Helmar Holiday Hop- HO HO HO!!!!

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun. 

How fitting of a song for the First Annual Helmar Holiday Hop. Filled with Christmas Cheer, holiday inspiration and prizes, prizes, PRIZES!!! I'm so happy that you stopped in today and if you have been following along you should have hopped here from Aymee's blog. I'm always so inspired by the work that  Aymee does and this holiday season is no exception. If you are just starting out, head on back to the Helmar Blog to follow along (and if you get lost along the way).

This holiday season I've done so many projects and I'd like to share a few of them with you that I've created using Helmar V2 Vellum Spray Adhesive and Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. This is a little Picture heavy so get ready hehe.

First up a wooden project I created using a letter set from Say it With Letters. These are so stinkin fun to alter. All of the papers, flowers, embellishments and ribbons have been adhered to the letters using my favorite liquid glue known to man. Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive is truly a dream to work with.

I absolutely adore how this turned out and I just love the brown, red and green color combination. Let's take a closer look at a few of the letters.

I used a bunch of Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels on this piece. Suede and Tattered Leather. The roses are painted with Scarlet and the leaves with Key Lime Pie. These colors are repeated throughout the project. Yum Yum!!!

Now for my Quick and Simple project using Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive. I'm beyond excited to share these glass ornaments with all of you.

 So unbelievably simple to create too. First, grab yourself some inexpensive glass ornaments from Michaels, Hobby Lobby etc. Then you are going to spray the V2 Vellum Adhesive directly into the ornaments. Let them sit for a few minutes and then sprinkle glitter into the ornaments using a filter or a handmade paper cone. Swish glitter around then repeat with the next color! Easy Peasy right?

I love the Really Reasonable Ribbon for the bows. The perfect shades of Blue and Silver are available. 

And there ya have it. Two Holiday gift ideas using Helmar goodness. I bet Santa would love if I left him some Helmar Adhesive with a plate of cookies and something warm to drink. I'm sure the North Pole would switch to Helmar if they aren't using it in the toy factory already. Don't forget that we are giving away tonnes of prizes on the Helmar Facebook Page today and there are 3 amazing classes on U

Now it is time to hop on over to one of our amazing Preferred Partners. Unity Stamp Companys Blog is waiting for you and you are going to love what they have to share. Make sure you leave a comment here to possibly win too. And I've got a HUGE Blog Anniversary candy post HERE, (right above this post) so don't miss that either. Over 900 bucks of Holiday Cheer up for grabs.

Just click on the badge below and it will take you to the Unity Stamp Company Blog. Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun.

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air.

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell,
That's the jingle bell,
That's the jingle bell rock.

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Hello everyone and welcome to another Queen Kat Designs Blog hop. If you've been following along you should have stopped here from Kimme's Blog. if you are just stopping through, Hope on back to the Queen Kat Blog to start the hop at the beginning.

This week the Queen Kat Monday royalty had a Sketch Challenge to follow for our inspiration.

Love the lines of this sketch and I had a great time creating this card with the June Royal Kit. Chalked full of Basic Grey Goodness. Here is my card

The little Strawberry stamp in the June Royal Kit are way too sweet. I colored them in with Distress inks then gave them a dash of Glossy Accents {the lemons got that too}
So what do ya think? Full of Summery goodness for certain. Now hop on over to the Queen Kat store and take a look at some of the scrumptious goodies you can get

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Hi Everyone and welcome to another Queen Kat Designs Blog hop Monday. Hope you all had a terrific weekend. If you've just started out, you can hop back to the beginning of the hop at the Queen Kat Blog. If you've been following along, you should have hopped here from Keely's Blog.

This week, our challenge here at the Castle, was to create anything but a card and I've got a few ATC's to share with you that I created using the May Kit. I really loved working with this kit and all of that Cosmo Cricket goodness was a real breath of fresh air.

Here are the 2 ATC's that I've created. I hope you love them.

Don't those just make ya want to grab a lemonade and sit out in the sunshine? There are just a few of the Kits left for May, so if you love Cosmo Cricket, hop on over to the store and grab one. Sign up for a 6 month kit club at $27.49 a month. The next two kits are wonderful! I'm just sayin...

