So we can say winter is really here. When it got so cold early in December we just shook our heads and said WOW such a cold snap, and so early too! But, now it is no longer cold snaps, but winter itself. I truly believe this winter is colder and has less warm days than the past five winters. If only it would bring rain and the wet stuff as well. At least the prickly pear cactus is being pruned back by the freezes. That has not happened in several winters and they were beginning to take over the pastures.

It did not help that our water was out just before Christmas–that was a joy believe me. NO hot water until the end of Christmas day. Hubby spent all of Christmas day getting it back on line. Then, earlier this week we lost electricity. There had been ice on the trees and it was not melting off when the sun came up and it was more than the power lines could handle. Of course, a little rain is more than the power lines around here can handle. Just another joy of living out in the country.

Moving ON

DigiScrapStation is looking for CT members, here is an ad about it.

Moving ON

Challenge Gift–Get this challenge gift at Divine Digital–it is an add on to my Whispers of the Forest kit. Purchase the kit for $2, create a layout and get this add on for participating in my challenge. The challenge is at: http://www.divinedigital.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9083

And Finally!! THE FREEBIE

I made some frames while trying to figure out a new Photoshop Action. The action is not made yet, but I thought you all would like some of the samples I made in deciding how the frames should be made. So here they are. (Those two sweet ladies are my hubby’s sister and cousin. Two of the grandest ladies around!)

Happy New Year!! Did you all make lots of resolutions? I guess I am going to have to knuckle down and figure out what I am going to do this year about my weight and physical condition. I WAS going to have surgery this month for the acid reflux, but that has been canceled. Hubby does not feel it is for me. But, since I am not going to have this surgery (which the docs said would cause me to loose about 15- 20 pounds) I am going to have to figure out a different way to control my acid reflux and to loose some weight. Sigh, I guess it is going to take some work.

Another area I need to get some improvement in is the house organization. I just looked in my closet and realized that I am only using a fraction of the space in there wisely. The rest of the closet is stuffed with clothes and things that we will never use again. Then, there are the things in the other closets of the house that need to be organized and things in the cabinets under the sink and things in the buffet in the living room, things in the shelves in the bedroom —-the list goes on! It doesn’t help that hubby has issues with throwing stuff away. He just does not believe in it. I have to wait til he is out of town sometimes to do a good clean out.

So, did you all make some resolutions?

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Check it out, my newest kit, Whispers of the Forest, is the Divine Digi Deal this week. This means you can get the kit for $2.00!

This is the kit I showed a preview of a week or so ago. It has a fairy, a unicorn and much more. With 23 papers the papers alone are worth the $2. Here is a preview of four of my favorite papers in the kit. But, it also has a bunch of regular papers that are not so hard to use.

Next week I will be posting a challenge in the forum at Divine Digital and the participation gift will be an add on to this kit. Just a tip about this add on, it will have another fairy in it.

Things are really hopping lately and I have so much to keep track of!

Update on Missie: Missie is at home but not “awake”. You can read the latest on her blog as her husband and son are posting. The url is: http://mdtdesigns.blogspot.com/

We are going to create a collaboration kit in honor of Missie and to honor our loved ones that have passed. Many of us have lost loved ones recently and it just seems right to do this. If you wish to contribute to this endeavor, you can find more information at: http://scrappymouse.com/iwillalwaysloveyou/info.pdf

On a different note. The store is handing out free ornaments every day of December and you really need to get on track and get you some of these gorgeous ornaments. Go to the DigiScrapStation blog at: http://digiscrapstation.com/blog/ The previous day’s ornaments are still up so its not too late to get them.

Kathy, of Kathy’s Scraps has been organizing this and she is doing an awesome job. There are some ornaments that are hybrid and some that are only digital–but hey, just download them all! Each day she gives you a clue as to where you will find the ornament of the day.

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Did you get your coupon for Scrappy Cats and for the store in the DST Insider? There is one posted in there this month. To get your copy of the DST Insider, log in to DST (DigiShopTalk) and click on the download link that is on the top right. It will take you to a page where you can download the current newsletter. Our coupons are in there.

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New products–well not quite so new. I really like how the penguins came out. There is a mini kit named, Its Here, a Figmenst Add On, a Christmas Ornament Photoshop Action and a Penguin Photoshop Action. You can get them at DigiScrapStation as well as at Divine Digital. The links to these stores are above in the header of the blog.

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!

We just finished putting together an awesome kit at Scrapper’s Zone called Goth Teen. Eleven of us designers there contributed to this huge collaboration and the results are totally out of the ordinary. Here are some previews of it.

Click on the top preview to go see the kit and all the details about it. Severall of us have created some brag book quick pages to give you using this kit. We are giving them away on our blogs. Here is the list of blogs to visit to pick these up:
Cindy Ritter DigiScrap Designs

Move Fearlessly

Pretty Scrappy

Cherrish Treasures

Rose

Kreative Junkie

And here is my brag book quick pages for you. This kit was so much fun to work with that I made 6 of them instead of jusst one.

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Have you seen these things they are calling wordle –they are word clouds. You enter a bunch of text and it makes these cool looking word clouds out of the text. OR you can enter a url and the same will happen. I gave it the url of this blog and this is what happened.

This image was created by http://wordle.net