mizamigo's mumblings

It's finally Spring!

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I can't remember another winter so cold and rainy here in Central Florida. I'm so glad Spring is here finally. It's so nice to be able to go out in the yard and clean up all the dead plants and get ready to put in some new ones. My azaleas are blooming and they look so happy.

Our grandnephew, Kaleb, was born recently and he's adorable. I did a layout using Saxon Holt's My Colors papers, fabric, rips, mattes and frame. Saxon's products are sold at ScrapbookElements.com.

Wishing you all

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a Happy New Year 2010!!! I can't believe how fast 2009 came and went. Oh my gosh... what a year. But, 2010 will be a terrific year for everyone, right???

Merry Christmas!

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I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year. 2010 is only 6 days away. Where did 2009 go???

So, what do you think?

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I didn't make it to Round 2 of the SAS-y Lady Designer Contest; but what a great experience. And I still get to see what the Designers Contest people see, so all the hints, tips and tricks are available and I can get a bit more help with designing.

I love Wendyzine Scraps at SBG. She's one terrific action creator! And she's having a sale. Now's the time to get her actions, calendar (2010) templates and other great products.

Wendyzine Scraps' Store at SBG. Just grab the sale codes from her ad and have a great time browsing her store for some goodies.

Since it's September, it's a great time to start thinking about the upcoming Holiday Season. You can get started on your 2010 Calendars, and photo books.

Have fun!

I promised you a QP

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And here's a picture of my Harmony QP. You can download it here.

As a new designer, it was really hard for me to know what to put in the kit. The papers weren't the problem, but what elements would everyone want? I just went with what I would like to see in the kit. Then the second part of our assignment was to make a quickpage from the kit and give it to you. I hope you enjoy it and can use it in your digital scrapping. It's a 12x12 page at 300 dpi.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sas-y Lady Designer Contest Round 1

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Here is the minikit that I designed for the Sas-y Lady Designer Contest Round 1. I love the color palette that was given to us for this round. And the harmony of the colors suggested the title of the kit.

We were limited to 2-4 papers and 5-8 elements, one of the elements had to be a cluster.

This kit contains 3 papers, 1 frame cluster, 1 tag, 1 arrow, 1 staple, 1 swirl, 1 frame, 1 paperclip and 1 alpha (uppercase, lowercase and numbers). It was made at 300 dpi.

I hope you will vote for me in this round. You can go to Stone Accents Studio gallery to pick up the kit for free.

I'll have a quickpage for you my next note. Thanks for stopping by!

My team didn't win

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the BOTCT; but we had a great time using all of Mandy King's (Mama Mia) designs and kits.

And in the news today, there is a designer challenge at Stone Accents Studio which will start on September 1. I have signed up for this challenge; but now I have to take a bunch of photos and extract some images so I can have a few "CU" (commercial use) products to use for the challenge. I'm not sure how to do extractions that are good enough for commercial use; but practice makes perfect, so I'll be practicing a LOT!

DSA BOTCTs and a contest

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DSA's Battle of the CTs is in its last week of challenges. I'll post my layout later.

And here's a fantastic contest from Wendyzine Scraps!
Wendy has some super actions and she's also got some
great templates. But in addition to doing both of those
you also get to just make a comment on the SBG blog
for a chance to win.

So go over to the SBG Blog. Good luck!

The Battle has started at DSA

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DigiScrapAdicts is having a 4 week Challenge - Battle of the Creative Teams. I'm on Mama Mia's Marvelous Memory Makers team. Simply put, the rules of the challenge are that we have to use ONLY products from our designer - Mama Mia in my case.

For the first challenge we had to create a layout using white space. So here is my layout Chief Cook... :

Credits:

Ready for Summer kit by Mama Mia Designs at MLAS

Photo by C.L.

Font: Comic Sans MS

S/W: PSE 5.0

And I had to show you the Ready for Summer kit by Mama Mia Designs:

Wish me luck and go over to DSA and please vote for my layout. Thanks!

A Bookmark Template

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Miss Chrissy D. requested a bookmark template at DST so she can make bookmarks for the first day of class to give to her incoming students. I tried to find some bookmarks in some of the digital stores "out there"; but nothing showed up. So I made one for her.

If you think you can use it, too, please feel free to download it. Remember to send your friends here to grab the download link. Please don't share it in yahoo links, etc.

Here's the link for you: Bookmark Template.

What do you think?

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I've decided to use my blog to post some layouts that I make using my CT designer's kits. Since I really haven't been "mumbling" I might as well use it to show off those kits.

