Freebie kit " Softly"

Hi all, 

back with the first 2 parts of "Softly" ...a previous Store kit. I picked this name because of the softer color palette used for this when I was still into the dark and Gothic.

I'm making this a short post today because I still have tons to do. As always not enough time to fit everything in I want to do :)

Right now I have 2 DVDs waiting for me to watch , after being out and about all morning , cycling , doing shopping, housework, watering and getting rid of weeds in my mini garden , picking cherry tomatoes and herbs to freeze/dry a stash for over the winter months .

Here is a layout I made with the kit.

So here are the first 2 links , 1 with papers and 1 elements . There will be 5 parts all together.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/rwzoruiw0fayyxz/sr_softly1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/download/bddp278j6v2wgkq/sr_softly3.zip

More in my next post :)

Hugs Snowy

Last part of Freebie kit Natural Flair

Hi y'all  :)
Back as promised with the last part . Ahhh....it's nice to have time off work :) Right now I'm sitting here with sweet tea and having a break. Yes...sweet tea,lol. Some things don't change and Reggie definitely made some things stick. Like my love for sweet tea , Cajun food , Chillies, Jalapeños and Frank's Hot Sauce,lol.

And I've been experimenting with picture transfer on to plain fabric.
First I created the image in my design program and printed it on the transfer paper.

I was a bit skeptical whether it would transfer in this amazing image quality , but I'm a happy girl ! It came out amazing :)
I chose a plain Calico cotton shopping bag as trial project.

So with these transfer papers I can basically transfer any image I like onto plain fabric.

I'm also restoring an old blackboard and giving it a shabby look. This is the frame after 2 layers , but there's a lot more to do !

 I was recently asked "What's with all that pink? I thought you're an old goth?"
Well, yeah.... I still like my blacks and greys , but I suppose getting older has to do with it. I used to be a bit of a tomboy , but the older I got the more I was also appreciating the feminine side. I still wear a lot of black , but now I mix it with other brighter colors a lot. And from the dark Gothic look I had in my flat it has changed to lighter colors, because I cannot deny that dark colors make a small place look smaller and oppressive.
I love working with colors , and sticking to dark Gothic color schemes limits very much what you can do . And pure black can sometimes make you look older and let's face it  ...I'm not a spring chicken anymore and am fast approaching the big 50 ,lol

Anyway .... here is the last part of Natural Flair

http://www.mediafire.com/download/zb0ey2qe551ud5r/sr_naturalflair5.zip

Enjoy and till next post :)
Hugs Snowy

Last part of Freebie kit Natural Flair

Hi y'all  :)
Back as promised with the last part . Ahhh....it's nice to have time off work :) Right now I'm sitting here with sweet tea and having a break. Yes...sweet tea,lol. Some things don't change and Reggie definitely made some things stick. Like my love for sweet tea , Cajun food , Chillies, Jalapeños and Frank's Hot Sauce,lol.

And I've been experimenting with picture transfer on to plain fabric.
First I created the image in my design program and printed it on the transfer paper.

I was a bit skeptical whether it would transfer in this amazing image quality , but I'm a happy girl ! It came out amazing :)
I chose a plain Calico cotton shopping bag as trial project.

So with these transfer papers I can basically transfer any image I like onto plain fabric.

I'm also restoring an old blackboard and giving it a shabby look. This is the frame after 2 layers , but there's a lot more to do !

 I was recently asked "What's with all that pink? I thought you're an old goth?"
Well, yeah.... I still like my blacks and greys , but I suppose getting older has to do with it. I used to be a bit of a tomboy , but the older I got the more I was also appreciating the feminine side. I still wear a lot of black , but now I mix it with other brighter colors a lot. And from the dark Gothic look I had in my flat it has changed to lighter colors, because I cannot deny that dark colors make a small place look smaller and oppressive.
I love working with colors , and sticking to dark Gothic color schemes limits very much what you can do . And pure black can sometimes make you look older and let's face it  ...I'm not a spring chicken anymore and am fast approaching the big 50 ,lol

Anyway .... here is the last part of Natural Flair

http://www.mediafire.com/download/zb0ey2qe551ud5r/sr_naturalflair5.zip

Enjoy and till next post :)
Hugs Snowy

Freebie kit Natural Flair , next 2 parts

Hi again ,
Came off night shift this morning and made the mistake of not setting an alarm .So I slept longer than I wanted to ....just hope I'll be able to sleep tonight ;)
On the bright side : I'm off work for 2 weeks now ...hoooray !!!
On the downside : Where are the Cleaning fairies when you need them? Today is a case of catching up with those cleaning chores, and the laundry ain't gonna do itself either ...

