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Christmas is coming for sure

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Have you got all your preparations done for Christmas? In our house it just does nt seem like it is going to happen. There is no tree, no decorations and nothing to tell anyone that it is that time of year. We used to do that big routine, tree, presents, lots and lots of decorations. But, lately it just doesn’t seem worth the effort. No one is expected to visit, there are no drop ins to be allowed for, and well, with just the two of us, it just doesn’t seem worth while to spend hours and hours decorating the house.

We have just about finished our present shopping. Just three more people to buy for and then that will be all. I was going to try and make a few things, but might not have the time.

But, please notice, I did decorate my blog and the store!

Missie Update

I sent an email to find out if there was any news about Missie and got a reply from her son just a few minutes ago. There is no change. Missie still has not woke up. He says her body is slowly breaking down and they just wait and try to keep her company, talking to her and spending time with her. He said to please let everyone know they appreciate eveything, the email, the prayers, the thoughts and the candles.

This has got to be one of the most difficult things a family has to do is wait by the bedside of one who is dying. I cannot concieve of the agony they are going through.

Moving On

I don’t have any new products in the stores, but wanna just tease about a new kit I am working on. It has trees, a cardinal, a fairy of a different sort, a unicorn and well, I just had to make you all a sneek peek of the kit. See what you can discover about the kit below. And you are going to just LOVE the price when it get reavealed!

Moving ON

Oops, hubby came in the door. He was out of town for overnight and now is back. That means I have to behave now. No more staying up til 5 in the morning for me.

CU Freebie for you all

I made a few overlays for you all. There are three patterns, two edges and one texture overlay in this set. I also included a sample paper I made. These are Christmas themed so enjoy. The edges are red and green, but you can change the color quite easily on them for other purposes.

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It’s here–Winter that is

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You know it is cold when the cats insist on sleeping with you even when your restless legs are acting up. Hubby had to go to Houston so I ended up in the bed with the two cats. Silly me, I went to bed with lots of clothes on and could not figure out why my feet would not warm up. Well, they were bare, but the rest of me wasn’t. So, I got up and took off what I had on and finally got a little warmer. Remebering the blanket in the guest room, I got up to get that too. But, then was they started to warm up, I could not keep them still. Then it hit me that I had not taken my medications for the night and the restless legs were going full time. It took two doses to finally get those under control. Through it all the cats just kept adjusting and moving around but not leaving the bed. Usually, it just takes one time of me getting up to have them leave. Poor kitties.

We are going to have several cold nights now in the lower 30’s. Yes, I can hear you Northerners now saying that is not that cold. But, our mobile home is six feet or more off the ground and is not insulated for such cold weather and we live on the top of a hill where that North wind just howls on through. I got my little booties on my feet and flannel pj bottoms with long john tops. That should keep me warm. And oh, I took my bath in the afternoon instead of trying to do it in the cold of the night.

I created some CU overlays for you all to celebrate that winter is here at last. They are at the end of this post.

Moving On

Here is a photo of Mason at one week. It was his first doctor’s visit. He passed his exam with flying colors, except for the blood work. Hubby and I had taken off to help taxi them (daughter and grandson) around that day as Mason’s daddy had to work. He really was such a well behaved little gentleman.  When they took his blood at the lab, he barely cried. And they had to get TWO samples. I thought they would neve finish drawing that blood.

Projectile POOP

 Have any of you ever heard of projectile poop? I have heard and seen projective vomit where big messes occur. But, Mason has mastered the art of projective poop. His mother was changing the diaper and he just let it fly–All over everywhere!! Could this be a boy thing? My little girls NEVER did anything like that.

 Moving on

 So here are the overlays I made for you all. The files include four pattern overlays, one texture, one edges and grunge overlay and a sample already to use.

 

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I’m BAAAACK! with a free December Desktop

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It looks like I have a chance to put my head above water for a few days here. The grandson is born and the doctor’s appointmetns are not until next week. Payroll was completed yesterday and I got my other month end chores done, only a week late, but they are done. So it looks like I have some designing time! Hurray!

We still need to offer some prayers for the grandson as his blood work is just not coming out right. His mother’s blood attacked his and it looks like he will be a while over coming it. It is worrying and his mother is very upset about it. She just wants it to be behind her so she can get on with enjoying her son. Any prayers will be appreciated.

Scrappy Cats Sales this week are:

They are half off at DigiScrapStation and at Divine Digital. I am no longer at ScrappersZone. I won’t go into why as it would not make me look like a nice person, but I wish them all the best. We parted on a friendly basis -at least I hope Nichole still feels friendly to me as I feel that way to her.

