Fresh As a Summer's Day

Good morning everyone!

Well, it is a beautiful morning out there, and this is coming from someone who is *so* not a morning person. If we could have the rest of the summer and fall like it is now, I'd be happy. I know it's suppose to be in the 90's later on, but right now its in the high 70's and cool with low humidity - just how I like it!!

Anyways, I finished my latest kit for you all, called Summer Fresh. The idea for the colors came about from a picture of a ceramic cup on Stock Exchange that I had saved to tube, and thought the colors were so pretty! And voila! another palette for a kit was born. I hope you all like it.

Here is the preview:



The kit contains the following:

10 papers
3 bows (*)
3 buttons
3 beadlines
3 nameplates
2 decorations
2 flowers
2 badges
2 frames

item with * was created with a script by Joske.
(Link is in the Resource area, on the right side of blog.)

And here are the links for the downloads:

PAPERS

.jpg format
.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format


ELEMENTS

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format


I hope you all enjoy this kit and if you make something with it, I'd love to see!
I'm working on another kit and I've been batting around the idea of making a matching alpha set to go with this kit, so be sure to check back often to see what else I have to share!!

Until next time...

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....

Tags Made with my Creations

If you made anything with one of my kits, or scraps, please let me know and I will add it to the slideshow!! Would love to see it!!

The Blue is Through!

Hello everyone!

Sorry this has taken me longer than I had anticipated. Had to deal with some personal stuff going on with my daughter, and had to get back-to-school stuff taken care of as she goes back this Thursday (August 21st). Her school has a pretty strict dress code (black/white/maroon/gold shirts, polo style only, 3 buttons.... black or khaki pants...all black or all white shoes...no jeans...no hoodies or sweatshirts allowed)...and she attends a public school in Oklahoma City, and no, they do not help supply the school clothes. You know how difficult it is to find polo shirts when they aren't in style? We managed to find some at Target in the Junior's section for about $10 each, so we got a few now plus 2 pairs of black pants, and we will get her some more shirts next month. Because the name of the school has not changed, she can use the shirts she had last year as 'back-up' shirts, since they are a little faded from a year's worth of use.

Anyways, after working on this kit for about the last 3 weeks, I finally have it done. The colors in this kit were inspired by a wallpaper that my friend, Diana, made, called "Painted Pier" (can be seen here). I made 2 color palettes from that wallpaper - this blue one, and the All Natural Kit that I shared a few weeks ago. I've been finding that I'm doing that a lot - finding color palettes for future kits from either wallpapers that have been shared (especially from Diana as she always finds the most amazing photos to use!) or from other graphics I've found along the way. I am also working on 2 more kits at the moment, so I should be pretty busy over the next few weeks!

This particular kit, which I called "Pier at the Walkway" (sort of loosely named after the wallpaper), is one of the largest kits I have shared so far, with the following included:

10 papers
2 flowers
1 glassy water drop
2 tags
2 ribbons (*)
4 bows (*)
2 decorations
3 buttons
2 frame corners
2 swirls

(items marked with a star were made with scripts by Joske)

Here is the preview to the very bluish kit:




And the download links are here:

PAPERS

.jpg format
.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format


ELEMENTS

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format


Thank you so much for looking and downloading my kit(s) and I look forward to having something new up soon, so be sure to check back often if you like what you see!!

Until then....

Flowers For You!

Just a quick post and freebie share for you all tonite. I was fiddling around in PSP the other night, working with vector shapes and nodes, and made up a flower petal and worked with it came up with some interesting looking flowers. These are totally created by me - no scripts or anything. I didn't get them exactly how I pictured them in my head, but figured someone might be able to do something with them, so here they are (preview is smaller than actual item):




They are available in 8 pretty colors!!

Here are the download links:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format


I've also been working on a lot of color palettes for more kit ideas - I have about 6 saved at the moment and been doing a few each day. I've been having a lot of fun finding different combinations for kits! Plus I'm making more headway on the blue kit I told you about the other day - hope to have it done soon.

Until the next time - take care and be sure to check back often!!

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 Got an Award!!!

I got an award - I'm totally speechless!



