Just a quick post and another quickpage

Hi all, -well nigh shift recovery successful, flat nice and tidy,curtains washed, window handles lose screws fixed, cooked, washing up done ,full moon ritual last night, cleansing and detox salt bath, 2 more art projects in the making .... hey, you can see I have no time to get bored,lol.
The x-mas kit is almost done , some more bits and bobs and then a name for it , I hopefully find time to finish it off in the morning

Popping into my favourite little shop today was another success in finding yet another x-mas present -I'm getting there ! One by one they are being packed and I'm getting them ready to be posted next payday.-Destination USA ,lol

For the ones on this of the ocean I have still a little more time.
But there is another quickpage freebie for you on the freebie page now - enjoy ! And I'll be back as soon as there is something to show again. Hugs Snowy

Back in action :)

Whoohooo ! The last shop I tried yesterday had a new adapter for my laptop -I am back in action ! So happy ! Compared to the old Desktop PC the laptop works with lightning speed, so much better. And also the typing on the keyboard is more comfortable, the old keyboard at the PC tends to leave out letters. And no ,I am not getting a new one or do anything to that old thing. The only thing that will be done , I will get myself a new state of the art laptop , a new external drive and then that old thing will be scrapped. Do you know how much electricity I'm saving with the laptop? I t has gone down a great deal since I don't use the desktop - laptops are so much more energy efficient.
I have come of night shift , so for the rest of the day my motto is :

Gotta have days like this from time to time-don't you think?
Later I can finally carry on with my Christmas kit, plus I'm planning to package up a new pack of Christmas Overlays.
Apart from that I was busy with packing my Christmas Presents, -will have to start writing cards as well, I finished another project ...

...a shopping bag with a stitched Cat on, and I treated myself to a tiny little Angel trinket box-so cute !

Also found another little present yesterday, so that's another one off my list ! Currently I'm uploading a Christmas kit which is already on the Christmas Store page at reduced price, the second one is already done, I just need to make a new sampler for it. But all in good time- after this kit has finished uploading I will have some beauty sleep first ! 4 shared has just given up on me half way through the sampler upload of the Christmas Glory Sampler, so I will need to try again later.Winter Solstice is up, also reduced price and the next one I think will have to be the Hanukkha -Festival of Lights kit.While those upload I can carry on working on my dreamcatcher as well, I suppose,lol -as always multi tasking :)
For now I'm off -Hugs Snowy

Morning coffee playtime and freebie QP

Good morning,
Well , the power cable/AC Adapter has to be ordered in. It seems nobody in this town has it in stock, I have another shop to try today, but I would be surprised if they have it. And lets see how much they will charge,lol.
But at least I got this old  PC, so all is not lost-just annoying that I can't finish off the Christmas kit in the meantime.
But I already had some playtime while drinking my coffee....well,partly done last night and finished off this morning.I'm on night shift tonight, so I don't have to rush around during the day, which is nice !
This pic was inspired by the lyrics of the new song from Nightwish-Storytime, so I did two versions of it. One just the plain picture, and one where I put a part of the lyrics on it. I'll show you the one with lyrics on.

And I managed to get another quickpage for you uploaded (go to freebie page for the link,please) As November is the month for Thanksgiving I thought this fits well-enjoy

And I challenge you ! - On Facebook a few friends are posting one thing every day this month for which they are thankful for. I shall be making a layout for this myself , but I'd like others to join in.So why not get busy and post one on your blog by Thanksgiving day as well ? Anytime between now and the 24th November. If you send me a link to it you can have a pick of  any one of the items in my store, and there will be a few more still coming( this includes the CU stock-I'm feeling generous,lol) So have a look around and see what's there so far, plenty of X-mas stuff on the separate X-mas CU page, or tubes or even a kit.(as I said , more will be there by the 24th.
But for now I'm off again,lol-Hugs Snowy

Always something unexpexted ....

Good morning,- its back to work for me today.Normally I wanted to show more from the new kit but life has a way of creating some surprises. Last night my laptop told me to "plug in or find another power source"-I thought "what the hell? It is plugged in" and a few minutes later the screen went black.... turns out my power cable, the AC/DC adapter is not working anymore, no power going through. So I can't access the stuff on my laptop until I bought a new one. The plan: leaving earlier before work and cycling up to the store to find out if they have those in stock, if not it might have to be ordered in , which would be a bummer-because it means waiting , and lets see how much they are.... so, nothing to show today, I'm afraid. I'm having to use the old Desktop PC and I hate it,lol. So you have to wait until I got my baby working again -hugs Snowy

Last day off - and a free Sampler quickpage

Good morning again, its my last day off, so lets make the most of it !
What have I been up to? Craft projects - 2 more were completed while watching the football last night.

