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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. -- Oscar Wilde

I'd like to make myself believe...

... this planet Earth turns slowly...

Fireflies
Owl City

QKD: Royal Kat Wednesday - Color

Welcome to another Royal Kat Wednesday!

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
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This week's Royal Kat Wednesday Challenge was Color: QKD's official colors - Pink, purple, grey and white.

And here's what I came up with.



This is me and my best friend from college, Sarah. We usually have an all-girls' night out, just the two of us. We just have dinner and watch a movie.

Upon realizing only lately that she didn't really like watching movies that much, I had to admit the one thing we have in common, apart from our college days: our love for manga comics, Asian dramas and anime. We don't always agree with what's the best one out there but it's a bond that has us giggling like teenagers all over again.

For this layout, I used QKD Prosperity Crane Stamp Set for the Chinese characters and of course the ever-lovable Going Postal Stamp Set.

P.S. It's Queen Kat Designs' 3rd annniversary tomorrow! Come and join us HERE for a special release. You don't want to miss this!

Hey, did you see the cool new Queen Kat blinkie up there that says discount code? Just use that code to get a special discount and say I sent you. *wink*

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

QKD: Royal Kat Wednesday - Sketch

Welcome to another Royal Kat Wednesday!

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
Vicki's blog
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This week's Royal Kat Wednesday Challenge was a sketch.



And this was what I came up with.



I've been having lots of fun with QKD's Going Postal Stamp Set. So it's pretty easy for me to grab all the random photos I took in Taiwan. (We were lucky enough to tag along with hubby when he needed to work there.) This is a photo of the underground mall that connects the different train/bus stations.

This was one of my favorite experiences in Taiwan. I also used the Chinese character stamps from the Prosperity Crane Stamp Set.

I wanted to do a very simple layout with the focus being on the postage stamps and some stark symbols, like the bus sticker and camera rub-ons, to emphasize the feeling of being "in transit".

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

QKD: Fall Crop '09

It was a fun weekend full of scrapping as this weekend was the Queen Kat Designs' Royal Court Fall Crop '09.

Here are my creations for the challenges:



Tiny Tim's Challenge - use inchies, twinchies or shorties on your project. I used the Eiffel Tower Stamp and stamps from the Going Postal Stamp Set. I also used the Library Card Stamp and the Aged Text Background Stamp for the backgrounds.



Christmas Greetings Challenge - use a QKD Christmas stamp or turn a stamp into a Christmas theme. I used the "Jingle Bells" sentiment from the Jingle Bells Stamp Set. Then I colored a robot from the Space Bots Stamp Set with green and red watercolor.





Sketch Your Heart Out - use two out of three given QKD sketches and make them into cards. I used the cute little Christmas tree and sentiments from the Ride With Me Stamp Set plus the Aged Text Background Stamp and the Jingle Bells sentiment from the Jingle Bells Stamp Set.



Coffee, Tea and Me Challenge - make your project based on the theme coffee, tea or me. If with coffee, make sure there's coffee beans on it. I used the Coffee Stain Stamp and the BBQ Stamp Set.

Since I didn't have any coffee beans on hand, I cut out AR's Nescafe coffee box since it has photos of just that. I intend on using this altered clipboard for recipes in the kitchen.



Give Thanks Challenge - make a 3D project about thanksgiving or being thankful. This was my favorite project. I altered a canvas board and cut out a gorgeous image from a diary I bought in Taiwan. This illustration is by Nicoletta Ceccoli.

I used the Aged Text Background Stamp and "Merci" stamp from the Many Thanks Stamp Set.

An early Christmas for Noah

Noah Celebrates Early Christmas

QKD: Release Day!

I'm sure you're all excited to see what the wonderful new releases are at Queen Kat Designs! Let me just say that the Royal Court has designed so many awesome stamps that there's no such thing as favorites among the stamps. They are ALL amazing!

Before we go on, I hope you came to my blog from Anessa's Blog. If not, kindly go back to the QKD blog to start the fun!

Here's a roadmap 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

For this month, I was lucky enough to be able to play with the Going Postal Stamp Set. Kindly check it out over at the Queen Kat Designs Store under New Products.



I had to use one of my favorite Taiwan photos for this layout and justsome thoughts on being married to someone in the airline industry.

It's not all about traveling and fun. There is also a lot of sacrifice involved, especially when my husband travels a lot and leaves me and Matt alone for weeks on end.

Still, I have to conclude that I'm still grateful for this life and that I can't imagine it any other way.



I'm such a homebody that I don't really care much for moving around or traveling. And yet, here I am, married to someone who works for the airline industry.

I just had to put it out there that travel is one of the things I can live without.

This photo is the globe sculpture in front of the Mall of Asia complex in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It's our favorite mall and is the 4th biggest in the world.



I wanted to show how versatile the Going Postal Stamp Set is and specifically thought of a layout to showcase it. When I saw this Sassafrass Lass paper that said "Gone to My Happy Place" with a radio beside it, I knew I could totally do a travel-themed layout about music, my favorite source of escape while scrapping.

Lastly, I just did a fun Eiffel Tower card with images I got from an old advertising catalogue and of course QKD's fabulous Eiffel Tower Stamp. I used the postage edge stamp and Paris stamp from the Going Postal Stamp Set.



Some stuff that you can look forward to with QKD:
Do check out the QKD Blog for the special blog hop/release on November 19th!
Special: Buy 2 stamp sets get 1 separates stamp free ($3.99 or less) or buy 3 separates get 1 free.

Now off you go to Nancy's Blog to check out what stamps she got to play with and her fabulous creation! Catch you next time!

*hugs*

Kick-ass video

Strawberry Swing
Coldplay

Trouble is a friend

Trouble is a Friend
Lenka

The coolest thing ever!

Okay, seriously, there have been lots of cool things that have happened to my life because of scrapbooking. But please please let me enjoy this one little thing:

November 2009 Pagemaps



My contribution to the November 2009 Pagemaps.

Title: i read
Journaling:
It's who I am... Reading empowers me, it calms me down, keeps me motivated, makes me believe dreams come true. Books, stories, comics, magazines -- I read them all. Bookstores will always be my most favorite places.

Stamp: Queen Kat Designs Library Card Stamp

* This is just the coolest thing to me ever!