Just Me and Them

2 More days and a Freebie to celebrate it!!

2 more days till I can read Last Sacrifice and I am absolutely hanging on a thread!!  As I wrote yesterday, I've filled in my time by making up a kit based on the cover of the book -

 

And, from the kit that I've made, I created this page to kinda show off the kit but also to actually use it -

 

Everything on this page, including the quote/title can be found in the kit.  The quote comes directly from one of the books in the series - Frostbite.  ANd, everything on my new blog design is also from this kit!!

You can find the file for download here.  The file will also include a credits note for the font and actions I used to finish off my kit.

 

Momenta Digi Page and more...

I created this page with the new Momenta digi kit -

If you are interested, you can download a digi template of my page by right clicking on the page and saving the file or clicking here. 

So, I've been playing around today with Sarah - we had our own little card class where I got to play around and teach her a few more card making techniques.  She had a ball, although the mess we left wasn't so much fun to clean up!!  Here are the two cards we ended up making -

I lvoe the last card so much that I've already began writing up a technique article for a version of it for the Frantic Stamper Blog.
 
 

Digi Freebie

Ah its busy here.  My cold is slowly disappearing and with it is any spare time lol.  Yesterday we emptied the entire contents of Ems room onto our verandah so we could pull up her carpet.  We are going to be tiling her floor today to make things easier for her. 

Sarah meanwhile is spending some time with her Grandma so that Em can have her bed BUT also so that Sarah and Grandma can spend some more time making dolly clothes.  Sarahs taken to the idea in a big way!!

So, in honour of her budding enthusiasm I created a little scrap kit with pretties in it themed to Sarahs new hobby -

I created the swirl myself in Illustrator and have included it in the file as a png and as a brush!!  All the colours used were taken from one of the swatches of material Sarah bought to make her doll dresses.

ps. click on the image to go to the download page.
 

Digi Freebie

I just finished my third lesson of my Illustrator course and have put together my practise work as a digi kit.  Here are a couple of previews of my kit -

 

You can download the kit by following the link here.

On another tangent altogether, I have been creating a storm with my cardmaking.  Check this one out -

The next three were created for a card class I am having in my class on the 7th February.  If you are interested please let me know with a quick email.  MY email addy can be found in my 'about me' section of my blog here.

And thats it for me again.  First day back at work with kids and I am soooo tired!! 
 

Scrap Artist Pages and Sneaky peakies and freebies!!

Here are a couple of pages I created tonight with some of the new stuff released today by the Scrap Artist team.  Soooo pretty!!

Now I bet you are wondering where the freebies are right?  Well I created both of these by creating two very different templates in Illustrator.  It was as a part of lesson two of my Illustrator 101 course I have been doing.  I actually forund this a lot easier to do than the first card and because of this I decided to package up both templates for you as downloads. 

 
  

To download each one, simply click on the image to go to a download page.

And now for some January sneakies ...
  
 

Well, thats it for me for tonight - I am stuffed after a full day of country living and sightseeing!!

2010 Calendar Freebie

I've had a lovely breezy day - sitting on my puter playing.  I finally finished my game - lost via Domus.  My god its been an absolute frustration getting through it but boy was it awesome seeing the end!!  After it all, I did actually enjoy it - particularly the fact that I made it through on my own.

Oh and... I spent lunch making bubble tea's.  Emma had her very first one at the beginning of the week while we were in the city and she loved it.  So we went hunting and managed to get some of the black pearl tapioca's to make some and they actually turned out really nicely - Em is thrilled that she can make her own!

After and between all that, I created a desktop calendar for my desk at work for next year.  My plan is to use an American crafts ring binder album.  When the cover folds back it forms a really nicely angles wedge for the pages to sit on and the fact that there are page protectors included means I can put each page into a protector to use!!  Here is my front cover -

I've also done the inside of my calendar.  As another freebie I've created a download of my calendar complete with a converted cover.  The download will feature exactly the same cover as mine above but with the photo section cut away so you can add your own photo.

Credits located in the gallery section of my blog. Here is a quick preview of the whole calendar -

You can download the whole calendar from here.

