A Christmas Request

Good morning everyone!

Well, I had a request from a friend of mine (Astro of Stellarfairie Designs) to make a Christmas Kit for a scrap project she is doing, so… I spent about 4 hours tonite, working on this kit. You are all welcome to snag it if you’d like – it’s not as large as my usual kits, however you should be able to find something to use. I am still working on the holiday-themed kits for the blog trains in December, plus the Yuletide kit that I hope to have out by end of November, beginning of December at the latest.

Anyways, here is a preview of the Christmas kit, called Christmas Morning:

And the upload links (4shared):

PAPERS

.png format (with matching jpgs)

.psp format

.pspimage format

ELEMENTS

.png format

.psp format

.pspimage format

I hope you all enjoy this little kit – and please remember to leave some love if you download?

Until next time – take care and be sure to check back often if you like what you see!

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November Awareness Month

November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. It holds a very special significance for me as my father passed away on September 7th, 2002 due to complications from Alzheimer’s. He suffered 10 long years with the gradual loss of his memory, and eventually his life. I am very thankful, though, that even to his last breath, he never forgot me or my kids. He forgot other family members, but not us. I truly miss him. I can honestly say that my dad was also my best friend, and he had such a big influence on me, which is kind of funny because for the longest time I thought that my view on life was due to my mom’s influence, when it fact, it was really my dad.

I have recently discovered that November is also National Adoption Awareness Month for those that reside in the United States. I was adopted at birth, so again, another cause that is close to my heart.

And, for those who either have been diagnosed with Diabetes, or have a loved one with this disease, November is also Diabetes Awareness Month. My mother had diabetes and fought for many years to get it under control. She had a difficult time as her triglycerides were always “off the chart”, and she ended up in the hospital quite a few times in an attempt to get her diabetes under control. I remember needing to learn how to give her an insulin injection, as a safety measure, in case she got too sick to give it to herself. I learned how to fill the syringe. This later came in handy as I was diagnosed with pre-Diabetes and was briefly put on Byetta. (I ended up taking myself OFF it when I discovered there was a recall on it from the FDA, due to possible links with liver damage. I wasn’t taking that kind of chance with my health.)

Anyways…. I am sure there are other causes that are in the spotlight this month – I just thought I’d say a little about the three that are closest to my heart.

Jump on the Train for the After Dusk Ride!!

Hello everyone! I'm so excited to be able to post this today! As I mentioned before, I'm taking part in the blog train from ADS Designers this month. The share this month is called After Dusk and it has some amazing colors in it:





I've had a peek at a few of the offerings already and I have to say, if you don't go snaggin' them, you are surely gonna miss out! The other designers have done an amazing job, coming up with their parts of this blog train, and I'm sure they would love to have you grabbing up their part of the collab kit, as well as hearing from you when you download. Here is a preview of my part of the kit:




My part of the kit contains:
10 papers (made both full size and tagger size)
3 buttons
3 glittery stars
3 lacy ribbons
2 flowers
2 round frames
2 moon "accents" (kind of glassy/metal look to them)
Matching Alpha with Letters (Capital letters only), Numbers (0-9) and a few symbols

Teri At Teris-Thing-O-My-Jigs made a lovely word-art using some of the items in my kit:

Be sure to stop by her site to pick it up!!



And the links are:
Full Size Papers (12 in x 12 in, 300 ppi) ... png and jpg in same zip

Tagger Size Papers (600 pixels x 600 pixels, 300 ppi) ... png and jpg in same zip

Elements (300 ppi) .... png only


Alphas, Numbers and a few symbols (300 ppi) ... png only

(EDIT: Saturday, November 1st: 4shared has been doing a server upgrade, so if you are not able to get to the downloads (page error message, etc), please try back later. I have checked the links myself and they *do* work.)


I know, normally I have the .psp format available too. If anyone would like it in that format, just give me a holler and I'll make it up for you!

If you download, please leave a lil love?