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you've really enjoyed the hop. Until next time

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Hello Everyone and Happy Monday to all of you. Hope you are all enjoying the long weekend. Today is QKD blog hop Monday and there are some amazing projects along the hop. If you just popped in, take a quick hop back to the Queen Kat Blog to start from the beginning of the hop. If you've been following along, you would have hopped here from the super talented Keely Yowler's Blog. Keely's coloring is always so cheery and beautiful.

This week, we had an inspiration challenge and I will admit, I had a little problems with this one. The inspiration pieces are so stunning, but the kit doesn't have that Art Deco feel.

So I used the first picture. The placement of the design elements and some of the colors in the print, took me to right about here....

I don't make tags very often, but wanted to use the shape of the Chrysler Building and a tag with the ribbon, seemed to work. So what do ya think?
Now it's time to hop on over to the store and take advantage of some awesome prices and grab that May Kit. It is full of Cosmo Cricket goodness and you will love creating with it. Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Toodles

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop

Hello Everyone and Happy Monday to you all. Today is another Queen Kat Blog Hop and I've got a super sweet card to share with you. If you have been following along, you should have hopped here from Terri's Blog. If not you can hop on back the the Queen Kat blog and start from the very beginning.

This weeks challenge was to create a monochromatic project and the May Royal Kit had just what I needed to make a sweet green card. The Material Girl line from Cosmo Cricket is so full of whimsy that I decided to make a card for a "wee one". This is what I came up with

Sweet and simple. The photo corner was inked with distress ink then covered with matching distress stickles.I love the layers with this card and look at that, it's a clean and simple design. I don't do those very often do I hehe.

Now hop on over the the store to take a look at the great May Kit and some of the new RUBBER stamps. They have great detail and are wonderful to ink up. Thanks for stopping by today and have an awesome Monday.

Toodles

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and a wonderful Mothers day. the children and I went back to Calgary to see my mom and had a wonderful time.

So it is that time of the week again, when I share with you my challenge creation made for the Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop. If you have been hopping along, you should have hopped from Terri's blog. If you haven't started from the beginning, you can pop on over to the Queen Kat Blog to see all of the creations for this week.

This week was another Sketch challenge and I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this sketch.

With all the wonderful Cosmo Cricket Material Girl goodness in the May Royal Kit, I found inspiration quickly. Here is my creation

I cut out some of the flowers on the Material Girl Inspiration paper to create the layered flower. Just spun the ends of each flower around a very small paint brush and VOILA, beautiful flowers. I think this dress form stamp is one of my favorites that I've received from Queen Kat. A real classic image that stamps like a dream.

So if you love Cosmo Cricket, take a look at this months kit. It is filled with Material Girl Goodness.
Now hop on over to the store and check out the new stamps and grab yourself one of the May Royal Kits.

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Hello Everyone and Happy Monday. It is another installment of Queen Kat Monday Blog Hop, and today I get to start sharing with you the amazing May Kit. It is chalk full of Cosmo Cricket goodness and I have had so much fun creating with it.

If you are following along on the hop, you should have popped by here via Terri's Blog . If this is your first stop, hop on back to the Queen Kat blog to start from the beginning.

For this weeks challenge, we had a sketch to give us some inspiration and I just love this sketch.

Isn't that a great sketch. I love the simplicity of it and how you can really use your creativity to make it your own.

Here is my take on the sketch

The colors in this months kit are absolutely amazing, and that it is full of Cosmo Cricket goodness is such a bonus. If you haven't tried a Royal Kit from Queen Kat, I strongly recommend this one. Truly a great kit.

Now off to the store to take a look at some of the new releases. There are a tonne of great images to pack up in your cart. Did you know that Queen Kat is changing over to rubber stamps? The detailing is going to be fantastic.

My favorite from the store this week.... Has to be the stamps in the May Royal Kit. 
A dress form, the scissors in border that my card has, and some great sentiments. Go check it out.

