Wednesday, January 31, 2007

First LO done with my Alex's Asian Kit!!

Thanks so much to Oweazaer!! This is a great LO that she did!



I had to giggle, it's just soooo cute! Didn't she do a great job? Check out the galleries at DSC to see more of her great work!

Coupon For my Blog Readers!

OK I now have two kits in the store and as a special treat I am offering my Blog Readers a chance for a discount. Use the following coupon code at the store and get $2 off of EITHER Alex's Asian OR Paua Blues! This offer expires February 15th so get them while you can!

Coupon code = aff657ed4c

Oh and even though it's on my Slide to the right of my Blog here is a photo of my newest kit Paua Blues:

DAZ FREEBIE THIS WEEK! And did you know.....

that Carrara and it's sale are almost over? You can still get Carrara 3d Basics 2 for only $9!

Need just the right sword for your man at arms? Have an army to arm and not enough weapons! The Build your own Sword kit is here to help, with 1500 different combinations! If that's not good enough - it's also the DAZ Freebie this week!


Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Impromptu Wordart Freebie - USMC - Marine Corps

OK So I did the Layout for my Family Pride challenge and was feeling a bit Patriotic so I went ahead and made this. I thought I would share it with all of you. Is it just me or does it seem that USMC kits and what not are harder to find that all of the other Armed Forces? Maybe I will make one! If you have an interest in a Marine Corps Kit leave me a comment. Let me know it would be worth spending my time on.

If you download, please leave a comment. The background is not black, apparently Blogger has an issue with pngs even though it says it reads them ARGH. I hope you can see it all right. It's a little over 1 meg and about 12" by 5". Click on the image to download!

New Challenge

Ok here is a new challenge I have going on over at DSC which starts today and ends February 12th!

This one is called Before and After. Pretty broad topic really. Before Pregnancy - after pregnancy. Before Marriage - after marriage , before a diet - after a diet, Before WWII and after - great way to compare your families life through the years. There are a bunch more ideas just sitting there waiting to be scrapped so let's go and get them done!

One day left for Challenge Entry

Ok here is my LO for my challenge Family Pride over at Digi Scrap Central



I used the great Freebie Sketch I got from Chari Originals last week at her Friday chat! Isn't it a great sketch? So you have until tomorrow to get your entry in and possibly win up to 4 prizes! The one with the most comments on their layout gets a bonus prize!

Another Layout - Cherries and Berries by Shannon F

I was able to get my layout done for ShannonF's Cherries and Berries Kit. I LOVE this kit - it's so great! I used pics from my sisters graduation in 1991.

Monday, January 29, 2007

Internet problems.... again & DVD Burner issues

Argh, first for some reason Ilost the ability to burn DVD's with my Sonic which really stinks because I tried running KPT and it said I didn't have enough memory. I check all of my drives and lo and behold I only have a total of about 35 gigs! This is outrageous because I have an external hard drive that's 200gigs (actually 189 after you take out the space they used to create the drive) - there's about 24 gigs left on that and maybe 3 on the C drive and the rest is on my E drive. All of a sudden Sonic decides that it doesn't want to burn to DVDs. It starts, gets to about 32 megs and poops out. So I have been trying now to burn to cd's so at least I can get some of the stuff off of my computer. I burned 7 last night and of course, it didn't do much. I had also wanted to start keeping the kits I make on DVD instead of storing them on the computer that way I have a backup (and I noticed that my files for my newest kit are up around 3 gigs!) I have a total of about 15 gigs of zips and files to burn off, plus my 3D content ARGH. Alex is trying to get it to work but after 4 hours of me not being able to get on my computer and having withdrawals, I kicked him off lol. The Internet keeps lagging and dropping us still, we had I think one day where there were no problems getting around but now it's back to hiccupping again.

So for now it's got to be burn things off slowly and get enough space to work in until Alex finds the patch for this stupid thing. This ought to be fun - burning off around 30 gigs of content 700 megs at a time (eyeroll). I still have my layouts to finish up and the new kit to put together for the store.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

What I have been doing today

Well, I have made 3 LOs as part of my CT duties over at DigiScrapCentral

First is Rusty Page by Enableem. I LOVE this kit, it was perfect for this photo of my Papa and my Uncle



Next is this layout I did with Dreamland by Mama Moose. This kit was perfect for scrapping my nieces. Aren't they beautiful?