Then I was busy to upload a kit which I finished last year but never really published. Its only a small kit , so instead of a sampler I made a Sample qp from it-which I used as a layout. You can pick up this free qp on the Store page under the kit previews. But this is the layout I made with it.

And I carried on working on my Christmas kit. I have almost completed it. Here is quickpage with one of the darker backgrounds. I was trying to get away from the traditional Christmas colours. I bought new decorations for my tree this year , and that's where the colours were taken from. We have a nice bright pink, a turquoise shade , a green, lilac and plenty of silver and gold. Here is a little teaser

Sparkly, hey? Anyway, I gotta rock on. And back to work tomorrow means I might not be able to do as much here on the blog as I have been the past days, but I will check in as soon as I have time. Hugs Snowy

Quickpage freebie

Morning again, -got my priorities right again with a "big mug of coffee" right in front of me. Just to show what I mean by "big mug" -here is a size comparison. Normal mug, Shaun's large mug and my BIG MUG OF COFFEE! Its huge,lol -and when its full I need both hands to hold it :)

Yesterday I handed in my craft object for the Christmas competition at Craftmania. The Ladies in the shop went all "ohhh" and "aahhh" about it. I hope I can take that as a good sign and maybe win one of the prizes. On Tuesday the guy from Yarmouth comes over to Lowestoft to photograph the entries , all pictures will then be uploaded on the Craftmania Facebook page and the ones with the most votes will win.I am hopeful-my entry is certainly standing out ! Everybody else seems to have made bauble decorations, but mine is a bell .So fingers crossed! The first prize is £ 25.00( approx $ 40.00) voucher for the store. I'd really like to go craft shopping for free,lol. I will show you the pic they published when its on the page.
For today the freebie is a quickpage. I have such a huge collection so I tried to find one which fits the time of year. This is "Autumn " and you find the link as always on the freebie Page

OK, and that's me off again -Hugs Snowy

Freebie number 3+4 and its getting festive...

Gooooood morning , Peeps !

Today I have yet another Remembrance Day freebie from the past , plus a template and ....... Snowy has been busy with a new kit ! Yup, I'm working on my Christmas kit for this year -and its colourful !
In the moment its coffee time and as usual a good dose of morning music with it. Have you seen the video to Nickelback's When we stand together yet? Its powerful and so right ! Also the lyrics -
One more depending on a prayer ,And we all look away ,People pretending everywhere, It's just another day,There's bullets flying through the air, And they still carry on ,We watch it happen over there, And then just turn it off,When we could feed a starving world, With what we throw away, But all we serve are empty words ,That always taste the same,The right thing to guide us, Is right here inside us, No one can divide us When the Light is nearly on ,But just like a heartbeat The drumbeat carries on…... that's just a small part of the lyrics , I really advise you to watch the video !( you will have to watch it on Youtube,embedding is disabled, but just click on the video and it takes you there)

But now to other things -I'm feeling myself and better again ! So yesterday late afternoon I went out to get some more milk on my bike.Shaun took this pic of me while he was doing some Motorbike maintenance

And in the evening after chatting on the webcam for a while I started the new kit, here is a little teaser. I used a template and the new designs.

For now I am going to need a coffee refill and you can hop over to the freebie page for the links to these :

As I said, they are oldies and have been pubished for a short while before,but with many new scrappers around after all these years now many will not have got them when they were available. For now I say have a great Weekend
Hugs Snowy

...and the freebies continue....

Good morning ,
well, I just read Kyra's comment and I did have indeed a nice hot bubble bath last night,lol. Feeling a little better , the left side is ok, but the right is still aching. Plus I woke up with blocked nose this morning -on no ! I don't wanna be getting a cold as well now ! So I'm dosing myself with plenty of Vitamins. The bright side to all this is that I am getting more x-mas gifts done, last night the sewing machine was busy again.I also found a perfect little ornament in a shop the other day for one f my friends. I'm trying to keep all the little gifts small and light so I don't have to pay too much postage. Sometimes sending it is more expensive than the gift itself. I'm better off than last year , but still not out of the red yet , so I have to be careful.
I think today I will catch up with things I left yesterday.  And I will have to make my way down into town to the shop to get more milk and cat food.
In the moment I'm just uploading another freebie while I write this. Its nice to see the freebie page fill up slowly. And of cause the cup of coffee is next to me !