Since Santa officially touched down in my hometown last weekend, I decided to create a set of Christmas brushes. I've also made the files as PNG's as well with the original colouring that I had intended each brush to be. The PNG's are ready to use as is and would make a great addition to a digital Photo card.

Here is a preview of the brushes in their PNG form -

To download the set follow this link here. (File is approximately 2.6MB)

Freebies and another sneaky!

In honour of my friends first grandchild I decided to create a brush set especially named after her. 

 I also made them because I wanted to try out all the new skills I have been gaining in the Brush Abilities course run by Jessica Sprague.  I thoroughly enjoyed working through it and found that whether it was stuff I did already know or not, I was constantly solidifying and strengthening my understanding of that massive program we lovingly call photoshop!!  So, I had the set - I even used my very favourite quotes to finish them all off.

If you would like a copy of this set, you can click on the preview shot to download or follow the link here.

Out of respect for the designers whose brushes I used to create mine I have also included a credits list in the downloadable file and here -

Credits list for brushes -

Fonts -
Georgia, Fontdinerdotcom, fontdinerdotcom - Sparkles.

Brushes -
Nancy Rowe Janitz Sanding brushes, Jessica Sprague Swirls brush

And now on to some even more fun stuff - some more sneakies of this months Club Scrappit now!!

 

 

 

I can't wait to share what I created this month!!

Twilight Freebie

One of the tasks in my digi course at the Jessica Sprague website was to create an element using a set of instructions and brushes.  After creating the class object, I then went off on my own for a bit and played till I came up with this -

  

It was created in Photoshop Elements using the shape cutter option and the Nancy Rowe Janitz Sanding brush.  The fonts used were Twilight Zephyr and Twilight.  The word dazzle was also altered using the aluminium WOW effect.

The whole thing is downloadable and has been saved as a png file so it can be added straight to a digi page.

Freebie, catch up and more

My goodness, a whole week has passed and I havent visited.  For the better part of this week though I have been feeling pretty yuck.  I thought it was one of those gastro virus thingys but after going to the doctors finally on friday I found out its actually my tablets for my heel.  I have developed an allergy or sensitivity to them so that by friday I was vomiting and aching because of them.  Of course in typical me style I kept on taking them without a clue until the doctor told me.

Anyway, over at Scrappit they are running a competition this month that invovles creating a page based on a sketch.  The sketch also comes as a digi template for those digi enthusiasts like me.  Here is my page I created to share -

 

If you'd like to join in you can find more details at the Scrappit blog, including a copy of the sketch.  If you'd like a digi template of the sketch you can download it from here.

In addition to being sick and working on my Scrappit stuff I have also been consumed by my teaching.  Check out my work space atm -

 

My area is made up of 3 different workspaces.  This is only one of them - filled with my wishfull thinking scrapbook jobs.  The ones I compiled for me to work on but havent quite got there yet!

 

And then here is area 2 - The disks are out because I am in the process of creating dvd backups of all my elements for digi work.  The folder and stuff is all school work.

 This is the third and final of my work area's - well a part of it.  To the right is my laptop where I am sitting right now and of course my printer and stuff.  If you look closely you'll notice a little looksy of the new August Club Scrappit pack.  I've only just begun working in it which is why its sitting there.  Next to it, is my new little toy which I love!!

 

Its a digi pen and its amazing.  It works like a normal pen except that it records everything you write or would hear digitally and then once connected to your puter uploads it.  If you choose everything can then be converted from handwriting to type with the click of a button!!  I wanted it for ages to write notes with for work - especially and training days - but also to upload my sketches as I create them!!  I finally got one last week when Officeworkd had them out at a huge sale price.

Oh and I have to admit I also love playing at the moment with one of the demo's on the pen.  You select the demo and it tells you how to draw a piano top which you can then play!!  Amazing stuff!!

Finally, I have been working through the new Jessica Sprague course - Brush Abilities.  Its been pretty amazing so far.  Here's one of the things I created -

 

The image above is in png format so if you like it you are more than welcome to save a copy of it.  The brushes used to create it were -

Floral stroke by Noniq

Stamp-pad Brush by Nancy Rowe Janitz

Well I guess thats it for me!!