And then this one I had fun with too. This is part of Laura Pitman's Born to be Bold Page Kit. There are more colors in this kit but I am a sucker for red, grey and white kits with Black and White photos. These are photos of Manhattan, nostalgia is a beautiful thing. Credits for the photos go to John Cabrera {Thanks Pop ;) }



I love working with these kits and, of course, they are all available over at DigiScrapCentral

I am working on 3 other LOs right now and will probably have them done by tomorrow. Amazing how my mind just goes, I see what I want but since I don't know exactly how I want to do things, I let them sit in the back of my mind until it just pops lol. So I have the 3 LO's back there right now along with two new kits for the store, my contribution for February Specials, and my new challenge which is coming up this week. Also let's not forget about the chats over at DigiScrapCentral this week. As always Friday at 4:00 PM EST is another of Chari Originals' Scrap Happens Chats. I can't wait to see what she has for us this time. Actually one of the LOs I have in the back of my mind is using her sketches that she gave away this past Friday.

Gotta go, lots to do!

Friday, January 26, 2007

My First Kit is up at DigiScrapCentral!

Yes I am doing the happy dance! I am so excited about this kit. I used it to make my LO called We Love. Here is the kit:



You can find it in the DigiScrapCentral Store

Here is the LO I did with it:




PLEASE NOTE: There is no alpha included with this kit. The Ying Yang and rose are not part of the kit. This LO was actually done with one of the QPs included in the kit and I added a couple of the elements. The font I used was Chinese Takeaway. Special thanks to Atomic Cupcake ;)

Gotta go, things to do!

Chari's Originals Announcement!!

Quote from Chari

" Chat (today) with me at 1-2p.m. Pacific or 2-3 Central or 4-5 p.m. Eastern

I will be handing out sketches for 12x12 and 8.5x10 layouts so you can complete my month-long Challenge and earn my *Special Bonus* prize by creating a layout using all the goodies I've given you!

Hopefully by the end of this challenge, all who attended will have learned some new scrapping skills plus have a sketch you can use over and over plus have a cool kit to use over and over plus have a bonus prize at the end of it all!

What's not to love about that??!!?? "



I will be there!!! Will you???

Chat Today at 4PM EST & a FREEBIE!

We have had so much fun this month at the Chari's Originals Chat every Friday. Be there at 4:00 PM EST today for more great fun as we use her beautiful sketches and chat up a storm!

Also don't forget to stop by the Challenges and get in on my Family Pride Challenge - there's an opportunity for FOUR great prizes for participating!

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Family Pride Challenge at DigiScrapCentral - Here's Prize #1

Remember this is the prize for participating in the challenge. There will be a BONUS Prize to the person with the most comments on their LO in the gallery! Then don't forget to go over to Christy's Gallery Challenge - there is a gift over there for you too! Plus If you are the one with the most comments posted - meaning you posted the most comments on the LOs from MY challenge - you will also get another prize! That's FOUR prizes just waiting to be scooped up! Participate in both the Family Pride Challenge and Christy's Gallery Challenge!

DINOSAUR IN JAPAN

EGADS!! Did you see this on the news? This is a Frill Shark and it is a Dinosaur! They found and captured it in Japan. Looks like the Loch Ness Monster! Click on the image to see the video.



Just another reason to stay on land ;)

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Family Pride Challenge Surprise!

OK here's a little surprise for you. If you enter the challenge you will get a free kit - but we are going to make this a little interesting. Christy and I are joining Challenges! Check out her impromptu Gallery challenge. She is giving away a free kit to everyone who participates in her challenge too. Here is where they will mix - people doing her challenge can go and vote on the LOs people do in this challenge. At the end of the challenge - whoever has the most comments on their LO get's a bonus prize! The person from Christy's challenge who comments the most will also get a bonus prize!

**Note - this does not mean that a comment like "Great" or "Wow" can be left, it must be a real comment lol.

Sooooooo.... let's go!! Get to scrapping that Family Pride!!

My New Challenge at DSC

OK New Challenge folks. This Challenge is entitled FAMILY PRIDE. It covers a wide range of topics, from heritage, family members in the service, winning spelling bee contestants..... WHATEVER you and your family have to be proud of. Come on, you know you have lots to be proud of why not scrap it up and show it off? Head over to DigiScrapCentral go into the forums and post your layout!!

DAZ FREEBIE THIS WEEK!

Medevil Dome Normally $18.95 on sale for FREE!!!!! Come on, you know you want to try 3D. Go on over to DAZ3D, download their free software and free products and watch how fast you get hooked on it!


Tuesday, January 23, 2007

WOOHOO Update!!