Better late than never, I have a December Desktop for you. This one is made with my last year’s Camo Santa kit. It comes in two sizes as stated below in the preview. Check out my own personal Santa Claus there. Hubby decided to grow a beard last month and WOW look what he was able to do.

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Its Dark Out There! (CU Freeibe also)

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Its Sunday and as always I fogot to take out the trash before dark. Now if you live in the city that is not a big deal. You got those huge street lights and all the neighbors lights and there is also your own porch light. Oh and it is only a few steps out there to the trash can. And, let’s not forget that you can take out your trash on a daily basis and not have to wait til the last day to take it out all at one time. All you have to worry about is stray dogs getting into the trash cans.

But, well, here out in the middle of nowhere-things are a lot different. There are all kinds of critters that would just love to string our trash out up and down the fence line. Plus there is the fact that we are only allowed so many sacks of trash each week, so we make sure to fit it all into one big trash sack. (Well, we also have the cat litter double bagged in another sack, but lets not talk about that OK?)

It was after seven when I remembered that the trash had to go out. Of course, first thing this morning I woke thinking trash day. But, who takes out trash first thing in the morning the day before? When I looked out the window a few minutes after seven it was DARK –gee that happened fast. Just last week it was staying light til nine o’clock. But, I bustled around and got all the trash collected and got it all bagged up –had to untie it twice as I found more items to go into it. Then it was on with the socks and boots–did I mention it was dark out there and there are snakes that come out at night? Finally I was ready. I had my boots on underneath my mumu–yes I wear a mumu most days. I had my hunking, huge, redneck flashlight that lets me see for a mile and I had the cats’ attention big time. Their eyes were big as saucers when I opened that door.

I’m sure I made a comical sight with trash bag in one hand, huge flashlight in the other and mumu and boots. But, hey, I got the trash out. I took two trips–wanted to be sure I did not trip and I was able to run if I had to. But there were no boogie men out there, no snakes, just a little bunny hop-i-tee hop hop. He high tailed it out of there when I flashed him with my super-duper high-power beam. Whew, trash is out for another week.

MOVING ON

What got me so distracted from taking out the trash today was this project I started working on. Now that the store is going to sell Scrap Services and Blog stuff we need to determine which products of ours we can use for this. Not ALL Commercial Use stuff is friendly to Scrap for Hire or Web Graphics. Some designers prefer you not to use their CU items for that. So I’ve been digging through my Commercial Use Folder — believe me there is a lot in there –and I have been sorting. Whew, those Terms of Use documents are so vague and they really don’t tell you much specifically. They do say to contact the designer if you have questions –so I emailed a bunch of ladies and got a few answers that way. But, I am still working on it all.

Partway through this sorting, I posted at DST about it inthe designer section. Nicole Vars, of DigiScrap Warehouse, told me that she was making a chart for her store designers to let the customer know about their TOU’s. What a great IDEA! Well, before you could peel a potato, I got busy and sent my store designers a questionnairre and now we have us one of those chart things. It is not completly filled out yet as some designers have yet to get back to me with their answers. But take a loook–

http://digiscrapstation.com/store/termsofuse.html

There it is in Yes and NO terms what the designers will and will not allow. It would be totally awesome if the other stores would do something like this too.

MOVING ON

Ok, now for the CU freebie. Gee, two freebies within two days of each other! This one is a set of four edges–well one of them has a little more than just edges. You can use these to distress your papers real easy. If you don’t want the edges and distressing to be black you can do one of two things. 1) Lock the transparent pixels by clicking on the little square in the top of the layers palette and then fill the layer with the color you want th edges to be. Or, 2) you can go to Adjust Hue/Saturation and lighten the layer up some, click OK and then go back to the same tool and then you can change the color of the egdes that way once they have been lightened . When you get the colors changed, then you can use the Blend Modes to make them work with what you have going on with the paper. Sometimes I use Color Burn and sometimes I use Color Dodge or Screen. One will darken the edges the other will lighten the edges. So here is the freebie:

Edges

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Overwhelming (cluster frame freebie too)

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Scrapper’s Zone Team collab came out this week. Its for scrapping hunter layouts and outdoor layouts. Oops, started to say for the male type layouts, but not just men like the great outdoors and hunting. Here is its preview, (click on the image to go to the store and see more about it.)

I think I overwhelmed the designers at DSS this week. We started a new service at DigiScrapStation – a Scrap for Hire – several designers have already put their services in the store. Basically, what it means, for those of you who are not digiscrappers, is we will create layouts for you with your photos. The cost is $5 for a single layout, $15 for four layouts and $25 for 15 layouts. I’ve created an ftp place and wrote instructions for those who don’t know how to use ftp so customers can upload their photos. All directions on using this service come with the downoad when you purchase it.

