Hello friends! I'm trying to hurry up and finish up the summer paper collections since autumn is right around the corner. I used Simple Stories Summer Farmhouse collection to make cards for a local charity. Since the charity mails out the cards, I made sure not to add any extra dimension. I don't want the

It is always fun to try something new. Queen has decided to provide our friends with cards that can help get you motivated. We have recently created a board on Pinterest, dedicate to the sketches we come up with. Go to PINTEREST HERE.

It is always fun to try something new. Queen has decided to provide our friends with cards that can help get you motivated. We have recently created a board on Pinterest, dedicate to the sketches we come up with. Go to PINTEREST HERE.

Hello there! Adding a photo to a card is a favorite technique of mine. It’s an added level of personalization that always seems to bring a smile to the recipient’s face. Of course, having the cutest Picture Perfect Shaker Kit to work with doesn’t hurt either. Here are a few camera cards you can make in a flash. ;) PHOTO CARD #1: Snap Flap My first card came about by accident. I was die cutting the camera but stopped cranking the die through too early. The result—a camera flap. Rather than scrap the cut, I thought I could put it to work as an interactive card front, so I dressed it up a bit with items from the kit. I also used some of the sweet new Candy Toppings as camera centers. Yum! My sweet friend and I been taking pics together since we were in photography class together in high school, so I knew this would make a great birthday card for her. A 4x3 photo of us slid right into the space without glue needed, so she can take it out and keep it. This would be a fun project to do for grandparents or anyone who would love to receive a photo in their card. And, really, isn’t that anybody? ;) PHOTO CARD #2: Shaped Slider My sweet in-laws recently watched our children for us. We had to make an unexpected trip out of town, and they didn’t hesitate to jump in and help. Seems a thank-you card is in order. They were nice enough to send us photos while we were away, which made the distance easier. I took some of those fun pics and incorporated them into the design. Surprise! I stitched the card to create the pocket, leaving the one side open so added photos can, ahem, develop. Since this is a shaped card, I die cut and added a camera for the back. This gives me a place to write a note of thanks. Cards don’t always have to be rectangle or flip open to serve as happy hellos. USE THE LEFTOVERS I couldn’t resist making a third card with the project leftovers. I hate seeing bits and pieces go to waste. Plus, I’m all for having another birthday card on hand. For the pocket on this one, I used foam adhesive to pop the camera up, only adding the foam around the top, bottom, and left sides. Now a gift card will easily slide in and out. A gift card would work in place of the pins on any of these three designs, actually. Smile! It’s time to craft. What kind of camera creations will you focus on? Cheese!Megan Hoeppner QUEEN & CO. SUPPLIES USED Picture Perfect Kit Candy Toppings OTHER SUPPLIES USED Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Adhesive: Therm O Web; Pen: Tombow; Die Cut Machine: Sizzix

Hello friends! Queen & Company released a wonderful kit as an add on to their Original Special Delivery kit. It's called Summer Celebration. Even if it's supposed to be an add on, the kit can still be used on it's own. It's also perfect year round, not just for summertime. There are 41 dies, 2

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Hello friends! I'm sharing some cards using Queen & Company's newest Shaped Shaker kit, Make Me Up. This kit includes 9 steel dies, a cute sentiment stamp set, and enough foam/acetate to make 12 shaker cards. Of course, the dies are perfect to make non-shaker cards as well. I also used several different Queen &

Hello friends! Queen & Company just released another amazing card kit. It's called Special Delivery. It's a shaker kit themed around a couple of vintage trucks. Super cute! There is a huge sentiment stamp set included with lots of fall, Christmas, winter and even few general sentiments that will work year round. Go HERE to see my

Hello friends! Queen & Company released a wonderful kit as an add on to their Original Special Delivery kit. It's called Summer Celebration. Even if it's supposed to be an add on, the kit can still be used on it's own. It's also perfect year round, not just for summertime. There are 41 dies, 2

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Welcome apple fans! We have an assortment of awesome apple projects from our team all gathered up into one post to make it easy for you to find the perfect apple inspiration while you make projects with your Fruit Basket Kit! We love how the pre-cut self-adhesive foam, and pre-cut acetate in the kit makes creating these beautiful projects so much faster and easier than traditional shaker cards! Enjoy looking through this mini gallery of projects! We hope you have a great time creating with the apple shape and apple shaker toppings in the Fruit Basket Shaker Kit!

