School Frames Freebie's Set 1

I'm sorry I was unable to post the past couple of nights, I've been busy and then too exhausted. My last post was Wednesday shortly after midnight and I was up at 5AM to drive Sean to work that day. Came home had Sean move the TV up from the rec-room that is now TC's room. We had to move all the furniture in the bedroom and our IKEA shelf unit and ALL the photo's and souvenirs we have collected from various locations. Each shelf is a separate location, place one of us has been or theme. So, we have an Afghanistan shelf, a Russia Shelf, a Holland Shelf, a Caribbean Shelf, a Doll Shelf, a Germany Shelf, Canadian Shelf, A Military Theme self, MacKay family photo's shelf, Kerr Family Photo Shelf and the top of the shelf unit is all the 8x10's of the kids and family. So... I dusted, and dusted and dusted until midnight while re-arranging my living room Wednesday night.

I was up again at 5AM to drive Sean to work Thursday, came home, finished cleaning up the living room, emptied the dishwasher, set the table for dinner and took out the items we would need to make dinner. Then I got Alex up so that I could have her at the Surgeons for 8AM for a consultation regarding her stomach issues. We have decided to wait till her next attack of pain and they will preform a Laparoscopic surgery. We could have scheduled something right away but he figured if we wait till she has pain, they are more likely to discover what is causing her the pain. Then I took Alex to school, went to work, had lunch with my girlfriend Sarah. At 4:30, went to the mall to have photo's made from Roberts Graduation so that I could give copies to his former school principles. Drove over to a woman's house where we had purchased a used upright freezer and paid her for it. Then drove up to the base to get Sean. Came home, started dinner while Sean and Alora headed off for TC's football game. Ate without the family so that I could rush off for 8PM for another Dr appointment for Alexandra up at the base. Thank goodness we now have a family Dr. thanks to the Military clinic opening up to Military family members a few nights a week. By the time I got home at 9PM, I was ready to crash- so that's exactly what Sean and I did.

Tonight was a little less hectic but still busy enough. I slept in this morning as Sean took the motorbike to work. My day was busy but productive. I went to the bank, then the hospital to visit a distant family member-and feed him his dinner as he is unable to eat on his own and swallowing is tough for him, so it was slow going. He didn't eat much and I stayed to read him a bit of the newspaper before heading home at 7. Came home, went to pick up the upright freezer we bought and then watched a movie "How to Train Your Dragon" with Sean, Marc and Marc's girlfriend. It was a good movie-I highly recommend it.So that has been the last few days, I've been busy to say the least and I will likely be just as busy tomorrow. I want to empty our deep freezer and put things into our upright. I'm so tired of loosing stuff in the bottomless pit of a freezer we have. I'd also like to arrange TC's room finally in the basement so that he doesn't have my hope chest or the rec-room coffee table in his sleeping area. We will properly divide the room up for him later so he has more privacy.

Well... I hope you enjoy tonight's freebie. I know it's not the papers I promised you but I needed to get my book from my bedroom with my words for the overlays I had picked out for the Grade 4 Papers and Sean was asleep already so I didn't want to wake him up. I hope you enjoy these anyway. I think tomorrow I will try to get those papers done for you, or perhaps another surprise and have the Grade 4 papers for Sunday night. Well, I'm off to bed, I'm exhausted, please enjoy these.

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Photo Matte Freebies

I had a great Thanksgiving this past weekend with my family at the cottage again this year. We had a full table with my Mom and Dad, my brother Marcel and girlfriend Karenina, other brother Gaetan and his wife Catherine and son Sebastian. Also in attendance were my Aunt Lois, Uncle Bruce, Cousin Jennifer her husband Jody and three boys, Cousin Rhonda and her husband John and two kids, another Cousin Judy with husband Brian their daughter Lisa and son, and Bet another cousin of my Dad's and of course Sean and I and two of our six kids.....so it was a big family gathering. Not to mention my parents dog, my brother's dog an English Bulldog Lola, and Gaetan's dog-another Pit Bull named Max.

Here is a picture of the kids from that gathering outside after stuffing themselves full of turkey and pie.

So tonight's freebie are a set of 10 Photo Mattes Jr. Kindergarten, Sr. Kindergarten, PreSchool, Kindergarten, Grade One to Grade Six. The preview below shows some examples of how they can be used. Create a clipping mask using your favorite paper and layer your photo on top, or use a picture. I will be back tomorrow with Grade Four Papers. Enjoy these in the meantime.