Here is my "fireworks" layout using Saxon Holt's Little Miss Liberty Kit.

It's a great kit for any red/white/blue layout you want to make; but it's also nice for those fireworks photos or July 4th party photos.

And here's my Horse Shoes layout using All Dotted Out papers, All Dotted Out alpha, Rusty Frames and When Was That products from the July Grab Bag by Mama Mia Designs by Mandy King at My Life and Scraps.

A bit late, but here are the Shuttle Photos

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Here are the photos of the space shuttle that I promised over a month ago!

Take off from Cape on 3-14-09:

We usually go outside a minute after take off on TV. This is looking East from our house.

And here is the shuttle a bit higher in the sky:

The shuttle is a lot higher in the sky now.

I'm not sure you can see it, but I did catch the boosters as they were detaching from the shuttle here:

We've been in Florida for 28 years now and it's always a thrill to see the launches. I never get tired of looking at them. Someday I would love to go to the Cape and be close up for a launch.

The Shuttle Discovery has

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lifted off from the Cape and it's headed to the ISS.

We can actually see the Space Crafts after they have left the pad and about 1 minute after take off we go outside and look East. Tonight I got a few very good photos of the Shuttle and I will post the photos tomorrow.

I hope all goes well and the experiments are a success.

March came in like a Lion

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all blustery and cold! It's warmed up a bit; but may still get colder this weekend. I hope March is going to go out like a lamb!

I was very upset to learn that TSG (the scrapping garden digital web site) is closing its doors on March 19. But I was very happy to accept a CT position with the new site Keep It Simple Scraps (kisscraps). So, one door closes and another opens.

I still haven't decided what to do to refresh my blog header. I'll figure it out and one day suprise you.

Why

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is it so hard to keep a blog current?

I get sidetracked a lot. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it!!!

So how many of you started doing the P365 and then decided to take a break? I am in awe of those who are disciplined enough to take a photo each and every day for a year. I love taking photos and thought this would be an easy project; but I guess I'm not in that disciplined mode. I really love taking lots of photos for projects; not one a day. Oh well, like Ms. Nevermore said in her Sunday Rambling, I'm not prefect, and if I lapse for a few days, I can start taking photos again.

I know, I have to fix that header so it fits nicely on the page with the new sidebar papers.

Have a happy Groundhog's day!

I want to wish

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you all a very

Happy New Year!

It seems like 2008 has passed so quickly; but I know that every year passes the same way. It's always like being on a roller coaster ride. Some days are up and some days are down.

I haven't made any New Year's resolutions yet; that's going to happen this evening, I'm sure. I also want to find the perfect "word" to sustain me throughout 2009.

I also signed up for the Project 365 at ScrapbookGraphics. We'll be taking a photo a day for 2009 and I believe I'm supposed to post my photos on my blog.

I also want to take time out to thank the wonderful CTs that I am on for having me participate this past year. I really am having a ball getting to know these very talented women. I love their designs (kits) and like having the ability to create my layouts using the kits.

So, THANK YOU... Jessica Dixon, Mama Mia designs by Mandy, Melissa Daniel, Micheline Martin, Neverland Scraps, Wendyzine Scraps, and the designers at Plain Digital Wrapper Site.

I hope 2009 brings everyone peace, joy and lots of time for scrapbooking!

I want to show you

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these "Simply Elegant Holiday Photo Cards" which are going to be available soon at PDW. Denise Zavango created them and she makes it so easy for us to put a photo in them, sign our names, print and send out.

Here are a couple I made just to show you.

I made them using the Holiday Cards by Denise Zavango and used Tracy King's Christmas Glitter Elements to complete them. I think they turned out great!

Free Vintage Images Alert

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I just had to post that Lisa Vollrath of Ten Two Studios is doing The Original Printables Holiday Countdown calendar with new vintage images given away each day. It's linkware, so all you have to do is post a link to the site and then download to your heart's content. Check it out here.

And I wanted to thank Donna Miller for posting this on her blog so I could find it.

I can't believe

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that it's already December. Christmas is coming faster every year.

As I was working on a layout for the PDW CT I decided to create a quick page for you. The kit is Fireside by Julie Itis at PDW.

The link has expired. Sorry!

I know we will be seeing lots more Christmas-time kits as the days go by. I am thankful to Julie for allowing me to share the quick page with you.

