He's Here...

Just wanted to announce the birth of my 3rd Son Gabriel :) He was born August 2nd 2011. Weight: 8lbs 3 1/2oz Height: 28" :) The last trimester & Delivery were complicated and I had to have an emergency C section. My stupid incision keeps re-opening and getting infected :( Soooo thats why I haven't been here at all lately. I don't have my pics on my computer yet, but when I upload them. These pix courtesy of my sister who came to visit us in the hospital :)

How To Make Quick Pages

I've started making my own kits so far I have the papers and elements part nearly figured out, and Now I'm on to learning how to make quick pages using PSP 9. So I thought I'd share a link to a site HERE with some tutorials I've found very helpful for anyone else who might want to learn and a pdf file on how to make quickpages Here: PDF :)

Boys Will Be Boys Brag Book

 

So I got this Boys Will Be Boys from Just So Scrappy Too (No longer online) FREE! had to share I also bought theBoys Will Be Boys Bundle (Kit + Quick Pages for $1.50) and re-sized copies of  the quick pages After adding my photos to make a 16 page brag book of my beloved sons Ronnie & Marcus:) pages 11-16 are actually the quick pages :) see below...

Just going to show off my fav of the pages prior to shrinking it down to bb size (which in this case is 1800 px x 1200 px) the image I'm sharing has been downsized to 600 x 600 for easy uploading :)...

This is my son Marcus listening to his brother Ronnies' Green Day cd :)

Just So Scrappy Sale...

Yesterday got this GORGEOUS Mini kit above called Sheer Elegance from Just So Scrappy Too (no longer online) at 80% off, I paid a whopping 50 cents :Omg!!! Who knew you could still purchase something for under a dollar in this day & age??? So I made the page below of my precious niece:)

3 more Family Pages

Marcus halloween 2009 Made by mix & matching various digital freebies found via google images:

 Ron Peace page, made using one of the Urban Chic Quickpages from pluckypear designs (qp designerr is CBR Creations by Rachel B) & mix & matching other elements found online via google:

Sisters page, made using one of the Pink Elegance Quickpages I bought from pluckypeardesigns (Pink Elegance qp designerr is CBR Creations by Rachel B) :

Pink Elegance Kit & Quick Pages

I'm having soo much fun with the Pink Elegance Kit & Pink Elegance Quick Pages (Creations By Rachel) that I purchased at Plucky Pear Designs the other day the Kit is on sale for $2.00 and the QPs are on sale for $1.00. :) Here are 2 of the qps I used to digi-scrap my best friend Alice I used both the qps & additional elements from the kit:)... Please note I did NOT design these kits, Rachel did, I tagged them under Archangels Designs to keep track of my projects that I've done:) I only added embellishments here & there (Also created by Rachel) and photos of my Bestie and the SISTER graphic (which I found on google images search engine:)

My RockStar Scrapbook Page

This one wasn't a quick page but I used digi elements in it from various freebies found online (see below). This is my oldest son Ron, who has a Beatles Tribute band called Revolution:) I'm so proud of him for following his dream and his heart:) I edited this in 2 programs first PSP9 to layer it properly, then in my prehistoric img editor called Ulead iphotoplus4 lol (which is how I applied the different colors and fonts etc. That said here's the list of goodies I used to make it...

• KaylaAimee_PaintedPolaroidFrames
• Fonts: Guevera (for the word rockstar) & Engravers Old English BT (For Ron 2010)
• Bg Paper = RusticFlowersDJ I Can't find them online anymore :(
• Heart_Button & Lg_Heart Frame From "Sweet Sugar" Mini Kit
• Rockstar skull/star/ribbon word art from CBR_Sk8terBoy_freebie

Changing Photoshop brushes into Paint Shop Pro Brushes

^EUREKA!!! MOMENT^

Ok so I have hundreds of photoshop brushes that I want to be able to use in PSP9 (Paint Shop Pro9), (since I own the full version of PSP9 and don't own a full version of Photoshop :). So I googled a question that thankfully had already been asked & answered and learned how to Change Photoshop brushes into Paint Shop Pro Brushes. Heres my research...

Question: Will Photoshop brushes work on Paint Shop Pro?

Answer: Yes and no. You can not import a Photoshop brush directly into Paint Shop Pro, but there is a way around it, though it involves a lot of work.

