New products available at ScrapGirls! A whole variety of awesome high resolution photoshop brushes to add that finishing touch to your layouts.
These brushes are also available for commercial use
These brushes are also available for commercial use
These brushes are also available for commercial use
These brushes are also available for commercial use
These brushes are also available for commercial use
AWESOME Chrismas gift Idea alert!! (I assume you won't have much more time to order these to receive before the holidays so, HURRY!!!!!!)
Something Blue Studios offers new Flair for your fridge!!
These adorable, tiny magnets come neatly packaged just like this. They are heavy duty and super adorable. I have mine on my Fridge holding up TONS of artwork! LOL
This is the second time I have purchased a magnet product from Danielle. ( I ordered 2 because I also won one of the sets on Miss Kim's blog!!! :)) Each time I have been really happy with my purchase so, once again this year I am putting it out there that these are great, super easy to custom make and I am sure a hard to buy for grandma/mother/friend who loves having pictures and art on her fridge would ADORE them! :)
After almost a month of working on this collection, Its done!
Totally inspired by music and vibrant color.
Color Symphony Biggie Collection - Now at Scrapgirls!
ScrapSimple Paper Templates: Color Symphony
Commercial Licensed versions (Scrap Simple) of PigTails - Color Symphony Paper TemplatesColor Symphony Word Art are also available. and
Every year I always like to make my kids birthday cakes. I should really know better than to try something elaborate every year only to have it flop. But, I do it every year. LOL Trust me, I have had many a flop ;P
When i found this site I was thrilled. I thought to myself, this can't screw this up too bad, I will try it.
So, I tried it.
It was harder than I thought, A LOT harder. I think it would have been easier if i wouldn't have used THIS particular frosting. It wasn't until I added the coloring that it started to get that slick look. At first i thought maybe I needed some more icing sugar in the fondant but, after doing some research....(Thank you Google! LOL) It turns out that this particular type of frosting is just like this. Too bad it was after the fact that i found this out. It does taste okay though! It just has a shiny appearance and it was really hard to get smooth. So greasy. I should have just took the advice of my good friend and bought it from the store.
Here is the finished product ready to be lit on fire with 6 candles on top tomorrow afternoon. :)
Gary the snail
He isn't as smooth as I hoped for. His eyes are a little wonky but, My soon to be 6 year old is THRILLED and i guess that is what matters the most of all.
Introducing: Easy Going Collection Biggie -another fabulous, new digital scrapbooking graphics collection now available @ Scrapgirls!
Cool and conservative shades of Gray mixed with vibrant green, blue, yellow and magenta give this collection of fun digital scrapbooking elements and papers a unique flair.
Cool and calming Gray is often considered the new neutral of 2009. Grays can be gorgeous when paired along with a nice bright color! Update your palette with something new and relax the day away by creating a variety of digital scrapbooking layouts and crafts.
I had fun making this collection, I tried lots of new to me techniques. I used my sketch pad alot. My favorite pieces are the hand drawn wordarts, adorable banners, buildings and the cutest little snail!
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Layout created using the Easy Going Collection
I just love this picture of Scott, even though I know he was not really impressed with me taking so many pictures of him at the time, which explains the goofy round photos on the side. LOL
I am partial to the out of control, curly, in need of a hair cut poof even though he isn't so fond of it. I will try to talk him out of cutting his hair for a whole extra month if i can ;) He thinks I do it because I don't want to cut his hair but, I really do it because I like the big puff ;). LOL
So lucky to have such a wonderful, handsome, patient husband :)
Notice: I am now selling my Digital Scrapbooking Kits at Scrapgirls!
What a great community and store. The customer service and products there are fantastic! You can't go wrong. I am thrilled to be a Scrapgirl. :)
I made my first Biggie collection and put it up for sale this week. I am so excited to release this collection.
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Happy to be me!
Sometimes we all just need a little extra encouragement to find our
happy place. Tell yourself today that you are happy to be you. No
matter how you feel, Happy or Sad, set to work Creating a digital
scrapbooking layout using this digital scrapbooking kit, that helps you
reflect on all the good things and all of the things you love about
yourself and why you are happy to be you! The earthy yet vibrant color
palette in this collection will inspire you to use this kit over and
over again!