Hello friends! Queen & Company just released some new die and stamp sets that make it so easy for creating amazing cards. They can be used alone or combined with any of their fun card kits. There are 2 sets of Foundations Dies. I just love these! All the dies have a faux stitching detail

Hello friends! I couldn't wait to get started on Queen & Company's brand new Sweet Shop kit. It is an adorable sweet treat themed kit. Perfect for cards year round. This is a large kit and includes a full 6x6 paper pad, sentiment stamp set, dies, exclusive shaker toppings, and 21 foam/acetate pieces. Plenty of

Hello, friends! Queen & Company just released a new Sentiment Stacker set called Hero. I just love the masculine colors and designs in the collection. It includes 2 full 6x6 paper pads. One is all pattern papers and the other is solid colors that coordinate with the pattern papers. There are also 3 word dies, 3

Hello, friends! Queen & Company just released a new Sentiment Stacker set called Hero. I just love the masculine colors and designs in the collection. It includes 2 full 6x6 paper pads. One is all pattern papers and the other is solid colors that coordinate with the pattern papers. There are also 3 word dies, 3

Hello friends! I couldn't wait to get started on Queen & Company's brand new Sweet Shop kit. It is an adorable sweet treat themed kit. Perfect for cards year round. This is a large kit and includes a full 6x6 paper pad, sentiment stamp set, dies, exclusive shaker toppings, and 21 foam/acetate pieces. Plenty of

Hello friends! I have impatiently been waiting for the Queen & Company Happy Harvest Fall kit to be released. It's finally here!!! And it is definitely worth the wait. Of course, I am a huge fan of making autumn cards. This kit is a shaker kit and there are enough foam pieces to makes a

Hello there! Adding a photo to a card is a favorite technique of mine. It’s an added level of personalization that always seems to bring a smile to the recipient’s face. Of course, having the cutest Picture Perfect Shaker Kit to work with doesn’t hurt either. Here are a few camera cards you can make in a flash. ;) PHOTO CARD #1: Snap Flap My first card came about by accident. I was die cutting the camera but stopped cranking the die through too early. The result—a camera flap. Rather than scrap the cut, I thought I could put it to work as an interactive card front, so I dressed it up a bit with items from the kit. I also used some of the sweet new Candy Toppings as camera centers. Yum! My sweet friend and I been taking pics together since we were in photography class together in high school, so I knew this would make a great birthday card for her. A 4x3 photo of us slid right into the space without glue needed, so she can take it out and keep it. This would be a fun project to do for grandparents or anyone who would love to receive a photo in their card. And, really, isn’t that anybody? ;) PHOTO CARD #2: Shaped Slider My sweet in-laws recently watched our children for us. We had to make an unexpected trip out of town, and they didn’t hesitate to jump in and help. Seems a thank-you card is in order. They were nice enough to send us photos while we were away, which made the distance easier. I took some of those fun pics and incorporated them into the design. Surprise! I stitched the card to create the pocket, leaving the one side open so added photos can, ahem, develop. Since this is a shaped card, I die cut and added a camera for the back. This gives me a place to write a note of thanks. Cards don’t always have to be rectangle or flip open to serve as happy hellos. USE THE LEFTOVERS I couldn’t resist making a third card with the project leftovers. I hate seeing bits and pieces go to waste. Plus, I’m all for having another birthday card on hand. For the pocket on this one, I used foam adhesive to pop the camera up, only adding the foam around the top, bottom, and left sides. Now a gift card will easily slide in and out. A gift card would work in place of the pins on any of these three designs, actually. Smile! It’s time to craft. What kind of camera creations will you focus on? Cheese!Megan Hoeppner QUEEN & CO. SUPPLIES USED Picture Perfect Kit Candy Toppings OTHER SUPPLIES USED Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Adhesive: Therm O Web; Pen: Tombow; Die Cut Machine: Sizzix

Hi there! Laurie Schmidlin with you here today. I'm so thrilled to to be sharing a couple of cards with the new Love Jar Kit! This kit is hands down my favorite Queen & Co kit to date!! From the little flower toppings to the lovely stamps and dies, this kit is completely irresistible! While creating my cards, I couldn't help but think of so many year-round possibilities! Since I have Spring on my mind, I created two soft and Springy card. For my first one, I sponged some light Aqua ink onto the jar die cuts. I filled the shaker with a couple of the included flower and diamond toppings. For the flowers, I stamped and fussy cut them so I could pop them up with dimensional foam. To fill in the bouquet a bit more, I adhered a few of the included flower sequins. for embellishment, I added some rhinestones to the flower centers. SuppliesLove Jar Kit For my second card, I was inspired by the

Hello friends! I was really trying to talk myself out of buying the new Doodlebug collections, Party Time and Hey Cupcake. But, obviously I have zero will power. Lol! I blame Doodlebug for making such darling papers. I decided to start with the boy collection. I also purchased the coordinating cardstock stickers and used almost

This week I issued another sketch challenge to my team. This time I got the sketch from Poetic Artistry which used to be called Mojo Monday.

