Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
☆McAwesome Day !☆
I know, nobody says awesome anymore except me. What can I say, i'm a child of the eighties. If I could relive the great eighties, sign me up, count me in. A great eighties revival. Some of my greatest memories, experiences, ect happened in that decade and i'll always be a eighties child. I wonder if I started wearing leg warmers again if they would catch on ?
What can I say ? I did have an awesome day. I got up early, spent the morning with friends. I went and looked at a friend's computer, helped him set up some things and checked out his new moniter. He has a cute little place with the most magnificant view of The Bay of Fundy from his livingroom window. We went to go to Shopper's Drugmart for afew items and decided to go out to lunch. He asked if I was going home after and I mentioned that no, I actually was going to call a mutal friend and go out for a coffee with her.
He suggested ringing her up and inviting her out to lunch with us. What a wonderful idea ! So it was off to lunch for the three of us. I enjoyed the time spent with my new friends. Very much did I enjoy thier company.I'm slowly making new friends in this new place.
Alot of the time, I miss that the most, catching up with friends over long lazy breakfasts or a three hour cup of coffee at Tim's. Not to mention what a gorgeous sunny fall day we had today. Actually, it was a perfect day for venturing out indeed. I think that today I had perma grin.
This evening I relaxed and played around in Paint Shop Pro. My results of the evening :
What can I say ? I did have an awesome day. I got up early, spent the morning with friends. I went and looked at a friend's computer, helped him set up some things and checked out his new moniter. He has a cute little place with the most magnificant view of The Bay of Fundy from his livingroom window. We went to go to Shopper's Drugmart for afew items and decided to go out to lunch. He asked if I was going home after and I mentioned that no, I actually was going to call a mutal friend and go out for a coffee with her.
He suggested ringing her up and inviting her out to lunch with us. What a wonderful idea ! So it was off to lunch for the three of us. I enjoyed the time spent with my new friends. Very much did I enjoy thier company.I'm slowly making new friends in this new place.
Alot of the time, I miss that the most, catching up with friends over long lazy breakfasts or a three hour cup of coffee at Tim's. Not to mention what a gorgeous sunny fall day we had today. Actually, it was a perfect day for venturing out indeed. I think that today I had perma grin.
This evening I relaxed and played around in Paint Shop Pro. My results of the evening :
I think it's slowly coming back, my creative energy. People get writer's block......i get PSP block. Same thing with my sketching or painting. Sometimes it flows and sometimes nothing but a huge vast blank void. I can sit here and stare at my bits and bobs, but nothing.
Anyways, sometimes you just need a kick start or alittle bit of inspiration. I found a dose of inspiration at Urban Fairtales. She has some beautiful mini page kits and little frames and gorgeous masks availible for download. Some pieces are very intricate and delicate, very unique work the she generously shares with us digital scrap lovers.
Till next time : )
Monday, November 2, 2009
☆Random Q&A☆ Part Two
31. What's the first thought in your head when you wake up ? What time is it ? Why is it so bright in here ?
32. Biggest pet peeve ? People who drive attatched to their cell phones. They don't pay any attention to what's goin on around them....or driving and texting, that's even worse.
33. What's the one language that you want to learn ? Portugese, I can read it, I can write it, but i can't speak it. Strange huh ?
34. How do you eat an apple ? I'll peel the skin off, cut it in slices and dip it in peanut butter. Creamy peanut butter.
35. What do you order at a bar ? Iced tea or a Pina Nada Colada.
36. Have you ever pierced your bodyparts ? Just the ears....was thinking about my nose.
37. Do you have any tattoos ? Yes, on my shoulder and one on my wrist.
38. Do you drive a stick ? Yes, I bought a standard and had no idea how to drive it. I had to learn and I did in one day !
39. What's one trait you dislike in a person ? Someone who's two-faced. If someone spends alot of time talking about others behind thier backs, you can guarantee that they are talking about you too.