I just got off the phone with both the electric and Telephone companies. Electric, I got an extension for the little bit we owed today and paying off the rest will be easy THANK GOD! Apprently they know that they can't expect to cut someone off at the knees and want payment right away. As for the telephone company .... whoopsie...they made a BIG booboo. Isn't that what I have been saying? They had us listed twice for the same phone number. They double billed us for internet and didn't charge us the right price even then! Bottom line is after all the credits there is only a $50 balance due by us. And I must say, after the last few times I had to call them and they were nasty I was really dreading this time around. But the lady at BellSouth was REALLY nice and helpful. She looked over everything and found out where they made the mistakes and put all the credits in for us. She said that we will have to call back next month because the bill is about to be cut so she can't credit the duplicate billing on that one, but that's ok I don't mind. The next time calling should be even easier since it was alredy taken care of this time. OK I can breathe now.... and I feel like I am going to pass out LOL. Gotta go, things to do lol.

FREEBIE / Preview

....before they shut me off lol. OK if you have been wondering what I have been up to when I am gone from here, this is one of them ;)




This set is just a preview sample - about 8 megs and it contains 1 Paper, One Chain with Charm, one Clip and one Necklace. These are not scaled. I LOVE these colors. I am also doing the green and brown/gold variations but I wanted to get at least one of them up here for you and maybe a couple of other previews of other kits I am working on before I lose power (or internet)lol.

If you want this sample just click on the photo ;) PLEASE remember to leave some love if you do.... I can use all the love I can get right now lol. OK I'm off!

Monopolies & Mega Corporations really need to go

ARGH I am so frustrated. So if you don't want to read about my aggravation then just skip this entry lol. Anyway, I am about two steps away from losing lights and phone/internet service. Here why:

My dear electric company - FPL - gave me an extension until Jan 5th to pay the bill we were behind on. I paid the bill Jan 5, they got it. I then get two notices from them this past weekend that if we don't pay just under $400 by today we will be disconnected. That's the first notice. The second notice says that because we were late they have taken us off of budget billing - which for those of you who don't know it averages out your monthly payments so that your bill is around the same every month instead of peaking during the summer. So now in addition to the $$ on the first notice there is new charges and the $500 or so left in the account which was supposed to get averaged out across the year. So now the total is $1,035. Besides the fact that we are both unemployed (the hunt is not going well for Alex sigh...everyone wants younger people with more college - he's an IT guy and of course overqualified for even a quick job fix like Home Depot or Starbucks etc) Besides now also the bill is insane to begin with and I called them and told them so. My bill literally doubled from the year before the only one who is home now who wasn't home last year is Alex how much more electric can one person generate? Still use the same ac, meals, laundry hot water etc. Not only did the prices go up but the kwh went up between 50% and 100%. Someone has to stop these yokels, this is insane. Our apartment is only 1200sf.

Now for the lovely phone company. Bellsouth has merged with AT&T and Cingular. Isn't that special? NOT!! I called about a month ago to see about reworking our voice mail (of which I got no satisfaction but ok, no problem) about an hour later our phone service is cut off and so is our internet! ARGH after four phone calls to them, we find out that the idiot we first spoke to left the window open, went to the next customer who wanted their service disconnected and disconnected our instead. Then they say they can't get us our internet for a week but the phone is working. ARGH I started flipping out in the background - Alex was on with them because I was really going to flip on somebody - I said I work online and my son needs to get his virtual school test done and submitted if not he is going to fail and I want my internet service back on. FINALLY around 8 or 9 that evening we got the internet back. We have lost internet - not shut off just problems with them working on the lines for the merger - at least - NO LIE - 30 times since. I get the bill, pay it la la la everything is fine right? WRONG! I get a bill this past weekend (I really just should NOT have gone to the mailbox this past weekend) and it says that previously they had sent us a past due notice for $249 for our phone number ......12 and that our new number ......34 will be shut off if payment isn't made immediately! WTH??!!??? First of all I still have my original phone number and there was no bill that came in for $249!!!???? I just paid the bill in full so I don't know what's going on, they insist I have a new number and that I owed money on our "old" one. CAN SOMEONE WITH BRAINS PLEASE WORK AT THESE PLACES????? For the love of God, sigh...... either way, we don't have it so all of this nonsense is going to end up getting us shut off somewhere along the way. So if you don't see me for awhile .......... you know why. Sorry had to vent. There has got to be some sort of suit being filed against these morons for this type of blatent disregard for consumers. Between the electric company and the phone company I am two steps from moving to God's Country and living off the land with no utility poles of any type anywhere in sight. OK, I'm done.................sort of.

Monday, January 22, 2007

LAST Call for Challenge Entries!!

Come on over to DSC as alot of the challenges will be ending today! Here is my LO for my challenge - Out with the old - in with the new. Clean out your attic and drawers and closets!!



