Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and a Happy New Year. I am wishing all the best for everyone in 2009!

On that note I have not been here for a while. I apologize, but as I know you all can understand - this time of year is very busy. I am also the finacial director of a consulting firm and our fiscal year ends 12/31 so I have some additional pressure. Add to that the fact that I am taking 2 classes at the local community college and it adds up to one busy person. But... I have had some down time this weekend and decided to play around with photoshop. I am a little "kit" challenged so I decided to create a couple of templates. I will leave the first one today. I have also designed a quick page to go with it.


The layout preview that you see is of my sister and her daughter. But I can totally relate to what is going on. Have you ever teased a child - be it your brother/sister or daughter/son and discovered that all though they are ticked off at you, their expression is so funny, it makes you laugh - so you continue to do it - well the photos in this layout are the result of doing just that. Oh this brings me back to babsyitting my younger sibs, the laughs I had... am I evil?


Enjoy the freebies! Papers from Nana's Attic. Visit her site she has some great kits.

Click on the previews to download.

Early Christmas

For some reason I am done with autumn scrapbooking. Seems as though I have been using autumn colors since August. I am ready to move on.

I have decided to use this color pallet for my next kit.









I like these colors together. I have been creating all kinds of things. I decided to post it differently this time. The fall kit I did, was not picked up by digifree. I am not sure what the problem is, but I was disappointed. As a result, I am going to post the parts of this kit seperately.

Sooo I am posting the papers today. If you like them, check back, I will be posting the other pieces soon. Love to hear from you if you like it. Also, if you have made layouts using my kits, I would love to know about it. I will be glad to post them here.

Click on the preview to download.

Fall Freebie

I tried my hand again at creating a kit. I do find it relaxing. I like the colors of this kit. I purchased a set of swatches from digiapedesigns. The holiday pallet has great color combinations. This one is called apple cider. I really like the rich fall colors. I designed a couple of tags for this kit. I had fun doing them. I may try my hand at a few more, stay tuned.


Well I am going to go finish getting supper ready - I have a baseball game to watch tonight. I hope everyone enjoys the freebie. Leave some love!





Links:
Papers
Element 1
Element 2
Element 3

Freebie Elements

Just popping in to leave you the elements to the cool crisp papers. I hope you liked the papers. I see that there wer quite a few downloads, but only one comment. I hope someone is liking them.

Anyway, it is a beautiful day today. Mid 70's and full sunshine. Hard to beat that. I am sitting here writing this, watching the sun go down and listening to the birds. Ahhh, paradise.

You can download them here: http://www.box.net/shared/static/2sd25ikg0c.zip

http://www.box.net/shared/static/o9f5q2dc0w.zip

http://www.box.net/shared/static/idn132dr4g.zip

Hot Hot Hot

Today is very hot. My air conditioning at my house is down. Every year when we go to use it for the first time we find it does not work. You know why? Because a lovely mouse has decided to make it home over the winter. Usually that means eating through wires or tubes. We called the A/C guy only to find out he can't come until next Monday. I went by a bank today and their sign read 103 degrees farenheit. Some days it pays to work outside the house. My office building is air conditioned and they keep it nice and cold and I don't have to pay for it.


I worked on a kit yesterday that I call cool crisp (wish I felt that way). Here is a preview of the papers.



Click on the previews to download. Hope you like them. For personal use only! Thanks.

Sunny Saturday

It is a beautiful but hot Saturday. Sitting by the pool trying to get these elements done. So just a quick pop-in to leave you the elements to the papers. Click on the preview download.

Thanks to Monica Larson and Atomic Cupcake for the actions.

Keeping up...

I am back today to leave you with a freebie. I also have another site I think you might enjoy. A good friend of mine from Holland recommended I sign up for it. It is very similar to MySpace. I do find it a little easier to use. I was able to incorporate my blog right into my page. Go here to check out my page. http://mcook1966.hyves.nl/

I designed these papers and they came out looking like something from that 70's show. Hence the name. Have fun with them. I plan to do some elements and will try to upload them this weekend. Might have to wait until Monday since it is going to be warm and I can hear my pool calling. We shall see... Have a nice weekend.

Download here

http://dc17.4shared.com/download/50413576/db7b940/mcpaper13.zip

http://dc17.4shared.com/download/50409394/2b6a4084/mcpaper16.zip

http://dc17.4shared.com/download/50406582/87fcb814/mcpaper20.zip

Leave some love!

What to do while waiting for Jury Duty

So I had to report for jury duty today. What it ends up to be is a bunch of waiting. What do you do while you are waiting...work on scrapbooking or something like that.

Every year we have a big 4th of July party. We started it when our kids were little because we didn't like to travel on the 4th. Turns out a lot of people were looking for a place to go on the 4th. We have a great turn out every year.

This is the invitation I designed to send out. I made a QP - feel free to use it for your invites. I used Nana's Attic papers and elements. Enjoy Click on preview to download.

Inspiration

I was so inspired today because I was discovered by digifree. Hence, I decided to create an additional freebie. I am not as good as many of the others, but I do like to learn new things. As a result I am always trying to create. Sometimes with success, sometime not. Here is what I worked on today.

Click on the template preview to download.

By the way, I mean no offense by the "hick" term, but I could find no other cute way to associate the grass in his mouth. Please take no offense. I love everbody.

Leave some love if you like it. Thanks.

I've Been Found

Digi Free found me. Looks like I will have to post more freebies. I make them all the time, but I just haven't had anyone download any. So I will see what the response is.


It is a beautiful day here, the sun is shining and I think it will be warm. I love spring. The boys school year is winding down and they can't wait. All this brings us closer to our summer vacation. This year we decided to take a Mediterranean Cruise. We booked it almost a year ago. 12 nights and ten ports. Very exciting. I will have a ton of photos to scrap when we get back.


For now I will continue with my scrapbooking. Here is a little freebie for ya!



















A layout I did with the QP. Made with another one of Anita's kits. Enjoy the freebie.

Click on preview to download. Hope everyone has a great day!

I'm Still Around

I am still here. I knew when I decided to start this blog, that it would be spotty. I try to do better, but everyday life keeps me from getting to it.

I am still busy creating layouts. I have also created a few QPs."

Download 50'd Dad here

download the second one here

Credit for papers and elements go to Nana Scraps. I love her stuff. She is very good. Visit her blog here: http://nanas-attic.blogspot.com/

Here are a few more made with her products...

They can be downloaded here:

Preview 1

Preview 2

Preview 3

Preview 4

Preview 5

The previews and such look a little weird as they are not lined up. I am still just learning how to do this, so please bare with me and my awful blog page. I do hope you enjoy the freebies.

Feeling a little better

Well, it is a few hours later and I am starting to feel a little better. Though still mourning the loss yesterday, I am realizing life needs to go on. I mentioned before that I would post a freebie, so here it is:


Here is the link to grab it:



http://dc15.4shared.com/download/36851463/e8f08434/baseball_template.zip

Here is a layout I did of my son with the template.



I hope you like it. I will try to post more again soon.