a place to share my thoughts and my work

Infuse your world with color!

2011-01-04T18:14:00.002-05:00

This is the phrase that goes through my mind from time to time...I love color. Saturated color, rich color, soft color, colors that don't match, just love color! And, of course, its partner in crime, light! So, this is my prompt for now....infuse my world with color. Because it is January and I live in the Northeast, it's tough for me to stay inspired. It is cold and dreary here, it is quite frankly very depressing. I have a tough time with the whole "seasonal" thing. We have snowmobiles, that was a good way for me to get through winter for a while, but I don't know if we're going to ride this year. I sleep a lot in the winter. I do try to figure out something to inspire me to keep creating even during the bleakest winter weather, so this year I will try reminding myself.....infuse my world with color! I guess that's all, and I'll see where it takes me!

New Freebie finally!

2007-09-01T00:00:00.000-04:00

Wow, I haven't blogged in forever! I guess summer was busy, good busy and bad busy. But more about that another time. For now, here's the link for my free wordart and doodle.

Download

Scrap Therapy Tonight

2007-03-08T17:48:00.000-05:00

Please come on over and join us in the SBG Chat Room
We have fun chatting, not usually anything serious...just fun. Here is the preview of the template that will be given out at the chat, and the layout I did with it, altered a bit. The chat was lots of fun, here's the link to the template

New Pictures of my Puppy

2007-03-01T14:29:00.000-05:00

My Mom and Cheyanne

Templates in March Megakit at Elemental Scraps

2007-02-28T10:16:00.000-05:00

Here are my two contributions for the kit at ELemental Scraps for March, which is going to be amazing!

Maya on Dishin' the Digi Coast to Coast!!

2007-02-26T12:27:00.000-05:00

Wow, our own Maya (well Digi's Maya) is going to be featured on Dishin' the Digi Coast to Coast on DiScTalkRadio!! Featured will be her Mood-O-Meter kit, which in case you haven't seen it is a GREAT way to get your own mood into a layout! Here's the preview of the kit in case you haven't seen it, it is so cute, and would make a great addition to any layout involving someone's mood! The interview will be featured from 2/27 - 3/5.
Here's the link for DiScTalkRadio. Make sure to check it out!!

Scrap Therapy Template

2007-02-23T00:32:00.000-05:00

Here's tonight's template from the Scrap Therapy challenge on the blog

This challenge is all about lost friends, but please use this template for however you are inspired...but be sure to check out the beautiful layouts done on this topic by the Studio Crew girls...they're on the blog and they're incredible!! I'm not good at the actual layouts, I'm the template person (lets' me off the hook, lol). Don't forget to post in our Scrap Therapy gallery if you make a layout!
here's the link Scrap Therapy Template

Free Template for Valentine's Day!

2007-02-14T22:09:00.000-05:00

Grungy Valentine

I've made a template to give away for Valentine's Day, and to say thank you to everybody for your help with my recent puppy venture. And...because of a lot of support and an opportunity that was sort of hit me in the face, I will soon be selling template packs! So...more to come on that.

And on the puppy front...Cheyanne is fitting in very nicely here. She is quite a character, she really has a big attitude...but I guess that's how it goes with little dogs. But really, she is a beautiful sweet little dog (with little needle puppy teeth) and I am so happy I have her.

2007-02-06T20:16:00.000-05:00

And this is Cheyanne. She weighs a whole 4 pounds, and is almost 9 weeks old. She is a couch potato already, and is doing very well with housebreaking. I am so in love, and I want to thank the digi-world for helping me get her!! Oh....and as you can tell she loves the snow! Although sometimes she forgets what she's out there and gets cold and she's shivering too much to poop!

2007-02-06T20:09:00.000-05:00

Here's Oreo...my beloved, I miss her a lot. She was so unique, and I wish I had had more time with her.

Okay some photos!

2007-02-06T20:07:00.000-05:00

Kim wanted to see a photo of destructo-bird...and here's me with my much talked about snowmobile. Now photos of my puppy!

Thank you all so so much!!!