I used an old pair of John's jeans that I had cut a couple of pieces out of and the snowflake that he made for me in school that year. Now, I can get rid of those items because I will always have them here! I have tons of stuff, alot of pieces of clothing from first outfits they wor home from the hospital and Halloween costumes, suits etc so I can do a "New Years Cleaning" instead of waiting to do a Spring Cleaning lol. Come on over and join in the fun and get yourself some free kits for doing something you know you are going to do anyway!!

DAZ DEAL you can't miss this one!!

OK ever wanted to try 3D? Well, now is your chance! Besides the fact that DAZ offers their own 3D program - DAZ Studio, they also own Carrara! Right now Carrara 3D BASICS 2 is on sale for just $9!!!!



This program is usually $99.95 but until February 2nd it's only $9. Go ahead and check out DAZ3D and see what other great items they have for you including this weeks FREEBIE!!

Finally a Freebie!

I know, I know, it's been awhile. So to make up for it, here is an add on kit for my Valentines Day Freebie. This one include 8 papers, 14 Elements and a complete Alpha with an exclamation point! The zip is almost 51mgs. Hope this helps make up for the time I neglected you. PLEASE don't be mean, if you download it please leave a comment.



Just click on the image to download. Enjoy! Oh and come back soon because I am working on a few more freebies too!

Friday, January 19, 2007

DSC's New Years Celebration Continues!

FRIDAY - January 19th:

We had such great fun at Part 3 of Chari's Month long chat Make sure to come by next Friday at 4:00 PM EST to get her great sketches to go along with her beautiful kit "Royal Purple" (did you see my LO with this pretty kit?) We will be scrapping and chatting up a storm!!


11:00 PM TONIGHT!! - Chat with Ronda

Now do you want a ton of challenges? We have something for everyone!

Christy Haigs Gallery Challenge - 2 week long Gallery Challenge!
Shannon's Renew a LO Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd
Laura Pitman What you will do different in 2007 Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd
Terrell's (Yep that's me) Out with the Old In With the New Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd

New Sketch Challenge. Come join the fun. Turn in your LO by 4:00 PM EST on the 29th for a great prize!

New Color Challenge. We will be giving away our new beginnings mega kit the next few weeks so Shannon thought it would be a great time for everyone to use some of the kit. (you dont have to use this kit)

New Scraplift Challenge Finda LO in the gallery you just love and use it as inspiration for your own. Turn in by the 29th of Jan at 4:00 PM EST for a wonderful prize!

There are also more games, more challenges coming oh and..... did I mention that they are giving away some awesome freebies? So come see what's NEW at the DSC New Years Celebration!!

Thursday, January 18, 2007

I want to introduce someone to you.

Ugh I have been trying to get him out all day and he just keeps hiding but I think I got a little shot of him as he snuck out from behind the corner, Can you see him?



Sigh.... well maybe tomorrow he will come out and say hello. He's a little nervous as he really doesn't know anyone.

While we wait, have you gone over to DigiScrapCentral and checked out the challenges, chats and freebies? The first two links of this months Mega Kit are up and ready to download ;)

FRIDAY - January 19th:

4:00 PM Part 3 of Chari's Month long chat Make sure to come over to get part 3 of her beautiful kit "Royal Purple" (did you see my LO with this pretty kit?)


11:00 PM - Chat with Ronda

OK and if that is not enough how about a ton of challenges? We have something for everyone!

Christy Haigs Gallery Challenge - 2 week long Gallery Challenge!
Shannon's Renew a LO Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd
Laura Pitman What you will do different in 2007 Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd
Terrell's (Yep that's me) Out with the Old In With the New Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd

New Sketch Challenge. Come join the fun. Turn in your LO by 4:00 PM EST on the 29th for a great prize!

New Color Challenge. We will be giving away our new beginnings mega kit the next few weeks so Shannon thought it would be a great time for everyone to use some of the kit. (you dont have to use this kit)

New Scraplift Challenge Finda LO in the gallery you just love and use it as inspiration for your own. Turn in by the 29th of Jan at 4:00 PM EST for a wonderful prize!

Also don't forget to stop by DAZ3D and check out their new freebie this week - awesome stuff as always!


Well I have to go see about getting someone to stop being shy ;) Have a great night!

DigiScrapCentral New Years Celebration Continues!

We had great fun yesterday at the Chat with Shannon! If you missed it I feel sorry for you! There were great goodies and lots of fun. BUT you didn't have to be at her chat to do her challenge. Go check out her challenge and get another great gift! And speaking of challenge .... go check out mine while you're there! You will find the challenges in the forums HERE. OK You didn't forget about today and tomorrow and....... oh well here - you read it for yourself!! LOL

TODAY - Thursday January 18th:

2:00 PM - Chat with DigiBrandi every Thursday afternoon! Each chat will have some kind of challenge (to be determined) with a freebie and posting bonus for participation!

