IT'S FALLING, PART THREE - THIS ONE IS A REAL GEM!!! HE, HE ...
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Hi everyone! I've braved my way through TODAY'S storm to bring you *It's Falling, #3*!!! At this time, I am REALLY listening as I continue to dry myself off from the pouring rain!!! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!
Today, I thought I'd nearly lost my computer!!! I did a bit of blog hopping and CU shopping and chatted a bit with a VERY dear designer colleague and my "digitally" adopted daughter, Sarah Laming aka Designs by Sassy! One of the items I bought was Sassy's BRAND new grab bag which she was showing to me via previews whilst preparing to upload it to her store at Digital Candy! If ANY of you are interested in a REALLY good deal, this would be it!!! For ONLY $4.00, this bag is FILLED to the brim with designer as well as scrapper's delights!!! Click HERE to see everything revealed on Sassy's blog. OUTSTANDING array of goodies, I promise you!
Now, if you've just fallen heads over heels for Sassy's $4.00 grab bag, you have just GOT to check out the 50% off sale at Designs by Sassy, Sarah's personal store which is closing due to Sarah having three young boys, one being a new baby, working part-time and working towards becoming certified in web design!!! OH, and don't let me forget her passion to design and the fact that she sells in several other stores too!!! Anyhoo, I went a little crazy and spent MUCH more than I had planned, but I COULD NOT resist the deals on FABULOUS commercial-use goodies!!! Sass knows how to create some AWESOME overlays and I could not pass those up.
Sassy and Ben are going away for the weekend (without the kiddos!) and I talked her in to leaving her store open throughout the weekend rather than closing it for good tomorrow as she had originally planned. Shhhhh ..... I thought it would be REALLY cool if whilst she is away y'all could visit Designs by Sassy, shop around and see if there is anything that strikes your fancy as it did mine!!! I bought GREAT textures. I think there are like 24 textured overlays in the combination pack and they were only $7.50, which is 75% off their retail price. I'm pretty sure I own all of her FLORAL OVERLAYS and her GRUNGE OVERLAYS plus a few others!!! They REALLY rock! Okay, enough of my rambling on so, check it out for yourself and let me know what you think, K? Click HERE to visit Designs by Sassy!
GOSH, I got SO excited telling you about Sarah's WONDERFUL sale and NEW grab bag that I completely neglected to tell you how I thought I almost lost my computer today! After purchasing from Sarah's store I waited to received my download confirmation and continued to download Sassy's grab bag goodies when everything FROZE! Long story short, this happend every time I rebooted my system. I noticed the first window that would open was a program I downloaded yesterday that was going into my sys tray even after I asked it not to during installation. Well, it took me several cold boots and hours away while letting my system set for a while hoping for all of the woes to just GO AWAY, to jump into the control panel to remove this seemingly intrusive software that I probably will never use anyway! I uninstalled a few other programs that aren't being used while in the CP and then I rebooted for about the fifth time!!!
TA-DA!!! I made it back, went to work on my freebie for tonight and the rest is HISTORY!!!
Has everyone's children started back to school yet??? Are you preparing to gear yourselves up for the upcoming holidays? Something tells me from here on out, it's gonna get REALLY busy in SCRAPLAND, ya think?
Chris - it was SO nice to see your note earlier today! I had to chuckle, even though your injured arm is nothing to laugh about, but the fact that you COULD NOT miss a HUGE scrapbooking event and postponed a trip to the doctor tells me girlfriend that you are a DIE-HARD and MEGA digitally addicted scrapper!!! Please let us know what the doctor tells you about that arm, K?
Donni - no worries darlin', I am working on it and hoping for NO more technical issues!!!
Tirza - GOOD advice about using the card reader first. I may have to start doing it that way as well as an extra measure of protection against any future camera issues!
Sharon - I am SO glad that you had a NICE visit with your dad. I hope you are getting plenty of rest and that your knee is not bothering you anymore.
Barb - that would have been my next step had Robert's laptop reader not found our images! I've always wondered how the recovery programs have worked for those who have used them.
Sheila - I TOTALLY agree!!! Thank you! I am not "mad" after all!!! Well, okay, perhaps I was just a WEE bit in the midst of my troubles!!!
