GRRRRR!!

I have been AFK for a little while now since this stuff came up over a divorce.
I just got my internet connection going again and so when I came on here and went to check my DL's and emails, 1. I am swamped and may never catch up on emails. lol and 2. my 4shared account was deactivated and ALL of my files have been lost.

Good news is EVERYTHING I have shared here in the past is still in tact, burned to disk and on my spare hard drive, so nothing is truly lost. Just annoys me that I will have to redo ALL of my links to get the page going again.

I haven't gotten to create much lately, because I have been working as much as possiable. I miss it tho and now that I am online and getting used to a new life style and schedule, I may get to start back up. Until then, I hope to get to share some stuff I had saved back.

Hugs,
Rachel

FREEBIE~More Polka Dot Bows

I love these bows. I actually made them a couple of weeks ago, and I am just now getting the zipped up to share. :)

I tied these little buggers up nice and neat with tails, and you get a set of 7 color varieties with white dots on each. :)

The actual size of each bow is 476 x 337 pixels. Shown, they are about 10% of the actual size. :)

If this is your first visit to my blog or to download my graphics and scrap supplies, I kindly request that you read my TOU before use. YOu can read them
HERE.

Want em?



Smiles Across the miles,
Rachel

FREEBIE ~ From Rachel's Letter Box~POSTAGE STAMPS

Good morning everyone! :) I hope today has found you all to be in bright spirits and the Lord is watching over each of you on your daily pathway! :) Thank you again, for all of the kind emails, I have recieved so many, I am still reading them! :)

Time has been very captivated lately, BUT... I have found some time to create and design a little bit. So I have some fun shares with you today.

I pray I will get time to work on my Offical website and hopefully, get my store done. I know I've said that so many times, and I am working on it as time permits, but lately, man, it's been so difficult with all that is happening in my Life.

Well.... anyhoo, today I have some postage stamps for your freebie download, and will be posting an offer for Customized Postage Stamps as soon as I have the Samplers Ready for Display, so keep posted, because your kiddos and grandkids pictures on a digital postage stamp would be wicked-cool for your scrap layouts! :)

Today's Download consists of 11 sample Postage Stamps approximately 500 x 600 pixels.

One of the stamps is a sample of my Adorable little Neice, Megan in her easter bunny ears... very cute! This is a sample of what I will do with your personal pictures on a custome stamp. :)

The other 10 stamps includes: 3 Pinup Girls, 1 Johnny Depp, 2 Orlando Bloom, 2 Hotties, 1 hog wild for you valentine stamp and 1 teddy bear stamp. :) I have alot more of these I am putting together in themes for the store, but I know you guys will love sampling these! :)

Upclose at 75% actual size


Sorry, the post mark is not included at this time. :)

If this is your first time to visit my blog and download my graphics and freebies, I kindly request that you read my TOU in full before downloading and use. :) You may read my TOU HERE.

Want to try these stamps out?


Thank you all for your patience in waiting for a new post. I will post more as often as I can. I have ALOT of goodies to share still, but time and issues have not allowed it. Things will improve at some point. Until then, keep me and my family in your prayers, and I will continue to design and share with you as time will allow. :)

Smiles Across the Miles,
Rachel

FREEBIE~ Rachel's Swirly Paper Bows and Buttons

I've made a few bows, and I'm making alot more, but these were the experimental paper bows, and In this freebie zip I have added a polka dot one that I thought was cute. The polka dot bow isn't paper, it's ribbon, so I'd like your imput on that one particularly. The other ones is the ones I was working on trying to figure out how to make them, and in the process I have made a template that I will post later one. I have several styles of bows I am working on, but I thought it one was cute. ;)

This freebie "Buttons N Bows" has 6 pastel swirly paper bows and 7 plain buttons, with an additional yellow swirly paper bow and one pink polka dot bow.


If this is your first time of visiting my blow and downloading my graphics and freebies, I kindly request that you read my TOU. You may read them HERE.

Click the Image for a Larger view. The Bows shown are only 20 % of actual size , the buttons are 60% actual size, in the larger display image. :)



Want 'em? Grab 'em here


Happy Scrappin!

Smiles Across the Miles,
Rachel

NOTICE::May Scrap LO Winners!!

Congratulations to the following the Winners of May's Scrap LO Contest! :)

First Place goes to : Perri aka PSPGirly

Second Place goes to : Mary aka LdyTeaRose

Third Place goes to: Shirly Shanly

The runners up are :

Binky aka Cindy and Melissa Boersma (Girl th at was a cute baby in the stuffed animals... adorable!)

