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COLD! a freebie and other stuff

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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!)

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Rain!!

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WE had rain!! almost two inches of rain fell in the past 24 hours here in parched Central Texas. It has not been wise to burn trash, throw cig’s out of car windows or to even use the welding torch out in the pasture. It was so dry we had to give up on our elephant ears this summer and barely kept the zinnias growing.

But, it rained!! It is fun to say that it rained as it makes me feel oh so good inside and fresh. The rain is gone now, but maybe it will remember it’s way back to come back again.  When I went to the mail box this afternoon the wind was blowing so hard I wondered if my glasses would come off. We have a cold front moving in and just maybe that means that the hot dry summer is over. Ninety degree heat in October is really pushing summer into the wrong part of the year. We also, might just start getting a little more rain with the colder weather.

Moving ON

A GOOD tech support report! I finally bit the bullet and called HP tech support over the scanner again. Last time I called we worked on it for 3 hours and then I had to go as I had company at my door. But, I really wanted that scanner to work. So I called again today. After looking at the clock and deciding that if it ran more than two hours, I could call hubbie on the cell phone, I dug out the ticket number given me from the last call. After waiting for just a short period of time, I got Daphne on the phone, gave her control of my computer and watched her work. It is just so much fun to watch someone take over your computer from half way across the world. (I knew this was coming so I cleaned up a bit on the desktop first.) She went here and there deleting files and searching and deleting more files til finally after about 45 minutes she restarted the computer and THEN installed the software that was being difficult before. AND IT WORKED!! It only took about an hour and a half and my scanner works now!! To celebrate I created some distressed folded and worn papers to scan in and created a new product for the stores.

They are five folded and worn overlays to give your papers that great aged look. The edges are a little messed up and they are not quite 12 x 12 as you need to be able to show the edges when working with layouts. I have noticed the the new thing lately seems to be stacking stuff. This will work great for that. This is beig uploaded to my stores right now as I type this in. You can find it in my stores at DigiScrapStation, Divine Digital, and ScrappersZone.

I created a layout with one of these on a photo of Clio to see how it would work on photos instead. It’s really subtle but I like it.

By the way, you can get this kit, Old Juniper by participating in my Ad Challenge at DigiScrapStation. The link will take you right to this month’s challenge. In the layout, Clio is being all fierce and protective of my purse. I think she was waiting for me to leave so she could smack Dayton a time or two. When I have been gone for an hour or two and come back I find tufts of hair on the carpet like they have been having a wrestling match. Clio is always waiting for me on top of the freezer which means she won the coveted positon. The two of them just don’t share sleeping spots at all.

 

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Speed Scrap Layout

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Wow –posts two days in a row. I might just be able to get back into the swing of posting more regular on my blog.

Crazy Diamond has been hosting a speed scrap on Saturday nights at DigiScrapStation and I have really enjoyed it. We have a chat room that is real basic there but it does the job. I might just go ahead and spend the $$ to upgrade it since it seems to be used at least once a week.

What is a speed scrap? Well, the hostess comes online and tells us to start our layout by doine this one thing–like pick a photo or several photos or pick background papers etc. Then every ten minutes she gives us another direction. Crazy Diamond is real cool and loose in us interpreting her directions. Last night she told us to pick a photo and then the next step was to desaturate all or part of it. Well, I picked one photo to do this to and added two more color photos. Then she added more stuff each ten minutes. Oh and after the hour is up and we have recieved directions from her every ten minutes, we then have another hour to get the layout posted in the gallery. It really is fun and at the end you have a layout that you have created. Everyone who gets their layout up in time recieves a participation gift as well.

Here is the one I created last night. You can click on it to go to the DSS gallery to leave a comment or see the credits.

 

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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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