Kim's DSO Color Challenge-May

It's been a busy month since the last posting, but I managed to find the time for Kim's May Color Challenge. We spent a week in Disney World and walked until we could walk no more. The plane ride home was a nightmare since we ran into a storm in Dallas. After 10 hours in a plane to just get from Orlando, FL to Dallas, Tx, we ended up spending the night in the airport on cots. All hotels were booked from other stranded travelers. When we got home, I regrouped and took off to spend time with girl friends, Judy and Danna, in Reno/Carson City. Great time and good therapy!

This would be a "FREE" kit and just click on the preview to download. To pick up more wonderful additions to the color challenge, visit the DSO Color Challenge Forum.

PRIM and PURPLE-New free kit

Do you like purple? Well, if you do, you'll find a new free scrapbook kit, by me, at About.com. I love the color purple and had fun using it during the design process.

Click on the image to be taken to the download location.

NOTE: When saving the files at About.com, click on the small thumbnail to get an individual image, then right click and choose:

IE: Save Target As...
Firefox or Google Chrome: Save Link As...
Safari: Save Linked File
Opera: Save Linked Content As...

Otherwise, you will not get the correct filename or filetype.
They do not provide a zipped file for the kit, so you'll need to download each element and paper separately.

Garden Party Quilt Show-2009

Last Saturday, I attended the Garden Party Quilt Show, hosted by my guild, the Santa Clara Valley Quilting Association. It was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center. There were so many beautiful quilts on display and I wasn't able to take a picture of them all. But, by clicking HERE, you can view the ones that I was able to photograph. Click on each picture to get a larger view and then click on the forward arrow to go to the next item.

Kim's DSO Color Challenge-April

I've just finished posting a new small freebie kit for Kim's DSO forum Color Challenge. Even though it's small, there's enough to make a good memory page. It's, also, a fun way to practice making kits and using your graphics program. Everyone is so generous with their designs and we end up with a magnificent kit at the end of the month.

Now it's back to quilting, as I have a new Great Grandson on his way this year and he needs to be kept warm and cozy.

Click on the preview to download.

A Quick Page freebie

I've created a quick page for About.com's graphic section and you can pick it up here, as a freebie. Sue Chastain, the graphics guide, has also prepared a tutorial for PS Elements showing how to insert your photos into the quick page layout with layering techniques.

I'm designing for About.com - Free Kit

I'm proud to announce that I am now an independent scrapbook kit designer for About.com. If you are not familiar with About.com or their wonderful graphics area, run by Sue Chastain, their graphics guide, please check it out soon. She always has tips, ideas and tutorials for all the major graphics programs, along with reviews and freebies. There is a newsletter that you can sign up for that will keep you informed of all the new content that she has ready for you.

I'll be designing a new kit for them, each month and you can pick up the digital scrapbooking freebie April kit by clicking on the preview below.

NOTE: When saving the files at About.com, click on the small thumbnail to get an individual image, then right click and choose:

IE: Save Target As...
Firefox or Google Chrome: Save Link As...
Safari: Save Linked File
Opera: Save Linked Content As...

Otherwise, you will not get the correct filename or filetype.

I often get "stuck" with color palette ideas, so if you have one you'd like me to use, please feel free to email it to me. teapotlady at gmail dot com

Kim's March 09 Color Challenge

Here I am with another mini kit for Kim's Color Challenges. I missed last month, as I've had some computer problems. Plus, sorry Kim, but I just couldn't get into those colors. She gives us 5 colors and we are to create a layout or mini kit with them.

The hard drive, went out in my, less than a year old, HP computer. Fortunately, I keep backups on externals. WHEW! Rather than deal with HP's tech support...and I'll leave it at that....I just took it to The Geek Squad at Best Buy and had them fix it. It's, actually, still there. My laptop has been getting a good work out because of it. However, not before a problem started with it too. Since Comcast gives me McAfee for free, I decided it was time to uninstall Nortons (purchased) and just use McAfee. Well, the computer had a different opinion. Norton's had embedded itself in so many places, that it caused networking problems along with a few others. I spent time with Comcast and Sony tech support to try and get it working. We finally gave up after an hour and did a complete recovery. That meant reinstalling everything. What a pain, that always is. And I'll be looking at reinstalling when I get the desktop back too.

Enough of all that. Here's my mini kit that I made for the Color Challenge. You can download it by clicking on the picture.