40. What kind of watch(es) do you wear ? It's called a cellphone and it's usually in my pocket or within close reach.
41. Most frivolous purchase ? Any outrageously expensive handbag that i've bought in the last year...
42. Do you consider yourself materialistic ? Not particularly. I had to give/sell/get rid of more then half my belongings before moving half way across Canada this spring. Most things can be replaced.
43. What do you cook the best ? Lasagna !
44. Favorite writting tool ? My keyboard, i'm of the computer generation, e-mail, word perfect, texting, tweeting ect........as a result, my penmanship sucks.
45. Do you prefer to blend in or stand out ? I tend to blend in, lol.
46. What do you want for Christmas ? American Eagle gift card and a bottle of XS Black perfume by Paco Rabanne.
47. What's one car you will never buy ? A Porshe, want a Porshe, won't be able to afford one in this life time, lol.
48. What kind of books do you like to read ? Anything I can get my hands on ! It depends on my mood really, I do like a variety.
49. If you won the lottery, what would you do ? Besides faint in disbelief ?
50. Burial or cremation ? I've been thinking about this, and I think that I would like to be cremated and thrown about.
51. How many online journals do you read regularly ? About 5.
52. What's the one thing that your a sore loser at ? Tennis....just call me Johnetta McEnroe....
53. If you don't like a person, how do you show it ? I try to be civil, but the eye rolling and loud annoyed sighing usually gives me away.
54. Do you cry infront of your friends ? Ohh...I try not to, i'm scarey looking when I cry.
55. What kind of first impression do you think you give to people ? That i'm a snob or the like, i'm very shy and i'm rarely the first one to speak.
56. What's the one thing you like to do alone ? When i'm mad, just go for a long drive.....alone or a long walk.
57. Are you a giver or a taker ? Abit of both, try to keep it even.
58. Favorite communication method ? Texting, IM'ing or email. I don't like the phone at all. I was tickled pink when I figured out how to text people.
59. How many drinks until your tipsy ? Zero. Just say no to yummy fruity boozy drinks.
60. Do you think your cool ? Nooooooo. I don't know what I am, but cool is not a word used to describe me, lol.
32. Biggest pet peeve ? People who drive attatched to their cell phones. They don't pay any attention to what's goin on around them....or driving and texting, that's even worse.
33. What's the one language that you want to learn ? Portugese, I can read it, I can write it, but i can't speak it. Strange huh ?
34. How do you eat an apple ? I'll peel the skin off, cut it in slices and dip it in peanut butter. Creamy peanut butter.
35. What do you order at a bar ? Iced tea or a Pina Nada Colada.
36. Have you ever pierced your bodyparts ? Just the ears....was thinking about my nose.
37. Do you have any tattoos ? Yes, on my shoulder and one on my wrist.
38. Do you drive a stick ? Yes, I bought a standard and had no idea how to drive it. I had to learn and I did in one day !
39. What's one trait you dislike in a person ? Someone who's two-faced. If someone spends alot of time talking about others behind thier backs, you can guarantee that they are talking about you too.
40. What kind of watch(es) do you wear ? It's called a cellphone and it's usually in my pocket or within close reach.
41. Most frivolous purchase ? Any outrageously expensive handbag that i've bought in the last year...
42. Do you consider yourself materialistic ? Not particularly. I had to give/sell/get rid of more then half my belongings before moving half way across Canada this spring. Most things can be replaced.
43. What do you cook the best ? Lasagna !
44. Favorite writting tool ? My keyboard, i'm of the computer generation, e-mail, word perfect, texting, tweeting ect........as a result, my penmanship sucks.
45. Do you prefer to blend in or stand out ? I tend to blend in, lol.
46. What do you want for Christmas ? American Eagle gift card and a bottle of XS Black perfume by Paco Rabanne.
47. What's one car you will never buy ? A Porshe, want a Porshe, won't be able to afford one in this life time, lol.
48. What kind of books do you like to read ? Anything I can get my hands on ! It depends on my mood really, I do like a variety.
