GROW!!!

Hey Everyone - Barb here. 

What happened to the month of JUNE?? I cannot believe today is the 30th! 

The Fourth of July is just right around the corner! Summer is half over already!

 With that said - I would like to close out the month of June with a card I made using planting a garden and how does your garden grow?

I first started with a white circle and gently distress it with Antique Linen Distress ink. 

I added Tea Dye around the edges. I then stamped 'Gardening' in black ink. 

Colored with my colored pencils, keeping the colors soft so it looked a little more aged. 

I thought a monochromatic color scheme would work well with this image, 

so I used my Bo Bunny swiss dots paper in two coordinating shades.

 I love how soft and pretty this turned out. 

I had a matching ribbon so I used that as well.

I masked the Garden Grow stamp to just use the word 'Grow".

 Thought that expression sort of fit with the ragdoll's expression. 

This is such a fun stamp. I've really enjoyed working with it!

Now next month our theme will be CHRISTMAS in July!!!!

 I'm looking forward to seeing what our wonderful design team has come up with. 

Stay tuned to this blog for more information!

In closing - in the spirit of 'GROW" -
 I'm adding a picture of MY garden (Harley's Garden). 

It has grown so much in the past weeks due to the huge amount of rain we have gotten!

Harley's Garden one week ago.

Harley's Garden today!

Ah summer! My favorite time of year!

Hope to see you all back here in July! 

There will be a blog hop that you won't want to miss!

Barb

Bubbles of Fun

Hi everyone! It's Jerusha here, excited to be posting on the QKR blog today! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We went camping this past weekend and spent three days in the sun, running after our two little boys and now I can say that I am pretty much exhausted! But, at the end of the camping trip, as I was taking the boys out of the car and going into the house, I looked at them and thought...wow...they really, really need a bath! And then the idea for this card was born!







How cute is this stamp? I used Bubble Bath for this card, and it was so fun to play with! I used a Sakura stardust pen on the metal of the bucket to make it look a little shiny, and then I couldn't resist using some stickles on the bubbles to make them a little sparkly, too!

You can find this stamp and many others in the QKR Stampede store. There are lots of cute and fun stamps there, truly something for everyone. Go have a look!

Happy Stamping!

Fish out of water-Cow over the moon-Pink rose

Here is a card using the fish and the lure. I matted on a paper that has a mottled water look, and then on navy and cream. The fish is stamped on watercolor paper and embossed in black, then watercolored.

I just love the Cow stuck on the moon. Such a cute stamp which can be used for most events, like birthdays, babies or even encouragement cards. I stamped her on white cardstock and watercolored the image, cut it close and popped it on a starry background and used the Eleanor Roosevelt quote. I also used tiny yellow star brads on the corner of the starry paper.

This rose stamp is going to be one of my favorites. I stamped it on white cardstock and watercolored the image. The leaves I cut and popped both the rose and the leaves at the bottom of the rose. My sister had given me a tissue box that was silver lined so I used it for the center of the white scallop circle, all on pink polka dot paper, matted on black card stock and then white
cardstock. I used a little strip of black scallop just to finish it off.

It's Friday!!

I am so happy for Friday to finally be here.  Seems like my week had been so busy.  Now that the kids are involved in all the summer activities it seems like I am busier than ever.  What happened to the "Lazy" days of summer?  Ha!  In all the excitement of the week I did manage to get a few cards done all about summer fun.
 The first one I used this cute stamp swimming kitty.

He was so quick to color in.  I just love his silly smile.

The second card I created is all about the upcoming 4th of July celebration.  When I first saw this butterfly stamp I knew I was gonna have to have it!  It is called Patriotic Butterfly.  Isn't it great?! 

I stamped the image 3 times and embossed them.  I love the look and versatility of this stamp.  

I hope you have enjoyed my projects today.  Have a great weekend!  JennK

Camping fun...

Hi there...Jessica here today. Hope you are all having a wonderful summer so far. My family is into "cheap" summer activities. We actually own some property about an hour from our house, so we spend a lot of time there camping all summer long. We recently found a spot to fish there too...thanks to the beavers that dammed up the creek...lol. Well today I wanted to share a camping themed card with you.
I just love these ant stamps. There is a whole bunch of cute ant images in the QKR Store. If you haven't stumbled upon them yet...be sure to check them out HERE. I think they are perfect for summer. I used the ant roasting marshmallows image for this card. I colored him with colored pencils and trimmed him...which wasn't easy...lol. He is very detailed. I added some liquid applique to the marshmallows to make them look puffy and toasted. For the base of the card I used white CS, and layered the blue PP onto that. I thought it looked like a starry sky. I tore the edge of the green CS, and did some ink distressing to it. The camper I cut using my Cricut, and added some striped PP to the windows to look like curtains. Did you ever notice camper curtains always look retro? LOL! I also added a little moon. Well, that is all I have for you today. I hope you take the time to check out some of the other cute ant images in the QKR Stampede store, as well as the many other cute and quirky images.

WOW time really does fly by

Hi everyone, this is Laralee and I cannot believe that it has been 2 weeks already.

Next week is the 1st of July already, where has the year gone?

Well I made this card for a friend that was just saying that she felt like a prisoner in her own house, and I thought that she needed a pick me up.

Both the saying and the image are from QKR Rubber Stampede and I just had to have them.

I used white card stock to stamp them and then colored them with my copics. I wanted to used somewhat muted colors......and I am hoping that achieved a good look.

The background paper is some of my stash that I have had forever, and seeing how my wonderful husband has put me on a paper ban until I use up some of what I have (besides I am really trying to go green) I found this paper and loved it.

Hope that everyone has a great day (maybe even dry here) and if it is wet in your part of the country.......stay in and CREATE.

Owl Always Love You

Here is my sleepy owl ,He has been thinking about his love all day ,This was the card I gave my Hubby for Father Day ,I just think he is to cute ,The last time I was suppose to show you my wood back ground that didn't work out to good ,I'm going to keep on trying and you will be the first to see ,I made another card today for a little girl named Bella I was going to have a post but my son has been sick so I couldn't do it .But Ill have it up July 6Th .I hope you like my card.Have a great Day .See you Saturday!Hugs Sarah