Beneath the Mossgate Oak

Saying Goodbye to Google

2012-01-30T19:33:00.000-05:00

Hello World LOL

I have decided, in light of the policy changes at Google, to remove myself from the Google community. I am in the process of unsubscribing to newsletters, setting up a new blog, removing people from Google +, etc. When everything is ready I will re post and give you a link.

Thank you for your many years of service Google. I wish you all the luck on your new journey of exploiting your users privacy.

Huggins
PatM

SOPA & PIPA Dead - World Economies Next Hurdle

2012-01-22T11:24:00.000-05:00

Hello Every One;

The First Internet strike, Wednesdays Blackout, sent a clear message to the US Government and they have set aside SOPA & PIPA, for now. As I mentioned before, they are looking for better solutions to resolving the major issue of Piracy.

On another note, my friend sent me an email last week, and another one again this week, that I found quite interesting and thought you all may want to read these articles. Honestly, you should read them as they are very important to the worlds future.

The first one is based off an article written by Major General Luo Yuan, of the Chinese Liberation Party.
The article claims that the USA is trying to stop China's growth. Truly I had a laugh at that statement.
See, China's rise is due to other countries, like the USA, bringing them business. It's no secret that economies around the world are collapsing. And unfortunately it's their own fault. See they outsourced the jobs to China and other Asian countries and left no jobs for their own people. Why? Money? Of course, but there's more to it.
Which brings me to the second article I received, which summons it all up nicely.

So what is the solution to resolving the economic issues that many countries face?
According to the second article we should all be like the Asian workers.
While an employees here may make $12 an hour, people in Asia make $17 a week.
How on earth can any country compete with that?
Well it's called War. Whether it be local or global. That's how these issues have always been resolved.
Are we smarter today then we were 70 years ago? We may think so but, not really. Which is why the first article was written. It may be a few years in coming but we should all prepare, not for war, but to be more like the Asian countries.
That's the message I got from these two articles.

Huggins
Pat

Finding a solution to SOPA, PIPA and the lot

2012-01-20T03:36:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone;

As many of you know, or may have heard, some sites went black on Wednesday in protest to the bills SOPA and PIPA. 13 senators walked out the following day also opposing them. The White House issued a statement asking their public to help them find a solution, or any solutions that would aid them in SOPA without interfering with the free web.

Yesterday Mega Upload was shut down and the owners arrested. In light of this take down the infamous hacker group, Anonymous hacked into the Department of Justice (DOJ) and several other government sites and shut them down. A dumb move and they will get even dumber as time goes on.

This week Facebook reveled they had shut down the Russian hackers Koobface, but couldn't find the people behind it.
Several sites have made statements claiming that Russia and China are the biggest internet thieves of the century. And the dirt just gets higher and higher.

So what is the solution to stopping online piracy & protecting copyright holders? Few have responded.

Is it limiting our regional accesses? maybe.
Is it shutting down file sharing software and sites? we still have email Ha.
Is it removing our ability to shop online? don't even go there.
Is it removing hardware and software that enables us to copy and burn or read and write? Doubt it.
Is it policing the web and arresting people? Of course not.
On the one hand we all want to SOPA but on the other hand we all want access to stuff, any stuff we want.

So what is the solution to stopping online piracy & protecting copyright holders without policing the web?

Oh and I should mention this because it very important to scrap booking and if these bills are passed would have a great impact on the kits we make, share and sell.
Did you know that if you take a picture of someone else's work, whether it be a piece of jewelry, a nicknack, or anything that is not made by you, that you may be arrested? This doesn't include natural things like flowers, leaves which no one has claim to.
Yup, see that object was made by someone who holds a copyright on it and the minute you share it or sell it, you've infringed on someone's copyrights. Think about that for a while :)

Huggins
Pat

Pantone Papers - Freebie

2012-01-13T08:19:00.003-05:00

Good Morning Everyone;

I was going to send you all a post on the weekend but due to Winter suddenly blowing in I am going to post today. I had a good laugh this morning. Yesterday I was asking a friend, 'Where is Winter?' Mother Nature must have heard me too LOL

Anyways, here's the preview.

And since there are 50 papers, I've uploaded 10 folders for the 10 colours, each with 5 papers in each.Please head to the following folder to download these. http://www.mediafire.com/?b32ab9pg8u55v

Also I have done some cleaning up at Media Fire. None of the previous downloads found in previous posts are active anymore. I have moved everything into it's annual folder.
If you find something on the blog that you want, take note of the date and then head to the annual folder.
Here are the new folder links

2009 Here http://www.mediafire.com/?4ei8pp915byb3
2010 Here http://www.mediafire.com/?izlz88c4tbms8
2011 Here http://www.mediafire.com/?04cvvj8p3eyzn
2012 Here http://www.mediafire.com/?b32ab9pg8u55v

Sometime in the future I will organize the blog to reflect these changes.

I best get going or I won't be able to go anywhere. It's a blizzard outside. Whee :)
Have a snow-riffic day.
Huggins
Pat

Welcome 2012 Creative Market

2012-01-12T00:49:00.001-05:00

Happy New Year Everyone;

I wish you all the best in 2012.

I hope you all had a terrific Christmas time.

Ours was peaceful.

One of the things I do ever year is get the Pantone Colors for the year.

This year's Color is Tangerine-Tango 17-1463 TCX

For Spring the co-coordinating colors are

Solar Power 13-0759, Bell flower 18-3628, Cabaret 18-2140, Sodalite Blue 19-3953, Margarita 14-0116, Sweet Lilac 14-2808, Driftwood 18-1210, Cockatoo 14-5420 and Starfish 16-1120.

I have already created some papers and I will share them with you this weekend.

I am also a Colour Lover and they have a message for all designers and consumers.

From the creators of COLOUR lovers.com, Creative Market is a new kind of marketplace for handcrafted, mouse made design content. We have a simple, but important mission: to make beautiful design simple & accessible to everyone.
This mission is something we've been passionately living. We started with COLOUR lovers by building the world's best color community & creative inspiration site. By curating a supportive community for ideas to be shared and inspiration to be found, we've jump-started a massive amount of creative projects.
We then started building design tools that were simple & intuitive, but powerful & professional. These tools provide expert capabilities to novice creatives, and help them develop their skills.
Creative Market is the next piece of our mission that will help creatives easily access a wealth of beautiful design content for their projects. Whether it's finding a unique vector pattern for a textile, the perfect font with personality for a new logo, or any other kind of digital creative content that helps you produce something amazing.
Our friends at Etsy.com empowered the handmade goods revolution. We believe we can do the same for mouse made goods. Grab your creative tools and join us!
Sign up to be an early access member and we’ll hook you up with some free credits to check things out and see how much easier we’re going to make your workflow/design process.
Sign up to be an early access member & get $5 in free credits →
Do you make fantastic digital content to sell?
Are you a designer with beautiful vector shapes & patterns, fonts, brushes, photos, icons or other creative content you would love to sell in the Creative Market? Be one of the first publishers in our marketplace and let us promote your work to millions of people.
Contact Creative Market to be one of their first publishers →

Sounds good. Check it out. I can see a lot of scrapbook designers jumping in on this.
That's it for me for now. Off to dream land.
Talk to you again this weekend.
Huggins
Pat M

A Gift For You

2011-12-21T07:44:00.000-05:00

Season Greetings Fellow Scrappers!

As we all prepare and celebrate the Holidays, we would like to
Wish You All A Blessed Holiday Season
and
Wish You All The Very Best in the New Year.

I would also like to Thank You All for joining me this past year.
I have enjoyed your company.

Holiday time is a time for Giving.
This is my Gift to all of you.

Not all elements are shown in the preview.

Instead of posting 12 links, please download from the Folder link below. Thank you.

http://www.mediafire.com/?80oiiboz480hp

We are heading up to the cottage this weekend and we should be back January 3rd 2012.
Unitil then, lots of hugs, kisses, a ton of fun, laughter and joy to all of you.

I look forward to seeing all of you in the New Year.

Huggins
PatM

Blessings, Cousins + Freebie

2011-11-24T03:48:00.005-05:00

Blessings for a bountiful Thanksgiving
to all our Family and Friends
who reside in the U.S. of A.

I think you'll get a kick out of this article
Google Now Censors The Pirate Bay, iso Hunt, 4Shared and More | Torrent Freak.
Also included in the Black List is Rapid Share.

I have created a quick page for you; one with a journal block and one without.
This page was created using Manue Designs Natural Freshness.

without journal block image not shown above
http://www.mediafire.com/file/abilb288rkzfw8e/btmo_manue_nf_qp1.zip

with journal block as seen above
http://www.mediafire.com/file/uyc4rcmms23w87s/btmo_manue_nf_qp2.zip

Have a fab day.
Huggins
Pat

Assorted Freebies

2011-11-14T07:53:00.007-05:00

Good Morning Digi Land;

Thank you for all your comments in regards to 4 shared and Facebook. I am glad I am not alone on these views.

Last night I finally finished up some previews for the gifts below. I have been so busy that I haven't had time to do much of my own creating but there were a few days as you can see. Mostly papers for some projects I was working on and a few elements. So here we go...

http://www.mediafire.com/file/u26g87nbx9r9aha/btmo_atime_2reap_pp3.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/9ibz7g54l475n5z/btmo_atime_2reap_pp2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/73p0q5oxvc69r0h/btmo_atime_2reap_pp1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/21qq0p0mtmbot75/btmo_atime_2reap_qp.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/85w207x9w12t85n/btmo_dsonov11_pps2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/vh9qik0ktkm0sc2/btmo_dsonov11_pps1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ixbcf11ca1ni3uy/btmo_dsonov11_els.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/brr1fs92i2ks689/btmo_summers_end_pps.zip

I hope you can use something from all that.

I might make a few more things before Christmas comes and pass them along to you but I can't make any promises because my time, especially at this time of year, is tight and I have to squeeze in the time as it comes around.

That's it from me today.
Until we greet again...
Huggins
Pat

Paper Caper Designs, Pretty In Green Designs - QP Freebies

2011-10-19T09:56:00.009-04:00

Good Morning All.

I have a four free quick pages for you today made from the layouts I created for my scrap book.

These first 3 layouts were created using Paper Caper Designs mini kit Optimistic /Optimistic from the Studio NDContest last month. Vickilyn won that contest :) and is now selling her goods at the Studio.
In celebration of her Grand Opening at the Studio, everything in her new store is selling at a 30% discount until October 22nd.
Vickilyn's kits are amazing and a delight to work with. I really couldn't stop at just one, and these were created just with the free mini kit. Imagine what you can create with the full kit. If you were lucky enough to get this gift when the Studio had their contest then you may just want to get the Add-On.
You can also find Vickilyn at her 2nd new store at Scrap Insider and on Facebook.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nt35ucj5dtys565/btmo_pcd_qp3.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/u4qzlmwgt1as3u5/btmo_pcd_qp2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/8pk71ce8e947b1d/btmo_pcd_qp1.zip

This last layout was created using another Winning kit from the Studio NDContest created by Rachael of Pretty In Green Designs, called Midnight Air. I am still working with this mini kit :)
You can find Rachel's Pretty in Green creations at Ginger Scraps.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/pav202vjr6o2my5/btmo_ping_qp1.zip

Thanks for stopping in today. I am off to do some errands.
Huggins
Pat

Adobe and photo blur, Steve Jobs, Happy Fall Y'all

2011-10-11T07:45:00.005-04:00

Hello Everyone;

A Happy 'Belated' Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends and Columbus Day to our friends in the U.S of .A.
Autumn is HERE. Yeah! It's like spring in the trees; color everywhere.

I've been busy with other interests lately and haven't been doing much scrapping. I have been keeping up with some online news outside the scrap world; some of which I would like to share with you today.

1stly... Our deepest sympathies go out to the 'Jobs' family. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers, passed away on October 5th. There will be a big employee celebration on the 19th.
From the moment the news hit the wire, Steve was the first post on every techies blog, and lots of non techie blogs too, even newsprint. One of the sites I read is Tech meme. Every article on October 5th was related to Steve. It was totally amazing. Way to go Steve!!!

2ndly... some really important news from Adobe: Adobe touts end of blurred photos. I totally need this. Check out the You Tube sneak peak. And... to keep in the Adobe loop they have unveiled the Creative Cloud.

A lot of us use Tweeter, Facebook, Adobe, Apple, etc. and everyday somewhere out in web land someone is blogging about them. To keep up on their news releases, and then some, I check out sites like Mashable and Tech meme.
From these two sites you can get to many other very important sites and some top of the line blogs. Here are a few I read... Slate, covers many news topics and so does Wired. Engadget, hardware and software reviews. Tech Crunch, computer company business news. Life Hacker, this review site covers way too much, on everything and anything LOL. The Register, total computer news site. Slash Gear, for the techie app obsessed. Gizmodo, the gadget site. Ars Technica, all computer related.

On the graphic side, you might find something interesting from these sites. Peta Pixel, a blog related to photography and digital graphics. You the Designer, a graphic design blog. Here's an article you may like to read, Digital Painting Masterpieces that will Make You Dream.
Designer Daily, a blog about design. Design Edge Canada, for the freelancer. Smashing Magazine news for web designers and developers. If you own a Wacom then you might want to know about the Inkling :) Oh and I can't forget the Canadian Scrapbooker.

I also wanted to let my local scrap booker's know about the up coming Scrap Fest next Friday and Saturday in Oshawa, Ontario. Sue Sykes, Cathie Allen, Vicki Boutin, Becky Fleck, Kelly Panacci, Christy Riopel, Sarah Hodgkinson from Canadian Scrapbooker, will be the teachers :)

Check it out. I might see you there if you come :)

There's my ride. I am off to a crafting party in Bolton, Ontario. Thanks for popping in today. I'll post some pictures when I get back. Have an awesome Fall, y'all :)

Huggins
Pat

Gail's Scraps 2 Quick Page Freebies

2011-09-20T15:52:00.007-04:00

Hello Everyone;

Autumn has arrived in Southern Ontario. Yeah! A sure sign it's Apple Season.

I have a couple of quick pages for you today. Both are done with Gail's Scraps.

The first quick page is made with Gail's kit Bleu Marine.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zb38qb5057nu8tv/galiscrap_bleumarine_qp.zip

The second quick page is made with Gail's kit Un brin de Legerete.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ood50ndl07k19oj/galiscrap_unbrindelegerete_qp.zip

That's it from me today. Have a fun-tastic week.

Huggins
Pat

Daybreak Freebie

2011-09-16T01:45:00.004-04:00

Hello Scrap Landers;

It's been awhile, I know.
So much going on over here and little time to get on the computer.
I haven't scrapped in what seems like ages but I thought, hey, there's no better way to get the juices flowing then to go for a challenge.
Seriously, I knew I didn't have it in me but I needed the fun that scrapping can bring.
I have a ton of pictures to document. I can't believe I took 7075 snap shots from June to today. 5088 just for July & August. Whew!

The challenge was a biggy of which I failed. But that's okay. I was expecting it.
I forgot to put textures on 3 of the papers, the patterned ones. LOL
Last week I noticed it when I attempted to make a page.
I promised I would fix the papers and re uploaded them.
I've done that this evening and you can find the link below.

This is the kit I entered into the first challenge over at 'The Studio'.
(They are having a BIG BIRTHDAY BASH over at the forum. Check it out if you haven't already.)
You are welcome to download it....
http://www.mediafire.com/file/1xg2srkrcw9gpdx/Btmo_Daybreak.zip

This link has the 3 patterned papers now textured.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3tem3j1mrcnub2b/btmo_daybreak_papers_fixed.zip

It's now 1:30 am and I will bid you all a goodnight until we greet again.

Huggins
Pat

Have You Got Your Challenges On?

2011-07-03T15:54:00.009-04:00

Howdy All;

Happy Canada Day & Independence Day to all in North America.

Ah, summer. So relaxing. I am really soaking it up.

I even did four challenges. Yeah, knocked me for a loop too.

Have you got your Challenges On?

Here's the fun I had.