Elements and Papers also sold as separates!
Layouts created by me using the Happy to be me Collection: (Click to enlarge)
I rarely get in the photographs. I always cringe when i see pictures of myself. LOL So, I had to scrap one of these rare photos of scott and I when we took the kiddos to storybook gardens last year. I rarely scrapbook about myself but, This collection was created so i could get a few of those pages that are all about me done. That is why i made the collection in some of my very favorite colors! :)
Everyday is a new beginning - Tomorrow is another day. It sure is. I just have to keep telling myself that. :) (Picture is from my garden last year)
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A Photoshop WordArt Brush set (ABR/PNG) is also available Here
Oh my! LOL
For weeks after Easter the kids have been allowed to pick from their bag of candy after dinner - If they ate their veggies.
Laine is a candy monster. That child would put himself into a candy induced coma if we let him have at it whenever he wanted.
Well, I just went and looked through that child's backpack tonight, and found a book that was dedicated to me,
Here is the dedication page...
I laughed so hard. What a kid! Its not because she gives me lots of hugs, plays games with me or kisses me when i fall down..... LOL Its just about the candy......
To Twitter or not to Twitter?
In my opinion, Twitter is a fabulous way to keep informed or help your small business.
Keep up to date on your friends and favorite designers. Learn some new things as well! I love when someone I am following posts a tutorial or a link to some new free brushes that i wouldn't have found otherwise.
If you have just checked it out and don't really see how you could benefit, keep on reading..... You might be thinking well, I don't really care if my favorite movie star eats a sandwich.... Well, I know, I don't either. I just skim through the tweets and read through the useful information and links that people are sharing.
When i first signed up, I thought that it was kind of silly but, now that i am understanding how it can be used for learning and keeping informed....I am LOVING twitter!
If you just want to follow along to keep informed, that's good too! Its not JUST about sharing little useless tidbits and information about your personal life. Although, You can do that though if you choose.
If you get active on twitter and Do alot of retweeting links that you find enjoyable, you may impress your followers! share valuable information, RT's, articles, tips, links and pictures of your scrapbook layouts use # the hashtag #digiscrap when you are tweeting about digital scrapbooking.
What is...
RT - That is short for ReTweet. when you appreciate some information and wish to share it with your followers as well, you can retweet it.
# - When you see the pound sign, that is twitters way of categorizing your tweets. If you put #digiscrap in your tweet, it will show up when someone searches for #digiscrap
@ - means Reply and it is the prefix for your user name - if you @ someone then it will come up as a direct reply for them.
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TONS of people are going to add you that don't care about YOU or digital scrapbooking... They are not really looking to read your feeds, they are just trying to spam you into following them or clicking on their links. The choice of what to do is yours, You can choose to block them or just not follow them. Chances are, they are not actually reading your tweets themselves.
Twitter.com can be slow at times, i prefer to use TweetDeck. It is a downloadable application that helps you filter your tweets and do searches for # relevant information. I have 2 constantly updating searches on my tweetdeck, 1 for #digiscrap and one for #scrapbook It is helpful. TweetDeck also gives you the option to RT (Retweet) Others threads. IMO i didnt get the value of twitter until i downloaded Tweetdeck.
-If you are twittering for personal, you can choose any name you want but, if you are twittering for business.... is best to use your real name or business name as your user name so that people can remember you, search for you and know who you are if they are part of the digital Scrap booking community.
If you have some useful Tweeting Tips/links or Twitter applications that you use, please share them here! Lets help grow digital-scrapbooking awareness!
Other helpful Resource Links
Top 20 twitter applications
Twitter Downloads
Twitter Feed - For automatically adding your blog posts to your twitter feed
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A lovely gal I know inspired me to create this piece of artwork today...
I hope you enjoy! Click on the picture of the poster to bring it up in a separate window, there you can download the high resolution version if you wish to print it out.
It is 8x8 inches. Prints really nice on photo paper or even matte cardstock :) (My Favorite is by Epson)
Enjoy! I hope this brings a little sunshine in YOUR life as well :)
*Personal use only. No commercial use of this artwork is permitted. Thank you!
Check out the Creative Memories Design it! Competition....
