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It's been a while

Wow, it's been nearly a year since I last updated this blog. Things happen and times change and it hasn't been a priority. I think of this as a crafty blog and I honestly haven't done anything crafty since the last post.

In the mean time, I lost over 50 pounds, started a new position at work, became a Chapter Advisor to my sorority's chapter at NCSU, started running (I KNOW!!!) and have been trying to work through some stomach issues, possibly a gluten intolerance. After all that's gone on, I'm just not sure this blog is the right forum to talk about me, today and everything that's going on.

I think it's time to move to a new home, one that's a better fit. I hope you'll join me there!

Lara

Tuesday Hoperoo

Please don't tell me how many days are left until Christmas and please don;t remind me that I agreed to make 12 dozen pizelles for a cookie exchange Saturday. For those of you who don;t know, pizelles are awesome delicious Italian waffle cookies that are made 2, yes 2 at a time with a pizelle maker. I'd better get cooking!

But I do have a minute to show you a little something for this week's hop. We were tasked with using black, green and white with an older stamp. Oh, wait, did you see Nina's makings? Go on back if you didn't. I'll wait... toodely doo.. OK, I unfortunately didn't have a chance to make something new for this week, but I do have something that is still awesome.

It's the Friends of Oz stamp! Say it with me! AWWWWWWW.... So cute! As you can see, I have green, black and white all represented here. WOO HOO! You love this, so go get it for... 45% off! Yes! 45% off! Run, don't walk and get you one!

Well, that's all for me! Go see Shannon and her spectacular creation!

enjoy!
Lara

Time to HOP!

Hello happy hoppers! I hope you're enjoying the trip so far! Hopefully you've arrived here from the QKD blog, if not, go on back over there and see what's going on!

We not only had a fantastic sketch to use this week but new stamps as well!! I got to play with Dark Christmas, which I just ADORE!

Geee.... this makes me SO happy! I colored my image with my Copics to match this awesome new Basic Grey paper. Then I added a few sticky sparkles from my stash. I think this is my favorite card that I've made in a long time... You likey, go on over to the store and get one for yourself! AND it's on SALE!! Woo Hoo!

That;s all for me! Go see Shannon and her awesome creation!!

Enjoy!

Lara

Royal Kat Tuesday Blog Hop!

Did you have a fantastic Thanksgiving? I know I did! We had a great trip up north and did a little gambling, a little shopping AND I had tickets to see Bret Michaels on my birthday! Pretty Sweet! Now it's back to work AND working out for a few weeks until Christmas!

So, did you start at the beginning of the hop? If not, head on back and see what Nina made. As for me, I'm super excited to show off some new stamps! I got to play with Eskimo kisses this month and I think they are just ADORABLE! We had a sketch challenge this week and here's what I made.

I pulled out the cuttlebug and everything this week. :) I colored the Eskimos with my Copics to match some Basic Grey paper that I had from last season. I also embossed some snowflakes as a background, hey, Eskimos need snow, right??

Alrighty, that's all for me! Head on over and see Shannon and her awesomeness!
Enjoy!
Lara

Tuesday Blog Hop!

Gack! Tuesday already! I hope you had a fantastic time this weekend at the birthday celebration! Did you submit your entries for the $50 in free rubbah??? FREE RUBBER! How can you resist? Any who, back to your regularly scheduled hop. Am I your second hop? I should be! if not, go see what Nina made for you.

As for me, I had to make another project with my Sagittarius stamp. He is awesomely FANTASTIC!

I colored him with Copics to match that delicious designer paper and glued it to a Miller Lite coaster I took from a restaurant a while ago. :) I roughed up the edges with a nail file and added a ribbon so he can hang from a package or a super cool holiday tree.

I know you want him, so get you to the store and get him for your very own, but in the mean time, you're done with me, so head on over to the Dark Ink Sorority and see what she has for you!

Enjoy!
Lara

The party's over...

Can you believe it? The QKD party is over. :( Well, I guess there isn't anything left to do but clean up the mess.. Since we had such an awesome party, you know there is a TON if glitter to pick up. As my husband says, glitter is the herpes of the craft world...

I digress, and back to business, there is a SPECTACULAR give away up on the Queen Kat Blog $50 in QKD merchandise! can you imagine???!!! So, all you have to do is whip something up using a kitty image and add some bling! Then go to the blog and link yours to the site! Who knows, you might win some dough!

Here's what I did with mine...

I used Kitsune Chan for mine and colored her to match the vaguely Asian inspired designer paper. Oranges and pink and some pretty glittery scroll chipboard. And since thanks are in order for the awesome party, she thanks you a bunch!

Now don't forget to make yours and post by Monday at 10am MST!
Good Luck!

Birthday Blog Hop!