Digital Scrap Obsession Challenges:

Card Sketch with Bunny - Simplicity

Surprise Challenge with Moni - Blending

Divine Digital Challenges:

Use It or Lose It with Joli

Divine Diva Challenge with Scrap-A-Latte

So go on...Get Your Challenges On.
:)

Huggins
Pat

Noshay Quick Page Freebie

2011-06-30T08:18:00.005-04:00

Good Morning All;

I am back to pay the bills and decided I'd stay for the weekend to be with Joe. He has to work on Sunday night. Tyler is okay up at the cottage without me. We have great neighbors and Tyler is really into his Ranger training and totally loving it. He leaves at 7 am and I don't see him till 5 at night so he won't miss me too much LOL

We still haven't decided on what colour to paint the cottage and we are getting all kinds of input from the folks around us. One of my distant neighbors suggested pink. Gawd, no!

Before I left I was able to complete a whole quick page. Too much. Today I zipped it up and if you want it, it's yours. If you want the kit I made it with then head HERE and purchase it.

Click on image or just in case
http://www.mediafire.com/?gc71kkcn09acdgr

Well that's it from me today.

I am going to play a bit and if I get finished anything I'll try to send it your way before I leave.

Have a fun-tastic summer everyone.
Huggins
Pat

Edit: After publishing this post I went to check it out and what the heck, where did the two previous posts come from? I sure didn't post them unless I did it in my sleep while I was up at the cottage...with no internet or computer.

June DSO Freebie

2011-06-18T23:23:00.004-04:00

Hello Scrap Land

*So true, Linda.' Color - Colour for example' Thanks for the comment :)

Summer is almost officially here. Yeah! After a few storms went through, the weather here has been great so far.
I am just finishing up a few things here in the city and then we're off to the cottage and the Summer Solstice Party on Tuesday.
Other then painting the cottage a different colour, which we haven't decided upon yet, it's going to be one relaxing summer.
What color do you think we should paint our cottage?
It's Cobalt Blue right now. My idea was Lime Green, Joe's was Chocolate Brown, Tyler's was Aquamarine. Here are a few pix.

Lady

part of Joe

the rear view

the front view

looking out from the deck

Before I go I wanted to give you a little something to decorate your pages with.
I used the DSO colours for June.
24 papers, 4 frames, 4 buttons, 4 brads, 10 flowers and 2 templates.

Here are your download links

templates

http://www.mediafire.com/?y8aw47h4m7zi478

ellies

http://www.mediafire.com/?9mj9uh224cfb4x4

papers

http://www.mediafire.com/?xzp33x2hm104i4d

http://www.mediafire.com/?y5eix34m6wjqmyq

http://www.mediafire.com/?s3cxam958qynlhv

http://www.mediafire.com/?99oymjn0zs0njw6

http://www.mediafire.com/?ak9ah1whkjja1a3

I won't be up at the cottage the entire summer break. Joe is still working most of it and there are some home things to take care of. Tyler will be staying up there all summer. He joined the summer Rangers. He met this group last year while doing his Nature Journal. He just may become another Ontario Park Ranger. Such a cool job too. Well it's time to hit the hay.

Enjoy.

Have a Safe & Happy Season wherever you are.

Huggins
Pat

2011 Mother's Day Card Freebie

2011-05-11T23:42:00.000-04:00

:)

A Very Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the Women in the World.

I hope your day, your entire weekend, was everything, if not more, then you dreamed of.

I am exhausted so I am going to be quick this evening.
I finally had a chance earlier this evening to sit down and get this card ready for you.
8x11 in jpg format.

Front/Back View

Inside View

Download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kvrn08v4sdptqsi/btmo_2011_mom_card.zip

The poem inside the card is by Will Wallace

They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea,
He wields a mighty spectre,
Over lesser powers that be.

But a mightier power and stronger,
Man from his throne has hurled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle,
Is the hand that rocks the world.

I realize the word specter is spelt wrong, but that's how it was written when I found it LOL

Back on Monday
Enjoy
Huggins
Pat

Happy iNSBD - Freebie

2011-05-05T23:48:00.005-04:00

Howdy Peeps;

How are you all doing? Enjoying Spring?
Are you ready for the biggest weekend in Scrap booking History?
Unfortunately I won't be around. Tyler has his last tournament this weekend and it's an over nighter. That means another weekend in some hotel near the arena. Then the season is finally over. Amen to that.

In light of me being MIA I pulled out my Monogram book and re did it for you today so you can create your own.
My book was called Life is.... I've also included the lower case letters and numbers, the front and back covers, and the reverse page.

Unfortunately I can only offer it out in PSP format because -50 mb is a lot smaller to upload then 350 mb in PSD format.
I don't understand why a 2 mb file in psp format converts to a 12 mb file in psd format but that sucks big time.
The copyright image and my logo, seen in the preview below, is only for the preview and is not included.

http://www.mediafire.com/?okm9ho2hj7b17pq

I totally missed my blog anniversary. It's been 2 years since I started blogging about scrap booking. When I have the time, which I should have more of very soon, I'll make up a gift for you all.

Well tomorrow comes early so I'll talk to you all as soon as I can.

Enjoy
Huggins
Pat

Edit: With all the sales I forgot to mention....
the following kit,
Miracle of Love by Celine Designs,
is on sale for 1.5 Euros at Digital Crea...
preview is click-able...
recognize it?
It's the free quick page I made, found in a post below.
It's a gorgeous preview.

The preview below is click-able too...check out the deals.
Happy {Inter}National Scrap Booking Day Peeps :)

Happy Birthday Stuff to Scrap

2011-04-29T00:38:00.005-04:00

Stuff To Scrap Birthday Bash

Can you believe the parties going on in Digi Land!
I missed Ninth and Bloom's BB, sorry about that N&B.
National Scrap Booking Day is just around the corner too and I haven't even started on your gift.

Here we have Stuff to Scrap's Birthday Bash coming up in celebration of their 2nd Anniversary.
You'll want to join up at the Forum to get in on all the fun.

Huggins
Pat

2 More Quick Page Freebies

2011-04-28T00:00:00.004-04:00

Good Evening Peeps;

I thought I had more quick pages prepped to go yesterday only to discover I had put them in another folder in the done section LOL
So here you go, 2 more to add to your stash if you like :)

You are welcome to download them Here.

Enjoy
Huggins
Pat

3 Quick Page Freebies

2011-04-27T00:30:00.004-04:00

We hope you all had a wonderful Easter time. Ours was delightful thanks to the gorgeous days we had.

I realize I have be popping in and out lately without updates. Free time these days is limited to what I can manage in the free time I have. Hockey season is almost over and I will have more free time when it's done.

The reason I popped in today was to give you a few free quick pages as seen in the previews below.

You can download them at MEDIA FIRE.

Enjoy
Huggins
Pat

Happy Easter Mini Kit Freebie

2011-04-25T02:01:00.004-04:00

Happy Easter To All In Scrap Land.

If you are a member at the Divine Digital Forum, (the thread is here,
http://www.divinedigital.com/forums/showthread.php?p=45602#post45602 )

....there is a free mini awaiting you in the Gallery.
Here is the link to the gallery
http://www.divinedigital.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=3297&c=19

And this is the preview ( 11 papers 63 ellies)

Enjoy
Huggins
Pat
:)

Divine Digital 5th BIRTHDAY BLAST

2011-04-09T00:19:00.003-04:00

Hello Digi Land :)

April 9 is Divine Digital 5th BIRTHDAY BLAST!

CELEBRATE FIVE! amazing years of providing more than just a digital scrapbooking site...
Divine Digital is a DIGI HOME of | PURPOSE | INSPIRATION | CREATIVITY | LEGACY |

YOU are invited to join us for our ALL DAY BIRTHDAY BASH EVENT on Saturday, April 9, 2011 in the Divine Digital Forums
CLICK HERE TO VIEW AD: http://bit.ly/fTJI3N

“DIVINE BIRTHDAY BASH” | All Day
| 1$ SALE | FREE KIT w/ $5 Purchase | Random Door Prize Drawings | BINGO | Site Birthday Card | New Designer Debuts | FREE SCAVENGER HUNT | PASS THE PIXEL | AND MORE! |

EVENT SPONSORED BY: Action FX; Patty The Digital Scrapbook Teacher; Studio RA Designs; Princess Lala Designs; Myriad Graphics; Snips and Snails Designs; Jennifer Z Designs; Joyfully Yours Susannah; Kimberly Schlehahn Designs; Creative Intentionz; Digital Compilations by Cinda; & Susan Godfrey Designs

CLICK HERE for EVENT: http://bit.ly/dEO4aW

“DIVINE BIRTHDAY ONLINE BIRTHDAY PARTY CHAT” | 9PM Eastern
Hosted by: Lulu; Royanna & Susannah
Join us in the Divine Chatroom for our online birthday party chat - we will have Goodie Bags, Trivia, Door Prizes and mix & mingle time!

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“DOLLAR DAY” | ALL DAY
Hundreds of Designer Products on SALE! for ONLY $1 Each! Scrapkits, Commercial Use, Photography Tools, Hybrid, and more!

CLICK HERE to SHOP $1 SALE: http://bit.ly/er08nh

“FREE w/ $5 PURCHASE Offer” | ALL DAY
All purchases of over $5 on April 9th (EST time) will receive the Team Divine Collab kit "Artist in Me!" - Coupon will be sent after purchase within 72 hours.

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“GIVE ME 5 - Free Scavenger Hunt” | April 9-13
5 Days | 5 Designers | 5 Freebies Each Day! Join us in the forums daily to find FIVE hidden goodies!

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“DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE” | Coming to DD
Celebrating Easter & Spring with a digital ART JOURNAL! Come play in a world of WHIMSY with an Alice In Wonderland Themed MEGA Collab! SPRING comes ALIVE through the looking glass of this amazing group of Designers!

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Huggins
Pat

Scrap That Idea Turns Two

2011-03-03T22:38:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday Scrap That Idea!

Let's Celebrate!

March 1st 2011 marked the 2nd anniversary of Scrap That Idea.

Scrap That Idea was created by 4 wonderfully talented girls who love to scrap.

I first came across Victoria Parker about 5 years ago when she first began to dabble in online digital scrapbooking and communication. As a 'newbie' to the digital scrap booking world she wooed us with her talented creativity through 'Freebies'. As Vicki learned new scrap booking techniques and traveled in scrap booking circles, she met 3 other wonderfully talented scrap booking girls; Stacey, Sara & Mel. During the first couple of years these 4 girls not only became great friends, they would also collab on many projects together, so much so, that 2 years ago, on March 1st, Scrap That Idea was born.
Scrap That Idea bought each of these talented scrap booking designers together to offer the online public a store to purchase their scrap booking products, a forum to play, learn, chat, get the latest new, etc., a blog to keep the web community apprised of what the girls are up to at Scrap That Idea, and much more.
A year and a half later Scrap That Idea added another friend and wonderfully talented designer, to their group from their CT Team, Laramie. To date they are all quite busy creating fantastic scrap booking supplies while keeping their forum actively rocking with fun.

During their 2nd year anniversary party their is lots of fun going on in the forums so head on over and join in on the celebrations and make some points for participating.

Every month, with the purchase of $5.00 or more in the store, you not only get some fantastic scrap booking products and points towards future purchases but you also get a free collab kit.

And this month Scrap That Idea has a special event going on that you truly do not want to miss out on. Check it out.

Head on over to Scrap That Idea, get some fantastic scrap booking supplies and join in on all the fun!

Huggins
Pat

Happy Valenitne's Day - Freebie Mini

2011-02-14T22:35:00.003-05:00

Happy Valentine's Day Scrapers;

It has been quite some time, very busy on my end, little time to post.
We wish you all a very Happy New Year, we hope you have a funtastic year of the Rabbit.
I am going straight to the point of today's post as I still have a few things to do before hitting the hay and I wanted to get at least something out to you all in honor of today.

As I mentioned before, while enjoying Tyler's hockey games, I indulge in a bit of scrap making while waiting for him to change in and out of his gear. Here's a little mini of some paper and fabric things I made for some Love layouts.

Papers 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?xw77fv6cv8j1ls5

Papers 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?72726xhezbaw65a

Elements 1

http://www.mediafire.com/?bwcpreqfmd6htbb

Elements 2

http://www.mediafire.com/?nw8woj0k0gntc16

That's it from me today.

Enjoy
Huggins
Pat

Dec DSO CC Mini Freebie

2010-12-18T15:46:00.005-05:00

Howdy Folks;

I finally woke up, boys gone, dog gone, the entire house to myself, ah, it feels so good.
I had some breakie listening to Christmas Jazz, soothing. I've been hooked to 94.7 lately :)

I finally got my butt off the sofa and got to work on getting you this mini. I hope you can use something in it.
Here is what's inside...
5 textured papers ( two brick, 3 cloth), 6 square striped textured frames, 7 round textured glass frames, 6 glass beads, 6 textured and bling snowflakes, 6 bows, 5 wire deco lines, 5 twigs, 4 glass border journal buttons, 2 textured tree masks/overlays, 2 flowers, 1 bling star, 1 textured star, 1 textured tree, 1 textured tree and star vertical border, 1 textured poinsettia, 1 deer, 1 ceramic snowman, 1 cluster, 1 metal paper clip
These are on the small side = 12 Xmas stamps, 12 Xmas ball ornaments

The papers

The ellies

And now the links

1 http://www.mediafire.com/?t6qwafbcyivz5p1

2 http://www.mediafire.com/?ilagzdz41o59b6m

3 http://www.mediafire.com/?pf9j2v8ybxco42h

4 http://www.mediafire.com/?k0kuvpdwj8fcx4s

5 http://www.mediafire.com/?oogfd4bccd39jor

6 http://www.mediafire.com/?mmh4qtha027ead0

7 http://www.mediafire.com/?eftp8n9urehgtp3

Total = 153.2 mb

Now I am going back to enjoy my peaceful jazz filled home relaxing and doing absolutely nothing for the rest of the day.

We wish you all the very best for the holidays.
Much love &
Huggins
Pat

Time to Relax

2010-12-18T01:53:00.008-05:00

Howdy Folks;

How have you all been? Are you all prepped for the big day? This year went by so fast. Isn't that always the way when you are busier then a bee in summertime. Whew, it's time to relax. I so need to do that LOL. When Mum said she wanted to have the dinner at her house this year I was overjoyed. Thou I love company, and we'll have plenty of that over the break, I really wasn't looking forward to cooking for everyone on the big day. To be honest I am burnt out and need 3 days of good uninterrupted sleep which I will be doing starting Monday.
We did get to put the tree up and I have a few photos of some of my favorites to show you. First let me say that the only thing I actually help with is the beads, the boys do all the rest. I have to say they have great imaginations too because the way they put it all together has stories behind every placement.

This one is the musical tale of the wise man and the big fish he caught. (the Wise man, the violin and the fisherman)

In this one the Angel watches over the babies while they sleep.

This is Joe's new ornament for 2010. He's an avid Campbell Soup Ornament Collector.

Joe got this Santa ornament when he was a kid from his Mum. Behind it is his Lou Gehrig ornament he got from my Mum on our first Xmas in our new home. Above it my Norman Rockwell ornament I got in 1994. I've taken this photo off the angle of the story. Sorry boys LOL

And this one is my Christmas card for 2010. This ornament is from a set I got from my Mum. They were always on our tree when I was a kid and she knew I loved them so she gave them to me.
You may have noticed that we don't put up a real tree. Ours is a fake one. And a heck of a lot easier to put away without a mess.
We had a real tree once but the mess, the watering, Joe sneezing all the time, it was to much so we just bought a nice size fake one our second Xmas and it's been faithful to us ever since. And no stickies :)

Over the last few weeks, while Tyler has been getting changed either to play or finish playing hockey Ive been hiding in the eatery with my laptop making Christmas goodies for you. I must say that the mothers of the team kept at me, being inquisitive, showing them what I was doing, how I did that, you know, being nice but really pestering me because I wanted to get it done while I had the free time LOL It took me longer and by no means did I come near to finishing what I wanted to put into it which seems to be the way these days. But I will get it out to you all before the weekend is over. That's a promise.

