New Years Word Art

Just a short post to share a word art with you all for the upcoming New Year .... since it doesn't have the actual year on it, you can use it for future New Years, too!

Here is a preview of the word art - comes both with and without the 'bubbles':

(the preview shows it in a pale blue - the word art templates are actually grayscaled - and the white background is on its own layer)

and here are the download links - both are in .psd format so they can be used in both PSP and Photoshop (files are layered)

With Bubbles

Without Bubbles

Hope you enjoy and if you use it, I'd love to see what you use it in!!

Here is a tag I made using the word art and scraps from a blog train freebie of mine from a few years back:

And to everyone, may you have a wonderful, joyous, prosperous 2013!!

New Tag Template From Me!

I know, it's been quite a while since I posted a freebie for you all.  I actually made this in response to a challenge that a list member put forth on the group Snaggers Annonymous, which is a copyright compliant group I help moderate.  The challenge was to make a "smart aleck" tag template, so I did, and then made a tag with the template for the person that put up the challenge.  So, I figured while I was at it, I'd put the template here for anyone interested in snagging it up -- here is a preview of the template:

The template comes in 2 different formats: .pspimage and .psd

And here is the tag I made with the template:

And here is one that my friend, Astro made for me:

isn't it awesome??




Thanks for looking and please, if you snag the template, leave some love?

Tag, You're It!

Well, I've been tagged again! This makes #4 for me (#2 and #3 were at the same time, a couple of weeks back). This time my tagger is Debb over at DeBee DeZines - thank you Debb!!

As for the 7 "facts" about me....here goes:

1. I'm on 250+ yahoogroups! Of those, I either own and/or moderate about 30 of them.
2. Growing up in Massachusetts, we had a family friend who owned a lobster boat and I spent a lot of time on it, learning to "plug" (and then later, "band") the lobsters. I loved being out on the boat.
3. I would rather fruit over vegetables to get my "5 a day".
4. I'm a packrat! LOL
5. I've never been in a car accident where it has been my fault. (Have only been in 2 my entire life - first when I was a child and my dad was driving - guy ran a red light and hit us....second time I was driving and the other guy ran the red light, causing $2200 in damage to my '66 Mustang!)
6. I've always liked doing things with my hands - typing, cross-stitch, crochet, playing piano, etc. My 3rd grade teacher even made a comment about that on my report card.
7. My 2 childhood best friends were Ellen and Chrissie.

Ok.... now its time to find 7 people to tag, and list them here. I'm choosing:

1. Celly: http://cellyoneill.blogspot.com/
2. Candee: http://mermaidshaven.blogspot.com/
3. Stella: http://stellarificcreations.blogspot.com/
4. Norma: http://seamaidencreations.blogspot.com/
5. April: http://reecesscraps.blogspot.com/
6. Witchy: http://wbscrapdezignz.blogspot.com/
7. Liz: http://graphicsbyliz.blogspot.com/

Off to let them know ....

Also, working on 2 more kits - kinda bouncing between the 2 as I get ideas. Will post when they are ready! Keep your eyes open if you like what you see and are waiting for something new.

Thanks for checking this out!
Until later....

I've Been Tagged Again

Well ... I've been tagged again... this time by Vicki and SusieQ. Now, I'm not sure if I can combine the two and just do the 7 'fun facts' or if I'm suppose to now come up with 14 (7 per person). I'm going to do 7 and if this is wrong, let me know.

This is really challenging as I came up with 7 things a couple of weeks back, so trying to find stuff that I didn't already mention is going to be interesting! Well, here goes:

1. I'm a very bad insomniac.
2. My very first car was a 1966 Ford Mustang (color: baby blue), hardtop, original pony interior, 389 engine in excellent condition. I paid $2200 for it, second hand, in 1982. I have always had a LOVE of Mustangs (car).
3. My favorite foods are Chinese, Mexican, seafood, and anything cheesy!!
4. I have been playing piano since I was 8 years old. Up until 2003, I have always had a piano in my home. Currently, due to circumstances, I don't have one, however would like to get one at some point.
5. I love all kinds of animals (except spiders!! ACK!) - I'm truly an animal person! Would love to have a lot of space with all kinds of animals!!
6. I love anime!!! My favorite shows are Inuyasha (I'm addicted!), and Bleach. I would love to be able to draw anime.
7. I love the ocean - to be near it, smell it, be in it, around it - you name it! Water is very much my element!!

Now... to tag 7 people...and the rules:

1.Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

And the lucky 7 are:

1. Krista: http://heyitsjustme-krista.blogspot.com/
2. Sherah: http://skrapperdigitals.blogspot.com/
3. Lisa: http://sophisticatedscraps.blogspot.com/
4. Beth: http://builtbybeth.blogspot.com/
5. Angel Wolf: http://cherrycreekcreations.blogspot.com/
6. Lindsay Jane: http://lindsayjanedesigns.blogspot.com/
7. Nadine: http://scrappinmammasdigitals.blogspot.com/

And there's the 7 - I'm off to let them know now.

Thanks for looking!!

I've Been Tagged!!! LOL

Well, it's official! I've been tagged by 2 people: Elisa Aurora and Christon...... my first actually! So if I end up mucking it up, just let me know.

You've been tagged!!

These are the rules:

1.Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


7 Weird or Random Facts, huh??

1. I attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, majoring in Music Production and Engineering -- in the mid 1980's.
2. I'm a 43 year old mom to 4 children (ages 5 years to 19 years) who is also a hardcore video gamer. My favorite games are Final Fantasy (any, however I *LOVE* FFXI, which is an MMORPG...if anyone is on the Ifrit server, look for me, my main character is Willowraven!), all the Zelda games, Mario games, most RPG's, and my all-time fave is Tempest, which I used to play in the arcades back in the early 1980's. I'm not too crazy about fighting games, though I used to love WarGods on the N64 system.
3. I am a pagan witch that started a yahoogroup on 12/30/94 that is a support group for any pagans who are trying to lose weight, called Witchy Weight Loss...it now hovers around 130 members and we are like family.
4. I am a SEVERE arachnophobic! I have a very difficult time even LOOKING at a picture of a spider without totally freaking out.
5. I am a self-taught tarot reader, having been doing it since I was 11 years old. I have done readings at psychic faires, as well as both online and in person. I currently do it as a form of 'added income', and my 'company' is called Purple Dragonfly Tarot Readings.

6. I giggle in my sleep sometimes to the point that I have woken up both my husband AND myself!
7. My 'cravings' tend towards the salty/starchy side, and one of the things I'll have is potato chips with a "shrimp dip", which is whipped cream cheese (Temp-tee brand is the BEST for this) and cocktail sauce (with the mini shrimp in it is ideal) ... mixed together. This is something my mom used to make when I was little and I've always grown up with it.

That's my 7!!


The people I am tagging are:

Lorie: http://digiscrapdesigns-by-lorie.blogspot.com/
Lynne: http://babycakesscraps.blogspot.com/
Clarey: http://clareysdesignz.blogspot.com/
Farrah: http://farrahscreations.blogspot.com/
Vicki: http://vicki20.blogspot.com/
Missy: http://autisticinspirations.blogspot.com/
Susan: http://raspberryroaddesigns.blogspot.com/

So I'm off to let them know.....
thanks for looking!!!

P.S. I'm currently working on a kit - have 2 parts of it made, and working on the 3rd/last part... hope to get it all up in the next day or so. It will be the biggest kit yet that I have offered.

Until then.....