Download ABR VIEWER (http://abrviewer.sourceforge.net/) and install it.

Changing Photoshop brushes into Paint Shop Pro Brushes

Open a .abr brush into it (that's a Photoshop Brush) and Export as thumbnails. Open those thumbnails (now .png images) into Paint Shop Pro and, on each one, go to File > Export > Custom Brush. Save each one as a differant name.

And there you go! You have Photoshop brushes that work in Paint Shop Pro!

-Source Link! + Edits by Archangel

Using Quick Pages in PSP

Just wanted to add the link to the PDF Tutorial I found for Using A Quick Page in PSP:

http://www.scrapbook-elements.com/tutorials/SBE_Using-a-Quick-Page-in-PSP.pdf

My First Quickpage

Look what I can do :D I had to dig up some tutorials and re-install my PSP9 but lo and behold I accomplished what I wanted. Pic is of my youngest son Marcus playing in the front yard last summer:) 

This "My Little Artist" quick page is made by Rachel.

I got more of her fabulous designs yesterday at Plucky Pear Designs

Madly in Love with Tim Holtz...

Well, I've been busy brainwashing myself with Tim Holtz techniques & demos for 3 days straight lol, so now I'm on a life mission to acquire all of his products:) I can't wait to get my mitts on them. Soooo Madly in Love with Tim (not in a crazy stalker way, in an appreciative & gratitude way lol just to be clear. His creations and his products make my life a lot easier. One day I'll make it to CHA to check out his collections and it would be very awesome to meet him in person. He's an amazing person. For those of you who haven't had the good fortune of being spelled out by Tim Holtz, I have a few links for you...

http://www.timholtz.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/timholtz

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tim-Holtz/331303095458

http://twitter.com/#!/tim_holtz

http://www.rangerink.com/products/artists/Tim_Holtz.htm

http://www.sizzix.com/catalog/designer/Tim%20Holtz%C2%AE

New Mini Underway

So I'm playing with papers from a beast pad I got months ago by Me & My Big Ideas called Black & White, and I just love the entire collection. It has transparencies, and flocking on some pages and all of the images are gorgeous. I'll post pix of the album when I get a new camera, My old one broke :(

Update

Wow its been a while since I've posted anything, World Record for me. I've been really busy making Mini albums for my Soul Sister Alice:) Just went to Michaels again today and got 2 180 pg Recollections All Girl Paper Stacks. LOVE them Should've got 3 lol, but I used my coupon to get an extra roll of Atg refills I use the general purpose ones only because they are 1/2 the cost of the acid free ones and I have to say I've never had any problems with it.:) I got 4 pkgs this time instead of my usual 3, that should last me an extra hour loooooool. I go through that stuff like a maniac. I'm seriously considering buying a shipping crate of it or at least a big box full, to last me a week or two!!! if anyone knows where I can order it in bulk quantities hook a sister up xo. 

My youngest son and I stopped for pizza on the way home he was an angel at Michaels today, didn't fuss much at all, I take over an hour to make up my mind there and for a 3 year old, he has the patience of Job:)

Free Book Of Shadows Pages

 

 I've added several free Bos Pages to my Zen Archangelism Blog

for anyone who follows the Pagan/Wiccan/Witchcraft paths:)

http://bornagainwiccan.blogspot.com/search/label/Free%20Bos%20Papers

Blank Book Of Shadows Papers

Baw CraftWorx on FaceBook

Some Bos papers I found online & edited. I did not make these, I just resized & edited them:)

Blank Bos Papers

56 new photos

MY LIVING ROOM IS LACTOSE INTOLERANT!!!

My 3 year old son  Marcus decided it was a splendid day to raid the fridge and litter my living room and all of my furniture with MILK and FOOD! When I asked him WHY he poured milk all over my floors, couch, tables and chairs, he said: (with hands on his hips and scrunched eyebrows) "THEY WERE THIRSTY!" I'm really angry but I can't even snap because he made me lmao. WTF???? So I will be spending the next several hours trying to do damage control :s

More Pix of My Old Garden

I was just visiting a friends blog here: http://garden.creativebusyhands.com/ and I thought you know I haven't posted a lot of the great pix I have of my old garden so here are some of my favorites:

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