Excellent Layouts ladies! I received MANY layouts and so it was a very difficult decision indeed, I had to inlist the help of family and friends as I expected I would! :)

Thank you so much for your enteries and I hope you ALL will enter MORE for the June Scrap and PSP Layout Contest, because it was so much fun getting all of these entries and seeing what all has been done with the goodies you have snagged from the blog.

I will be posting these LO's online very soon, I am hoping today or tomorrow if time will allow. ;)

Please Email me if you are the winners and runners up for your prizes to be emailed to you! :)


Prizes are FULL Downloads and not freebie Samplers: So go through my blog and look at the Freebie Samplers.

1st Prize , Mega Kit of your Choice, Full Alpha of your Choice and 1 element of your choice.

2nd Prize , Full Alpha of your Choice and 1 element

3rd Full element of your choice.

Runners up:

1 Special Edition Paper Pack :)

I look forward to your emails ladies!

FREEBIE: Rachel's Best Friend Clip Board QP

Well, the baby is sleeping and I'm finally getting a little down town for me. So I made a few neat things that is going into a new kit I am making ( one of the many.... lol)... I will zip up a sample tomorrow if I get the opportunity, but I wanted to share what I made for this evening and give you a quick page to have. :) Binky, I know you will LOVE this one girl!! :)

I have this really cool kit in compostion, that I will leave a secret for now, but it needed a clipboard. I made this clip board, plus a template for it, and all kinds of fun stuff to go with it, but I t hought, " How cool would it be for the clip board to be scrappy" I got this idea from some stuff I have in my own home, one of them being an inner changable scrappy clipboard I'm making.

The idea is to take your scrap page idea and paste it on a clip board to hang on your wall, great idea for the kids' rooms, and you just change the photo periodically as they get older or have a new favorite.

Here is one I made of my Best Friends Clip Board with most of my own elements and one I got else where, the flower is special thanks to atomic cupcake.

Click the image for a larger more detailed view.


I have a few more to post as I get them ready, but I am really tired this evening. I wanted to at least get something fun up here for you guys, and I will have a freebie mini kit of this one up ASAP.... I haven't done much this week, with all of the drama going on, BUT.... I hope this will be something you can use and enjoy. ;)
If this is your first time to visit my blog and download my graphics and freebies, I kindly request you read my TOU. You can read them HERE.


Do you like it and want the Quick Page?


Have a wonderful Saturday, and I hope to have more fun stuff up soon. ;)
Thank you for all of the wonderfully kind emails I have recieved the last few days, they are appreciated! :)

Happy Scrappin-
Rachel

UPDATE: AFK

Just letting my regular visitors and my new visitos know, that I have been afk alot this last week dealing with some business in RL concerning the incident that occured last week with my daughter being backed into by a car while she was riding her bike. The officer did not file a report and behaved unprofessionally and bias, and so I felt it was necassary to file a complaint with Internal Affairs. All of this has been rather stressful , and so I have spent alot of time away from my keyboard. Today I had an interview with Sergent Weiss , a full investigation on the matter is being conducted.

Just want you to know, I will be posting more fun stuff as soon as I can in the next day or so, once things have settled down and life goes back to normal. For those who missed the earlier entry about what had happened, my daughter is not injured, she is OK and had nothing more than a minor bruise, so don't worry, the issue is how the officer did not handle things with professional and proper protical. :)

Thanks for understanding and keep posted, because, I will be back on my usual schedule ANY day now. Keep us in your prayers that all of this stress goes away soon. Seems lately, when it rains, it poors!

Hugs,
Rachel

FREEBIE~ Jelly Bean Lane's Exclusive Charms

Introducing, my Jelly Bean Lane Charms. Little Charms to make name tags and to put in scrap pages.

I will be making the charms as I go with my exclusive Jelly Bean Lane ©Rachel Hansen digital art work. Some of the more popular peices have been the cup cakes and I have gotten SOOO Many emails on the gumball machine, and my daughters flip flop, that I have decided to start making charms out them.

This sampler has three charms , the gumball machine, the purple flip flop and the famous pink cupcake. ;) Also included is a charm chain and a charm clasp to attach the charms to the chain.

Here is a sample of what I did with my charms and the charm alpha, which will be on another freebie sampler download soon, in the phrase "lucky".
Click the image for a larger view. The full sized image shows the charms to be only 30 % of actual size. ;)


If this is your first visit to my blog or the first time of downloading my graphics and designs, I kindly request that you read my TOU before downloading and using them. :) You can read my TOU HERE.