Who will be the first Creative Memories Design It! star? Your votes will decide!
Design It!
is a competition featuring the artwork creations of eight talented designers. Each designer has created a unique set of paper, stickers and more for your next scrapbooking project.
What’s at stake?
To vote for your favorite design, you must first sign up by clicking on the Registration tab. Once you've registered, click on the Vote tab to check out each designer's artwork. Voting will take place April 1-30 and the two pieces of artwork with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated each week. You'll be able to vote one time each day so check back daily.
The winning designer, as chosen by online voting, will be announced this fall. His or her artwork will be transformed into a retail product to be developed and released later this year by Creative Memories.
Take a moment and vote for your Favorite Design!! to make sure your favorite stays around for next week! :)
Tonight I sat down and played a bit in photoshop :) It was fun and the end result was some great painterly effect brushes! Offered in .ABR format only. I hope that you enjoy them!!!
*** I am allowing any kind of use of these brushes with the exception of blatant redistribution. Please also note, these were created in CS2 - I think they will work on older versions of photoshop but, because they are effect brushes and not stand alone images, I cannot offer the PNG versions for you to make your own if you use another version that is not compatible. You wouldn't get the same results as these brushes have effects applied. So, if you are unsure if they will work in your version of Photoshop, give it a go anyway to see if they will work.
When Meredith told me about the SpoonFlower site, I Just KNEW I had to try it out.
Let me tell you, I am SO pleased with the results, I am actually TICKLED!
Nothing feels better than to work hard on something and then have it printed as a tangible item. The same even goes when I print out my Digital Scrapbooking Layouts…out of my own designs. It feels amazing to see It not on a computer screen. Not only for self gratification but, I also like to be able to show my friends and family who don’t really understand what digital scrapbooking is.
So these are my own custom fabric design - I drew, scanned, vectored, colored and patterned all myself! What do you think?
I can't wait to do more! :)
Happy Anniversary to the man who stole my heart. Its been 7 wonderful married years! We have shared good times and bad and will share many more together. One things for sure, after knowing you for all these years, I am so thankful that I met you and to have you in my life for these past 12 years ;)
~Love you long time baby! Here's to 60 more!
(this picture is a terrible scan... It was scanned at a low resolution, I really should get them all scanned soon!)
I will never regret having a destination wedding. The only thing I do regret is that my mommy wasn't there and that we didn't have more time to spend on the island of Barbados. It looked beautiful but, because we were on a cruise, we didn't have much time after the actual wedding to look around the island.
Not only that but, we were totally exhausted from being up all night the night before. On the cruise we had some really rough nights at sea and the night before our wedding was the worst!
But, It was beautiful and perfect....
Top 13 Reasons why my husband is the bestest!
Yes, I actually made a scrapbook layout! First one in awhile. I got so inspired with this new Wishes and Dreams Digital kit from Creative Memories that I did a little digi scrappin with it :)
A portion of proceeds from the wishes and dream series (Paper Albums, 12x12 Album and the digital kit will be donated to the Make a Wish Foundation! :) Its a good thing!
My Kiddo is a strong swimmer, he swims like a little fish and rarely turns down an opportunity to get in the water.
I must have been a good girl because this year for my birthday my {wonderful} husband got me a new toy! The Acer Aspire One in Sapphire blue. Its sooooo tiny and cute. I just love it!
Its times like these when i really appreciate Scott's love for electronics. I even got it early because he always gets excited when he gets me something good. :) (My birthday isn't until march) But that is totally ok with me, i have a hard time waiting anyway when he starts dropping hints.
So, i have been super busy and I haven't gotten to really use it much yet, not a lot of time for laying around on the couch surfing the net. (Which is totally what i intend to use it for..LOL)This week I have had my butt parked at my desktop slaving away in photoshop :)
As i sit here typing this out - I am thinking that there is one very obvious yet minor negative to having such a tiny little computer - the keyboard - aigh.. it seems like my chubby fingers just don't want to hit the right keys. I think it is definitely going to take some time to get used to typing anything at a quick speed on this thing but, I'm sure i will get used to it in time.
