Valentine's Day Subway Art Part I.

Click here for my valentine's artwork

Well hello everybody!  It is a Monday afternoon and I just designed the cutest subway art project:

 

I have a new program (well it's new to me) and is so much easier to work with than the other programs.  So for the easy to reach for program which is The Print Shop 22  Deluxe Version.  I am really pleased with this, easy is the way for me.  I just don't have time to sit down and rack my brains trying to get photoshop down.  Call me lazy, it works for me.  Now....

I had so much fun creating it but not so much fun trying to figure out how to put a pdf on my blog.  I have way too much going on. 
I have worked on this project for a loooong time and finally have it set it up so you can download it for FREE.  That's right FREE. 

Click here 

 

 

Let me know what you think.  This was a lot of fun, maybe too much fun.....

What a way to start the year. Sick, Sick, Had an Accident and more Sick.

I know I will look back at my blog and barely remember being ill.  But there is a nasty bug going around.  In fact a lot of people are not getting to the doctor and it is turning into pneumonia.  I have to raise my hand on that one.  I have been sick since December 18th and just went to the doctor last week.  Got a shot, horse pills and scolded.  I'm use to it, I am very heard headed and don't do things like they should be done.

My computer got sick, WAY SICK, so it had to go to the doctor's as well.  That is why I haven't been posting.  Got it back, hooked it up, sat down to type a quick note to my girlfriend.  While I was typing Andy came in and said that he was going out to the chicken coop and I jumped up and told him I wanted to go and see the girls.

We fed them, took the eggs and decided to clean up the coop a little bit.  That is where it became dangerous.  I was at the front and when Andy came out of the coop with some bedding, I backed up and off I went BACKWARDS!!  Four foot drop!  I landed on my right side and don't ask me how.  But shredded my hand, scratched half of my face, bloodied my nose and had A LOT of dirt in my mouth!  Thank God I didn't knock my teeth out of my mouth!

So, with motrin, pain killers and a lot of sympathy, I am recovering.  There is just too much to do to have everything stop me.

My thoght:  It could have been a lot worse.  Even more worse:  Having someone else do that drop instead of me.  Now I know I have to fix it so it doesn't hurt anyone that goes up there.  Nasty.

Well, have a great weekend.  Even with everything that has happened, I have a weekend packed full and don't have time to stop.  Now, where are those pain pills?????  Talk to you next week!

New placemat project...

I found the cutest blog, this happens to be my favorite pastime is to look at other people's blogs, that is one of my guilty pleasures in my world.

I saw that this particular blog called The Haverford House had put her artwork on The Graphic Fairy.  Every Monday Karen has "Brag Monday" and  I can't wait to get on and see what incredible work people will do with her graphics. 

So, I took The Havorford House idea and went one up. Here is my picture:

How cool is this!!!!

I redesigned the center and put this great rooster on it.  It translate in English from French:  I sing loud and clear!  I should rename my blog that.  Boy, I can sing loud in my car, bathroom and anywhere no one else is in the area!  I used a drop cloth Canvas as the place-mat.  It looks really neat and natural too.  Love the natural element.

It was extremely easy to do and I have to say, I am quite pleased with my work, and to think, I created something from nothing.  Thank you The Havorford House for the inspiration and The Graphic Fairy for your unselfish love everyday.

I am linking this post to the Monday party over at the Graphic Fairy, take a moment and check it out, I promise it will inspire you!

We have a winner!!!!!!

Well, I have to be honest here, as the Pioneer Woman says, :Just keeping it real".  I had the hardest time with this giveaway.  Why?  I wanted everyone to win.  With each person writing I kept telling myself, "I want this person to win".  Then the next comment was written down and I thought, "I want this person to win".

I even asked if Andy wanted to be in the room with me when I went on to Random. org. to have them pull the number. I went over to Random.org and put in all 13 numbers and it said #5!  Whoo hoo!  It's done and they won!  Who is that #5?  I went back to look at my spread sheet and #5 is:

Cathy @ glsf@hotmail.com.  Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

Go ahead and contact me and I will send you over the instructions to claim your prize...

As for everyone else, I wish I had 12 more of this prize to give each and every one of you.  Thank you for taking your time to fill out your comment and enter.  I promise that I will be having more of them.  Can't say that I will be having the CSN giveaway, but others ones none the less.  

Have a great week and congrats Cathy!

 

Contest-Great New Year's gift card just for you!

Happy New Year Everybody!

Whew!  How did we all do?  Is your hair all messed up, makeup smeared, drool running out of your mouth?  Oh wait, that is me, you, on the other hand, look FABULOUS!

I thought that I was all finished for my Chirstmas shopping, you know trying to be smart and get everything somewhat done?  Well, I an only say it worked in theory.  I only had to go to the mall, ONCE!!!  Ya hoo.  Next year, my plan is to not set foot in a mall.  Now, I want to share "my plan" with you.

We all do internet shopping, right?  What I hate is looking up page after page of shops and then forgetting where I went to then having to retrace everything I just did.  I really wanted to find a place that has everything in one spot.  Low and behold I found it!  It is a great website called CSN Stores.  They have EVERYTHING from TV stands for flat screens to cookware. It truly is a virtual mall, and this mall makes me happy, see no feet walking in the door, just fingers, (let your fingers do the walking, ha ha, I made a funny!)

Here is the exciting part....I am so happy to be able to give one of my awesome readers a $45.00 gift certificate for CSN Stores.   Yippeee!  Why?  Because I love you!







Ok here is the rules.  (There are always rules, but I am making them and it will be fun)

Rule 1:  You have to spend this gift certificate on YOURSELF.

Rule 2:  You tell me what you are planning to get with your wonderful gift certificate in the comment section.

Rule 3:  How do you enter?  Easy!  Leave a comment in the comment section.

Rule 4:  Send me a gift if you win (just kidding). Gawd!  I thought that was funny.

Rule 5:  You can enter as many times as you like, because, we all have the right to change our mind on things that we want.

This contest will only be valid for Canada and the United States. 

The contest will run until Sunday January 9th and I will pull a name on Monday morning.  Now, how is that for making a Monday worth getting up for, huh?

I will use Random.org to pull the name.  I wish you the best luck and I am excited to be able to give this wonderful present to you!

Good luck and let the contest begin!