For Unto Us...A Charity Kit

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We all go through rough patches in our lives. And as we go through these hardships, we lean on each other and our faith to comfort us. Tragedy has recently befallen one of our own. Megan, the master behind the templates of Racketty Scrappety was, until recently pregnant with her third and fourth children. Nearly three weeks ago, 28 weeks pregnant, her water broke and had an emergency c-section to deliver her babies. Both of which were born without heartbeats. While the doctors were able to resuscitate one of her sons, the other, Baby Dex, didn't make it.
There were a number of complications, none of which caused any of the others. As Megan learned after the fact, her water breaking was the best thing that could have happened and was what allowed Baby Crew to be born fast enough to save his life. Megan has been generous enough to allow us all to share this time with her. You can read more about this amazing Mother and Son duo at Crew's Journey.
Crew is currently in the NICU and riding the "roller coaster" that accompanies this. We, over at Plain Digital Wrapper along with a few other great designers have joined together to make this beautiful kit dedicated to Crew.
Included in this kit are over 50 papers, over 150 elements, 2 alphas, $10 worth of gift certificates from various designers, over 50 of the templates from Racketty Scrappety herself, and a free gift with purchase! All proceeds will go towards Crew's mounting medical costs and other expenses for this family. It is called "For Unto Us..." and embodies the true spirit of Christmas. Get this kit HERE to help out for this cause.

A special thank you to Betsy Tuma, Athena of Studio Incognito, TammyKat Designs, Shawnery Mathis, Kristen Aagard, Amy Sumral, Brandi White, Tracy King, Elain Bittencourt, Julie It Is, Clever Crow, Gypsy Couture, Tammy Moore, Lisa Hanks of Southern Creek Designs, and Courtney Wilson of Skittles and Scraps for all of your help in putting this kit together for Megan, Crew and their family.

This is used by permission of Courtney Wilson. Please go to Courtney's blog, "Skittles and Scraps" to get the special freebie. This link will only be good for 48 hours.

Happy

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Thanksgiving everyone!!!

I am thankful for a lot of things. Today I am thankful for my family and my health.

I am also thankful to be on some awesome CTs.

I hope you all have a pleasant day with your families. Enjoy and eat lots of turkey!

And a new QP today

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Here is the second Quick Page that I made using Kiki Halbert's "It's A Classic" page kit.

I hope you can use them. Please don't share the link with anyone or in yahoo groups. Send your friends to my blog to get the link.

Link has expired.

Something for you

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I'm having a great time as CT to the PDW designers. What a talented group of ladies!

One of the PDW Designers, Kiki Halbert, has a page kit at PDW called "It's a Classic". I love black and white and silver so this page kit was perfect for getting me in a creative mood.

And Kiki has so graciously allowed me to give this "It's a Classic" Quick Page #1 to you.

The only restriction is that I must take down the link in 2 days. So, if you want this quick page, grab it now because the link will come down on Monday. Also, if you want your friends to get it, please send them here to pick it up. Don't share the links with them or on any yahoo group.

Sorry, link has expired.

What a ride!!!

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I really had a great time as a designer for Snaps2Scrap; but alas!!! People don't seem to want heritage designs/kits. Snaps2Scrap will close on Nov. 30 and if you want anything there, go now!!! Big discounts for you to snap up.

But, as the saying goes, when a door shuts a window opens, so now I'm on the PlainDigitalWrapper (PDW) CT. I'm not designing (but I hope I can get back into designing some day); but I am having fun with all the wonderful designer kits at PDW.

In the next couple of days, I'll be puttin up some quick pages from the designers at PDW. They design the kits, I create the quick pages. If you don't know, a quick page is just a page that's already been created and all you have to do is put your photo in it, and do a bit of journaling. It's a great way to get you layouts done with little effort and time.

Some of the designers at PDW have graciously said that the CT can create the Quick Pages and give them to you; but they can only be available for 48 hours. So, if you are interested, come and get the Quick Pages before the time runs out.

I'll post a picture of the quick page and the link later. Hope to see you then!

I wanted to see if I could do

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the Make Mine a Mini challenge at PDW.

I call it, "Little Boy Blue Mini". It has 4 papers and 6 elements (frame, brad,tag, label, staple and paintsplash.

Please don't share the link in yahoo groups, send people here to get it. Thank you!

http://www.4shared.com/file/68262584/584d54f/VLipp_LittleBoyBlue.html

Come join me

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at Snaps2Scrap for my blog challenge.

I created a Halloween Sampler and you can grab it on the Snaps2Scrap blog.