Click the Scrap Jar to snag this Charm Sampler


New Charms Created Often, so keep posted for the new ones!

Happy Scrapping!

Rachel

FREEBIE~Stress Dots Digi Papers by Rachel

Well, it sure has taken me long enough to get a post done today hasn't it? lol I've been busy just doing this and that. I made some really wicked cool charms, charm chains, charm alphas etc today, which I will post at a later date in a kit I am working on. ;) You guys WILL LOVE THEM.... if you're on my mailing list, you already got a sample of that today! How did you like it guys? I know I've gotten several emails already about them, and you're totally welcomed everyone and thank you for the comments. Sorry I haven't emailed everyone yet, it's been one of those days where my nose has been in my PSP and I just haven't budged except to take care of the kids and eat. ha ha

Well today I have some grungy stressed out papers today. The picture shows three papers, but there are four. I made one more at the last minute before I zipped it. lol

If this is your first time of visiting my blog or downloading my freebies, I kindly request that you read my TOU before downloading and use them. :) You can read my TOU HERE.
Here is the peak of this small paper back, which is also a add on to the "polka stripe" papers I posted last month. ;)

You can get those papers HERE

Click the image for a more detailed view


Like 'em?



Well, Happy scrappin' to you all..... and I promise no more confuzzle on whether or not I am changing my paper and graphic size... besides, PSPers usually aren't into HUGE Giagantor graphics and large downloads.... I'm not at least....:)

Smiles across the miles -
Rachel

Random Snarking - There is NOTHING wrong with my PPI!

I said ,
This month I am going to post more papers for you guys to use" and I said, "I am going to make my things larger to better appease everyone"..... But... I looked at my stuff, and I talked to a few of the regular people who download here , and everyone is happy with my sizes, shapes and colors, and no one has wanted to me to change anything...... and when it comes to printing, I spoke to someone about the qaulity when you print, and lets face it guys..... this is digital scrapbooking for god's sake! DIGITAL, meaning it's for your computer, and I don't care what the resolution is... or how much larger the graphics are, you will NEVER get a perfect matching print out compared to what you see on the internet, because it's digital and there will be some distortion. I did a test run and printed through PSP and mine print just fine, as well as to be expected for the kind of printer I run, my program and the fact that it's a digital graphic.

But for those who care whether they are printing qaulity or not this is the size and resolution, and no I'm not changing everything I have already made and finished for ONE person. Now if, a bunch of people had complained, I would do something differant. Thing is, I post so many "FREEBIES" here it's not even funny, and they are 9 out of 10 of them, samplers of my kits with the actual size of the kit papers and graphics, so you can download them anytime you want to before buying "try it before you buy it" if you will, to see if it's what you want or need, and even take it for a printing test spin, I give you the keys, now have fun! :) lol

So, I've changed my mind, and this is final... My templates will be about 1000 x 1000 pixels as well as the papers, and the graphics will vary as before from 300 x 300 pixels to 800 x 800 pixels, the ppi depends on the size of the graphic, and I cannot FORCE an 300 x 300 pixel graphics to have 300 ppi, it just won't happen! Sorry. lol BTW, this rant isn't for everyone. lol

So My freebie today, will be posted next, and the papers are pretty grungy if you're into the stressed look. I like them and think they are differant than my usual...

Keep posted and thanks for listing to my Random Snark... lol If you want to know what it's a bout, just email. ;)

Hugs,
Rachel

46 Freebie Downloads

If this is your first visit to my blog or the first time for downloading my freebies or purchasing my kits, I kindly request that you read my TOU. PSP Taggers and Tutorial writers are welcome here, but I request that you follow my TOU. If you have special needs for tut writing, please email me first. ;)

You can read my TOU HERE.

Here is the updated Link until tomorrow for ALL of my freebies so far.

46 Freebie Downloads FROM JELLY BEAN LANE.


Happy Scrapping and PSPing. :)

Hugs,
Rachel

TUTORIAL By Rachel : Mystic Bubbles

Mystic Bubbles

Click Image for a more detailed View

TOU:
This tutorial was written by me and the graphic is of my own imagination, except the ownership of copyright over 
Lil Orora Fae by ©Joel Adams.
If it resemebles any other tutorial it is not intentional and is strictly coincidental.
You are welcome to use my tutorial for Weekly Challenges, but you must link back to Jelly Bean Lane and the tutorial address and not copy and paste it to your message boards.
You may use my supplies for other PSP tags and tuts, but may not claim them as your own and must give credit if you use them in tutorials , linking back to Jelly Bean Lane.