It's been a very long day for me so I am going to catch a few z's and get started on your gift after breakfast. Drop in later tonight, k.

Enjoy your day &

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL

Huggins
Pat

Black Friday Shopping List

2010-11-29T02:03:00.003-05:00

We would like to thank the following designers for giving us some of the most fantastic deals on the block this Black Friday Weekend.

We started shopping with $100.00

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At DigiCrea

31 kits
1 Texture Pack
$60.07

Bisontine 1 kit
Dilo 3 kits
Dydyge 3 kits
Elodie 2 kits
Fanette 5 kits 1 Texture Pack
Golden Sun 2 kits
Ninie Designs 9 kits
Noshay 1 kit
Piccolini Angeli 1 kit
Thalris 3 kits

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At Just So Scrappy Too

10 kits
$7.82

Just So Scrappy 3 kits
Crazy 4 Monograms 7 kits

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At Scrap Orchard

13 kits
$13.62

Anna BV 1 kit
Captivated Visions 2 kits
Designs By Kat 2 kits
Faith True 2 kit
Julie Bullock 2 kits
Lyndsay Riches 1 kit
MLE Card 1 kit
Vera Lim 1 kit
Ziggle 1 kit
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At DigiTreats

1 kit
2 alphas
$3.97

Pamela Owner of DigiTreats

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Inspiration Lane

3 Texture Packs
2 Kits
$10.48

Tami Miller 3 Texture Packs
Scrap Shana 2 kits

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Total Items

57 kits
4 texture packs

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Total spent

$95.96

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Still in the bank $4.04

Whew. We didn't make it to the five other stores we wanted to go to. LOL

I was only able to get 3/4 of a quick page done between yesterday and today. LOL

Enjoy your day
Huggins
Pat

Oh The Sales

2010-11-27T09:08:00.004-05:00

Howdy Cyber folks;

Happy Belated Thanksgiving, Cousins!
And look at all those SALES!
Best get on them a.s.a.p. cause they will be gone on Tuesday.

Yesterday was quite the treat for me. 7 am my aunt arrived and we went digi shopping till noon and ended up spending around 60 bucks. 45 kits in total. Now the fun begins in downloading them all. One store totally crashed and we couldn't get the downloads. I think that is the worst part of all the Black Friday sales. 10 of the kits will have to be downloaded during the week. We got all the rest thou so look out for some quick pages from me during December.

I am so jealous. Yesterday we got about a half hour of snow flakes that didn't even leave a mark. I want snow, snow, snow. My gfs in Utah, New Mexico, and several more states in the USA, got plenty to brag about. The New Mexico snow fall brought tears to my eyes. Here I live in the Great White North and they got snow before we did. Talk about a climate change. I was telling Joe we should move further north cause they got snow already but I don't think he's willing to do that for snow. LOL

Today I am relaxing, I so need it. Until 3 pm at least. Tyler has a game at 4 pm. My sister and brother will be coming around tomorrow to do our Christmas draw and then we will be heading out to 5 malls to pick names from the trees.
We'll be doing Christmas a bit different this year. We might not put up a tree at all. We usually put ours up on the 1st weekend in December but we won't be here. Tyler has a hockey tournament and we will be in St. Catherin's all weekend. The next weekend we have a wedding to go to out in Alberta and the following weekend we are going to New Brunswick. And Joe is trying to talk me into traveling somewhere exotic for the remainder of the month, which he has off. Add to this that I am involved in helping to set up the Christmas concert, the Christmas play, and 4 Christmas parties and you can understand why I so need some one to split me in three. LOL

So how will I be relaxing this morning? I going to make some quick pages, of course. Maybe I'll have one or two for you tonight.

Oh, yes, I am still boycotting 4 shared. They totally suck big time.

Have a snow-rific day.
Huggins
Pat

Edit: 10:28 am

I got my wish.....it's snowing, and it's staying, yehaw, yehaw, YEHAW!

Still Boycotting 4 shared

2010-11-22T14:23:00.004-05:00

Yup, this site has gone bananas!

360 minutes for a 30 mb file.
I have asked my gf to stop sending me files that are linked at 4 shared because I am boycotting them. She begged me to please download it. After much pleading I agreed. So off I went to down the file and I had to wait 360 minutes for the file.
Now is that fair to anyone who has to download files from 4 shared?
Every time anyone goes to download a file from 4 shared that is over 1 mb, extra time will be added to each additional download so they will have to wait an exuberant amount of time just to get a file.
And it's added everyday. So if you get a file today and come back tomorrow, it doesn't matter, time will still be added. Deleting your browsers cache doesn't matter in the least.
4 shared doesn't want free loaders, as they have labeled them, anymore and wants everyone to pay for their service. So if you don't pay for their service it's best to move to another file sharing host. And you best do it soon too or you will lose business. Many designers offer free samples of their latest kits to encourage their visitors to buy thier new stuff. Well that won't be happening if you stick with 4 shared.

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

Boycotting 4 Shared

2010-11-19T21:43:00.003-05:00

Hello Digital Scrappers;

I will no longer be downloading anything offered from the 4 shared site.
Not that my one little download will matter, but I suggest you all do the same.
The only way to stop 4 shares deviant behavior is to boycott them, cancel your subscriptions and move your files to another file sharing site or upload them to your own site.

My girlfriend sent me a 12, 639kb file this evening and I went to download it and 4 shared wanted me to wait 130 seconds. I hadn't downloaded anything previously and my cookies are automatically deleted when I close my browser leaving no trace, if I had been at 4 shared earlier. Since it was my first download of the day, from any site, there was no reason for 4 shared to make me wait 2 minutes and 15 seconds for this file. I thought I was dreaming but it appears to be a new tactic that 4 shared is doing.
Since Thanksgiving is soon to arrive in the USA and many people will be sharing their freebies I feel sorry for all of you who will have to download from this deviant site.
I can only imagine when Christmas rolls around.
If you want people to sample your stuff by offering free stuff then you may be better off giving 4 shared the boot and moving to a more reliable host that doesn't change it's tactics every other week.
I find it odd too that people who upload to 4 shared are always complaining about them but still use them.
Rosa Parks said, 'You have to stand for something or you will fall for everything.'
So stand up and give 4 shared the boot is so long has deserved.

Here is a whole list to choose from
http://mashable.com/2007/07/28/online-storage/

Have a great weekend
Pat

Just a few Photos

2010-11-09T21:55:00.011-05:00

Howdy Folks;

It's almost time for me to crash, as Tyler puts it these days LOL, so I thought I would share just a few pics with you. I am still transferring and organizing them, what a job when there are so many to do with such little time but here goes, in numerical order...

the pumpkin patch...

Joe's favorite apples

Tyler's favorite apples and mine

thanksgiving turkey

leaves on my tree

awesome sunrise

Joe's New CR-V at the side of our house

Frost Everywhere & Lady loving it

Well that's it from me...until we meet again

Enjoy your day
Huggins
Pat

Happy iNSD - Freebie

2010-11-06T13:39:00.003-04:00

Happy International Scrap Booking Day Scrappers!

I didn't forget about you. I took some time out yesterday and today to get you a bit of stuff. It's not much and I am just about ready to go out for another hockey game at 3 pm so I couldn't add much more. Tomorrow I won't be around at all so I think it best to just give you what I've got and be glad with myself that I was able to squeeze some time in. Anyone figure out how to split me in three yet? LOL
No comments are required unless there is an issue cause I know there is just way too much stuff to download and do on this busy weekend. You can use the shout box as its way easier.
I used this months DSO Colors. Included are 5 papers, 2 different types of frames, 2 journal tags, a tree, 2 flowers, 2 leaves.
Okay, the preview and below it the links.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ayd41yyyfum8ufj/btmo_insd_1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zisg4ntz5nw91h2/btmo_insd_2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jlw0f78t2q6v5hk/btmo_insd_3.zip

right click the links and open in new tab, it's way easier too.

Have a fab weekend.
Huggins
Pat

Can some one split me in three, please

2010-11-02T22:29:00.003-04:00

Howdy Folks,

Yes I have been MIA for quite a bit here on the blog. Time just doesn't slow down long enough for me to finish what I start LOL.
In the am, I am able to sit for an hour, if I am lucky, before I have to get going, this leaves me just enough time to pop in and visit some online buds, maybe a forum, and poof, the time is gone. In the afternoon I am lucky to get in an another hour and poof, it's gone again. But the time I finish my day I am beat. But today I took a short nap, 47 minutes, woo who, in the afternoon just so I could post this evening, still I am pooped and will be heading off to dream land as soon as I am done, yawning away as I type.

I know I have missed so much here in scrap land but I have been trying my best to at least stay in touch with some of you most of the time. Let's just say Google's Reader is probably over the top, I am terrified to open it and see all those posts.

I haven't had any time to scrap or make anything, there just isn't any free time to spare.

Kristine, I live in Oakville, Ontario, not to far from Kitchener, LOL ( i hope its the wench who left the message) will I come and visit? maybe at the end of spring if Tyler doesn't play ball this year.
Can you split me in three cause i wanna go up to see Pam up in Barrie too.

Oh when was it, early October I think, we went up to the orchard and spent the day picking apples, spent the next two days making 40 pies, what a nightmare, my hands ached for weeks peeling those apples. No I don't have a magic peeler to do it for me, but I am thinking about it, trust me.

This weekend Joe is off, man the guy works way too much, and this leaves me lugging the boys around everywhere. don't even talk to me about snow, I don't wanna see any. I've seen enough. Can some one buy me a ticket to the Bahamas, I so need some sunshine and a beach with some gorgeous blue tropical waters. Nah, forget it, I would probably sleep the time away and miss the beauty anyway.

Last Friday he got a new Honda Cr V and he won't let me drive it. He also got promoted, the snob, he's now a boss. Really, I am so proud of him.

Tyler has a garbage bin full of Hallowe'en crap, yeah it's crap to me. I am an icing girl and that's about as far as I go in the sugar department. That should last him till next year. He dressed up as, of all things, a hockey jock LOL Oh, he's a hockey jock alright, every game scoring goals, even teaching some of the new kids some of his fancy tricks. He cracks me up.

Don't even talk to me about pictures, I have so many I don't know where to begin. I can't promise I'll post any cause who knows when I will be able to post again. Please, split me in three so I can have some me time, pretty please, I'll pay you.

Well I have to go before I crack my chin off the table, I can't stop yawning. 6 am is just way to early for me.

Gotta go
Huggins to you all
Pat

Charity Haunt - A Boo tiful Time

2010-10-22T08:26:00.003-04:00

Hello, Everyone;

Man is it cold outside for October. Winter is quickly approaching.
The reason I am posting today is to invite you all to a real spooky event.

Come on down to be Booed out of your wits at this years Charity Haunt with real witches, ghosts, goblins, mummy's and more. Yup, a totally live crew. I swear kids and adults will love it and you will meet some fantastic people too. It's all for a good cause, Sick Childrens Hospital. Check out the site for dates and times, Thursday to Sunday, up until the big Boo Day.

I got to run and do some morning stuff today. Tonight, another game for Tyler.
Catch yah all later.
Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

October DSO CC - Freebie

2010-10-16T16:31:00.003-04:00

Howdy Peeps;

How are you all? Has the cold/flu virus finished in your household yet? LOL I laugh because its so predictable isn't it. I swear if the boys didn't get it from work and school we'd all be viral free. I always get sick from Joe. Joe just has to kiss me before leaving for work. dang.

Autumn is my second favorite season, spring being my first. I'm guessing most people love the change in leaf color which can be seen for miles standing on a hilltop. We have some amazing scenic hilltops here in Ontario and if you go north, wow, totally awesome. We are heading up north next weekend to winterize the cottage and definitely taking pictures.

How was your Thanksgiving weekend? Tasty? Lip smacking good? Joe bought a Presidents Choice turkey this year with all the fixing already done. Stuffed and buttered. I was so looking forward to our yearly roast but what the hey. Yes, I know it's turkey time, but I like to steer away from BIRD in cold and flu season, call me silly. So since I made the bird we've have turkey dinners, turkey stews and stuffing up to our eye balls. I swear if he brings home a BIRD for Christmas I'll cook it until it's burnt then we'll have to go out for dinner LOL. Turkeys are so big and with most of our family sick and staying home I am left with massive amounts of turkey to dish out in a million different ways. Even Lady is sick of it. LOL
But anyway I am babbling on and on when I should be getting to the point of this post...Kim B's DSO Color Challenge.
As you know I don't have a lot of time on my hands these days but when I could I sat for a bit and tried to think up something to do with these colors. All I got was papers so far. See I am not even doing it right this month. Usually I like to make a layout with a photo and go from there but I am in Autumn mode and these colors just didn't speak Autumn to me while all my photos do LOL. But there I go again, babbling. So I'll get to it cause time is creeping up and we have a hockey game at 7 pm to attend which means we leave at 6 pm.
If you would like these papers you can get them here, here and here.

Thanks for stopping by and reading my post today. If you have any problems with the downloads Shout at me in the Shout box. It's way easier then commenting. K
Enjoy your downloads and your day.
Huggins
Pat

DSO Quick Page Mini Freebie

2010-09-29T20:57:00.005-04:00

Good Evening, Folks;

When the kids are away, Mom will play, LOL, and that's what I did today. Tammy came over and we were making scrap stuff and in between helping her and doing my own thing I was able to get a page done. If you would like this quick page, it's yours for the taking. And you can create your own quick pages to as I've included each piece separately, (flower, frame and paper) and a bonus paper too. All made with Kim B's DSO September Swatch.

Enjoy and Have a funtastic day.
Huggins
Pat

Sept DSO CC - Freebie

2010-09-17T12:57:00.004-04:00

Howdy Folks;

Is it cold where you are? Up here in Southern Ontario it's like the end of fall. We had to put the heat on a few days ago and last night was freezing outside. I swear the seasons are all messed up. We had the least amount of rain for summer this year and the end of Autumn came in before the end of summer went out. The butterflies are confused. They need the warm Mexican wind to take flight and it's no where to be found. Mexico is flooded with rain and there's not one but 2 hurricanes playing in the gulf.

Yesterday I went shopping for some winter boots with my girlfriend and as we wandered around the stores looking at things we noticed 95% of the stuff was made in China. I can't even find a pair of underwear that isn't made in China. Where the heck does the things Made in Canada go? Doesn't Canadians make anything anymore or does the entire planet get there stuff from China? That really freaks me out. No offense to China but I still haven't gotten over the wheat gluten pesticide that killed a lot of pets or the embalming fluid found in Victoria Secret bras or the lead found in the paint on children's toys, all coming from China. Or the milk that killed lots of Chinese children made in their own country.
I didn't get the boots so tomorrow I will try some other stores like Mark's Work Warehouse. Maybe I can find some boots that actually keep my feet warm cause that thinsulate stuff sucks big time. Last year I had to wear those thick wool work socks over my regular socks in ski do boots, of all things.

Anyways, I am going to be pretty busy over the next several weeks with Thanksgiving coming up and then Hollow's Eve and we still have to get the cottage set up for winter. Stages have to be made, painted and set up, rehearsals, parties, dinners, etc. so I am booked solid. And Tyler decided he wants to play hockey this year so my weekends and nights are gone too.

I was able to get a few papers done and some round frames for September's DSO CC but that's all I will be able to get done for this month. I won't have any time available in October so it's best that I get what I've made out to you now before I get so wrapped up in things that I forget to even get them to you at all. I so wanted to make something to do with wine and grapes cause that's what these colors told me they were but time just wasn't on my side :) So enough of my blabbing. Here is the preview and below it the links.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/w5h111qrueewoh7/btmo-Sept10-DSOCC-1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/o7bfv5lo0uuo2vw/btmo-Sept10-DSOCC-2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nauk6yb8ytbckag/btmo-Sept10-DSOCC-3.zip

When I can, if I can, I'll pop in. However before I go to bed for the next few days I'll check in to make sure you all are not having any issues in downloading.