Create a layout using pieces of the Halloween Sampler - you can use papers or elements from other kits also.

Upload your layout in the Snaps2Scrap gallery and post a link in the Blog Challenge thread in the Snaps2Scrap forum.

You'll get a beautiful QuickScrap (quickpage, stickit, etc.) created by Cheryl McCain.

I am officially

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a new designer at Snaps2Scrap! I am thrilled beyond belief! I uploaded my first kit, "Harvest Memories" to the store (on sale this week at 50% off).

You can get it at my store. And just to tease you a bit, I've created a Quick Page for you to use:

http://www.4shared.com/file/64192811/6f9086d1/VLipp_HarvestMemories_QP1.html

I'm already working on my next kit.

Happy Birthday Mrs Miles

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aka Barb, aka Olivia Dorazio!!! I sure hope you have a super great day.

I think it's so sad

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that photos go unclaimed. Suzan, "Thrifty Collage Artist", found a box of unclaimed photos and has been giving a few of the old ones out on her blog.

So I've been trying to figure out a way to use some of them. I created this layout for the Lazy Days Kit by Mama Mia. I used deftone stylus as the font because I thought it looked like "old" writing.

I am happy to present

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a little known scrap site to you. It's a heritage scrap site called Snaps2Scrap and the owner, Cheryl McCain, has just put out a designer call at DST. So far two new designers have joined the site, Kay Eflin and Ruth Davis. Both are super heritage designers! And if you can't tell, I'm super excited to be associated with this site.

Kay has designed the site BLOG. She's done a wonderful job and she's even provided her "Country Gentlemen" kit as a gift to everyone who stops by. I thought it would be a nice start to the CHALLENGES if you first stop by the BLOG, pick up the kit, and then create a layout using that kit. Post the layouts in the gallery and go to the Blog Challenge thread in the Forum and give us a link. You'll see my posting gift to you in the first thread. I do hope you'll join me in the challenge.

If you are interested in preserving your heritage, come by the Snaps2Scrap site and check it out.

New goodies

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from Mama Mia at Sophia Sarducci.
I used Mama Mia's See the USA (has all the states with their facts as overlays); and the September Grab Bag (what goodies are in there!!!).
I took the photos.

I'm thrilled!

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I got accepted to be on the permanent CT for Mama Mia at Sophia Sarducci! What a talented designer and I know I'm really lucky to be on the CT. Now I get even more goodies to play with.

So, for my first layout for Mama Mia, I created a SURPRISE for my DH's 65th birthday.

I used Time Marches On kit by Mama Mia at Sophia Sarducci, Freestyle Script font and my photos. I love the richness of the papers and the wonderful elements Mama Mia creates.

September Grab Bag

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from Olivia Dorazio is just chock full of styles!!!!

I had so much fun making this layout. I used a photo from It's About Time by Amy Pearson at Scrapbook Graphics, the September Grab Bag by Olivia Dorazio from Sophia Sarducci, DD Designer Pack by Olivia Dorazio, Sweet Music and Cuppacoffee from Mrs. Miles' blog (that's how I created the background paper) and the font is Bickley Script.

I can't tell you how many styles are in Olivia's September Greab Bag; but there are a lot. I also think it's amazing that the Grab Bag is OK for personal, Scrap for Hire and Commercial use.

I had so much fun

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creating my "Coffee" ATC.

I used Olivia Dorazio's "Olivia's Kitchen" kit, Coffee Cup photo from classic thirst photos by Amy Pearson and Old Grunge overlay by Amy Pearson. That font is Dyspepsia and the quote is, "Coffee smells like fresh brewed heaven. ~Jessi Lane Adams.".

If you don't know, ATCs are artist trading cards and they are only ever traded, not sold. They are 2.5 inches x 3.5 inches and are really fun to create. Try it sometime!

Oh yes, check out Olivia Dorazio's Shop at Sophia Sarducci tomorrow for Olivia's new Grab Bag!

Something you can do...

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Please go to Faith Sisters Scrapbooking and vote for one of my CT designers, Neverland Scraps. She's such a talented designer and needs your votes to get accepted at Faith Sisters as a new designer.

Here's her kit, which you can download at the Faith Sister's Gallery.

Thanks for your help.

And the final page

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is being given away today.

Download Page 6 here.

Thank you all for coming by and picking up the pages. Olivia Dorazio and I hope you enjoy them and can use them for some of your scrapbook layouts.

Don't forget to go over to Mrs. Miles' blog and pick up with other pages.

