On the Second Day of Christmas...

And here is the second tube in the set. I've already finished the next two, but I thought I'd post one a day. So stay tuned to this blog. lol As the song goes, it's supposed to be a turtle dove. Does anyone know what a turtle dove looks like? lol

Again, this one is much larger than shown on the preview below. Blogger downsized my preview again, but you can click it below to see it at the size I made it. I did shrink the image by 80% when I made the preview image. Dimensions of the tube are 725 x 550 px.

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On the First Day of Christmas...

Yep, I'm still alive. Things have just been really hectic around here for a long time. No sign that things are ever going to slow back down either. I'm working on a new set of images/tubes for Christmas. I've already gotten a few of them finished, and this is the first one of the bunch. Hope someone can find a use for it. :)

This one is much larger than shown on the preview. I had to resize it by 80% for the preview, and then Blogger resizes the image to a smaller size as well. You can click the image below to see my preview at the size I made it. Dimensions of the image are 475 x 825px.

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Pumpkin Coach

Well, I'm only a day later than I hoped I would be getting this posted. And I know it's a little bit early for Halloween stuff too, but as slow as I am anymore, I figured it was better to share it too early than to wait and get it up on November 1st. lol

I drew this in PSP 9, but it's based on a Photo Impact tutorial posted on Dia's Dimensions site. I don't have Photo Impact, but I really liked her result so I gave it a whirl in PSP. Thank you for sharing the wonderful tut! :) You can visit her site here, and the tutorial is posted here.

Tagger-sized tube: size is 642 x 485 pixels.

(click on the preview below to see the coach at 100%)

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Creations by others using my bits

Nope, I didn't fall off the face of the earth. lol Things have just been really busy around here for about a month or so now, and I'm even further behind than I normally am. I am working on a new drawing/tube (or whatever you'd want to call it) though, and I hope I'll have it finished so I can post it tomorrow.

I wanted to give a couple of ladies a plug tonight. They used a couple of different kits of mine and created some really nice things. They gave me a special treat taking the time to show me how they used the kits, and I just wanted to show them off & share the links to their blogs with everyone who reads mine.

First up is Lyn aka Spyder. She has a lovely blog devoted to her paper crafts. She printed out some of the bits from my Sunbonnet Girls kit and created a birthday card. I thought it turned out really pretty, and it was a use that had never occurred to me. You can take a peek at the card below, and be sure to swing by her blog as well!

Spyder's Corner Blog

Next up is Donna aka Freedom To Bark. She used my portion of the Can We Keep Him, Mommy? blog train to create a free blog layout. You can see a small preview of what it looks like below. Such a cute layout I thought. Be sure to go by her blog to see all her other creations. Definitely worth a peek!

Freedom To Bark Blog
Post with the free layout - http://freedomtobark.blogspot.com/2009/08/free-furever-home-blog-layout.html

Thank you again ladies for letting me see how you used my freebies. I really enjoyed seeing them! :)

Alllllllllll Aboard!

Well, it's finally time for the 'Can We Keep Him, Mommy?' blog train to take off! I've really enjoyed participating in this one - my very first blog train. Just wanted to take a minute to thank the other ladies who joined in on this one for all the freebies and goodies they've made & shared! Be sure to go by the station blog to snag all the other pre-train bits that have been shared over the past few weeks! Scroll down my blog here to find the preview & link for the pre-train add-on that I shared last week, too.

Station Blog
http://canwekeephimmommy.blogspot.com/

Paulette
http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/

Rhonda
http://craftymumzcreations.blogspot.com/

Jodhi
http://migginsplace.blogspot.com

Karen
http://scrapbookingautism.blogspot.com/

Michelle
http://www.craftyscraps.blogspot.com/

Jen
http://girlfrienddesignz.blogspot.com/

Christina
http://nutnbutdezigns.blogspot.com/

Royanna
http://royanna.blogspot.com/

Jael
http://jaelop.blogspot.com/

Mamaecha
http://studio-mamaecha.blogspot.com/

Mine is a tag-sized kit, but some of the drawn elements are a bit larger. Sizes are noted below.
Contents:
- 21 papers (700px x 700px)
- 10 bows
- 8 buttons
- 5 flowers
- 7 frames
- 12 ribbons (800px long)
- 6 ribbon curls
- 6 ricrac
- 4 wordart
- 3 tags
- 6 ladybugs
- 9 critter tubes/elements drawn by me
Including:
- 2 butterflies (approx. 325px wide)
- 1 caterpillar (approx. 300px long)
- 1 jar of fireflies (approx. 200px x 250px)
- 1 frog (approx. 600px x 400px)
- 2 lilypads - one with bloom, one without (each 700px across)
- 1 mouse (approx. 350px x 400px)
- 1 turtle (approx. 560px x 300px)

(you can click my preview to see it at a bit larger size)

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