After Hurricane Ike and a Freebie

The storm as come and gone, but he left lots of hard work behind. My town, Alvin, Texas, looks like one of those SMART BOMBS went off, but instead of hurting people, it hurt the trees. We used to have huge old trees all over town, but now they are on their way to becoming mulch for our flower beds. better than what some other nearby communities are doing, they are burning the tree waste.

We were lucky only lost 3 trees, 1 at my Son's home and 2 at one of the rent houses. None of them did serious damage to the houses, so that is wonderful for us. A little later I'll try to share some of the photos I took of Alvin and the surrounding area. DIdn't take near as many as I usually would have taken, but just to be truthfull, I didn't have the patients to do it, nor the desire. I guess the stress of no power for 2 long weeks started soon after Ike passed past us.

Yesterday I thought I would try my hand at making a paper pack for the August SAS-Y Color Challenge and found out about half-way through, my computer had lost 1/2 of it's memory. So What should have taken an hour to do, took half a day but here it is, an after storm gift for you.

Download

Tomorrow is the last day of the month and we are busy as beavers, trying to restock the 'fridge and get all the FEMA papers work filled out. Then on Wednesday there will be BIG REVEAL over at the Boo's Blossoms Blog and at BooLandDesigns blog so make sure you do not miss it. I promise you will love the surprise.

Well I am off to do whatever I can find to do to keep me from having to clean house....LOL

Lois

Couple of things

As most everyone knows Stone Accents Studio is having their 1st Birthday Party and it is a great one with lots of special things going on. First off there are lots of new challenges just for the birthday. Then there is the new designer's contest going with some really lovely kits being created with themes in mind.

Also there is a SAS-Y Member Mega Kit being created mainly by the members, not just the designers are playing with this one. Below is my offering and I thought I would go ahead and post it here so if anyone wanted it they could grab it here or better still you could go to the SAS Gallery and see what all has been created. I know that both BoolandDesigns and Lara's Digi World will be making goodies to add to the stash and probably several of Boo's Blossoms will be also.

Click HERE to download

Now on to some other things!

I am now on the Creative Team for Lara's Digi World she also sells at SAS and at MyScrapShop, so I would like to show you one of her kits and a layout I made using it. It is called 'Backyard Playground' and can be found at either store. A very cute Freebie can also be found in the stores

Here is a layout I made using that kit and for the Journaling Challenge at ColorLineDesigns . I love to do challenges using the kits provided by the designers I work with gives them more layouts and more cyber advertising...LOL That cute, curly-haired kid is Mallory, my almost 2 year old grandson.

Next time I HOPE to have more news on the big secret Boo has going on but if not I'll at least tell you about the other Creative teams I am on. IF I ever get it figured out how to add blinkies I will do that, because I am humbled that others think my work is good enough for them to use it to show off their kits.

That's all for now, have to go see if there is any new updates on where that nasty storm called IKE will be hitting the Texas Gulf Coast.

Lois

New Gift for you

I so much enjoyed making the papers for the Cornucopia of Colors I thought I might try it again for the SAS Sept Color Challenge hosted by none other than my Friend and Booslady Boo Silva of BoolandDesigns. It is just 12 papers done in the colors that Boo choose this month.

You can either click on the preview or HERE for the download.

I have a few other things I have made and will try to remember to offer them another day...LOL

It has been an interesting time for my family, we keep watching and waiting for the storms to arrive, but thankful they have missed us so far. Living halfway between Houston and Galveston has it's pluses for sure, but come Hurricane Season we all cringe. I know that sometime in the future it will be our time again, since the last one was in 1983 and was a cat3, which did lots of damage around where I live but I do not think it was as bad as some of the Tropical storms we have had since, damage wise that is. Since we are so flat the area tends to flood when we get a ton of rain, and usually it is either feast or famine with rain, so we keep the boots handy so IF we need to wade water at least our feet will be dry.LOL

Till next time,

Lois

Password removed

Well 4shared says the password is removed, but if it isn't the password for Cornucopia of Colors is adsd.

Have fun !!!

Lois

ADSD Cornucopia of Color

Another month gone, but now you get another Wonderful gift from the Folks at ADSDesigners, in all those wonderful colors of Fall. 55 Aspiring Designers have all made parts for this Gift.

If you happen upon a Blog that doesn't have their links posted yet, be sure to check back since we are a World Wide group and live in many different time zones, some may be a little later getting their posts done. The links for this gift should be active for the entire month of September, so if for any reason you cannot get it all today, it will still be here.