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Oh it was a long day and lots of running around with the kids etc. First was work, then TC had a football game against Alexandra's school. So, after the bank, the trip to drop off cheques to one of the business's my boss's own I came home, picked up the dog, drove to the football game, watched the ending. Once we got home I was out the door again with the kitten and Alex to her boyfriends football game. We were hoping to run into his Mom as they may adopt the kitten. Half way through the game Sean called and I rushed back to the other end of town to have coffee with him, only to rush back to the football game to pick up the girls. So that was my day and evening at work.

I hope you enjoy tonight's freebie. I am not sure I will be posting tomorrow because this weekend here in Canada is our Thanksgiving. All three of my brothers should be there with their wives/girlfriends and kids at the cottage.

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Number & Punctuation Freebie - Set 2

Another busy, busy day here. Our family has been adjusting to all the changes-Alora had her first day of School. Apparently it was good and she met a few girls that may become friends. Alora's kitten is settling in and enjoying having the dog and ferret as playmates. Half the household is allergic to cats but they don't want to get rid of it.... guess that's what happens when your so cute!

Bullet and the kitten relaxing on the bed together.

The kitten (Slipknot or Simba depending on which kid you talk to) and our Ferret Bing playing together.

Tonight's freebie is the second set of numbers and punctuation. I have one more set coming before the School Adventure series is completed. I will be back tomorrow night with the Grade 3 Elements. It is Thanksgiving Weekend here in Canada coming up this weekend so I am not sure if I will be posting every day over the weekend however I will try.

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Grade Three Paper Freebie & News

So much for life getting back to normal and following any type of routine, we have been kept overly busy with two of our girls. Tanya moved out of her boyfriends place and on moving day there were problems with her ex stealing her dog while she was at school and now she has to take him to court since they lived together the dog is considered communal property even though they only lived together since mid June of this year.

Our other drama was Alora my step daughter. She ended up moving in with us on the weekend unexpectedly (but we are very happy about it) with her very sweet 6 week old kitten. My only problem with all that is that Sean, Marc and Alex are allergic to cats however because the kitten is so cute, no one wants to get rid of it despite their allergies. The dog and especially the ferret love having the kitten around. I have never seen Bing the ferret so happy and playful.

As for scrapbooking news, I have a few items created for the next few days that I will be posting so download the freebies while you can. I have also revealed the contents of "My 1st Grab Bag". The Grab Bag is still available in the stores for $4.50 or you can purchase them individually.

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Grade Two Element Freebie

Well the diving on Sunday was good. I did not see a Sturgeon although one of the other divers saw one that was about 5 feet long and I did see some nice big bass and a number of small fish. Sean and I found a few fishing lures, saw some old Railway Ties and old bottles. It was a nice day to be out on the lake with the club.

So I have uploaded the previous School Adventure Freebies to the stores. Don't forget to use the coupon codes KS33Sale for 33% off purchases of $4.50 or more and KSfall60b for 60% off purchases of $10.00 or more. Coupon codes are not valid with My First Grab Bag which is already on sale for $3.50 and includes Two Full Kits, One Mini Kit and One Photoshop Style.

Tonight's Freebie is another set of Elements. I hope you enjoy them and I will be back with another installment of papers tomorrow.

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Lower Case Letter Freebie

Just a quick post tonight as I have to be up early in the morning to go scuba diving. Where we are going is known for it's sturgeon and muskie so I'm really anxious and hopeful I will see some very big fish. I'll let you all know with my next post on Monday night as I will likely be too tired to post when I get home tomorrow.

Enjoy tonight's freebie and I hope you all have a great day.

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Grade Two Paper Freebie

It was a nice day here after having had a few days of rain. Work has been hectic this week and I'm looking forward to the weekend. Sean picked me up from work tonight and we went to "Klassy K9" Boutique and I bought the dog a jacket. I'll have to post a picture to show you, it's a Montreal Canadian's Jacket. I'm not a big hockey fan but growing up they were my Mom's favorite team and I remember her cheering Guy Lafleur when he played. I met him a couple years back and got his autograph for my Mom. I figured she will be happy to see me carry on the tradition of cheering for them in a household of fans for the OTHER teams!

I hope you have been enjoying the freebie's. I've taken the previous freebies down and will be posting them in the store tomorrow on my day off. Don't forget I have created two coupon codes, one of which will give you the opportunity to save 60% off purchases of $10.00 or more. I will also be posting the N to Z packs of Princess and Mischief which you can use the coupon codes for.

I hope you enjoy tonight's paper freebie, I will be back tomorrow with the lower case letters. Enjoy your weekend.

