Challenge # 41- Any Winged Creature

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Friday!

Welcome to QKR Stampede's 41st Challenge! Thank you so much to all of you who joined us last week for our One for the Boys Challenge! What Wonderful Creations!

Our Winner from Challenge #40 Via Random.org is:

 24. Lovely Linda 

Congratulations! Please Email Tina & Jackie 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 #40 Are:

in no specific Order

 74. Lisa  

 16. Lis-M  

 57. Debbie J  

 20. Tracey M   

 58. Debbie S 

 

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:
Any Winged Creature 

We Would Like to Thank our May Guest Designer,

Jacki Marie 

Hi I am Jacqueline Marie Allen aka Jacki or Jacki Marie to my friends. While I was raising my kids, I made money making cards and teaching others to make cards. I was one of the members of The Rubber Stamper's design team, and a Web Artist for Hero Arts.  I made cards for several stamp companies including Biblical Impressions and Hambo Stamps, designed stamps for The Stamping Studio and Biblical Impressions, and blogged about all of the above at The Card Castle (thecardcastle.blogspot.com) In recent years, I've gone to work full time and unfortunately my card making days are few and far between.

I am one of five daughters and mom to three daughters and two sons ranging in age from 25 – 14. I recently divorced, relocated across the county from the east coast to the mid-west with what I could fit in my mini-van. This photo of me was taken a few months ago on my 50th birthday at sunrise on the beach in Florida with my toes in the sand.

Now, onto some Creative Inspiration from the Design Team! 

Deonna

digi24303Good Night Rooster

Sara P

ESdigi11808(464) Dragon Balloon

Tina

digi14623 Flying Birdie

Ruza 

digi14805 Parachuting Birdie

Deanne digi6902 Enjoying the Ride

Bettina
digi24241 Farmer Crow

Jacki

digi15805 Stork 

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.

Challenge #40- One for the Boys

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Friday!

Welcome to QKR Stampede's 40th Challenge! Thank you so much to all of you who joined us last week for our Children's Cards or Gift Tags Challenge! What Great Creations!

Our Winner from Challenge #39 Via Random.org is:

 25. Dee 

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 #39 Are:

in no specific Order

 44. Chrissyxx  

 30. Bonnie Irvine   

 22. Elizabeth H.   

 39. Erin F   

 50. Jo L   

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:

One For The Boys

Please join us as we Welcome our May Guest Designer

Jacki Marie 

Hi I am Jacqueline Marie Allen aka Jacki or Jacki Marie to my friends. While I was raising my kids, I made money making cards and teaching others to make cards. I was one of the members of The Rubber Stamper's design team, and a Web Artist for Hero Arts.  I made cards for several stamp companies including Biblical Impressions and Hambo Stamps, designed stamps for The Stamping Studio and Biblical Impressions, and blogged about all of the above at The Card Castle (thecardcastle.blogspot.com) In recent years, I've gone to work full time and unfortunately my card making days are few and far between.

I am one of five daughters and mom to three daughters and two sons ranging in age from 25 – 14. I recently divorced, relocated across the county from the east coast to the mid-west with what I could fit in my mini-van. This photo of me was taken a few months ago on my 50th birthday at sunrise on the beach in Florida with my toes in the sand.

 Here is Jacki's Fun card for a child featuring QKR Image: 
13209 Gone Fishing 

 

Now, onto some Creative Inspiration from the Design Team! 

 

Deonna

digi14101 Dinner Time

Sara P

ESdigi13806(465) Wizard Balloon Holder

Tina

digi14617 Paint Puppy

Ruza 

digi16602 Ball Hat Boy

Deanne digi15502 Waving Boy

Bettina
digi12806 Little Boy

Jacki

digi1103 Carpenter Rabbit

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.

Challenge #39- Children's Cards or Gift Tags

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Friday!

Welcome to QKR Stampede's 39th Challenge! Thank you so much to all of you who joined us last week for our Spring or Pink, Yellow and Green Challenge! What Wonderful Creations!