Second day of Tsunami Blue BB

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give away.

Here's Page 4 of Tsunami Blue Brag Book. Enjoy!

Something for you

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Olivia Dorazio said I can help her give away a set of Tusnami Blue Brag Books. These a 5" x 7" and we hope you enjoy them. Here's the preview of the pages you will be getting from us...So today, you are getting Page 1 from Mrs. Miles.

And here is where you can pick up Page 2 of Tsunami Blue BB.

Well give out the links to the other pages on Tuesday and Wednesday, so please come back and get them. Oh yes, please leave a comment if you get them. Have a joyful day!

I just got the Tsunami Blue kit

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from Olivia Dorazio and I love the colors! This kit is just loaded with beautiful elements and papers. And I knew immediately what photo I wanted to use with it.
During our trip to Disney's EPCOT, World of Tomorrow, we rode through THE LAND. We all loved learning about hydroponics and growing some amazing new plants.
Credits for the layout are Tsunami Blue Kit by Olivia Dorazio, font is Comic Sans MS, and the photo is by me! I use PSE 5.

New stuff from Olivia

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I got the new Junkyard Garden 2 kit from Olivia Dorazio and just fell in love with the Vine overlays and the Raven in the Elements Pack. Of course, the papers are simply wonderful!

This layout is called "Welcome Home!" and has Junkyard Garden 2 papers, Vine Overlay, Element Pack 1 and Element Pack 2. Olivia's kit parts can be found at Sophia Sarducci.com. That funky font is called "Boopee". And I absolutely adore the photo I used from the Doors and Windows set 2 by Amy Pearson who sells at Scrapbook Graphics.com.

And here's the second layout I made called "First things first":

I'm going to do a vacation day album featuring our trip to Epcot in Disney World. We went to the World of Tomorrow and had a great time. So, The first thing we had to do was actually get to Disney, pay and park and then use our tickets to get into the Epcot theme park.

I used Olivia Dorazio's Junyard Garden 2 papers, Element Pack 1 and Element Pack 2 along with the blog fre* Junkyard Garden 2 Add-On from Mrs. Miles. I also used Olivia's Jelly Pockets from her August Grab Bag at Sophia Sarducci. com. The font I used was Promised Freedom. I scanned in our parking pass and my ticket to use on this layout.

I hope you checkout both Olivia's and Amy's stores.

Olivia's got some new stuff!

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I've fallen in love with Olivia Dorazio's stuff!!! I even sent her a note and asked if she needed any CT members. And guess what???? I'm her first official CT member. Woo Hoo!!!!

Have you seen her Junkyard Garden Kit? Go over to her shop at Sophia Sarducci and take a look.

And today is Monday, so you know Olivia has a new grab bag out!

I'll be back later to show you the layout I did using these fantastic products.

Where did July go?

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I can't believe it's the end of July already! But, I'm so happy. I created an ATC from products that Barb (Mrs. Miles) and KimB had provided for free on their blogs. Of course I had to send it to them.

And Barb (aka Olivia D'Orazio at Sophia Sarducci) so graciously gave me her Junkyard Garden Kit. Here's the layout I created with that fantastic kit. It's just jam packed with all sorts of goodies.

So, I'm looking forward to August and what it will bring.

Hummie has a new June

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color palette up on her forum for those of us who wish to design or just be creative. I am really loving these designing stints.

The colors are soft and beautiful and the theme is "toiletry" so I named my kit "Eau de Toilette". Here's a preview:

And here's the 4shared link:

http://www.4shared.com/file/51228687/1fe13e38/mizamigo_EDT.html

Please leave a comment if you download it and remember to send your friend here to the blog to grab the link. Thank you!

New month,

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new DSO challenge by KimB!!! I love the colors she chose this month and since June is "father's day" month here in the US, I decided to name my minikit "I Love Dad".

Here's the link to the kit

http://www.4shared.com/file/50359269/664f509/mizamigo_ILOVEDADkit.html

Please leave me a comment if you download it and no sharing files, please send your friend here to my blog to download. Thanks for your support! I love this designing bug.

May Color Challenge

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at hummie's world was so much fun!

I loved the colors - to me they looked like a Mexican Fiesta, so I had my theme of "Fiesta" and went from there. The kit contains 5 solid papers, 5 patterned papers, 7 Word Art pieces, 1 frame cluster, 1 journal, 1 staple, 1 doily cluster, 1 rafia flower cluster, and 1 border.