Can you believe it?? QKD turns 4 years old today! Well, I think that calls for a celebration! So let's show off all of our birthday cards!! Hopefully you came here via Nina's blog. If not, go on back to the beginning! You don;t want to miss this!!

Since QKD's b-day is November, and we November birthdays gotta represent, what could be more perfect than a birthday card showcasing our fantastic Sagittarius stamp?

Pardon my lighting, I was at least able to crop the cat out of the background. :) So, isn't he spectacular??? I colored him up with my Copics and paired him with some manly designer paper.

Now, you can't stay here all day! Go see Jules! I know she has something awesome waiting for you!!

Happy Birthday!

Lara

Royal Kat Tuesday!

YEAH, it's Tuesday! Welcome to the blog hop! Did you come from the beginning? Good!

We had the challenge of using older stamps along with some pretty fall colors. I decided to use the Turkey Stamp because its only a few days til Thanksgiving (and 10 until my birthday!)

I stamped the image in Palette Noir black ink and colored with Copics. Then I took some old paper from the stash and paired it with a fun sketch from a magazine. It amuses me. How about you?

Well, I gotta run! Go see Shannon and enjoy the hop!

Lara

Royal Tuesday Blog Hop!

Woo Hoo! It's time for another blog hop! did you start at the beginning like you should??? GOOD if not, shame, shame, head on over and see Nina's creation them come right back here!

Today, we had a fantastic sketch to work with. Me personally, I love some sketch challenges. It makes it SO much easier for me to create when I have a sketch in mind! For our challenge today I used one of my new stamps that was JUST release, Kitsune Chang.

Isn't she AWESOME??!!! I just adore Che's kitty stamps, and this one is SO fun to color! For some reason I was feeling a grey/purple color palette and I'm pretty pleased with how she turned out! If you love her too, go on over to the store and grab one up for yourself!

That's all for me today! Head on over to Shannon and check out her brilliant creation!

Enjoy!

Lara

Royal kat Tuesday and RELEASE DAY!!

YEAH! Welcome to Royal Kat Tuesday! Not only is it time for the hop but it's time to show off some new stamps!! Now, did you start at the beginning? No, go on back and see what Nina made!

I got to play with one of Che's Zodiac Circus stamps. This month we have... Sagittarius! By FAR my very most favorite one! Why? well, that's my sign so I'm a bit partial. For the circus our Sag is a horseman, which is totally appropriate given the sign's tendency to be a bit full of ourselves.... Love me...

I paired him with some fabu paper from Bo Bunny that I recently scored at Archivers. I also colored him with my Copics and added a little bit of ribbon. He doesn't need much you know, the personality of a Sagittarius doesn't need much embellishment. :)

Alright, that's it for me, go see Shannon and her awesomeness!

Enjoy!
Lara

Royal Kat Tuesday!

Hello all! Another fantastic Tuesday is upon us and I have another treat for you! Hopefully you've hopped here from the beginning of the hop, if not, go on back and see what Nina has for you!

This is the challenge week and we were asked to use a shoe as inspiration and go to town. Well, I have bit of a 'thing' for shoes and believe me, it wasn't difficult to find a pair for inspiration. Please pardon the terrible picture, left the camera at work and had to use the iphone. Don't get me wrong, MUCH better than my old phone pictures but the lighting is...eh.

My shoes. Open toe, leopard print with a suede bow. The only thing that would make them more perfect would be a heal. I'm a bit short and wear heels most days. Definitely need a pair of animal print heels... Sorry, shoe distracted.

This is what I came up with...

Again, bad lighting. MUCH better in person.... I found some yummy print paper in the stash and paired it with the locked gears stamp from QKD. A girl needs some sparkle and I added my own little sentiment.

Likey? me too.... Now, off with you to see Shannon! You enjoy!

Lara

Royal Kat Tuesday!

Welcome back to another installation of Royal Kat Tuesday! Hopefully I'm the second stop on your hop, if not, head on back here and see what Nina made!

This week we had a color challenge, chocolate brown, taupe, ginger and cranberry. I definitely think I made it into the color family with my card.

Again, I used the Vampire Ball stamp. Love them.. I colored with my Copics and I used some paper from my stash, I really should pay attention to where the paper comes from... Anywho, I envisioned this one more of a "Happy Homecoming" Card, complete with pesky little sister. Wouldn't it be cute if a little sis colored this and gave it to the older one to celebrate a special day? I just love all of the options available!

Well, that's it for me! You go now to Shannon's blog! I know she has something ridiculously cool waiting for you!

Enjoy!
Lara

Royal Kat Tuesday!

Sorry, I'm running a little late today! Hopefully you've arrived here from the start of the hop, if not, head on over to the beginning and check out what Nina has for you!