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Grade One Elment Freebie

Well I wanted to have this posted yesterday along with news ... however I decided to surprise Sean by cleaning the bathroom counter of all my cosmetic clutter and clean under the sink while I was at it. Turned out great, got rid of all those items you get in Gift Baskets of toiletries you get at Christmas and Birthdays from friends and relatives you don't know well that you wouldn't buy for yourself. Some of it had been there for five or six years, something leaked in the bottom of the cupboard but I cleaned it up. I bough a basket at the dollar store, put all my daily use cleansers, deodorant and make-up in it and put it on the back of the toilet. It was a quick job that made a difference to the cluttered look that the bathroom was beginning to get. Soooooo... as I'm finishing I realize I don't feel so great....I immediately took my meds, as I'm taking my clothes off and getting ready to wash up since I have a severe allergy to Aloe Vera... took my med immediately. I was home alone so I called Sean at work and mentioned to him not to panic that I was okay but having an allergic reaction and he should come home (since his shift was over anyway and he was just chatting with the guys.) Took me all night to recover.

So first the news... I am selling at two stores now Ivy Scrap and Digital Scrapn Designs and since I have been away I have created coupons you can use at both stores. I will be uploading the final Princess and Mischief Mega Packs of Alphabets, Papers and Elements (the N to Z Packs) in the next few days. Since you have waited so long for these uploads on top of the sale prices I already have them posted at... I have created the following coupons. The Coupon codes are KS33Sale for 33% off purchases of $4.50 or more and KSfall60b for 60% off purchases of $10.00 or more. The only limit on the coupon is it cannot be used for "My 1st Grab Bag" as that has been GREATLY reduced already. Here is a preview for the grab bag.

This is a great deal at only $3.50 as it contains 2 Full Kits, 1 Mini Kit and 1 Photoshop Style. You can find this great grab bag at Digital Scrapn Designs or at Ivy Scraps.

I think tonight's freebie turned out great. I'd like to introduce you to "Alora" TC's sister and our middle daughter. (Our girls are 21, 16 and 15, Tanya, Alora and Alexandra) Our boys are (Robert 20, Marc 18, TC 15) I will be back tomorrow with the Grade Two Papers, in the meantime please enjoy tonight's freebie.

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Upper Case Letters Freebie

I hope everyone had a great day today. It was busy here, Alexandra had basketball till 6:30, TC had football practice till 5:30 and Marc had cross country till 5. We all had time to eat dinner together though and the boys peeled potatoes for tomorrow's dinner while I cooked tonight's dinner.

Please download what you need from the School Adventure Freebies as they will start coming down tomorrow (Tuesday) and be placed in the store. I also have my first Personal Use Grab Bag being released this week and I will also be creating a HUGE Discount coupon so watch for that this week.

Enjoy tonight's freebie, the first part of the upper case letters in my second set of colours. I hope to be releasing three alphabet sets with this kit. Here is the preview

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Grade One Paper Freebie

So how did the first week of school go for everyone? I hear that some schools started in August, here in Ontario school started on Tuesday the 7th. Second day of school though Alex was sick again and missed a day. So we are off to a good start for her to miss again this year. She has lots of Dr. appointments coming up in trying to solve her stomach problems and then wil be missing time for braces. It will all add up before too long -hopefully she won't miss too too much before they figure out what is wrong.

As for me, I'd been fighting the same migraine for over a week and it finally gave way on Thursday afternoon. I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy they are that bad. Other than that, things are good. Kids are good and so is the dog-we bought her a T-shirt today that says "Too Cute" and of course she is way too cute and is a spoiled suck.

Please enjoy tonight's papers, I will be back with alphabets and elements this week.

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Summer and Blog Update & News

Hello everyone, I'm terribly sorry that I have neglected this blog and my customers this summer. I started this wonderful "School Adventure Kit" hoping to have it completed before September hit however with six kids (not all who live at home and have various summer holidays) and family it has been hectic. I would like everyone to know that I will be updating the store items in the near future and will post on here of any major items (like the N-Z collection of Princess & Mischief). I WILL continue the School Adventure Kit beginning of September, and be creating a SPECIAL Coupon for the month of September as my apology for having been away and neglecting you.

I am also going to issue my first PU Grab Bag Mid September-more details to follow.

Other News.... I have joined a new store Ivy Scraps and am hosting a monthly challenge in the forum with a posting freebie. Here is a preview of that posting bonus. It is of a new kit that I will be releasing in September. (I have worked on it one piece at a time this summer.)

I will be updating my site this weekend to reflect the new store with a blinkie on the left and a link to the forum challenge as well.

