New Year Bows w/Charms

I hope you like them.

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New Year Celebration Kit

I have had some time to throw together this New Year kit for you. I can't believe tomorrow is New Years Eve!! I hope for better times in the new year. Everyone have a great celebration ... have fun ... be safe :)
This kit is full size, can be printed. I even included the papers in 600 x 600 for you taggers out there. The elements are ok for both I believe. They can be reduced fairly well if you reduce using the smart size. There is more in the kit than previewed. (Images reduced so quality doesn't show) *Enjoy*


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Awards

I also have two awards to catch up on.

I am short on time (sneaking between baking lol) but wanted to say a big thanks to:

Kicki for "This Blog Has Heart Award"

http://kimadecreations.blogspot.com/

and

Roseanne for the "Proximada Award"

http://digiscrapgalore.blogspot.com/

These may be viewed in the right hand column under awards ;)

Thank you both so much!

Please be sure to drop by these blogs.

Kicki has some really cute Christmas freebies!!

And I just love Roseanne's site because it is looks Victorian (My FAVORITE).

I just love going and looking at her background, lol!!

In case I am not able to get back in for a bit I'd like to take this moment to wish everyone the Merriest of the Holiday's and a fantastic New (and Better) Year.

Love & Huggs ~ Debb

Gingerbread and mittens

I've put together some gingerbread and mitten goodies. Maybe you have a use for them? These are only $3.00 and may be used for CU once purchased. NOTE: These are not as dark as they look at all :)

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Two new Awards (WOW)

I received this wonderful award from my good friend Laurie. Thank you so much.
She has a fantastic blog (and goodies), HERE.

And, also from Janice HERE. Thank you so much Janice!! What an honor!

Visit these ladies and tell them Debb sent you by!

Please pass this on to anyone you think deserves this great award.

I don't feel up to it right now. Thanks for understanding ;)

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I also received this awesome award again.

This time from Andrea HERE. Thanks so much Andrea!!

Thanks again Ladies .... Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Bows

I decided to offer these bows from a tutorial I did of Sandie's. She is in my DSC class. This bow got huge raves. I just love it too and thought I make a couple for you. Thanks Sandie!

If you'd like to try your hand at it you can do so HERE. You can also drop by her blog HERE.

Without further ado, here is the links to the bows. I hope you enjoy.

Merry Christmas

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Christmas Charms

I am finally feeling a bit better but now I am freezing my butt off, lol. We had snow today. We've had snow maybe 3 times in 12 years!! :o But the snow went away, it got cold and looks like this little coastal fishing community is in for a nasty winter storm. We are in for a hard freeze tonight, snow and ice tomorrow through Wed. Hope it doesn't make my cold get bad again now that I am feeling better, sigh.

I made some bows using these charms (those will be in next post) and decided to offer just the charms as they could be very useful in their own ways :)

These are 300 dpi, tagger sized.

If you download please leave me a comment. It only takes an extra few seconds and you never know how much it is appreciated. Thanks.

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Almost human again?

I think I've just returned from a Night of the Living Dead sequel. Anyone who has dealt with this nasty flu going around was probably there with me, lol. I am still sick but I am bored to death. I am so sore all over, lol but I just had to get up and do something. To all you poor dears out there dealing with this yourself ... I wish you a speedy recovery!! I wish us ALL a speedy recovery :)
Can you believe Christmas is almost here? I can't. This year has flew past us. Seems as I age the years get shorter, not sure I like either of those realities. I'm still not ready. I have half my cards and gifts to finish and get sent out and haven't decided on a turkey or ham for dinner, lol. I haven't been able to see through the fog long enough to even think of that. Maybe that's a sign of impending wellness, yeah! I can wish ... Tis the Spirit of Christmas after all :) I do have everything else ready however, thank heavens.