Elizabeth - Great advice and I GREATLY appreciate that you'll be checking in on me!!! I shall reformat that card and play around taking shots here at home to see if it works properly before trusting it to our next family event, which just happens to be one of our grandson's FIRST birthday party being held on the 13th!
Sharon (Shutterbug) - YAY!!! I am SO glad to hear that the recovery program worked for you!!! Sorry you had to experience the woes though.
Carolyn - Can I come with y'all on your next adventure??? LOL! I've always wanted to RV across country and visit all the places I've not been to yet, which is MOST of the US!!! I'm glad to hear that someone has needed to break away from deadlines as well. I can be too hard on myself sometimes and will think there is something VERY wrong with me, but I know I'm just burned out to put it mildly! Throw away the alarm clock (Robert wakes me up!) and live "in" the moment!
Beth - Thank you! I don't know how you manage ANY scrap time with three active kiddos!!! Do you stay up after they are all in bed? I know I was a MAJOR night owl when mine were growing up as that was the ONLY time I had to do anything for myself! Please give us a report on what you think of PSE 7 if you have a chance to do so!!! I hear you on the NEW computer. Christmas maybe??? HO, HO, HO, HO .... :)
I shall catch up with 4-shared comments over the weekend! While it is SO much easier for me to read and reply to those posted on my blog, I do understand that it is easier for some to post while downloading and I try my best to keep up, however, my computer woes have put me behind - sorry.
Well, my darlins', I shall say "good night" and here's hoping that EVERYONE has a FABULOUS FRIDAY and I shall be back, God willing, with a FANTABULOUS FRIDAY FREEBIE! HUGGINS', Linda :)
Carole, just in case you peek in, I shall call you in the afternoon at our usual time as long as I don't have any computer issues to deal with!!! Love you!
Dawn, thank you for being there for me earlier this evening! MWAH! You ROCK girlfriend!!! XOXO
Today, I thought I'd nearly lost my computer!!! I did a bit of blog hopping and CU shopping and chatted a bit with a VERY dear designer colleague and my "digitally" adopted daughter, Sarah Laming aka Designs by Sassy! One of the items I bought was Sassy's BRAND new grab bag which she was showing to me via previews whilst preparing to upload it to her store at Digital Candy! If ANY of you are interested in a REALLY good deal, this would be it!!! For ONLY $4.00, this bag is FILLED to the brim with designer as well as scrapper's delights!!! Click HERE to see everything revealed on Sassy's blog. OUTSTANDING array of goodies, I promise you!
Now, if you've just fallen heads over heels for Sassy's $4.00 grab bag, you have just GOT to check out the 50% off sale at Designs by Sassy, Sarah's personal store which is closing due to Sarah having three young boys, one being a new baby, working part-time and working towards becoming certified in web design!!! OH, and don't let me forget her passion to design and the fact that she sells in several other stores too!!! Anyhoo, I went a little crazy and spent MUCH more than I had planned, but I COULD NOT resist the deals on FABULOUS commercial-use goodies!!! Sass knows how to create some AWESOME overlays and I could not pass those up.
Sassy and Ben are going away for the weekend (without the kiddos!) and I talked her in to leaving her store open throughout the weekend rather than closing it for good tomorrow as she had originally planned. Shhhhh ..... I thought it would be REALLY cool if whilst she is away y'all could visit Designs by Sassy, shop around and see if there is anything that strikes your fancy as it did mine!!! I bought GREAT textures. I think there are like 24 textured overlays in the combination pack and they were only $7.50, which is 75% off their retail price. I'm pretty sure I own all of her FLORAL OVERLAYS and her GRUNGE OVERLAYS plus a few others!!! They REALLY rock! Okay, enough of my rambling on so, check it out for yourself and let me know what you think, K? Click HERE to visit Designs by Sassy!
GOSH, I got SO excited telling you about Sarah's WONDERFUL sale and NEW grab bag that I completely neglected to tell you how I thought I almost lost my computer today! After purchasing from Sarah's store I waited to received my download confirmation and continued to download Sassy's grab bag goodies when everything FROZE! Long story short, this happend every time I rebooted my system. I noticed the first window that would open was a program I downloaded yesterday that was going into my sys tray even after I asked it not to during installation. Well, it took me several cold boots and hours away while letting my system set for a while hoping for all of the woes to just GO AWAY, to jump into the control panel to remove this seemingly intrusive software that I probably will never use anyway! I uninstalled a few other programs that aren't being used while in the CP and then I rebooted for about the fifth time!!!