Here is my part of the gift

http://www.4shared.com/file/58528120/f6b820ff/CoC_elements_by_Lois.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/58528799/681d3d22/CoC_Papers_by_Lois.html

One of the ladies, Debbie, used my part to make some wonderful BragBook pages for you and you can find her at

Debbie

 

Aisne http://grafx4all.blogspot.com/
Amanda www.mommyaddictedtoscraps.blogspot.com
Amber LaBau http://stolenmomentsdesign.blogspot.com
Andrea - MemoriesByScraps http://andreawhitt.wordpress.com/
Angel http://angelflyingsolo.blogspot.com
Ann http://mumsy-meanderingsandcrafts.blogspot.com
Beckmoore http://beckmoorescrapalittle.blogspot.com/
Beth http://lighthousedesigns-beth.blogspot.com/
Brooke & Joni www.ahhhscrap.blogspot.com
By God's Design http://digibygodsdesign.biz
Carol R http://artsygrannysdigitaldelights.blogspot.com/
cbruski http://digitalscrapfun.blogspot.com/
Charlie http://charliesdigiscraps.blogspot.com/
Chiara http://creativedigitalscraps.blogspot.com
Crazy Diamond http://designsbycrazydiamond.com
Deb http://thescrappincop.blogspot.com
Debbie www.digital-keepsakes.blogspot.com
Jaydensmama http://jaydensmamadesigns.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://jamiescreationsandscraps.blogspot.com
jeannieb http://jeanniebenson.blogspot.com/
Julia http://bluetoillescrap.livejournal.com/
Kathy Goldstein http://thescraploft.blogspot.com/
Kelly http://jrzgrl189.blogspot.com/
Kimberly http://www.CityScribeScraps.com
Lei http://fairydustprincess-magicmaker.blogspot.com/
Lioness3 Legacies http://www.digitalscrapmall.com/Lioness3Legacies/blog.html
Lori Imel http://living4him2.blogspot.com/
Lori J www.scripityscrap.blogspot.com
Lyndie http://gonescrappindesigns.blogspot.com
Lynn http://heavenlycrafts.blogspot.com/
MagsGraphics http://magsgraphics.blogspot.com
Mandy http://www.scrapswithspunkitude.harkinsfamilyblog.com
Mardesia http://www.craftersboutique.blogspot.com
Marie http://emceescraps.blogspot.com
Melonie http://designsbymel.blogspot.com/
Merrilee http://thisnthatandscrapbookchat.blogspot.com/
Michaele http://burkhartscrapzone.blogspot.com/
Michelle Blagg http://inasunshinestateofmind.blogspot.com
Nadine http://scrappinmammasdigitals.blogspot.com/
Nancy Schmidt http://nancyschmidt.blogspot.com
Nora http://nbdigiscrappin.blogspot.com/
Oase http://www.pandabeardesigns.blogspot.com/
Pam http://lsoldesigns.blogspot.com/
Penny http://buzybeehive.blogspot.com
Penny http://www.alliekatcreations.blogspot.com
Rachel www.creationsbyrachael.blogspot.com
Scrappy Cat http://catstation.net/scrappycats/blog/
Shannon http://scrappyshannon.blogspot.com
Shel http://shelbellescraps.blogspot.com
Sheryl http://www.azonefordigiscraps.com
Stacy http://kalodesigns.blogspot.com/
Stephanie http://superspecialspice.blogspot.com/
Terimayo www.teristhingomyjigs.blogspot.com
Terresa http://terresasdesigns.blogspot.com/
Virginia Higgins http://ladyvdzine.com/

Please be sure to let us see what you make with our Gifts, since that is what this is all about, we make and you use it to make Pages of Memories.

Now I am off to check the weather AGAIN, to make sure that Hurricane Gustav hasn't changed directions and is coming our way, one of the challenges of living on the Upper Texas Gulf Coast, we get the pleasure of watching and waiting for Hurricanes. To anyone that happens to be in his path, I pray you and yours will all be safe.

Lois

Have you heard of ARTSCOW.COM?

One day while searching, as I do everyday, for Free templates and other digi-scrapping thing, I saw an ad on one of the blogs for a new company called ArtsCow that makes photo books and photo prints (no 12x12s at this time but lots of other sizes). As a signup bonus you get 400 4x6 photo prints and another un-named gift from them. I thought why not give them a try, even if they are in China. Well I did and as very pleased with the book I ordered, quality, speed and even the price was very nice. Instead of the usual 8x8 book with 20 pages they offer a 30 page book and additional pages are very reasonable. Shipping was $11.99 but they have lowered that to $7.99 so it also compares with the other companies. SO I thought I would share the link with all of you.

http://www.artscow.com/default.aspx?Ref=402014

I was very surprised at the speed with which I got my book, knowing how busy they are being new and having so many offers going on. I ordered the book on July 21 and got it on July 31, so coming from China that seemed really good service. I also ordered a few 4x6 prints to compare and those were also very bit as good as I can get locally or at other online stores. Next I think I'll try the 5x7s since I have lots of frames those will fit perfectly.

They have a Community Forum where you can see what people have had printed with them. That way you can see I am not just Whistling Dixie at you about the quality. Almost everyone is very pleased with their books, and most errors were made by the designer not the company. I know it was my fault some of the pages were too big for the page causing me to lose a little of the journaling, but I have done the same thing with the other company I used before.

Sure wish I had scanned my book and it's cover so you all could see it, but I didn't.

Ok enough advertising for now. Have a great weekend and if you are where it is HOT stay as cool as you can and if it is cold, I envy you totally...LOL

Lois

Updated ZOO SPIRIT LINK

I messed up the link to Gloria ValVerde's blog so here is the the correct link for her very nice part to ZOO SPIRIT.

Gloria's Retreat

Sorry,
Lois