2007-02-03T23:51:00.000-05:00

Well I've put a down-payment on my puppy and she is adorable, I'll post pics a little later (soon as I upload them) and pics of my departed Oreo also. So...I'm almost there, hopefully I can get here tomorrow or Monday. So I wanna thank you all in the digi-community from the bottom of my heart, this is a great big deal to me!!!

Now...the technical issue.....I have sent all the links (I think)...I had one person send me a PM that she didn't get it yet. So...if you haven't gotten it yet please let me know...I've never done anything like this before, and I bet the designers LOVE the feature where it automatically downloads when you purchase something! So please let me know if you didn't get it. And once again, thank you.
Liz

7 Pack of Templates

2007-01-31T17:43:00.000-05:00

Well I broke down and did it. I've posted a batch of templates for sale. Now I in no way want to be a designer, or be affiliated with any store...but here's the story.
In 2001 I got a Siberian Husky puppy. She was my baby, she was like my fourth kid. Well in August she all of a sudden got quite sick. I thought I'd take her to the vet and they would give her some medicine and she'd be fine. Well that wasn't the case...she had a large cancerous mass in her chest. She couldn't breathe, she couldn't even get up off the porch. The next day I took her and her put to sleep, and carried her home and buried her. I wanted to get another puppy, but couldn't even think about another husky, because it just wouldn't be her. So...last week I met a little dog and fell in love. She's a Pomapoo...cross between a pomeranian and a poodle. I never thought I would ever want a little dog, but I do! So the woman who owns her gave me the number of the lady she got her from....and right now they have for sale a sister to the one I fell in love with. So I'm trying to raise the money to get this puppy....after x-mas and with no overtime, we just don't really have the cash. So...I have no idea how to do this, but I did manage to get a preview on my blog and a Paypal button, it's a donation for the pack of templates. If you would like to buy them and contribute to a good cause...I would thank you. If you buy the templates I will send the download link to you as soon as I can.

Tonight's Scrap Therapy Template

2007-01-25T17:47:00.000-05:00

Here's the template for our Scrap Therapy Challenge at Scrapbookgraphics

Join us in the chat room at 9:00 - I'll be handing out the link for this template, but I'll post the link in the forum later in case you miss it.

Here's the link to download the template: Mother's Wisdom Template

Scrap Therapy templates

2007-01-14T13:34:00.000-05:00

Well I posted links for the scrap therapy templates on the SBG Forum here so you can get them if you couldn't get to the chats. Here are the previews for the templates, and they kind of explain the challenge for the week, or you can check the blog here for the explanations of the challenges and some phenominal examples of layouts from the Studio Crew.

Preview of Template for Scrap Therapy

2007-01-11T19:08:00.000-05:00

Link to my Template

2006-11-17T00:50:00.000-05:00

For a little while I'm going to post here the link to get the template from our scrap therapy chat. I hope to see lots of you participating in scrap-therapy, it's kind of important to get our feelings out. So here's the link to my template, shown below.

template

Scraptherapy!!

2006-11-16T08:32:00.000-05:00

Scrapbookgraphics Chat

Scraptherapy Chat tonight at SBG

2006-11-16T08:10:00.000-05:00

We're having another scraptherapy chat tonight at 9 in the SBG chatroom...hope you'll come and play!!

Here's a preview of the template I'm giving away, which is
what I used for my layout.

And don't forget about Maya's sale, which is coming up tomorrow, for one day only everything is 50% off! Starts Nov. 16 at noon until Nov. 17 at noon. You should really stop and check out Maya's stuff and pick up a few things. Her quirky quotes are fabulous, and her new calendar is absolutely beautiful. And take a few minutes and look at her older stuff. There are elements in those kits that I have overlooked, but when I stop to look at stuff I see things that are just to-die for! So don't forget to check it out!
Studio Maya

Scraptherapy Chat

2006-11-02T17:28:00.000-05:00

Join us in the chat room tonight! There will be a free template - aimed at journaling - made by me! Hope to see you there!

Free Blog Header to give away

2006-10-10T02:05:00.000-04:00

This is it, you just have to customize with your name and plop it on your blog! Email me at emnewberry1964@aol.com, first one gets it!

Norman the Gnome's visit to my house!!