TA-DA!!! I made it back, went to work on my freebie for tonight and the rest is HISTORY!!!
Has everyone's children started back to school yet??? Are you preparing to gear yourselves up for the upcoming holidays? Something tells me from here on out, it's gonna get REALLY busy in SCRAPLAND, ya think?
Chris - it was SO nice to see your note earlier today! I had to chuckle, even though your injured arm is nothing to laugh about, but the fact that you COULD NOT miss a HUGE scrapbooking event and postponed a trip to the doctor tells me girlfriend that you are a DIE-HARD and MEGA digitally addicted scrapper!!! Please let us know what the doctor tells you about that arm, K?
Donni - no worries darlin', I am working on it and hoping for NO more technical issues!!!
Tirza - GOOD advice about using the card reader first. I may have to start doing it that way as well as an extra measure of protection against any future camera issues!
Sharon - I am SO glad that you had a NICE visit with your dad. I hope you are getting plenty of rest and that your knee is not bothering you anymore.
Barb - that would have been my next step had Robert's laptop reader not found our images! I've always wondered how the recovery programs have worked for those who have used them.
Sheila - I TOTALLY agree!!! Thank you! I am not "mad" after all!!! Well, okay, perhaps I was just a WEE bit in the midst of my troubles!!!
Elizabeth - Great advice and I GREATLY appreciate that you'll be checking in on me!!! I shall reformat that card and play around taking shots here at home to see if it works properly before trusting it to our next family event, which just happens to be one of our grandson's FIRST birthday party being held on the 13th!
Sharon (Shutterbug) - YAY!!! I am SO glad to hear that the recovery program worked for you!!! Sorry you had to experience the woes though.
Carolyn - Can I come with y'all on your next adventure??? LOL! I've always wanted to RV across country and visit all the places I've not been to yet, which is MOST of the US!!! I'm glad to hear that someone has needed to break away from deadlines as well. I can be too hard on myself sometimes and will think there is something VERY wrong with me, but I know I'm just burned out to put it mildly! Throw away the alarm clock (Robert wakes me up!) and live "in" the moment!
Beth - Thank you! I don't know how you manage ANY scrap time with three active kiddos!!! Do you stay up after they are all in bed? I know I was a MAJOR night owl when mine were growing up as that was the ONLY time I had to do anything for myself! Please give us a report on what you think of PSE 7 if you have a chance to do so!!! I hear you on the NEW computer. Christmas maybe??? HO, HO, HO, HO .... :)
I shall catch up with 4-shared comments over the weekend! While it is SO much easier for me to read and reply to those posted on my blog, I do understand that it is easier for some to post while downloading and I try my best to keep up, however, my computer woes have put me behind - sorry.
Well, my darlins', I shall say "good night" and here's hoping that EVERYONE has a FABULOUS FRIDAY and I shall be back, God willing, with a FANTABULOUS FRIDAY FREEBIE! HUGGINS', Linda :)
Carole, just in case you peek in, I shall call you in the afternoon at our usual time as long as I don't have any computer issues to deal with!!! Love you!
Dawn, thank you for being there for me earlier this evening! MWAH! You ROCK girlfriend!!! XOXO
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FREEBIEThe time is 12:15 am PST - link has been tested and is in
proper working order! ENJOY! XOXO
September 5, 2008 12:22 AM
Thank you! Your blog post will be advertised on the DigiFree Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine today (look for timestamp: 05 Sep [LA 12:00am, NY 02:00am, UK 07:00am, OZ 05:00pm] ).
September 5, 2008 3:53 AM
Thanks for the It's Falling freebies. As usual, they are super. Have a great weekend.
September 5, 2008 4:12 AM
REALLY love the swirly, glittery tree! Thanks! :)
September 5, 2008 6:14 AM
Hi Linda!
I wanted to thank you for the WONDERFUL comment you left on my blog! Of course I HAD to come check out yours. I LOVE it! Thanks for sharing your list of advertising site for designers. That was really helpful for a newbie like me. I downloaded your tree freebie. I love it! I'll be back to download more later. I love fall so I have to download the rest of that series. Thanks for sharing and thanks again for visiting my blog!