For This Tutorial you will need :
PSP X

Plugins:
Eye Candy 4000
Filter Attacks
One Tube of your Choice, I have used
©Joel Adams Lil Orora Fae
which you may purchase at www.lilz.net with your C.I.L.M. License,
 and
My Supplies, which you may down load
here by clicking the zip file.( Lil Orora Fae is not included )

This tutorial is for Intermediate PSPer's, where as you will need to be familur with plugins and Masks to do this tutorial properly. So before you begin, be sure to unzip my supplies and add them in the appropriate PSP Files on your pc.
Ready? Let's Begin by

1. Opening a New image in your PSP
500 x 500 pixels with your background transparency checked.

2. Flood fill this layer with white. Your flood fill button is the little paint can to the left and you select your flood color with the forground color on your color pallet, which is the top color,  not the bottom. :)

3. Add a new Raster Layer.

4. Flood fill Raster Layer 2 with Gradient Duotone Red ( standard with PSPX).

5. Now it's time to use that really cool Plugin, Filter Attacks. Go to Effects>Plugins>Fliter Attacks>Pattern:Supernova.

6. Go to Layers > Load/Save Mask> Load Mask from Disk > Select JellyBeanGrungeMask with the following settings checked:
 Source Luminace
Fit to Canvas
Invert Transparency
Hide All mask

7. Time to add just a hint of a glow around your mask. Make sure you are on your Colored Mask Layer and not the black and white layer and go to :
effects>plugins>eyecandy4000>gradient glow and put in these settings
Glow width = 3.00
Soft Corners =25
Over all Opacity = 60
Draw only outside Checked
Color Opacity 100
Color #ffc0c0

(( HELPFUL HINT: Save as a PSPImage often as you work in case the brownies take over your PSP and it shuts down suddenly. This will save you ALOT of headache and Swearing ))

8. Add a new Raster Layer then tube the heart pearls tube at scaled 136% and adjust it to the center of the Mask. Then go to Effects> 3D effects> Drop Shadow
with these settings:
Verticle 1
Horizontal 1
Opacity 80
Blur 5.00
Color Black or #000000

9. Add a New Raster Layer and select your bubble tubes. Be creative and put them where you want, you may want to add a new Raster Layer between each bubble so you can adjust one if you need to without making all of your bubbles move at once.

10. Time to add a glow around your bubbles. If you added a Raster Layer between each bubble you will need to go to each individual Layer to add the glow effect. To add the glow to the bubbles go to Effects>Plugins> Eye Candy>Gradient Glow , with the following settings:
Glow Width 11.28
Soft Corners 25
Opacity 60
Draw only outside selection Checked
Color #ffc0c0

11. Add a New Raster Layer and add the tube of your Choice. Then go to Effects>Plugins>Eye Candy>Gradient Glow with the following settings:
Glow Width 36.14
Soft Corners 25
Opacity 60
Draw Only outside Selection Checked
Color: #ffc0c0

12. Add a New Raster Layer then select the Pink Sparkle Tube at 35% Scale and add sparkles here and there to your bubbles.

13. If you have used another artists work, then please find your bottom layer and add their proper copyright at this time.

14. You are now ready to add your Signature to the tag. Go to your Mask layer and add a new raster layer. Select the Faerie Font and in your Color Palette your Foreground Color will be #000000 and your background color will be the gradient duotone red. with the following settings:
Antialias Sharp
Stroke Width 0.5
Create as Vector

15. Type your Signature Now, and size it and adjust it where you want it on your tag.

16. Go to Effects>3D Effects> Inner Bevel with the following settings:
Bevel #2
Width 6
Smooth 7
Depth 3
Ambience 2
Shininess 0
Color White
Angle 315
Intensity 50
Elevation 30

17. Go to Effects>3D Effects> Drop Shadow>Effects>Plugins>Gradient Glow with the same settings you use for the Mask Layer.

18. To finish it off go to Image>Add Border with the following Settings:
Top 1
Bottom 1
Left 1
Right 1
Color #8fob32

GOOD JOB! I would love to see the tags you have created from this tutorial and your many variations.

Rachel Hansen Jelly Bean Lane
 2003-2007



Here is one that my friend Sammy made when she tested this tutorial. I love it and it shows that you can use about any form of art or free tube without using specifically a CILM Artist if you don't have LIC.
Click the Image for a more Detailed View

SPOTLIGHT: LizarDesigns!!! CHECK IT OUT!