I am really hoping that this can be my "net surfing" and time wasting computer and i can stay away from the whole wasting time thing on my desktop PC and use that only for work related stuff. Maybe i will get more work done then! LOL
I used to have to choose between watching TV and playing on the internet but, heck.. now i can do both at once :) and that is exactly what i am doing! Watching American Idol and lounging on the couch. I am all for multitasking so, this is kick butt!
Oh and one must have accessory for this pretty, little, portable laptop is a wireless mouse. I am so impressed with how the new logitech - "invisible optic" mouse works compared to the older one we had that died. I like this one better because It doesnt have that annoying little laser and it is much more acurate. I couldnt imagine trying to use the little built in mouse pad to navigate.... it takes so much longer.
-Thanks again baby cakes - *MWAH* now maybe i will actually blog more ;)
maybe I will even blog soon about my new gym experiences. I have finally worked up the nerve to go and i have been a bit more consistant about going. Hopefully this time i will keep it up darnit!! I don't want to be such a quitter. Anyway, time to get my butt to bed, I have a boat load of stuff to do tomorrow. Toodles!
A new digital scrapbook kit - Free for a limited time! :)
I have been doing a little creating, its been awhile.. I have been busy doing other work but, in between waiting for photoshop to chug along, i like to doodle. I ended up with these cute little sheep doodles and i couldn't just put them away for a later time, i had to play with them right away so, I got them all painted up and was totally inspired to do this kit. I can't believe how easy they come together when i am feeling inspired.
I wish it always worked that way because when i am not inspired, I end up with half finished kits.... I have WAY too many of those sitting on my harddrive! LOL Maybe i will eventually get something done with them.
If you create a layout with this kit, link me up! I would love to see it!! :)
Fear of monsters.......It seems like every little kid goes through it at one point in childhood.
Yesterday I got on a little creative spurt and I wanted to try something a bit different so, I got busy in Photoshop and made this 8x11.5 poster to print out for Laine's bedroom.
Here it is for you to download an print out. I printed it on thick cardstock, it needs to be printed on something other than just regular white paper.
*please do not share this poster, sell it or claim it as your own * If you post about it on your blog (which I would LOVE) Please do not link directly to the zip file, link to my blog. Thanks!
*Click on the poster to download*
These swirls have a paint like effect, they can be changed to any color and this pack also includes Photoshop brushes created in CS2 (If you have a version that is not compatible or do not use Photoshop, the .png files for these swirlies are also included in the download.
And the best thing is... they are only $1.00
The contents of my "Tickle Trunk 2" Grab bag are now available as separates! *Click on the pictures to be taken to the FishScraps.com - BaitShop for a closer look and more description! :)
Mini Update:
Hope that you and yours have a wonderful 2009 ahead of you! I had a great time bringing in the new year, we had friends over, had a few beverages and lots of great food. Played an awesome game that had us all in stitches! -- Apples to Apples -- At first we didn't think that we would like the game but, after 15 minutes we were all laughing and having a great time playing! Such a simple game to play with a group of people, everyone can play, no one feels "dumb" etc. We also played RockBand 2 - Fun Stuff!
I cooked a Prime Rib & Fresh GreenBeans for us and our guests, and the others brought ceasar salad and scalloped potatoes! etc... Yum! We had a really great dinner without going out and spending a fortune!
I haven't updated my blog in awhile again, I suppose I should just add the "blog updating" to my huge "not really an actual list" list of new years resolutions! LOL I decided this year I was just going to set my sights for doing the best I can and try to be overall a more positive and valuable addition to this earth :)
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I had my wisdom teeth removed on the 17th of December, It was quick and it was easier than I thought. Well, the process.. not so much the recovery. LOL The first day, i thought that I got lucky, I thought I got off without too much swelling etc. HAHAHA... I was WRONG! :) The next day it hurt pretty good... The next day even more! I also discovered through this process that Tylenol #3 and I don't get along so well. So glad its all over though ;)
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Christmas decorations are gone, a little to the kiddos dismay..LOL Hopefully I will post some pictures eventually! This year wasn't a big year for Holiday photos ...didn't take as many as usual but, I did get some really cute ones! :) Hopefully I will also get around to posting some videos with the Flip Mino that I got for Christmas from my mamma! :)
Well, thats it, kids just walked in the door from school and their are many things to be done! LOL
