Thank You........and a freebie template

First of all I want to thank all of you for your kind comments. As I stated this is a new adventure for me, I can only imagine how the designers feel as it is money being taken out of their pockets. I emailed the individual, but as of yet received no response and I'm not expecting one either. She did not claim the template as her own but took all the 'stuff' out and uploaded the PSD file to her 4Shared account. I did in fact notify 4Shared and today received an email stating they had disabled the link. They are prompt and my links are all still working. Thank you to my fellow WonderGirls and everyone over at Sunshine Studio for the advice and to my peeps over at the Orchard for their support as well........what an awesome community I am part of!! Drama over, LOL.

Get ready for a long winded post as I think you may get one...................and because it's me it will probably be all over the place. I tell you since my treatments I know how a person with ADD feels, wow, still can't concentrate and focus like I used to. They don't tell you about the LONG after effects of chemo etc. I think it's because we'd tell them to stuff it! See what I mean, I so did not mean to go there.........but in two weeks it will be my second anniversary of finishing treatments......all of them. Wahoo~~

So many firsts for me today in the digiworld. I actually posted my first papers for others to see (my WonderGirl friends) and I even made an alpha..........wow look out world here I come! Going to try some titles that look like stickers, we'll see. In other digi news, there may be some other news to share, but I can't yet. So 2 big surprises may be in the works for me, in other words more reason for me to obsess over my computer. Don't know what I'm going to do when school starts back up and I have to work all day......then there's hockey season that will interfere, LOL.

I have a special treat for you. Monica of mgl Scraps has a new kit out called Crimson Gypsy (love the name) that is full of deep reds, chocolate and full of other goodies. Well what she did is made me a special coupon to post on my blog for you........that's right, the coupon here is for 20% off Crimson Gypsy until the 15th of August. So quick run to Sunshine Studio and pick this baby up!! I'm hoping I get the opportunity to play with it also, love the colours and see so much that can be scrapped with it. If you can't read it the code is CrimsonJaye and the preview is linked.

I just downloaded Franziska's new kit Dusk Dew..........waiting to unzip and start to play with this one. Need to actually sleep tonight though.....went to sleep after 5 am and then was up at 7:30 am.........so if I don't make sense I haven't been drinking, just no sleep.

Ok you've suffered enough, here's a template for you. I will be at my brother's watching his girls while they are away on a trip so I may or may not be as visible Sunday-Thursday. He has PSE so I'll what I can come up with :)

Download: TEMPLATE 7--sorry link no longer available

Sad....

OK, I'm new to this game and started making templates as a way to be creative. When I first started digital scrapping I relied heavily on templates, thank you Andrea Gold! I still enjoy using them once in a while but have found I really like to make them. Here's where this is going..........I just saw that someone else is offering up one of my templates from their 4Shared account. I d/l the file out of curiosity and sure enough there it is, just the PSD file. TOU and preview are both gone.......why? I give them for free on my blog and will continue to do so. I left 2 comments for them on their 4Shared and wrote down their email address but what next? Do I bother emailing this person and letting them know? Is it worth the hassle for me, I mean mine are freebies.

Needless to say no freebie tonight, not sure what I want to do next. The photomasks are fun and I enjoy them but am having a bit of a block as what to do. The frames were fun too but wasn't in the mood to do any.

There's some news I'm waiting on...........will be sharing it in a couple of weeks. Don't want to say anything and jinx myself. Let's just say I'm very excited about it.

Completed some layouts today. Did one using Scrap Orchard's August Mega Back 2 School, it's a sweet kit with lots of goodies in it. If you want CU items, alphas, brag book, papers, elements.....it's big and fun, the colours are great.

I made a QP for the QP Olympics over at Sunshine Studio. This month the featured kit is Bohemian Rock Candy by Franziska and it is available for 20% off. It's a great deal, you get the kit on sale, make a QP of your own, submit it and at the end of the month you receive all the QP's that were made from the kit. Kind of like receiving your very own album.

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Polka Dot Plum's Road Trip

Hockey Season?! New Frame Freebie

Well the living room is finally put back together and looks good I might add. The pics I posted don't give it justice I'm afraid. Finished my 'accent' wall in the dining room as well, haven't move the furniture back yet............so tired of paint and rollers wanted absolutley nothing to do with it today.