Liz is a wonderful PSP Tutorial writter, that I had the pleasure of meeting via email yesterday. She contacted me about using some of my graphics in her tutorials. I was very flattered and exstactic and of course I said yes to her, because I LOVE her work and her Tut writing skills!! :)

I will list Artists under my PSP Resource Center when they use my work and if I really enjoy what they do, and Liz stole my heart with her Tag LO's.

She is linked in the PSP Recources of my page under LizarDesigns.

Check her out and tell her I sent you... She is absolutely FABULOUS!

Here is a Lovely Tag she made with my "I Heart Chocolate" Papers.
Click the image for a closer look.


Thank you Liz for the Lovely Tag, I LOVE IT!!
Smiles Across the Miles -
Rachel

SHOW N'TELL : Gumball Machines by Rachel

Here's a little something I made today, thought about writing a tutorial for it. :)

If there are enough interested people, I may put a couple of color selections of this graphic up for Snags , gumballs seperate and no gumball in the dispencer. :) THis is what it looks like Dolled up. ;)

If you're interested, please email me. :) This would be, of course, a freebie. ;)

Click the Image for a larger view.

FREEBIE: SUPER TEMPLATE

This is the template I put together last night, and here is also the sample of what it looks like completed, of course it varies from paper to paper and element to element, but you can do sooo much with this Template LO. :)

This is my son nathan, one of the most recent pictures I've taken and currently my favorite, it really brings out his beautiful smile! :)





I like to color my template layers so for dramatic effect in advertising them. This template comes in size 1000 x 1000 pixels resolution is 300.00 on PSP.

You are downloading a PSPimage file as well as PSD file, compatable with both PSP and PS. ;)

FREEBIE: Some "Tacky" Scrap Supplies.... lol

FIRST! I wanna show off my new Scrap Supply Jars. I made these over the weekend, and thought, everyone else does scrap bags, so I am going to be completely differant. I base all of my designs off of inspiration around my home , family and friends, and I keep baby food jars and candle jars and all sorts of paper clips and tacks in these extra jars. My website will have these little jars containing my supplies to download. SO, from now on, when you download my freebies, just click the jar, I am discontinuing the snag it button except for Templates and Paper packs. :)

These Scrap Supplies are just "Tacky" ! lol But I think you might like them. I think they will be adorable on a cork board background, ( one I plan on posting later on myself as soon as I make the corkboard. lol)

This is a freebie, you won't see on my store and will be a perminant download here and on my PSP Workshop Website. :)

Digital Tacks. They aren't extremely large , but are perfect size for even the large 12x12 scrapper and can be resized smaller for Taggers, Tut Makers and the smaller 3 x 3 taggers like me. ;)
If this is your first time visiting my blog or downloading my supplies and graphics, I kindly request that you read my TOU. You can read them HERE.

This is 100% actual size of the tacks.



Click the Jar to download these supplies



I did get a good nights sleep last night and I am feeling much better today. :) I will be afk for a while today, where as we will be taking the kids to the movies and grabbing a bite to eat.

Happy Scrappin'

Rachel

Coming Soon to Jelly Bean Lane

Grand Opening Coming SOON! Keep Posted for the opening of Jelly Bean Lane's Digital Scrap Mall, where you can window shop at all of my kits and caboodles and buy whenever you please. Freebies will always be abundant here no matter what. :)

Hugs,
Rachel

Freebies will resume...

Hello all... :)

I have a couple of wonderful freebies to add firs thing tomorrow.

I haven't been feeling the best today. For new readers and friends that are still getting to know me, I have a heart condition a) Mitro Valve Prolaspe and b) Sinus Tacticardia. Usually I feel pretty good as long as I get plenty of rest, a decent diet and my medication on time, but I think with all of the recent stress it kinda threw me off.

So I have been really tired the last couple of days and today it settled in pretty darn good. I'm pretty pooped. So, I didn't do much today really but nap off and on and clean the kitchen from the disaster area that occured from making Jam yesterday. lol

And I did make a new template to share with you tomorrow. I doodled around a bit and made some graphics of the Scrap Mall and the WorkShop, they look pretty nifty. ;) And I did catch up on emails. :)

Not a real productive day, but nontheless, well rested.

Tomorrow I will resume my freebie DL's and the goodie bag again. Providing I am not to tuckered out. Off for a good nights rest,

Smiles across the miles,
Rachel

A Sneak Preview of Tomorrows Freebie Template:

ATTENTION PSP TUTORIAL WRITERS and Siggy Designers

I recieved a wonderful email today from Liz, who requested permission to use my graphics in her tutorials.