And be sure to check out the other designers that worked hard to make this a big success. If some of these pieces aren't up yet, be patient! These people live all over the world, and live all kinds of lives, If something isn't up, check back in a day or so! Also, be sure to leave some love for these wonderful people and all the time and effort they have put into this freebie! Enjoy!!:

abyscraps by Sheila
Adele of Blind Sight Designs
Anne at Creative Dreams
Arvita's at Elam's Flights Of Fancy
Becky
Brooke at Ahhh Scrap
by God's design
Carolyn at Digi Cyber Scraps
CharmeDivaScrapz
Chiara at Creative Digital Scraps
Cindi @ vanjo designs
Cyndi, Wetfish Designs
Deanna at Flower Scraps
Deb AKA The ScrappinCop
Debbie at Digital Keepsakes
Diana at Sass n Scrap Designs
Erika {aka PinkuPixie}
Florrie
HeatherStokes ~ HSDesigns
jeanniebs designs
Julia at BeaconScrap
Julie aka Bits 'N' Bobs
Kathy Goldstein at The Scrap Loft
KittenScraps
Lady V dZine
Lei at Fairydustprincess-magicmaker
Lindas Dream Designs
Lois at ScrappinwithLadye
Lori at ScripityScrapDesigns
Lynn at Heavenly Crafts
lynnirene
Mags at MagsGraphics
Manda at Disaster In Designs
Marie at EmCee Scraps
melanie aka sweetasmel
Michelle @ Michelles-Angels
Michelle @ My Digital Fun Place
Missty @ Misstykal Designs
Monica at Random Inspirations
Nicole at Digi-Designs by Nicole
Oase
RachNess
Scraping with Jen
ScrappyShannon
Shabby Tagger
Shel at Shel Belle Scraps
Stacy at Kalo Designs
Sticky Kisses Scraps
Teri At Teris-Thing-O-My-Jigs
TerresaS
Wendi at Willow Grace Designs
WillowRaven at Purple Dragonfly Creations (you are here)

Question for Other Bloggers

Just wondering if any bloggers out there have used Windows Live Writer and if so, what were/are your impressions on it? Was it easy to use, difficult to use, better or worse than just going to the blog site and posting from there? I have downloaded it but haven't tried it yet and was curious what others thought of it.

Please feel free to leave comments as I'm very curious about this.

Busy Busy Busy!

(well, trying this again... first time, the browser froze and I lost EVERYTHING I had written... ::sighs::)

Just dropping a quick note to let you all know that I have been busy, creating for you all. I am actually participating in 3 different blog trains that will be coming through in the next couple of months. In November, I'll be part of a wonderful train called "After Dark" which is supported by the designers at ADS Designers. I have seen quite a few of the other parts and have to tell you, if you don't go around snagging them, you are really going to miss out. A lot of hard work and effort went in to creating these lovely pieces, and I'm sure the designers would love to see how much their work is appreciated! Look for my part - and the links - on November 1st! It will be going on all during the month of November.

Then, in December, I will be taking part in 3 different blog trains. Yes, you read right! Three! The first one, leaving the station on December 1st, is another blog headed up by ADS Designers. This one is called "Holiday At Home" and it's already looking to be a very interesting, memorable kit! Each designer is allowed to use their own color scheme/palette for their portion of the kit, and there are already a good number of designers signed up to take part! It will be exciting to see the different holiday colors and themes portrayed in the different parts of the collaboration. Be sure to check here on December 1st for my part of the train, and the links for this wonderful kit.

Also on December 1st, I will be participating in the Christmas Convoy! This is really shaping up to be an impressive kit as the designers are doing their best to share with you their little bit of the holidays! There is still some time to sign up if you are a designer and interested. Just send an email to ChristmasConvoy (at) gmail.com stating your interest in participating in the Christmas Convoy. Be sure to include your Yahoo ID, Designer name, and URL to your blog/site. (Also note, they are already taking information for those who are interested in participating in their New Years Convoy too!)

Then, on December 15th, I will be getting on board the Holly Jolly Express with my part of this wonderful, huge kit which currently has about 50 designers signed up to participate! There are some established designers taking part, like Queen Brat, Hummie, and Gail of Aussie Scraps. For a list of the participating designers, check here. And if you are interested in participating, I'm sure they'd love to have you! Information for submission guidelines and contact email can be found here.