2006-10-04T13:26:00.000-04:00

Well Norman, the rogue gnome from Scrapbookgraphics has been to my house, and he had a lot of fun! He sure did keep my family busy! So here's a recap of his visit.

First up, he spent a little time resting on the couch with Matthew and Tofu. He was still bandaged up from one of his previous visits. Then he insisted, much to Will's dismay, on running IN the cage with the bear at our local wildlife preserve! I can't believe there weren't more bandaids to follow that incident!

Then Kate gave him some hairdressing tips. Looks to me like he might have been tipsy at the time. She was trying to convince him that the eleventh grade look would work for him. He's not so sure...but he was trying not to hurt her feelings.

Then he spent a little more quality time with Matt, who was trying to convince him to go downtown to the local "Metal Show" with him. He wanted to go, but I thought the two of them together might end up in trouble.

So he spent the evening with Tofu instead. Wow, the two of them wound up on coffee together is something I just want to forget! They were trying to see who could squawk the loudest, and she taught him to say "here kitty kitty kitty..."

So the next day he tagged along with John on a scuba diving trip. John was a little aggrevated, as you can plainly see, but Norman had nitrogen narcosis and didn't seem to care in the slightest.

Lastly, he spent a little time with Jeremy. They want to go oversees and be court jesters, but I told Jeremy he can't skip fifth grade to go on the road with the gnome. I do, however, think Norman is on his way....I guess we'll find out!

So, I guess we'll see...he's bound to pop up somewhere. If you haven't met him yet, check him out here - Studio Skinny @ SBG Wow, I gotta go get some rest after a few days with this rambunctious houseguest!!!

See you all later!

ps: all headwear and bandaid from Studio Maya, and everything from his Cuppa Joe layout with Tofu from Studio Ronna

2006-09-29T00:17:00.000-04:00

I did this layout with Maya's Highschool Confidential kit, with some doodles from Dani B's Digital Grafitti. This was way outside my "box", but I love how it turned out. Kate likes it too, she really enjoys my work, which is good because she is, obviously, my most featured subject! (the boys aren't quite as cooperative for me and my camera, especially Matt). I loved doing this layout, and I have a few more ideas for different kind of stuff like this, I like doing stuff that's not the "norm" for me, and that's part of why I'm so happy to be in Studio Crew...Maya (and the other Studio Girls, but especially Maya) has stuff that encourages me to go in directions with my work that I've not gone. This is good for me, and I suggest you might do some of the same. I"m going to try an "out=of-the-frame" layout, with a photo of my bird, and try to make it look like she's coming off the page. I'll let you know how it goes. Anyway, thanks for taking a peek here!

I've been tagged!!

2006-09-27T08:20:00.000-04:00

...by Brenda Kempf at Addicted to Digital. Thanks for the easy one Brenda, this won't take me two days like some of the ones you see floating around!!

5 Weird Things…

1. I have a cockatoo, named Tofu, and she drinks coffee with me every day (yes right
out of my cup)!!
2. I have a beautiful 17-year old daughter and she still calls me Mommy!
3. I live with my in-laws, and it strangely enough works! (yeah, weird!!)
4. The big toe on my left foot is 1/4 inch longer than the one on my right foot!!
(had it shortened during bunion surgery)
5. I am totally obsessed with my digital camera and photoshop, although none of you
will find that weird, only my family does!!

List 5 Weird things about yourself or your pets.
Tag 5 Friends and list them
Those people need to write on their blogs about 5 weird things, state the rules, and tag 5 more people.
Don’t forget to let the people you tag know by posting a comment on their blog!
becky
Robyn
Mechelle
Pattie
Shawn

Have fun everybody and I'll be checking your blogs for your answers, lol. Don't worry I'm not really the "tag Nazi". But this is my first blog tag, teehee. So thanks Brenda!

Have a great day everybody, happy scrapping!! And be sure to sign up for the newsletter at Scrapbookgraphics - you never know...I might have had something to do with a certain goodie in it...

I'm part of the Studio Crew @Scrapbookgraphics!!

