Well I have my first tutorial up and it's how to make your own paperclip in Corel Paint Shop Pro.  Just click on the left sidebar and it'll take you there.  It also has a zip with all my screenshots, so you can see them up close.  I didn't want to put the full pictures on the page - it would take forever for the page to come up!

I'm working on my next tutorial, it will be how to use Digital Templates in PSP.  It's a little more involved than when using Photo Shop.

I'm just finishing up a new kit called Twinkle Twinkle.  I have so many photo's of my boys sleeping, and I wanted to make a kit for those pictures.  The next kit I'll be working on is a Western one, this is for Jenny in my Yahoo group who requested one :0)

My favorite freebie haunts today:  Make sure you leave thank-you's :0)

1.  Well I have to say first RUBY not just because I'm on here Template Team lol, but also because she has wonderful freebies and challenges to make you use your downloads!  Ruby has super templates and wonderful kits :0)

2.  PAPER-MOONS Anna has the most beautiful freebies!  She just got done doing a daily download for all of March, which are still up for grabs.  Also, you have to go through her whole blog, there's not only tons of great freebies, but I just love all her to do lists!  You can get great ideas on how she places her elements.

3.  JENNY'S SCRAP PLACE Do you have a couple hours on your hands? Well that's how long it will take you to go through all 78 kits she has made for everyone! They are just wonderful!!  Jenny also has super sketches to help you with your layouts :0)

4.  MARY'S SCRAPBOOKING GALERIE Mary has not only beautiful kits for you, but also has her layout gallery to help you get inspired :0)

5.  ANGEL IN MY POCKET DESIGNS Joanne just finished a beautiful kit for the month of March :0)

6.  RAK SCRAPS This is my all time favorite place! Most of you have probably been here, but if you haven't, you just have to go.  They have a wonderful monthly mega kit, tons of RAK's (Random Acts of Kindness), challenges with super posting freebies and best of all I love the gallery there.  You can get soooo many ideas for your own layouts.  This is called scrap lifting - when you use someone else's layout and use it for your inspiration.  Remember you don't have to use the same kit, elements or colors.  Use what you have and look at there's for placement ideas :0)

Well that's it for me tonight, I'm reading Sphere by Michael Crichton.  I've already read his Prey, A Case of Need and State of Fear novels. In case you never heard of him, he did Jurassic Park and Disclosure (which I haven't read yet) :0)

Have a super night!

If you haven't taken a peek at my site lately, there's been lots of additions :0)  I made more tutorials which you can find the links on the left.  I made the Templates Alphas separate from the regular Templates.  Alphas are here
Regular Templates are here.  And all the freebie categories are here   For the tutorials I'm going to do the same one for PSCS, PSE and PSP, so everyone can learn and play together.  In the end you'll end up with a whole kit you made yourself.  If you belong to my Yahoo Group, you can request tutorials and ask for any help you may need :0)  You can also request kits or elements and I see what I can do!

Here's some free brush sites for you:

1. DESIGN FRUIT This site offers you great free brushes for Adobe Photo Shop and also the PNG's so you can use them in other programs too.

2. FLY GUY DESIGNS This site offers you super free brushes for Adobe Photo Shop and also the PNG's so you can use them in other programs too.

3. CALL ME REAL This site has a beautiful free Adobe brush set called Choice Spring.  It also has a free PNG download for other programs.

4. OBSIDIAN DAWN This one offers tons of free Adobe brush sets and the image packs too.

Have fun exploring and creating! 

Today is my 8th wedding anniversary and the anniversary of our 1st date 14 years ago!  And Tuesday I turn 39!  Oh the time is just flying :0)  And what am I doing for my anniversary?  Playing on the computer while my hubby cuts the grass!  I finished reading all the Michael Crichton books I can get my hands on, so now I'm on to Sandra Brown's mysteries.  I just finished The Alibi, great book!

If you're wondering where my tutorials are... SCRAPGIRLS  will now be hosting them.  I'm so excited, for one they are a super bunch of gals.  For another, they are a huge site, so I'll be able to help more people.  Which is what I do tutorials for :0) 

If you like mysteries, you have to read Sandra Brown's The Witness!  I kept getting so surprised, it was an awesome book! 

My wonderful brother Dave gave me money to buy a years membership to ActionFX!  Whoo hoo, there's over 92,000 actions, styles etc to download for members!  So I'll be able to create tons and tons of things for the freebie section!

Here's a list of freebie sites for you:

Sue Chastain Photo Edge Masks  There are tons of "Free Grayscale Masks for Photo Edge Effects".  These are great for making your photos have that extra punch!

Free Digital Camera Enhancer  From Media Chance, they have a freeware version to help make your digital photos look better.

JAlbum  is a gallery software that makes web albums from your photos.

Ulead  Tons and tons of freebies!  There's awesome plugins, fonts, photos and more!