I have been working on a couple of things and will try to get back on here later to post them, but if I don't make it I hope to soon. I am still pretty weak so don't know how long I can sit here but check back now and again as I hope to be back soon. Thanks for your understanding, and well wishes.
I got this cute siggie in an email the other day. I think it is so pretty. Merry Christmas everyone. I hope your holiday festivities are filled with much love, family and friends. Huggs ~ Debb

Chocolate Pretzels Freebie

I know everyone is busy with preperations for the upcoming Christmas festivities and I have a lot to do myself. I haven't even gotten my tree up yet. Not like me at all. I have always, without fail had my tree up day after Thanksgiving. This year it did not happen. Don't know why, just didn't. I hope to get it up within the next day or two. Lol ... I hope :))

I had been working on this since yesterday but hadn't done anything but a template for them. Today I did one of Shawna's new tuts over at Scrap Stuff with PSP and got the idea for the bevel on these. Thanks Shawna :) I then decided to add some drippy looks to it. Not perfect but ok I think. No drop shadow on the files. I have decorated one for an example. It is included in the file and you may use it for personal use. I have a chocolate and white chocolate, undecorated pretzel for you to add your own touches to. Enjoy.

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My Feathered Friend

This is Princess, my 16 year old rescued feathered baby.
I just had to show her off.
She is having her first piece of ice.
It was very comical watching her try to hold it!!
But she was such a trooper and was not letting it go!!
I hope to have a couple goodies for you tomorrow or the next day.
I have the flu so not quite with it right now.
Hope you have a kind week, take care :)

I've won another award!!

Isn't this so sweet??!!
I received two of these today!!

The first one came from my dear friend Lone. Thanks so much!!
Please go check out Alice and Lone's site at Alodezines, they have some awesome scripts!!

The second came from another awesome friend - Peta! Thanks Peta for this awesome award.
Please visit her at PSPScrapper. She has some awesome blog backgrounds and some cool frame scrips too.


Now to nominate 5 people for this award. Wow ... tough decision to say the least but here they are:

1. Scrappy from Scrappy Always.
She has got some awesome Country Style goodies on her blog.

2. Bea from Bea Creations. Her site is in German but you can translate it if you find troubles with it. She has some very awesome cute Christmas Goodies on her site!!

3. Beth from Built By Beth. You will find the cutest lil Christmas tree there, plus some other goodies too!!

4. Alexe from Alexe's Creations. She has some really cute BragBook style QP's!

5. Last but not least is Deb from DeBee DeZines. She has some of the cutest blogger backgrounds she makes from peoples kits, she even did one from my first kit.

Wow ... there we have it. These are all great sites to visit, I hope you enjoy them :)

Huggs ~ Debb

Christmas Doodle Tree

I have a lil doodle I made for you and I just love it! I hope you do as well. This one isn't a freebie however. But it isn't much at all. I decided to sell a few things to help support my digi habit which will help me to provide more for you. Thanks for your support. This image is much cleaner than this preview. Size: 1658 x 1759 300 DPI, PNG format. I will send a download link once I receive payment. For Personal Use Only.

$2.00

ChristmasTree Element

This is a neat design I came up with for a tree. I really like the look of it. I hope you do as well. The green background is not included, it is just used for a backdrop to make the star stand out.

If you download, please leave me a comment. If you like my work, please send your friends to visit. Thank you :))

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ChristmasBanner (Personal Use)

Had to add this since it got cut off, sorry.

I just threw this together last night while waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to settle. Ate way too much, lol. I hope everyone had a great time with family and friends. This is for personal use only.

Ok, onto your download links ...

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Some more awards WOW

This award was given to me by Ruth. Thanks so much Ruth!
Stop by and visit her site Scrapindaisy

I guess with this award you are to list 7 things your thankful for and pass on to 7 more people.

I am thankful for:

1. My ever faithful ROCK - Emerson
2. Emerson's Father for his sheer determination against the evils of cancer
3. That I am alive and breathing after a brain tumor
4. That I got to be with my Father before he passed
5. For the roof over my head in these troubled times
6. The friends I've made online
7. Last but not least, for the ability to do what I do and share it with you.