Until next time, thanks so much for stopping by. I so appreciate your comments.
Toodles

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

It's Monday and that means Queen Kat Blog hop day. What a great way to start the week. If you have just joined the hop, take a detour back to the Queen Kat Blog to follow along. If you've been hopping along you should have come from Terri's Blog.

This week, our challenge was an inspiration piece. I absolutely love the look of this ad

I've used the layout of the ad as well as the April Royal Kit. and this is where the mojo took me.

I added a few things like the liquid pearls and the distressed ink background piece. Used white embossing powder for the thanks sentiment and did some fussy cutting with the flowers. Love the flower stamp that comes with the kit.
What do you think? Have you heard that Queen Kat is changing over to Rubber Stamps? I'm beyond excited about that. The detail you pick up with Rubber is simply amazing.
Now hop on over to the store and take advantage of the 50% off sale for any remaining polymer stamps. Now that is a steal!!!

My favorite stamp from Queen Kat this week? Why I'm glad you asked. It's the beautiful Fairy Flowers Set. On sale for just $6.50.

Until tomorrow.
Toodles

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Happy Monday everyone. First I wanted to say thank you to everyone who left a comment over the past few days. It means so much to know that you are all so supportive and I am truly blessed to have you stop by.

Today is another Queen Kat Designs Monday blog hop and the challenge for this week was to use yellow, blue and green in your projects. If you are just starting out, hop on back to the Queen Kat Blog for the very beginning of the hop. if you have been following along, you would have come from Terri's blog.

Well I didn't use green, but i do have yellow and blue, which are both found in the April Royal Kit. There are still just a few of these kits left, and if you love flowers, this one is so darn sweet you'll just have to grab it.

A lot of fussy cutting with this one, but I love how there are two flower patterns going vertically on the card. Quite a bit going on, but I really like this one. What about you?

Now it is time to hop on over to the store and take a look at some of the amazing stamps available. This week my absolute FAVORITE is the Tattoo Coi Fish Stamp. I absolutely love anything remotely Asian, and this one is coming home with my next shipment from Queen Kat for sure. I double dare you to grab one of those stamps or the April Royal Kit. You'll be so glad that you did. Thanks again everyone for stopping by. We'll see you real soon.

PS, if you've got a blog that you'd like me to come visit. Just leave a comment and let me know the address. I'll stop by and leave some love.

Toodles

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Happy Monday to all of you. Yeah!!!!! The tulips are up, I love those first few signs of spring. The green, the chirping, the snow gone!!!

It's blog hop day and if you didn't start at the beginning, take a moment to click onto the Queen Kat Blog. If you've been following the hop, you came from Terri's Blog. Isn't her stuff refreshing and unique?

Today the Royal Court Monday Bloggers were challenged with another sketch and this one made me really DIG in. With the Royal April Kit, there is a sheet of alpha stickers and I hummed and hawed at how to use them.

Here is the sketch

And here is what I came up with using the Royal Kit for April.

Now take a hop on over to the Store at Queen Kat and look at the amazing new release stamps. The Pop Dragon is too darn sweet. My pick of the week for stamps though is the Che Gilson Cabaret Fairy Stamp . This one is so full of attitude and can be colored in so many ways. Take a look at the other Che Gilson creations too. You'll just love them!

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Happy April 5th to all of you. Spring has sprung and so has the new kit from Queen Kat Designs. If you are hopping along with the Queens Court, you have come from Terri's Blog. If you didn't start from the beginning, hop on back to the Queen Kat Blog to find your way along the hop

This Royal Kit is full of spring colors, stickers, and great ribbons. The embellishments are super sweet and I know you'll find a lot of inspiration with it.
Today our Inspiration comes from a sketch

My take on this sketch...

I love the flower stamp that comes with this months Royal kit and you'll see a lot of it over the next month. Now hop on over to the store to take a look at some great stamps. My favorite this week is the Butterfly Writings Background Stamp. Isn't that YUMMO!!!???