FRIDAY - January 19th:

4:00 PM Part 3 of Chari's Month long chat Make sure to come over to get part 3 of her beautiful kit "Royal Purple" (did you see my LO with this pretty kit?)


11:00 PM - Chat with Ronda

OK and if that is not enough how about a ton of challenges? We have something for everyone!

Christy Haigs Gallery Challenge - 2 week long Gallery Challenge!
Shannon's Renew a LO Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd
Laura Pitman What you will do different in 2007 Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd
Terrell's (Yep that's me) Out with the Old In With the New Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd

New Sketch Challenge. Come join the fun. Turn in your LO by 4:00 PM EST on the 29th for a great prize!

New Color Challenge. We will be giving away our new beginnings mega kit the next few weeks so Shannon thought it would be a great time for everyone to use some of the kit. (you dont have to use this kit)

New Scraplift Challenge Finda LO in the gallery you just love and use it as inspiration for your own. Turn in by the 29th of Jan at 4:00 PM EST for a wonderful prize!

There are also more games, more challenges coming oh and..... did I mention that they are giving away some awesome freebies? So come see what's NEW at the DSC New Years Celebration!!

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

DSC's New Years Celebration!

This post is going to be a long one, maybe lol. Let's see how it works out because I am still half asleep. I'm up and dressed (what more do you want? LOL) but I am not mentally awake and I have another sinus headache which is looming in the back of my head taunting me. Anyway, without further adieu let me tell you what is going on over the next couple of days over at DIGISCRAPCENTRAL

TODAY - Wednesday January 17th:

4:00 PM EST - Chat with Shannon - We will talk about our new goals for this year. Also a year in review challenge. Scrap a lo about your best things that happened in 2006!

TOMORROW - Thursday January 18th:

2:00 PM - Chat with DigiBrandi every Thursday afternoon! Each chat will have some kind of challenge (to be determined) with a freebie and posting bonus for participation!

FRIDAY - January 19th:

4:00 PM Part 3 of Chari's Month long chat Make sure to come over to get part 3 of her beautiful kit "Royal Purple" (did you see my LO with this pretty kit?)


11:00 PM - Chat with Ronda

OK and if that is not enough how about a ton of challenges? We have something for everyone!

Christy Haigs Gallery Challenge - 2 week long Gallery Challenge!
Shannon's Renew a LO Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd
Laura Pitman What you will do different in 2007 Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd
Terrell's (Yep that's me) Out with the Old In With the New Challenge - Ends Monday January 22nd

New Sketch Challenge. Come join the fun. Turn in your LO by 4:00 PM EST on the 29th for a great prize!

New Color Challenge. We will be giving away our new beginnings mega kit the next few weeks so Shannon thought it would be a great time for everyone to use some of the kit. (you dont have to use this kit)

New Scraplift Challenge Finda LO in the gallery you just love and use it as inspiration for your own. Turn in by the 29th of Jan at 4:00 PM EST for a wonderful prize!

There are also more games, more challenges coming oh and..... did I mention that they are giving away some awesome freebies? So come see what's NEW at the DSC New Years Celebration!!

DAZ FREEBIE THIS WEEK! And did you know.....

Alatariel





A romantic courtyard inspired by other Romantic Period buildings and architecture. Use all items together, separate, or mixed with other buildings. All textures were made with photo references and include intricate detail.

Regularly priced $19.95 on sale for FREE!!

Did you know that DAZ3D also sponsers Monthly Contests? Yep and here's the breakdown of the prizes:

Winners:
Starting December 2003, all artists whose submissions are displayed in the DAZ Galleries will receive a $25.00 DAZ voucher (limit one voucher per artist, per gallery, per month resulting in a maximum of $150 total per month. Only the top three images in the Platinum Club Gallery receive a $25 voucher. Vouchers are good for thirty days from the date that they're issued).


So get over there with your best work and get to submitting!!

Monday, January 15, 2007

Come to the DSC New Years Celebration!

Come and join us this week at www.digiscrapcentral.com we will
be celebrating the new year with New Challenges, chats and the
release of our Jan mega kit New beginnings. Dont miss out on
some great prizes just for joining in on our challenges and
chats. See more details at the site.

Also dont miss out on the great sales and specials in the
scrapshop.

..... OH MY! Here's a sneak peak at the Mega Kit for this month:

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Going On at DSC

WOW next week is going to be awesome! If you didn't see my previous post -- Scroll Down -- lol. There are going to be at least 4 chats plus 4 or 5 challenges AND now there are more challenges up in the forums section:

Sketch challenge Jan 14-29th

Color challenge Jan 14-29th Using our MEGA Kit colors!

