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Happy 4th of July
I want to wish everyone a very happy and safe 4th of July. Take care everybody and I will see you soon. TTFN.
Sunflower Patch Brag Book Freebie
Well, it is almost 5:00 in the morning and I am finally finishing up all of the tasks that I had before me. I had a major English paper to type up last night and about 4 pages of essay questions to answer for my Paralegal class. I swear, my Paralegal Studies class is going to kill me yet. It sucks being a full-time student sometimes. LOL. But, I am hanging in there.
I am back today with another freebie for you. This is a set of 4 Brag Book pages created using Carolyn's 'Sunflower Patch' kit. There are also 4 coordinating backs to go along with them. Here are a couple of previews for you to look at.
I am back today with another freebie for you. This is a set of 4 Brag Book pages created using Carolyn's 'Sunflower Patch' kit. There are also 4 coordinating backs to go along with them. Here are a couple of previews for you to look at.
I hope that you like them. I am working on a few other surprises that I hope to have finished in the very near future to share with all of you. I am not going to make any promises of when that is going to be, though. My schedule lately is so erratic and chaotic, I don't even try to plan anything anymore. If it happens, it happens and if it doesn't, I gave it my best attempt at least.
Okay, I am off to bed. Hopefully I will be able to get a couple of hours sleep before it is off for a fun day in the sun. I am taking the camera along and hope to take lots of pictures to share. Take care everyone and have a great day. Hugs. TTFN.
Freebie is finally ready
Whew... it took me a while, but I finally have your freebie ready for you. I finally figured out what happened to the originals. My hard drive is too full and it wasn't saving the files to the folder it was supposed to. Then, my computer had a mental meltdown and shut down on me. I think I have the situation resolved now, at least, I hope so anyway.
Your freebie today is the first set of 2 brag book pages with matching backs from Carolyn's 'Color My World' scrap kit.
Come back tomorrow and I will have another set for you from this same kit. TTFN.
Your freebie today is the first set of 2 brag book pages with matching backs from Carolyn's 'Color My World' scrap kit.
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Issues
Hello everyone. Sorry for the mess up today. I don't know exactly what happened last night, I had all of my creations put together and ready to send off for you, when my computer shut down on me and I lost EVERYTHING. I don't know where they went. I have went looking for them and can't find them at all. So, I am in the process of rebuilding them and getting them uploaded to mediafire for everyone to download. I will get them posted here as soon as I have the download links for you, so check back in a few hours. What a day. Sorry for the delay.
Decidedly Absent Again
Sorry for my absence again. Real life just keeps rearing it's ugly head. So many things going on lately. I would go into the list, but that would probably just bore everyone to tears, so I will resist temptation and not write a book telling the tale.
I have something more important to pass on right now, anyway. See, Carolyn of Digi Cyber Scraps is having a CT Call. She is looking for a few fans that would be interested in receiving all of her kits for free. The only requirements are:
1) Preview her new kits on your blog
2) Post a minimum of 1 (one) layout per kit on your blog and 2-3 galleries
3) Offer a freebie Quick Page or Brag Book from that layout
Here is her CT Call Ad
Image is linked to her blog so that you can go check it out. If interested, you can shoot her an email, it is listed on her Ad. I can't say enough wonderful things about her and working on her Creative Team. She is one of my best and dearest friends and a wonderful person to work with. We look forward to hearing from you and adding you to our awesome team.
I have something more important to pass on right now, anyway. See, Carolyn of Digi Cyber Scraps is having a CT Call. She is looking for a few fans that would be interested in receiving all of her kits for free. The only requirements are:
1) Preview her new kits on your blog
2) Post a minimum of 1 (one) layout per kit on your blog and 2-3 galleries
3) Offer a freebie Quick Page or Brag Book from that layout
Here is her CT Call Ad
Image is linked to her blog so that you can go check it out. If interested, you can shoot her an email, it is listed on her Ad. I can't say enough wonderful things about her and working on her Creative Team. She is one of my best and dearest friends and a wonderful person to work with. We look forward to hearing from you and adding you to our awesome team.
Finally...
I am getting around to updating my blog... it has been a few days in coming. I swear sometimes, if it isn't one thing it is another. My 10 day break between class sessions went by so fast, it was a blur. And I didn't get much of anything accomplished. Now, I have started my second session at Colorado Technical University and have Business Algebra and English Composition I this time around. I am going to be busier than a one-armed paper hanger trying to stay on top of everything. LOL
I am going to try to stop by on a daily basis from now on and update my blog daily. We will see how that goes. LOL The first thing that I am going to work on is putting a blog background together, something a little more spring-y. Maybe something with some soft shades of blue, since that is my favorite color.