The kit is for personal or S4H/S4O use.

Here is the like and I hope you like it! (Oh yes, no sharing the link, please!)
http://www.4shared.com/file/48670157/60f7f634/mizamigo_FiestaKit.html

I've caught the

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Designer Bug!!!

and I like it! I have been collecting some fr*e commercial use goodies and today, I decided to use them. I was sitting here admiring the blooms on my plants and thought that would make a nice kit. So, "Blooms 4 You" kit was created. Here's the link for you
http://www.4shared.com/file/47731029/b9e4452a/mizamigo_Blooms4U.html

Please remember to send your friends here to get the link for the download.

Color Challenge

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at DSO, so I thought I would try my hand at it.

I create "Summer Is Coming" kit and hope you like it.

Here's the link for you: http://www.4shared.com/file/46797347/c3ec3d3b/mizamigo_Summer_IS_Coming.html

I hope you have fun with it.

It seems that NSD

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has already started! It is (Inter)National Scrapbook Day somewhere already, so Antonio Rafaello asked me to come up with a challenge. The challenge is to use as many of Antonio's products as you can in a layout and put it in a gallery, then post the link in this thread at DST:

http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=120420

Go on, you know you want all the great stuff that Antonio creates, so make a layout and post a link. It's that easy! And it's all about having fun.

Spring is finally here

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and I'm so glad! I was getting so tired of cold weather.

We got back from our wonderful cruise and then I got sick and then we had company. Hectice times!

I got a note from Patti Digh of http://37days.typepad.com/37days/ saying that the ATC I created for her book "Life is a Verb" has been accepted. I am so excited about being published for the first time.

Here's the ATC:

Happy Spring, everyone!

I decided to create

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a few more items to go with my "Mardi Gras" minikit and give them to you if you want them.

Here's the preview:

and here's the link: http://www.4shared.com/file/41091588/6a242fe/mizamigo_mardigras.html

Please leave me a comment if you decide to download the kit. Thanks!

New

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designer challenge up at Purplepaperflowers.com. I've entered; but it's a long shot if I make it as a designer there either. Fun, though, and I learned a few things, which is always a delight.

PPF is having their grand opening this coming weekend. So, if you are in the mood for a scavenger hunt and a layout challenge, go check it out.

Fun Quiz

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to take! I didn't realize that I was a Jane Austen character.

Take the Quiz here!

Having fun

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today and just playing around with PSE. So I used different elements from Melissa Daniel's kits (Love Is, Song Sun Blue, To the Point and The Rainbow Sherbet Collection all avalailable at http://www.purplepaperflower.com/) to make a quick page for you. (Melissa is so generous! She said I could give it away to you. Thank you, Melissa!)

You can get it here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/37328219/4071efb2/mizamigo_MD_qp2.html

There is no TOU with it; so if you use it, you can say Quick Page created by mizamigo using Melissa Daniel kits. Also, you can use it S4O/S4H as all of Melissa's kits are S4O/S4H acceptable. I'll remember to put a tou in my next qp. Also, there is a lot of room on the QP. I figured that if you are going to put 3 photos in the film slide, you might want to have room for journaling or tags or other elements. Hope you like it!

There are some

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wonderful challenges going on at the different digital scrapbook sites.

I love color challenges, and template challenges, and brag book challenges and "kit" challenges (where you get a color swatch and have to create a mini kit) and so many more challenges.

I hope you are having lots of fun creating goodies this new year!

A New Year and a lot

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of CT work for me to do! But I love it!!!

And I'm going to start on a lap quilt for my son-in-law's birthday coming up. That should be a nice break and let me think about some of the layouts I want to create.

It was 27 degrees last night so that was just too cold for me! Today it's up to 48+ degrees but it's going to be in the 30's again tonight. Of course, then we're going to get back up in the 70's for the weekend. I love that!

I hope everyone stays warm and cozy.

Happy, happy

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New Year!!!!

What a great and glorious New Year (2008) we are going to have. A fresh start on the pages of our lives, a fresh start to all those projects, and a fresh new outlook. Bright, cheery, optimistic.

Don't you just love a fresh, new beginning?

Dec. 29

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and it's almost time for the new year. Where did 2007 go? It sure flew by fast in my part of the world. Of course, I had a lot going on.

I've been extremely blessed to be on my Creative Teams. The designers are super and their kits and elements are fantastic to work with so I've been having fun creating layouts and showing off their stuff.