Scraplift challenge Jan 14-29

All have great FREEBIES available for the participants so come join the fun over at DSC. Come, Chat with us, get inspired with us and just have fun! Maybe even learn a thing or two in the process!

(PS my challenge starts Thursday ;) )

**Sorry had to repost this since the stupid SPAM dipsticks have found my blog. All comments will now be moderated, so please feel free to post a comment as long as you are NOT a pathetic person with nothing better to do than SPAM someone else's Blog.

Friday, January 12, 2007

I can't take it anymore...

OK here we go, I am going to ramble and most likely, make someone angry, insult them .... whatever. I just got an e-mail from one of my less favorite sites announcing a sale they are having. 25% off (Actually it's what they consider clearance - less than 50% I consider a sale but whatever that's not my point) It goes on to say that they are giving me a coupon for an additional 10% off my purchase too (minimum $25 purchase required....insert raised eyebrow emoticon here along with a yawn) ANYWAY.... here is where stupidity takes over and my aggravation begins. They then claim that between the 25% and the coupon good for an additional 10% I have the opportunity to save 35%. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DID NO ONE PAY ATTENTION IN MATH CLASS? Ok, if you think they are right pay attention and I will break it down. For the sake of argument and to make the numbers easier let's say I have a $100 purchase. We take the 25% sale price off - that leaves $75. Ok now let's apply the coupon code and get that 10% off - do you see it already? 10% of $75 is $7.50. So my initial savings is $25 and now add the $7.50 and it gives you a total of $32.50 savings. The last time I checked $32.50 was NOT 35% of $100. ARRRGGHHHH It makes me nuts because no one ever pays attention. I do the numbers in my head all the time. I hit sales and can spend $80 at Dillards during a sale and know within a couple of cents (the tax always messes me up because some people just do 7% and others do 6.5%) how much I am spending, discounts and all. There was a lady in front of me reaming a girl over $10 and she was wrong. Same type of situation but the woman assumed it was 90% and it wasn't it was like 79 or 80% discount because again it was like 75% and an additional 10% or something to that effect. I had to go over it twice before she got it. I couldn't keep my mouth shut, the poor girl looked terrified lol. Finally she got it, didn't say a word, paid the bill and huffed off. (The girl gave me 90% though for helping her lol) I am not sure what ticks me off more though. I don't know whether it's the fact that either A) The retailer is trying to pull one over and thereby insulting my intelligence B) The retailer is an idiot and really thinks it's 35% or C) That people have no respect for money or D) That this country is turning out a bunch of people who can't do simple math. I know, in the end, probably no one really gives a flying fig but this is just one of those things that really burns my biscuits.

Freebies, Chat's n Challenges

All next week will be chat's challenges and freebies to be had so come on over to DIGISCRAPCENTRAL There will be plenty of fun - at least 5 challenges already scheduled (including one of mine ;) ) and I hear tell that the Mega kit "New Beginnings" will be started to be handed out!

Chat schedule so far:

Wednesday 4 PM - Goals for 2007 Chat and a Challenge with Shannon
Thursday 2PM - Weekly Chat with Digibrandi
Friday 4 PM - Chat with Chari Originals Part III of her January Chat
Friday 11 PM - Chat with Ronda

DIGISCRAPCENTRAL is the place to be next week so be sure to be there for all the fun!

Chat Today at 4PM EST & a FREEBIE!

Don't forget part II of Chari Original's Month long Chat over at DigiScrapCentral. Today at 4PM EST 1 PM Pacific. She is feeling VERY generous and giving away Part I of her kit to those who missed it last week! This is the only chance you will get to get the first part if you missed it.



So come on over today to get Parts I AND Part II of this beautiful kit! First 5 LO's with this kit gets a *Special* prize!!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

One of my new kits

Here is a layout I made with one of my new kits - HAZEL. It's named for my niece whose pic I used to make this LO. Isn't she adorable?



I used PS7 and DAZ Studio to make the paper. Since my Wacom tablet is working again I used it to make the butterflies, I was drawing my heart out once it started working again lol.

DAZ FREEBIE THIS WEEK!

Ok here's another great freebie from DAZ3D for this week:




Sci-fi Barriers and Walls is the new freebie this week at DAZ. Go check it out and add some great runtime for FREE!!

Monday, January 8, 2007

FREEBIE

Here's is your next freebie. It's a small kit about 5 papers an 3 elements and is for Valentines Day - or just love in general. Click on the pic to get it but please remember to leave a comment if you do ;)



Enjoy! I am off for now, still have more Geography to upload for Charles, two kits I am working on at the same time lol, old pics I found that I want to use for a challenege over at DigiscrapCentral next week and Alex needs help finding some old paperwork. EGADS - and it's almost dinner time! Gotta run!