THEN I added Blog accessories and added Blog Customization and another designer asked about cards and then one asked about desktop calendars and well, we just expanded all over the place. Oh, we added a lady who does tagger art too. The blog accessories products will include instructions I wrote on how to add them to Blogger Blogs as well as WordPress Blogs. That was fun to do.

With all the documents and stuff flying around — we were updating, editing and more to each page — it became a little overwhelming for sure. I thought I would give them a break before I told them the next thing. WE STILL are working out a few details on the Scrap for Hire and Blog customizing thing.

But check out my new blog accessories. I made two kits already for blogs. These are at 72 dpi and come with directions on how to insert them into your blogs. One is a Chrismtas set – Pink Noel, It really was fun to make and the other is a pink set with a background that looks crackled. You can only get these at DigiScrapStation.

Now on to the freebie for today

I created a cluster frame for you all, it does not have holes in it for the photos so you can do one of several things. You can just plop the photo on top of it and add some shadow or you can cut your own hole for the photo you use. I put mine on top since I had two. Here is my sample:

This is my brother and sister when they were younger – we won’t say how much younger. But, they are older than me so you can image how old these photos are.

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Sugar Shoppe ADSDesigners October Collab

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Here the new collab kit by the ADSDesigners. Its a pretty kit called Sugar Shoppe. I had a hard time figuring out how to do it, for some reason the candy and sugar theme was throwing me off. So, I made basic papers and elements to go with what everybody else is making. Then, I really got into the grunge thing when making these, so well, these papers are really, really messy!

AS all the other collabs this group does, there are pieces of this kit all over the internet. Here are the blogs where you can find them:
 

My part has been divided into two downloads – it was too big for one. Those grungie papers make it real big. There are 12 papers, some frames, two torn and stitched flowers, and some scalloped frames. And oh, I also included two stitched flourishes.

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Win a Scrappy Cats Photoshop Action!

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I just posted a chance to win a RAK –you can see the details here:
http://digiscrapstation.com/store/forum/viewtopic.php?t=827

Basically, you just need to respond to the forum post with ideas for new Photoshop Actions and I will pick the lucky winners for a Photoshop Action of their choice. For every seven people who respond to the forum post, I will pick one winner. You can respond once per day through the end of September. So you can have seven chances to win. Lets see how many prizes I have to give out!

I put up some new actions last week – my favorite was the picket fence. But I like how the others turned out as well. The Dictionary Flourishes is a real bargain as it also has a great style. The style included will cover an entire paper and can be recolored anyway you want.

These actions are available in all three of my stores –DigiScrapStation, Divine Digital and Scrapper’s Zone. Links to these stores are in right under my blog banner.

 

 

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How do you spell relief? A Freebie too

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Tonight my hubbie is spelling it e-l-e-c-t-r-i-t-y–his electricity was just turned on this afternoon in the hurricane devastated area where he is at. He was telling me last night that the generators of the all the neighbors were very noisy and also smelly. He had to close the windows to shut out the noise and smell as that was worse than the heat. But, tonight he reports it is blessedly quiet.

The drama and ups and downs of the past week or so are finally getting to me I think. I could not bring myself to leave CNN for days looking to see what happened in the area where I raised my family and made so many great memories. Now, everyone is in for the long haul of recovery. Getting electricity back is just the first step in a long journey. I am reading of Galvestion residents being allowed back in and of families that are trying to put the pieces back together. Schools are starting up again and the roads are becoming more passable.

Hubbie came up and spent a few days with me here in Central Texas last week but he had to get back and get to work on the clean up so he left Monday morning. It was great to see him and it was good for him to get away for a few days. I feel for those who are unable to get away. We were sitting in the restuarant waiting on our meal and he said it was strange to look around and see no broken trees or debris laying around.

Mother is back in her assisted living home where there are showers and facilities for people in wheel chairs. My sis had a tree crew in her back yard today with a bob cat pulling out all the debris and dead trees. There was a lot more than hubbie had noticed and he is so thrilled to have all of this done. He said when one tree was felled it shook the neighborhood it was so big. Hubbie now has the task of cleaning up our own home. The back yard still has logs that need moving to the front for pick up and there are leaves to mulch and much more. He says he first wants to clean up the inside where it has become just plain filthy with leaves tracked in and lots of dust and stuff that moved around when the windows were opened for air.

So now it is time to MOVE ON

I have for you all a freebie kit –I named it Relief. It has twelve papers and that are very distressed and messy–just like IKE left the Houston area! Also included are two stitched and pinked edge hearts, three bows and ribbons, three frames, three boxes a rag doll and a journal piece. So enjoy!

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Desktop for you and what’s going on!

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Wow, have I ever been busy. For some reason the last two weeks have been very hectic. The end of the month rush of getting challenge gifs and team kit contributions really took their toll this time. I think it was partly due to the fact I had lost so much time to the computer troubles I had.

