Royal Kat Wednesday Blog hop!!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Hopefully you've hopped over here from the Queen's blog, Ms. Vicki herself! If not and you stumbled over here 'cause you love me, that's awesome but you HAVE to head on back to the beginning of the hop to check out everyone's amazing creations!!

You may have seen a pattern forming, our task this week was to use yellow, red, orange and lime green in a project. Lemme tell you, this one threw me. I'm just not a lime green girl. I made a card Monday night and I woke up at 4am thinking about how I didn't like it. Sigh, I need a sleeping pill. I took some supplies to work yesterday and here's what I came up with.

Red, orange yellow AND, look reeeeaaaaaly closely, see that sentiment??? Green!!!! Yeah!!! I used the seals set for the image and the sentiment. If you like it, head over to the store and pick up a set for your very own! Now head on over to the super talented Shannon and see what she has in store for you!
Enjoy!
Lara

Feeling Better?

1/3 of the kitties are feeling better. Titus is back to his old ways and has learned to open the screen door. yeah... whoopie... If only he would learn to close it. Godiva has lost her voice and when she opens her mouth to meow nothing comes out. Baby kitty is still sneezing and taking a trip to the vet. However, after I saw this scene, I think Titus might not be feeling so hot.

At least he has some Tums to counteract the pizza.

Enjoy!
Lara

A little observation

Good morning! People who know me know that I am a HUGE hair metal fan. Love it all. Bon Jovi is my absolute favorite band and his been since I got Slippery When Wet for my 11th birthday. My second favorite is definitely Poison and I've met Bret Michaels a few times. (You all should be thankful that my bubbies weren't bigger when we met. If they were, the world wouldn't have been gifted with Rock of Love 1 and 2 as well as Rock of Love bus. You have me to thank for that.)

So, Def Leppard and Poison are on tour this summer and of course I want to go. I haven't seen Def Leppard before. (crazy, huh?). I was looking at the ticket prices and VIP packages for the show. Poison has several packages and in all of them you receive a Poison coloring book and markers?!!!? Really?? What has this world come to?!! I remember trying to explain to my mom why I listened to men who looked like girls and wore tight leather pants. Now they're passing out coloring books?

Have we gotten old? Is it assumed that Poison fans have kids and grandkids so they need to bring them home something from the concert? ugh! I don't get it. I do have to wonder if you can color a picture of Bret being hit in the head with a piece of the Tony's set. Snort..

Have a happy friday!!
Lara
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QKD Blog Hop!

Happy Wednesday everyone! If have stumbled here from Jacquie's blog you are in the right place! If you came to me on your very own, head on back to the beginning! You wouldn't want to miss any of the spectacular creations the team has cooked up for you today!

I used the Two Peas in a pod stamp for my card today. This baby is available in the store right now for $1.75! GACK! Where else can you find this level of cuteness for essentially the change you'll find at the bottom of my washing machine?? Or on the floor of the bedroom, or the closet floor, or spread on my dining room table? (Someone around here isn't the best when it comes to putting change away...) I'm sure you'll find tons of other stamps you can't live without once you get there! I'll make it easy, click here.



So, since I am a late nelly, please excuse the picture quality. I took it on the dinning room table in the hopes I would get some light. Uh, no those aren't liquor bottles in the background officer. Nope, can't imagine what that could be. Just focus on the card, K? Edited to add- I swaped out the picture for a better one. This one was taken in my office where I don't have any liquor bottles... (But I should!)

I think this card would be perfect for a couple who just got engaged... (Hear that??? You know who you are.) Or someone who is expecting a baby.

I colored the peas with my Copics and used some pretty Basic Gray paper that I've been hoarding for a while. I'm digging the summery feel to it. It would be nice to give it to a couple who got engaged in the summer, right???!!! K, enough not so subtle hints. I'm the last stop on the blog hop so head on over to the store and grab up some sale stamps!!

Enjoy!

Lara

Happy Fourth of July

I hope everyone is having a happy fourth!! Kev and I had a list of things to do today with the first being a stop to the pet store to pick up some medicine for the baby kitty. He's been sneezing since we brought him home and the foster agency suggested that he was just getting accustomed to his new surroundings. Well, 5 days later we still have a sneezy kitty and now Titus is lethargic and sounds congested. We took him to the animal hospital today since our vet closes at 12 on Saturday. He had a fever and some sort of infection. Poor guy, he has ton take a course of antibiotics in pill form and baby kitty has liquid amoxicilin. Thankfully Godiva hates the baby kitty and hisses every time he comes near so she hasn't caught his bug.

I guess I'm a little annoyed. It isn't the kitten's fault that he's sick, but I noticed him sneezing the first day we had him and called the agency. We're fostering to adopt and they take care of his medicine and vet visits. Maybe if I had gotten the medicine sooner Titus wouldn't be sick and we wouldn't be out $280 to the vet. Although, if this kitten is sick, I can't imagine him having more energy or eating more. We spent quite a bit of time at the animal hospital today and the rest of the evening was spent assembling patio furniture. So far we have 6 chairs down and 1 table to go!!

I didn't have much crafty time today but I do have something in the archives. I made this for a Verve challenge. I just love blue and brown together. For this one I used some really pretty Crate Paper Designer paper with Chocolate Chip and Kraft card stock.

The ribbon is from PTI and it makes such a pretty accent.

Tomorrow I have great plans for a pedi and some time well spent in the craft room. Of course all of this happens after the table is put together. Alright, off to check on a sick kitty,
Have a good night!

Christmas in July?

Technically I made the project in June but Christmas in July sounds a lot better. I was playing with my new Christmas stamps from Queen Kat Designs. One of the stamps is a To and From and I immediately thought that it destined to go on a tag. This is a little more countrified than my usual projects but I decided to branch out a little.

I picked up a few wooden stars from Mike's for .20 apiece. I started by decoupaging some designer Christmas paper from last year to the star.; After it dried I distressed the edges, stamped the To and From with Versamark and embossed with gold powder. It still needed a little more antiquing and I sponged some gold paint on the edges. Punch a hole at the top and thread some twine and there you go. All of the new stamps are on sale 25% off at QKD for the next few days, head on over there and pick up some for yourself!

I think it will make an adorable accent to someones gift this year.
Enjoy!

Lara

Welcome to to the QKD!!!

It's July first and that means new stamp releases from Queen Kat Designs and a blog hop!! Hopefully you came here from Anessa's blog. If not, head on back to the Queen Kat blog so you won't miss any of the awesome projects from the design team!

So, on with my projects. I got to play with the brand Spanking new Fancy Christmas set! I wanted to show just how versatile this set was. When I first received it I thought how awesome it would look embossed with silver.


I think the funky paper gives it a retro feel. It makes me think of Christmas trees from back in the day that were sprayed with white/silver flocking (like my cousin does) and covered in icicles. For those of you who didn't grow up in the northeast, icicles are awful pieces of shiny silver string that your mom puts on the tree. When you walk past the icicles are drawn to your pants with static electricity. Then you find them allover the place for the next 7 months.

I stamped the image with Versamark and embossed with silver glitter. This is my way to get some silver on the tree without having to wrestle icicles from the cats.

Now don;t think that this set can only be used for funky fresh cards, no way. I also whipped up a more traditional image. This one was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink and I added some accents with the gold glitter pen,

This one came together pretty quickly and I like how the flowers look like pointsettas. So, if you like what you see here, head over to the Queen Kat Store and pick up some of your very own! Heck, they're 25% off right now, what are you waiting for?? In the mean time head over to the next stop on the hop, the super talented Andrea. I'm sure she has something spectacular waiting for you!

Enjoy!!