2006-09-27T08:09:00.000-04:00

Wow, I'm excited...been keeping this one to myself for a while now. But I'm on the new Creative Team (the Studio Crew) for the designers at Scrapbookgraphics...such a bunch of talented women! I've loved these designers for so long (Ronna Penner was my first "fave" designer), and now they've added Meridith Fenwick and Sylvie (Sausan Designs). I've had a great time already working with the beautiful designs there already...there is so much to chose from it's hard to know where to begin! We've all been getting aquainted with each other and figuring out what our tasks are. Maya is amazing to work with, she is definitely the queen of digi-scrap if you ask me!!. You'll probably be seeing another one of my templates being given out real soon. Anyway, check it out , I love it!! Scrapbookgraphics

Yikes! I neglected my blog!

2006-09-06T21:13:00.000-04:00

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted. I guess I've been busy...getting the kids back to school (uggh shopping), and we went to 1000 Islands for a diving trip, and last week we took the kids to Six Flags, and the kids and I rode the Superman roller coaster 10 times! I have to scan in the photo of the 4 of us that we got, it's so funny! We rode it over and over trying to perfect our pose. Anyway, I have a fun summer template almost done, and I'll be posting it soon. And...I have something else going on and I'll be doing some revamping of my blog soon! So, until next time...

Oh My Goodness!! I'm #5 on Top Digi-BLogs!

2006-08-25T01:38:00.000-04:00

What an exciting few months it's been for me...learning so much with the blog, and the templates, it's all been so great! And now I looked and I'm #5 on Top Digi-Blogs! How cool is that! Well I really gotta get some sleep, diving tomorrow, but I just hady to mention this! Yeah!
Hugs & Kisses everybody and send me links to your layouts with my templates. I've seen lots of them and left comments, I loved every one of them. Amazing how different all the layouts are! Beautiful!

New link and I'm going out of town!

2006-08-25T01:03:00.000-04:00

I refreshed the link again, and I will refresh it again on Sunday night if you miss it. I'm going with dh to Thousand Islands for a scuba diving trip. It'll be fun, it's beautiful diving up there. So, have a great weekend everyone, and I'll try to take some great photosdownload link

Refreshed link

2006-08-24T12:09:00.000-04:00

Again, refreshed, lol. I thought this one wasn't quite as popular as the first one...but maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, here it is again. Enjoy!
download link

Hey Peeps got a question...

2006-08-24T01:44:00.000-04:00

So I've given away a couple of templates and have ideas upon ideas swirling around my mind for more. Do you think they are "sellable"? Would anybody out there buy these things from me? I am just looking for some preliminary feedback.
Thanks again!

Refreshed link

2006-08-23T23:20:00.000-04:00

Okay that was fast, lol! So I've renewed the download link, thanks again everybody!
Download link

Another template for you guys!!

2006-08-23T13:44:00.000-04:00

Since you loved the first one, and I have loved seeing it in use, that's so awesome, here's another one! This is a fun way to get some use out of several papers in a kit, and do it in a flash! So here's my layout and the template...
And here's the link, hope you like it!

Template 2

Refreshed again

2006-08-22T22:36:00.000-04:00

Wow, it's amazing to me that this has been downloaded so many times, and there are still some people asking for it. So it's renewed again. Wish I had something else to talk about, or a great page to post, but alas I just don't. So...I'll work on finishing up another template for you all out there in cyber-scrapland, that will inspire me!
free template

I guess I'll refresh it again!

2006-08-21T12:42:00.000-04:00

Since there are still a lot of people commenting that they didn't get it, I'll refresh it again! I love seeing all the layouts with this template! Thanks!
Free Download

Okay one more time!

2006-08-20T10:08:00.000-04:00

Wow, I can't believe the overwhelming response to my first template. So I've refreshed it one more time for any of you that didn't pick it up yet. Thanks again!
Free Template

Refreshed again!

2006-08-19T18:28:00.000-04:00

Wow! Thanks for the great response everybody! I've already seen some layouts done with this template, and they're great! You can definitely expect some more! Here's a new link for download:
FreeTemplate

I've refreshed the download link

2006-08-19T12:57:00.000-04:00

Good Morning! I guess you guys must like it, it's reached it's 100 download limit already (wow that was fast), and I have refreshed the link. Send me links for layouts you do with this, I have already seen one, and how cool it is to see layouts with MY template! Yeah! Digi-scrapping gets more fun everyday!