We are going to have a quiet New Year's eve. I expect to spend some time on my computer with the New Year's Eve chat at www.scrapbookgraphics.com so I can chat about more scrapping stuff. Go figure. It's not like I don't do that almost all day long.

I hope you all have a very prosperous New Year!

I have an Elf Name...

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Isn't this just too cute?

Christmas Elf Name

My Christmas Elf Name is

Get your Christmas Elf Name at JokesUnlimited.com

Only 2 sleeps until

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Christmas morning. Are you all excited? Do you know what Santa is bringing you? I hope you all get everything on your list. And I hope you were all good in 2007 so Santa has no qualms about giving you your wishes.

I'm going to be cooking dinner on Christmas and hosting 8 other people, so we'll have 10 around the table. It's going to be so nice. Our daughter and son-in-law, neighbors and friends.

And we played golf today. DH got a 30 on the par 27 course and I finished with a 41; but I did get a birdie on hole 8, so I'm happy. Maybe in 2008 I can play a few more times and get the hang of this golf thing.

The countdown has started

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and it's now 6 days until Christmas! Oh my, where has 2007 gone? I've got all my shopping and wrapping done, so that's taken care of.

Now I have to go grocery shopping. We are having 10 people for Christmas dinner. I'm serving a spiral cut ham, potato salad and peas. We'll also have wine and coffee and a wonderful cheesecake for dessert (the neighbors are bringing that one!). It is going to be so nice to have a crowd here in my small home; but fun. Oh yes, I'll have to do some "cleaning up" on Saturday. That's not really a big job, it's just putting things back in their place.

Have you seen

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all the new Christmas kits exploding around the blogging world? There's a huge free mega Christmas Around the World kit and you can start with this link:
http://christmasaroundtheworldkit.blogspot.com/

and grab the links - over 40 - and you'll have a super digital scrapping kit. Happy scrapping!

Something special for you

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to put you in the Christmas spirit. I hope this helps!

I thought it might be fun to have a few Christmas words to put on your layouts, so with the help of (and thanks to) Atomic Cupcake, I created some words for you.

Here's the 4shared link:

http://www.4shared.com/file/31450573/faf046d2/mizamigo_ChristmasWords.html

and please do not share the link. Send your friends here to grab it. Remember, it's for your personal use only. I hope this helps put you in the Christmas mood.

Are you feeling the Spirit yet?

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It's already Dec. 5 and I'm just now starting to feel in the mood for Christmas. Oh my, where did my Christmas spirit go?

The weather here has finally cooled off and it is starting to feel like Christmas; and I guess that's a good thing. I've gotten almost all of my shopping done, so just a few more presents to buy. The envelopes are addressed and I just have to print out a few more cards. I made them myself this year and they did turn out beautifully.

I hope you are starting to get in the spirit of the Season!

Holiday Shopping

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is almost done! We ventured to Wal-Mart today for some final items; got them and now to wrap and mail out.

It feels really good to be almost done this far before Christmas! Now I have to set time aside tomorrow to do our cards and mail them. We did get our Holiday stamps when we went to the post office today, so that's something.

Pay It Forward!

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a number of other talented ladies have posted this on their site recently. Now it is my turn!

I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF (Pay it forward) exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week, but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise!

The only thing you have to do in return is to pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. So basically, if you’re one of the first 3 comments, I’ll send you something crafty that I’ll make! Once you sign up, copy and paste the above paragraph on your blog, and three other lucky people will be recipients of your handmade work.

Please leave your email addy so I can contact you to get your address!

Yeah, I did it

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with resizing the image in PhotoShop Element. I really like my new header, thanks, Melissa!!!!

Figured out how to do

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the new "header"; but I'm going to have to make a revision so it fits "properly" in the template. I do love Melissa's Winter Delight kit - it's fun and the colors are soft and gentle.

Bugs!!!

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There is a bug in the Blogger header edit, so I can't put up my new header. And it's a good one! I used Melissa Daniel's Winter Delight kit and now I have to wait until Blogger figures out how to get the upload from computer button showing so that I can upload my header image.

Oh well, I guess you might call my header "minimalist" for now.

My 37 Days Challenge Card

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is complete and sent off. Here it is:

If you can't guess, my essay was, "Say WOW! when you see a bus".
And everything is by me and my software - Adobe PSE 5.0. It has so many wonderful "things" like bevels and drop shadows and inner glows. The font I used was MS Sans Serif.

Now I have to wait and see if it's accepted by the publisher to be included in Patti Digh's book.