Katie
September 5, 2008 6:47 AM
Late morning Linda!!!!!
Wish I could say my knee wasn't bothering me but complaing doesn't help!!! LOL
TY so very much for another FANTASTIC part!!!!!!!!!
HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 5, 2008 7:45 AM
Thanks, again, Linda. And you do have to be careful with those download programs. They can be filled with spyware, malware, and other unwanted intrusions that'll take over your computer. It's not like to old days of shareware and freeware.
September 5, 2008 9:46 AM
Thanks for today's goodies! I'm really lovin' this kit!!!!!!
I'm also wondering what this intrusive software was ... might be good to warn others about the problems you had. I'm very wary and careful, but I always like new goodies, software included, but like hearing about what to be careful about.
September 5, 2008 11:48 AM
thanks for the goodies i love it
September 5, 2008 2:38 PM
hry there miss linda! thank you for another addition to your most awesome kit..you never cease to amaze me with your kit additions..sooo happy to hear your computer is pk..mine has been acting odd now n then too..screen going blank to greens,blues,black ... i shut it down then come back half hr or so and all is fine for few monthd then bam-happens again...Jon said maybe time to look for a new one...YEAH BABEEEE....we'll see..Thank God I havent lost anything..knock on wood...
September 5, 2008 4:01 PM
I can relate to your technical problems. I have been having issues with my laptop & until I can buy a new cord, I have to work off the desktop. I know darn it right? : ) Well all my scrapping stuff is on my laptop so it is a real boo-hoo lol.
Anyways, I did not think you would be able to top the summer wedding kit but dang girl, I am LOVING the fall kit already! I cannot wait to see everything & start working with it. I may even decide to use the dreaded desktop, lmao.
Thanks again!
September 5, 2008 7:41 PM
I like the colors and textures of "It's Falling" - as usual, thank you.
I do nearly all my scrapping after the kids go to bed. I work full-time, play taxi cab driver, and help with homework, squeeze in dinner. My husband gets frustrated with the hours I'm on the computer. But, I'm addicted. I'm currently cleaning out duplicates and extras because I've nearly filled up my laptop. A Christmas desktop would be wonderful, but my husband is likely to not agree. Bummer. Take care!
September 5, 2008 7:48 PM
Sooo cute Linda, thank you! I have a beautiful purple cast...compressed fracture...whatever that is. Feels better now...but not when they took off the soft cast. Anyways on my way to healing! Ankle however I thought was fine...they said I tore ligaments and will take 6+ months to heal. I have tore ligaments before worse than this. My unproffesional opinon, it is fine. Ready for the next expo in Ontario,CA...lol.
You should join us...we have a blast!...Going to take a class to this time....all my love...the one eyed one horned ...flyin' purple cast wearer...ha ha. Chris aka CaliChris
September 5, 2008 11:47 PM
Thanks for the great freebie Linda!
Sure, you can travel with us anytime! We have yet to make it to your state though. If gas stays as high as it is, who knows if we will ever drive that far. My parents took a great Elder Hostel trip there; got to see places that the average tourist doesn't usually see. Maybe we will do that when our RVing days are over!
Funny you should mention the dreaded alarm clock. I will do anything not to have to set it. I love to wake up....whenever! If I do have to set it, I don't sleep well because I keep waking up to make sure I didn't oversleep!
I just love reading your blog. I added a link to you on my blog. Your designs are the BEST!
September 6, 2008 12:20 AM
This is a great kit! I love these colors - these papers are wonderful! I just love this swirlie glitter leaved tree - very creative Linda!! Thank you for this very nice gift!
September 6, 2008 4:15 PM
Awesome! I love the jeweled tree!!! everything is fabulous! TFS!!!
September 6, 2008 6:56 PM
Thank you. I love this beautiful fall kit. I love the colors.
September 8, 2008 12:42 AM
I'm leavin' lots of love 'cause I'm really "Falling" for your colors! You are in my fav's now!
Angei
September 8, 2008 1:35 AM
Wow, thank you! Love the 'bling' tree!!! -And everything else too. :)
September 8, 2008 12:26 PM
THANK YOU so much for sharing this LOVELY kit with us! The tree is DIVINE and I just love the "autumn" word art....reminds me of new pennies.... :o)