I want to let all Tutorial writers and Siggy Designers know, that your emails are welcomed and I will reply to each.

I am honored to recieve them and reply to them, and I do have TOU written for how you are permitted to use my graphics in your tutorial writing... I kindly request, that if you have a differant need than what my TOU outlines, that you do as Liz has done and email me first so we can work something out.

Once I hear back from Liz, I will be posting a link for her site if she doesn't mind, because this girl has some great work and some Amazing tutorials.

So, PSP'RS....... Keep posted. ;)

Hugs,
Rachel

May Contest Ended

Just a quick post that I have closed the May Scrap LO Contest and will be looking over the applications today. I had a few entries this time, and I realize it was just so late in the month to post it.... But... you can begin designing your LO for June, and you can use ANYTHING you downloade my blog, wether its my freebies, Fonts and brushes from my goodie bag or a purchased kit or graphic.

This months stipulation is a little differant, you can only use MY graphics and Papers and no one elses, since this month I will be supplying more papers ... lol *grins*

I also want to extend this Contest to my PSPers as well. :) So, best Scrappy Tag Layout or Scrap LO.... In other words, you don't have to use pictures of your family, but can use pictures of something else, as long as it's legal with the copyright infringment laws. ;)

I will post more later on this months contest and will post publications later on the winner of May's Contest and show off all of the entries. ;)

Hugs,
Rachel

Rachel's Delightful Diabetic Friendly Strawberry Banana Jam

Every year I make Jam to have on our shelves for the year AND to give as sweet homemade gifts for my friends. This year I made Strawberry Pineapple, but I have more friends now that are diabetic or like me and my family watching our diets for our healths sake, so having all of that sugar eleminates so many people from getting my special treat each year.

This year I decided to experiment and make a "Sugar-Free" Jam. The Jam has NO ADDED Sugar, only that which is naturally in the fruit and that is it. I was worried that it would be ok, but not great like the other sweet stuff. But, I was shocked, it turned out AWESOME, and the kids loved it too, so, I may in the future just make the Sugar Free stuff. It's really food and alot easier on the Diet and is Diabetic friendly , if your Dr. oks the fruits used. :)

Here is my Recipe:

1 package Ball No Sugar Needed Fruit Pectin
4 cup combination Chopped Strawberries and Bananas ( Fresh not frozen, it does make a differance in the set).
1 cup Unsweetened, No sugar added Apple Juice
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons Lime Juice
3 Cup Splenda

mash the fruits in your pan over medium heat, but leave chunks, where as jam is suppost to be chunky and pureeing your fruit breaks down the natural pectin, causing the jam not to set properly. Heat to a nice simmer and add the apple juice and Lime Juice. As the fruit and juices simmer on a low boil, wisk in the pectin and continue stiring and cooking on a low rolling boil until the mixture thickens a bit. Slowly wisk in the Splenda a little at a time to prevent lumps and add the butter to prevent foaming and over boiling. Cook the mixture on a low rolling boil until it becomes a nice thick rich texture about 10 minutes. Remove it from the heat and ladel the fruit preserve into clean canning jars. This recipe made 4 8 oz. ball canning jars for me. Allow it to set until firm and cover with parafin wax, making sure all of the fruit is covered properly. Watch for wax shrinkage and top with more wax as needed to insure that the preseves are completely covered leaving none of the fruit explosed. Cover with the lid and some pretty cloth and a piece of twine with a tag and a bow with a little quote or poem to give to friends and family. ;)

Hugs.
Rachel

FREEBIE : June 2007 Desktop Calander Quick Page

While there has been so much going on here the last couple of days, I have had little time to get on and just work on something new. :(

Today, being the first of the month however, I did find enough time to design this months calander, and I used the "humble bumbles" I already have created and put together a cute little Quick Page for your Desk top. It looks best stretched, and was made to fit my own screen being a flat wide screen.

I do hope you will enjoy it. Here is a Sample of what it looks like with my kiddos pictures in it. :)

CLick the image for a closer more detailed view.


Want it?

UPDATE

Welcome to June everybody! :)

Today is the last day and the final call to download all of the last months freebies, where as I am beginning a new month and all of last months freebies will be disabled. :)

Also, I have updated my TOU. Please read them carefully, even if you are a buyer.

Updates are being made to all of my kits, and the addons and updates , replacements and such will be posted for those who have purchased the kits and the updates, add ons and replacments will automatically be installed and zipped for future downloads. :) These upgrades are being done to better service PSP and PS -PS CS3 users alike.