The uploading is done -the "Poppies to remember kit "is up . An oldie but useful ,lol
So hop over for the link to the freebie page.

More tomorrow, for now I wish you all a nice day .
Hugs Snowy

More new additions on the blog

Hi again,
I have already been busy this morning and added some more stuff to this blog again. First of all the Midnight Magick kit and sampler are here now and at a reduced price as well (on the kits Store page), secondly there are now 2 Christmas pages , one where the kits will go, and one just for the CU stuff (the first items are transferred over for CU).third another new page just for Art and Craft items and idea links, I have put the first two up there as well. And fourth , 2 yummie Pumpkin recipes are up on the Recipes page- I made and tried these and they were great ! As usual I will add to these pages as I go along as well , if I made and tried something and it turned out great, or I really really like something , it goes on there !(so far its stuff I have already shown here, but I added the links where I got the ideas from)) But I always will announce here on the homepage when I add something new. In the moment its a case of making more x-mas cards , so that's what I do tonight while watching a DVD. I'll be taking it easy today. Being a little stupid when I was cycling ,now I suffer,lol. 

lesson learned : wear appropriate clothing while cycling in the cold wind and don't think because you're hot and sweating its like summer and take off your jacket !

 Now I'm doing the Granny shuffle , pass the Ibuprofen and hot water bottle ! My back and the area around the kidneys aches , where the cold wind got to -I must be getting old,lol. But hey , what doesn't kill me make me stronger ! So off I go now and do some chores , slower than usual -but I don't like sitting on my butt to much -this certainly applies to me,lol

Have a great day
Hugs Snowy

More kits in Store

Hi all,
I have uploaded the Thanksgiving kit and put it into the store for half price. Aso Angelmagic is also available for a reduced price now. Plus you find all the samplers for the kits there as well.
Makes it so much easier for me to have it all in one place here.
Apart from that I've been reading a lot today and just chiling out. I have removed yet more clutter , crafted a bit and made several layouts for our Group on Facebook with Chakra Information.
If you are interested in learning about the Chakras as well , you can find them all in one folder on Photobucket to download and use them for your personal reference.

I will make more, this is just the Root Chakra so far. The others will follow as I go along.
In the meantime something to chuckle for you -Hugs Snowy

Freebies Galore !

Hello again,
I have been going through the folders on my external drive today. I tried to count the kits I made, but I gave up after I reached 120. But I can tell you, there will be freebies galore for you ! For the month of November I have decided to republish some old freebies for those who missed them the first time round. The first one is a 5th November kit, when we have Bonfire Night here in UK. The next two are Remembrance Day kits. Further to that I have a huge collection of templates which used to be only available in our old forum , so I have decided to get them out.They all are in psd and psp format.
Then again I am giving a couple of kits a make-over. Going through the folders I came across kits I forgot all about, and some of them rally brought back some memories. And they are that nice that they deserve a make-over and be published again. Back then they were only available for a very short time, due to a shop/web site change over.Now looking at them I think " why have they been in that folder not being used for so long?" 
Oh, and I looking at going back to school in the New Year ! Yup, you are reading right ! Well, I told you that I am doing the Psychic Development course, and I was told I have more learning and studying to do. Well, - after doing some research I am thinking about enrolling at Stonebridge College and studying Holistic Therapies. This is one course I am interested in
Holistic Healing Professional Practitioner 
Preparing healing sessions
Crystal Healing
Anatomy and physiology 1
Anatomy and physiology 2
Basic Nutrition
Basic Exercise
Pastoral and spiritual issues
Autogenic Healing
Colour therapy 1
Colour therapy 2
Colour therapy 3
Chakra healing, traditional and Kaballah models
Parapsychology and Distance healing
Basic relaxation therapy
Altered state healing and NLP in Healing
Basic interviewing and Counselling NOS 1
Basic interviewing and Counselling NOS 2
Inner child therapy and healing
Setting up in practice
-After that I can specialize in any of these with further courses. I have my eyes on reflexology, massage, aromatherapy , or I could even go further into counselling- like dealing with eating disorders,School counselling, substance abuse...there are so many options.These are online courses with several days practice for the duration of the course and I can chose which location from several suits me best. The monthly assignments are either online or I can get them through the post and complete them in my own time.
And of cause my own driving license which I stoped to help Shaun to get his and his Motorbike on the road ,insured and paid off. Looks like a busy year ahead.
Anyway- the first November freebie is up ,- republished :

