Queen & Co - Indulge Your Creativity

Time to Celebrate

Hi, Sherry here with a card for the holiday weekend. I used Queen & Company felt and brads to add dimension. Thanks for stopping by and have a safe & fun weekend. :)

 

Circles and Brads!

Hi, Sherry here sharing a layout I made after our trip to Disney. I took these photos of my son on the Mad Tea Party ride as he said "I'm getting dizzy", lol. I wanted to convey all the action in the photos and used circles & tons of Queen & Company brads! They make the perfect accents, come in every color, and you can make shapes, add them to chipboard, stamped images.. you name it! So dig out those brads and have some fun. :)

 

More creating with the kids ...

This soccer jug was made for my sons' team.  Everytime they scored a goal, we would go around and coolect money for the end of the year party.  It was made extra special with Queen & Co.'s soccer ball felt and mini felt words.  It was a great way to make a cute way to make money for the team!!   

 

 

Getting Crafty with the kids...

Get Crafty

Hi!  Jen here. School's out and summer is now in full swing where I am. One of the things I look forward to most this time of year is spending time with my kids. I love putting together craft projects-- anything that keeps them busy and encourages creativity. I thought I'd share one I did with my oldest today: a personalized pen and marker  container to help us get Ellie's art supplies organized (gotta love projects with a purpose!).  To make this project, you will need:

An empty container (we recyled an empty oatmeal cylinder)
Queen and Co self-adhesive foam letters
Q&Co Felt Frenzy flowers
Assorted Q & Co brads (large, small)
Queen and Co Self-Adhesive Rhinestones and Pearls
Cardstock--dark, medium, and light pink (by Core'dinations)
Scallop edge punch
A paper piercer (or crop-a-dile if you are using a metal tin)
Glue stick, glue dots and tape rubber band.

First, trim your container to size. I cut ours to 4". Don't worry if your edge isn't totally perfect. You'll be covering it up with cardstock later.  Cut a 12" sheet of medium pink cardstock to height of container (4"). Cut another  piece of light pink 12x12" cardstock 
to 2 1/2" and punch one of the long edges with a scallop edge punch.  
Adhere to container with glue stick. Tip: wrap a rubber band around container to keep it in place while it dries.

 

A 12" piece of cardstock was not long enough to wrap all the way around our container, leaving a small gap. Rather than stress about it, we taped the edges down and then covered it with a strip of dark pink cardstock, trimmed with the wavy edge of my rotary trimmer. Ellie added the self adhesive pearls down the center of the strip for a 
decorative touch.

 

While the cardstock dries, gather your felt frenzy flowers and arrange them how you would like them to go around the top of your container. 
Then, place around top edge using a brad or glue dot. When using a brad to adhere your flower, use a paper piercer to poke a hole through the container before inserting your brad (not something your child should do). If you are using a metal tin, a crop-a-dile would probably be preferred.

 

After your flowers are adhered, fill in the spaces between with self-adhesive rhinestones. Ellie chose her colors and created a "pattern" of dark pink, light pink, purple as she went around the top, but you can be a little more random, if you'd like :-)

 

Last, use self-adhesive foam letters to personalize your container, throw all those pens and markers that are scattered around the house inside, and enjoy!

Jewels, jewels, jewels!

Hi everyone! Ginger here with a tip about my favorite way to use Queen and Company Jewels. I find that the jewels make a perfect way to set off a title. I like big bold titles and often use black or white letters in them. That is often all I need, but now and then the title needs a little dressing up--and the first thing I reach for are jewels. They give a perfect little touch of color and bling to really make a title stand out. Try it!

 

Summer Fun

Hi, Sherry here to share a fun card that reminds me of the warm days of summer. For this card I used my Cricut and Queen & Company brads to make the seeds. What a fun & perfect invite for a summer bbq. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Summer themed brads, mini brads, felt shapes and ribbon!!

Kristin Hayne here with a fun summery layout for you.  Queen & Co. make these layouts a breeze simply by having adorable summer themed brads, mini brads, felt shapes and ribbon!!  I simply took a circle punch and notched out areas around the layout where I could add these adorable summer shapes!!  Their ribbons are easy to coordinate with tons of different lines of summer themes.  Hope the weather is warming up a little for you!! 

Fun flower details..

Hi there!  Kristin again!  Bringing you a sweet layout of my friend's daughter Adele.  To enhance both the flower rub ons and felt flowers, I simply adding Queen & Co. brads to the centers of them.  Try mixing the mini sprinkle brads with shaped brads for a fun flower center!

Happy Spring!!

 

 

 

 

Queen's Pick!

Hi Everyone!  Susan here, with another "Queen's Pick!"...  this one is from one of my very favorite scrap-designers, and also a good friend, Kelly Purkey!

 

 

I loved her "Friend" card so much, that I knew that I had to share it here.  Kelly loves Queen & Co. rhinestones *almost* as much as I do, and I adore the way that she used them to add a touch of sparkle to both her stamped design, and the scallop border on her card...

 

 

Hope this inspires you to try using your Queen & Co rhinestones in a new way!

 

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Cards in a snap!

Hi everyone! Ginger again with a couple of simple cards. I have really fallen in love with card making lately and Queen and Company's embellishments really make it so easy to have a cute card come together in a snap. With these two cards I used the same basic layout and then just changed up the sentiment and colors. It makes for quick, easy, but cute cards when you need them. Thanks for stopping by today!