I am thinking about using one of Tracy's new kits she has available. Her newest kit is called "A Stitch in Thyme" and is just perfect for spring related scrapping. Here is a preview so that you can see what I mean.
Then there is her "Lavender Green" kit, also. Here is a preview for that one.
Now comes the tough choice. Tracy also has another kit called "Replenish" that has some beautiful soft shades of blue in it also.
Or, "Gabriella".... This one has some wonderful soft shades of blue mixed with shades of pink...
Decisions, decisions, decisions....
You know what? I can't decide, so I am going to make a blog background or two from each kit, then post them here and let each of you vote and decide which background to use. How does that sound? Boy, I guess that means that I had better get to work and start getting them put together.
BTW, if you are interested in taking a closer look at any of Tracy's kits posted above, you can click on the preview to be taken directly to her store for each kit. Also, as an added bonus... They are on sale for 50% off, so hurry on over and take a peek.
I better take off and get down to business. Take care all and I will be back tomorrow with another posting. TTFN.
I am going to try to stop by on a daily basis from now on and update my blog daily. We will see how that goes. LOL The first thing that I am going to work on is putting a blog background together, something a little more spring-y. Maybe something with some soft shades of blue, since that is my favorite color.
I am thinking about using one of Tracy's new kits she has available. Her newest kit is called "A Stitch in Thyme" and is just perfect for spring related scrapping. Here is a preview so that you can see what I mean.
Then there is her "Lavender Green" kit, also. Here is a preview for that one.
Now comes the tough choice. Tracy also has another kit called "Replenish" that has some beautiful soft shades of blue in it also.
Or, "Gabriella".... This one has some wonderful soft shades of blue mixed with shades of pink...
Decisions, decisions, decisions....
You know what? I can't decide, so I am going to make a blog background or two from each kit, then post them here and let each of you vote and decide which background to use. How does that sound? Boy, I guess that means that I had better get to work and start getting them put together.
BTW, if you are interested in taking a closer look at any of Tracy's kits posted above, you can click on the preview to be taken directly to her store for each kit. Also, as an added bonus... They are on sale for 50% off, so hurry on over and take a peek.
I better take off and get down to business. Take care all and I will be back tomorrow with another posting. TTFN.
I am back and many Thank You's
I am back from the dead, so to speak... It has been a trial lately, I feel like I have been shuffling around in the mire, aimlessly wandering through life. I am better now, though. I have several wonderful friends that have been helping me see my true self-worth and potential. I have a wonderful counselor that has been helping me see the light and figure out how to get past all of this and move on with my life. I have even enrolled in an online University and am working on finishing my Paralegal Degree. Now, I just need to get back into scrapping and putting together some wonderful freebies for you all.
I want to extend some very warm and long overdue Thank You's to several of you that left me personal messages and emails, wishing me well and cheering me on. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU. You have no idea how much it means to me that you took time out of your busy schedules and lives to leave me a message of encouragement. I will try in my copious amounts of spare time (LOL) to reply to one and all of you individually.
My schedule is open tomorrow, so I plan on doing that and updating my blog wear to something a little more springy. I have a few other plans up my sleeve, but I am not going to reveal those just yet. You will have to come back in a few days and check out the surprise. Take care one and all, and Thank You again, so much. TTFN.
I want to extend some very warm and long overdue Thank You's to several of you that left me personal messages and emails, wishing me well and cheering me on. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU. You have no idea how much it means to me that you took time out of your busy schedules and lives to leave me a message of encouragement. I will try in my copious amounts of spare time (LOL) to reply to one and all of you individually.
My schedule is open tomorrow, so I plan on doing that and updating my blog wear to something a little more springy. I have a few other plans up my sleeve, but I am not going to reveal those just yet. You will have to come back in a few days and check out the surprise. Take care one and all, and Thank You again, so much. TTFN.
My Absence Lately
It has taken me a while to finally get around to explaining why I have been absent as of late. I try to keep my personal trials and tribulations seperate from my digital scrapbooking life, but this situation has been unavoidable. I felt it was time to explain what has been going on and the reason why I haven't been around for a while.
After being together for 20 years, my husband has decided that he doesn't want to be married anymore and is filing for divorce. This decision has torn my whole world to shreds and forced me to make a lot of decisions and unexpected adjustments . It hasn't been an easy time for me, trying to figure out what I am going to do, where I am going to go and trying to find a job to support myself. I won't go into the rest of the gory details, just that it hasn't been very pretty and has been very stressful.