Well I listed 7 things I am thankful for but I have searched for 2 hours and every blog I went to already had this award, actually ... all the following awards too. So I will just have to keep with how I have done in the past ... if you know of someone who deserves any of these awards please feel free to pass them on :)

This Blog has A Heart is from PurpleDragonflyCreations
Thanks so much for this very nice award!!
Please be sure to visit her site.

Generous Designer Award is from Pat at
WonderfulWasteOfTime
What a wonderful blog this is to visit!!
and
PspScrapper
she has some very nice blog layouts!!

Both these ladies also awarded me the following award as well.
Thank you both so much for thinking of me :)



Again, if you know someone deserving of any of these fantastic awards who has not gotten one yet please be sure to pass them along. Thanks

Christmas Cookie Button Script - CU OK !

This is my first script attempt. Not the best by any stretch of the imagination, lol, the icing is a lil too perfect but hey ... it's free right?? Background is for preview purposes only :)

You may use this for CU but not as a single item. It MUST accompany a kit, sigtag, etc. Instructions and TOU are included. This was made in PSP X2, but was tested on 9 and 10 and worked perfect. I cannot help anyone with 8 and 11, sorry.

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Christams Bow ...

Or a bow for any occasion. It is in greyscale so you can recolor it. It looks very nice colored, I did mine in a Christmas red, and I just love it. I hope you enjoy the bow. Personal Use Only.
Size is 1204 x 1229.

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An Idea

I seen an image I liked and thought would be really cute for a Christmas element and I am trying to create something like it. I hope I can get it kinda close and that it turns out nice, I think you will like it.

I don't know if anyone is following my blog but if you are check back soon as I hope to have it ready later today. Then tell me if you like it.

I'll be back ... lol :o

Adding Download Links To Your Blogs

I am sure there are other ways to do this, but this is how I do it.

What you need:

1. A blog (tee-hee) For this example we are using http://blogger.com.

2. A storage site (such as 4Shared for this example)

3. A preview of the creation you're offering and ready to go

4. Your creation zipped and ready to go (don't forget to add your Terms of Use (TOU))

* I recommend you add your TOU to each and every file you offer.

Now you should be good to go so let's begin.

Go log into your 4Shared account and upload your zipped file. To do that, click on the Browse button as shown below. Navigate to the location of your zipped folder, click on it and then click Open. Now click Upload.

Once that has uploaded you will see this:

Now you need to Copy the link above that’s in the box. You could use HTML Tags etc, but that is not what I am teaching in this lesson. This is a simple way to me, no fuss – no muss. You should copy that to a notepad if you don’t already have your blog open, in case you need it again because of a mistake. This prevents going back and forth between 4Shared and your blog, and just saves time.

Ok, if you don’t have your blog open, do so now please. Once you are signed into your blog and on your dashboard click on New Post. You will see the next preview, without the Add image part of this preview; we’ll come back to that shortly. Take a few moments to look over this window (on the blog) and familiarize yourself with the tabs and buttons.

Where I typed in the number 1 it says Title. That is where you type in the name of your creation. You can see on my preview I typed "Alpha Ornament". That is the file I just uploaded, plus it did double duty for this tut :)

Now we need to add our Preview. Click the icon that looks like a mountain. It is the insert picture button. You can see it in the preview. Clicking it opens the second (top) section of this preview. If you want it centered tic Center before doing anything else. The size you will need to determine based on your preview size and your column width. You can play with that if it isn’t right. Just start with Medium first.

If you want to upload from your computer as I have done click the Browse tab and locate the Preview you have ready. If you plan to use Photobucket or something similar you will need to have the HTML code to put in the URL box. For the sake of this tut, let’s say it is Photobucket. You need to copy the "Direct Link" code and paste it into the URL box. Either way, when you have done so, click the Upload Image button. Please Note: I had to use Photobucket's HTML code to add my images here but not for my image used for my previews, odd. So it may be different for different things. If all else fails, try one at a time and then click Preview (under Compose tab) and you'll see if it workd.