Don't do this with your Wacom Pen

I go to use my Wacom pen about 2 or 3 weeks ago and guess what? It doesn't want to work. I go to erase a small spot and it "sticks" and takes a chunk out of my drawing (Thank GOD for undo)So I, of course, blame one of my kids because they are always touching it. The last time I used the pen I had taken it out of the slot that runs across the top of the pad - it's a perfect fit - but I never put it there, I always leave it in the stand so I knew someone had touched it. Come to find out it was Alex who put it there. He had seen it on my desk and figured he would put it into the slot. Well when he gets on the phone and tells the person what is happening with the pen, the person starts to laugh and says "Did you place the pen in the slot on the paf?" He says "yes" like he's proud of it lol. Well that's the problem. Apparently you are not supposed to leave the pen there because as you are using the mouse it gets it's "wires" crossed and causes the pen to not work correctly. The poor man liked to have died right there. I started laughing and yelled out from my room to the kids "Alex did it!" "He broke my pen" They were like "AHA!! For once it wasn't us" Too funny. I felt so bad for him, he was just trying to help by putting the pen there. And not for nothing but why on earth would they put a slot for your pen to fit in perfectly if it wasn't supposed to go there? Well Alex asked the guy on the phone that and he said it's more for if you want to place a real pen or pencil there. (insert raised eybrow/cynnical emoticon here) Sigh. Anyway the answer to the $64,000 questions is: Remove the tip from the pen, place the pen somewhere away from the pad and computer and leave the tip in the little stand for 2 days. My pen IS WORKING!! Wooohoooo, I drew a little foot and some booties last night to go with my January Contribution over at DSC. I was able to erase and curve and doodle my little heart out! So the moral of this Ladies and Gentlemen: READ the instructions that come with every new toy you get AND NEVER NEVER put your pen in a place a pen was meant to go ;)

Saturday, January 6, 2007

Pop went Fishing ...

.... at least a million times and this is the only pic I have of him lol. On top of that it's from 1996. I did this LO with "Catch of the Day" by Ronda - available at DigiScrapCentral (of course)



I love this kit!

My First LO as a Creative Team Member

I LOVE this kit. This is "Bits of Yesterday by Gail Cook. I used it to do a layout of my cousins and myself when we were little. These photos were all taken at our grandparent's house in New York. Of course these are special photos to me - especially now since we are grown up and have lost touch over the years. Two of my cousins joined the military - Army and Navy and my Uncle was a career Marine. We've almost got all the armed forces covered lol. Anyway.... here is my LO done with her beautiful kit:



I didn't even get to use all of her great elements - and I LOVE elements - so I guess I will just have to do another LO with this kit!

Friday, January 5, 2007

What Scrapbooking item are you?

DigiBrabni put this up over at DSC. This was fun! Thanks Digibrandi!








What scrapbooking item are you?




You are a pair of SCISSORS!You're cutting edge, baby! You cut through life with ease, always keeping others on the edge. You have the power to simplify things by just cutting them out. But scissors beware - you may cut some of the important things out of your life without realizing it, in your need to keep trim!
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Thursday, January 4, 2007

DAZ FREEBIES & Deals!

Here are just some of the items you can get for free or for less than $2 at DAZ3D



Michael 3, Aiko 3, are FREE!! V4 DAZ's newest Millenium Figure is only $1.99 for Platinum Club Members! The Platinum Club is not expensive and you get 30% off of all DAZ Originals, special deals every month PLUS new items every week for only $1.99. Currently there are over 1200 items for only $1.99!! And these are not cheap little items. For non-platinum members these are mostly between $9.95 and $24.95! From Characters to clothes, to props and more! Go see what you have been missing! Go to DAZ3D now... go go go!!! LOL You'll thank me!

DSC Happenings

This is what is going on over at Digiscrapcentral for the next week:

Friday January 5th - Come Chat with Chari of Chari Originals. Challenges and Door Prizes and plenty of fun 4 pm EST

Tuesday - January 9th - 4pm EST meet Laura P in the chat room for some fun and prizes!

Thursday January 11th - Chat with DigiBrandi every Thursday afternoon! - From 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Each chat will include a challenge with a freebie and posting bonus for participation!

Friday January 12th - Come Chat with Chari of Chari Originals for week 2 of her month long chat event! Challenges and Door Prizes and plenty of fun 4 pm EST


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Wednesday, January 3, 2007

I hit the Trifecta!!

