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.

Sneak Peek

My Starving Artist Blog Train kit is finally finished.  *Whew*  Finally.  This one took me forever.  Here is a sneak peeky for you.



Be sure to come back on Dec. 1st to pick this and the World Wide Christmas freebie that I will have available for you to download.

Back to work I go.  I have 2 more kits to finish putting together for Christmas and 2 late entries for Thanksgiving kits.  TTFN.

Starving Artist Holiday Blog Train is coming….

We'll have something for everyone come Dec. 1st and with

Well over 50 designers, this is one blog train you won't want to miss!

Stop by the Official Blog to follow us so you won't miss out on anything!

http://holiday-train.blogspot.com/

Sorry I haven’t been around much lately.  I have been working really hard on all of the blog train kits I have signed up to do so far.  The Starving Artist Blog Train is just the first one in a long string of Blog Trains coming up that I am participating in.

I am also working on 2 extra Thanksgiving kits that will be available Thanksgiving Day, along with some CU items including some scripts that I hope to have finished soon.  I have been a very busy girl.  Just wanted to let you know what I have been up to, didn’t want you to think that I was ignoring anyone or dropped off the face of the earth again, lol.

I will talk to you all again very soon.  Have a great weekend and take care everyone.  TTFN.

Link issue explained

Okay, I feel like I have been beating my head against a brick wall all morning trying to figure out what was going on with one silly little link for the Gingerbread Christmas blog train and why it wasn't downloading correctly.  I thought maybe it had something to do with my bandwidth again and that it may have corrupted the file or something, so I reuploaded it and got a new link.  Then,  I got 2 more emails telling me that the links were invalid.  So, I went in and deleted the old file from mediafire, deleted it from my computer, re-created it and uploaded again, getting another new link.  I got 2 more emails.  Okay, this time I left the old link, created another new zip and tried uploading it, but it kept dying on me.  Grrrrr!!!!

So, I used 3 different computers and tested the link, downloading the file to all 3 computers and unzipping it.  It worked.  Okay, what is going on here?  It's working, right?   But, I got another email saying it wasn't working.  So, I went to check the file again and guess what.....

The issue isn't with me or my computer,  it's mediafire.  They are updating and completely re-doing their website today.  So, all I can suggest is patience and keep trying.  It will work eventually.  It would have been nice if Mediafire had let us know that they were going to be working on the website and may be causing malfunctions like this.

And, just to make sure, here is another link for the Gingerbread Christmas Blog Train Full size kit.

I hope this explanation helps.  Talk to you soon.  Hugs.

Link has been updated

I fixed the link for the Full Size Gingerbread Christmas download.  It should be good to go now.  Let me know if you have any more issues with it.  I apologize for the delay.  I stayed up until about 10 this morning and then crashed, so I didn't see the messages right away.  Hopefully, this resolves the issue for everyone.  Thank you for letting me know that it wasn't working.  I will be back with your next freebies in a little while, just putting the finishing touches on the preview right now.  TTFN.

Apologies

Please accept my apologies.  Life has interfered yet again and my 'Fall Harvest' freebie is late once again.
I haven't been able to get much computer work done yesterday, I just wasn't feeling well and running a fever.  I think I sweated it all out last night, though, and woke up feeling refreshed and ready to work.

To top it off, yesterday morning I found out that my computer decided to do a random restart of the system and shut down, closing all of the programs and all of the files that I had open at the time.  *Urgh*  I was so upset and discouraged, on top of not feeling well.  I lost all of the new items that I had been working on to add to the Fall Harvest files.  Oh well, nothing I can do about it now but recreate them and get them added to the next zip file.

That is what I am going to be spending my morning doing this morning.  I will be back a little later with the next preview and download when I get them put together.  For now, though, I have the next Luggage Tag back for you from Tracy's 'Ruby Remedy' kit.

Click on image to download

As I am sure you can tell, most of the Luggage Tag backs have journaling elements on them to provide an area for journaling whatever photo you choose to add to the Luggage Tag front before printing out and using to your hearts desire.


Also, I have had some questions about the .smb files for the 'Fall Harvest' freebies, what they are and how to use them.  The downloads with the .smb file extension are the Scrapbook Max Booster Packs and can only be used with the Scrapbook Max Software Program.  I just wanted to let some of you know that.  I know that there has been some confusion about that and I apologize for not making it clearer.

If you do not already have this program downloaded and installed on your computer, you can go to Carolyn's blog and download a free 30 day trial to try it out and see how you like creating scrapbook pages with it.  Just click on the purple Scrapbook Max banner on the top of her blog and it will take you directly to the Scrapbook Max website where you can download the free trial.  I absolutely love using it to scrap pages with.  As soon as I can afford to buy the liscence for it, I am going to. 

Okay, that is all I have for you now.  I am off to get back to work putting together the rest of the next portion of 'Fall Harvest' part 6.  I will be back as soon as I get it finished.  TTFN.

I fixed the issue

I think I have figured out what the issue with the downloads has been and have them all fixed.  Short version of the story is, I took my computer downstairs and was using a wireless network card.  When I brought the computer back upstairs, I forgot to disconnect the wireless card and reconnect the firewire cable for the internet.  *Duh*

So, the issue should be resolved now.  I even went so far as to delete the files from mediafire, delete the zip from my computer, rebuild the zip, and reupload to mediafire.  I have tested each link that was having issues twice and downloaded to my computer to make sure that they were working.  It may be running a little slow, but the do download and the downloads work.  *whew*  Got that problem solved.  Now I am off to get today’s freebie uploaded and posted since I finally got the other download links working.  Be back shortly.

Freebie download links and previews

This is just a quick note to let you all know that tomorrows freebie links and previews are going to be a little late. I will get them posted, probably a little later early tomorrow afternoon. My apologies. I have been trying to deal with this photobucket issue and get my blog background back up again. It just isn't working for me for some reason and I am ready to give up for tonight. I am not fluent in html code and copying the code from Flickr into Blogger is not working the same way for me as it did with Photobucket. I don't know what it is I am doing wrong. I am so frustrated with all of this nonsense, I could spit nails right about now.

Time for me to rant. I think that photobuckets 'exceeding bandwidth' is a gimmic for them to get our money. Granted, it is only $25 a year, a drop in the bucket compared to some of the services we put money out on. I am not sure about anyone else out there, but I am not made of money and just don't have the $25 to spend right now. So, I am scrambling to come up with other solutions. Otherwise, there really isn't much point in me posting freebies on my blog until after Nov. 1 when my bandwidth usage goes back up. You wouldn't be able to see what you are getting in your downloads and be able to decide if you really wanted it or not. Frustrating.

Okay, that is my rant for now. I am off to bed to try and get some sleep and wake up fresh in the morning and get the previews for my next portion finished and uploaded for you all. Though, I will probably dream about previews and images all night long, lol. Take care everyone. TTFN.