New blog layout & a little freebie

Well, I've sort of got the new layout done. I'll probably tweak the margins some. I wonder if you can remove that slightly opaque white background outline....

Anyway...LOL So much happening since my last posts! Goodness. I figured out what was wrong with my new computer before I wiped it. Turns out my Wacom tablet had a short in one of the tablet buttons. After multiple calls and emails, I gave it one more try, called and got a new customer service rep who immediately recognized my issue and told me how to disable that button. Viola, no more problems with auto-tabbing, programs, etc!

I also found out how to make my plugins work! Yeah! Part of it was downloading the correct dll's, turns out for Windows 7, there are 10 of them and you have to copy them to 2 locations. The 2nd issue is to update some of the plugins, you can get the free program FM Patcher from the FilterMeister site.

Sometime in June, my designs were removed from Heritage Scrap without a word to me. I realized it after I got laid off in July and had some free time and started to get to designing. I go to upload and huh, doesn't work. The owner said I could go back, but then I got to thinking and decided I'd rather spend my free time with my daughter. I had to go back to work at a regular office job soon enough and it was probably the last summer she'll want to really hang out with me. So, I kept the idea of designing in the back of my mind and enjoyed my summer. I went back to work at the end of August and immediately had mandatory overtime and no free time!

I'm finally back to working full-time again as a mortgage loan processor. I like my job, I find it rather interesting. I had been working toward becoming an underwriter when I quit working to become a full-time mother. I may look into that again in the future, but for now, I'm happy just where I'm at. :)

I'm toying with the idea of giving away some of my kits. If you want one, please leave a comment with the name of the kit. If I get enough posts, I'll chose a random number to give the kit of their choice. How many is enough, I don't have a specific number, how about at least 10? And a compliment would really make my day!! I rarely got any feedback, which is one of the reasons I slowed down with my designs. With some encouragement, I could get into it again!

So, here is a freebie, this is an add-on that used to be in my stores (sorry, I'm too lazy at the moment to re-do the preview, this is as it was in my last store):
Click on HERE to download. I'd love to hear if you like it!