I found time the past couple of days to finish off that last project and did the matching sign to the heart tray . Happy how it turned out again with those antiquing creams.

And during a trip into town I made the most out of a sale in my bookstore ...in the coloring department. I was chuffed to pick these up for 50% off ;)

Hours of more coloring fun :)

But let me give you the next two links of Natural Flair now , before I get back to dusting and laundry.

Another folder with backgrounds and another with elements.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/gvq9vvv942ud5xh/sr_naturalflair2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/download/jw8r4htrvg2bvwz/sr_naturalflair4.zip

One more to come....I will post the last part on Sunday for you .

Do you like ABBA ?
Ville Valo from HIM did a solo project covering an ABBA song . I rather like it  :)



Till Sunday
Hugs Snowy

Freebie kit "Natural Flair"

Hi again,
as promised I'm back with an older ex Store kit as freebie.

I was asked why I don't post about my cats or my son. Well, my son values his privacy and doesn't like being photographed too much for a start. But I also don't want this blog to be about family , more about art and activities ...whether it's scrapping, painting/drawing, cooking ,sewing .....anything that catches my interest really.
Shaun is well, working hard and still enjoying his biggest love -motor biking.I probably get a chance for some pictures when we're on vacation soon ,lol.

The cats are now 17 (the 2 oldest) and 16 (the daughter of the two) years old and still going strong . Here they are all together snoozing on the sofa. How the hell did I ever survive with just one sofa all these years? Most of the time they take over both of them now,lol. They have mellowed down a lot, don't jump as much and high and sleep more , but still healthy

And I said I would take a few pic of my little gardening project.

That's actually potatoes in the large pot , and thyme,sage and rosemary in the small one.

I forgot what seeds I have planted here,lol.... just have to wait and see...

There is a small passion flower which I want to grow along the wall, Some lavender , chives and parsley ,plus another tomato plant I still have to get into a larger container. More pics coming,lol.


I've been antiquing a heart shaped tray and busy working on sign with quote as well. Not finished quite yet but here's a little look on what I did so far.

Painted and some decoupage, but more to do....
Anyway...here is the freebie I'm giving away . The first two parts today and then the rest coming in the next 2 posts.
It contains 18 backgrounds and 36 elements , so quite a large kit.

Here is a preview and layout I made with it, first two links under the layout.

Backgrounds http://www.mediafire.com/download/9ywr3973621b1l3/sr_naturalflair1.zip
and some elements http://www.mediafire.com/download/9o2q3yjv0bhv3i8/sr_naturalflair3.zip

I lost the folder with all the detailed previews in , so sorry for not showing all the papers and elements in separate previews. But I try to make a qp with each post to show a bit more. Enjoy :)

And now I have to start getting ready , cook dinner etc because I have to do this " work thing" later ,lol.
For my friends in USA -Have a nice Independence day weekend ! :)

Hugs Snowy

Freebies for you

Hi all,
I'm off work on my rota break again and thought I would pop in before the next round starts again.

As always being creative, specially with all the rain we're having here. Yes, we had a few days sun ...but always when I'm working. I'm off and boom...it's peeing down with rain again !
Typical my luck,lol.

Well, I bought myself a yogurt maker. Fantastic little thing ! From normal to Greek yogurt (it has a filter for that), yogurt dressing for salads to smoothies (using the left over whey which gets filtered when making Greek yogurt)...this thing is great ! Saving so much money , makes us eat more pro-biotic goodness and tastes so much better than the bought stuff. Not to mention I know what goes in it. That little book with recipes is fab as well ...yummie and healthy.

Still doing my fitbit steps , although the rain makes it hard to keep up to my goals sometimes.

On one of my trips to the Wilko store I saw a 3D butterfly picture on their shelf. It was £ 8.99 . I thought I can do this myself a lot cheaper ! I purchased a deep frame , printed the background and some butterflies, cut them out and fixed them with double sided tape onto the background. And there ya go.... £ 2.99 plus some paper, tape and printer ink. Very happy how it turned out ;)

Anyway.... 2 goodies for you today. A printable and a QP . I got this cute bundle pack with graphics and got creative.
Here is a preview of the QP

And the download link
https://www.mediafire.com/?ak09ruxu087olas

And here the matching printable
Download link
https://www.mediafire.com/?0ayjwxa033j8frd

I'll be printing and framing it myself  to hang on my wall ;)
As always everything is 300dpi , making it great print quality.

