This Weeks Freebie_Quick pages

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Was working on a new kit and to test drive the elements & papers, I made up a couple of quick pages instead of regular layouts. the PNG is for digital scrappers, and JPEG is generally for hybrid-print and use scrappers. But you all can use both!!

I still have lots of ideas for elements and papers, just gotta work on some overlays and add it to the completed kit - Ol Folk. Might take me another week since the weather has been so beautiful here. I find I wanna be outside doing Spring cleaning and getting ready to plant rather than sit inside in front of "the Beast". So it has been work an hour or two before going to bed at night. The only reason I'm here now is that it is RAINING HARD right now...

Surgery is still planned for May 4th.. So nothing new to report...just listening to the rain hitting the back patio tin roof and doing laundry!! Granny J.

Too Nice Out to stay In

I haven't forgotten to Blog.. Just can't keep myself indoors when the temp reaches 60 and above.

Just a tip for PSE6 users: Find your enhancement feature!!

I was having trouble with fuzzy edges/pixels straying where I didn't want them..couldn't get a well defined item.. Til I Started playing with the Enhancement feature.. Look in the top task bar of your PSE6 when it's open!!

Don't be afraid - there is always the IMAGE>REVERT feature.. It can take an image like on the top left to One that is ready to use on a scrapbook page.. whether you want it printed out on paper for your use or to use Digitally. ERASE as much of the messy edges as you can.. then do a SHARPEN image. ENHANCEMENT>SHARPEN IMAGE>SETTINGS 29% AND 40% (I left the background white so you could really see the difference.)

I'm quite sure CS and other PSE programs have this feature.. just don't know where to tell you to look for the ENHANCEMENT feature.. so you will need to Play In Your Program if it isn't PSE6.. LOL.

OK, so where did I find MY BEAR?? From a baby quilt and material I got at Wally World.. I'm making Burb Clothes for a new MOMMY. And practising my free style quilting technique with my very own regular sewing machine.. You'll have to go to my other Blog to see how that technique is working for me... See Granny's Gab on the right .. Off and Running tomorrow with an eye test early in the am.. then get busy on The Front Yard. Clean ups and getting readys time here.

Keep walking in the Sunshine..You'll get tan, exercise and sleep good at night. GRANNY

Week 2 - Free Mini Kit

Was working with making realistic fruit..not an easy task using the cookie cutter tool and paint brush in PSE6. But by adding a new layer for each color and adjusting the opacity to around 25% it is doable!! It's one of those "learn by doing", making adjustments and adding lots of layers. Now there may be some Stray Pixels that I didn't get erased so you may have to re work some of these goodies.. that is why they are FREE!! It is my first kit/try at doing a more realistic looking item.

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Personal News:

Next week starts my round of pre op visits to doctors to get some work done on my eyes.. testing first for what vision I do have and comparisons to what it was and could be if they did surgery. Then all the blood work, ekg and whatever else goes with having pre op testing done before surgery. Not a big deal, just takes time to get to the doc, run the required tests, and pay the bill for it all. I mean everyone gets their little chunk of ME!!

So My Playing In PSE6 will be strictly limited for awhile. First because of the time taken away from the "beast" to get the testing done. Then On May 4th it may be the surgical proceedure will interfer with my SEEING anything for a bit. As long as I can, I intend to continue learning and sharing with ya. Gotta take care of the Grey Matter along with everything else..If ya don't use it , You Lose It!! Granny

Free packette-PhotoCorners

I am so bad about reading "fine" print.. So when I jumped on board the Color Challenge at DD, I didn't see the RULE: No Outside Links Allowed. And found out the absolute unbreakable Rule applies to FREEBIEs from Members. So instead of having the link up there.... I will offer you all MY Little Packet of PhotoCorners made for the April 5th Color Challenge.

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Now I am off to work on a Baby Quilt for a New Mama.. Just adding a border/binding and it's all done. I may have to grab a photo of it and use it for Color inspiration for a KIT!! Inspiration is everywhere.
Granny

Week 1 Freebie - April

I tell ya an Ol Lady can learn new tricks. I searched and searched for the Fairies for this kit and all that I found for C/Use was in a Jpeg format. Which doesn't translate to a good PNG file for scrapbooking digitally. So The ones I did find needed alot of reworking. This is where I had to really put on my thinking cap. PSE6 has a Magic wand tool. I had never used it to extract images before.. But it saved my few brain cells and lowered my stress level - rather than do the manual extractions like I was used to doing.

***Click on Images to download Your Freebies***

The Fairies and Butterflys are from CU free, Royalty free, comic books and ads that I found in the paper community.. magazines, comic books and Adobe.com are MY FRIENDs!! Remember , I'm just learning and offer you My Humble Attempts, FREE of Charge.. So help me out and leave me some comments on what you like or DIDN'T Like.

Personal-

With the warmer weather coming in, everyone here has taken a good look at themeselves in the mirror (getting ready for shorts and swim suits). It is the consensus that something needs to be done about our shapes.. Discussions proceeded from exercising more and eating less, to searches on line for a healthy lifestyle program to printing out grocery lists!!

I'm sitting here thinking, Yeah! Right! It's like those New Years Eve Resolutions we all make but find too hard to keep. Changing our behaviors is probably the hardest thing we ever will do in our lives, but.. and I say this with "tongue in cheek" - It's Best thing you will ever do for yourself !! Get healthy!!

Little do they realize that since I am the COOK and DD is the shopper, we have been doing the Healthy food choices for the whole family!! I just haven't figured out how to get the potatoes off the couch. It's eat, watch tv and go to bed each evening. What happened to the walk or work out ?? OK, OK, so I am NOT a good motivator - Nor do I set a good example. But when the whole house is off to work, I am Movin'. Up the stairs, Down the Stairs, Throw another load in the washer/dryer, fold it- up the stairs to put it all away.. out the door/ in the door, sweep the patios, dig in the garden, grab the mail, clean the hot tub..soak awhile!! Maybe I should do more of that when they are home.. but Honey, I'm too pooped at the end of the day ----

Keep movin' Granny