49. If you won the lottery, what would you do ? Besides faint in disbelief ?
50. Burial or cremation ? I've been thinking about this, and I think that I would like to be cremated and thrown about.
51. How many online journals do you read regularly ? About 5.
52. What's the one thing that your a sore loser at ? Tennis....just call me Johnetta McEnroe....
53. If you don't like a person, how do you show it ? I try to be civil, but the eye rolling and loud annoyed sighing usually gives me away.
54. Do you cry infront of your friends ? Ohh...I try not to, i'm scarey looking when I cry.
55. What kind of first impression do you think you give to people ? That i'm a snob or the like, i'm very shy and i'm rarely the first one to speak.
56. What's the one thing you like to do alone ? When i'm mad, just go for a long drive.....alone or a long walk.
57. Are you a giver or a taker ? Abit of both, try to keep it even.
58. Favorite communication method ? Texting, IM'ing or email. I don't like the phone at all. I was tickled pink when I figured out how to text people.
59. How many drinks until your tipsy ? Zero. Just say no to yummy fruity boozy drinks.
60. Do you think your cool ? Nooooooo. I don't know what I am, but cool is not a word used to describe me, lol.
☆Random Q&A☆ Part One
1. What is the geekiest part of your music collection ? : I'd have to say, Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus. I can't particularly explain it either. *Blushes*
2. What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night ? Left over dinner bits or I'll nuke a bag of popcorn.
3. What is your secret guarenteed weeping movie ? Terms of Endurment.....an oldie but a goodie. Shhh, it's supposed to be a secret !
4. Do you have a completely irrational fear ? Don't we all ? I do, I do have some wildly irrational fears. I also have an irrational fear about posting my irrational fear.
5. What is the little physical habit that gives away your insucure moments ? Most obvious would be the blushing. I also have this thing where i'll chew my bottom lip.
6. Are you a pyromaniac ? What, nooooooooooo, me ? Lighting the b-bque is enough to give me a coranary and enduce severe emotional trauma.....
7. Do you have too many interests ? I must, I never find the time to explore them all.
8. Do you know anyone famous ? I went to highschool with a famous hockey player before he became famous. Other then that, no, I don't know anyone of that stature.
9. Describe your bed ? Four poster dark mahogany bed frame.....the matteress however is lumpy bumpy. Should think about investing in a new matteress/boxspring set.
10. Spontaneous or planned ? I enjoy abit of both worlds. Although, I must admit, the better part of my calender is planned.
11. Who should play you in a movie about your life ? I think I would pick Sandra Bullock.
12. Do you know how to play poker ? Not very well.
13. What do you carry with you at all times ? My wallet.....never leave home without it.
14. What do you miss most about bieng a kid ? Playing outside in the mud and splashing in puddles.
15. Are you happy with your given name ? That's a whole new can of worms. No, not at all. In fact, i'm looking into having it leagaly changed.
16. How much money would it take for you to give up the internet for a whole year ? Why, who's offering ?
17. How long has it been since you cried ? A week, one whole week. That has to be like some kind of record for me.
18 What color is your bedroom ? A greenish blue, not sage, not green green.....alright, it's green.
19 What was the last song that you listened to ? Raindrops by Sash
20 Have you ever been in a play ? Yes, I got roped into bieng a...um...munchkin in a grade school production of The Wizard of Oz.
21. Favorite meal ? Since I moved to NB, it's been fish and chips.
22. Do you talk alot ? Only around people that I feel comfortable with. I should mention though, as a child my nickname was M&M....stood for motor mouth or mighty mouth, take your pick.
23. Do you like yourself or believe in yourself ? Interesting question. As of late, it's been a work in progress, and we are progressing.
24. What is your guiltiest pleasure ? A nice long hot bubblebath.
25. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person ? I try to treat people the way that I would like to be treated.