I apologize for not getting around to this sooner, my life has been chaos lately. Not a whole lot else I can say at the moment. I have no idea what direction my life is going to take from here. I will try to keep you posted as much as possible.
After being together for 20 years, my husband has decided that he doesn't want to be married anymore and is filing for divorce. This decision has torn my whole world to shreds and forced me to make a lot of decisions and unexpected adjustments . It hasn't been an easy time for me, trying to figure out what I am going to do, where I am going to go and trying to find a job to support myself. I won't go into the rest of the gory details, just that it hasn't been very pretty and has been very stressful.
I apologize for not getting around to this sooner, my life has been chaos lately. Not a whole lot else I can say at the moment. I have no idea what direction my life is going to take from here. I will try to keep you posted as much as possible.
Second Set of Luggage Tags
The next set of Luggage Tags were put together using ‘Red Wine and Rag Time’ by Tracy of Ambowife Designs. Here is a preview of the kit.
This is definitely one of my favorites, along with all of her Christmas kits. Her kit can be purchased at her store, at Stone Accents Studio.
She also has another new one coming to her store very soon, called ‘Into the Wide Blue Yonder’. Here is a quick peek.
I absolutely love the shades of Blue in this one. I will be coming up with some wonderful creations with it very soon. Okay, on to the Freebies now. Here is the first Luggage Tag in the set.
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Luggage Tag 2
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Luggage Tag 3
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That is all I have for you for right now. I will get to work here shortly on putting the Back Covers together for the Gingerbread Christmas Brag Book and have those available for download for you tomorrow.
Everyone have a wonderful Christmas Eve and a very Merry Christmas tomorrow. Wishing you all the best the Season has to offer, from our house to yours. Merry Christmas everyone. Muah!!!!
First set of Luggage Tag freebies
Here is the first set of Luggage Tags that I have put together. The first one is from Julia’s ‘Cozy Holiday’ kit.
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Be back in a flash with more luggage tags from Ambowife Desigsn.
Another set of Brag Book pages
This set of Brag Book pages are long over due, also. This is a set of 8 4x6” Brag Book pages I put together for Julia of BeaconScrap using her ‘Gingerbread Christmas’ kit. I still have to put the back covers together for the pages, but figured I had better hurry and get these posted before Christmas.
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I am off to go collect some more, be back shortly.
Next Set of Christmas freebies
Here is the next set of freebies I have for you. This is a set of coordinating Brag Book back covers to go with BeaconScraps ‘Fuzzy Sweaters’ Brag Book pages.
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I am having issues with Mediafire currently, so as soon as it stops being buggy for me, I will have more downloads for you. TTFN.
Christmas Freebies…
I am finally back bearing more gifts. I am soo far behind the times, it isn’t even funny. It has been so crazy around our house getting ready for the Holidays, I haven’t had time to post anything. Time for me to play catch up. I have lots of goodies to share today and tomorrow. I am going to split each one up into a separate post, so be sure to grab them all.
To start off with, I have a layout I put together for Tracy using her ‘Home For The Holidays’ kit for her ‘Speed Scrap Challenge’ at Stone Accents Studio. You can purchase the kit at either SAS or Digital Paper Hearts.
For it being a speed scrap and not knowing what I was going to do initially, I think it turned out pretty well.
Okay, now onto the freebies. The first set is a little late in arriving. I put these together a while ago for Julia of BeaconScrap and almost forgot about them. This is a set of 8 Brag Book pages, with Front and Back Covers, also.
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Happy downloading and be sure to check back for more freebies throughout the rest of today and tomorrow. TTFN.
My apologies...Freebie has been fixed...and a request
I am so sorry, I don't know exactly how it happened. How embarrassing. I have fixed the link and it should be working now. Here is the corrected link.
Please accept my sincerest apologies, I am so sorry I didn't find out about this and get it fixed earlier. I was gone all day yesterday trying to help a very dear friend of ours. I am going to explain the situation and make a request, so please continue reading once you have picked up your gift from me.
My husband and I have a very close friend that is in dire straights right now. He recently had to take his truck in to see why it wasn't running right. The temperature in our area dropped down below freezing for a few nights and his truck wouldn't start one morning in order for him to go to work. He checked the antifreeze levels to find out that it was almost empty, with no clue as to where the antifreeze went.
When he took it into the shop, he found out that there was a sensor that went bad, allowing all of the oil from the engine to get into the radiator and all of the antifreeze had been burned off. The bad part is, the radiator has to be boiled out to remove all of the oil and all of the belts and hoses need to be replaced, along with the sensor. Repairs on the truck are going to cost in the ballpark of $3000 in order for him to get his truck back. This is a severe hardship for him and we have been helping out in anyway that we can think of.
