D-paperpieced cards. She also tried to teach me how to crochet and knitting, but since I am left handed and she is right handed, it didn't quite work out. About 8 years ago, I found out about scrapbooking and did that for a very long time, but it bothered me that I just couldn't finish a lay-out in 1 evening. I usually took me about 2 or 3, and I began searching for thingsI could just do in 1 evening. On the internet I saw people creating the most beautiful cards, with the same materials I used for scrapbooking. A new addiction was born, I managed to make 2 cards on one evening!

I have been coloring with Copics for about 2 years now, and I totally love it. For me, it doesn't matter whether they are rubber stamps,clear stamps or dig stamps, I love them all!

Here is Sandra's Darling Card using Image: 

digi14903 Happy Easter 

Now onto some more creative inspiration from the Design Team! 

Deonna

 digi24226 Juggling

Sara P

 digi11407 Hello

Deanne

 digi24132 Easter Artist

 Mian

 digi24122 Resting

 Ruza

 digi14912 Racing Rabbit

 Tina

 digi24227 Roosting

digi15103 Ruffle Feathers 

 Bettina

 digi24127 Long Day

Reminder:

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog.

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a  MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

Easter Chicks

It's time for all us chicks to think about Easter. This is one of my favourite holidays each year since, beside the religious significance, it's all about Spring. Spring colors, spring fashions, new shoes, new animal life, green popping up in the grass, tulips poking up out of the bare ground - all of these things make me smile.

Today's collection of images from Eureka Stamps certainly brings this new season to mind. The happy expressions of all these little chicks just have to make you smile inside and out. These are digital stamps, so they are very reasonably priced and you can get the whole collection or just the ones that you like best.

Deb here with this week's tutorial on side step cards. Here's the pattern. It uses a 7 x 10 piece of heavy cardstock. Here are the steps for cutting and folding.

Using a paper cutter, or craft knife and ruler, cut a line as seen in the middle of the pattern at 3.5 inches, running from 2.5 to 9 inches.

With a Scor-Pal, score across the two sides for mountain and valley folds as indicated on the pattern.

On the left-hand side:

Mountain fold at 5 inches.

On the right-hand side:

Mountain fold at 2.5, 6.5 and 9 inches.

Valley folds at 5 and 8 inches.

Make these folds, and press with a bone folder tool. Your card should look like the photo below.

Next, cut two pieces of watercolor paper at 3.25 by 4.75 inches. Sponge with several colors of Distress Inks. If you are using very light colors and you want maximum color, apply the ink pads directly to the paper. Spritz with water. When dry, ink Eureka's Filigree Background with Distress Ink, and spritz the inked stamp lightly with water before stamping on the watercolor paper. Spritzing the stamp will give you a softer impression. Here's a snap of my background, and I apologize for how fuzzy this shot is.

Cut one piece of the dry background paper into pieces the right sizes for your card steps. Adhere background papers to the card base.

Cut 3 strips of grass with Cricut's Plantin cartridge at 1". Use these strips and the negative left behind to create grass for each of your card steps.

Color up your chicks. I've used Copics Y23, 32 and 38. One trick is to color outside your lines. That way when you fancy cut your chicks, you won't have white edges hanging out. Adhere chicks to card as it suits you.

Print Eureka's Happy Easter and sponge some color on the paper. Trim to fit bottom of card and adhere.

Adhere three Paper Flowers and place self-adhesive pearls in centres. Add a ribbon bow and call it done!

Here's a couple more photos of the card from the top and side, which might help you visualize the steps.

Join us next Wednesday here at QKR and at Eureka for some projects presented by new members of the Technique and Tutorial Team! And do stop and visit my Personal Blog for more ideas.

Challenge #30- Dreaming of Spring

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Friday!

Welcome to QKR Stampede's 30th Challenge! Thank you so much to all of you who joined us last week for our Show us the Green/St. Patty's Challenge! What Gorgeously Green Creations!

Our Winner from Challenge #29 Via Random.org is:
 30. Crafting Vicky  
 

Congratulations! Please Email Tina with the words "QKR Stampede Challenge Winner" in the Subject Line! *Also, Don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries for Challenge #29 Are:

in no specific Order
 11. Chrissyxx 
 37. Tracy MacDonald 
 28. Susan Kennedy  
 52. Carla Suto  
 44. Emily Thubbron  

 

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**OUR PRIZE FOR BEING THE RANDOM WINNER IS 2 DIGITAL IMAGES OF YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR QKR STAMPEDE STORE! HOWEVER, IF YOU ENTER & WIN USING A QKR STAMPEDE IMAGE, YOU WILL WIN 5 DIGITAL IMAGES OF YOUR CHOICE!!*** 

__________________________________________________

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:

 Dreaming of Spring

Please Welcome our March Guest Designer

Sandra

My name is Sandra Janssen, 26 years old and married to the love of my life. I am from The Netherlands.I have been crafting as long as I can remember. As a child I started crafting with my grandmother, we made 3-D-paperpieced cards. She also tried to teach me how to crochet and knitting, but since I am left handed and she is right handed, it didn't quite work out. About 8 years ago, I found out about scrapbooking and did that for a very long time, but it bothered me that I just couldn't finish a lay-out in 1 evening. I usually took me about 2 or 3, and I began searching for thingsI could just do in 1 evening. On the internet I saw people creating the most beautiful cards, with the same materials I used for scrapbooking. A new addiction was born, I managed to make 2 cards on one evening!
I have been coloring with Copics for about 2 years now, and I totally love it. For me, it doesn't matter whether they are rubber stamps,clear stamps or dig stamps, I love them all!

Here is Sandra's Darling Card using Image: 
 digi17002 Smiling Flowers

Now onto some more creative inspiration from the Design Team! 

 Jacki
digi11401 Picking Flowers

 Bettina
 digi24122 Resting

Deonna
digi11501 Kissed

 Mian
 digi17704 Gardening Girl

 Ruza
digi16104 Springtime Bunny

Sara P
digi17903 Knome and Ladybug 

 Deanne
 digi17002 Smiling Flowers

 Tina
 digi10605 Basket of Bunnies

Reminder:

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog.

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a  MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.