I am still finding things that happened to my computer that I did not realize due to using that recovery point thingie on my computer. I reset it back to the middle of July thinking there was nothing new added to my computer in the way of programs since then. But, here and there I am finding things that I forgot about. For example–I forgot I had added another email account, an important one –The one that I get my payroll stuff from Diving Digital on. It did not hit me until just two days ago that I was missing those because of the email account was missing.

Moving ON

Wildlife Report

Last time hubbie was here we had a ball watching the night time antics of the wild life around here. In one night we saw a racoon, a fox, and a possum. Then the next morning we discovered an armadillo had been in the front too. (They dig and leave distinctive holes behind.) The wild pig has not been seen. May just have ended up in the mess tent of some of the army type dudes who were on maneuvers just a couple of pastures over. Hubbie has trio of deer who visit and he sets out corn for them. One has twelve points and the other two have ten. They are gorgeous, what we can see of them in the night under the security light. I call them the amigos trio. They are always together like three good friends.

The snakes have become a real problem. Just a little while ago, I went out to put out seed and corn since hubbie was not here to do it. I dumped a bunch of seed on this satellite dish we use for that purpose and realized I had dumped too much. As I was bending down to scoop some back up, I looked and there was this fella watching me with his tongue just flickering. I yelled at him, threw rocks at him and even a stick. But, he would not budge. He knew that was a good spot to get him some dinner when the birds came for the seed. So, the nieces husband had to come shoot him. When hubbie is here he usually tries to relocate them but since he was not here, the snake had to go. He turned out to be much larger than we first thought. He had been wound up in a wad so we could not tell at first. But, he was a good four feet long if not more. It might have been the snake that I walked up on when I came home from a night with the daughter. Hopefully it was and there is not another one of those critters wandering around my yard.

Moving ON–New Product

I have some new items in the stores. The one you all don’t want to miss is the Mixed Bag I have up for just two weeks. It has four photoshop actions in it along with three other products. All together it is $30 worth of product, but if you get the Mixed Bag you only pay $5.00 –that is a great deal!

It is at Divine Digital, DigiScrapStation and ScrappersZone… links to these stores are up in my blog header.

And I have to show my newest action that I just finished. I will be uploading him later tonight or tomorrow.

This little dude gave me lots and lots of troubles. I must have built that action five times. Several times I had to start over because I had neglected to add this or that. Another time, I had it all done on my computer and in photoshop, but when I got up the next morning, the silly computer had restarted itself for some virus program or another. So when photoshop shut down without it doing it the right way, the action that had been made in the action palette was lost. BIG BUMMER as that was the one I really thought was IT! Anyway, he is done now and will look cute on any number of layouts. I was thinking a number of him in miniature lined up side by side would make a real cute border. Or perhaps a circle of them with the hats all pointing into the middle would be funny.

Moving On –a Free Desktop

I made a different kind of desktop today for my computer. It doesn’t have frames for photos. Instead it has a castle and a forest with a gargoyle in it. I like the idea of a gargoyle protecting my computer –kind like what they are to do for buildings –keep the evil dudes out. Most desktops I see around have a calendar on them and a place to put photos. But, I just don’t change the desktop that often and while I do put photos on my desktop, this one just did not seem to need one. I used my figments kit to make this one and thought maybe you all would like to use it too. Oh, don’t be fooled into thinking my desktop is always this neat. I cleaned it up special just for the print screen shot so I could show how I use the desktop. I generally have another column of icons on the right under the trash icon of kits that have been put up on the servers and just need to be put away. Plus there are always those other icons that just seem to multiply on my desktop..like dust bunnies.

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Come chat with me tonight!

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Yep, I am on at Divine Digital tonight. I am kinda nervous and wondering what is going to happen. But, please show up. I have a gift for everybody who does show up. Here is a preview of the chat gift:

 

Whatcha think of that bow?? I thought I would make a different kind and then to make it really different it is made iwth a transparent ribbon. This little mini kit will be an add on to my figments kit in a couple of weeks, but if you come to the chat you will get it for free. The chat is at Divine Digital at 10 PM Eastern Time–that will be 9:00 my time here, or something close to that.

At the chat I will be presenting a challenge with a gift for all participants–here is that gift:

Notice how one is geared more to girls and the other to boys? I really did not do that on purpose, but like how it came out. The castle in this challenge gift is different from the one in the main kit – it does not have as many levels on it and I think I like it better.

The challenge is just to complete a layout using the figments kit – I would love to see it in action. Today is the last day you can pick up that kit at Divine Digital for just $2. After today it goes to its regular price of $6.

Hope to see you all at the chat!

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