Tyler at Topsail Beach

2006-08-19T06:01:00.000-04:00

I did this layout the other day, but I wanted to post it here because it's so cute! It's a scraplift of one of Christy Lyle's layouts.

A Free Layered Template!!

2006-08-19T01:36:00.000-04:00

Well I'm finally giving this a try. These templates are quite the trend, and I like making them because I don't have to come up with cute titles and witty journaling...which is where I usually end up stuck. So I'm not gonna blab on about it, I'm just gonna post it and see if it works. Please if you try to download and the link has expired please let me know! I redid this link so it includes a preview, TOU and instructions. Ugghhhh I'm getting there....sometimes I think I'm too old to be learning all this stuff....just joking - it keeps my brain young!

FreeTemplate

Oh by the way, I had Oreo put down :( I miss her a lot, she was a wonderful pet. No more puppies....no more puppies....no more puppies.....maybe if I say it enough I'll be able to stick to it.

Oh and thanks Christy, you're awesome!

:(

2006-08-15T22:51:00.000-04:00

I took Oreo to the vet yesterday because she has been lethargic for the last few days. They did bloodwork, x-rays and I was informed that she has terminal cancer. What a shock! I cried, and cried, and cried some more. I guess I'm going to have her put to sleep tomorrow....I don't want her to suffer, and she is. She won't come in the house, she hardly even gets up off the ground and she is having a lot of trouble breathing. I will miss her, and I'm sure I will be posting more of my layouts of her...but I probably won't do any more. I don't know....it's really hard to think about right now. I know one thing though....I am thanking God right now that it's not one of my kids. I can't imagine if it hurts this much when it's the dog....I just can't imagine. She's been a great pet, I love her so much. Tomorrow will be a really hard day. Oh well.....

Uggghhhh....

2006-08-06T13:13:00.000-04:00

I am a bad blogger, just like all the other bad bloggers out there in blogland. Oh well, I haven't really felt too great this week, and I haven't scrapped much either. I have some new kits I have to get to work with for Christy, and I finally got my scraplift done, I'd been working on that one for a long time. So here it is, it's a lift of Amanda's Am I in There layout, which I love, it is what inspired me to buy the tag book kits to begin with. So, I guess now I better get busy, I want to have the three layouts from the new kits done today!!!

Hey I'd love to know who's visiting me here!!

2006-07-27T09:33:00.000-04:00

Hi all! I would love to know who is visiting me here at my happy little home on the web (and if it's you Mom you better leave me some loooove!!)! Anyway, I have a shoutbox in the right hand sidebar down toward the bottom....leave me a little note with your name (then I can stalk your blog, lol)! I'm new to this blog thing and the visitor counter (which I think looks stupid by the way, gotta change that), is growing! How exciting, but I would love a little note or two in that stupid little box! Who knew a blog would be so much fun (as well as a wonderful learning experience, lol)
Thanks!!! Liz

My first layout as a Lyle Lunatic!!

2006-07-27T00:55:00.000-04:00

Well I worked on this layout for longer than I should have, but I like it. It's a scraplift of a layout by the talented Pattie Knox, whose gallery I could scraplift from day after day...she has a great style! So I used some awesome stuff from my new stash of Christie Lyle products, all available at Sweet Shoppe Designs (if I wasn't so tired I would figure out how to make that into a clickable link...oh well maybe I'll tackle that tomorrow, lol). Anyway, I have been having fun playing with all this stuff! And are you all as excited as I am about the Scrapartist sale and free kit this week? I know I am...there are a couple of kits I want to get (like I really need anymore...but who can resist a good sale)!

Well I'm really tired and have a very early doctor's appointment (because of my terrible high blood pressure), so I'll catch up more tomorrow. So until then...

Gosh!!

2006-07-25T03:06:00.000-04:00

All I've done all day is play with my blog!! This is a terrible new addiction! I have to not spend so much time doing this and more time actually scrapping! But I got a cute new Shoutbox, and have rearranged things, oh and I downloaded, unzipped and organized lots of stuff today, so there was that. Keeping the kits & elements organized is really essential, I've learned how much that helps after I actually went through and organized everything. Sure is amazing what I've accumulated, but I love it all! So...I gotta get busy on some layouts with Christy's stuff, got some great stuff to work with (Expecting Sweet Stuff, how yummy)!! So, until next time....

