From the Castle

It’s here! It’s here! The new store is finally here! Make sure you come over and sign up for an account and the newsletter. {www.katstamps.com} The old store is no longer available and to preserve customer security, we have opted to not try transferring over your data. Privacy and security is #1 at Queen Kat Designs. If you need help signing up, please don’t hesitate contacting us.  

Specials for August

We are celebrating our 2^nd Anniversary! Take advantage of choice! That’s right. It’s your choice of savings. You choose between:

   

And the first 50 people to place an order will receive a gift from DJ Inkers.  

What’s  New

-Ribbons
-QKD Chipboard albums
-NEW Queen Kat Designs Stamps
-Bulk Embellishments (Clips, brads and Eyelets) 

Coming Soon

-Limited Edition 12” Scrapbooking Kits (with mini stamp sets)
-Limited Edition 6” Scrapbooking Kits (comes with a QKD stamp set)
-Solid Cardstock 

What’s  New

-Ribbons
-QKD Chipboard albums
-NEW Queen Kat Designs Stamps
-Bulk Embellishments (Clips, brads and Eyelets) 

For ideas on what to do with the new QKD albums, surf over to the gallery!

Blog Party

By: Vicki 

We’re hosting our first ever blog party! We’ll be traveling around the world in 31 days. Board the ship today for a fantastic sail around the world. Join the stamping “jet setters” for a month of fun and games. Beginning August 1, we will be packing and heading to the South Pacific for a week of rest and relaxation in the sun and sandy beaches of Polynesia. From there, we will sail off to the ornate, exotic Orient where we’ll take a week long trip on the Orient Express. Our next port of call will be Europe where we will dine like true queens and shop like celebrities for an entire week! We’ll board the ship and travel to the Caribbean and sail like rich pirates, take in the ocean scenes and find some serious “loot”.  

Don’t miss this party! We’ve got some fabulous sponsors:
DJ Inkers
SEI
Cosmo Cricket
Around The Block
Serendipity Kits
Scrap Treasures
Art Girlz Scrappin Attic
Boxer Scrapbook Products 

Thank you to all of our sponsors. 

Kit Corner

By: Bev 

Augusts’ kit sold out so fast! It features the new black and white collection from Doodlebug Designs & a great, versatile stamp set from Queen Kat Designs. We have doubled, yes! doubled the amount of card bases and envelopes that we add to our kits. You’ll now get 8 instead of 4.

We only have 5 of the September 2007 kits left! It’s going to feature the NEW “Infuse” collection from Basic Grey & a really awesome stamp set from Queen Kat Designs! The paper just came in & I must say, it’s wonderful!! If you were lucky enough to get a June ’07 kit, you’ll be even luckier to get the September kit! There are 9 different patterned papers alone! And it comes with a distressing tool! The full kit picture will debut mid August. But, don’t let your chance to snatch one up pass you now. We anticipate the remaining 5 kits will sell quickly and before the picture comes out.

Here are some highlights of the new site

 -We now have the capability to accept coupons and gift certificates online upon check out

-New Tips & Techniques page. Eventually this will be bursting with different tips &  tech’s to jump start your mojo.

-New Blog & Design Team Blog
         {QKD Blog- www.katstamps.com/blog}
         {DT Blog- www.katstamps.com/dtblog}

 -Stampers Comments Section. There’s an entire section of the site dedicated to your responses to our products. Come and see what your fellow stampers are saying about Queen Kat Designs products!

 -Past Kits Section. The kits of the past are archived on the site now. So, if you’d like to reminisce on the great kits of the past that you’ve received and used up, or if you want to see what we put in our kits, this is the place to be!

QKD Review

By: Juliet

You say it....we STAMP it! Okay...corny I know....but a person can NEVER have enough 'sayings' or 'greetings' stamps! Seriously, alpha stamps are great but more work is involved in those than you often want to do! Those simple greetings stamps to quickly finish up a card are sooo worth every penny and then some. Have you checked out QK's Greeting Stamps??? She has 3 great sets that say it all! And the styles will fit the mood! Everything from elegant script fonts to the fun and sassy 'girly' style. So...what are you waiting for, you know YOUR GREAT and deserve them, they will make you SMILE and have a HAPPY DAY and in the end you will THANK yourself for having them all!

Quote from the castle

By: Penny

Eugene F. Ware wrote, "All glory comes from daring to begin."

Here it is August, the beginning of a new month and the beginning of a new store, a new blog party, and new stamps at Queen Kat Designs. What a wonderful way to celebrate a new month and new beginnings!! Yet, sometimes just taking that first step can be hard. At my house, August means the beginning of new school year. For my children it is the beginning of first grade, an adventure that we are looking forward to and dreading all at the same time. It is so scary to think of them in first grade because when I look at them I still remember them as tiny infants. Then when I look at them again, I realize how far they have come and how much they have accomplished in such a short period. Then I realize that Ware was right – we just have to take that first step (whether it is school, changes in our lives or businesses, or whatever is thrown at us) and see where it leads.

Review

Sizzix Die-Cut Machines
Provo-Craft/Ellison

By: Pooka

I have the original model, the Personal Die-Cutter, though most of the review applies to all three systems: The Personal, the Sidekick, and the BigKick. However, for anyone that will really be putting their machine to a lot of use, I recommend either the Personal or the BigKick -- the Sidekick is a little more awkward to use, wobbles a bit, and won't take the larger dies.

First off, if you have a die-cut machine, and a Xyron, you are next to invincible when it comes to card-making and scrapbooking. No more buying someone else's die-cuts at 3-5 dollars a pop. The only money is in paper (cheap) and dies, which are not so cheap but usable over and over. Embossing dies are also available, greatly expanding your range of embellishments for pages.

It only takes a tiny bit of paper folding to go from a single die-cut to amazing borders and frames. An accordion fold of light-weight paper (this does not work with heavier cardstock), slightly smaller than your die, will create a connected border of the image. A snowflake fold (remember making paper snowflakes? Same fold), also slightly smaller than your die, will create wonderful frames of repeating images.

To read the rest of my review come to the Tips & Techniques page of the web site!

Have a great month everyone! It’s back to school time and the weather should be calming down. We’ll see you next month!

From our ink pad to yours,
The Queen Kat Designs Team
 

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