NOOOO, I don't gamble, I was asked to join DigiScrapCentral as a Mod, CT Member and ET Member!!!! Wooohooo!! Can you see the happy dance going on here? My mind is racing but as of right now I have already broken my New Years Resolution. I got up Monday at 11 am and haven't been back to bed since..... egads. I REALLY need some sleep, if not Alex might beat me with a wet noodle lol.


Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Great Quotes!

Especially since Valentine's Day is coming fast!

"Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile."

Justine Milton


A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.

George Jean Nathan

For hearing my thoughts, understanding my dreams and being my best friend... for filling my life with joy and loving me without end... I do.

Anonymous

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


Ok, that's enough for now lol. Maybe more later. Have fun!

1ST Freebie for 2007!

OK Here it is, the first Freebie for 2007. This kit is called "Renewed" for the New Year. A time when old becomes new. Primarily soft colors with just a hint of bold to add in. Zipped up this file is just over 40mgs - in the folder it was 50+. I hope you enjoy this kit because I had fun making it!



Just click on the image to download. Just in case you don't know, we host our own freebies so you won't have to wait or get a file usage exceeded message (or any of those nasty little pop-ups we hate them too!) If you do download this please remember to leave me a comment. Also if you would like someone else to have it, please send them here to my blog to download it - don't share files.

2006 Freebies are now gone... except for.....

My Holidays Kit which is still available over at DSC

I don't know how long they will have it up but if you hurry you can still snatch it up.

You may or may not notice that I have changed my blog around a bit. Previous layouts from 2006 have been moved to the bottom of my blog and now the ones for 2007 are at the top. There aren't very many right now but there will be. Currently I am working on 7 different kits! LOL I am making myself nuts but I can't help it, it's the ADHD. I get started on something then make a style change or something and *BING* a little light goes off in my head and I am off on another tangent lol. The first of the new freebies should be posted by this evening so keep your eyes peeled. Most of the freebies will be kits but I also have a couple of new elements that I haven't seen the likes of before. Well, one in particular is a paperclip but wait till you see what is on top of it! I did it by accident actually while playing with the Bevel and Emboss tool and I fell in love with it so I made 4 of them lol. They are mostly geared toward Christmas but one can be used at other times as well and there is one more which is definitely useable anytime. I also made a bunch of cool little flowers - and I MEAN a BUNCH! lol. I think I have about 30 different styles..... got carried away.. sue me lol. I am still trying to figure out the whole ribbon thing and it seems like no one will tell me how to do it. :( I feel like a redheaded step-child. Oh..... wait... I AM a redheaded step-child lol. Well that explains that.

ANYWAY, I am still trying to get Charles up -- what a nightmare with the school work - between the computer, the lost work, etc I am ready to rip my hair out. He went to sleep early last night I can't believe I am having such a hard time getting him up. OK Going to try and get him up again and put the first freebie of 2007 together for you!

Cya later!

Monday, January 1, 2007

Murphy -- Blogger ate the rest of my post!

Ugh, it ate the rest of my post another time but I had caught it, apparently I had missed this part (which was in the middle of the post so what happened?) Anyway, same time we found out that Charles had thrown away his $10 starter card for his phone is about the same time we found out that the last module he had done for Geography also went MIA -- I know he had done it because I saw him doing it and he asked me a few things etc., So now the end of Geography is also somewhere in the city dump. Add that to his hard drive dumping and that's twice he lost his work. I am not even going to bother telling his teacher this - VERY nice woman - but quite frankly - after all that has happened - I wouldn't believe me either. Now I have to make this kid redo it all again and get it done once and for all. Murphy really LOVES my house and life. ARGH

Happy New Year!

Wow, so we made it! We watched Dick Clark, just like every year, and we made banana bread and cookies (AFTER dinner lol) and just had a nice relaxing night at home. This is the first year we didn't go anywhere. Too much baloney with who is doing New Years and quite honestly no one actually said anything to us about a time or anything and they were all saying they were all having something for New Years add in the fact that there is still strain with my son and some of the family members and you get -----drumroll please --- yep us staying at home and enjoying each others company for a change lol. Was quite nice actually. Then we called my Dad and sister (phone didn't get through for her though argh) then Alex's Mom and sister and Dad and aunts and uncles etc etc.

So anyway I forgot to add another resolution! Egads, I can't believe I forgot it! I am making the resolution to take off the 8-10 lbs I put on this past year! It's got to go. Evening walks will help the mind and body lol. That and getting off my duff more and away from the computer more during the day -- ok and night -- and try to move around more like I used to do.

Yep starting this afternoon, it's a whole New Year and a half a step back to the way we used to be - living healthier.,.. and two steps forward on productivity and financial gain!

Hope you had a good one! See ya later!