It's Monday...

2006-07-24T13:56:00.000-04:00

And my lips are zipped...about something...more to be said later. What's going on here...let me see...nothing. I'm gonna work on a freebie today, I think a chalked alpha like the one in my layout of drew...I really liked how that alpha came out. And of course I always have the goal of getting a page or two done...sometimes that happens and sometimes not. I added a chatterbox to my blog, it's down under the links...leave me some love! This whole blog thing has been a lot of fun, and of course I want all the bells and whistles. But it's gonna bug me over the next few weeks cause my computer is missing its "e" key (thanks to a certain very small redhead and a pen), and it has to be sent in to be fixed, which is fine because the CD rom doesn't work and it overheats sometimes and I want them to check that...it's very frustrating when it shuts down in the middle of a layout. So I will be using John's laptop (with my EHD) for the time it's gone, and my blog comes up funny on his screen. The posts appear, and at the bottom of all the posts the sidebar starts. That's not how I want it to look, I hope other people don't see it like that. I hope if anybody does they will let me know and I can see if I can fix it. I think it's some conflict with my slide show, but it shows correctly on my laptop. Oh well, I'm new at this. But I'm pretty proud of it so far. I wasn't gonna even bother with a blog unleess I could figure out how to make it cute like the others. Some of the blogs I've seen are so cute, I love the personalization you can do. So, enough rambling about that for now. I guess I should get something done, maybe take the kids in the pool, get a little sun, or maybe just sit here at my computer! So, until next time...

I made it!!!! I'm on Christy's CT!!

2006-07-24T00:52:00.001-04:00

I'm so stoked, I'm one of the new members of Christy Lyle's (from Sweet Shoppe Designs) creative team! This is so great, her stuff is amazing! So...I've been like a little kid with a new toy all day! I'm looking forward to getting to know Christy (who seems really really nice so far) and all the other ct members. I think this is gonna be a lot of fun! Just what I needed - a reason to spend more time at the computer, lol! Oh well, until next time...

Some new pages...

2006-07-24T00:25:00.000-04:00

So I did some pages today with some quick pages that Christy Lyle sent me, they just screamed to me "pool pics!" They were a gift for applying to her ct, which I would love to get!

Pool Photo Layouts

2006-07-24T00:19:00.001-04:00

More progress....now work on a freebie!

2006-07-22T02:13:00.000-04:00

Okay, I've got a counter up, a blinkie, a couple more links, and I've joined another web ring. This has been so much fun! Now I want to start working on some freebies, and figure out how to post them so people can download them. Oh well, one thing at a time, I have gotten a lot accomplished today! So, until next time...

New Heading on my Blog!

2006-07-21T21:54:00.000-04:00

Wow, I've learned a lot today! I've learned how to make a header for my blog. I learned how to put in links for my favorite stores & blogs. I joined the digi-scrap ring, and put up my slide show! This is actually kind of fun, and I'm actually kind of happy with it.

I've had a great time shopping for digital scrap stuff lately. I bought Kim Christensen's Rad kit, I absolutely love love it! And of course a day without a new Jen Wilson kit is like a day without sunshine, lol. I love all the element packs I got last week from her shop, they were a dollar each, and I got all 12 of them. What fun! So...I guess I'd better get busy with some layouts!

Well I guess that's all for me for tonight. Nobody is reading this blog but me anyway, but I'm just so happy that I accomplished so much here today! Until next time...

A Slide Show!

2006-07-21T16:31:00.000-04:00

Well I figured out how to put up my slide show! I'm so excited, I really want to figure this all out. I like my yahoo blog too, it's quite colorful and fun...but this one is more practical I guess. So, until next time...

My First Post

2006-07-21T13:31:00.000-04:00

Okay I really want to do this whole blog thing, and this is my third one that I've started. I am looking for one that will give me all the different features that I want, and I really really want to have a slide show of my layouts. So.....we'll try this one! Wish me luck!