Enjoy and have a funtastic Autumn.
Huggins to you all.
Pat

Pamela McNicol Is BACK

2010-09-14T19:43:00.003-04:00

Howdy Folks;

I had the best surprise this evening when I opened reader and saw a post I had been waiting for for so long. I scrolled right on down to read the post by the infamous Pamela McNicol.
You may recall Pamela took a much needed break way back in April 2009 to take care of her family. Well she is making a comeback and I can't wait....I am so thrilled. I missed her and prayed for her and her family every day.
Today she posted a picture of her 3 children heading off to school and they look so loved and incredibly happy. The break was so worth it for all of them.

Please head on over and give Pamela a big warm welcome back. You are going to love her designs. I know I do.

http://digitreats.typepad.com/creativeteam/

WELCOME BACK, PAMELA. mwah

Huggins
Pat

We're Back

2010-09-11T08:22:00.007-04:00

Well Hello Everyone;

Has it been ages or what LOL

What a busy 1st week back to school. PTA meetings, Library Meetings, Social Meetings, well you get the picture. But today is Saturday and I can finally sit down and catch up. I opened reader first thing when I finally got online and man, over 5000 posts to read, NOT. Sorry girls and guys but I just hit the Read All button. I couldn't possible handle it. I opened my email and wow, there are over 200 emails in there.
I know I missed a lot in digiland but I had a fantastic summer. How about you?
I really missed you peeps personally and I thought about you quite often. I talked about you all quiet often too. Some of the girls and I went to a few country sales. These are like Garage sales but when in the country we go from farm to farm not house to house LOL.
More times then I can count I would spy something and think of one or many of you. So even though I wasn't online with you you sure were spending your summer with me.

This morning was the first time I turned on the computer too and I had several updates to do first. After that I went to look in my folder to see where I left off and there was sitting a layout I was suppose to get up before I left. I must have blanked it out or thought I did it but either way there it sat. Poor Loucee must think I forgot all about her and her challenge. Well I did didn't I. And I forgot to let Kim know I posted that little gift using the August CC. So I've done that now too. The Cars were right. Summer turns me upside down. It's my excuse and I'm sticking to it :)
Here is the layout I did for Loucee's Animal Challenge over at DSO...

Give me a few days to catch up on all the past and recent news and I'll get started on some new challenges and free gifts for all. Now where is my mojo bag...umm :)

Huggins
Pat

Edit: Now there goes my brains again leaving me behind. Today is Sept 11 isn't it. Let us pray for the lives lost in 2001. I don't think any of us will forget that day as long as we live.

I am off

2010-08-07T05:40:00.002-04:00

Morning Folks.

I am glad to see there were no issues (well one which I hope has been resolved).

It's just before 6 am here and I am off to the great wide open, Northern Country, that is, in an hour or so. Just waiting on Joe. So I thought I would come on in a babble for a bit.
I'll be back, hopefully by the end of August, but if things should change it will be the 4th of Sept at the latest. Tyler starts back at school on the 7th and I usually have a shindig bbq over the Labor Day Weekend, the last long weekend before everyone is back into high gear till Thanksgiving.
We are having some cool Autumn weather here as I speak. I actually had to wear a hoodie outside last night. The AC hasn't been on since the following night when the winds of change blew in and slammed my bedroom door waking me with a start.
Oh and here's a funny...the other day, when I did the template challenge over at the DSO, I did it on a song that I woke up with and it kept lingering on in my mind...well yesterday I was having some lunch and this commercial comes on the tv and it's got that song playing in it...and I'm like, so that's where I got it from...the darn tv playing while I'm sleeping...and here I am thinking it had some deep meaning LOL. I don't eat hot dogs, that's what the commercial is for.
Any how, I am going to bid you all a fond farewell for now.
Have a wonderful day and month.
Huggins
Pat

Thank U Gift - Freebie

2010-08-06T03:29:00.005-04:00

Hello Fellow Scrappers...............

I hope the links have worked for you.
Again, my sincere apologizes.

I am pooped.
Spent what time I could this evening making a small gift for your kindness. And patience.
It was well worth the time.
I hope you like it.
I picked up the palette from Kim's Color Challenge over at the DSO when I came back and they are marvelous.
I created a layout of Lady, seen below, which I turned into a quick page for you and
I also split everything up so you could make your own pages with the paper, butterfly, frame and rose. All in 1 download (47mb) :)

Here is the page I created of Lady. She truly is. A Lady.

Totally not finished but I am pooped LOL

And here is your small gift.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/eberqjah8hzeqcj/btmo_thankU_gift1.zip

Again, thank U all for your kindness. I must get some zees before I bang my head off the table LOL.
Oh I leave this evening. I will check back before I go to make sure everything is okay with this download. I will check several times throughout the day too.

Enjoy your day and your download.

Huggins
Pat

Humble Apologizes - Freebie

2010-08-05T15:17:00.003-04:00

My Humblest Apologizes to All.

Media Fire Uploaded it, gave me a link for it, and then off the file went disappearing into the great white open. It's the only logical explanation I can give since I did get a link and I saw it there LOL

Thank goodness I was browsing and nosing this afternoon before heading up North for the remainder of the summer tomorrow.

So let's get you those links asap...

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0aahx3juva7d6n9/btmo_kb_july_dsocc_p1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/86474vdkc2zvao9/btmo_kb_july_dsocc_p2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/n82g69mm3nacyb9/btmo_kb_july_dsocc_p3.zip

I'll post again later, with a gift for everyone for the kindness of letting me know of this malfunction. mwah :)

Huggins
Pat

July DSO CC - Freebie

2010-07-30T01:16:00.004-04:00

Howdy again, Folks;

Well it's been a nightmare trying to upload anything to DSO this evening. Connection keeps timing out. 1 hour of attempting this has left me frazzled. I gave up. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Anyways, I was able to create a little something for the DSO CC this month. Just papers and a little surprise not shown in the preview. With all I have been doing up north these colors just didn't want to play with me this month LOL. Ah, my mojo needs to be kicked up a notch. I don't have much on the laptop to work with either and I just didn't have the time to sit and get into creating things from scratch. It's my excuse and I'm sticking to it :)

So it's like 1:30 ish here and I really need to get my head on the pillow as morning waits not for me to rise. So without further babble here is the preview and below it the links.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/n82g69mm3nacyb9/btmo_kb_july_dsocc_p1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/86474vdkc2zvao9/btmo_kb_july_dsocc_p2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/n82g69mm3nacyb9/btmo_kb_july_dsocc_p3.zip

Okay folks, hello, I must be going hehehe
I'll chat with you later.
Enjoy your downloads and your day.
Huggins
Pat

DSO Template Challenge

2010-07-30T01:01:00.003-04:00

Howdy Folks;

How is your summer coming along? Enjoying and loving every minute of it I hope.
I am in the city for a few days to pay some bills & visit my sister for her birthday. She is not a party type person so no big event to go to. I am just going to take her shopping; she loves doing that :)

I needed to fill in some extra time I had today so I grabbed the template challenge over at DSO that Caryn is hosting this month. It's my first attempt at trying this new challenge so this is how it turned out....

It was fun. I don't usually put so much writing in my layouts and it was the hardest part to think about LOL. I tried to upload it to the gallery this evening but it kept failing on me so I thought it best to post it here. Thanks, Caryn, for a fun challenge.

I've got a little gift for you all too which I will post in a few minutes.

See you then LOL
Huggins
Pat

Some Pages & Quick Page - Freebie

2010-07-08T02:02:00.007-04:00

Good Evening, Folks;

It's been a while since I gave you something or shared some of the pages I've created so I thought I would do that this evening.

First lets get the freebie out of the way. This is a quick page I made back in June.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/g2m3zjndinj/btmo_june28_qp.zip

And here are a few of the pages I've made.

This is Grandpa, Big Ray, Grandma & Me (Mom), done in rock drawings by Tyler.

This is the intro page to my 8 x 8 album for 2010.

It's been a long day so I am off to dream land.
Enjoy your download and your day.

Huggins
Pat

MS Crop for a Cure

2010-07-07T09:00:00.002-04:00

Howdy, Folks!

Yesterday I got an email from one of the shops I crop and shop at so I will be staying in town for the weekend and heading out Monday.
If anyone is interested in Cropping for a cause then come on over and join us.

24 Hour crop for MS Society begins Friday July 9 6pm and ends Saturday July 10 6pm. Cost $100.

You can get all the info here http://www.scrapalicious.ca/

Then I have a birthday party to go to right after it's finished. Then I'll need to sleep all day Sunday, LOL. Fun, fun, and more fun.

Life, gotta love it.

Now if we could have some rain to cool down this blistering heatwave we're having I would be as happy as a clam in salt water.

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

DSO Scraplift

2010-06-19T02:52:00.005-04:00

Good Evening, or I should say Good Morning LOL. Our friends next door had a party tonight, er last night, and we just got home around 2:30 am. On our way home Joe mentioned something about scrapping and poof it popped in my mind that I had done the DSO Scrap lift that Di had posted and totally forgot to post it up before we went out, dah.
It was my first lift and it was quite fun and filled up the free time I had. So before I doze off, here is my lift of JK Cantwell's original, Pans hanger.

And that's it for me, I am dozing here. Have a great day. mwah to all & thanks Di for a fun time.
Huggins
Pat

June DSO Mini - Freebie

2010-06-18T11:19:00.005-04:00

How are you all doing today? It's a gorgeous Friday here. Last day of school for my little man, yippee! Tomorrow we were suppose to head up to the cottage but the boys want to stay in the city till Sunday night, argh. Reason: tie up any loose ends, say so long to friends, blah, blah, blah. Okay, I guess I'll just have to wait even thou I am itching to go....NOW. LOL

Regardless, I had planned to get out to you what I have done so far for the June DSO CC this month. It's not a lot: 10 papers, 10 or so frames, and 2 templates I dug out from a couple of years ago. I didn't have enough time to make anything else, sorry. I hope you can use something from it anyway.

Here is the preview.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mlnzgnnyatc/btmo_kb_June10CC_p2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jj52mnzi2tn/btmo_kb_June10CC_p1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/tgkajdjyyji/btmo_kb_June10CC_f1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ylynnzw3zjr/btmo_kb_June10CC_t2.zip

That's it from me. I have to go posting else where and then get ready for the party at school at 1 pm.

Have a fun filled summer or winter.
Enjoy your downloads and your day.
Huggins Pat

Journal Pages - Freebie

2010-06-15T00:00:00.003-04:00

How are you all doing on this beautiful Monday. Enjoying the outside, the fresh air, I hope.
Friday is quickly approaching and then Summer Vacation begins. Yippee :)

As I mentioned before, Tyler is into bugs lately. This afternoon he asked me to make him a Bug Journal with colors that were adventurously aged, like Indiana Jones. He loved it. I thought maybe you could use one too.
There are 3 12x12 pages; left and right sides for writing on and a blank page that can be used for the front and back covers and the right and left sides of the journal pages for photo pages inside the journal. I have left them on layers in .psd format so that you can go about changing up the colors and adding any embellishments you find fitting for your own journals.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/m1ncjgmc25u/btmo_journal_1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rjljjlmtzgz/btmo_journal_2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ycmbl44nhdm/btmo_journal_3.zip

After I printed out 100 pages I put them in a tray. Tyler can grab some and go about his adventures. When he's done he'll put them back in another tray. He hasn't decided how he wants to bind them yet so we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. It's should be a fun hybrid type project for him.
I don't know if he wants me to put the photos on the blank pages and then print them or if he wants me to print out the pictures so he can stick them physically on to the journal pages. I totally forgot to ask him about that LOL. Have to write that on my Ask It list LOL. Done :)

Well I am getting tired so I best go and get ready for bed. Tomorrow I will look through some more folders and see what I can come out with to pass along to you before we leave you all for the summer.

Until then, enjoy your downloads and your day.

Huggins
Pat

Old Funk QPs - Assorted Papers - Freebies

2010-06-13T15:40:00.003-04:00

Congrats Chicago! What an fantastic series you played. The entire series between Chicago and Philly was amazing. When ever I got the chance to watch some of it I seen 100% action on the ice. There were so many amazing plays.
The cities here are into the full swing of the World Cup Soccer Series now; flags waving every where. Little Italy, Little Portugal, Little Spain,Little Brazil, packed. The English Pubs are packed too. But there is no bigger party then the one for Africa thou. Every one I spoke with today was so proud of the country and hoped the event brought a calming peace to the lands.

It's a gorgeous Sunday here in Oakville. We came back from the shore about an hour ago and now we are relaxing before heading out this evening. I am feeling much better and am actually getting out and doing stuff again. There is no better time to get you all out some promised papers and quick pages then right now.

First up is Old Funk that were done for a friend of mine. There are 6 quick pages in this series.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/y3wr5z2hzmy/btmo_oldfunk_6qps.zip

Next are a mix of papers; 2 from my Spring Rain series, 1 from my Wildflower series, 1 from my Hearts series, and 1 from my Scenic series.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/3odzz5jkdzo/btmo_one_5p_1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/xwmtdmumzdl/btmo_one_5p_2.zip

And that's it for now. So I am off to grab a bite to eat, walk the dog, visit Sandy and get ready for our evening out.

We hope you all enjoy your downloads and have a fantabulous day.
Huggins
Pat

May DSO CC Mini Kit + Bonus - Freebie

2010-05-23T18:04:00.010-04:00

Hello, Hello, Hello, Everyone.

Hope you are all doing well. It's been a while.....life is great.
Our Australian friends left for their motor home journey on Friday. We had a wonderful 2 weeks with them, went like every where. Joe started holidays on Friday and will be leaving for the cottage in the very early morning. It's Victoria Day Weekend here or what many call 'the 2 4 weekend'...take that as you will :) It usually rains and turns hot and muggy, perfect for mosquitoes. It's also the time when folks open up the cottage or mobile home and light up the bbq for some grilled steaks and veggies. That's us :)
The kids will be out of school in a couple of weeks.....the school year sure did go by fast.

But enough babble...

Over the past month, whenever I've had a some spare time, I've been working with the DSO Colors for May. So I told Joe yesterday that I must get out to you all what I have at least done. I was on an experimental journey with this kit. Nothing fancy by any means. So lets get to it cause there are 5 files for a whopping 334 mb to be had. You'll find the links below the images.

First up there is the papers......there are 3 packs....

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rmyhgwzynyz/btmo_kb_may10cc_pp1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/w10mmmmymmz/btmo_kb_may10cc_pp2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wjxmyymmn3j/btmo_kb_may10cc_pp3.zip

Second there is the elements.....the are about 50 or more in there.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jwgzgluyffy/btmo_kb_may10cc_elements.zip

Third there is a bonus pack....with the alphas, more papers, elements, and a template. I made an extra set of those brackets extra big.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wzimmzo43km/btmo_kb_may10cc_bonus.zip

Whew. And there you have it....not complete by any means.
So I am off to dream land till 2 am. I'll catch you all when we get back next weekend.

Enjoy your downloads and your days.
Huggins
Pat

iNSB Day Textures - Freebie

2010-05-01T12:32:00.007-04:00

Happy (International) Scrapbooking Day!

Can I say WOW! I have gone through over a dozen stores already this morning, saving images. Why? There is way to many choices for me and I can't make up my mind what I really need. There are just way too many fantastic kits and all kinds of stuff to choose from, it's mind boggling. I haven't opened Reader yet, haven't downloaded a freebie either. I can only imagine but I'll just bet there is over 1000 + blogs to read in there. And a ton of freebies to boot. And then there is the monthly blog trains. Whew, we are all going to be busy bees for the next few days. I am leary to even open my email LOL

Thank goodness I booked this weekend off with the boys ( I think it's going to rain too) so I won't be interrupted while I spend the entire day on the computer. I've never done that before.
The boys are off fishing and doing 'boy things' and they promised they won't be back till dark so I am just relaxing and enjoying. Everything is done in the house too. Joe even got me a 2 terabytes EHD. I think it's way too much and will take me forever to fill it up but Joe says that's good, he won't have to fetch me another for a long time to come.