As for me, we had a fantastic sketch to work with this week and here's my take on it.
I used the Vampire Ball stamp for this card and I have to say, I had to think about what kind of card I wanted this to be. I couldn't decide if this was a Vampy Bride and her flower girl or a vampire teen going to homecoming and her little sister behind her. For this one I went with the bridal idea. Perfect for a unique bride dontcha think? I colored them with my copics and used some fun fallish papers from my stash!

Well, that's all for me! head on over to Shannon and see what she has in store for you!
Enjoy!
Lara

QKD Fall Hop!

Good Morning all! It's a fine day for a blog hop! Dontcha think? So, hopefully you've arrived here from Terri's blog and fallen in love with her awesomeness!

This is a fall inspired blog hop, and I don't know about you but nothing screams fall to me more than Halloween! You know I just HAD to throw out a little Halloween something for you.


For this I used the new QKD steampunk inspired background stamp. It was stamped with Versamark and heat set with gold embossing powder. I just love the way it looks on the black background. I also used some patterned paper from last year that was still in my stash as well as some SU! card stock. The sentiment is a rub-on that was affixed to a pre-cut oval. Again, I bought all of these supplies last year and I'm not terribly sure where they all came from.

The one thing that I am sure of is that your next stop (and I believe your last?) is the QKD store! Head on over there and grab up this stamp as well as the others you've seen featured on today's hop!

Enjoy and happy shopping!
Lara

Royal Kat Tuesday!

I'm BAAAACK! Did you miss me? I have been in midst of boxes and moving and packing and unpacking and building and all other sorts of ridiculousness over the last several weeks. Thankfully we are about 80% unpacked and I have found "most" of my stuff. I went through a big purge right before we moved and I suspect some of the things I can't find made their way to the trash. It's OK, we didn't really need them, I just think they should be there.

SOOOOOooooo, It's the first of the month and that means NEW STAMPS!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!! I am super excited for new rubber and the ones I got to play with did not disappoint! Now hopefully you arrived here from the QKD blog, if not go on back there and start at the beginning like you're supposed to! :)

For this week we had a fantastic sketch to play with and I used my new steampunk inspired background stamp.
You love it, right? Fall finally arrived in NC and I found myself pulling out the dark oranges and chocolate browns when making cards this week. For this I stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed with gold shakey-embossy-stuff on Kraft paper. The patterned paper is an old SU! pattern I believe as is the Dusty Durango paper. For my sentiment I "found" some Thickers that we begging to be added on this card.

Like it? You can score one for your very own at the store tomorrow when they go on sale. In the meantime, head on over and see what awesomeness Shannon has waiting in store for you!

Enjoy!
Lara

Royal Kat Tuesday!

It's Tuesday!!! You know that what that means?? It means I start moving tomorrow!! ARGH!!! Thankfully I had this card all ready to go and didn't have to go digging to make something. :)

So.... hopefully you came here from the QKD blog. If not, go back and love on Nina's creation then come on back here. We had a fabulous picture as inspiration this week and I LOVED the colors and had to use them in my creation.

I adore Che's kitties, just love them... This one threw me a bit since I don't have an orange kitty to use as a model. Thankfully, my kitties don't read my blog, so they won't be jealous that I didn't use them as inspiration... I colored the image with my Copics and used some yummy Basic Gray paper from my stash. You likey? Go get one for yourself at the store!

Now off you go to Nancy land! I know she has something awesome waiting for you!

Enjoy!

Lara

Woo Hoo,Tuesday again and that means another blog hop! This one is extra quick for me,I have to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow and head to Charlotte for a 9 am meeting. BLECK! Any who, hopefully you arrived here from the QKD blog. If not head on over there to see what Nina made for ya!

Today's challenge was to use an older stamp and the colors rose, butter and melon. As you can see, I have all of those there, just maybe in a deeper hue. Eh? This is Ms Bunny Chan who I adore and I actually made this a while ago. I brought her back out again since my craft room is in boxes waiting for the move!

I covered a tag with some fun patterned paper, colored her with my Copics and added some bling. I know she's still available and you must take her home and love her forever.

That's all for me! Bop over to Nancy and see what she has waiting for you!

Enjoy!
Lara

Royal Kat Tuesday!

Hi all! Welcome back to Royal Kat Tuesday! Hopefully you've arrived here from the QKD blog and Nina's awesome creation! If not, head on back to the beginning and see what you've missed!

Today we had a fantastic sketch to work with and for mine, I used the new Neko Chan stamp! Did you know that Che has a line of kitties??!! I love kitties! I have 3 myself, which might be why this one was a little hard for me to color. See, Neko Chan is a girl kitty, and the only girl kitty I have is all black. It's a little difficult to detail a black kitty, so that's why Neko is grey.

She's so awesome... Love her face and the kitty toes in her sandals. Grin... Well, that's all for me! Head on over to Nancy and check out her awesomeness!!

Enjoy!

Lara