In other news, my brother and his wife leave for their anniversay trip today. I volunteered to take my nieces for a few days............I must be crazy. The few days is Sunday to Wednesday and we're going to their house, why? Can you say nice big house with inground swimming pool? It should be interesting to say the least. Good news is I will DS with me for most of it any way.

Summer is close to being over......how do I know? Went to the sports shop today for skate sharpening and heat molding. He hits the ice for the first time this season on Saturday. Two ball games in the morning (wind up tourney) and then on the ice for an hour and a half. There are seven kids on his ball team all trying out for the same hockey team. We dropped lucky with game schedule or there would be a lot of us in quite a pickle!

On to the freebie. I tried something different today. Am losing the mojo for the photomask, need to refresh and rejuvenate. I created some frame masks instead, hope you like them. There are five in this set 4 x 6 and 5 x 7 size. The possibilities with these are endless. I will make some more photomask templates..........fall and Hallowe'en are coming :)

Please let me know what you think, should I keep making these? If you don't like them then I'll go back to the others. What you see in the preview is what you get in the file.

Yes I tried my hand at 'packaging'............need a lot of work. But I did make the paper by myself, LOL.

Download: FALL FRAMES--link no longer available

Another Room Painted and Another Free Template

I finished the one wall in the dining room I wanted to do, I now have my darker 'accent' wall.....great right? Well.................now I notice the ceiling looks out of whack so I need to paint that as well. Will this ever end? LOL. I could have done that today but am so tired of seeing paint that I'm dreaming widths of tape and paint colours.

As far as my layouts, I managed to get 2 completed today, one before starting to paint and one after. Also got a template ready BEFORE midnight today, LOL. Of course as I'm writing this on Tuesday evening ready for posting tomorrow morning.

Thank you for the suggestions for some words. I will get to work on the fall ones. In honour of school starting soon I made a school one for you. This one is different as you'll see but I did include the traditional 'mask' as I have been doing so you have options if you don't like my attempt at being creative. Send me a link or a copy of what you've done, I would love to see them. I have to admit I got a huge rush seeing one of my templates in use............what a feeling. If anyone would have told me 2 months ago that I woud be doing this I would have laughed at them. I've been dabbling in making papers.............we'll see, not sure any of those are ready for public consumption.

Here are my living room pictures--during, and after. Now the white walls you see in the before pictures are AFTER they have been skimmed. It's an old house with plaster walls so when I took the wallpaper off, lets just say part of the wall went with it. The colour is a taupe/gray, and I just love it! My camera is not a fancy one by any means so my indoor pics are not the best.

Before:

After:

The template. Download; SCHOOL--link no longer available

MIA & New Freebie

I have been gone for a few days, well technically I have been here just not at the computer. I will have much to catch up on once I can sit back down and get some work done. I have some CT layouts I have to do as well as some challenges to participate in. Scrapping news, I am now a guest Sunshine Sweetie as well! So I have my guest gig with Franziska and now a guest gig with Sunshine Studios..........hopefully one of them (or both) will turn permanent.

Here I go rambling on again when I was telling you why I was but wasn't here. Of course you all know my house saga..........I got my walls redone and have been busy priming and painting. 3 days!!! It's done and looks awesome!! I've been waiting for my living room to get finished for 2 years, now it's done, for someone else. Oh well I can enjoy it while I have it, right? The names of my colours are; Castle Stone, Duck Down and Canvas White, all Debbie Travis colours. The Canvas White is my built in book case and the trim in the hall and doors. I will take pictures and post them once it's completely put back together. Tomorrow I will be doing my long wall in the dining room, only because I want an accent wall and I so love that Castle Stone colour.

I worked on a template for you, it's not a photomask one as I've run out of ideas for words people would like............please suggest and I will gladly do more. Do you want seasons? Maybe that's what I'll do next, Fall, Autumn, Hallowe'en, School......ok that gives me 4 to play with.

Here's a layout I did with my template and I used Greedz new kit Veralyn. You can find this very soft and pretty kit at Sunshine Studio (I wasn't assigned to her this month, just really liked the kit and felt the colours worked with my template).

Stop, say hi and enjoy!!

Download: TEMPLATE 6--link no longer available

Another Day.......Another Freebie

I'm going to actually attempt to write something that makes sense, ie I don't go off on another idea and then come back to the original thought. I seriously think I need to go to the doctor, my mind is everywhere, I do not like this feeling at all. I'm the kind of person who is always early for an appointment, if I'm ther 10 minutes to I feel rushed and like I'm late, Just can't get my butt in gear to save my life. Wow do I ever need to clear my head.....................ok. done.