Our Winner from Challenge #38 Via Random.org is:

 7. Larissa 

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 #38 Are:

in no specific Order

 40. Debbie J  
 25. Christy Sugiarto    
 16. Rachelle  
2. Anne-Marie Lewis    
 46. Jessie L. 

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:

Children's Cards or Gift Tags

Please join us as we Welcome our May Guest Designer

Jacki Marie 

Hi I am Jacqueline Marie Allen aka Jacki or Jacki Marie to my friends. While I was raising my kids, I made money making cards and teaching others to make cards. I was one of the members of The Rubber Stamper's design team, and a Web Artist for Hero Arts.  I made cards for several stamp companies including Biblical Impressions and Hambo Stamps, designed stamps for The Stamping Studio and Biblical Impressions, and blogged about all of the above at The Card Castle (thecardcastle.blogspot.com) In recent years, I've gone to work full time and unfortunately my card making days are few and far between.

I am one of five daughters and mom to three daughters and two sons ranging in age from 25 – 14. I recently divorced, relocated across the county from the east coast to the mid-west with what I could fit in my mini-van. This photo of me was taken a few months ago on my 50th birthday at sunrise on the beach in Florida with my toes in the sand.

 Here is Jacki's Fun card for a child featuring QKR Image: 
8604 Bookends

 

Now, onto some Creative Inspiration from the Design Team! 

 

Sara P

digi6501 Tooth Fairy

Tina

 digi4901 Girl with Balloon

digi11503 Happy Birthday

Mian

digi14102 Summer Treat

Deanne

digi8804 Girl Talk

Deonna

digi7704 Ride 'em Cowboy

Ruza 

 digi4901 Girl with Balloon

Bettina
digi1802 Painter Rabbit 

Jackie

digi 15401 Floating Away

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.

Watercolor Stamping

Deb with you today. There are so many possibilities when it comes to making the most of our rubber stamps that it just boggles the mind. I recently came across the watercolor stamping technique, and thought it would make a good topic for this week's Eureka and QKR Technique and Tutorial post. This project features QKR's Rose stamp. Besides a stamp, all you need is:

• Watercolor paper - I prefer a smooth finish to watercolor paper that I intend to stamp on. Some papers have a noticeable grain, and it makes it more difficult to get a good imprint
• Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap and, if you have them, Re-inkers in Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Bundled Sage and Faded Jeans. If you don't have the re-inkers, just use your stamp pads.
• Water brush or fine paint brush
• Small Palette or a stamping acrylic block

Here's how it comes together:

Stamp your image with Distress Ink's Frayed Burlap.

Immediately after stamping, begin going over your lines with a damp brush. You can see (above) where I started going over the lines in the top, left corner. Squeeze your waterbrush to get the water flowing, or dip your paint brush in some water. Blot on paper towel because you don't want too much water on your image. Then allow your image to dry, or speed it along with a heat gun.

Put very small drops of re-inker in your pallet compartments. Dip just the very tip of your brush in re-inker.

Begin adding color to your image by going over an area with your lightest color, and then adding a bit of the darker color where it would be appropriate to have deeper color or shade. If you get too much color or too much water in an area, just blot it with a tissue. Don't worry if you go over the lines - that just adds to the watercolor look.

Float a little bit of Faded Jeans around the flower. Be very careful here - Faded Jeans is a pretty strong color - you might want to blot your brush on paper towel before applying to the watercolor paper. Encourage the ink to move to the outsides of the paper, away from the image, with your wet brush. You can see the completed look at the top of this post.

Here's a card I made with my rose. I'm not really happy with the completed project. I love the card design, and I love the rose, but somehow the two don't seem to belong together. Does anyone have any advice for what I might do next time? Maybe use a beige/brown or green tone rather than the blue around the flower?

And that's it for this time. Do give this a try - I think you'll love it too! And please come visit my personal blog when you have looked all around the QKR blog.