26. What is the best compliment that you've ever recieved ?
27. If you could meet anyone famous, dead or alive, who would it be ? I have a list actually, of both, at the top of that list would be Lady Diana. She was an amazing human bieng, her life was an open book but she still pulled off an air of mystery. She was a very public figure and she used that to an advantage in the charity works that she did and to draw attention to world matters. She was a humanitarian and truly " The People's Princess"
28. Which musical instrument do you wish you could play ? I play the drums, i play the piano.........lately, I wish that I had learned how to play the guitar.
29. Favorite fabric ? Cotton, I love cotton, cotton and denim. A true jeans and t-shirt kind of girl a'la American Eagle style.
30. Something you love and hate ? I love and hate snow. Snow. I love to see it falling at Christmas time, it puts you in the Christmasy mood. I love to see the world covered in a nice fresh layer of snow, sparkly and quiet, still. I hate slush, I hate driving in snow and I hate shoveling the stuff.
part two to follow at a later date : )
2. What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night ? Left over dinner bits or I'll nuke a bag of popcorn.
3. What is your secret guarenteed weeping movie ? Terms of Endurment.....an oldie but a goodie. Shhh, it's supposed to be a secret !
4. Do you have a completely irrational fear ? Don't we all ? I do, I do have some wildly irrational fears. I also have an irrational fear about posting my irrational fear.
5. What is the little physical habit that gives away your insucure moments ? Most obvious would be the blushing. I also have this thing where i'll chew my bottom lip.
6. Are you a pyromaniac ? What, nooooooooooo, me ? Lighting the b-bque is enough to give me a coranary and enduce severe emotional trauma.....
7. Do you have too many interests ? I must, I never find the time to explore them all.
8. Do you know anyone famous ? I went to highschool with a famous hockey player before he became famous. Other then that, no, I don't know anyone of that stature.
9. Describe your bed ? Four poster dark mahogany bed frame.....the matteress however is lumpy bumpy. Should think about investing in a new matteress/boxspring set.
10. Spontaneous or planned ? I enjoy abit of both worlds. Although, I must admit, the better part of my calender is planned.
11. Who should play you in a movie about your life ? I think I would pick Sandra Bullock.
12. Do you know how to play poker ? Not very well.
13. What do you carry with you at all times ? My wallet.....never leave home without it.
14. What do you miss most about bieng a kid ? Playing outside in the mud and splashing in puddles.
15. Are you happy with your given name ? That's a whole new can of worms. No, not at all. In fact, i'm looking into having it leagaly changed.
16. How much money would it take for you to give up the internet for a whole year ? Why, who's offering ?
17. How long has it been since you cried ? A week, one whole week. That has to be like some kind of record for me.
18 What color is your bedroom ? A greenish blue, not sage, not green green.....alright, it's green.
19 What was the last song that you listened to ? Raindrops by Sash
20 Have you ever been in a play ? Yes, I got roped into bieng a...um...munchkin in a grade school production of The Wizard of Oz.
21. Favorite meal ? Since I moved to NB, it's been fish and chips.
22. Do you talk alot ? Only around people that I feel comfortable with. I should mention though, as a child my nickname was M&M....stood for motor mouth or mighty mouth, take your pick.
23. Do you like yourself or believe in yourself ? Interesting question. As of late, it's been a work in progress, and we are progressing.
24. What is your guiltiest pleasure ? A nice long hot bubblebath.
25. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person ? I try to treat people the way that I would like to be treated.
26. What is the best compliment that you've ever recieved ?
27. If you could meet anyone famous, dead or alive, who would it be ? I have a list actually, of both, at the top of that list would be Lady Diana. She was an amazing human bieng, her life was an open book but she still pulled off an air of mystery. She was a very public figure and she used that to an advantage in the charity works that she did and to draw attention to world matters. She was a humanitarian and truly " The People's Princess"
28. Which musical instrument do you wish you could play ? I play the drums, i play the piano.........lately, I wish that I had learned how to play the guitar.