The store also creates a monthly mega kit which all the designers participate in.... you may be very interested in this months collab called Primary

Currently on sale here for $1.50 till the end of August after that the price goes up to $5.99

Other news... I had a great visit with my son Robert who was home from the military for a week and a half. His girlfriend took the bus to our house...29 hours one way to spend a week with him... I'd say that was love (even if its young love). Marc my 18 year old is currently unemployed. They were doing renovations to the building the Greek Sub shop was in and during this process the workers found a crack in the side wall... called city inspectors .... long story short ..... by 5PM that evening they were told all the businesses had to be out of there by midnight and that the building was condemned. So its been an extended holiday for him until School starts and he finds another job. The dog is making herself at home, and I'm in love with her...Sean and I both. (and here he was unsure about a dog with us so busy.) Alex is busy again with Basketball, TC has made it to his school's football team so I would imagine I will be doing kits this fall with a sports theme at some point. Sean will be participating in a motorcycle rally for a few days.... the Military Police are having their 2nd Annual Bike Rally, going from British Columbia to Newfoundland. Money raised will go to thier charity which is the Children's Blind Fund and Wounded Warriors. I'll post more on this subject closer to his departure date from here in North Bay where he is going to be joining in from. I've been spending the little bit of R&R time I've had reading on my new iPad. I hope to create a few layouts to put on there this winter time permitting. Speaking of Layouts, I have created some layouts using the Princess Items and they can be viewed in the gallery at Ivy Scraps.

Well, see you all again soon... I hope you will look forward to the new freebies in September and join me for some challenges in the forum.

Kindergarten Element Freebies

Well, I've made a decision regarding these kits and since I am unable to post nightly and am not sure which nights I will be able to post, I'm going to let all my followers know that I have decided to only post three times a week. With summer holidays, one of the kids sick, Robert my son home on leave for two weeks starting this weekend (he injured his back so they are giving him some R&R and physiotherapy till they decide what to do with him) and a new dog I don't want to disapoint anyone or myself by not posting nightly. This way if I miss a night, I won't feel too bady and if you have signed up as a follower you can be notified of any updates I post and not miss anything.

The new dog is fitting in just fine here. I think I forgot to mention that we "Inherated" a dog. One of the guys Sean works with went to an embassy overseas and Ontario law says if a Pit Bull leaves the province for more than 3 months they cannot come back and since they are gone for 2 to 4 years, that's not going to work for them. Bullet, is 6 years old, a real sweetheart even if she is afraid of chipmunks and could really care less about the feret in the house. She is fitting in just fine here.....

as you can tell by the picture. Kids and I adore her, she keeps me company while Sean works nights. She makes her rounds at night, going from one child to the other making sure we are all okay. She hates her muzzle (that's the law here) but doesn't complain too much about wearing it. (She rubs her face against your leg once in awhile to let you know it's uncomfortable) but other than that, her adjustment to being here is going well. I think the fact we dog sat her a few times really helped her fit in with us.

More great news, my daughter Tanya, I got her high school diploma in the mail today and her report card, she graduated high school with a 88% average. Lowest mark an 80, highest a 95%. I called her in Sudbury and congratulated her and told her I was going to frame her diploma... she laughed at me, said I didn't have to... but I told her YES Mom's have to do those things.


So please enjoy tonight's freebie. Next set of papers will be the Grade One set. I hope you all enjoy these and I look forward to seeing some layouts with these.

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Number and Punctuation Freebie

You must have thought I'd fallen off the face of the earth again. Truth is I ended up having an impromptu and surprise holiday. Last week on Tuesday was my 41st Birthday and Sean and I ended up taking the motorcycle out to Sudbury just for a drive... my choice and didn't get home until after 1AM. Then we slept in the next morning, almost missed a Dr appointment for Alexandra but we made it. She is going to go see another specialist, but not until the end of September... I hate waiting! Then on Wednesday, Marc and Alexandra headed down to see my ex and other family... so it was just Sean and I. We took advantage of the quiet house and banned Internet and a few other things and just enjoyed the quiet time alone together. We got together with other couples on Saturday and Sunday and did some diving at a local quarry and then we were both back to work today. Back to the normal grind so here I am and I'm sorry there was no warning of taking holidays... I didn't know it myself until I took them. (Good thing my boss let me just take a few days off like that with no notice!)

Please enjoy my freebie and I WILL be back tomorrow with Elements. Have a great evening.

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Kindergarten Freebie Paper Pack

You would have laughed all your butt's off last night had you seen me. I had a terrible back ache and a knot in my back you could see so Sean massaged my back and I took a muscle relaxant and I ended up quite the space cadet. I never thought something as simple as a muscle relaxant would make me feel that way. I kept repeating myself and Sean was worried I was going to fall off the motor bike at one point. We made it home okay though and I went straight to bed and fell asleep quickly and soundly. Woke up with my back just fine this morning like nothing had been wrong.