Hello and Happy Thursday Crafty Friends! Today I get to share with you a Queen & Co. project using the Super Cute Fright Fest Kit! I created seven fun Trick or Treat Goodie bags, but if…

Hello and Happy Friday Crafty Friends! Today we are creating some fun Christmas Shaker Tags great for decorating your gifts this season. You can watch how I created them on my YouTube Channel, CLIC…

We are here to give you amazing fathers day cards ideas which won’t take much of your time and you can make most of them with very basic materials.

Hello friends! I have impatiently been waiting for the Queen & Company Happy Harvest Fall kit to be released. It's finally here!!! And it is definitely worth the wait. Of course, I am a huge fan of making autumn cards. This kit is a shaker kit and there are enough foam pieces to makes a

Kids will love these printable kings and queens crowns. Using the free template, they will be able to create a crown of their own.

I Just finished up some Father's Day cards for the special Dad's in my life! I'm excited to give them away tomorrow! (And I think I'm completely addicted to shaker cards now. I rarely make a card that isn't a shaker anymore, shakers are just too much fun!) This card was fast and easy thanks to Queen and Company's Sunburst Foam Card Kit. You just expose the adhesive on the foam, stick it down to the front of our cad, then fill it with any of their awesome toppings. I filled this one with blue Bubbles, Diamonds, and Fimo stars. The top of the foam is also self adhesive and the kit includes an acetate cover that you just stick down on top. So simple! I added a die cut banner and star as well ass some foam letters to spell out "DAD." Additionally I embellished the front of the shaker with some red Lollies, red and blue Pearls, and white and blue Pinwheels. This "Super Dad" card was created by using the diamond cut from the Cricut Once Upon A Princess cartridge and layering two different sized diamonds together to create a frame. Then I cut out the shape 10 times and glued each layer together to get enough height for the shaker. Inside the shaker are more blue Bubbles and some lighter blue Diamonds. It's fun to watch them roll around in there as you move the card! Again, there are some red Lollies, red and blue Pearls, red Twine, and Fimo Stars as embellishments outside the shaker. Hopefully the super guys in my live will love them! Thanks for visiting and Happy Father's Day!

Hi Everyone! Susan here today with a layout that I whipped up with the new CandyLand Kit! I've had so much fun working with this bright, fun kit this month. For this layout, I combined a few of my favorite design elements - CIRCLES & GRIDS! - and also worked in a trick I love -- using the

Happy Friday! I'm over on the Queen & Co. blog today with lots of card ideas. Hope you'll visit me over there! In the meantime, here are a few peeks: I have a pair of Disney-inspired shaker cards, this first one being in more traditional red, yellow, and black. Don't you just love that yummy mix of Toppings in the shaker? I combined a few different products in there: Sequin Sprinkles, Donuts, Posies, and Pops. Up top, along with some star garland die-cuts are some Rivets (I love the Rivets -- think enamel dots with a matte finish) and some Lollies, those lollipop (or bull's eye) embellishments. The Magic Foam Front Shaker Kit comes with the foam card front, card base, acetate, and white card stock top layer. I used the Magic Foam Front Die (sold separately) to make a black top layer instead. I also did a pink and very girlie version, again filling the shaker with a mixture of Toppings: Sequin Sprinkles, Posies Candy Sprinkles, and Bitty Beads. I've always loved Queen & Company's washi tape! Here I layered three different ones for the border on the left and used another one to make a bow for my mouse ears. My favorite of today's cards features the Chevron Foam Front Shaker Kit and a mixture of blue, green, and yellow Donuts. And last is an off-beat take on the Bubbles Foam Front Shaker Kit. Those flowers are hand-doodled around the "bubbles" and then loosely watercolored for an artsy look. The shakers are filled with Pastel Diamonds. I've shared all of my steps and lots more pictures on the Queen & Co. blog! Thanks for visiting! Have a great weekend!

Hello friends! I'm sharing another set of Halloween cards from one of Queen & Company's kits. I used the Fright Fest kit that was released last year. It was super popular and sold out right away so I never had time to use it. A small amount of kits have recently been restocked. So if