I wanted to get some free stuff out to you all for the iNSB Day too, and was getting a bit behind on that so I thought I best stop looking at all the goodies and get these out to you asap. I made up some textures this week which I used on a few pages I created and I hope you can use them as masks or textures, depending on the graphics program you use or how you use these types of things. I haven't used them all myself yet LOL. There are 18 of them.

Edit: gees I totally forgot to mention....each are 300 dpi and 3600x3600 aka 12x12

Here are the previews and below them the links.

The images are backwards to the links... so image 1 = download 4. okay

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ti1wjymywxi/btmo_insbd1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ztubwxtmzje/btmo_insbd2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wo0zwywdmym/btmo_insbd3.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/vmzwzhdn21j/btmo_insbd4.zip

Now I won't keep you any longer. I have some decisions to make :)
Thanks for stopping by.
Enjoy your day and your downloads!
Huggins
Pat

April DSOCC - Freebie

2010-04-21T06:09:00.004-04:00

Good Morning, All;

Are you all ready for NSBD, May 1st?
I asked Joe to get me an external terabyte drive today and I told him I will need it by the end of the month. If the week long events will be anything like last year I am going to need it. There will be parties going on in every forum and lots of freebies and especially discounts on neat products. I always save 100 dollars for this event and I go everywhere, even the nooks and crannies :)

Tyler is off with his school, to Ottawa! For the whole week :) On the way they are going to visit 1000 islands, an airplane and train museum, 3 noteworthy properties owned by famous historical people, two food companies, two schools where they will sleep at night on the way to Ottawa. When they finally arrive in Ottawa they will be staying at a university dorm near the capital building, visit a war museum and numerous other events the school has planned for them. He was really excited when they left Monday morning and when he called me tonight. He took his camera and has already filled 4 4 gig memory cards. I can't wait to see them.

So with Tyler away on his adventure we are presently going threw boxes trying to get out tax papers in order. I can't seem to remember where the heck I put them. I just had them all out a month ago. If I hadn't re-organized my desk we wouldn't be going through boxes, dang.

Over the last couple of days I was able to catch up on several blogs I follow and also finally finished reading what Reader had in there. Man that Reader can add up to a lot when you don't have the time to read it.

In my free time, which is increasing ever so slow, I was able to get some things done for Kim B's April Color Challenge. This includes....

40 brackets, 9 glass flowers, 6 decorative papers, 6 brad buttons, 6 frames, 5 card stock papers, 9 decorative glass ornaments.
Here's the preview and below it you will find the links.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/hbyt4m0vtty/btmo_apr_dsocc_papers1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rmw2vjyduzv/btmo_apr_dsocc_papers2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yqyinrzrght/btmo_apr_dsocc_papers3.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zzjnhgnmn4z/btmo_apr_dsocc_papers4.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dymewtm4jtt/btmo_apr_dsocc_frames.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nd5mojkywje/btmo_apr_dsocc_elements.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ymv5knny0wh/btmo_apr_dsocc_brackets.zip

I am starving so I need to go an eat.
Enjoy your downloads and your day

Huggins
Pat

Cloth Texture - Freebie

2010-04-09T01:12:00.003-04:00

Good Early Morning, All;

How was your day? I slept a lot. I am feeling much better.
It's around 1 15 am and I am up for a bit. I dropped in to catch up on stuff and post the comments here when I received a shout from Laser who was very interested in the texture I used on the striped paper from the Easter papers 2 set. Of course I will gladly share it with Laser and anyone who wants it for their stash. No commercial use allowed thou. If anyone sees it being sold or used in products for sale let me know asap.

Okay enough babbling. Here's the preview, up close, and the link below it.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zyqmuhttzhn/btmo_cloth.zip

So I have a ton of emails and blogs to read so I am going to drink my neocitrian, catch up a bit, and head off back to bed.

Enjoy your download and your day.
Huggins
Pat

Easter Papers 4 - Freebie

2010-04-07T23:51:00.002-04:00

Good Evening, All

First: Thank you so very very much, Sara, for the info on who's layout my friend Sara lifted. It has now been added to the post. Now is that a coincidence or what. Two Sara's. LOL mwah

Second: Thank you goes out to all those who commented with their words of thanks. You're all very welcome.

Third: Hack hack cough cough choke choke spit wipe sniffle achoo sneeze wipe scratch snort spit, repeat. No one wants to come near me now LOL like that will keep them safe. Strange, I am the only one sick. I haven't a clue where I got it and why the boys don't have it LOL.

The boys took care of everything today while I slept. Each time I woke up for meds things were done. Woke up tonight at 11:25 pm and it has taken me some time to shake the z's out of my brain and grab some focus. But here I am, if only for a bit, to give you all the last set of papers.

The link is below the preview

http://www.mediafire.com/file/i5anit44yjk/btmo_easter_papers4.zip

Now I really must return to bed. Thank you for dropping in today.
Enjoy your download and your day.

Huggins
Pat

Easter Papers Set 3 - Freebie

2010-04-06T23:59:00.003-04:00

Good Evening All;

I hope your day went better then mine :) I zonked out again, after Tyler went to school LOL Woke up 10 minutes before he walked in the door for lunch :) Zonked back out for the afternoon and woke up about a 1/2 hour before Tyler came home. I literally dragged myself making dinner, time was so slow, I didn't eat, no appetite. Joe and Tyler walked Lady before Joe headed off to work, after putting me to bed half way through dinner, woke up 11:30 to potty & take more meds. And here I be getting this out to you before I zonked out for the rest of the night. Of course I don't trust blogger so I'm wasting extra z time with notepad first LOL. So let's get this third set out to you asap.
Here's the preview and the link is below it.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yjf0bmfgi5u/btmo_easter_papers3.zip

Now I must bid you all a goodnight and....
Enjoy your download and your day.

Huggins
Pat

Easter Papers Set 2 - Freebie

2010-04-06T02:44:00.004-04:00

Morning All;

Just before 2 am I began posting and at 2 am I was finished but Blogger had other thoughts and decided to crash. I haven't checked if Blogger is having issues but something was going on with linking the preview image to the download and it began eating my dialogue, then itself and before I knew it Blogger had gone savage LOL Then I had a bit of work to do in Picasso tossing the images, then in the browser deleting all cookies, then cleaning up, etc...

So I'll begin again....

I woke up coughing, it's so dry, it feels like I have dust particles like every where in me, on me. I actually felt and feel these things biting me and go up my nose and such. So I got up and downed some night quill.
I know I am going to be sick with a cold, or worse, the spring flu. So I better get the second set out to you now while I am still able. LOL

You can download these at

http://www.mediafire.com/file/2vnj1o3om3n/btmo_easter_papers2.zip

The preview is up there. Again I had issues. Gees.
Also I went to media fire to upload set 2 and seen no one had downloaded the Doodle Frames. So when I came to the blog I read several people had left me comments that there was no link to them. Thank you very much for letting me know. *HUGS* for your help. I checked the post and sure enough the link had vanished. No wonder there were 0 downloads. duh LOL. So I re-posted the entire post. Terribly sorry about that folks. I'll put the link under the preview in the future. Live and learn :)

I have to go to the potty so I will let you all go, till tomorrow, with set 3.

Enjoy your download and your day.
Huggins
Pat

Doodle Frames - Freebie

2010-04-06T02:40:00.005-04:00

This is a re-posting of a post that has now been deleted due to errors :)

Good Afternoon, All;

Can you believe it's April already. And Easter is this weekend. Time just flies right on by when you're having fun, and I hope you are all having loads of fun.
What a gorgeous day it is. I hope you are all having wonderful weather and are enjoying the day.
Lunch is over and Tyler is back in school for the afternoon and Joe is fast asleep. Carrie is coming over at two so this gives me some time to get these out to you.
These frames were drawn on the tablet and I wanted them to have 'jagged style' lines instead of clean cut ones. Then I filled them in and for some I applied a stone texture and others I applied a cloth texture. In the preview below some have 5 frames while others have 10. With the 10's they have both rock and cloth effects. There are 5 colors of each. They are all in the same zip file (66mb). If you're interested the link is below this preview.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mmznld22mmj/btmo_scribble_frames.zip

It's 1:30 pm now and I have a few things to do before Carrie arrives. I'll have some papers for you all on Saturday so I'll chat you up then.

Oh, the stage is set, we finished everything this morning, and tonight is the show. I am so excited. Tomorrow is Good Friday, no school and no work just loads of fun fun fun.

Oh, its 145 now, I have to go LOL ;) Thanks for stopping in.
Enjoy your download and your day.
Huggins
Pat

Easter Papers Set 1 - Freebie

2010-04-03T12:53:00.001-04:00

Good Afternoon, All;

How's your day going? It's drop dead gorgeous outside here.
We just popped in for some lunch before we head back out so I won't keep you too long.

Today I have some papers for you. You can download set 1 of 4 which contains 3 painted canvas papers. On Tuesday you can download set 2, Wed set 3 and Thurs set 4. Sound good.

Click on the preview to download.

And that's it from me today.
Enjoy your download and your day
Huggins
Pat

Decals - Freebies

2010-03-31T12:51:00.004-04:00

Good Afternoon, All;

I am running out of time so I won't keep you but a minute.
As promised, here are those decals that Sara made.

Download them all in one file HERE

Tomorrow I will have some doodle frames for you and the following days I will have some papers for you.

I have to go, time keeps on ticking LOL
Enjoy your download and your day.
Huggins
Pat

Ella Lifted - Freebie

2010-03-30T22:23:00.005-04:00

Howdy, All;

Whew, are we all having a wonderful week? I hope you are. Today I was home taking a rest from all the who ha when Sara came by for a visit. Sara is the lady who use to live in the building several blocks away from me and had the issue with the noise and moved out. She dropped by to give me some good news; they will be moving back into that building in July. The building was sold to new owners after the Super was sued in a class action suit by the tenants and won.

After Sara filled me in on all that news she then asked me to show her some computer and scrapbooking tips. We then spent the better part of the day having fun. From that fun, Sara made some things she wanted me to pass along to you. She said to tell you she is no pro and just likes to have fun.
These are a few of the things she wanted to do: make decals that had jelly like edges (see thru), how to make a template she could use over again, and how to make a quick pages. I showed her a couple of techniques for each of these and she went off like a whiz.
The day is never as long as we want it to be LOL so she didn't have the chance to get everything completely finished so I told her I would get what she did finish out tonight and the rest I will finish up and share tomorrow. Sound good, all? Okay!

One of the easiest ways to learn to make a layout is....scrap lifting. So Sara went online to some place, sorry I haven't a clue where, and saved an image to lift. I have the image....Do you know where it's from, who it belongs to? Please, leave a note so I can credit and link back. It's beautiful. I can see why Sara choose it.

Update: The follow layout was created by Nikki Hawkins @ Sweet Shoppe Designs Gallery.
The gallery link is http://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=128280&cat=500&ppuser=1012

Thank you Sara for this info *mwah*

From it Sara made this layout...

And this quick page for you.
Click on the image to download.

A lot of teaching hours went into it. She made the flowers and the curly stems and used Corel's patterns and textures. She also made the pattern for the back paper from two paisley brushes. She did fairly well on it all for only her third try at digital designing. Now she knows how to make a template and a quick page. And she realizes it takes a lot of hours to do things from scratch :)

We did the decals first which is why she didn't finish them up for uploading. The lift took us the longest LOL In the time Sara was making the decals I was working on some papers. When I took a break I noticed Sara was making all these decals in the same colors LOL She forgot all about changing colors. We cracked up about that then took a break, came back and did the lift.

It was a fun day for sure. And I think she is just a bit hooked too so she will probably be back, lots LOL

Well I best let you all get on with your time. Thanks for dropping in today.
Enjoy your download and your day.
Huggins
Pat

DSO Sprout Mini - Freebie

2010-03-19T07:07:00.004-04:00

After I kissed Joe off to work (hahaha) I was thinking about all the stuff coming up I still have to do, and it being Friday, and I probably won't be around for the weekend, and it being The First Day of Spring tomorrow........I have been slowly putting together a mini for the DSO cc called Sprout.....I might as well get it out to you today.
So I sat down, looked over what I had made already and put it all together for you. Then I noticed I forgot the eggs and did them after creating the preview LOL. I was just not up to doing the fences and baskets. Yup, I need me some sleep.
Jason will be here in 40 30 20 10 minutes to pick up Tyler and then they are going Sugar Maple Tapping, Hiking, and having an outdoor b.b.q. at a conservation area with the rest of his team mates. All boys/men. :)

Well I'm starting to fade so here's the preview to Sprout using Kim B's DSO CC for March.

Sprout consists of the following (for now)

10 ribbons, 10 eggs
6 canvas papers, 6 frames, 6 brads, 6 swirls, 6 bows, 6 butterflies
4 floral swags, 4 bunnies
3 leaf stems, 3 flowers
2 clovers
1 bird, 1 tree

Sprout comes in 2 parts....
Part 1 and Part 2

Well folks, I am going to bid you all a good day, enjoy your downloads and again Happy Spring.
Enjoy
Huggins
Pat

St. Pat's Mini 'n' QP - Freebie

2010-03-19T03:58:00.004-04:00

Top of the morning, All!

Yes, I am a bit late with getting that out to you all. It has been a pretty busy week with loads of fun and we haven't even gone to the movies yet. LOL Hope you all had a Green St. Pat's Day.
I was online this morning, popping in and out while getting some house stuff done before heading out to Playdium for the day and I was able to read a few blogs and make equal thank you's to a few peeps. I am, of course, so behind. I finally finished burning 10 disc, kits for my auntie that she bought and photos, in the meantime trying to create and finish off a mini/quick page. Multitasking was my forte this week.
Last night I fell asleep during the last 5 minutes of the hockey game, can't remember what time that was, and woke up at 12:30 and couldn't for the life of me fall back to sleep. I think it was because my brain knew I had a project to complete LOL. So that's what I did. And the result is what you can take home with you today, if you like. Just click on the images to download.

Quick Page

Create your own pages with this Mini.

It took me awhile but its done and now it's just after 4 am and Joe will be getting up within the 1/2 hours so I must get breakfast started and start the day day hahaha. Will I make it is another story. Tomorrow we go see Alice. I am excited.
Oh, yes, before I forget and don't come back till next week LOL :) Tomorrow is..........

Happy Spring, All!

Huggins
Pat

March Break

2010-03-13T22:37:00.003-05:00

Hello, Peeps!

It's just a bit past 10:30 pm and my Auntie just left after staying at our house for the week while her kitchen was being renovated. How I have missed MY computer these last few days. Every time she is here she totally hogs it and goes around buying stuff. Thank goodness she has no internet at home or she would be broke. Seriously. I have received 22 emails so far and I am waiting for 3 more. That is a lot of downloading and burning to disc, yah know! So next week, while Tyler is off for March break, I get to spent time doing that while my Auntie is off to the Bahamas to see her daughter for 2 weeks. Thank goodness Tyler has plans for the first part of the week. I would feel so bad burning disc while he vegged around waiting for me to do things with him during the day.
Joe is on days next week too so that gives us all the evenings to be together and go to hockey finals, and hopefully, I am crossing my fingers, we will go see 2 movies, Alice in Wonderland in I MAX 3D and Where the Wild Things Are (I remember reading that book as a kid). And of course we have to go to Playdium cause for 30 bucks the kids can have a lot of fun. I personally find it boring cause I am not into it. All I do is sit around most of the time. I was never an arcade or pool hall kinda girl. I play a few games but to me I would rather waste money on skiing (no snow, lots of rain thou) or a movie(see above) or (going to Micheal's and buying useful craft stuff LOL) then pluging it into some machine. It's not cheap either, some of these machines can start at 3 bucks a pop, for 1 game. Well at least the kids can have fun, kids can have fun just about anywhere, it's when they grow up into adults the fun changes LOL.
So again I am way behind on blog reading and getting any projects done for you all. My 365 pages are sorely lagging behind too; got all the photos thou LOL. Of course I do my art journal book every night before I go to bed, I would have to be so far out of it to miss doing that, like comatose or my hand isn't working, but it too is seriously lacking my creativity.
Hopefully this week I will visit some places that will peek some inspirations and creativity. Lets hope it doesn't rain all week either cause I sure could use some by the beach time to bring everything back into proper perspective.
Gees, time sure flies when your talking to yourself LOL, its nearing 11:30 pm. I best mosey on to bed. Time waits for no one.