29. Favorite fabric ? Cotton, I love cotton, cotton and denim. A true jeans and t-shirt kind of girl a'la American Eagle style.
30. Something you love and hate ? I love and hate snow. Snow. I love to see it falling at Christmas time, it puts you in the Christmasy mood. I love to see the world covered in a nice fresh layer of snow, sparkly and quiet, still. I hate slush, I hate driving in snow and I hate shoveling the stuff.
part two to follow at a later date : )
Sunday, November 1, 2009
☆ All I Want For Christmas... ☆
♪All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth ♪
Christmas is just around the bend and I don't want much at all. I've thought about it and my list is pretty small. Maybe because I know it's been a tight year wallet wise and not just for me. Or, i've had other things to worry about this year never mind Christmas. I usually am the first one to get in the mood, and last year I was almost done my shopping by now. I've not even started, not even close.
My Christmas list is pretty small actually. All I want this year is gift cards to American Eagle :
The only other thing is i've used up all perfums.....A girl has got to smell good. I know that I used to wear Notorious by Ralf Lauren, but at the perfum counter. One of the sales girls gave me a sample of this totaly delish smelling fragrance and now I would adore a bottle of it ! Black XS by Paco Rabanne.
Yes.....a girl has to smell good....at least this one does : )
☆ The Seals!! The Seals!!☆
Living on the Bay of Funday is interesting to say the least. I heard that we do get seals around here, but I really was not expecting to actually see any. I went out to the Irving Nature Park for a hike, took my camera of course. I ended up at one of the look-outs and saw a cruise ship out in the distance. It must of been just leaving port. I knew that it would come by my way on it's way out to sea. Not one to miss a photo op, I waited patiently for the ship to get closer.
While I was standing there, waiting for eternity for the ship, I heard a very strange noise. I looked down at the water, puzzled indeed when I heard the noise again. I realized that the water was full of seals ! Seals just playing around and hanging out on some rocks out in the water. I forgot all about the ship, i was so excited for seeing the seals. I do wish that they had been on the rocks along the coast line.
I started snapping like crazy to capture them. I was not sure that they would show up at all. Thank gosh that with the Canon Eos Rebel, the photos are humungous. They give you lots of room to crop and play with......very good seeing as I had to crop the pic ALOT inorder for the seals to show up well. Otherwise, it would have looked like a photo of water with afew blobs floating around.
It still looks furry, but it works for now. I'm going to have to buy myself a really wicked high telephoto lens ! Next year i'll be out there, making sure I get some really great seal photos. Here is another photo, one of the little cuties was bieng playful, I wonder if he knew he was on film ?
While I was standing there, waiting for eternity for the ship, I heard a very strange noise. I looked down at the water, puzzled indeed when I heard the noise again. I realized that the water was full of seals ! Seals just playing around and hanging out on some rocks out in the water. I forgot all about the ship, i was so excited for seeing the seals. I do wish that they had been on the rocks along the coast line.
I started snapping like crazy to capture them. I was not sure that they would show up at all. Thank gosh that with the Canon Eos Rebel, the photos are humungous. They give you lots of room to crop and play with......very good seeing as I had to crop the pic ALOT inorder for the seals to show up well. Otherwise, it would have looked like a photo of water with afew blobs floating around.
It still looks furry, but it works for now. I'm going to have to buy myself a really wicked high telephoto lens ! Next year i'll be out there, making sure I get some really great seal photos. Here is another photo, one of the little cuties was bieng playful, I wonder if he knew he was on film ?
I shrunk the photo so it would fit on my blog, lol. I think it overshrunk ! You can see three blobs aka seals hanging out on the rock to the left and the playful seal jumping through the water : ) He almost looks like a dolphin, I hear we get those around here at times too.