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

How was your weekend everyone? Things have been pretty low key around the house, but I've gotten a lot of creating done over the past little while. Today is Queen Kat Blog Hop Monday and our challenge this week was to make a banner. Well, I strayed a little and made a mobile instead. I thought it wasn't too far of a stretch hehe. I created the bird shapes from a template and covered them with the pretty paper in the March Royal Kit. Used a few rub-ons from the kit as well. Our daughter thinks this is the sweetest thing, and has been walking around tweeting to it.
If you haven't had a chance to start at the beginning of the hop. Make sure you jump on over to the Queen Kat Blog first and skip your way through some amazing projects. If you have been following the hop, you came from Terri's blog. She really does some great things.

Here is the mobile for you all.

I really love the colors that are in the March Royal kit and if you like the softness of pastels, with a punch, you'll love the Kit too. Next week, I'll be featuring the April kit and you WON'T want to miss it. Now hop on over to the store and see some of the amazing stuff that QKD has to offer.

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop Monday

Hello Everyone and Happy Monday. today is another Queen Kat Design Blog Hop day and there are some amazing projects along the way. So if you haven't started from the beginning, hop on back to the Queen Kat Blog. If you have been following the hop you should have come from Terri's blog.

This week, we had an inspiration challenge to help our Mojo.

Isn't that the sweetest bedding??? I love the bright colors. So here is what I came up with using the March Royal Kit from Queen Kat Designs

I took the stripes and dots and went with those for my inspiration.Love how those pieces of cake just sparkle. The sentiment and cake stamps are both part of the kit. How awesome is that??? The flowers {also in the kit} have been altered with markers and shimmerz paint.

Well you are almost done the hop for today. Just one last stop the QKD store ,  and sign up for a kit subscription. You can get a 1 month, 6 month or 12 month subscription. The stamps in themselves are a wonderful addition to any stamp collectors box of trinkets. And don't forget that all stamps {excluding separates and personalized stamps} are on sale for 40% off.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Toodles

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop

Happy Monday to all of you. How was your weekend? Anything exciting to share? Today I've got a very different project to share with you for the Queen Kat Blog Hop. This week, our challenge was to use the color combination of Green, Blue and Orange. I wasn't sure what I was going to do for this, but came up with a few cards for you.
The March Kit has some great chipboard pieces in it, so I've gone and painted a few of them up. This is an "Erika pretends to be abstract artsy" card lol

I'm wondering where my mind went with that one. Sometimes, I just let things take me where they will and that took me somewhere I haven't been before.
Just to keep things interesting, I did a second card, that is a little more what you are all used to.

 Now this one doesn't follow the color challenge, but I wanted to show you what I did with the "negative space" of the chipboard piece from the above card.
Waste not want not ha.


So here are the details. You should have hopped here from Terri's Blog . If you haven't started at the beginning, make sure you go to the QKD Blog and you will find a list of where to start.

Thank you so very much for stopping by today. Make sure you take a look at the New products at Queen Kat Designs . I'm so smitten with the new Fairy Queen of Hearts and Tea 4 Two stamp sets. Alice is Wonderland is great inspiration for anything creative. Also check out the amazing sale that is on until the end of the month. 40% off all stamps (excluding separate stamps and personalized stamps). You can get a whole lotta stamps for 20 bucks for sure

Toodles

Queen Kat Designs Blog Hop

 Happy Monday everyone. Isn't that an oxymoron? Not when you start the day with some Hopping. I think that blog hopping can burn calories too. We'll just call it chair aerobics hehe.
Today I've got another sketch inspired card to share, that I created using the March Kit available at Queen Kat Designs. Super sweet papers from Upsy Daisy and a stamp set that will surely hit your sweet tooth.
Here is the sketch we used for this hop.

And my calorie free take on it

I absolutely love the lollipop stamp in the Royal Kit stamp set. For my card, I masked and stamped 3 images then colored in with Glaze pens. The center lollipop is glittered, then all three have been finished with Glossy Accents.

So here are the details. You should have hopped here from Terri's Blog . If you haven't started at the beginning, make sure you go to the QKD Blog and you will find a list of where to start.

Speaking of calories, I just thought I'd update you all on the Weight Watchers journey. I have lost 17 pounds so far and I'm feeling more energetic every day. That is over 3 bags of potatoes. Ahhhhh the feeling of success is a great one isn't it.

Toodles