Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

Hello everyone! I am popping in today to wish all of my fellow Canadians a very happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you've all had a wonderful weekend surrounded by family and friends. I created a free paper in celebration of this great holiday.

This digital paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels, in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. This paper will be part of a future set called, Fall Into Fall. I've used resources from Catharina77 (via Pixabay), Redfield Plugins, KrystalDesignsCo (via Inky Deals), Creative Tacos and The CoffeeShop Blog. Full credits in the file. To grab it, click the download button to be taken to a download location. In the zip folder you will find a copy of the paper, its preview sheet, the full credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.Given that it is midnight, I hope I haven't made any errors. :)

Well that is it for this one! My day today will be spent with the person I am most thankful for--my hubby! See you again soon!

Until next time,

Free Leaves Digi Paper available at Scribbles Designs

Hello my friends!  I'm just popping in to let you know that the latest freebie is available over on the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog for all of our Freebie Fridayer fans!

Yesterday it officially became Fall here in the northern hemisphere and to celebrate this beautiful and colourful season's arrival, I have made you a digi paper using a trio of leaves that Sandy offered up as a freebie back in October of 2014. You can find both the original image AND the paper you see below in the preview, by clicking HERE. The original image can also be found in the store HERE. 

Here is a preview of the paper...

Another creation under the Scribble Doodle Designs label! I coloured each of the leaves and then saved them separately so that I could space them out evenly throughout the paper. This free paper is six inches by six inches (1800 pixels x 1800 pixels)--the perfect size for card making! It is in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. Credits include: HG Designs; Stachoo Scraps and of course, Scribbles Designs. As mentioned above, you can download it over on the challenge blog as today's Freebie Friday offering.

Don't forget to mark you calendars every Friday to head on over to the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog to grab the latest freebie up for grabs.  You can find the original image and the digi paper from September 23rd's post HERE.  It is a great way to add to your SD digi stamp collection and to your Scribble Doodles Designs collection.  Don't forget, that when you use an SD image on a project that you enter into our monthly challenges, you get extra entries!  That is a great incentive to use one of Sandy's images. 

Have a wonderful weekend and take care until we meet again!

Wonderful Wednesdays--Offering for September

If you are new to my blog and want to know how this concept got started, you can find the original post by clicking HERE. 

 
Hello all.  Once again I managed to pull off getting an offering done this month.  I've actually managed to get something done for each month of the year so far, although I was a bit late on one.  YaY!  Just two more months to go before we start all over again in 2016!

If you are new to my blog in the past year, you can find other items for the September kit by clicking on the respective links below:

September 2013 

• The word September offered up as a word art creation, paper pieced with five different fall images. Click HERE.
• Five different digital papers (including the leaf paper I use and love so much).  Click HERE.
• A leaf spray.  Click HERE.
• Three different fall themed word art creations.  Click HERE.

 
Boy I was busy that month!  For 2015, I am offering up another digital paper in two different versions for the September kit with the theme: Fall Into Fall...

I had the original image of the leaves rotating with other images on my desktop and the more I've been seeing it these past few weeks, the more I realized that it would make a nice paper.  This paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels and in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. Credits include:  George Hodan (PublicDomainPictures.net).  I've also had fun this time around using a Redfield filter and then running the image through a painting application in FotoSketcher.  While the program is completely free, some of the Redfield filters do cost money.  To grab today's offering, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the papers, the preview sheet, the full credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.

Finally, you can find your bonus stamps for September below.  Once again, when going through the resources offered in 2013, I couldn't seem to find the round date stamp in a post even though I it was made so I've included that one here as well.  You can just left click on these ones to bring them up in the lightbox and then right click to save them in their original size.

Stay tuned for a new Wonderful Wednesday post coming next month!  

Until next time,

Wonderful Wednesdays: Sensational Spray for September

Hello my lovelies.  I've got 15 minutes before I need to head downstairs and it should be just enough time to get this week's edition of Wonderful Wednesdays out.  In keeping with the theme of Fall Into Fall, I am offerering up a spray of leaves.  I'd imagine that while it is probably more for scrapbookers, card makers could also use it simply by decreasing its size and laying it over top a light coloured paper before printing it out.