And then, on top of all these wonderful blog trains, I am trying to make my own Yuletide kit. I've been trying to work on a color scheme that isn't real close to the ones being used for the collaborative kits. I don't know what size this kit will be, so I guess we will both be surprised!

Anyways, going to log here, so I can get to working on some of the kits and email and other stuff. May you all have a happy, haunted (and safe!) Halloween



and to my fellow pagan friends and readers, may you have a Blessed Samhain.

New Template!

Hello Everyone!

Just a quick share this morning while I wait for my daughter to finish getting ready. She has a follow up appointment with her doctor at 9:10 AM as she has managed to get another ear infection about a week ago. For those of you who might not know, she has a bad history of ear infections - ever since she was a baby. Last winter she had one so bad it ended up as a perforated eardrum and took over 2 months to heal. Needless to say she also missed quite a bit of school and ended up taking summer school to make up the missed time so she could go on to the next grade. We really don't want a repeat performance of last winter. She's been on antibiotics for the last week or so for the right ear however now she says that her left ear is bothering her (that's the ear we had the problems with last winter), so I'm a tad worried what the doctor is going to say.

So anyways, while she was getting ready, I whipped up a tag template real quick. I've been sketching out different ideas for templates when I'm not on the computer, and this is one of the ones I thought up on paper. Hope you all like! Here is the preview:



It's available in 2 formats: .psd and .pspimage. Here are the download links:

4Shared
.psd format
.pspimage format

If you make something with it, I'd love to see!!

Off to finish something else real quick before we have to leave. Hope you all have a wonderful day today!

Until next time....

I've Received the "Proximidade" Award

I've received the beautiful Proximidade Award (aka the "Butterfly Award"), with many thanks to MissLadyHawke. Such a wonderful surprise! I feel very honored to have received this award.

Here is the award:


It's the "Proximidade" or "Friendship Around The World" Award. The purpose of this award is to highlight blogs that are special to you and to spread friendship around the world.

In return, I nominate the following 3 wonderful people for this award:

1. Tracie, of Neeny's Place
2. Tizzy, of Tizzy Made Me Do It
3. Lynne, of Baby Cakes Scraps

Enjoy!

And here's hoping you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

Holding on to the Springtime

I guess this is one of my last-ditch attempts to hold on to springtime. It's been getting colder here at night and the days are even starting to get cooler. I don't mind the cool days so much - love springtime and autumn the best - just not looking forward to the extreme cold that wintertime brings. We have a frost advisory out for this morning.... will be interesting to see if we actually get any.

However, I was playing around with the different filters and shapes and such in PSP and trying to get better at making my own shapes and such, and made the following "spiky" flowers. They come in 8 vibrant colors and of course I had to get my purple in there too! Here is the preview:




and the upload links, in the usual 3 formats:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

Hope you like them! If you make anything with them, I'd love to see it.
Be sure to check back often as I'm always working on something!

Think I'm heading to bed in a little bit as it is after 5:30 AM here. Hope you all have a wonderful day and start to the weekend.

Until next time...

Some New Shares For Taggers

Good morning everyone!

I am only here for a few minutes as I'm getting ready to head to bed. I've been meaning to put this on the blog for the last couple of days and have just been sidetracked. A little something for the taggers - 2 new tag templates! I hope you like them.

The first template preview (and download links):

Template #5


Download Links for Template #5

4Shared
.psd format
.pspimage format

FileSavr
.psd format
.pspimage format


And the next template (with download links):

Template #6


Download Links for Template #6

4Shared
.psd format
.pspimage format

FileSavr
.psd format
.pspimage format


Also, I've been working on something very exciting. I recently joined the ADSD yahoogroups (and forum), which is one of the group of designers and digi-scrappers that host those awesome blog trains each month. Currently they are doing the Sugar Shoppe train, which is amazing! I went around the earlier part of this week, snagging up all the parts, that came up to just under 3 GB!! Anyways, I signed up to take part in the blog train that they will be doing in November, so I've been working on my part of the collaboration, and I can't wait to show it and share it with you all. I'll be posting my part on November 1st, which is the official start to the train for that month, so keep your eyes open! I'm really excited to be part of this!!