So I hope you enjoy tonight's papers. I will be back tomorrow with the numbers and punctuation tomorrow night.

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Jr. Kindergarten Element Freebie

I'm not sure how everyone else is handling the hot weather but here we had a couple really warm days then a couple days of rain which with my migraine's I did not handle very well hence I went a few days without posting. (Terribly sorry about that.)

I hope you enjoy tonight's freebie, please grab all the previous sets if you are collecting the series as Sunday evening when I begin posting the Kindergarten papers, I will begin taking down the Preschool and Jr. Kindergarten items. Hope everyone is having a great weekend and I'll be back tomorrow after a day diving with my daughter (who will get certified tomorrow) and my husband and hopefully my son!

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Lower Case Alphabet Freebie

Wow, what a long day today and was I ever tired. I decided when I got home last night to "tidy" up the basement/rec room and ended up down there until 2AM. It ended up being a MAJOR overhaul/cleaning of 85% of the basement. (Laundry room, Bathroom and Marc's Bedroom were the only area's not affected). Kids were not that thrilled that I banned them from it while I was cleaning and banned them from it today--because I did not spend 8 hours cleaning up a section of the house I've used less than 10 times since January for them to just mess it up again. I figure if they loose the privilege of a rec room/tv room/hang out area for a bit, they may just appreciate it even more in a few days when they regain the privilege. Hence, I did not get around to posting last night and why I was so existed last night.

So, tonight's freebie are the matching lower case letters. I will be doing numbers and punctuation later in the same colour scheme. In the mean time, please enjoy these letters and I'll be back tomorrow with Jr. Kindergarten Elements.

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Jr. Kindergarten Paper Freebie

Well, Happy 4th of July and Happy Birthday to my Mom! I headed out to the cottage today with TC and Alexandra and the camera... hoping to get a few good pictures of the birds nest again but when I got there Dad told me that the baby birds had flown away the next day. Oh well, I did manage to get a picture of my Mom putting the Birthday Present we got her on the dog. Yes, I bought my Mom's dog a life-jacket as he always goes to the lake with my Dad and he is so active and has fallen out of the boat a couple of times already bouncing around the boat, I thought this would be a very practical gift for my Mom. (As Sport is just like a kid to her) I'm not sure that Sport thought it was that great though.
Of course Alexandra being the typical teenager hates having her picture taken by me when she says she looks like *!@#$. Every time I aimed the camera her way she would hide her face reminding me she is wearing no make-up, her hair is not properly brushed and is wearing basketball clothes. (Nothing new as she lives for basketball anyway) My Mom thought it would be funny to wrestle her to the ground and force her to show her face for a couple of pictures. It was very funny watching my Mom, all 5 feet 1 inch of her wrestling Alexandra down to the ground. Finally she let me take a few pictures of the two of them together, that is my Dad in the background.

My third picture from today was taken by Alexandra. I went through some of the pictures she took today (she is in the photography club at school) and I thought this was a really nice picture that she took. Perhaps I may talk her into taking a few more pictures and I could turn them into papers for Scrapbooking.

So tonight's freebie is exactly the same as the Preschool Papers I handed out before since in some area's Preschool is called Jr. Kindergarten. There is a method to the madness here which I hope I have planned out correctly with my 16 colours.....lol. Tomorrow will be the lower case letters to match the Upper Case one's I handed out before. Please snag the freebie's while you can because as soon as I start with the Kindergarten Papers Freebie's will only be up for three days. In the mean time, please enjoy the papers and I will be back tomorrow.

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Preschool Element Freebie

So we spent Canada Day at my parents cottage and my Dad noticed a bird's nest near our campfire and look at what was inside......I couldn't resist, I had to take a picture with my daughter's camera phone since I forgot ours at home. I'm going back tomorrow for my Mom's Birthday

So here is the long awaited Element Set to go with the Preschool Papers I had already uploaded. I hope you enjoy them. I will be doing Jr. Kindergarten next.