He also recently went through a divorce a couple of years ago and filed bankruptcy last month because of it. He has about $300 in his checking account and that is it. We have tried the local charities, finance companies, payday loans and the such. It has come to the point that I helped him yesterday go around to local pawn shops and sell off some of his valuable possessions, only to come up with about $400. He has even tried to get a loan against his retirement and his life insurance, to no avail.
The situation has gotten grim, even if he can come up with the rest of the money, he will be broke for the next month and won't be able to afford groceries for himself, or Christmas presents for himself and his two young daughters. He has no food in the house now at it is, and nothing even for a Christmas dinner.
I don't normally do this, I try to keep my personal life and my scrapbooking life seperate as much as possible, and I don't make requests for help like this at all. I try to help out with charity collabs for others as much as possible, but now I am asking for help, not for myself, but for our friend.
It makes me very sad to see anyone in this kind of situation, and I am asking if any of my loyal visitors that visit my blog on a regular basis can help out in any way. Even if it is one dollar, that is more than he has currently. If any of you can help us make this a wonderful Christmas for our friend and his daughters, I would be so grateful.
I know it is a lot to ask this time of year with the holidays just a week away, but again, I am not asking for myself. If you could find it in your heart to make even a small donation, please send it to my paypal account at dawnecarr[at]cableone[dot]net. I will make sure that you receive a special gift for your generosity. Thank you all so much for taking the time to read this and thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Gingerbread Christmas QP’s freebie
I finally have made it back. I spent 2 days and got my widgets all put back in now and organized, so I am thankful for that. I would really like to hear what you think of my new blog layout and content, whether you like it or don’t like it, if something is missing, etc. Be gentle with me, though. LOL I am still a newbie to all of this blog design.
Okay, on to the real reason why you are here today. I have 3 QP’s for you from Carolyn’s ‘Gingerbread Christmas’ kit. She really likes how they turned out. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Here is a preview of them.
I don’t have the header put together yet, but I am working on it. My designing and blog posting has suffered lately with everything going on lately with real life issues and preparations for the holidays coming up. But, I promise, I will be back as soon as I can with more freebies for you as soon as I can.
Unfortunately, that is all I have for you for the moment. Have a great day and take care. And please don’t forget to leave me a comment. I love hearing from you. TTFN.
Okay, on to the real reason why you are here today. I have 3 QP’s for you from Carolyn’s ‘Gingerbread Christmas’ kit. She really likes how they turned out. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Here is a preview of them.
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I have also put together a blog background for Carolyn using this same kit.
I don’t have the header put together yet, but I am working on it. My designing and blog posting has suffered lately with everything going on lately with real life issues and preparations for the holidays coming up. But, I promise, I will be back as soon as I can with more freebies for you as soon as I can.
Unfortunately, that is all I have for you for the moment. Have a great day and take care. And please don’t forget to leave me a comment. I love hearing from you. TTFN.
Freebies are uploaded…finally
I am finally back with the freebies I promised from yesterday. It took me forever to get them uploaded. I had to try and upload the last bunch 3 times before they finally uploaded successfully. Not sure what is going on, I have never had trouble uploading to mediafire before. Anyway, it is all done and taken care of now and I have links for you, that is the important part.
To start off with, I have the Tagger size and Scrapbook Max Booster Packs for ‘Holiday Wishes’, if anyone is interested.
Next up, I have the first part of the ‘Candy Cane Lane’ kit. This time around is just a small paper pack for you. I need to finish up some more elements, yet. I wasn’t real happy with what I came up with before, so I scrapped it and started over. I think this version looks a lot better. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Downloads
I think I have everything set up right this time and there shouldn’t be any problems. Please let me know if there is, though, and I will get right on it.
That is all I have for right now. I will try to be back tomorrow with another freebie for you. Take care and have a great day. TTFN.
Update...and a small freebie
Hello everyone. Sorry for my absense of late. I have been hard at work again. Unfortunately, I don't have much to show for it.
I am sure everyone has noticed the changes I have made to my blog. I recently changed from a 2-column template to a 3-column one, and lost all of my widgets in the process. But, I am slowly working on it behind the scenes to try and get them all back, I hope. LOL. I am not very good as html code, so I have asked Jeanette of 'Easy Custom Blog Design' to see if she could help me figure out what went wrong. Keeping my fingers crossed.
I have some wonderful kits to show you from my CT designers. First up is Tracy of Ambowife Designs with her totally awesome 'Home for the Holidays' kit. It is absolutely gorgeous. Check it out for yourself.