And I must also say that I had so much fun creating the card. I definitely learned a lot.

Happy Thanksgiving

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It's Thanksgiving in the U.S., so Happy Turkey Day!!!!

We'll be doing the usual big dinner and watching the football games and just having a wonderful family day today.

I got great news the other day. Patti, who does the 37 days blog asked for people to volunteer to do 37 day challenge cards. I sent a note and said I would love to do one, and so that's what I'm working on. I'll show you my challenge card when it's done.

Of course, I don't know if it will be chosen to go in the book; but I'm having a ball designing and creating the elements for the card.

I hope you all have a great day with your families today.

It's been a while

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since I've blogged - you know, of course, that our team did not win the amazing digiscrapping race. Oh well, perhaps we will win next year.

There is a monthly color challenge at DSO and we can either create a layout with the designated color chips or we can create a minikit. I chose to create "Autumn Sparkles Minikit" with this months' colors.

And here is the link at 4-shared for you. Please do not be a pirate!
http://www.4shared.com/file/27374647/932bae7a/AutumnSparkles_Kit.html

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I can remember to blog more often.

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day

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and I've been practicing, really I have.... ARRRRRGH!!!!

And I found a site for getting your pirate NAME -

My pirate name is:

Red Morgan Rackham

Passion is a big part of your life, which makes sense for a pirate. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
part of the fidius.org network

Musings for today

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I haven't kept up the blog just because I know that the ADSR2 is over and I'm doing my regular thing with all my CTs. What a job and I love every minute of it.

I hope I can do some designing; and if so, I'll definitely post some free*bies. But don't hold your breath.

I took the quiz and this is what I found out...

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This was so much fun!!! And I never realized that I'm "Superman"!!!!

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman		85%
Robin		75%
Spider-Man		70%
Hulk		70%
Batman		60%
Green Lantern		60%
Supergirl		45%
Iron Man		35%
Wonder Woman		30%
The Flash		20%
Catwoman		20%

You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.

You have to see this kit!

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Melissa Daniel created this new kit with these luscious silky colors. I love it! And what's more, she has a coordinating freebie on her Melissa Daniel Designs Blog, so go on over and pick that up.

Melissa is now an exclusive designer for Divine Digital, so take a look at her store, also.

I've created a new minikit

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This is my very first minikit; created with thanks to Atomic Cupcake for the actions.

The kit's name is SOFTLY and it includes 6 patterned papers, 3 frames, 2 arrows, 1 tag, 1 ribbon and 1 paperclip.

It's for your personal use only. Please do not share the link - that's piracy! Please send people here to my blog to get the link to the minikit. Thank you!!! And if you leave comments, please remember that this is my very FIRST minikit. I created it for the DSO.org color challenge.

(sorry, that link is no longer available.)

I didn't realize how difficult it would be to come up with a theme and then the time to create the patterns for the papers. I hope you like it.

Race Mini Kit for you

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My partner for the ADSR2, Caroline Brown, has created a wonderful Race Minikit for you.

Even if you are not a race participant, please go to our WolfScrappers Blog and pick it up.

A Store Sale...

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Look what Micheline Martin Designs is doing... her whole store. Well, what are you waiting for??? Go, buy it, now!!!!

She is a fabulous designer and her stuff really RAWKS.

But it's only good until July 31, 2007.

Baby Ducks

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I just had to do a layout about them! Our neighbors actually buy these "ugly ducklings"; raise them for a while, then set them free in a pond near their home.

They are hilarious to watch; but they sure are dirty!

For this layout, I used Melissa Daniel's Summertime kit available at DivineDigital.com along with the photo from Ron C. with the Penguin Attack font from Dafont.com. My software is PSE 5.0

I sure hope you like the layout.

New Header

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and I love it! Thanks, Michelle Godin, for letting me use your new Marilla Kit (available at ScrapbookGraphics.com).

I have to tweak it a bit and make it fit the full header area; but I'm getting there, slowly but surely.

Oh this Learning Curve

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I'm reading all about blogger and hoping that I can come up with the codes and info to customize my blog the way I want it to look. So, I'm doing a lot of studying.

Thanks for stopping by.

New to this Blogging Thing!

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I guess I'm a late bloomer; but I've jumped on the blog-wagon.

It seems that everyone I know is blogging, so I decided to mumble along with them and you all get to mumble right back at me if you want to.

Anyway, today is the start of my "mizamigo's mumblings" blog. I figured it would be a great place to post my CT layouts.

Until next time.