Enjoy your day and March Break.
Huggins
Pat

Full 2010 Calender - Freebie

2010-03-06T15:25:00.004-05:00

Hoot to all.

Just popping in real quick to reply to Jody.

I got ahead on that already when you asked before LOL
> see post 2010-calendar-freebie

Here's the download link to the Full 2010 Calender.

No preview image, sorry.

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

Feb DSO CC 2 - Freebie

2010-02-23T10:44:00.003-05:00

Good Morning, All;

I am a bit rushed today. I woke up at 4 am with nothing to do but finish some of the items for the other 3 colours in the DSO Feb CC. So Here is part 2 of the DSO CC for February. Click on the image to download.

Now I have to head on over to DSO and post in the gallery and on the new forum before I head out. So I must bid you all a good day and enjoy your download.

Huggins
Pat

Feb DSO CC - Freebie

2010-02-22T16:34:00.004-05:00

Good Afternoon, All;

It's been a while. I have been so busy with other things lately that I haven't had the time to do any designing. The boys went away this weekend and I thought I would have some time to catch up and actually play with my tablet and get my 365 pages done but Brenda showed up and my plans flew right out the window. The boys were suppose to come back tomorrow so I took some me time this afternoon to get a couple of pages done while I cook up a duck. At 3:30 Joe called to say they were heading back asap. I hope they make it. It's a snow storm out there right now. And we've got about 2 inches on the ground so far and it isn't letting up any time soon so snow, snow, snow.
So I made two pages, sort of. They are not complete and need some more work but from them I created a very small kit for the Feb DSO CC. Mind you I used 3 colors but it sure doesn't look like I did so i don't know if it will pass but its fun sharing.
This very small mini contains 2 papers, 2 frames, 2 snowflakes, 1 tree, 1 ribbon/band, and 1 alpha (no lower case lettering).
I read that a few of you wish winter was over already so I named it Winter Blues.
Click on the image to grab the link.

It's time to turn the duck so I will bid you all a wonderful day.
Enjoy.
Huggins
Pat

Happy Valentine's Day

2010-02-14T22:36:00.004-05:00

Good Evening, Everyone.

How was your Valentine's Day? I hope the love was abundant throughout your day. We had a grand time strolling along the beach at sunset, dining, dancing, came home and watched Fast and Furious on ROD, now Joe is fast asleep. Me, I am just too excited. See I got a surprise from Joe and Tyler for Valentines. Totally unexpected. I am over the top. I draw, a lot LOL and they thought it would be really cool if the got me the package you see below. It's an HP Tablet PC. I can draw on it. I am thrilled I got it but as I think of the endless possibilities I wonder if I will stop doing my art books on paper? Will I toss my art brushes, oils, inks, watercolors, charcoals, chalks, pastels, easel, etc? What about my present 6x9 Wacom tablet? It's still in mint condition. Will it eventually collect dusk? LOL It's a bit bewildering. I've put a few programs on it already. I had PSP 11 laying around so I installed it and drew you all a very simple quick image. Nothing spectacular cause I am just learning to use the pen as a brush. It's going to be fun.

Here I have it all set up on the docking station.

It's portable so I can take it to the park and draw my little heart out :)

It's just after 11 pm now and I am yawning here so I best get my self to bed. Tomorrow is Family Day and I haven't a clue what the boys have planned but they tell me I will have a great time. How could I not. These two think out the wildest things to put me through and I always have a great time too.

Have a super Family Day.
Huggins
Pat

2010 Calendar - Freebie

2010-02-05T15:09:00.002-05:00

Good Afternoon, All;

I am popping in real quick. I have to pick up Tyler shortly.

Jody commented that she hoped the rest of the monthly templates would follow. Well I was going to hold off and give them to you all one at a time, but why put off tomorrow what can be done today. So I converted them all into p.s.d files, zipped and uploaded them all.
I don't have a preview, no time, sorry, but they look similar to the Jan & Feb ones posted below. Oh, and I put them in the zip file too, so you can have the entire calendar in one place. Toss the others. The font I used was Black Jack. You can delete the text. I forgot to add that to the t.o.u.s.

Here's the link to the Full 2010 Calender.

Now I hate to run but the bell just rang.
Enjoy your download and your day.

Huggins
Pat

Layout and Templates - Freebies

2010-02-02T10:33:00.004-05:00

Well I finally got my plain paper. Thank you Mandy. It's good to know I am not alone in my addiction and collection.

I am posting quickly as I have a plumber coming in to fix a leak in my sink drain.

This morning I upload the rest of the January templates and I uploaded a template for the months of January and February.

Click on the previews to download.

Okay, that's it from me for now.
Enjoy your downloads and your day.
Huggins
Pat

Ginger Scraps Party

2010-01-31T00:35:00.003-05:00

Oh my goodness, I totally forgot... Ginger Scraps is having a Ginger Bread Ladies party!
...till Feb 4th. Talk about more fun then you can shake a stick at. And sales....loads. Check it out.

Huggins
Pat

Happy Birthday SSD

2010-01-31T00:07:00.002-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET SHOPPE DESIGNS.

Sweet Shoppe Designs is 4 years old today and they are having
1. a big sale in celebration. 34% off until Feb 4th,
2. a ton of fun to be had in the forum....all month long.
Check it out and have a blast.

http://sweetshoppedesigns.com/

I feel better after my long bath. The boys are still watching hockey. I am off to catch up. Hopefully I can make it through without craving .....you know.

Huggins
Pat

Paper Withdraw - Memory Scraps Blog Train

2010-01-30T20:56:00.003-05:00

Yup. I am a plain paper junkie and I have run out of plain paper. You see I have to draw or write and I need my plain paper. Let me tell you I am going crazy. If your computer has ever crashed and you've gone through computer withdraw you can totally relate to what I am going through. One never knows they are a plain paper junkie until the paper is finished.
Tyler brought me in a pack of lined paper from his school stash and I am suffering with it. I don't care for lined paper but it's paper, right. So I should just be happy with it. But it's not the same. totally not the same. I don't need lines in my work, I don't want lines in my work.
You see I make art books with my plain papers like we make scrapbooks with our photos. I have been making my art books since I was 9 years old. I have the first song I ever wrote, the first picture I ever drew, the first poem I ever wrote, the first hand drawn card I ever made. And to go a day without a plain piece of paper is like breaking a toe or thumb and realizing just how important that digit is to the rest of the body.
Can you tell I am going wacky. Heck, I am here telling you about it, like therapy, I must get it out. But believe me the only cure is plain paper. I so need it. I tried doing other things, honest, but I found myself needing paper, to write stuff down. I went for a walk to Helen's before the hockey game started hoping she would have paper since my corner store was out of paper, and I had a thought and couldn't write it down. Helen had no paper either but she wasn't going through any symptoms of withdraw. I phoned my cousin, not home. I am usually ahead of the game on stuff like that. I always stock up and usually have a full box while I am using the last pack. I thought I told Joe last week I needed paper, I think I even wrote it on the shopping list, but he says he doesn't remember paper being on the list. The list is garbage so I can't prove I wrote it down. Like it matters that I prove it. Yes I am going insane. Insane I tell you. Insane.

So I thought I must put my mind to something else so I went on line and read two whole blogs and poof, I needed paper. Now I must retain all the stuff I want to put on paper in my brain till Joe gets me the paper tomorrow. That is a lot to retain I hope I can do it, I have never had plain paper withdraw before and I hope I never will again. In fact I am going to mark that as a priority; 2 boxes of plain paper will now be stashed in our house at all times. And when 1 box is finished I'll get another. Never again will I be out of plain paper, Never. Never. Never.

Okay, so now you know.

And here some other exciting news.....

Memory Scraps has opened their store and they are having a blog train celebration.
Check out the blog for the train, pop into the store for their grand opening sale and say hello in the forum and see who the new designers are.
You can get to all the places mentioned above by starting here http://www.mscraps.com/

The boys have been wrapped up in the Hockey Day in Canada event since noon and they don't even notice me LOL So I am going to go and have a long hot bath and listen to some music. And perhaps, just maybe, Joe will go up to the 24 hour grocery store once the events are all over and buy me some plain paper.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Huggins
Pat

Cuddlebeez & Just So Scrappy - Check it Out!

2010-01-27T19:38:00.003-05:00

Some Scrap News.....

Brenda of Cuddlebeez Scraps has a new blog for her new Creative Team to display and tell you about her scrapbooking products. Please drop in a check it out. There are some gorgeous kits already up for your viewing pleasure and some awesome layouts by her fantastic team. Brenda will also be starting a Newsletter so don't forget to sign up for that as well.
http://cuddlebeezscrapsct.blogspot.com/

Also...
Katie of Just So Scrappy has opened a new store and if you drop in before the 1st of February and make a purchase you'll get 25% off the already low price. Visit her blog to get the coupon code and learn more about her new store. Katie will also be starting a Newsletter so sign up for that as well.
http://justsoscrappy.blogspot.com/

Sonia, I am so glad you finally got them all. I hope you have a lot of fun creating with them.

Oh, the update on 4shared....I almost forgot...LOL...there are still a few glitches but they now have a 'click here' if the download doesn't take, which has worked great for me so far. I only missed one download yesterday (5/6) and I think it was because the server was really busy so I'll wait till it's not and try again, but aside for that one, all the others I downloaded have worked...Yeah!

Tyler and Joe will be looking for me any minute now so I will bid you all a good night.

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

Scrap Designers - Oh Yeah

2010-01-21T15:29:00.002-05:00

Hello Scrap-pers;

First; imchrists, did you finally get to download the sets? Please try again. File sharing sites are topsy turvy depending on the time of day. Mind you I still can't download some files I have been trying to get for the last couple of days from 4shared. Keep me updated if you don't get the sets, please. thanks.

Anon; I noticed there were 2 servers down at 4 shared. Anyone who uploaded and had their files loaded onto those servers can kiss them good bye. If you check out the 4shared forum you'll notice a lot of people complaining in there LOL
And here's a funny...I use Firefox and I block 95% of the crap that tries to get threw, so I go to get a download from the 4shared China server and it stops in the middle of the count down so I have to enable the entire page in NO SCRIPT just to get it to continue and then poof, it refuses to give it to me. Totally useless and a waste of time. Thank goodness I clear my browser cache too because no matter how many times I removed the China cookies they just kept coming back, on their own, without even being on site. Eventually I went off line and cleared it and poof they were history.
If you can work on your computer off line without any issues then your computer is fine.

Okay folks the reason I dropped in today was because it's Thursday and I have the rest of the day to play, until 8 pm that is, that's when Tyler comes home from hockey practice.
So I am off to read some blogs, lord knows how many reader has in there for me, and hopefully say hello to some of you in the comments. Plus I need to reorganize the reader as I want some of the people I subscribe to visible here on the blog and to do that I have to manual add them to blogger. So I will say adieu for now and keep a look out for the added blog links on the left.

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

20 Templates - Freebies

2010-01-19T23:54:00.003-05:00

Good Evening, Scrappers.

I feel I have neglected you all so much lately that I thought I would share with you some templates I created from some of the layouts I have made so far this month.

I have been really busy with family stuff, kid stuff and community stuff and some days I only have an hour or so to play before I am off doing one of the above.

Without further ado...Please find the links below the preview.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/imhfmyglzkz/btmo_jan_tps_set1.zip
20.13mb

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dcmfyzdymmm/btmo_jan_tps_set2.zip
23.29mb

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dygijwzzefy/btmo_jan_tps_set3.zip
38.19mb

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mycjdnnnomt/btmo_jan_tps_set4.zip
65.11mb

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0yy5td1wnym/btmo_jan_tps_set5.zip
20.42mb

http://www.mediafire.com/file/hmynmgkto2n/btmo_jan_tps_set6.zip
19.51mb

It's just after twelve here and I am nodding. I hope you find some use for these.

Enjoy.
Huggins
Pat

4Shared Issues

2010-01-16T18:41:00.004-05:00

Hello, All.

I finally finished reading 1001 blog posts after 3 days LOL I missed so much. Sometimes I wish the clock would stop ticking for a while but there's no chance of that ever happening. Life goes on without me LOL
Today I went to get 3 downloads from 4 shared, first time there in a couple of weeks, and I got several issues. I checked the site for any notes on these issues and could find nothing yet. So I thought it best to give you all a shout and let you know that there are some issues you should be aware of if you haven't noticed them already.
My first encounter with a download went threw all the motions until the download came, then I waited and waited and waited and poof, the page changed and no download appeared for 5 minutes so I gave up.
My second encounter with a download went threw all the motions until the download came, then I waited and waited and waited and poof, it went to a page that claimed the server had reached it's limit Huh? Unlimited, I thought LOL
My third encounter with a download went threw all the motions until the download came, then it went back to the first page making me re do the counter down and then it had the nerve to tell me I was already downloading it. Really? Where the heck was it downloading too and why hadn't I selected to save it LOL
My fourth encounter told me to come back later and try again LOL I hadn't even tried yet.
So I gave up, saved the download links and tried again later only for it to fail again.
Then I waited some more, tried again and the link to one of the downloads came up dead, link not valid, like when the download is removed from the public.

It's now 7 pm and hockey is starting soon and the boys are ready to beat my buns. We got a bet going and I have to watch at least 2 periods so I choose the last two periods giving me time to catch up on the downloads I missed but that idea flew out the window LOL
So I guess I will just have to do some layouts for this weeks 365.
What's a scrapper to do but scrap :)

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

The Music in Me

2010-01-14T22:08:00.003-05:00

When I was younger and off at camp in the summer, my favorite event of the night was singing around the campfire; next to eating those smore's that is LOL
I had several favorite songs I loved to sing back then but over the years some of them just slipped from my mind while other bore a lasting impression and you will find me singing them quite often, to myself mostly, when I am alone. Well I think I am alone...most of the time. I've been caught by the boys on a few occasions sneaking up on me. When Lady is around, and this at first surprised me, she will actually come and sit near me, listen with this sweet look on her face and eventually go to sleep. I'll be the first to admit I don't have the voice of an artist but I have whale d out a good one at times. Just ask the dog ROTFL
This is one of my favorite songs from those days.

Today

Today
While the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries
I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrow may all pass away
Then I'll forget
All the joys that were mine
Today

I'll be a dandy
And you'll be a rover
You'll know who I am
By the songs that I sing
I'll feast at your table
I'll drink in your glory
Who cares what tomorrow may bring

Enjoy your day
Huggins
Pat

Welcome 2010 - 365 - No Sweat!

2010-01-05T22:49:00.004-05:00

Howdy, Folks!

We hope you all had a safe, warm and happy New Year's Eve. Previous posts tell what we did LOL. We have found it much more relaxing and enjoyable to stay home for the big welcome then to travel here, there and around. I read that's the norm for most of us :) Besides we were all fast asleep when the ball dropped. LOL

January 6th, the last day of Christmas, Epiphany. Time to take down the tree, decorations and wreaths and store them for another year.
Although the holiday is over and school SHOULD have been back in on Monday, Tyler has been off due to SNOW. I doubt they will be back this week at all. All the more hockey to play and watch for Tyler and his buds.
I was wondering if the snow would ever come. It's been so brown around here. What is winter without snow. So many places around us had snow but we were getting none. Monday is started coming down, then stopped. I was disappointed. But an hour later it started again, then stopped, then started, and it's been on and off like that ever since. :) There is a a good 3 inches so far. It been quite a pleasant hit to our neck of the woods too. It hasn't snowed up a storm and drop a heavy load all at once. It's just coming in a half an inch at a time. That's our neck of the woods. LOL

Have you all started your 365 Projects? I finally finished our 2009 album. I haven't printed it out yet. I will be doing that in February as gifts for Valentine's Day.
I was reading some blogs tonight which told of the dread of doing such things and the disappointment of not completing a 365 project.
Here's an idea to save your sanity....take a look at the project in a different light.
Reduce the compulsion to take a picture every day because you feel like you have to. So you miss some days, it's no sweat, really. A 365 project doesn't have to be a picture a day. It can just be just a yearly album of the pictures you took for that year. You do take a ton of photos every year, right. Well there you go. 1 year = 365 days.
You don't have to scrap them all either. Printing the pictures and storing them in a 'hybrid photo cache' is just as fun and you can drop in note cards, dried flowers, tickets, anything you might want to keep.
The Hybrid Photo Cache is not something you can go to the store and ask for by that name but you can get them. It's just what I call my expandable folder cases. It's organization in a case. I use them for lots of things like bills, insurance papers, tax papers, receipts for purchases, etc. I even have a case for Tyler where I keep his medical records, birth cerificate, report cards, his baby teeth, hair, and other stuff. You can get them at Wall Mart, Ikea, any Stationary or Office supply store. Some scrappers even decorated them up or buy them with cool designs already on them. My Aunt uses recipe card cases for her 5x7 photos, notes and keepsakes.
Overall just take a new approach to your yearly album and enjoy it without the stress.