Please go to the freebie page for the link, I want to keep them all in one place,lol.
For now good night, its late and I need my beauty sleep-Hugs Snowy

Blessed Samhain and a freebie for you

Hello and good morning !Blessed Samhain to all !
With the time change over the weekend my body still has not got used to the one hour time difference and I was up rather early,lol. This morning I am preparing our Samhain Feast , the meat is already on the oven , I have just killed another pumpkin and some gourds , the next thing will be baking a cake, peeling potatoes and preparing the vegetables.
I'm also thinking of a number of my friends who have lost power in MA area due to snow and ice -everybody there , stay safe :) 
With the change-over of the shop to this blog a lot of my older stuff will be retiring , so there will be freebies galore for you ! Plus a lot of the other kits will be reduced in price so you can bag some bargains. I don't have time to do all this in one go , but I will do it as the seasons and occasions fit in with the designs.
The first freebie one is up today - an ex-store kit fitting to the time of year -its called November. I made some lovely layouts with this kit back when I first made it. It was perfect for pictures of my son when he was a lot younger. Like this one

You find the free kit links on the freebies page -link at the top, plus there are all the previews as well.
As for me, I'm back into the kitchen now to carry on making all the goodies -have a great day and Halloween
A big BOOH and Happy Halloween !!! from Snowy

First new kit

Hi ,
The first new kit is in Store after changing over to just this blog -Halloween Hauntings . you can find it here on "Shop-kits available" -just click on the link at the top of this page , plus the new Sampler for it is there as well .

First freebies back up again

The first series is back up -Football Fever ! You can find the folder link to download on the Freebies and Samplers page http://silversnowyraven.blogspot.com/p/freebies-and-samplers.html

2 days to go !

Hello again ,
only 2 more shifts and I'm off again - roll on Sunday ! I have taken some time off over Halloween/Samhain. Now that our new Girl Natalie is trained up its a little easier to get leave .....finally ! I have so many days left and have to take them by end of March.
Thinking back to today last year , now is roughly the time when I was arriving at Jib's house after Erik had picked me up. Has this year flown by or what? It seems like yesterday !
Nikki posted a video for me earlier on Facebook, filmed from her car while on her way to New Bedford , showing the lovely Autumn colours of the trees along the way.
My Shop blog is closed now! In future any new designs , sampler or freebies will be on the Store page here on this blog. I will still design kits from time to time, but not on a large scale anymore.I just have too many other hobbies which take time as well , and I don't want to concentrate just on designing anymore.
Well -Snowy has been busy again !New Dreamcatcher, Trinket box ,the Christmas Bell still needs finishing off , I want to attach some stars to hang down ....

The Bell is an entry for a competition , so keep your fingers crossed that I win a little prize :)
Apart from that not much to tell. I'm still busy learning and studying for the Psychic Development course and its proving harder than I would have thought. I have to put a lot of time into it , daily journaling and training the mind.....which is not so easy, because we are so used to our normal thought patterns that its not easy to just switch them of and make your mind a "blank canvas" to receive messages. The mind wanders, I start and a minute later I think " I have to do the laundry soon"....back to "blank canvas" ...then " I have to buy more milk tomorrow" .... see what I mean? You have naturally born mediums who just pick things up or know them, the rest of us have to work hard and train ourselves to achieve that state.
Anyway- enough now, I'm off to bed,lol
Till next post -Hugs Snowy

Last day again...

...and back to work tomorrow. Good morning ,all :)
Work on this blog goes on , even if you can't see much in the moment. I have deleted old posts-including the freebies ,I'm afraid- but they will go back up on the special page for them. For now there is only one year of posts left on this blog.
Lol, last year on this day I was busy packing my suitcase for my trip across , time seems to be flying by, it seems like yesterday.
There isn't much to show in the moment ,I'm afraid.But I have been busy with a Deco Patch project. What is Deco Patch? You cut or tear special paper , or you can use paper napkins , into small pieces or shapes. Then they get glued on with special glue like Mod Podge (I make my own , its quite costly if you buy it) and you get a mosaic stile patchwork effect on the object you are working on. It takes quite some time as the glue has to dry several hours before you can do the other side or where your fingers are holding it. I just glued the last pieces into place , but this is what it looked like last night -work in progress.