I hope to catch a sunny moment tomorrow to make a few pics of my little gardening area. It's growing , but would be a lot better with more sun instead of constant rain.
Oh yes, and I'm dusting off some old store kits and will start posting some as freebies soon .

Till next time
Hugs Snowy

Gardening Learning Curves and printable Summer pic

Hi,lol
It's nightshift recovery time for me...and that also means catching up with those chores like laundry, cleaning...and I finally found time to wash my curtains today and clean the windows. It's a job I hate but the sun made all too visible what really had to be done !

The gardening is definitely a learning curve. After several days of rain my poor plants were nearly drowning , so I had to drill several holes into the pots to let the water drain off. Next pot I plant will have enough holes before I plant anything in it,lol.
My plant babies are currently loving the sunny weather and growing nicely.

It might not seem much to people who have a garden , but for someone on the 3rd floor in a block of flats this little grow bag and patio pot garden is fantastic,lol......Snowy's mini farm ;) ...making the most out of the little space I have .

Also my chilli pepper plants by the window are doing well. This is what I had after picking this morning .

Last week I transformed an old small shelf which used to be in my kitchen. After I bought a new large spice rack I first wanted to throw this away,but now I'm glad I didn't.

After painting and applying the same antiquing paints as I did previously for the other items it turned out to be the perfect shelf for my pencils ;)

And it matches the rest of my self decorated stationary storage.

Anyway, here is a little freebie. A printable "Hello Summer"  because better weather finally seems to have arrived here in UK.

Download link https://www.mediafire.com/?di8838em5ze7pcu

I'm going to have overtime at work coming up, so I'm not sure how much time I will have to be creative , but I'll pop in and share whenever I have something new :)

Till then
Hugs Snowy

Working with Antiquing Creams

Hi all,
I've been so busy,lol. On my last few days off work I made a trip to Norwich and went to Hobbycraft to finally get the much needed Ultra matte varnish I needed to be able to work with my DecoArt Antiquing Creams. And what fun it is to experiment with those !
I started on a couple of small items first to see how they turn out and then moved on to the larger bits. I'm still not finished with all the items I want to do, but I thought I post a quick update here.
These used to be plain wood and cardboard surfaces until the transformation started.

First a base coat of acrylic paint. Then some stamping and embossing powder to create texture.
After that it was time to apply the first rub with Antiquing Cream and after drying remove and create the wanted effect with a damp cloth.

Loving the old grungy look !
Next was the drawer storage box and lid of another box . You apply the cream with your fingers , it's a little messy,lol

And the finished result is so worth the work and waiting time in between several coats of cream and varnish .

I have a few more items to do and will show the end result of all when I'm done. Apart from that  I have started a little garden area behind our house. Will take some pics soon.
Until then
Hugs Snowy ;)

Second part of Lavender Rose kit

Hi , I managed to get the elements for the Lavender Rose kit done today. Happy how it turned out...I haven't lost all my design skills yet,lol.

Also , the doily which I started is done as well. I'm currently working on a second one.

Fits perfectly under that wooden butterfly (I love the quote on it as well)

It says "Find happiness in the little things" . I wanted a kind of ruffle effect for my doily instead of it just plain flat. The second one will match this, but will be more oval in shape.
I also found a canvas to go on the wall , but have not hung that up yet.

Currently I'm on night shifts so I'm relaxing with some coloring.I got these 2 books from Dawn Nicole to keep me occupied.

I'm waiting on an order of antiquing paints. It will be fun to experiment with those. And I need a matte varnish to seal them, Glossy just wouldn't look right with an old shabby look . I have a wooden tray, a small shelf with hooks and a couple of other items I want to pretty up ;)

 But here is the freebie, Lavender Rose elements. I had to make 3 folders of them because the mats and lace in png format are quite large files.
https://www.mediafire.com/?e3r8wrrrly7r7ap

https://www.mediafire.com/?23ki2plxev24g2l

https://www.mediafire.com/?20yt1hi63e3mqim

And that's it for now again. I have to get ready for work and fuel up with another coffee before ;)

Hugs Snowy