Hugh Quickpage Album Freebie

Just a reminder that you can follow the link in the previous post to the  CoolscrapsDigital, April QP challenge contest and pick up a hugh QP album for free.  I counted 34 registered participants! So head on over and get yours!

Quick Page Entry for CoolScraps Digital

I am entering a challenge at Cool Scraps Digital along with a bunch of other people.  Here is my entry:

If you would like to get this one as well as many, many more to make a wonderful QP Album please visit the Cool Scraps Forum and go to the April QP Monthly Contest thread.  You can find the forum HERE
I think you will be allowed to vote for your favorite QP, so pick me please!

Hope you enjoy!

Here is a preview without the banner so you can see it all:

Sneak Peek!

I know, I Know! Two post in one night? Record for me huh? Well the reason is I have been working on this bright and happy kit for you and it just isn't ready yet but I wanted to at least give you a peek at it.

I am having so much fun with this one and I hope you will come back to pick it up when it's all finished!

Hugs!

Looky!

Oh, looky, looky! There have been two (yes, that's 2!) people who have used my designs on their crafting blogs this week! I am so excited to have someone actually let me know how much they liked my designs.

The first one was by Golden at the Gold Dust blog HERE.  She used my Easter frame in a tutorial that turned out simply marvelous.

The second one was Diane of Pittypat Paperie who has a great crafting blog HERE. Diane used my Easter eggs from year before last to make some hybrid covers for lollipops! So outrageously cute you just have to check them out.

Please drop by these blogs and let these ladies know what a great job they are doing!

Just A Note

Hey Y'all,
Just wanted to let you know that I am working on a mini-kit with bright summer colors and will post it as soon as it's finished!

April Love

Remember that lovely tune by Pat Boone?  No? I'm not surprised as most people who are interested in blogs and digital scrapbooking are much younger than me and have no idea who Pat Boone is or what April Love is!  Don't know where the thought came from and why I am rambling but hey! its my blog. LOL!

My Tabba called tonight.  I haven't heard from her in a week and I was just starting to get concerned about her when she called.  I know how busy 16 (almost 17) year olds can be so I tell myself not to start to panic until it has been at least 10 days! Very, very difficult sometimes.  She has been getting up and going to bed early and applying herself more to her school work than her social life . . . not completely true but close.  She has a new love interest (April Love?) and she needed to tell me about him.  She's so good about sharing her life with me; my other, older, grandchildren don't contact me at all! Tabitha is a sweet, kind, caring, and thoughtful young lady-most of the time. Her mother is very lucky to have such a child as Tabba and she wasn't that type of child at all! :)

Here's the main reason for my post: A Freebie!  Yep, I made another because it struck me that I have never made a frame cluster freebie before; I've made them for myself but not for my followers.  So I have now remedied that!

I made this one because I remembered that we sometimes have portraits made for Easter and it would be nice to add them to our scrapbooks as well as to our walls.  I hope you can use this one; all parts were designed and made by me except the flowers but I took the photos and extracted them!

Go HERE for 4Shared                        Go HERE for Media Fire

I hope you have an awesome April weekend, whether it is the beginning of Spring or Fall in your part of the world.  We are expecting temperatures in the 80's down here in Carolina!

Hugs

Another Free Doodle Gift

Hi Y'all!

Hope you've been having a super weekend.  The weather here in North Carolina was totally awesome today with lots of sunshine and warm temps!  Yesterday I went to Concord to watch my grandson, Joshua, play his first baseball game of the season and it was so windy and cool up there that I had on a quilted vest and a coat! The weird thing is that Concord is only 45 minutes away from my house.  I still enjoyed watching that little fellow play; he is such a 'hot dogger' at any ball game but especially baseball which is his greatest love.  He plays in the catcher position and does it with such style and precision for an eleven year old that it is amazing!  I forgot my camera so Kim took one photo with her cell for me-now if she can just figure out how to download it to her PC and email it to me :)

The doodles I made this time are for borders and corners and can be used for layout pages or frames on those pages or even on your hybrid digital projects.  I colored most of those on the preview so that you could get an idea of how they can look if you want to color them.  I colored mine by making a blank layer above the doodle I wanted to color and used either a solid brush or a gradient to color where I wanted to (it helps to temporarily lesson the fill percentage so you can see the doodled through the colors). I then hovered my cursor between the two layers and Alt clicked to make a clipping mask after which I then applied the mask if I liked the results. I know this works in PS CS and up but I am not real sure about how to go about it in PSE though I know it can be done!  The doodles are in .psd and .png so you may use them in most scrapbooking software.  This preview is clickable so that you may get a closer look.

The link for:  4shared                    The link for:  MediaFire

Enjoy and check back with me soon for more freebies!


Hugs!