The person who gave me this award is Mom Soto (Twisted) from http://twistedchallenges.blogspot.com/

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated

The Blogs I am giving this award are:
1. Beth: http://www.builtbybeth.blogspot.com/
2. Mary: http://mdbcreations.blogspot.com/
3. Nikki: http://babycakesscraps.blogspot.com/
4. Shawna: http://scrap-stuff-with-psp-tutorials.blogspot.com/
5. Susan: http://raspberryroaddesigns.blogspot.com/
6. Vicki: http://vicki20.blogspot.com/
7. Jennifer: http://suddenlysilentcreations.blogspot.com/

CONGRATS FRIENDS!!!!!

Thank You and Another Freebie!!

First I want to thank everyone for the positive feedback I've been getting on my latest kit, All Natural. I really am thrilled that so many people have been pleased with it, and it makes me happy to know that I'm making and offering items that people like! In one of my PSP groups, we had a challenge on Monday to make some tags for Rainbow Coffi (GPG artist), using her work, so I used one of her tubes of her carousel ponies with the All Natural Kit and I came up with this:



Also, I spent about 2 hours today working on the matching alpha set to go with the All Natural Kit .... I hope that you all like it. Here is the preview for it:



And here are the links for the alpha - in the usual 3 formats:

png format
psp format
pspimage format

If you download, please leave a little love?
And if you make something with it, I'd love to see!

Thank you all !!

New Freebie Kit!!

Hello and good afternoon everyone!

Well, I have another new freebie kit for you all. I worked on it til about 3 AM and then headed to bed...needed my sleep! LOL A friend of mine (Diana) made a wallpaper of a pier near the beach and I managed to get 2 color palettes out of it for kits, and this is one of those kits.

This kit is called All Natural, and it comes in the usual 3 formats, plus the papers also come in jpg format. The papers are 600x600, 200 ppi.

Here is the preview:



And here are the download links:

PAPERS
jpg format
png format
psp format
pspimage format

ELEMENTS
png format
psp format
pspimage format

I hope you like them, and thank you for looking.
If you download, please leave some love.

Until next time.....

Scrap Page by Me

I've been taking some scrapping lessons through a group, and one of the lessons was to make a Scrapbook Page, so I figured what better way to do it than use one of my own scrapkits! So I used the Sunset Orange Kit (found here) and here is the page result:


(preview smaller than actual page which is 600x600)

I'm actually really proud of this - I feel I did a really good job on it.
Thank you all for looking!!

A Quick Freebie

Was just playing around in PSP tonite, came up with these, thought I'd share them.





In the usual 3 formats:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format


Enjoy!

This Blog, Internet Explorer and My Apologies

Well everyone... not sure what to tell you all. If you are having any problems viewing this site, PLEASE let me know. I have viewed this on Mozilla Firefox and the browser in AOL and it looks fine, however when I look at it on Internet Explorer, it is ALL messed up, no matter what settings I put this blog on. I have even tried reducing it's width size by almost 100 pixels and it is STILL messing up, so the only thing I can think of is that - for some reason - it is Internet Explorer, and I don't know why. To those who check out my site with IE, my apologies. I wish I knew what else to say. If I can figure out what the issue is, then I'll do my best to fix it. It upsets me that visitors to my blog might not be able to view it right.

My apologies, once again.

Flowers, Flowers!

Well, here I am, end of the month and we are just hanging on for the start of the new month. We were hoping to be able to borrow a little bit of money from my husband's aunt and uncle so we could get some groceries and put gas in the car, however that is not to be, so just hanging in and holding on. I really hate asking for money, but didn't have much of a choice. The perfect ideal would be to have more of our own income coming in, and I even re-vamped my tarot site, so maybe... I am hopeful and trying to stay positive.

In the meantime, been keeping myself busy around the house, and with making more scrapping items. My newest freebie is some scrappy flowers, in 8 pretty colors. I hope you all like them. If you download, please leave some love - it is great hearing from you all!!

Here is the preview:
(preview smaller than actual items)



and here are the download links....available in the usual 3 formats:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

Thanks for looking!!

Newest Freebie for you all!!

