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!

We are here

 Well, here I am sitting in the waiting area at Wake-Forrest University Hospital.  Kim was just called to go back to the  surgical area; she is understandably scared.  Me too.  I need to let it go and let God do my worrying for me-how many times do I have to remind myself of that.  I just keep hanging on to it.  We are both already tired; neither of us got any sleep last night.  I arrived at her place around 5:30am and we left around 6:15. Ron, Kim's boyfriend, and a couple of their friends came up with us.  I don't like to talk in the mornings (a silly quirk) and especially to people I don't know.  I want to be left alone with my worries, for now.  I'm sure I will be grateful for the company later in the day.  I am trying hard to not be ill tempered.

Had to go back and give her hugs and kisses prior to the anesthesia.  She was crying and shaking as she was wheeled into the operating room. I'll say this much: they keep to their schedules here! Now the wait.

Quick Update

Hey Y'all,

Things have been hectic around here for a while, we had a new roof installed! Loud banging is not my cuppa tea! The roof was damaged from 3 hail storms this past year and our insurance company picked up the cost of a new roof (even though the one on there was 20 years old)! We used Roof911.com if anyone is interested in using a great company.

The main reason for my post:  Kim (my oldest daughter) is to have major surgery on Tuesday.  They are removing the bottom of her stomach and reattaching the large intestine.  The surgery has only been performed 5 times in the whole world and it was successful three out of the 5.  The end result we are hoping for is that the food can pass, unobstructed, from the stomach to the intestine by gravity feed so it may be digested as her stomach does not function at all. Otherwise she will have to continue to have the 'enlarging' surgery every 80 to 90 days.  

She is worried about the recoup in the hospital that could be as long as 8 days so I will be staying in Winston with her.  I'm worried about the surgery itself as it took the surgeon over six hours to make the opening in her intestine for the feeding tube, so how long is this major surgery going to really take? 

The last time she was hospitalized, up there at Baptist Hospital, she found out (the hard way) that you have to make sure you are lucid enough after surgery to call the cafeteria and order your food for the next meal! I have never been to a hospital that didn't feed you automatically, three times a day.  You have to schedule your liquids too! I will be making sure she is getting what she needs and that we are keeping her sugar levels within the accepted range.  I hope there is a reclining chair in her room or a pull out cot so I have somewhere to sleep!  Don't know what I am going to do about food because I am riding up to Winston-Salem with Kim and her boyfriend and will not be able to leave.  There are food sources at the hospital but it will probably cost in excess of $25 a day and that is pretty expensive when you have a set income. So . . . prayers, please!  We need them for Kim for surgical success and a short stay and for Joshua (her young son) while she is in the hospital.  This is bound to be a very stressful time for him to not even be in the same town as his mom.

Well, thanks for your prayers and your concern. Hope you are having a great January! It's suppose to be sixty something down here in the South today!


Hugs . . .

Part 2 of my Christmas gift to you

Hello folks.  Just dropping by to post the links for the months of July and August 2011 calendar Freebie.  For those of you who do not have January through June please see the previous post for the links. I hope to finish up with the remainder of 2011 soon.

4Shared Link-click here

MediaFire - click this: 

http://www.mediafire.com/?g6h5wrlcfbciz0l

Hope all is well with you; I am doing pretty good though I am so busy that I haven't even had time to talk on the phone with my friends and family!  That's a 'good thing' since staying busy is suppose to add to your longevity!

Hugs,
Liv

Christmas Gift for You!

Hello my faithful blog friends.

It’s been many months since I have had the time or inclination to update my blog or to even make any graphics to share with you.  A lot has happened, some good, some bad, but I am thankful that I am able to wake up each morning looking forward to the day.  That has not always been the case, with me, and life is a joy when the future looks promising.  No, we still do not have gainful employment in our house but we are doing our best to make the most of what we have.

My daughter, Kim, is doing much better now than she has in years; praise God!  The feeding tube was removed from her abdomen and she is doing well with the surgery to widen the stomach opening every 90 days.  She has become stronger, has a new love interest, and looks forward to her days too.  My granddaughter, Suzy, has moved back to North Carolina from her bio-Mom’s in South Carolina.  My grandson Joshua is doing wonderful in school and we are so proud of the young man he is, as he has had some tough things to overcome in his eleven years! He remains a very bright spot in my life!

My daughter, Suzi, still lives in Virginia with her husband and children.  My grandson, Timothy, is now 21 and I expect to hear that he will be getting married soon.  My granddaughter, Tabitha, is having some problems with school but remains positive about it and her future.  She stays in close contact with me, much to my surprise (she is sixteen!) and delight.

As I was coming up to this age, I never saw myself as someone’s grandmother; I certainly never thought I would enjoy being one either! Surprise, surprise! Grandchildren are wonderful.

I sincerely hope you all have not forgotten me or think that I have forgotten you either. Who would have thought I would be able to make you a small graphics gift at this time of year?  It has taken me over a month to make six months worth of an 8.5 x 11 inch calendar!  I am calling this Part 1 with the hope that the last six months, Part 2, will be finished by the end of January 2011. I like this size calendar page because I print one out each month and hang it on the back wall of my computer desk where it is available ‘at a glance.’ This size is also great for resizing to wallet size.  Hope you enjoy using it.

MEDIA FIRE DOWNLOAD HERE


4SHARED DOWNLOAD HERE

 

Merry Christmas to all of you and may God grant you peace and joy for 2011.