I will show more of the progress as I go along , but for now its waiting for the patches to dry again. -on occasions I use a hairdryer o speed it up,lol.
I windy and raining outside but I have to go out this morning.Brrrr... no point doing my hair -too windy for an umbrella , I'm gonna get wet...ah well....
My disaster kid of a son managed to get a dart into his wrist last night . How do they do it? His mate is exactly the same! So this morning he was complaining about his wrist hurt-I'm not surprised with the nice puncture in it !
Anyway, I'm off for now, breakfast and then get ready and out -till next post
Hugs Snowy

Staying creative

Hi, I'm off on anther rota break and have time to check in again. What have I been up to the past days? Apart from working, shopping and a little bit of crafting not much. I started another Dreamcatcher and worked on a Quote Book. Not digital - tradional scrapbooking style for this. I also completed some more Christmas presents, which I can't show for obvious reasons,lol.
And I finally tried to alter photos giving it the HDR effect. Al Ward will soon post a tutorial on his site for it , but I didn't want to wait until its up and did my own little bits after asking and some research. I have to say, the colours really get vibrant this way !
This was my second try which turned out a lot better than the first one. The original...

and the HDR version

And I took some pics of the book I am working on, not even half way finished yet. The front cover....and when it opens.

The first pages

This contains some of my favourite quotes, a shame the small writing isn't readable on the photos.
In the moment I am watching football. The Pats are on bye this week, but I watched the game which took place in London and now another one.
Oh , and I bought myself a pair of leather look PU trousers. Lol, who says almost 44 is too old for Leather pants? They are great and very comfortable ! Very practical on my bike as they don't let the cold wind through. Temperatures here went down to -2/ 28 degrees a couple of nights ago. So you can imagine I had to wrap up warm.

And Shaun had some fun looking at faster motor bikes-he really is a petrol head !

I have even started to wrap up the first little presents , unlike last year when I was not only in state of shock after what happened and simply couldn't afford much I have started early enough this year. So end of November I can actually mail out the first little packets and Christmas cards. But that's all again for now -hope you're all having a great weekend.
Hugs Snowy

Last day off and back to work :(

Hello again, I tried to make the most of my last day off today. About midday I was done with my work in here and got ready to catch some sun. Isn't that bloody typical? Almost the whole week the sun didn't really want to come out, but now that I have got to go back to work it gets nice again? Ah well, at least I had today with sunshine.
And I took a walk to the beach-a bit further down the coast this time.

I almost got wet feet,lol.
Here is some wilderness

You can even see my shadow ,lol.
My friends the Ravens were with me again.

As for creativity - here is a tip for you. If you have Dover Images or discs you can make fantastic Christmas decorations yourself. I chose Angels. I printed them once the way they are, and a second time a mirror image, cut both out and glued them together. then I laminated it and cut around. A thread through the top so you can hang it later , and at the bottom is a nice bead with feathers-voila, your very own decoration !
These will look really cute in my Christmas tree this year and I plan on making more. 

And I played around a bit , I like sepia colours on photos and the "old look" , so I aged myself . This was taken on my walk today-rather wild and blown through by the wind. And that's all again -early shift in the morning means an early night now. Sweet and naughty dreams to you all -Hugs Snowy

Reiki and Massage

Hello,
nothing beats a new experience a day ! Yesterday I had my Massage and Reiki appointment. Let me just say I am still buzzing ! Which is totally contradicting what my Reiki practitioner first told me -trust me to be completely opposite,lol.
First of all massage was wonderful, then the Reiki- yes, it was relaxing with the music in the background, and I was in a meditative state where I even had a vision. I was told to take it easy for the next 24 hours as the Reiki was working, I might feel dizzy , tired or experience cold like symptoms. I should avoid alcohol or caffeine products to help the body get rid of toxins and negativity.
At the end I was told to stay down a little while and sit up very slowly to avoid becoming dizzy. Yeah right !
I was like a dynamo, so full of energy -I was buzzing. Its as if she loaded up all the batteries in my body. I was so full of energy ! Other symptoms were that I was really thirsty and later on my appetite was amazing, I was so hungry ! Plus I had amazingly vivid dreams.
I should do this more often, its better than a gallon of coffee,lol.
Apart from that I have played a little bit. I went to Edna's blog last night where she wrote and gave a link to some textures.So I went to have a look and really liked it. But....I used the textures in Paint Shop Pro !
So I picked two photos and altered them. Here are the results.
Pic 1 - the Angel Gravestone I photographed at the cemetery...original before altering

.....and as photo art

Then the pic of one of my Lillies , close up...before....

...and after altering it

Yeah, this is fun ! I'm even thinking about printing this one and framing it, the colours go well with my living room walls.

And now-things to do and places to go as usual.... till next time again
Hugs Snowy