Next topic:
I read a blog today that was all about random facts about yourself. The blogger stated how difficult it was to come up with some interesting things about herself as she lived a boring life and there wasn't much about her. I loved the way she interviewed herself, kept asking questions and came up with some really things about herself. She encouraged others to come up with random facts about themselves. So here's my attempt

1. Tattoos-I have 3 and got my first one when I was 27. The interesting part of that story is it was done by the step-father of one of my students. My first is a hummingbird on my left hip, the second is two black-eyed Susans on the inside of my right foot, love that one. My third is a dragonfly on my left shoulder......I'll explain the story of that special tattoo another night as it deserves a post of it's own.

2. I love the colour yellow but I don't really wear it or do I have it in my home. It's just a colour I've always liked.

3. I sometimes get spooked. There are some nights I just get weirded out for no reason and feel antsy.

4. I act all tough on the outside, but I am such a softie. The outside is to protect myself from getting hurt......people who know me well know this.

5. I have an incredible fear of failing......translated I don't try many things because I don't want to screw it up.

6. That being said I also don't like change. Now I can be spontaneous and have fun, but in my daily life I don't like it when the routine of life gets changed.............had two big ones in 2 years and I'm still finding my way.........cancer and a marriage break up..........there goes that routine in a hurry.

7. I took my mother's car when I was 15 and decided I would go for a spin...backed it up, hit the gas and drove right over our neighbours front yard....squealed out of there leaving some pretty good ruts. Went around the block and came home. Confessed when I was 21

8. I secretly do like the cat, but don't tell him. I kind of enjoy our love/hate relationship.

9. My favourite feature on me? My eyes, they are a blue/gray and I really love the colour.

10. I'm still searching for the 'real' me. Or should I say the 'new' me, I've had two life altering experiences and I'm still trying to find who I am. The real me got lost a long time ago, so now I must try to find a glimpse of her as well as dig deep and find the new me.

11. I'm fiercely loyal and true to those I care about.

There you go random things about me......not exciting, definitely OCD tendencies but I knew that. Issues, yep but then who doesn't?

On to the template..........yes I made the one with family as was requested. I must say I'm a little disappointed in the amount of downloads compared to the 'yep I was here' or 'ty'. So to those of you who took the extra couple of seconds to let me know you were here, I thank you. I'm running out of ideas as to what you would like to see. Let me know......I'll see what I can come up with.

Download: FAMILY--link no longer available

Have a great day!!

Scrappin' News and Free Template

It's going to be a short post today....it's 1 AM and I really need to work on getting sleep. I have been so out of it this entire week. I missed a committee meeting on Tuesday.............I never miss those kinds of things, have just felt lost.
**edit, it's now 8:30 am and the guy is here skimming my walls. Soon my house will be covered in mud dust (can't really call it drywall as it's compound going over plaster) as opposed to regular dust, lol. Will be hopefully painting next week..........ok so with my walls completely redone, will someone now buy my house? Oh yeah the bathroom floor is being replaced too (I keep saying that but it hasn't happened yet....oh brother for for art though?). Bittersweet fixes these are, would be nice to have had them done and enjoyed them myself, not for someone else, sigh. Oh well, I need to keep thinking this is one step toward me starting my new life...........just need that sold sticker on the sign.
Last regular season baseball game for the boy this Saturday, then it's wind up. Baseball season always seems so short. For me the end of baseball signifies the end of summer is just around the corner. Wind up day for baseball is also the first day of hockey tryouts............yep I said it, the 'H' word. Hockey season is just around the corner.
I may have a long post about it later on, right now I just want to post my scrappin' news (you know the shameless plugs I warned everyone about in my very first post) as it's Friday so there's lots of new releases and sales. Here goes:

Scrap Orchard


Sunshine Studio
I got a request for a series of 'Live Love Laugh', well I tried it and I just wasn't happy with the way the frame was looking so I combined all three words. If you really want separate ones let me know and I'll do my best.
Jenelle, thank you, I'm glad you like them. I will most certainly do one that says family for you. I'll even let you choose, would you like the word at the top of the frame or at the bottom? Hopefully I will get to it today and have it posted for downloading Saturday.



Download: LIVE LOVE LAUGH --sorry link no longer available

Enjoy, and let me know you were here!!