QKD: New Release!

Christmas came early this year with the Queen Kat Designs' new releases!

I hope you came to my blog from Anessa's Blog so you don't miss the fabulous inspiration from the Royal Court. And if you didn't, kindly go back to the QKD Blog to start the fun.

In case you get lost along the way, here's a road map to help you:

QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Nina's blog -- You are here.
Nancy's blog
Stephanie's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

I was lucky enough to be able to work with the Light Up the Night Stamp Set, which is totally gorgeous.



Fashion-inspired card. And of course what better way to depict fashion, than with QKD's Eiffel Tower Stamp.





Totally inspired by the sticker photos, vintage paper and of course the gorgeous stamp set.

A mini-book of old black and white photos I took of my grandmother.



I can't get over how gorgeous the Making Memories sparkly paper is. It was released last year but I just want to hoard all of them. Thanks, B, for the gorgeous velvet stickers!







I just wanted to keep the mini-book simple. So I just used simple background vintage patterned paper, a simple vintage embellishment, and of course a stamp or two from the stamp set.

And a layout about our family's love of malling, especially at our favorite mall, Mall of Asia.



Totally layered and had fun with just little bits and pieces of paper. Malling just de-stresses me and it totally "lights up" my perspective the next day.

Thanks for dropping by! Now off you go to Nancy's Blog to check out her gorgeous creations.

Nina's Altered Christmas Project # 2: Cardboard background cards

Project # 2 is up! Kindly check it out HERE.

Here's one of my cards:

Nina's Altered Christmas

Since we're celebrating our first Christmas in our new home, I decided to make it a little cosier with 15 altered Christmas projects.

These projects will be up on the Gauche Alchemy Blog HERE.

Project #1: Christmas Countdown is now live! Kindly check it out HERE.

Here is a photo of the CD container with all the CDs in it.

Fun!

10 Polaroid Holiday Decor Ideas

Gauche Alchemy: 20% off sale!

Get 20% off your entire order when you order at Gauche Alchemy's shop HERE from now through Monday!

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You just may also just find an extra little something packaged up with your order. *wink*

Not shopping yet? No problem. List it on your Amazon wish list! And let hubby or your friends surprise you with stuff on your wish list!

For details, read this post HERE.

Friends who come and go...

From Sweet Misery

I've had one of each kind of friend at some point or another in my life. So I guess I'm thankful for that.

Lo and behold, some ATCs

Made these for KAYA 31.



Materials:
pizza box and Green Color Kit from Gauche Alchemy; pearl beads from a chain from an old GA kit; Making Memories stickers; acrylic paint; gold embossing powder; gel medium; Ranger Glossy Accents.

Pure evil

World condemns Maguidanao massacre

Philippine massacre probe focuses on Arroyo ally

Live interview with Vice Mayor Toto Mangudadatu on Maguindanao massacre

Shitty things happen all over the world all the time. But when it happens close to home, it makes you feel that there really is pure evil in this world -- the kind that doesn't bat an eyelash when doing evil, the kind of scary and utterly depressing reality that makes you doubt that man is intrinsically good.

What makes it so very painful for me, as a Filipino, is to realize that there are fellow human beings, fellow Filipinos, who could do this kind of utter evil to another human being, a wife, a sister, someone's reason for living.

What hurts even more is how slow and determinedly this government is turning a blind eye to the situation, declaring it is after "blind" justice and the determination if the women were raped or not before being killed.

What is happening to our beloved Philippines? And how can we go on after this with the naive hope that the election of a new President will change it all?

The world watched Filipinos marching in the first, peaceful Edsa People Power Revolution. And Ninoy Aquino was the Filipino hero who said that the Filipino is worth dying for.

When these killers, these horrible excuses for a human being, run the country and kill without batting an eyelash, are also part of the Filipino nation, how can we honestly say that Ninoy's adage is still true?

It feels that the Filipino is not a nation, but a bunch of scattered, self-serving individuals who are only after surviving and taking care of their own neck.

So, fellow Pinoy, what next? Do we blindly turn away and involuntarily become part of the problem? Do we pin all our hopes on the son of Ninoy Aquino praying that he brings this mockery of a government to some sort of sanity?

Or do we go on just living our lives, pretending that this happens all the time and nothing we say or do or feel is going to matter.

Dammit. Something needs to be done. But I can only wish Ninoy, Cardinal Sin, even Pope John Paul II were alive to do something about all this craziness.

Meantime, we wait with bated breath. Maybe hoping and praying for nothing. Maybe waiting for God Himself to send down a cloud of thunder to save us.

QKD: Royal Kat Tuesday - Inspiration

Welcome to another Royal Kat Wednesday, err, Tuesday this week!

Hope you came to my blog from Anessa's Blog. And if you didn't, kindly go back to the QKD Blog to start the fun.

Here's a road map in case you get lost along the way:

QKD blog
Shannon's blog
Jules' blog
Maria's blog
WIS blog
Bev (SG's) blog
Andrea's blog
Lara's blog
Anessa's blog
Nina's blog -- You are here.
Nancy's blog
Stephanie's blog
Katarina's blog
Queen Kat Designs Store

This week's Royal Kat Wednesday Challenge was Inspiration:



And here's what I came up with.



This is not the best photos of my Mom and grandmother standing in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, but knowing my aunt who took the photo, she was intending to take a photo of the Eiffel Tower rather than the people. *lol*

Of course what would a layout on Paris be without QKD's Eiffel Tower Stamp? The Paris postage stamp is from the Going Postal Stamp Set.

I was also inspired by the frames in the inspiration photo and made a pretend "framed photo" of the Eiffel Tower stamp with matching Aged Text Background Stamp detail.

Now off you go to Nancy's Blog to see her beautiful creation. Catch you next time!

I love this room!

From Space Saving Ideas for Small Kids Rooms