Now you are back to the Posting window and you probably have a bunch of code in there and are going "what the heck"? Don’t panic, just click the Compose tab and you will see the actual image if it isn’t showing already. The Preview link under the tabs will let you get a "plain" view of what it will look like on your blog.

Drop down a line (tap Enter on your keyboard), type your message, as much as you want. When you are finished drop down 2 lines only (keeps a wide space from being in your presentation) and type out the word Download.

Here you have a couple options. You can use the word Download for your link or you can just use 4Shared. Or you can do like I did (since I use both 4Shared and Rapidshare) and type Download then drop down and type 4Shared. I think you’ll get the idea shortly. You can even use an image for your download link once you get comfortable with what you’re doing.

Ok, back to the way I am doing it here. I typed Download, dropped a line, and typed 4Shared. Look at next preview if you need a visual. As you can see, I’ve typed my message about the freebie I am offering. I’ve typed Downloads, dropped another line and typed 4Shared.

Highlight the word 4Shared, nothing else. Go up to the icon showing the link with the globe behind it and click on it. Its #2 in the above preview and you’ll see a close-up below.

I almost forgot to tell you that the "Labels for this post" section above is for quick searching if you have added the Label widget to your page. I typed freebies and it will show in the freebies link if someone clicks it from my main page.

Copy the link you saved from 4Shared and Paste it into this box that pops up and click OK.

You can now click the Preview tab to see how everything looks. Hold your mouse over the link to show the complete address for the link you just made (without clicking it).

Now click Hide Preview Link.

If you are satisfied with everything click **"Publish Post".

** DO NOT click Save Post!! It will close your post and save it as a draft. I found out the hard way, and it messed up my formatting for some reason. Your post will auto save every few minutes. I would imagine you can do a draft however, if you want to work on a post for a few days :)

If you find you need to edit something click Customize (from main blog window), then click the Edit Posts tab, and finally the Edit link on the post you were working on and correct anything you need to. Now, be sure to SAVE this time, using the Save button!!

There you have it …you have just set up your first download offer for your scrap blog! Congratulations!!

I hope I didn’t make this too complicated for you!

Debb/Shade DeZines

http://shadedezines.blogspot.com

ShadeDeZines@gmail.com

Tutorial © Shade DeZines 2008 Do NOT claim as your own!
Do not host or upload this tutorial without my express, written permission. You MAY print it for personal use. Otherwise send people to my blog to learn from it.

Thank You

Alpha Ornament

I had a lot of fun making this alpha set. The font was upper case only so no option for lower, sorry.
I worked on it for a long time because I have been under the weather a lot lately, but I think it is work the wait and hope you do too. It always seems we get into the Christmas spirit before Thanksgiving even gets here, lol. I know I do. I am so far behind on anything for thanksgiving and seemed to move right into Christmas ... shame on me :) I hope to rectify that.
I hope you like it.

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Christmas Frame Freebie

I know Halloween was just day before yeaterday, lol, but I am getting in the holiday spirit. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I hope to have much more things "Christmas" coming your way :)) Have an awesome day!! Oh, forgot to add the frame size is 600 x 400 and 300 ppi.

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CU Freebie

I hope you like my first CU Freebie. I hope to have some time to get somemore halloween stuff done, check back :)

Enjoy

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Pumpkin Wreath

I love fall colors when they have started to turn on the trees. It inspired this wreath after watching some of the leaves turning. This year is close to an end as we are heading into a new year. Hopefully it will be full of proserity and filled with much better things then this past year has given us.

Ok ... on with your freebie :)

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New Blog Awards!!

I'd like to thank these awesome ladies for awarding me the following awards. There are so many and you all hit me while I couldn't get online to take care of them :o

But, I am getting to them now, lol. Thank you so much for considering me!

I haven't had the time to search for other blogs to send these along to since I have still been getting my computer back in order ... but ... I just can't not comment with my thanks and the links to all the awesome ladies's blogs who were thinking of me when awarding them to me. Thank you all!