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Quick Update

Hi Everyone,

I must apologize for not having posted anything sooner, things have been busy here and I have a daughter who is sick and the Dr's can't figure out why. We have an appointment mid July with a specialist to discuss exploratory surgery so hopefully he will figure out what is going on. Since January she has been having pain in her stomach in the exact location of her appendix however blood work, CAT Scan, MRI, ultrasound, etc, etc all show it is not her appendix. It is frustrating as she has all the symptoms of appendicitis... low grade fever, pain, nausea etc. and from February 1, to the beginning of June she probably missed at least a minimum of 20 days of school. She is not in pain all the time, some weeks she is fine, other weeks she is in pain every two or three days. On Monday she was lying in the driveway on the pavement waiting for me to get out to the car to take her to the hospital. The Dr once again wanted to just give her pain med and send her home but I put my foot down and refused to leave as that is all they have been doing the last few times we were there. I indicated that sending her home was just passing the buck to the next Dr and that I wanted to see the specialist we saw back in April who had some suggestions on where to go next if her tests all came back negative. (So after getting the referral, I drove straight to his office and spoke to his secretary who informed me that there was a note on my daughters file at the hospital that he was to be called if she came in again....which they never did.) So she has an appointment mid July with this specialist when he gets back on holidays and hopefully we will get some direction or a solution.

Anyway, I hope to be getting back to posting this coming weekend and move forward on my School Adventure Kit. I've missed designing and everyone here.

Nathalie

Preschool Continues... First Free Letter Set

So I'm off to a slow start but with a long weekend just past, it was a bit hectic around here. I hope everyone had a great long weekend though.

Tonight's freebie are the capital letters in my first style. More will follow including lower case, and will vary in colour combinations. Please enjoy and I will not be back tomorrow evening but will be posting again on Thursday evening as tomorrow is TC's 15th birthday and he is having friends over.

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Links Update

I've read your comments regarding the link for the direct download not always working so I will continue to upload items to 4Shared as well and provide you with both links to choose to download from. I hope this helps everyone access my downloads.
Nathalie

TC and Alora's School Adventure

Everyone must have thought I'd fallen off the face of the earth and forgot about posting anything new however that is NOT the case. I had to take care of some family stuff and look after myself a little bit before coming back to posting on a regular basis and I have to tell you all that I absolutely missed everyone so very very much! Thank you for the e-mails wonderin where I was, if I was okay and telling me how much you missed my postings.

So let me tell you about my new kits that I'll be posting over the next little while. I mentioned that I would be doing a school theme and that is what I will be posting. The first set I'm doing will be Jr. Kindergarten to Grade 6 and the colour theme for those kits will be the colours that you find in the 16 pack of Crayola Wax Crayons. I will post the colour swatches for next weekend in case someone would like to create an Add-On or anything. Now some people call Jr. Kindergarten, PreSchool so don't worry, that is where I'm starting off tonight with the papers.

Now I'm calling this TC and Alora's School Adventure since TC is my step son who lives with us and Alora is his sister that lives with her mom. I'd like to introduce you to TC as he will be part of one of the Packs in the upcoming weeks. Which one has not been decided upon yet.

Something else you will find that is new here is how you download your files. I have signed up with Online Storage Solutions (thank you Deb at the Scrappin Cop) that allows me to share files directy, so whoo hoo, no more 4shared and having to wait to download.

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Mischief Bag of Words Freebie

Well, it has been another day and it was quite a day at that. Weather the past few weeks has been warm, we have had an early Spring-that was until today! Weather has been as high as 18 degree's some days so its been absolutely lovely. Today I got up and drove Sean to work at 5:30 AM it was about 7 degree's at that time. By 7 AM however we were having a snow storm! I couldn't even see 50 feet in front of me! We managed to get about 10 cm all before 11 am and I had some running around to do with the car... yes the one that had the summer tires put back on already. LOL.

I have your freebie for tonight, check back later in the week for some news about the beginning of my new kit. I hope you all enjoy your Mother's Day on Sunday and this bag of words. (Same words as was in the Princess Bag of Words yesterday.)

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Princess Bag of Words Freebie

Just a quick post as it is already midnight and its been a busy evening here. Our local dive club was doing its yearly VIP inspections for everyone's tanks and all the Club's tanks as well and Sean and I helped out for about two hours this evening doing inspections etc. Marc is doing a 30 fasting for World Vision, he was raising money for that this week, Alex has a friend sleeping over, and to say it was a busy night would be putting it mildly.

Please enjoy tonight's freebie, I'll be back tomorrow... I have to get up and take Sean to work for 5:30, I'm going to stay with him until 9AM and then go get Marc and feed him breakfast before dragging him back to the dive club shed to finish up VIP's and Air Fills.

Tonight's words are the Monday to Sunday, January to December and some Holiday Words...AND I included the bag 3 that was missing from the third bag of words set. Please enjoy.