Look at the time. I best get to bed. I hope there is enough snow on the ground in the morning to build a snow person. Tyler and his buds promised me today that they would build some for me when there was more snow to build them with. So Let it Snow!!!

Thanks for stopping in.
Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

Happy New Year, Everyone!

2010-01-01T03:01:00.002-05:00

Jan 1 2010

We hope you all had a wonderful New Year's Eve.
You may have been partying out or partying in, or you just may have partied like we.....hehehe

I fell asleep in the study around 9 pm and Joe came in and tried to wake me at 12:02 by yelling HNY. I wished it back to him but crashed back down for another 12 minutes LOL. I really had to force my self out as even now my brains are stew LOL But I got out of bed and said HNY to Joe again & Lady. Joe had already called his mother so when I went into the living room he was talking to his brother and I said HNY via Joe to him. Then I woke up Tyler and I wished him a HNY then he went back to sleep for about 15 mins before he wondered out and wished his Dad and Lady a HNY then wondered into the living room and fell asleep on the sofa. I checked my phone and called back those that I missed, Ang, Mary, Lydia & Cindy; HYN Girls! Chris, Sean & Mike; HNY Guys! Then we took Lady out for a walk and met up with several people, new and old, and wished them all a HNY. While walking we got calls from Kevin, Sara, Zhiona, Val, Beth, Ray, John & PJ; HNY Girls & Guys. We got back at 2:30 am, Tyler still asleep on the sofa.

It's now 3am on this glorious 1st day of 2010 .....WHooooooo Weeeeeee!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!!!

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T04:58:00.002-05:00

So long 2009
Hello 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

We wish you all a safe, joyous, prosperous and healthy NEW YEAR filled with family, friends, both new and old, and an abundance of love.

Huggins from Pat, Joe, Tyler & Lady.

Two more days HO HO HO

2009-12-23T22:19:00.001-05:00

Two more days, two more days, hehehehe, excited, excited, i am, i am.

Tyler is slowly trying to drive me crazy this week. He wants one of his gifts already and he will say anything to get it before Xmas day hahaha

He comes to me this morning and says
"Mom, there's something I have to tell you."
'What's that.'
"There is no Santa Claus, Mom. Not in the sense that some jolly man stuffs his butt down the chimney and puts gifts under our tree."

Well I just busted a gut laughing. And while I am laughing he says,
"So why are you making me wait for a gift you bought me 2 months ago. Do you realize how hard it has been for me to wait for that gift. I know you got it, Mom. So come on, give it up."
'Two more days', I said after I stopped laughing, 'that's not too far away. You go to bed tonight and tomorrow night, after midnight, if you stay awake, you can open your gifts. Or you can open them all when you wake up the next morning. It's not too hard to wait two more days.'
"Oh but it is, it's becoming really hard for me, Mom. I may just bust."
'Bust. And what will happen if you bust?'
"I will scream so loud, Mom, it will hurt your ears."
'Oh, that would be loud. But I will just leave the room.'
"And I will follow you, Mom, where ever you go, I will scream, Mom. I will give you 1 hour to think about it and then I will bust."
'One hour. Well that's just not long enough for me to think about it. How about, let's say, two days.'
"Come on, Mom. Two days. I can't wait two days, Mom, come on, Mom, please, please, please."
Then came a miracle, the door bell rang and in walked Mike, Tyler's buddy, calling him out for street hockey.
"This conversation is not over, Mom, I will be back," he says as he closes the door.
He came home several time for intermissions, with his buds, grabbed drinks, ate, and hung around the garage. By 8:30 pm they were done, 'toasted', as Tyler put it, as he put his head on the sofa pillow to watch t.v. and fell a sleep.
One night down, one day to go.

Blessed is the child, for one day, he too, shall be a king of kings.

Holiday Blessings to all from Pat, Joe, Tyler and Lady.

Happy Holiday Gifts for You - Freebies

2009-12-20T03:49:00.006-05:00

Good morning, Scrap Land Peeps.

Are you all ready for the big day? I am so ready....to relax. I have just spent the past 8 weeks swirling around in utter chaos. Well it felt like that at times but in the end, wow, what a show, what a performance, what a spectacular event, totally worth every minute. Now I can relax until Valentine's Day, at the least. :)

I haven't had much time to create things in one sitting. Many short sittings enabled me to get some stuff done. There is still quiet a lot of stuff sitting on the drive unfinished and I hope to have it all done before the new year rings in. I'm crossing my fingers.
I was having problems with my eyes when I was on the computer too and I was getting headaches. I have one of those LCD monitors which are weird on the eyes to begin with and Joe has this florescent light above my desk and the two just are not compatible with me. Yesterday I switched out the lights with softer bulb lamps and wow what a difference. And because I was able to sit down last night and this morning without feeling sick or getting a headache I went and put some stuff together for you in honor of the holidays and as a big thank you for a wonderful year together. Mind you nothing in the stuff is 'Holiday' related and probably not of the best quality but you may find something you can use. I don't even have a picture to give you a hint, just as a gifts should be. :)

So check these out if you like....

9 papers in 3 downloads

http://www.mediafire.com/file/njnw1jdnqnq/btmo_papers1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mmylqglmyzn/btmo_papers2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zojm1yredyz/btmo_papers3.zip

5 elements in 1 download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/y2huwg3mmht/btmo_elements.zip

37 frames in 1 download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zimjzywnz1y/btmo_frames.zip

4 overlays(masks) in 1 download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/toym2xecooz/btmo_overlays.zip

3 templates in 1 download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/km5qm4zzynn/btmo_tplates.zip

5 alphas in one download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yhndztn3mje/btmo_alphas.zip

You are all wonderful people and I am grateful for your kindness and friendships. My family and I wish you all the merriest of Christmas' and the most fantastic possibilities in the New Year.

Thank you.
Enjoy your downloads & Happy Holidays to Everyone
mwah
Huggins
Pat

HoHoHo

2009-12-18T05:29:00.001-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving USA

2009-11-25T22:45:00.003-05:00

To All Our American Neighbours (Family & Friends) .....Happy Thanksgiving Day!!!!

We hope your table is filled with a bountiful harvest, shared with the ones you love and your day filled with the joys of laughter and good conversation of times well shared.

Huggins
Pat

Exciting News - New Site - Check it out!

2009-11-13T22:24:00.003-05:00

Hello My Fellow Scrap Folks;

I just had to post this very exciting news. One of my favorite designers has a brand new site that you won't want to pass bye. It's has a specific theme which I think you will enjoy too.
To start this brand new themed site off with a jingle....well I can't give it away. You will just have to take the chance and click HERE to be whisked away. You will be glad you did.

I will catch up with you all later.
Enjoy your day
Huggins
Pat

DSD - Freebies

2009-11-06T12:38:00.005-05:00

Good Afternoon, Scrapbookers.

I was going to call you all scrappers but words have other means LOL

I hope you are all having a wonderful day. It is drop dead gorgeous outside and I feel great. Still a bit of a cold but no headaches today, yet and I have more energy.

Joe is presently sick in bed. He got infected again but this time it knocked him off his feet. I am praying, yes praying, that I don't get whatever he's got cause I think I will be a goner if I do. My lungs have been through enough. So I am keep a good distance from him with a Lysol wipe in hand wiping down everything. Tyler is staying far away too. He doesn't want to miss any school or activities.
And Joe was worried about our anniversary celebration tomorrow LOL.

Anyone who has kids knows what next Tuesday is, right. Sesame Street Day. Yup, 40 years ago Jim Henson and his buds got together and took the art of puppetry to a whole new level and thank goodness for that. I even love to watch Sesame Street and I have a few favorite Sesame Street songs too. Sesame Street is a terrific tool for educating any child and it's totally fun.

Anywho, I promised you a little something in honor of this weekends big event, DSD. I should say gigantic because every where in digiland there is just tons of fun going on. And since Joe is sick I just may be able to get in on the fun myself. Crossing my fingers.

So without further ado I offer you all 3 papers and a template. Just click on the previews to download.

I have a few things to do before Tyler comes home and Joe wakes up for his meds so I will say so long for now.

Enjoy your downloads and your day.
And Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day to you all.
mwah

Huggins
Pat

Belated but Happy

2009-11-04T10:48:00.004-05:00

Hello Everyone!

Happy belated Hallowe'en and Happy November.

I am still sick. Joe and Tyler got over their colds quickly. Unfortunately, because I already had a lung issue, I am still dragging this cold around. I have been to the doctors and I don't have anything more then a cold. I toss my cookies everyday, have constant headaches and cough way too much. Medicines just don't cut it either. I wake up dry mouthed every night and cough and spit phlegm for what feels like hours. Joe coughed so much his first week that he blew a vessel in his eye.

Joe has to do everything outside of the house lately because I just can't handle this situation in the public eye.
Joe took Tyler out for Hallowe'en and they came back within a half hour. What? Very few people were giving out treats because of H1N1. I had my cousin over to take care of giving out the treats but only 12 children showed up all night. Our street didn't even have the street party going on like they usually have every year. It's apparently that bad. A 13 year old boy died last week, so sad, from H1N1. What really gets me in his situation is that he went to the hospital and they sent him home and he died a few days later. Scary.

I haven't been able to read too much and I have tons of reading to do. I am almost at 1000 on Google Reader LOL
I have tried to put my mind into creating stuff but it takes me days to finish a paper. I am way behind on my 365 pages too.

This morning I feel okay so far so I thought I would get a word in while I can. Just so you all know I haven't completely fallen off the face of the earth just yet LOL. I was able to read 4 blogs this morning.

KimB is one year older, oops, younger today. WOOT WOOT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIM! May you enjoy a hundred more. Drop by Kim's blog this week and you may find some surprises waiting for you. And drop into the forum cause there is a ton of fun going on.

November 7th is Digital Scrapbooking Day and there are celebrations going on all over the scrapbooking community.
All the scrapbooking forums are celebrating the entire month of November with fun things to do and many blogs will no doubt be giving out tons of freebies and having fantastic sales.

Oh, I wanted to mention this about blog sites & Google Reader before I forget. I have approx 865 blogs in my reader. I use my reader because it saves me space on saving and going through tons of blogs in my favorites list and Google Reader makes reading blogs so much easier. If a blog shortens its blog feeds so that I have to visit the blog itself just to read a full posting then it is no better then going to a site in my favorites. Some sites are also blocking a link so that I have to visit the site to go to the link provided, again no better.
Google Reader is suppose to be an asset, and it is too me cause whenever a blog posts I know, if a blog doesn't post I can see that too. It's my main reason for using it. If I was to visit every single blog in my favorites I would be here for hours because I wouldn't know who posted and who didn't. That would be a total waste of time best spent elsewhere.
I wish blogger would mark reading a blog in reader as a visit to the blog itself but it doesn't work that way, yet. I know a lot of site observe their hits. I personally don't count things like that but it's important to many out there.

Anywho, November 7th is not only Digital Scrapbooking Day but it's also our anniversary. We'll be spending it at home for the first time in 10 years. When I feel better Joe said he will take me out and do whatever I want or go anywhere I want. How sweet! I will probably think of something he might want to do and suggest that LOL.

Here's a funny Mom's may be able to relate too. Last Thursday I made dinner and the boys were sitting at the table while I got everything done. Tyler says to me, 'Come on Mom, we're waiting for you.' I said, 'Go ahead, eat.' He says, 'Mom, you always come late to the table and we're half finished by then and then we finish and you are still eating.' 'Yup', I said, 'Mom's always eat last.' He says, 'But Mom, that don't seem right cause we always leave you sitting here by yourself after we're done. You should eat with us and finish with us.' 'Well, my boy,' I said, 'it's a Mom's life to be last while her family comes first. It's always been that way and will always be that way. I don't mind it a bit cause I love you guys.' Tyler jumps up and runs over to me and gives me the tightest hug and says, "Mom, you're the best. Now come and eat.' And he take my hand and brings me over to the table and tells me to sit down. Then he get the drinks and brings them over and puts them on the table. 'There,' he says, we're all ready, now let's eat.'
Since then, everyday he can, Tyler sets up the dining table so that he can eat with 'his Mom'. He is so sweet. I swear Joe must be telling him stuff cause in 8 years he never mentioned this before. Maybe cause I am sick and he sees I can't do a whole lot like I usually do but it's a blessing none the less.

Well I typed this up before I posted and an hour and a half as pasted me by. That is just way too long to write up a post, don't you think LOL. Well I had several coughing attacks during the writing and my head is pounding and spinning; everything takes longer then normal with me lately.
Now I won't promise you anything but I will try my best to get you all something in celebration of DSD.

I have to let you all go for now, I need to rest. Thank you ever so much for dropping in today.
Enjoy your day.

Huggins
Pat

Abbey Bonus - Freebie

2009-10-17T21:54:00.003-04:00

Good Evening, Everyone.

It was a wonderful day here despite the nip in the air. After waking up we all downed some medicine, coughed and sneezed for about a 1/2 hour, ate, then headed out to the park to walk Lady. On the way back we bumped into some friends and chatted it up for close to an hour while the dogs played and nearly freezing our toes off LOL. After taking Lady back home we visited Joe's Mom and took her shopping. By the time we finished we headed back home for another dose of medicine and some lunch. We were then suppose to go to the haunted house charity party but it was too packed to even get in so we went back home and got Lady and headed up to the mountains of Bronte Park and spent the remainder of the afternoon there. Then we came home for dinner, ate, and had some more medicine. I then cleaned up and did some house chores while the guys played some war game, 1942 I think it's called. And while they are out in the living room right now watching Spider-man 3, I think, I am in the den chatting it up with you at the moment. Now I have only been given 1/2 an hour, by Tyler, to be in here, so I best get to what I am doing here. As promised, a bonus freebie for you. Yeah!

Click on the image to download

Whew! I still have 15 mins. left. By the time I really finish that time will fly right on by. :)

Thank you for stopping by today. Enjoy your download and your day.

Huggins
Pat

We're Sick! Yippee!

2009-10-16T23:41:00.003-04:00

Good Evening, Everyone.

The other day I mentioned that our family hadn't been sick yet this season. I am happy to say that we finally are, yippee! I know that may sound strange being happy that we are sick but I like getting it out of the way LOL We only have colds; runny, stuffy noses and coughs. It never fails, when I mention stuff like that it comes around. Okay, who's the fly on the wall?

Here is a layout I made with parts of Abbey.

I have a few more layout I did which I'll share sometime tomorrow when I post up a couple of more freebies. I am a bit on the exhausted side tonight so I won't chat you all up any further.

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

Abbey Papers - Freebie

2009-10-15T04:58:00.005-04:00

Good Morning, Everyone!