I am pretty proud of this one and hope you like it as well.  I used a template as a base but I put in a significant number of hours colouring it and touching up all the edges.  I put so much time into it in fact, that I am going to do something I've never done before.  I will only be offering this image as a freebie for the remainder of September.  After that it will be removed and set aside for my store once it is established.  That should give you plenty of time to download it and add it to your September kit right?  Well, without further ado, here it is...

Edit:  This image has been removed and will be available for sale sometime in the future.

It is approximately 1145 wide x 1375 pixels high, and is published as a png at 300 dpi. What do think?  It is store worthy right?

If you have missed the first two posts for Wonderful Wednesdays this month, you can go HERE for the first one and HERE for the second where you can grab some Lovely Lettering and some Paper Play.

Stay tuned for one more Wonderful Wednesday this month.  What will it be?  Hard to say.  It will all depend on where the wind carries my ideas.  And look at that I'm only 15 minutes late.  Guess it took 30 and not 15, I do have the tendency to underestimate how long it takes to get things accomplished A LOT.  However, at least I got the offering created and the post out while it is still Wednesday.  That must count for something right?

Also just before I go, thanks for your continued concern regarding my illness.  I really do hate to have to keep telling you I'm sick.  I'm certainly not looking for pity, but I do feel it is important to keep you apprised so that you know and hopefully understand why I'm not running at my usual capacity.  I'll get back on track eventually!  In the meantime thanks for all your well wishes and cyber hugs, they are definitely all contributing towards the healing process, I'm sure!

Until next time,

Credit Notes For This Creation:© 2013, Lisa L. Décosse.  PUO.  However, you are allowed to use this embellishment on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale basis provided credit is given.  You also need to include a credit note and a link to this blog should you use any of my images in your creations and post them on your blog.  Please be sure to familiarize yourself with my full terms of use found in the copyright tab at the top of this page.  I have included a quick summary below.  This leaves spray has been created using a template from Brooke Gazarek at Pixel Scrapper.    

If you are not sure how to copy the image, check out the download instructions page.  

Please be sure to read the Angel policy found under the copyright info tab above for the full terms.  Below is a quick summary of those Terms of Use:

Along with the Credit Note above...

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' or 'Lisa L. Décosse' somewhere on your creation. 
• Credit and provide a link if you post a creation on your blog using any of my work in your creations.
• Do not share my images with family, friends, etc.  Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc.  Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves.  If you would like to post a watermarked version of the image, please contact me to obtain one.
• If I have signed an image, do not delete my signature.
• Leave a comment on my blog.  It is currently the only way for me to know if any of my freebies are being nabbed.  Additionally, it will help to inspire me to continue to create and offer future freebies.

Paper Pack Premiere

Tonight has been a banner night for me.  I am pleased as punch as the saying goes.  That is the saying isn't it?  Anyways, suffice it to say it has been a good night creatively.  I'm way behind in everything else but full of creative input and output.  It has been a night of 'firsts'.

To start, I created my very first set of papers and I am kinda happy with how they turned out.  They are nothing too special but I think someone might be able to make them work for a fall type backdrop.  I made them approximately 1800x1800 pixels.  I've noticed that most papers are created at 3600x3600, but I find that way too big for card purposes.  Even 1800 is huge.  However, if enough people are interested in the larger sizes, well...I'll see what I can do.  Right now I'm just hoping someone will be interested enough in the smaller sizes.

So creatively speaking, it didn't take too long to make them tonight.  From beginning to zipped end, I was finished in about two and a half hours.  Given that sometimes it takes me that long just to put a sentiment together, I'm feeling pretty good about the time invested in the first part of this endeavour.

