December DSO color challenge

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!! This month found me down and out for a week and a half with the flu bug. Awful stuff. And this was with a flu shot in me. GRRR!! But, I'm back on my feet and ready to get through this busy time of the year. Kim's DSO Color Challenge was first on my list, as I always learn a lot about Photoshop while making something to share on her forum. I probably could have added more to it, but "other" stuff is tugging at me to get done around here. Click on the preview to download.

P.S. The download is named November, but it's really the December one. Sorry!!! These holidays have fried my teenie brain, I'm afraid. HA!

Corduroy Styles

Last night, I spent some time learning to make styles for Photoshop. I decided that I could use some Corduroy to add to my ever increasing list of styles. To get me started, I made 5 of them using Kim's, DSO, November color challenge. I see that I spelled the name wrong on the preview. Oops.. Oh well, life goes on...Click on the preview to download them. If you're working on a kit or layout for the challenge, feel free to use them. And be sure to go to the previous email to grab the kit I made, using the Color Challenge colors.

Kims Nov Challenge and a Quilt finished!

YAY! I finished the quilt that I was making for my friend, Judy's, daughter's new baby. The theme is Dick and Jane and today is the shower where she will receive it. I can't WAIT to hear how she likes it. I even had time to show it off at the Santa Clara County Quilting Association meeting, last week, before putting it in the mail. Here's a picture of it as it was being shown.


So, with that out of the way, I found some time to work on Kim's November Color Challenge at DSO. You can grab it by clicking on the links below the preview.

Paper Download
Elements Download

A QP For My New Kit

Today found me sitting here and playing with my new kit. I'm sharing a quick page that I made to go along with it. However, I WILL admit that I took a little road trip to the mall and did some shopping at Macys for awhile, before designing it. Found some great bargains. One is a new winter coat. And with the change in the weather lately, I'll be wearing it REAL soon.

DH and I have started a new walking regime every morning for 2 miles. It's actually turning out to be a really great thing. I have lots more energy for shopping. LOL

Click on the preview to download.

October Color Challenge-DSO

I participated in Kim's color challenge on the DSO site again, this month. I look forward to this each month and find it such a fun challenge to create something from the 5 colors that Kim gives us. Please click on the preview image to download my mini kit and enjoy. If you create something with it, I'd love to see it.

October finds me quilting on a new baby quilt that I'm pretty excited about finishing. I'm working on the actual quilting part now and hope to have it finished this month. That's the goal anyway.

My goal to learn Photoshop, this year, is still progressing in a forward direction. YES!!! I no longer go back to Photo Impact because I'm frustrated with Photoshop. Another YES!!! Creating scrapbook pages from family pictures gives me such pleasure. Sure better than just viewing pictures in a photo album.

Kims Sept Color Challenge

What the heck causes a person to become so obsessed with Kim's Color Challenges that nothing else gets done until it's completed. HA! Well, at least I got the bills paid. WHEW! Otherwise, I'd be putting this kit together, with my laptop and sitting on the front sidewalk and hoping that a neighbor brings me a Starbucks Green Tea Soy Latte. ANYHOO....I'm done and, once again, had a wonderful time putting it together. Each month, I spend learning more and more about Photoshop and realizing that the kits, papers and elements are going together easier all the time.

Now I can begin a new baby quilt that I'm just "itching" to start.

I hope you enjoy my kit and I'll put on a happy face if I see a comment or two. Please click on the thumbnail to download my Sept kit.

Uppercase Living fun

OMG!! It's been a whirlwind of fun with girlfriends, Judy and Danna visiting. Eating, shopping, computer and photoshop practicing. We have all learned so much. And today we put up some Uppercase Living wording in a few places in my house. I LOVE IT!! They add so much to an area. This one is a picture of the entry into my living room. Above the entry it says "It's Good to Be Home".

We, actually started out in the kitchen with Bon Appetit on the back splash of my stove top. The surface is Silestone and it applied with no problem at all.

To add a warm feeling to the front door, I placed a "Welcome".

It sure was easy to apply these. I can't wait to put "CREATE" in my computer room next. Check out Uppercase Living at Danna's site listed on side of my blog.