Please remember, I am a strict Paint Shop Pro user and I do not use Photoshop, where as I personally do not care much for the program, and so I post everything in PNG format, but I will post templates in PSP and PSD format as well because of the high demand of Photoshop users, but, my main goal is make digital scrapbooking easier to do and learn for the greater demand of Paint Shop Pro users by providing them with PSPimage files, PNG, brushes etc, so that being said, and my preferance to use PSP and not convert to PS, means there may be a few differances, but I will do my best to compensate where I can.


I will also be making my templates and papers larger to appease ALL people, so it can be resized smaller easier than it can be resized larger to keep qaulity. So for the future, the files will be larger than they have been in the past. I apologize for the inconvience to those who have enjoyed the faster download because of a smaller file so they wouldnt need to resize to begin with. So in the future, I am switching from 500 x 500 pixels or 3.33 x 3.33 inches to 12 x 12 inches/ 3600 x 3600 pixels with a resolution of 300 ppi ( remaining the same, but may go up to 400 ppi, where as it seems it is 300 ppi on my program and 200 ppi on PS.... not sure how that happens).

Anyhoo, I will be posting today's freebie soon. :)

Hugs to all and hopes for a better today than yesterday was!! :)

Smiles Across the Miles,
Rachel

What do my tax dollars go to?????

I as an American citizen, have paid my taxes from the hard earned time and money that I put into my daily work as an employee, and it's always a pleasure to know that it will be used for good causes in our Country, State and City. HOWEVER it is it extremely unsatisfactory when that hard earned money is also suppost to support our Public Defenders, the local Police Department, the men and women who's duty is to "Serve and Protect" us, but the job requirments ARE NOT BEING MET!

Today, my son and my daughter were riding their bikes on the sidewalk of our residental street in which we live, and a lady backed out of her drive way without looking and knocked my daughter off of her bike. Thankfully my little girl is ok and no serious harm came to her past a bruise, but the woman got out of her car and asked my child if she was ok, felt she was ok according to her standards, re-entered her vehicle and just left without calling asking my children who their mother was, where they could reach me, or even contacting an officer. It is my understanding, that when you are in a collisian with another individual and a motor vehicle is involved, no matter what the damage is, you are required by law to contact the authorities, and failing to do so, is ILLEGAL!

My Children immediately came and told me what had happened. I checked my daughter out to see that she didn't have any serious injuries and questioned both of them on what had happened, and asked them, if the lady in question had asked either of them where they lived or offered to call an officer, to which they both said "No, She said, you scared me, you shouldn't be there! Are you hurt?" My daughter who is 7 years old replied she was ok, and that being satisfactory to the lady, accepted it for face value and drove away without any further responsable action. Once I had gotten the full story from both of my children seperately, I had my children show me where it had taken place, which was two drive ways down from the house we were located at. I then called the police to file a complaint.

Once the officer ( Office Roads) arrived she asked me briefly what was going on, as I explained to her, she cut me off mid sentance and then began questioning my son, and never once spoke to my daughter who was the victum , nor did she request to see if she had any marks or injury what so ever. She then asked where the incident took place and proceeded to the house to speak to the woman who had backed into my child. She returned after a few minutes with the Lady and the lady then bent down to my sons level and began to scold him. The office stood by and allowed this, and I interviened and told the woman not to speak to my child in such a manor, that I was their mother, and she could address me and I wanted to know WHY she had not taken the time to contact me or an officer when she struck my child. She proclaimed she spoke to the kids and felt they were ok and that was enough, to which I informed her that I was their mother and their well being and whether or not she was injured was for me to decide and NOT her. The officer than turned to me and told me that it was my resposability as their mother to watch where they played!

I became very upset because I knew exactly where they were! They were riding their bikes on the side walk, where else is a child suppost to ride a bike? They were not in the lady's drive way or in the street but riding one the sidewalk! It is to my knowlege that when you back out of your drive way you are to watch for pedistrians and children and that Pedistrians have the right of way over any motorvehicle!

I gave my children permission to ride their bike and because a woman who did not watch before she backed out of a private drive way to a public street passing over a public side walk, hit my child, the officer involved turned the issue around to be my fault and not the woman driving the car. When I stated that I am responsable for my children and I do know where they are at all times, and that it is the drivers responsability as a licensed motorist to watch as she backs out for on comming traffic and she was at fault for backing into my daughter and not contacting someone, the officer then changed the subject to " it is state requirment that they wear helmets". YES, it is, but nothing was being discussed over helmets, or whether or not they were wearing a helmet, nor had I or the children been asked if they were wearing helments, needless to say, the issue at hand was that the woman had backed out of her driveway , struck my child with her car and drove off without contacting anyone past my children.