☆Love Letters Un-Answered☆
You'll need to have a working knowlage of PSP
Supplies Needed:
FTU Scrap kit Love Birds by Clarey here
Such a cute lil' kit, be sure to say Thank-you when DL'ing.
Font of choice
Tube/Image of choice
I'm using the wonderfull artwork of Suzanne Woolcott.
I obtained my license from AMI but Suzanne is no longer
with them. If you want a license for Suzanne's work you can
get one here at Suzanne's store.
Okay, let's get started.This part might be alittle tricky, so I apologize now if I
lose you and get you all muddled up.
Open a new canvas 700x650Floodfill with white.
Open Clarey Lovebirds Frame 3.
Copy and paste this as a new layer on your canvas.
Open your tube, copy and paste her as a new layer above yourframe layer.
Take the image copy from your tube and paste it below your frame layer.
On your frame layer, take your raster deform tool and gently pull the left side of the frame towards your image so that there is no blank white space and your image fills the frame. Essencialy, we're shrinking this frame to accomodate the image.Once finished, go to your tube layer, add a drop shadow.
Make your frame layer active.
Magic wand, click inside this, Selections invert.
Make your top tube layer active again, and with your eraser, erase the parts hanging over the BOTTOM of the frame.
We do NOT want to erase the top of your tube's head.
Selections, select none.
Click inside your frame again with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand by 4, selections, invert. Make your image layer active, hit delete on your keyboard.
Selections, select none.
Add a drop shadow to your frame layer. X out your bottom layer, layers, merge visable. Now you can move this portion and make it more centered on your canvas without trying to move pieces of it around.
Open up clarey lovebirds heart 1.
Copy and paste as a new layer, bring this below your merged layer. Go to image, rotate, free rotate, 15 degrees. Add a drop shadow.
Open up heart 3, copy and paste and place it to your liking, ( i resized this heart as it was alittle bigger ) Add a drop shadow.
Open up heart 5, copy and paste it as a new layer, bring below your merged layer, place it to your liking, add a drop shadow.
Open up the clarey lovebird tree, resize by 75% and copy and paste as a new layer. I placed this under the chocolate heart and above the cream heart. Add a drop shadow.
Open the little lovebird 2, copy and paste as a new layer,above your merged layer, resize to suit, add a drop shadow.
I also duplicated this bird, image, mirror, resized him to be smaller and placed him at the left side of my tag.
Open up flower 3 or flower of your choice and place where you feel it looks good. You can use one or more. Add a drop shadow to your flower or flowers.
Add your name and your copyrights/watermarks.
Layers, merge, merge all.
Save as a JPEG or PNG.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial : )
This tutorial was written on January 12th 2009
by Isabella
☆Blah? ☆
Notice the blog entry title. Sometimes, I have no idea what to name my blog entries so I think that "blah" is sufficiant in that instance. However, I don't want to end up with ahundred blog entries named "blah" either. It's raining and the whole eveing has been rather blah.
My laptop is acting up. I don't know what it's problem is but it keeps freezing and it's had me at wits end. There's nothing on T.V, it's raining and wet, Halloween is over, please don't take the internet away too ! Now that's asking for a complete meltdown. I am of the internet generation. E-mailing, IMing, Twittering, Googling 30 something gal. My world without internet would be thrown into complete chaos. I don't even want to think about it.
So, I spent the evening trying to give my Laptop intensive care. Once I got it working somewhat, I set down to an evening of playing in PaintShop. My creative mind seems to have taken a hike or it's feeling under the weather as well. This is the cummulation of my efforts.
I found the cute little frame at a blog called Urban Fairytales. <--Click to go see. I found alot of very unique artsy little bits and bobs of scrappy type elements and mini page kits. Very different and in a very good way. I used to make siggies or tags or whatever all the time. Then I got into digital scrapbooking and really enjoyed that until my desktop crashed with all my good stuff. My laptop does not support that type of activity. It does not have that kind of memory. I'm lucky I can make tags on it. I'll take it for now : )
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