Valentine's Day Blog Hop!!!!!

WELCOME to the QKR Stampede "Valentine's Day Blog Hop"! We are so excited to show you what we created for this FUN Blog Hop and SO glad you have come to join in on the FUN!

The official start time of this Hop is Friday, at 8:00 AM (EST). If you arrived early, please be patient as all the links may not be live yet.

This is where it ALL BEGINS! So sit back and enjoy some Inspiration from our Design Team made with the CUTE and QUIRKY stamps from QKR Stampede!

You will have an opportunity to win a $20- Shopping Spree from QKR Stampede (shipping will be paid too!) This is what you have to do for a chance to WIN:

1. HOP through AND comment on each blog - please make sure the Blog Hop is LIVE, THEN come back here and let us know you did so!

2. For another chance, follow this blog!

3. For another chance, become a Fan on Facebook, HERE.

4. For another chance, spread the word about our Blog Hop on your blog. Be sure to leave a comment here telling us you did that.

The Deadline for entry will be Wednesday, January 26th at midnight EST. We will announce the winner on Thursday, January 27th on the QKR Stampede Blog.
Now on to some Sneak Peeks from our talented Design Team!

Now it is time to see some awesome QKR Stampede projects featuring the Valentine's images. Check out the Valentine's Images at the QKR Stampede Store HERE.

So without further ado...here is the hop order...off you go...and don't forget to leave some love along the way for your chance to win!
If for some reason one of the links is broken along the Hop, do not worry. HOP back over to the Qkr Stampede Blog where the complete list will be


1. QKR Blog (You are here)
2. Jessica
3. Roxie
4. Ceal
5. Monika
6. Dawn
7. Kristie
8. Kristine
9. QKR Blog

Now off you go to

JESSICA'S BLOG

Post It Note Holder

Hello crafty friends!  Today I am showing you a Post It Note holder that I made using the Girl with Balloon (#4901) image from QKR Stampede.  When I saw her I thought she was so sweet and had to have her.

I stamped the image onto white card stock and colored her with water color pencils.  I punched the design into the right side with the EKSuccess Flower and Flourish Edger Punch. This was then layered onto pink card stock.

I wanted this to have a generic greeting, so I cut one of my stamps into separate words. (GASP!) I used the Happy Father's Day stamp, in pieces to stamp the Happy Day onto white card stock.  This is from the Happy Birthday Set (#22803) from QKR Stampede.  Once that Happy Day greeting was adhered to the pink card stock I trimmed it all down and used foam mounting tape to adhere it to the top of the note holder.

Here is a view of the inside of the note holder.  I plan to keep it right on my crafting table for quick notes or to use the post its to mask areas on projects when I am stamping. 

Thanks for stopping to see my project, I hope you like it.  Leave a comment and let us know what you think. 

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the Design Team Valentines Blog Hop.  I'm sure all the gals will have some wonderful projects for you to see.

See you then!

Cupid is here!

Today's card feature the adorable CUPID turtle.

 QKR has the cutest turtle images around!!

Background paper is from Bo Bunny.

 I kept the card pretty simple to really spotlight the image.

 I colored with colored pencil and blended with Gamsol mineral spirits.

Thanks for visiting today!

See you next time!

 Barb

Ragdoll Love

Hi there and thanks for stopping by!
 January is half over and its almost Valentines day so I have started working on my valentines cards. This one uses this cute ragdoll stamp from QKR Stampede Love You.

Twitterpated

This twitterpated bear was such fun to work with.  After seeing my card a friend purchased the digi image and she made him look so cute in a larger size. 
He also comes with a heart in the background in both rubber and digi images.
-Prismacolor pencils were used to color the image and blender pen with chalk for the blue surrounding the image.

-The small hearts on the floral paper are from a Fiskars hand held punch and glued to the card with Aleene's tacky glue.
-The EK Success hearts were layered white on red with glue for adhesive then punched with a button hole punch (double holes on one punch).  I tied the baker’s twine onto the heart and they are mounted with heavy carpet tape.

-The sentiment is a partail image.  I masked off the rubber to ink up I Love and stamped it, the You was stamped seperately so I could move it to the right. 
Stamps: QKR Stampede – 8507 Twitterpated, 15116 This Much
Paper: White, Stampin Up – real red, Die Cuts With a View/DCWV – floral designer paper, unknown blue cardstock and plaid designer paper
Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Aleene’s tacky glue, baker’s twine, Prismacolor pencils, baby oil for blending medium
Tools: EK Success - corner rounder, small and large heart punches, hand held Fiskars heart punch, McGill button hole punch, paper stumps, corsage pin for placing small hearts with glue

Totally in Love

Hello there. Happy Thursday. I hope you are doing well, and enjoying the month of January so far. Snow is in the air...even in parts of the USA it usually isn't. My family has been enjoying the winter with some sledding, and shoveling...or wait...I guess we don't like the shoveling part...lol. Well today I wanted to share a card I made using the Totally in Love image. I think this image is so cute!Well what do you think? This is another one of those great QKR Stampede images that is very versatile. Yes...it is found in the Valentine's section of the QKR Stampede store, BUT...don't you think this would be great for an anniversary or wedding...maybe stick a little vail on that lady snail...lol. The possibilities are endless! This is just one of the great Valentine's images available from QKR Stampede. I know the other ladies have been showing some of them to you too, but head on over to the store and check them out for yourselves too! AND..don't' forget to join us next Friday 1/21/11 for a Valentine's Day Blog Hop...QKR Style!

God Gives Us Music

Hello Everyone! Dawn here again with a new card to share.I find I am always short on thinking of you, and Sympathy cards.

 I made two versions of this to add to my stock of cards. This first one is in a soft blue accent.
Eureka Stamps is another part of QKR Stampede -God Gives Us Music is a wonderful size stamp to make a quick card.I also used Pine cone accent that I colored with my Copic markers, fussy cut and pop dotted to add dimension.

This second card I used a soft gray to accent.
Hope your having a wonderful week.