Doodle Freebie

Hey Y'all,
Have you noticed how popular doodles have become to embellish scrapbooking pages with lately?  Have you also noticed the prices? Well, I was thinking that it would be a breeze to make up a doodle freebie for you and it would be el cheapo . . . free! Imagine my surprise when I began designing and making my doodle elements to find that They Are NOT A Breeze To Make! LOL!  The lines need to be smooth, accurate, and of the correct weight and you also have to make masking templates for the color fills in case there is someone out there that doesn't know how to color in a doodle and there are numerous layers to flowers.  Anyway . . . I made mine and have uploaded them for you at Media Fire HERE and 4Shared HERE.

Here's the preview:

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend, it is cold and rainy down here in God's Country.

Final Installment of 2011 Calendar

Evening, friends!  
Here are the links for Part 3 of my 2011 Calendar freebie that I promised.  If you do not have parts 1 & 2, those are still available.  The link for Part 1 is in the December 14 post and the link for Part 2 is in the January 20 post.  I very seldom close a link so if you see anything else you would like to have just click the links!

The 4Shared link is HERE

The Media Fire link is HERE

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Hybrid Freebie!

Hey there fellow scrappers!  Here are the hybrid items I told you about: Spring Fold Easter Cards. Choose pink or blue, with pyramids or not, back printed or not.  I took photos of my finished sample but they are truly lousy!  Either I need a new camera or new, non-shaky hands!

Go HERE for Media Fire

Go HERE for 4Shared

Have tested both links and they are working.

Have fun and leave me some comments!

Hello!

Just dropping by to let you know I'm working on an Easter Hybrid Freebie! Come back soon . . .

Valentine Gift!

As promised, here is some Valentine or Love word art.  I made layered PSD files and PNG files for use with most software.  I love this quote and keep it on my desk to remind me, when I am down, just how many flowers I have in my imaginary garden! I’ve included Terms of Use for Commercial Use also. Hope you are able to use a version of my gift.  Please let me know how you like it and if there is anything you particularly need that I might be able to design for you.

Go HERE for 4Shared     or HERE for MediaFire

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.

Hugs!

Hello Y'all

I am trying my hand at some word art and wanted to let you know that I will be posting it as soon as it's finished.  It is 'love' themed so I better get a move on!
Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers for Kimberli!
Hugs!

Kim/Liv Update

Hey Y’All,

We are all home again.  It has been a very rough week, especially for Kim, but things are getting better.  We went to church yesterday morning to see Joshua Baptized, a very joyful and moving experience.  Today was the first day I was able to have a regular morning; relaxing with a delicious cup of Constant Comment Tea and returning phone call messages from last week.  [I did get some more bad news but that’s a whole different story and one I am not ready to talk about yet.]

As far as the success of the surgery for Kim went:  we don’t know!  The head of her surgical team says we won’t know until all the swelling goes down, about 3 weeks from now, to see if she can eat regular foods.  She is still on a full liquid diet for the time being.  While in hospital we had a very big scare, Kim stopped breathing and turned blue!  It was the day after surgery and she and I were dozing after a sleepless night and Kim must have made some kind of sound that stirred me and when I looked over at her, her lips were dark blue and her face was blue tinted!  I jumped up and did the knuckle rub on her chest and shaking her to get a response; I connected her to the oxygen feed and she started moving and regaining her color.  I had punched the button for the nurse but didn’t get the response I was hoping for so I ran down the hall to get one.  When a bunch of them came down to the room, Kim was still a little blue but obviously breathing again.  She never said a thing for the next three hours and the care givers didn’t even do a vitals check!  I insisted they put her back on the oxygen and respiration monitor so that I could keep an eye on her vitals myself.  Later in the evening Kim told me she remembered everyone standing around her but not much else.  As a mother watching over her child after surgery I can tell you that after that incident I wasn’t able to settle down and rest until last night.  I never want to go through anything like that again and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.  Kim seems much better today, though still very sore, and we are able to breathe a little easier now.

When I got home from the hospital, I was all ready to take a long hot shower and relax only to find that the water heater had busted during the night, flooding the garage, and generally wrecking havoc with my home and my plans. Over $700 and 24 hours later I was able to take that long needed shower!  The roof was replaced last week, the water heater just a few days later, what next? LOL  ‘When it rains, it pours!’

Here’s hoping you all have had a much better week than I!

Hugs

It's Done

We just saw the surgeon and he said the surgery went well and they made an ultra large opening in the stomach.  She will have a drainage tube in her nose for a few days in order to keep the stomach empty so it can begin to heal. They first told us it would be 5 ½ hours but it only took 1 hour and 45 minutes! She responded well and we should be able to see her in about 90 minutes.  Thanks for the prayers and well wishes!