Freebie: Fashionista and Disaster House!
Posted on | December 2, 2009 | 4 Comments
Well, our house is still a disaster. The tree is up but that’s about it. On top of that everybody but M is sick (I’m not sure how this happens since it’s usually her giving us the cooties). We haven’t been sleeping and eating well during our Thanksgiving break. We don’t have a weird diet but we eat well (well doesn’t mean expensive, well means fresh ingredients to us). Pizza night takes 2 hrs to prep because I have to get the dough going, spaghetti takes a few hours too because I have to make the sauce, and so forth. Veggies are either fresh or frozen and we don’t overcook them. To me that’s just how cooking should be. I’m from Indonesia where you grocery shop almost everyday and herbs are abundant and fresh. Cooking is a way of life and that’s what moms and girls do everyday. Most everybody I know back home is a foodie. My husband I had to train. The guy who use to eat cold soup out of a Campbell can now loves freshly prepared meals.
Last week the only fresh thing we ate were the tortilla soup (it’s my own recipe… I should write it down next time and share) and sauteed green beans.
On sleeping… we have a sleep number and so we kind of got used to that although if we have the extra money I wouldn’t mind getting rid of it and get us an organic bed. That thing seems divine!
I don’t have a card to share today but I have this sentiment that I made a while back for an Embellish challenge. It was the all pink one with a nice pair of hot pink wedding shoes that Ashley Newell shot. I didn’t do the challenge. I never got the time to sit down and actually make a card to go with the sentiment. I might make something one day but for now, I hope you find more use to it {::SMILE}.
To download, just right click on the images below and save image to your computer. The second file with just “fashionista” will give you a bit of freedom to add your own text. You can do this in Word even. If you want to know how to do this in Word or how to recolor the image go to my tutorials in the card/hybrid tut section. I have two files here. Have fun!
Freebie: You Did It
Posted on | November 2, 2009 | 3 Comments
I have no personal projects aka a card/scrapbook page but I have a little handwritten set to share. I created this set last week for a friend. There were a few in that set but I thought I’d share a few of it here today. I also want to share this website of handwritten fonts that I found last week. Really fun stuff and I think you all should check it out!!
Here’s my handwriting: You did it <– the zip file with the below in separate .png files! If you just want the .jpg file, just right click the image below and save it to your computer.
The fun font site… check these out from Kevin and Amanda:
Aren’t they FUN? I don’t have a software (and it’s not worth the money for me to buy it either) to make my handwriting a font but maybe when I get motivated I might ask them to do that for me (the site owner said she’ll do it for free) so that I can use my handwriting on e-forms and share with you too. Wouldn’t that be cool?
Just a little tip, if you look on the right hand column after you get into the font section you’ll see a little button that says “download all.” Very cool since Savitri doesn’t have time to go through them all. Here’s the silly part… I downloaded the fonts but I have no idea which computer I downloaded to and obviously I haven’t installed it. So, is anybody I know handwriting going to be posted there?
Have a great one!!
Tut+Freebie: Recoloring in Word 2007
Posted on | October 21, 2009 | 4 Comments
Ok peeps, I’ve been on Splitcoast this week and it seems like people are getting more and more into digital stamps (I don’t get on SCS much cause when I do I tend to shop more… the Tools and Products section ALWAYS gets me). This is great, more options for you AND quicker access! If you’ve been visiting my blog you probably know I have a video on how to print a digital stamp/image in Word. A few posts ago I posted my handwriting with a Word (.doc) file in case you want to just quickly print the file out for your card.
Today I am adding this to my video file. How to recolor a digital image/stamp (or clip-art) in Word. Quite easy and even though the options are a bit limiting if you’re creative (and I know you all are) you can get something close to what you want.
In case you want a copy of “yeah” the file is below. Just right click and save as the .png file. You should be able to open it in Word or any other graphic imaging software. Have fun and if you do use my handwriting, please let me know so that I can see your creation (via linking to your post orphoto gallery or emailing me a sample). I’m new to sharing my stuff and would just be tickled pink if somebody actually uses it {::SMILES}.
Have a great one and again I hope you find my tutorial useful!
Freebie: Happy
Posted on | October 17, 2009 | 13 Comments
First of all, this note’s for Amy: You happy now? You kept nagging me about this {::SMILES}.
Second, this is a hybrid card with paper my Fee Jardine, Fly Little Birdie, at Sweet Shoppe Designs. I used some left over strips from this mini book that I’ve been working on (it’ll never get done it seems!). I did some sewing too and the sentiment is my handwriting. At least the “happy” part. The best part of this whole post… I am SHARING my handwriting with you!! See, Amy, I am doing something with my handwriting {::GRIN}. I can’t sell it… who’d buy it… but it’s a nice first try. It was fun doing it and I hope you all like it — especially Amy {::SMILES}.
I did the sentiment arranging in Microsoft Word. If you haven’t seen it, in my card/hybrid tutorial link above there’s a video on how to do this. If you noticed, my original file is a red “happy” but my printed one is black. Even though I did print it on a b/w printer in Word I changed the color to black. Word is capable of changing colors. If you have a digital stamp (btw, MFT has a free digi stamp this weekend), you can easily change the outline color to something else besides black. Try it out and if you can’t figure it out, let me know and I’ll make a video for you. The Mac version has this change color feature too!
So below is the file, just right click and save as. Below this image is the Word document where I placed the “happy birthday” on my paper. The “birthday” was typed in a textbox, this way I can easily float/layer it wherever I want. The “happy” I sent to the back. My video will clarify this. If you’re wondering why I’m only providing “happy?” It’s because the other part you can type yourself. When I did this in Word I just did an insert image, move “happy” where I want and then created the textbok so that I could write birthday on it. BUT, for you, instead of birthday it can be anniversary, new year, etc. etc. etc. You can also type the “birthday” for example seperately and then trim it to size and adhere it with dimensionals on top of the “y” tail. Lots of options!
Well, have a great weekend!!! I have a few more handwriting stuff that I saved but I haven’t made any cards with them yet. So until then, they’ll just be on my computer… I also worked on two items for the die-cut machine but they’re still being tweaked. I’ll share soon!
Oh, let me know how my little “happy” prints out. It’s my first and I made it fairly quickly in Adobe Illustrator. I always assume if it works for me it’ll work for you too he he… A little tip… since it’s a digital image, you can resize it. I always resize my digital image in Word or in Photoshop where the paper size is 8.5×11 and I put a divider in the middle so that I can see how big my digital image is going to be compare to the paper. Also, when you print, unless your printer can do a bleed print (prints all the way to the edges), make sure you leave about a quarter inch from each side to prevent the image to be prematurely cut. I always suggest printing first on regular paper, fold it like how you would your card and see how you like it. Then print on the real deal once you’re happy with the output! Have fun and if you use the above happy I’d love to see your work!
Freebie: Little Chickie
Posted on | June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment
Hey, check this little chickie out. I was just messing around a few months ago, forgot about it, and thought about it again today.
Created this in Illustrator. You can download it here. You can use it for anything but commercial use. So no making money off my little chickie you hear {::SMILES}. If you use it, I’d love it if you email or comment here so that I can see what you’ve done with it. I think it’ll be cute on a card or one of your elements in a digital/hybrid page.
It was fun making it. Maybe I’ll do more when I ever stay-at-home… ha… whenever that is… we always talk about moving but that’s probably all talk. We’re one of those rare case of air force people, hardly moving.
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