Hello everyone!

Well, at long last I finally got this particular kit finished! I am so glad. I really put a lot of work in to it, and learned a few new things along the way, too. I hope you all like it! It's in pretty shades of pink and green and named after one of my favorite summertime fruits: watermelon! I've been wanting to do this particular kit for months now - since spring started - even had the idea of what I wanted to do for the elements and such, however wanted to get everything just the way I pictured it in my head.

Also, starting with this kit, I am also going to offer up just the papers only in their own zipfile, in jpg format. No worries, they will still be available in the .psp and pspimage full kits as well as .png format, however I was thinking that some people would prefer working with the jpg file instead of one of the other formats. Because of this, the elements in .png format will be in their own zipfile, which can be used with either the jpg or png format papers.

Here is the preview of the parts of the kit (previews are smaller than actual size of kit):



and here are the download links:

Full Kits (has the elements and papers in 1 file, as layers, zipped)

.psp format
.pspimage format

Papers Only

.jpg format
.png format

Elements - .png format

Alphas and Numbers
(the psp and pspimage formats are layered, the png are done in groups, zipped)

.psp format
.pspimage format
.png format

Hope you enjoy and if you download, please share a little love!

Until next time!!

Metallic Flowers

My hubby and I met up with his sister and her fiance last night and shot off some fireworks. It was fun. We finally got home around 2:45 AM (it's about a 30 minute ride from where we were)... still was kind of wired so ended up staying up for a little bit more, and crashed around 5 AM.

Really not much else to say today... I'm in a "ho hum" mood, so just busy working on my email and playing in PSP. These flowers are something I just 'whipped up' on the spur of the moment.

Here's the preview (smaller than actual size of item):


And here are the download links - in the typical 3 formats:

.psp format
.png format
.pspimage format

Hope you like, and be sure to check back often if you like what you see!

Cooking WordArt for You All

Just a quickie post... I have some new wordart for you - some cooking quotes.
They are in the usual 3 formats: .png, .psp and .pspimage. The .png files are zipped up, the other 2 files are not zipped.

Here is the preview:


Here are the download links:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format
.psd format

Hope you like them, and if you do, be sure to check back often as I'm always adding new things!
Happy 4th of July to all my American friends and blog readers!!

Pretty Pastels for the Day

Well, here is another kit that I hope you all like! It's the biggest one yet from me, and in pretty pastel colors. It comes in the typical 3 formats: png, psp and pspimage. I have it broken up in 3 sections as well: papers, elements and alpha.

Here are the previews:

Elements:


Papers:


Alphas



Here are the download links

PNG Format

Elements
Papers
Alphas & Numbers


PSP Format

Elements
Papers
Alphas & Numbers


PSPIMAGE Format

Elements
Papers
Alphas & Numbers

I hope you like what you see and please feel free to leave a comment! Would love to hear from you, especially if you download or use one of my items.

Until next time....

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.....

Daisies, Daisies Everywhere!

Well, after doing hours of searches for tutorials and other kinds of help to be able to make the kind of bows I want, I ended up de-stressing by playing a bit in PSP, and came up with these daisies:



Feel free to snag - they are in the usual 3 formats (.png, .psp, pspimage).
If you download, please share some love!

.png
.psp
.pspimage


Until next time!

2 New Freebies!

Well, I have 2 new freebies for you all that I hope you really really like!

First up are some glassy seashells in a variety of colors. I was missing 'my ocean', and decided to do something that makes me think of those times I used to love walking the beach, wading my feet in the salty water, and watching the sun set. I really enjoyed making these, and hope you enjoy using them.

Here is the preview:



Here are the download links (in the usual 3 formats) for the seashells:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

My second share is something new I learned and wanted to share with you all. I thought they came out pretty nice, and they are Photo Corners. Again, made them in a variety of colors, and hope you like them.

Here is the preview:



And here are the download links (in the usual 3 formats) for the Photo Corners:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

Thanks so much for looking and would love to know if you use anything from my blog!! Feel free to email me. And if you like what you see, be sure to check back often as I'm always working on something!!

Until next time....


(animation NOT made by me)