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Bag of Words Update

Just wanted to give everyone an update as to my status and the Bag of Words I was going to post on the weekend. Can you believe that I forgot that it was Sean's Birthday on the weekend until Saturday Morning. (His Birthday was Sunday and he turned a young 42-he says he feels old now!) So, we were busy doing family things this weekend and I did not get around to posting the bag of words. I will however post the bags on Friday and Saturday nights so that they are up on my blog for Saturday and Sunday. In the meantime, keep the word suggestions coming as the more requests I get for words, the bigger the bags will be.
Thanks for your patience and I'll see you on the weekend.
Nathalie

Princess Z Element Freebie

Here is the almost final post for the Princess and Mischief Sets. I have a bag of words I will give out sometime this weekend so if your looking for specific words let me know in the comment section or via e-mail and I'll try to add them to the list. Thank you to those that let me know that the last bag of words was missing the bag, I will rectify that this weekend as well by posting a link to the bag that should have been included. Just a quick FYI, this element set does not have the floral numbers similar to the floral alphabet, there werevno numbers in that font set.

Please enjoy tonight's freebie and I'll be back this weekend to post the bag of words for Princess and Mischief.

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Z Element Freebie

Okay, so I promise this is my last picture from my son Robert's Graduation last week until I get his official grad pics in four to six weeks. We are missing my oldest daughter Tanya who is 22 and my stepdaughter Alora who is 16 who lives with her mom but Robert was glad the rest of us made it. Thank you again to everyone, yes I am very proud of my son.

I can't believe we are two posts away from the end of this series. Tonight's freebie are the Z Elements which are the numbers for the Mischief Sets. I'll post the complete Princess Element Set tomorrow. (I know I only had half of it done before I left for my son's Graduation. I will create a bag of words that I hope to post on the weekend and it will be the LAST bag of words to go with the set. I did not add it to the preview but there are a few tape words in this set that begin with the letter Z. Please enjoy tonight's freebie and I'll be back tomorrow.

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Mischief Z Paper Freebie

Okay so I am very proud of my son Robert and I'm going to share a couple more pictures from his graduation with you. I have one more to share tomorrow of us as a family. This is Alexandra (14) and Robert (19). He looks tall-he is at 6'2" but if you look at the picture below of him with his brothers you will notice that Sean is the short one of the bunch now.

These are my boys, from left to right there is Marc (18), Robert (19), TC (14) and Sean who apparently is "HOT" according to one of Robert's female cadet friend at basic training.


I hope you enjoy tonight's freebie. I will be back tomorrow with elements. Thank you for all your support and worrying about my absence last week-its nice to know I was missed, I definitely missed everyone here.
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Finally back up and running and a Z Letter Freebie

I'm sure everyone must have been wondering what in the world happened. It has been a long week and a few days. Last weekend was Alexandra's basketball tournament in Hamilton in which they placed third. It was a great weekend and I was able to see my new nephew Sebastien. We got home very late on Sunday and then Monday and Tuesday was busy at work and at home. Our router had to be replaced at home so that did not get done right away as we had to order it from our Service provider Bell Canada. Wednesday we left for St-Jean-sur-Richelieu for Robert's Graduation and we arrived home late/early Friday morning. It was wonderful to see Robert so grown up and I was very proud that he was Flag Party Commander. So with my Internet back up and running I'm back and I missed EVERYONE so very very much.

I've ordered pictures of Robert of his graduation but Marc was able to take a few pictures during the parade. I thought this was a pretty good one of him. He is the one in the center between the flags. When I get his grad pictures I will definitely share, as it is now, I will share over the next few days some of the pictures we did get.

He is so grown up and I'm very proud of him. Not the little boy who use to sit in his room with his Lego blocks for hours on end.

So here are the Mischief Letter Z Freebie for tonight. Sorry it took so long to get this far I did not anticipate Internet issues.

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Quick Update

Hi Everyone, just wanted to let you know my internet at home is down and since I spent the evening in the hospital with one of the kids (nothing major but spent all evening there) I did not get time to figure out what was wrong with it or upload this weekend's letters, papers and elements. If you have been following my blog you know I am going away this weekend for Alexandra's Basketball and was going to set stuff up to auto post. So, I guess it will be Monday evening before I post anything as I am unable to upload stuff from here at work.
Please enjoy your weekend and I'll be back Monday evening with either a post or an update.

Thank you,
Nathalie

Princess Numbers Part One Freebie

Okay so my preview tonight is not up to my usual standards since I thought I had these all done. I'm going to have to split these numbers into two files part one tonight is just the beads and tape styles. I'll upload part two tomorrow with the chipboard and metal styles as long as I get them done during my lunch time otherwise I'll start with the Mischief Z stuff and do those elements in two parts as well.

Here is the preview I have so far, it is just the beads and the tape numbers as I mentioned. Please enjoy and I'll be back tomorrow.

