… and I’ve been playing hard!!! 😀

I’ve been spending the past days cleaning up the mess that’s inside my compy… ahem, among other things 😛 … (and no, I have not yet gotten to the ACDSee part of it… just the sorting and regrouping of all the digi schtuff that I foolishly separated from their kits way back when, before I knew anything 😆 )… aside from the real-life work that must be attended to, of course. 🙂

So you know how it goes: when you work hard, you also play hard (makes sense, doesn’t it? Kind of reminds me of needing to find someone more or less as thin or as healthy 😉 as you are, to keep the seesaw balanced so you don’t hit your butt hard on the ground   > ouch!< ).

And so I played today. I experimented with making more textures using a couple of different ways. And because when I asked, my dear friend Deb suggested shades of pink for the next kit: here you are, sistah!!! You know,  seek and you shall find, ask and you shall receive! hahaha! 😛

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This is a pack of 3 papers, all subtly textured… Download them HERE. Zip password is pretty-in-pink (with the dashes). Thank you in advance for leaving your comments in my blog!!!

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I was so surprised when I found the last of my Lavender Porch offerings was featured on Digi Scrap Freebie Finder last Sunday… woohoo!?  😀  I must say, it’s an amazzzzing feeling to see your freebie up there for even more scrappers to play with!!!  Thank you so much, Ruthie (even if we don’t know each other yet, haha! 🙂  ), for finding my creations worthy of some space on your freebie list; I am so touched. 😀

More freebies coming… I joined the Stand Up & Scrap contest, so that will be keeping me busy… but certainly not too busy to make freebies for you, my sweeties!

Enjoy! And keep me in your prayers! 😀 Gotta go to bed as it’s 4AM… again.   > teehee < 😛

it pours! That kind of sums up all the stuff that’s been begging for my attention these past few days. We’re wrapping up the August session of the Up&Running course of my friend Jessica Sprague (those who have not taken advantage of this wonderful journey can sign up for the next one… there’s one more to come at the end of this year, I think… read all about it on Jessica’s blog!), and the August girls taking the course have been so awesome, producing layouts with admirable (or should I say enviable as well? 😛 ) energy and productivity!!! I have yet to catch up writing my comments on all their wonderful layouts 😐 but I promise to get to that soon!

There have been a million other design-related things that have been shouting out for my attention (I have been procrastinating in favor of making freebies for all of you, my dear friends–which I have to admit felt more playful than the “required” project I had to do–something that has to do with a company’s brochure–and I was more in the mood to play than to work, teehee!). There’s also this book that my hubby and I are working on together with the top photographer in this country, which I’m dying to talk about but which I’m sworn to secrecy until it’s released 😉 … when I’m given the go-signal, you can be sure I’ll gleefully spill all to you here! 😆 And then of course, there’s real life (after all, I do have 5 kids and a hubby to attend to as well, hahaha!)

So anyway, this crazy long preface above is meant to encourage you to excuse me 😆 for not being able to post daily freebies, much as I have wanted to. But I promise I will continue to make freebies… just need to learn how to ride the seesaw (read: balance duties with playing) better. 😀

More freebies coming up soon, so keep visiting, okay? For today, I have the last of the Lavender Porch paper packs… there are 2 patterned papers and 1 solid paper, again all subtly textured. One of the patterned papers is a rougher version of the stripey medley freebie of some days back… just in case you have some use for a more textured version.

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Download them here, and don’t forget to leave me some comments! Oh and if you have certain themes or needs in mind, please DO write me in the comments here on my blog! I would love to hear what you like so that I can design with you in mind! (And you just might get freebies tailored to your need! 8) ) Zip password for the download is drizzle (since the blue paper makes me think of rain, which I love… as long as I don’t have to trudge in the puddles in my good shoes 😛 )

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Enjoy! And have a great day!

Or freebie friend-zy? 😛

Here’s the latest in the Lavender Porch kit: 2 patterned papers and 1 solid paper with a chalky edge. (I had some comercial-use help from LPand3dogs Designs 😉 ) I had been trying to put the link on my blog the entire (yes, that’s right, the ENTIRE) day yesterday but it seems WordPress was having some technical problems as I kept getting logged off. I think something was wrong with their servers… but that’s okay because it’s all fine now! YEAH! 😀

These papers are totally the result of experimenting and playing…they’re very different from what I would normally make, but I’m playing “outside the sandbox” this time. 😀 –so I have no idea if they’re the type you can use or that you would even like 😕 This is why it is really really important to me to read your comments on this freebie release, as what you say will certainly help guide me in the sort of freebies I will be creating for you in the future. So please, pretty please, do leave me some comments in my blog? 😉 Thanks in advance!

Here are the papers then: 2 patterned papers and one solid one with chalked edges, all subtly textured.

Download them HERE. Zip password is friend-zy (yes, with that hyphen 🙂 )

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Have fun! Oh and a little teaser here: I’m coming up with some elements in the next few days, so do visit again soon! 😉

(Is that even the way it’s spelled? :D)

Well, finally, I’ve begun the work on the latest offering! A mini kit! (though I’m not even sure I can call it mini, because more and more ideas for digi stuff keep filling my mind as I play and experiment with this kit!) Initially, I had intended for this to be a little kit, you know, a few papers here and there, mixed up with a few elements here and there… but so far, I’ve only begun playing with the papers and already I have more than enough! 😀 I guess you could say I’m just digitally decadent! LOL!

This mini kit is named Lavender Porch, in honor of all my friends who like walking out on their porch barefoot on a cool early morning, holding a cup of hot coffee to warm their hands while gazing contentedly at the garden before them as they breathe the fresh air, and just smiling contentedly, thinking of how the most ordinary day can be such a miracle. Aaaah. That’s life. 🙂

So here’s the first offering of Lavender Porch. As usual, all items are created at 300ppi, all papers are sized at 12×12. These are 3 stripey, subtly textured papers (thanks to LPand3dogs for the commercial use textures I purchased!) Oh, and  you’re looking at the basic color scheme of this kit, so I really hope you like the color combination! (Or I’m doomed! 😀 )

Download the papers HERE. The zip password is aaah! (yes, that’s three small A’s and an exclamation at the end 😉 ). Thank you in advance for the comments that you leave… 😉

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And since I’ve been experimenting a lot, I hope you will come back to pick up the results of all the playing I’ve been doing!