It's Those Swine Again Causing Chaos!!!

 

 As promised The Split and Bent Frame...but first

 First the latest happenings in my world. Yesterday the decorating stopped....totally!! No, I didn't change my mind and decide that bare stripped walls were the "in vogue" look, but my mum has caught swine flu. Early this morning we got a call from her saying she was sick and as she has a chest problem and some heart valve problems it's quite worrying that she has got it. It meant that yesterday we had to arrange Tamiflu, antiviral medication for her and check that she had everything she needed. So, waiting in line for the medication (that took an hour!) then getting her water, juice, paracetamol, fruit, soup and making sure mum was comfortable...all took time.

I have to admit that I wasn't at all impressed with the system that has been set up to collect the Tamiflu...it takes for ever. My DH thought that I was going to get really cross with the lady who was dealing with us as she seemed really aggrieved that they had been set up as a collection point and kept complaining about how much extra work it was causing. I have to admit that I was a bit miffed with her, but I managed to stay cool.... if perhaps a little abrupt, which isn't like me at all. However, when I finally got the medication from her I made the right noises of sympathy and smoothed it over. There is no point in getting cross it just makes everyone feel bad. So, I made my peace with her.

My Mum didn't want me to go in.... just leave things on the doorstep...as if I would!!! If I'm going to get it then I can just as easily get it a crowded supermarket getting her shopping. I had to check she was OK and comfortable myself or I would only have worried and felt bad. It's frustrating that we can only wait now and hope she doesn't get any complications. I'm an organiser who likes to do things and I hate it when I have no control over a situation like this one!!!!! I organised her to the extreme...made sure she had inhalers, paracetamol, water..that she understood the tablets and that the phone was set up next to the bed..and so on!!! My DH thought I would never stop!! I have to admit that even I cringed when out of habit I leaned over to kiss her goodbye and only just stopped myself...that would have been silly!!

Having done all that it was late in the day before I got back and just way too late to start decorating. I will see what the morning brings and I will fit it in as I have time. Until then, my what a pretty mess I have made of the room, lol!! But needs must when the devil drives. It will be even more appreciated when it's eventually finished, lol!!

I said I had a gift for you today, and I have. It's the bent, clipped shadow frame I used in my layout of Lilly. The download is a psd file and png files plus some simple instructions on how to use it easily.

The psd is in three layers: the drop shadow layer, the template to cut the photo to shape and the white borders. the png files are the same as the above. It's easy to use, open the photo you want use and the frame files. Move them all into a new file 300dpi, 12x12.  The move the photo until you have it in the position you want and use a clipping mask to finish it and you got it!! Sound complicated? Not a bit just read the instructions that come with it and it's a breeze.

For those of you who requested a tutorial on how to make one from scratch....I will write one and post it at the end of the week for you to give it a go.

You can download the frame here

Well, I need to run now and check on my mum and my cat's not looking very well either today, need to have a closer look at him too.

Have a great day and have fun!!

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Catch Up

(Edit: Sorry!! I have put up the link now...I told you I was not with it today!!)

I finally made it back to posting. The last few days I've had a nasty headache and a very sore throat...yep, an other little bug decided that I was a good place to make a stopover in!! Normally I only catch them in winter but this one is obviously doing a late run.

The good news (well, it is for me!) is that I'm feeling better but my energy levels are still way down. That's not a problem I normally have, but at least I don't feel like I did on Sunday!!

I have a little gift to add to your collect of scrapping stuff, a delicate metallic frame. The download has two example frames and two grayscale (one light, one darker) metal frames. The grayscale looks quite plain...but you can have so much fun dressing them up!! They can be used for  Personal, S4H or Commercial Use.

You can download the frames here

Experiment and try adding gradients, colours, patterns..... anything you want, or you can skip playing and just use the example frames. One of them I added some colour and the a small gradient and left it at that...it gave a sort of bronze look.

On the other example frame I played with a gradient, inner glow, inner shadow and texture but no drop shadow.....it makes it look like a stamped frame.

 

If you just add a drop shadow then it looks different. So  use your imagination and have fun!!

See you soon...hopefully with a little more to say!! Take care and have fun!!

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Linked and Stylish!

 

No it's not me that's linked and stylish...I'm more like disjointed and frazzled!! It's today little freebie frame.

But first...............

Today's  trivia is based on things I came across during my work. I often run across some amusing and not so amusing laws that were in force at some time in the past, thank goodness that most of them have gone. Some make me smile and others make me shiver!!

This is one that makes me smile.....almost all the female population would be found guilty of this one now - Elizabeth I passed a law banning women from wearing make-up, false hair, false hips (what are they implants?),high heeled shoes or "other devices" (I wonder iwhat these were?). The punishment was not pleasant as it carried the same penalty as being found guilty of witchcraft!!

Obesity we think of as a modern curse but if you believe that...your wrong. In1336 it was a problem too and so Edward III passed an Act that prohibited anyone from having more than two course at a meal, only on feast days were three courses permitted...and no, soup did not count as a sauce!! Some people tried this dodge to get in an extra course! But I must admit I would have thought it unenforceable unless they employed people to run around at dinner time peering through windows. Lol!

OK, enough..I know..but fact is often stranger than fiction!!

Guess what I've made my first styles for the shop and I have to admit that I had great fun making them. My CT girls tested them for me in CS2, CS3, PE6 and PE5 and they worked!! You have to know where to load styles in PE5/6 but I have included instructions on loading them in with the styles sets. It's been a learning curve for me finding out how to make them and then how to load them in different in software. The CT girls have been great!! Thank you ladies!

So I decided to try some of the styles out on some thing big!! I made a frame and then two...linking them seemed a good idea and so your little freebie was born! It's a bit of fun that I hope you can use. Take a look.

So if you like the my trial run with the styles:

You can download the Freebie Linked Frame here

 

Here's my new styles, they are in the shop at Scrappin Digi Kreations from today.

 

 

Personal and Commercial Use and they are 40% off, that's $1.50 each set until next Sunday!! So drop by Scrappin Digi Kreations and have a look

Well, it's that time again. Before I go I would like to thank all you lovely people who leave comments. I really do appreciate them and they brighten my day. I feel that I know some of you well now and it is a pleasure! to have made such lovely friends! See you tomorrow and have a great evening.

 

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