Jan Digital Scrapbook Kit Freebie Addon

I've had this on my hard drive for 5 days, just too busy to clean it up and make a contact sheet ;-) It's one of those weeks here. Oldest has finals, basketball games and the little one has a cold. Me, just plugging along getting ready for an overnight with my girl scouts on Friday and my anniversary on Saturday. This addon has three fuzzy fibers and an alphabet charm set. Click here to download the file.

Eating Out Blog Prompt

Here is the weekend blog prompt from DSP: Do you get the usual each time? do you sample food from your friend's plate? are you adventurous? and most importantly, do you save room for dessert?

First and foremost, I never leave room for dessert. I like food too much, lol. Dessert is something I like to have in the afternoons with a cup of coffee or herbal tea. When I eat out, I love to have seafood and if it is a buffet of many different foods, all the better. If i ate out more, I'd probably be 800 pounds - not kidding. It is really a good thing that I like to eat veggies as much as I like to eat unhealthy food, or I'd have a real problem ;-)

I like trying new foods as long as they aren't gross foods, like body parts of animals. Monkey's brains is something I will not ever try in this lifetime - and I'm really okay with that. But trying new fruits and veggies is fun.

Digital Scrapbook Kit Freebie: Little Lady

I have three daughters... so this kit is going to be getting bigger as the month goes on! I hope you enjoy these, I'm really enjoying making them. The lady bug pp in this kit was actually harder to do by digital then by regular old paper and glue, lol. But it was worth it, I like out this kit ended up coming together.

Go here to get it!

More Free Paint Shop Pro Tutorials

Yes, I'm starting to talk in tutorial form ;-) Just kidding! Here are five more I'v added to the site. If you would like to see something in particular, let me know.

PSP9 Tutorial #11: Make Mesh
PSP9 Tutorial #12: Make Corrugated Paper
PSP9 Tutorial #13: Make a Brad
PSP9 Tutorial #14: Make a Round Bead
PSP9 Tutorial #15: Make the Too Easy Pearl

Today's Digital Scrapbook Freebie Find: Anniversary Kit

This really stocked free Anniversary Kit is perfect for your photos! The store is Outside of the Box and the designer is Tamara Lee Miller. Go here to get it!

Do you like to get dressed up?

DSP Blog Prompt: Do you like to get dressed up? Why/why not? When's the last time you had a chance to dress formally?

I love getting dressed up and the last time was at a Christmas party for the Rotary Club that my hubby belongs to. The dinner was really very good and the company was great. We are new to the area and really enjoyed meeting some new people.

I'm wondering, how do you all get people to take pics of you for yoru book of me scrapbook? I was just thinking while writing this that it would have been nice to have a pic, but since I take all of the pictures I don't have one... any tips??

Star in a Simple Scrapbooks Ad!

Fill out this form, and you could be selected to promote the magazine as a Simple Scrapbooks reader! I found this today and thought I would pass it on... link is here... it's an easy enough contest :-) they also have a Hers and His Contest with tools, lol. Here is the discription of that one:
"This issue we’re giving away something for you and something for him! Enter below for a chance to win our Hers & His Sweepstakes. Five lucky winners will receive a set of five scrapbooking tools for her and a set of five power tools for him. (We won’t tell if you keep both sets for yourself.) No purchase necessary. Purchase does not improve your chance of winning." Good luck!

Addon to this Month's Freebie

Here is a quick addon to this month's freebie kit which can be found here for 5 more days! The addon is a tag set with two of the folded ribbons I did. The tut for the paint shop pro folded ribbon is new and located here.

In my dreams...

Today's DSP Blog Prompt:
Share your dreams, literally or figuratively:

I've been spending my time dreaming about my new house. We are going to break ground in the spring, and I just keep day dreaming all about each and every room, what colors or cabinets or ??? I just cannot wait to see it - although I can picture it perfectly in my mind.

I also daydream about Disney - I just love that place!

Digital Scrapbook Freebie Find - Today's Fun!

I absolutely love this freebie, the papers are so touchable. It is a kit by Marcie Reckinger who sells her digital scrapbook kits at A Cherry on Top. This freebie was in the RAK Scaps newsletter, Nov 2006. Last page - but be sure to read it all- it's a good one! you can sign up on for the newsletter in their yahoo group or book mark this page and wait for an update. It looks like they update on the 15th of the month.

Kindness of Strangers

Digital Scrapbook Place blog prompt:
Describe a time when you have benefitted from the kindness of a stranger.

Another college story: On our way to NJ, my roomates and I got stuck in a traffic jam - major jam near NY City. then my room mate's car dies - in the fast lane... not that crawling inch-by-inch was fast. We just liked being in the fast lane of this four lane highway. EEK! At the time, having a cell phone meant having huge antenias on your car. (yes, it was a lonnnggg time ago!) Thank goodness an older gentlemen with the antenias stopped and let us use his phone.

You know, I never really thought much about that until now. He didn't have to stop for us - although he couldn't really speed by in traffic, could he? I think God places who you need around you when you need them most.

Paint Shop Pro Tutorial: Make Gold Photo Corners

I really ended up liking these and used them with a layout for a friend's wedding album. I hope you like making them! And if those who are asking, yes! I love using psp for digital scrapbooking.

Digital Scrapbooking Free Border Clicker

I've started to do some clickers and wrote up a tutorial on how to use them, includes a free one. They are fairly simple to use and VERY useful. They are in png, well the first one is and I believe that can be used by photoshop people as well as PSP - which is my program of choice. Let me know if you know?

Three New Tuts for PSP 9

I just uploading three new tutorials (tuts) for PSP9 for Digital Scrapbooking use. I hope you will be able to use these to make more elements for your own stash ;-)

PSP9 Tutorial: Chalk a Tag
PSP9 Tutorial: Make Dotted Swiss Paper
PSP9 Tutorial: Make Element Cut Outs

Sleeping Style... hmmm...

Blog Prompt: Describe your sleeping style.

I sleep, very well. So well, in fact, that in college a friend and his friend came to visit me in my dorm room and I was asleep. They managed to take my loft apart from under me and I just kept on sleeping. I never heard or felt anything... which I'm sure will get me into trouble one day. Thank goodness hubby will wake up at the drop of a hat. We need someone to take care of the kids at night, lol! Although being a mom is amazing. When my girls were born I was a light sleeper for the first year. Then back to sleeping like a rock.

I also snore, but so does the hubby. So, we are pretty even there!

Winter Scrapbook Titles and Page Toppers

• There's No Business Like Snow Business
• Walking in a winter wonderland
• Warm toes and tummies
• Winter Fun
• Winter is "Snow" Much Fun!

More here....

My Collection of Sizzix Dies

I love collecting these things and never get around to using them enough! I love crafts, I just need another me to fit it all into my life, - all you crafty people hear me, right? I bought another two sizzix dies to make albums, the page and the cover one. I feel better that I had a coupon, and I can use these for Girl Scouts because we will love making albums... but... yet another two dies!

But, what can I say. I love collecting things. I aslo have a disney pin collection, vintage pin collection and a vintage bead collection.

At least it is something I can enjoy, lol!

Scrapbook Punch Art - Snowy Tree

Simple punch art with a heart punch. Go here to learn how to do it.