In addition, I have some ideas for my next kits and plan on starting the next one soon. I have also been working on some other shares, so be sure to check back often to see what else I have for you all.

Anyways, heading off to bed. Thank you so much for looking and if you like what you see, be sure to check back!!

Until later...

Purple Letters and Numbers, Oh My!

Good morning everyone!

As some of you may know, I'm a real bad insomniac, so I do a lot of my creating and computer time from about mid afternoon to the weeeeeee hours of the morning, and then I am finally able to fall asleep some time around 8 AM or so. Tonight is no different - it is just before 2:45 here and I am WIDE awake, so thought I'd make a matching alpha and numbers set to go along with the purple kit I recently posted. So if you liked the purple kit, you will probably like these too!

Here is the preview:


They are available in the usual 3 formats. Each "line" of letters or numbers is on it's own layer in each format, so they will be a little easier to use.

Here are the download links:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

I hope you like them and if you download, please leave a quick comment? I love hearing from you all! And if you like what you see, be sure to check back often as I'm always working on something to share.

Until next time, remember:

Finally Purple!!

Well, I finally finished the purple kit! Actually I had to stop myself before I made it any bigger! Purple is my favorite color and I probably could have gone on forever with this, but figured I better stop here, before it got too big!

Here is the preview for the kit:


And it contains the following:

16 papers
3 butterflies
3 bows (*)
3 buttons
2 flowers
2 frames
2 brads
2 strings of beads
2 bookplates
1 ribbon (*)
1 glitter element
1 glass element
1 purple dragonfly

(*) items with * were created with script by Joske. Link to site can be found in "Resources" area on right side of my blog.

The papers are available in the following formats: .jpg, .png, .psp, pspimage
The elements are available in the following formats: .png, .psp, .pspimage

Here are the download links:

4 SHARED

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

ELEMENTS
.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

I hope you like the kit! If you download, please leave a little comment as I love hearing from you all! And I'd love to see what you make with it!!

Until next time... take care and thank you for looking!!

2 More Tag Templates and Update on Purple Kit

Good morning everyone~!

I hope you are all doing well. :) Me, been kinda rough the last couple of days. The 27th was my dad's birthday and he would have been 87 years old. As some of you may know, he passed away on September 7, 2002 due to complications from Alzheimer's, so September is rough for me as it is the month of his passing AND his birthday. I still miss him a lot as he and I were always close. I didn't really feel like doing much on the 27th. I just laid low, caught up on some email and played in PSP and kept to myself. For those of you who have been liking my new tag templates, then you will be happy with what I came up with -- 2 new templates. Here are the previews and download links:

Tag Template #3 Preview


Download Links for Template #3

4SHARED

.psd format
.pspimage format

FILESAVR

.psd format
.pspimage format


Tag Tempate #4 Preview


Download Links for Template #4

4SHARED

.psd format
.pspimage format

FILESAVR

.psd format
.pspimage format


I've also been putting the finishing touches on the purple kit and hope to get it up for you all in the next day or so. Since purple is my favorite color, I want to make sure this is a really good kit, and I keep wanting to add things to it! So far I have 16 papers and 21 elements for it! I just keep thinking there should be more.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the templates. Would love to see if you all make anything with them! If you download, please leave a little love - it's nice hearing from you!!

Until next time....

Another Tag Template

Hello everyone!

Been kinda busy the last couple of days, and haven't been online much, however was playing in PSP tonite and came up with another tag template. I've been having some fun, sketching these out with pencil and paper, and then going to PSP and trying to make up what I've been sketching out. I still have a couple more to try and do, however wanted to get this one posted:



Hope you all like!
It is in 2 formats: .pspimage and .psd

Uploading links are here

4SHARED

.psd format
.pspimage format


FILESAVR

.psd format
.pspimage format

If you make anything with it, I'd love to see! And please, leave a comment if you download as I love to hear from you all!!

