Holiday Photo Texture Freebie!

I didn't forget that freebie I promised! Here is a photo texture, taken at Navy Pier's Winter Wonderland. It is part of a snow scene backdrop; it looked rather magical to me, I hope you like it too! You can use it as an overlay to make unique looking photos, or combine it with your backgrounds to make whole new looks or use as is! Revive an old kit you own or enhance a favorite! If I get some good feedback, I have a lot more of these I can share!

Here is the preview:

Here is the download link or click on the preview. Oh, I almost forgot! It's Commercial OK!!

Photo magic

I did a little Photoshop magic and here is the edited version of the Christmas Eve photo:
I had to combine 3 photos to make one where everyone is looking normal (not making a face or rabbit ears!) and somewhat at the camera. Red-eye removal, complexion touch-up, glare removal, small cropping and ~ Voilà! (Clicking on an image will open it up full-size.)

Christmas 2009

Well, here all my children, nieces and nephews on Christmas Eve. Love that red-eye! LOL I usually correct all photos before posting, but I wanted to get this one up. I may do a little photoshop magic to switch a head or two (I have 7 shots of the group, but they kept goofing around, so this one was the best of the un-retouched versions.) I'll post the fixed one later.

Here is Melanie with Santa and Mrs. Claus at Navy Pier:

One with Melanie, John and myself:
One with Santa, Mrs. Clause and their fantastically humorous helper:
I haven't forgotten that freebie, I'll get one posted tomorrow!

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone has been having a wonderful holiday season! We sure have been. I have to put some photos on here, they are still on my camera at the moment. We had a very pleasant Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I got a new Epson Artisan 50 printer. I can't wait to try it out! I'm planning on setting it up tonight. I'm changing the playlist below now that Christmas is over. We have to now get ready for New Years. We traditionally get Alaskan King Crab legs for dinner. Yummy!

I'm going to be putting up another freebie too. I thinking of what exactly I want to give next. Now I'm working full-time, I don't have the extra time I used to for scrapbooking. I've unsubscribed from a ton of newsletters and such to cut back on email time. It's an adjustment. I'm still trying to find a balance.

I'll be back with that little gift probably later today. Thanks for reading!

December Blog Train arrives

Welcome Blog Train riders! I'm so happy you have arrived on my blog! I worked hard to prepare a fabulous freebie for you! If you need the list of blogs to visit, click HERE and you will go to the main Blog Train site. (If the hyperlink doesn't work, copy and paste this link: http://www.blogtrainblog.blogspot.com/

Here is a preview of some of the incredible kits available:


My store, Heritage Scrap, is having a Twelve Days of Christmas Sales Spectacular. Each day, each designer will have 1-2 items on sale at a great discount. My new kit, Believe is also on sale for the month of December for only $2.50!! Here is Believe (image is linked to the store):
I think the freebie, Holiday Sugar Cookie compliments Believe quite nicely and would combine into an awesome kit!

And now, here is my preview and link (image is linked or click on the link below):

The link to download is HERE. I hope you enjoy it!

*This link will be valid for the month of December. After that, the kit will go into my store at Heritage Scrap for a nominal fee to cover bandwidth costs.

Wishing Everyone a very Happy Holiday Season!

(Psst, want another holiday-themed freebie? Visit this link here for a past freebie of mine.)

Here is the link to the next stop in the blog train: Angel Town http://angeltown.typepad.com/

It's almost time!!

In just a few hours a fabulous mini-kit will be here for FREE! Check back soon!!

I GOT A JOB!

Hey! After searching for over a year, I finally got a full-time permanant job! I have been trying to get back into mortgage, as I used to be a Senior Loan Processor for Chase Manhattan Mortgage 10 years ago. I found a position at a mortgage company only 8 minutes from my house!! If you live in the Chicago area, you know what a miracle that distance is! LOL I'm very excited! The company is great, the people are all so nice, I can't be happier!

I'm starting as a sort of Loan Assistant, assisting a division of loan officers, doing some pre-processing checking. Eventually, I'll be working back into being full-time processer again!

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On the desiging front, be on the look out shortly for a new Christmas-themed kit, titled "Believe" and I'm taking part in the big designer blog train, you can read about it here http://www.blogtrainblog.blogspot.com . So, on Dec. 1st, I'll have a pretty freebie ready for everyone, be sure to come back then!

New Freebie! Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day

In honor of Digital Scrapbooking Day, I have a new freebie in the store at Heritage Scrap! Here is the preview (on all previews, click on the image to see it full size, blogger shrinks all these images):It contains 3 papers and 8 elements, including an AWESOME mask (if I do say so myself!) :)

Here is a sample layout using the freebie and pieces of my Autumn in Paris kit:
Here are the previews of Autumn in Paris:



Here are the previews of my new Haunted Halloween kit:




An example using my new kit:
All of my store is on sale this weekend at 45% off!!!

Here is the link to the freebie: HERE

Be sure to scroll down for lots of past freebies!