I will have some Keyplate tags and brag book pages put together for this kit in the very near future, also. She has another new kit coming out in the near future, but I can't show that one to you yet. You can check out the current kits she has available for sale by going to her blog, or preview all of her kits here. She is also having a December sale currently, where you can purchase all 14 of her Christmas kits for $9, soon to be 17 kits when she gets them all finished. But, please be patient, she recently had a mishap with her external hard drive and is working as quickly as she can to get them finished and into the store.
That is all of the CT news I have for you currently. I was going to post a brand new freebie for you, but the zip file is not cooperating with me, again, as usual. I am going to have to re-zip it and re-upload to mediafire and hope it works this time. So, I will be back in a little while with a little sample of a new kit called 'Candy Cane Lane'.
Also, I guess there has been some continuing issues with the 'Holiday Wishes' zip files, so I recreated those files and re-uploaded them to mediafire, also. If anyone missed the freebies from before, could not get them to download, or had problems with them unzipping...here they are again.
I am sure everyone has noticed the changes I have made to my blog. I recently changed from a 2-column template to a 3-column one, and lost all of my widgets in the process. But, I am slowly working on it behind the scenes to try and get them all back, I hope. LOL. I am not very good as html code, so I have asked Jeanette of 'Easy Custom Blog Design' to see if she could help me figure out what went wrong. Keeping my fingers crossed.
I have some wonderful kits to show you from my CT designers. First up is Tracy of Ambowife Designs with her totally awesome 'Home for the Holidays' kit. It is absolutely gorgeous. Check it out for yourself.
Be sure to watch here and keep an eye out for some upcoming tags and brag book pages from me using this kit. You can purchase this kit from Tracy's Stores at Stone Accents Studio or Digital Paper Hearts. If you check out her store at Stone Accents Studio, you will also see that she is having a 10 for $10 sale currently also. That is ten of her best selling kits, including 'Home for the Holidays, for $10. Wow, awesome deal.
Next up is Julia of BeaconScrap. She has a new release out in her store called 'Cozy Holiday'. It is absolutely gorgeous, also.
I will have some Keyplate tags and brag book pages put together for this kit in the very near future, also. She has another new kit coming out in the near future, but I can't show that one to you yet. You can check out the current kits she has available for sale by going to her blog, or preview all of her kits here. She is also having a December sale currently, where you can purchase all 14 of her Christmas kits for $9, soon to be 17 kits when she gets them all finished. But, please be patient, she recently had a mishap with her external hard drive and is working as quickly as she can to get them finished and into the store.
That is all of the CT news I have for you currently. I was going to post a brand new freebie for you, but the zip file is not cooperating with me, again, as usual. I am going to have to re-zip it and re-upload to mediafire and hope it works this time. So, I will be back in a little while with a little sample of a new kit called 'Candy Cane Lane'.
Also, I guess there has been some continuing issues with the 'Holiday Wishes' zip files, so I recreated those files and re-uploaded them to mediafire, also. If anyone missed the freebies from before, could not get them to download, or had problems with them unzipping...here they are again.
I will be back a little later this morning with the Tagger Size links and the Scrapbook Max Booster Packs for 'Holiday Wishes', also. Please bear with me and my sincerest apologies for being late with this one.
That is all I have for you now, but check back in with me in a few hours and I will have some more goodies for you to pick up. I hope you all have a great day today. TTFN.
Blog updates
I hope my blog visitors enjoy the blog updates that I have been adding. The next step will be to see if I can get a new blog background to show up, since the fall one never did decide to work properly. Hopefully the Holiday Ice blog wear that I am putting together will look better. TTFN.
Link is fixed
I just tested the link for the Holiday Wishes Elements 1 file and downloaded it successfully, so it should be good to go now. Sorry for the inconvenience everyone. Thank you for letting me know the link was broken. Hopefully, the rest of the links are working just fine. Take care and have a great day.
Choo Choo…
The Starving Artist Holiday Blog Train is on its way down the track.
Sorry I am so far behind…it took me almost 2 hours to upload my portion to mediafire, it is so huge. 288mb in total. I have broken it down into smaller files to make it easier to download. And there are a lot more wonderful kits to pick up along the way.
Here is what you can pick up from me today.
Downloads
Here is the link for the Blog Train Hub
and here is the rest of the blog train stops along the way
http://desertbloomdesigns.blogspot.com/ <---You are here
I have the full size kit available for you today. Come back tomorrow and I will have the Tagger Size and Scrapbook Max Booster Packs available, also.
Have fun and enjoy your trip down the blog train. TTFN.
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