If you like what you see, be sure to check back often as I am usually working on something and getting ready to share a new creation!!

Until later....

Trying Something New!

Good Morning everyone!

Well, I thought I would try something new, and wanted to get it posted before I head off to bed in a lil bit. I have been really admiring the tag templates that I have seen all over the place, and I have had some ideas for templates of my own floating around in this noggin' of mine, so I figured I'd try it. Now granted, this one is pretty basic (I've seen some templates out there that are truly AMAZING!) and it's the first one I've ever made, however would love to know what you all think! I just made the template this evening and a tag by me using the template is below the preview. If anyone uses it, I'd love to see what you come up with, and if you use it in a tutorial, please link back to the blog and not to the actual upload link? Thank you!

Here is the preview:


(preview is smaller than actual size)

And my tag made with the template, using artwork of GPG artist, Hitana:



I saved the template in 2 formats: .pspimage and .psd. Here are the upload links:


FILESAVR
.psd format
.pspimage format

*OR*

4Shared
.psd format
.pspimage format

Thanks so much for looking! If you like what you see, be sure to check back often as I'm currently working on 2 full scrap kits and a couple of other items. Here is a sneak preview of the color scheme for the purple kit I've been working on:



I'm hoping I can finish it up some time this week and have it posted to the blog by the weekend.

Until later...


Autumn Blessings to you all!

Charm-ing New Items For You!

Good evening everyone!

I've been playing around in PSP lately and came up with some brassy charms for you all - 8, in total. They aren't anything fancy, however I like the brassy look I got with them. Here is the preview for them:



I'm also testing out a new file sharing company - please let me know what you think... Do you like them? Hate them? Find them easy to use? More difficult? Would love some input!

Here are the upload links (usual 3 formats):

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

Hope you all like these charms... and I'm working on a few other things too!
If you like what you see, be sure to check back often.

Until next time....

Colorful Flowers For You All!

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all doing well this fine September afternoon. As I write this, Hurricane Ike is getting closer to the mainland. I just want to say that I hope everyone in the path remains safe and sound and please, if you can, take cover. It sounds like it's going to be a nasty one, and wouldn't want to hear of anyone getting hurt from it. Houses and cars can be replaced - people can't. I have friends and family in Texas and I say a little prayer that they are safe as well.

Here is my share for today - I was just sort of fiddling around in PSP last night and came up with these. They are totally made by me - no scripts or anything. I have them in the usual 3 formats (.png, .psp, .pspimage). Here is the preview:



And here are the upload links:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

If you snag 'em, please leave a little comment? Love to hear from you all! And if you make anything with them, I'd love to see!!

Until next time....

Oh Wow!

Oh wow... I'm in shock! I just checked my 4 shared link and noticed that the autumn word art that I just posted last night (well early this AM) has had 186 downloads between the 3 different formats. I am so happy, and shocked and .... I'm very happy that you all like what I have been sharing!

Anyways, just wanted to share that, and to say thank you to everyone who has been snagged what I share - it makes me very happy to know that others like them!!

Autumn Is Coming

Well I realize that many of us are still in the grips of very warm, summery weather, however autumn isn't too far around the corner. So in preparation for cooler - and more colorful - days, I did up some word art with an autumn theme.

Here is the preview:



They are in the following 3 formats: .png, .psp, .pspimage.
The .png are all on one layer, however there is ample space between the quotes that you can select each one and copy to whatever you are doing. The .psp and .pspimage formats have 1 quote per layer.

Here are the upload links:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

I hope that you enjoy them, and please be sure to come back often if you like what you see as I try to post new things all the time!

Until then....

Going Dotty!

Not much going on at my end.... heading off to bed in a little bit as I have been awake all night. I wanted to get these new papers posted for you all before I go. There are 14 colors in all, and here is the preview:



They are available in the following 2 formats: .jpg and .png. Hope you like them!

Here are the uploading links:

.jpg format
.png format


I'm also working on another kit with various purple tones as well as a few other things. If you like what you see be sure to come back often as I enjoy creating and sharing what I make!!

Until later....