OK ... on to the awards ...

I Love Your Blog Award
Thanks Tammy for the award. Please visit her site at MissFoxysDesigns

Gold Star Award
Thanks for this awesome award Pat(PCArt)! You can vist Pat's site at PCArtistique

Never Ending Energy Blog Award
Steph, my good frined and all around sweetheart! Thank you so much for this award. You can visit Steph's site here: nemapunkin

Proximidade Award
This award is also known as the "Friendship Around The World Award". Originally this award was written in Spanish, but it translates to highlight blogs that are pleasing or special in some way, and also to extend the hand of friendship around the world.

This award was given to me by two people:
1. Beachkid - Thanks so much Mary. Visit Beachkid-designs.
2. Starfire - Thanks Starfire. Visit Starfire.

You can view or pick up and pass on the awards through this link: My Awards
** Anyone wishing so send these awards on to deserving fellow scrap bloggers, please feel free to do so.

Thank you again ladies!!

Huggs ~ Debb

Awards

Another Award!!

Tammy at This 'n' That has given me an award. Thanks Tammy!

I really do not know who to give this to, as I have done this several times already :)
So, I am going to follow in suite with a few others in this same predicament and post the award here, then if you know someone who deserves this award please feel free to pick it up and share the love!! There are so many talented others out there that I think one should be on everyone's blogs for taking the time to do what they do!! But I guess that takes the fun out of doing it this way, eh?

So, please feel free to snag this award and go tag a friend!!

The Official Rules:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

Blog Templates

This blog template was made from my All Thungs Pink Kit, by Deb at DeBee DeZines.

Thanks Deb, awesome job! This one is my fav! She has some others on her page too. Just click on her link above and when you get there scroll down to her 'Blogger Backgrounds' link.

Enjoy!!

Frame Freebies

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I was doing some tuts in class and made several Frames I thought were ok and am sharing with you all. These are Tagger sized and are not to be used for profit.

The first one (SD_FFC_1) is using elements by HeartfeltScraps. I know she no longer has her group and am assuming these are still safe to use. If not let me know and I will remove them. Thank you and enjoy!!

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Puffy Bow Freebie!

I made this gorgeous bow using Pat's Preset provided to the DSC group ... thanks Pat!!

It is so pretty I had to share. I hope you like as much as I do!!

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Trying to get motivated!!

I am trying to work past the things going on. Some of you know what I am talking about. But, I have to stay busy, or go mad, lol.

I did work on my blog today. Gave it a totally new face lift, using the same header but fixed, lol. I owe this to InkkFreak who so kindly gave of her time to walk me through this thing I call 'hateful html' LOL!!! I want to work on something better ... I like this, but, I am capable of so much better. So that will be a project for the future and hopefully by then I will have looked over the things she helped me with and actually understand it *smiles*.

Hopefully, tomorrow, I will have some goodies up for you. I have a couple things to share, just haven't gotten to it yet. So check back soon!!

Nite!

Rick Rack (PSP)

Okay ... Here's what it looks like.

1. Open a New Image 3600 x 350 / 300 ppi / Transparent

2. With your Selection Tool draw out a rectangle aprox. 55 pixels wide and the length of the canvas.

3. Flood Fill with a pattern or gradient of your choice.
* Make note of a darker complementing color in your pattern for using later. Copy it's HTML code or write it down.

4. Apply a texture of your choice or, use mine: Effects > Texture Effects > Texture/Canvas Coarse: Size (in order): 203, 0, 1, 0, o, 315, 50, 30.

5. Effects > Texture Effects > Blinds.

This is where you add the HTML # you saved.

Mine was for a green ribbon, sorry it doesn't match lol.

6. Select None.

7. Effects > Distortion Effects > Wave.

8. Using your selection marquee set to rectangle surround the rough ends and hit Delete.

Or, use the the freehand selection tool if you want a diagonal cut.

Save as .PNG for use in your layouts.

This is not to be made into a script. It is not to be sold. It is for your PERSONAL USE only.