Challenge #38 - Spring or Pink, Yellow and Green

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Friday!

Welcome to QKR Stampede's 38th Challenge! Thank you so much to all of you who joined us last week for our Mother's Day Challenge! What Beautiful Creations!

Our Winner from Challenge #37 Via Random.org is:

Using QKR Image: digi11401 Picking Flowers 

   1. Sue N  

 

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 #37 Are:

in no specific Order

39. Gale  
 53. Jackie Wallace  
 22. Christine Garner  

 13. Tammy A 

27. Chrissyxx   

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:

Spring or Pink, Yellow & Green

 Please join us as we Welcome our May Guest Designer

Jacki Marie 

Hi I am Jacqueline Marie Allen aka Jacki or Jacki Marie to my friends. While I was raising my kids, I made money making cards and teaching others to make cards. I was one of the members of The Rubber Stamper's design team, and a Web Artist for Hero Arts.  I made cards for several stamp companies including Biblical Impressions and Hambo Stamps, designed stamps for The Stamping Studio and Biblical Impressions, and blogged about all of the above at The Card Castle (thecardcastle.blogspot.com) In recent years, I've gone to work full time and unfortunately my card making days are few and far between.

I am one of five daughters and mom to three daughters and two sons ranging in age from 25 – 14. I recently divorced, relocated across the county from the east coast to the mid-west with what I could fit in my mini-van. This photo of me was taken a few months ago on my 50th birthday at sunrise on the beach in Florida with my toes in the sand. 

 Here is Jacki's Beautiful Card, featuring QKR Image:

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

  

Bettina

digi16104 Springtime Bunny

Ruza

digi2103 Cheerleader Mouse

Deanne

 digi23803 Flower Bouquet

Mian

 digi11401 Picking Flowers 

Tina

 digi9102 Life is Sweeter

digi14505 Hug

Deonna

 digi6804 Infatuated 

Jacki

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.

  

Challenge #37- Mother's Day

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Friday!

Welcome to QKR Stampede's 37th Challenge! Thank you so much to all of you who joined us last week for our Favorite Things Challenge! What Fantastic Creations!

Our Winner from Challenge #36 Via Random.org is:

 40. J. Atterbury Creations 

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 #36 Are:

in no specific Order
 50. Mirella    
 18. Nick  
 82. Kathie'z Kardz  
 7. Lisa s 
 26. Angela  

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:
Mother's Day 

 Please join us as we Welcome our May Guest Designer
Jacki Marie 

Hi I am Jacqueline Marie Allen aka Jacki or Jacki Marie to my

friends.
While I was raising my kids, I made money
making cards and teaching others to make cards. I was one of the members of The Rubber Stamper's design team, and a Web Artist for Hero Arts.  I made cards for several stamp companies including Biblical Impressions and Hambo Stamps, designed stamps for The Stamping Studio and Biblical Impressions, and blogged about all of the above at The Card Castle (thecardcastle.blogspot.com) In recent years, I've gone to work full time and unfortunately my card making days are few and far between.

I am one of five daughters and mom to three daughters and two sons ranging in age from 25 – 14. I recently divorced, relocated across the county from the east coast to the mid-west with what I could fit in my mini-van. This photo of me was taken a few months ago on my 50th birthday at sunrise on the beach in Florida with my toes in the sand.

 Here is Jacki's Beautiful Card, featuring Images:
digi 14016 Queen Bee 
digi 11107 Mother's Day 

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

Deonna 
digi11407 Hello

 Mian 
digi16113 Tennis Bear 

Ruza 
digi15411 Rose Border 

Sara P 


ESdigi13803(463) Girl Balloon Holder
ESdigi13903 Flower Balloon
ESdigi13901(456) Daisey Balloon

Tina
digi19701 Flower Blossom 


Bettina
digi6804 Infatuated

Deanne
digi15205 Mother's Day

Jacki
Digi' 12806 Little Boy  & sentiment digi 11107 Mother's 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.