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Princess Z Paper Freebie and Happy Birthday Tanya

Today is my oldest daughter, Tanya's 22nd birthday. We ordered Chinese Food for dinner and she had asked for chocolate cake-so we picked one up for her. It seems like just yesterday that she was born....all 4lbs 12 oz of her. Speaking of which my brother Gaetan and his wife Catherine had their baby yesterday... a little boy which they named Sebastian. Alexandra has a basketball tournament in Hamilton this weekend. On the drive home Sunday I hope we get the chance to stop in and say hi and take a few pictures which I WILL have to share. (They live three hours away and Hamilton is about another two hours past their place.)

Yes Michelle, Sudbury is where we take Alexandra to basketball practice we are just south east of Sudbury by about an hour in a town called North Bay. It is the major intersection through Ontario as you have the north and south traffic from Toronto to Timmins (Hwy 11) run through town and also the East/West (Hwy 17) going from Ottawa to Sudbury then on to the Ontario/Manitoba border.

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Princess Letter Z Freebie

Okay, so I took a day off from posting but I don't feel guilty since we have this last set of letters and one more bag of words once I've posted this last set. If your looking for specific words, now would be the time to send me your suggestions.

It was a change in weather again today we went from snow on the weekend to a beautiful sunny day with a high of about 10 degree's. I know that's not really warm but after a winter of snow and the occasional day with temperatures of -30, 9 degree's is warm.

Please enjoy tonight's letters and I WILL be back tomorrow with the Z Papers.

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Mischief Y Element Freebie

Another quick post as it is such a nice weekend even though it is snowing. Yes believe it or not after such a wonderful week of weather and an all time high record breaking Easter Weekend last weekend with a high of 27 degree's it is snowing here today. It is not staying thank goodness but it sure is making everything wet and slippery. I hope everyone is having a better weekend weather wise wherever you are. Anyway, please enjoy tonight's freebie and I'll be back tomorrow with the Princess Z letters.

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Mischief Paper Y Freebie

Just a quick post tonight for your freebie. It was a long day and I'm glad the weekend is finally here. I'm looking forward to relaxing and I'm hoping to get some R&R. I hope you enjoy the freebie and I'll be back tomorrow with the Elements. Enjoy your weekend and have a great evening and day.

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Mischief Letter Y

I spent another night coughing and keeping poor Sean awake last night. He came home at midnight and I spent most of the night coughing so we didn't get alot of sleep. I went to work this morning but ended up coming home. Somewhere between the cough syrup and not alot of sleep again-my mind was just not functioning. I did manage to get a bit of sleep this afternoon-enough to get up tonight and find time to post tonight.

Thank you for all the great suggestions for my next kits. Keep them coming. Please enjoy tonight's download and I'll be back tomorrow with the Y Papers.

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Princess Element Y Freebie

I'm happy that I'm getting some suggestions for my next school themed kit. Does anyone have any suggestions for letters? I thought Varsity Type Letters for the High School Years but for the grade school years I'm still not sure-so I'm open to suggestions. Keep the e-mails and comments coming for the primary kits. I'm looking for words that describe each school year (ie Grade One- Recess, Lunch box, Learning to Read etc.) so please send me your idea's-this kit will be based on your idea's as well as mine so if you want to see something in particular, you better suggest it.

So tonight's freebie are odds and ends I had created for these kits, I hope you enjoy these and find them useful in your layouts. The Z Element Set will be the co-ordinating numbers to the Alphabet so please make sure you stop by to pick those up. In the meantime, please enjoy tonight's posting.

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Princess Y Paper Freebie

I thought I'd give you an update as to my idea's for my upcoming kit after the Princess and Mischief Kits. There were many idea's sent to me and I wanted to keep on a kids theme at least until the end of the school year so I'm going to do a School Theme. My basic colours are from the Crayola Box of 16 Colours and I'm thinking of doing papers for each grade level, some photo mattes and journal blocks for filling in school memories. If you want certain events highlighted in this kit, please let me know. My kids are all in High School so you may have to remind me of some of the highlights for each grade level along the way. Things like Field Trips, Car Wash Fundraiser's, school trips to the zoo etc. (suggest quotes etc too) I'm going to start with the primary grades and move on to high school so send me your suggestions-I'm looking forward to working with your idea's.

Tanya my daughter gave me a decongestant last night-wow it cleared my sinus's and congestion right up only problem was that I didn't sleep a wink. So tonight, I'm exhausted-beyond exhausted but I did get some cough medication that should work tonight and help me sleep. So enjoy your papers and I'll be back tomorrow after a good night's sleep with Elements.

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