Secondly, I had to learn how to compress files  Now, unfortunately, even at 1800x1800, the files, especially given that they are png files, are still really big (if anyone knows how to make them into a smaller file size without actually making them look smaller, I'd appreciate the assistance).  Accordingly, I needed to learn how to zip up the files.  That is a new one for me too.  I've unzipped many a file, but tonight was the first time I've ever zipped one up.  With a little guidance from hubby, whose wise words were, 

"you know how to unzip a file?"
         "Yeah."
"Just do that only backwards."
        "Okaaay."

In actuality, it was that easy.  I practiced zipping up and zipping down (sorry couldn't help myself :-])  a couple of times to make sure that everything opened up all right.  Now, if only my body moved that fast, but I digress...

Lastly, and I patted myself on the back for this one, I had to figure out how to upload a zip file to blogger.  Except that isn't possible.  Thus, I had to decide where I was going to put the file so that you could download it.  Now, I did some research for some quick options.  I didn't really want to go through the time looking into, determining the best upload site, and then having to sign up for an account tonight.  I know I need to do it relatively soon because it will give me a clearer indication of how many people are actually downloading images but given that it is already 1:30 a.m. and I wanted to get this out to you for tomorrow, I had to come with another option.  I went through a couple of tutorials that recommended creating a Google website.  Hmmm...straight away my mind went to my orignal website.  So, I did some research there and learned I could upload a zip file and create a link.  When you go to the page and click on the link, it automatically brings up the 'save' or 'open' option, thus allowing you to download the file.  Consequently, I've just gone over and set the page up.  Now keep in mind I did it in a hurry so it doesn't look like anything special.

So, if you've managed to stay with me through all my rambling, you definitely deserve a small reward.  Therefore, if you want it, please feel free to follow the link and download my very first paper pack.  

 Here are some thumbnails 
  
 
 

 of what the papers look like. 

Click HERE to go to the fall leaves paper pack download page.  

When you get there, click on the image that looks like this:

When everything was all set up and all the links were created, I did a run through to make sure it worked out.  It did for me, hopefully it will for you.  If you have any problems though, please let me know.

I had wanted to get some Thanksgiving sentiments created but I should probably get to sleep some time before the sun rises.  So check back soon for more free goodies.

If you intend to download the file be sure to read the terms of use included within the zip folder and PLEASE leave me a comment here before heading over there. 

After you have taken a look at the papers, I'd appreciate it if some of you might be willing to provide me with some constructive feedback as this will help me tremendously in my growth process.

Until next time,

Follower Freebie #3

I'm just so giddy!  Thanks to all of you who have left such beautiful comments over the last few days.  They are so very much appreciated.

Now, on to my next 'Follower Freebie'.  This one is in honour of Sandy who became a follower on Oct. 29th.

If you are going to laugh, at least turn your back so I don't see you.  This is my FIRST EVER attempt at creating a digital stamp using Inkscape™ and a Bamboo® Tablet.  I am just learning how to use a pen and tablet to draw.  There is a serious learning curve.  I feel like a six year old just learning to write.

I have created a maple leaf to celebrate autumn before it is gone.  The majority of our trees up here in northern Ontario have lost a significant number of their leaves.  Given the winds out there the last couple of nights (even up here we're receiving the effects of the hurricane), I am not sure there will be any leaves left by morning.  

I wanted a backdrop for an autumn quote that I like and a leaf was appropriate for this situation.  I'm giving you three choices:  quote with leaf, quote on its own and leaf on its own.  I've only done the images in PNG format.  If anyone would prefer a JPG just email me and I'll try to accommodate you.

The fonts I used in creating this sentiment are LS Leaves and leaf1.

Hope you can find use for one or more of them.

 

 P.S.  Don't forget that if you use an image PLEASE:   

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' somewhere on your creation
• Do not share my images with family, friends, etc.  Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Pinterest®, 4-Shared®, etc.  Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves.
• If I have signed an image, do not delete my signature.
• Leave a comment on my blog.  It is currently the only way for me to know if any of my freebies are being nabbed.  Additionally, it will help to inspire me to continue to create and offer future freebies.