How was your Wednesday?
It was rather cold here but beautiful once I was out in it for a while.
Did I miss Indian Summer? It usually comes around this time of year. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope it's just late. It's our favorite picture taking time. Lately my index finger is freezing on the shutter button and snapping with gloves on just doesn't feel right. Half the time I can't feel if I am pressing down on it. LOL And there is still too much greenery and wind. I've been trying to use the Kids and Pets setting more when taking photos in the wind and it kind of works. Still I need a new camera because all my photos are coming out dirty looking. Not a good layout does a dirty photo make. Fixing them with all these filters just doesn't cut it either. Nope, I need a new camera. Maybe I'll find one under the tree this Christmas (hint hint) {SLR please} :)

Today I have the remainder of the Abbey papers for you. There are two downloads. Here are the previews. If you would like these papers just click on each preview image to go to the download site.

Click images to download

Well I hate to cut you all short but I have some things to do before Tyler wakes up and Joe comes home.
Thank you for taking the time to drop in today. I hope you enjoy your download and your day.

Huggins
Pat

Abbey DSO Mini Kit - Freebie

2009-10-14T02:59:00.005-04:00

Hello Everyone.

It's pretty early here. I fell asleep at 7 :45 pm and woke up at 2 am. Boy are my sleeping patterns out of whack lately. LOL This is what long weekends do to me. :)
We had a fantastic long weekend thou. How was yours? We had roast duck for Thanksgiving, it was delicious. Did lots of walks and took lots of autumn pictures. I even got to wear my winter hat and gloves; it was that cold. We visited everyone on our list and then some. And I was able to get some free time in to make some pages with the DSO Colours that Kim's hubby gave us this month.
I'll share with you today some of the elements and a couple of papers. I also have another 5 papers which I'll post up tomorrow.
Here are the previews of what you are welcome to download today.

2 frames, 2 flat ribbons, 1 house cluster, 1 joker bird, 1 maple leaf
and 2 papers

Click here to download
(22mb)

Sorry about the previews. I must have saved them in the wrong d.p.i. Blogger compresses everything LOL.
In re to the house cluster and bird, I have left them flat. You may bevel them if you like to give them some rounded depth.

Thanks for stopping in today. I'll post the rest of the papers sometime later. I am off to get some more zees.

Enjoy your day and your download.

Huggins
Pat

Have we lost the reason why we make scrap books in the first place?

2009-10-10T02:12:00.005-04:00

Howdy all!

Happy Thanksgiving, Canadians!

It's been awhile hasn't it. I tell you life is good though and I am enjoying every minute of it.

I am pretty much back to my healthy self. I still get chunks that want to choke me though LOL
Doc says I should be prefect (is there such a thing) by November. I hope so. I never in my wildest dreams thought that sewer gas could harm a person in such a way and for so long.
I get lots of fresh air which, as of late, has been wet, but it helps. It's been raining all day and night and would be great if it rained all day LOL Selfish yes, less people on the road, less accidents, shorter queues, less people spreading germs LOL It's flu season & H1N1 season here and come to think of it none of us has been sick yet.

I finally finished reading all the blogs and emails.
Looks like a few more designers are leaving the scrap world and a few more are just giving up selling in stores and went back to giving out freebies when they can.
Times are tough for many and they just can't afford to buy stuff they don't really need (food and shelter being more important)
A few others just came right out and admitted that designing has taken over there lives so much that their families are being neglected. That is so so sad.

I've always thought that scrap booking was suppose to be a hobby of memories.
Have we lost the reason why we make scrap books in the first place?

If I miss out on scrapping I miss out, so be it, I won't lose any sleep over it. But if I missed out on my family I would regret it for the rest of my life. They are my world and my world is better for having them in it.

I was able to pick up Kim B's Colour Challenge swatch for October. I have been promised some personal time during this Thanksgiving long weekend which I hope to make something for this months 365 pages as I haven't done any yet and hopefully share what I make with you.

I haven't done a speed scrap yet cause the timing just doesn't equate with my free time which hasn't been much.
Here it is at 4:45 am. I fell asleep at 9:30 pm LOL and woke up at 3:35 am
Joe won't be home till 7 am and I have to go back to sleep before that or I ruin their day. 'Their' being Joe, Tyler and Lady. (This is what I have been told lately on Sat's LOL) I know they are up to something, time will tell. Hopefully, once they return we have to go to Grandma's, then to Joe's cousins, then shopping for some boots, then home for dinner by 5pm, eat by 6 pm, take Lady out for a walk at 7 pm and watch the sun go down and back home by 8:30 pm at the latest, do the dishes, watch a movie, have Tyler in bed and hopefully asleep by 10, then pass out myself. More then likely we may all crash in the living room watching a movie LOL
Busy, busy, busy.
Ah, life is beautiful!

Thanks for stopping in. Chat with you all later.
Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

PickWick DSO Mini Kit - Freebie

2009-09-27T03:05:00.004-04:00

Good morning, all.

Can you believe September is almost over already.
It's about 3 am here. Is it raining where you are, yet LOL. It's pouring here with a nip in the air. Lady had me up at 1:30ish barking at something. I thought someone was at the door but I found her in her bed in her room, just sitting there looking out towards the window. I did a check but didn't see anything. Then I couldn't fall back to sleep; so what's a girl to do....you got it LOL

As many of you know Digital Scrap Obsession, aka DSO, has a color challenge every month. (There are many types of challenges there too) Well I finally got my scraps together and 26 days later I still don't feel finished. I still have to make some tags or something to write stuff on, so that will be a bonus for you all later when I get some time to do them. So today I would like to offer you all what I did get done.
The Challenge offers 6 colors so all the elements and alphas come in 6's. There are 5 papers thou only 4 are shown. I threw one extra in at the last minute after making the preview, and I added a template into the bunch.
This mini includes 6 buttons, 6 clips, 6 photo frames, 6x two types of ribbons credited to Deb The Scrapping Cop, 6 deco line, 6 Pickwick alpha standard sets, 5 papers and 1 template.

And because it's a total of about 140mb or so I had to divided it into 4 files. :)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/2wwzwnymme2/btmo_kb-Sept09-CC-alphas.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mw522mebjhz/btmo_kb-Sept09-CC-elements.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/owomvnn0jro/btmo_kb-Sept09-CC-papers.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/4iegynn2m4m/btmo_kb-Sept09-CC-tplate.zip

And there you go. I hope you could use somethings in it.
I best get back to bed cause everybody else will be up soon.

Enjoy
Huggins
Pat

Fading into Autumn - Freebie

2009-09-25T02:36:00.007-04:00

Good morning, Everyone. And Happy Fall, 2 Y'All :)

I have been so busy when I am not sleeping. I am feeling better but I still have some build up of stuff in my lungs and every once in a while a big chunk tries to suffocate me LOL and I still sleep a bit more then I normally do, but Dr said I should be okay in a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, life goes on and I had to create some stuff for Tyler and his friends. Their class went on a local field trip to observe the monarch butterflies preparing for their migration to Mexico and learn about the species. They also got to observe a multitude of dragonflies. They had to do a little project after and the mini kit below is a part of what we made.

Since I woke up a 2am for some odd reason and couldn't fall back to sleep I thought there was no better time then the present to get this up. It's been sitting on the drive for a couple of days LOL. It's not much but someone may find some use for it.

Click here or on the preview to download.

The above is part of a two pager.

The above is something I did with some of the other papers I made.

I may get a chance to share the rest of it next week.

I also did a little mini based on Tyler school colors for his yearly photos and I am adding more as I go along. I won't have to have that one ready for a bit.
I am moving right along with my 365 project and just finished doing the first week of September.
I also do a two pager for each month in review and I am all caught up on that. This was August.

This is also part of a two pager.

I am a bit behind on my blog reading and email pick ups but ah, such is the life of me :)

Enjoy.
mwah
Huggins
Pat

Aloe Alpha - Freebie

2009-09-12T00:49:00.004-04:00

Hello Everyone!

Since I can't concentrate long enough to actually create anything I went through some of my older stash today and found an alpha I did for a layout back then.
I found quite a few items but I was only able to sit long enough to give you this freebie today.
It's a bit late in coming as Media Fire was having issues earlier so I left it till this evening.

The alpha is large in scale and it takes 3 downloads to get it all. I also put in a couple of items that I used on the page I created, which I looked for but I burnt it to disc already so I can't show it to you LOL. The edges are a bit clear so the stuff behind will show through some. Hope you can use them.
Here are the links for you.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jygmmzzmvmv/btmo_aloe_alpha1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/1jzu01zqkvz/btmo_aloe_alpha2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/oqttxw2emjt/btmo_aloe_alpha3.zip

I have slept most of the day and I am off now to sleep some more.

Thank you for dropping bye.
Enjoy
Huggins
Pat

The Good, the Bad and the Scrappy

2009-09-10T08:16:00.004-04:00

I hope you all had a fantastic long weekend. We had beautiful weather here for it.

Unfortunately I spent much of my time sleeping through it LOL I really shouldn't laugh because although I was feeling better at first but on the 7th day I wasn't feeling all that great. I appear to have something else wrong with my lungs now.
I went in on Tuesday for a follow up and I have to go back next Tuesday for some more scans. My left side lung hurts and my left side shoulder and neck. I feel like I am breathing fire, like my lungs are dried and hot. It's a weird feeling I have never had before. I hope those pills I took didn't do this to me cause pills are suppose to heal not damage, right LOL
Joe said to me yesterday, 'Gees, I hope you don't die on me.' That's how bad I appear to look to him. And I do look horrible too. I've lost weight: I use to be 135lbs now I am 111lbs. I have big black bags under my eyes: I never had this before even from loss of sleep. Something is wrong for sure, what it is, who knows.

I woke up at 7 this morning and since I am not taking those pills anymore I can finally read some. So I went to catch up and found I had way to much for me to deal with all at once so I am going to take it slow, a bit at a time.

So here is what I read so far.
Ellie Lash is leaving the scrapping community :( She is having a retirement sale which ends September 30th. If you love her designs then head on over to her store and grab all you can. Everything is real cheap.

Stone Accent Studios is having their annual Designer Contest and are onto round 2.
Brownie Scraps is almost finished their annual Designer Survivor Contest.
Ginger Scraps Designer Survivor is finished and the winner is March 76. Congrats!
The September blog trains have left the stations of ADSD (School Daze), CSD (Education Station), Pretty Scrappy (Loads of Learning), & Stuff to Scrap (Fall Festival).
That's all I got so far.

I need to rest, folks. I'll try to come back later.

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

Feeling Better But...

2009-09-03T19:29:00.002-04:00

Oh yes! I am feeling much better now.
Thank you for your concern, Mandy.

I went to the doctor and she gave me some pills, I hate pills. These pills were good ones and my lungs and throat are feeling way better but the pills make me tired so I have been sleeping a lot. I got 10 days worth so I will be dozing a lot till they are done LOL.
Joe is going to pick up Tyler this long weekend cause I can't drive. He doesn't want me falling asleep on my way up or back LOL. Funny but true cause the other night we were eating and I just dozed off. Lucky it was pizza and we were sitting in the living room watching t.v.
The plumbing inspectors were here on Tuesday and found the problem was coming from next door and got the next door neighbors plumber to fix it so no more stench. Joe dealt with it all while I was sleeping. I think Joe said it was something to do with their bathroom or something. He told me while I was half a sleep, I think, it could have been a dream though LOL
Of course I haven't been scrapping anything but as soon as I can keep my eyes open long enough to do something I'll share it with you all.
I tried reading some of your blogs this morning and I just couldn't concentrate, like right now my eyes are all over the place.
I am going to go lay down on the sofa. When I feel my better I'll make you all something and post again.

Until then...
Enjoy your day and the long weekend (Canadians)
Huggins
Pat

Home, Home on the Stinky

2009-08-28T15:19:00.003-04:00

LOL

Hello Everyone.

It has been a rather stinky week. Last time I posted I mentioned Tyler was going to the Ex. Again he had a grand time. The next morning, bright and early, I drove him up to the cottage. Unfortunately I couldn't stay.
There have been some major storms in our area and with them come sewer problems. Cities apparently don't build for heavy rain falls and so sewers back up. The last storm we had caused major damage to the system on our street and several houses on our street had this sewer stuff leak into their houses. Some had major flooding. What it did to out house was break the sewer gas piping. What this did was cause our entire house to reek of the sewer gas smell. So for the past few days we have had plumbers in to repair these breaks. Yesterday they finished the last of the fixings, or so they hope, and yet we are still getting this reek. Mind you it's not near as bad as it was but it's still here. So sometime next week some building code inspector is coming in to find out where this stink maybe coming from. Everything in our house is fixed so it's rather confusing as to why we are still getting this stink. Hopefully they can find it and stop it. Luckily we had no water or sewer debris come into out house.

As the woman of the house I am the only one who does the dishes here. We don't use a dishwasher so I do the dishes by hand. Since I have boys who eat and run, so to speak, you can imagine the amount of dishes I might do in one day. If I leave the dishes for one day it's really a nightmare for me with a whack of dishes to do. Since this sewer situation I couldn't do the dishes for 3 days. Even thou I sent the boys out for food cause we couldn't cook I still ended up with a whack of dishes. When the plumbers finished yesterday I spent 4 hours doing dishes. I just had to get them done as there was just no more room in the kitchen to put these used things and I was running out of cups and silverware. As I am doing the dishes and I can feel this air coming up under the sink with the reek of sewer gas. I haven't a clue where it's coming out from as a new wall was installed under there. Joe has looked and he can't seem to find any holes.
This morning I woke up with a very sore throat and I feel sick. I have made an appointment with our doctor for next Tuesday, it's the earliest I can get in. The remainder of my holiday is basically over.
I haven't had time to create anything to share with you all. Right now I feel like I am going to barf but I have felt like that pretty much of the day with no heaves as of yet. I feel very weak.

I thought it best to let you all know what's going on before I go lay down. Joe says if I feel the same way tomorrow he is going to take me to the hospital. It's not something I am looking forward to but as I feel right now I just may have to do that. I just hope I make it through the night.

Enjoy your day.
Huggins
Pat

Wild Weekend

2009-08-24T08:12:00.003-04:00

Good Morning, Everyone!

I hope you all had as much fun this weekend as we did.
On Thursday, when I left to pick up Tyler from the cottage, I drove right into a storm. I had to pull over, the wind was so strong it was trying to push the car all over the place. Lucky I was far enough North to bypass the tornado's that hit up in Woodbridge. I never take the 401, it's such a nightmare. Those poor folks in Woodbridge got no warning and they want to know why. Many have no homes to return to while others have major repairs to do.
I tried calling my cousin who lives up there but got no answer yet. I sure hope they are okay. Hopefully they are up at their cottage (crossing my fingers). I'll have to head up there on my way out tomorrow and check in with them or at least make sure the house and property is okay.

On Friday we had a wild time at the Ex. It was pretty nice all day too, until we got home, then another storm hit while I was dropping off Tyler's buddy. They live in an apt building that has like 16 floors or something and they live up pretty high. It was a grand scene to see it all from way up there. I have some photos but they are on Joe's camera in Joe's car and he's at work.

On Saturday we had another grand time at our niece's birthday. I took pics with my cam for that. Unfortunately the darling was terrified of the candle on the cake and it turned into a crying game. Eventually her mother gave in, removed the cake to the kitchen and cut it up.
Last night I made a page with my niece after the incident, all happy as she normally is.

Not my normal style but her Mom wants the picture to be big on the page so she can frame it and see her darling without squinting LOL She is a real sweetie.
After we returned home another storm came in but it turned into a sun shower.

On Sunday the boys just wanted to fish off the dock; well Tyler did for the most part. I just sat in a chair soaking up the rays while watching them. Very relaxing. I was so glad I didn't have to put bait on a hook. Yuck.

I am a bit on the tired side this morning and I need to get some more sleep. Tyler is out at his buddies, already, and he will be gone for most of the day. Yup, he's going to the Ex again but with his buddies family. Oh, why am I tired... The neighbor 3 housed down had a backyard party which turned into a fighting match. Yup, too much booze and not enough food will do that. The police and ambulance sirens woke us at 2:30 am and this incident didn't end till 4:45 am. Joe went to work tired too. I can imagine quiet a few folks on our street went to work tired too.
Why oh why would they have a party on a Sunday night, duh.

So I am off to get some much needed sleep.

I hope you all enjoy the day.

Huggins
Pat