Freebie umbrella embellishment

Pocket Freebie Embellishment!

Spring freebie!

Here is a lovely Spring kit for you! Get it here: http://www.4shared.com/file/236546625/d1bb385f/LisaBear_JoyOfSpringKit.html

Spring in our backyard!

Yesterday we had a big rain. Today was sunny and the rain droplets sparkled on the flowers in my backyard like little fairy necklaces.

Freebie!

To promote the new "Winter Magic" kit featuring stunning photographs of real snow crystals by photographer/author Ken Libbrecht, here is a lovely quick page freebie.
Get the entire kit here:

Winter Magic Kit!

Kit contents:
11 background papers
5 masks
9 overlays
4 frames
14 embellishments

Example page using "Winter Magic" kit

For the kit this page was created with:

Example page using "Winter Magic" kit

Here are some photos of deer we saw in Zion. These frames are available in the "Winter Magic" kit.

Example page using "Winter Magic" kit

Haha that's a picture of me in younger days! Those are real snowflakes. Beautiful, huh? (I mean the snowflakes.)

Example page using "Winter Magic" kit

Example page using "Winter Magic" kit

This is an example page made with the Winter Magic kit. The photo is masked with a mask that is included in the kit. The embellishment features real snowflakes!

Winter Magic Kit!

This beautiful kit features amazing high resolution photographs of actual snowflakes by photographer/author Ken Libbrecht (www.snowcrystals.com).

Using templates in Paint Shop Pro

I stumbled upon this nice tutorial about how to use templates in Paint Shop Pro. http://mommyscraps.com/2008/09/06/using-a-template-in-paint-shop-pro/#comments

Craft Calendar

The beginning of a New Year is a time for planning. Having just finished the Christmas season, and not had enough time to hand-craft as many gifts as I had wanted, I came up with the idea of a Craft Calendar.

It can be as simple as just writing things down on your wall calendar, or programming them into your blackberry. But the idea is to plan out the things you want to hand craft, so you leave yourself enough time.

So think of all the people to whom you would like to give a handcrafted gift, and when their birthdays are, and what you would like to make them. Think about Christmas, and what homemade gifts you would like to give, and even what wrapping and decor you might like to create.

Now you can schedule it out. The thing is that by the time someone's birthday normally makes it on to your radar, you probably don't have enough time to knit them that nifty scarf, or make the photobook and have it shipped, or whatever. And Christmas is so busy. It really helps a lot if you can stretch out making Christmas gifts all year long.

So think about what you'd like to make for whom, and by when, and write it down on a calendar!

Got my umbrella from ArtsCow!

I love it! I will post a picture as soon as I get a good one. I'm very pleased with the print quality. The construction of the umbrella itself - I'd call it "budget". It doesn't have a button to open automatically, for instance. My mom is going to be tickled pink!

I took the speech my uncle wrote at her wedding, and an old wedding photograph of my mom and my dad, put it together with some scrapbook papers and embellishments, and ArtsCow printed it on an umbrella.

I got the whole thing, with shipping for $18! (On special - that isn't the normal price.)

Two Peas in a Pod - example page 1

To purchase the kit this page was made from:

Two Peas in a Pod - new kit!

This kit has 4 background papers, a scalloped green overlay, a curlicue heart embellishment, a hand-drawn peapod frame for two photos, 1 title, and 4 peapod drawings (parts of the peapod you see here).

KhakiFest example page 3

KhakiFest example page 2

KhakiFest example page 1