I am very displeased at the nature of investigation and professionalism by the officer on the scene as well as the police department in general for overlooking such an incident. I am very upset at the fact, that the woman saw my daughter to be ok to her satisfactory and not mine. When someone is injured, there may not always be a phsycal mark and the point I was trying to get across was that what if the injury had been more severe and no one realized it, and my daughter, theoretically speaking, had an internal injury and had bleed to the point of death and we did not know about it until it was to late?

I am very upset at the fact that I made this complaint and it was looked upon as not being an issue! I am very upset that the blame was turned onto me by an officer of the law and not the woman who struck my child! I am extremely upset that when I said I wanted to file a complaint she said "I am not filing a report on this". I am upset that the officer made no efforts to begin recording the entire conversation until I became upset that nothing was being handled properly. I am extremely angry that the money we pay through our taxes is suppost to go to our Deptarment to "serve and protect" our community but it doesn't!

Instead of us, as Hobbsains feeling like we have rights as citizens and Americans and we feel protected and served, we feel harassed and controlled by members of our police department. There are so many serious crimes being committed in broad day light and nothing is done about it. But heaven forbid if you walk down the street in your own neighborhood to visit a friend , and an officer stops to ask why you're walking and where are you going, and proceeds to run your name and see in whats in your pockets because as you walked down the side walk you strolled with your hands in your pockets. Heaven forbid, you just cashed your paycheck and when he sees your money wants to know how you got that much cash and if he can see your paycheck stub to prove you didn't get that hard earned money from a drug deal! Yes, this happened to a friend of mine recently.

Instead of making sure a man who raped a woman on sleeping medications stays in jail for more than a week, the investigating officers made the victum feel like the felon by implying she was cheating on her husband and got caught, hense the rapist is out of jail after a week and a trial picking the victum apart over her sleeping medications.

Rather than listening to a mother who is concerned that her daughter is being molested and there fore calls and files a complaint so it is on record, they walk away without a report because their personal judgment is the parents are being vindictive over their divorce.


Instead of taking care of a call where a little kid is shooting plastic b-b's from a hand held b-b gun at another child over the fence, we have officers pulling us over because we passed Ma Brown's and took one to many right turns to circle the block and get back to the resturant. The officer then rights a ticket for making "Turning Manuvers". What is a "Turning Manuver" and how is it illegal to go around the block because you missed your original destination? Yes, this happened to another individual I know.

Instead of investigating and finger printing a car that was stolen so charges could be filed, the car was returned and nothing further was done about it. Thank you for returning my car to me, but it would have been wonderful for the car to have been processed and compared to the suspect we felt was responsable. Instead, nothing was done except the car returned and a name written down in a little note book.

Please explain to me and the rest of Hobbs, New Mexico how this is considered Protecting and Serving our Community?

Instead of pulling a car over who has just sped through a school zone, why are our officers pulling people over who pull into a convienant store, and then pull right back out after they see a sign on the door that says their closed, and in the process asks the passenger who has done no wrong, no more than the driver for exsiting the convienant store due to it being closed committed a crime, who they are and then because of their last name decides to run them through the system to see if they have warrents, just because a member in their family has had a record in the past. Isn't this considered harassment and throwing their weight around behind a badge? Yes, this happened to another person I know.

What ever happened to Innocent until proven guilty? Not Guilty by association!?

I, along with so many residents of Hobbs, are disgusted by the the way our Patrol officers do their jobs. We as a community are fed up with being harassed and pulled over for excuses to find a reason to write a ticket or give us a hard time, when there is plenty of serious business that needs to be handled and isn't.

Across the street where I live, the neighbors openly sit in the front yard in their vehicle and smoke pot, and nothing is ever done about it. My child gets backed into by a car on a public side walk and nothing is done about it! People fight and scream and hit their spouces in their front yards and nothing is done about it. Prostitutes openly walk our streets on Marland and drug deals are made at the City Park in broad day light and nothing is done about it. But make three right turns at designated stop signs to go back to the location you passed by mistake, walk down the street with your hands in your pockets, turn into a convienant store that is closed, or have the same last name as someone with a record and you are made to feel like a convicted felon and forced to pay a fine for "turning manuvers".

So I ask you, what do mine and everyone else's tax dollars go to? Why should I or my family and friends have to pay for this treatment, when we are the citizens that pay the tax money that pays the salary for those officers that spend their time and energy dealing with pointless and frivalous bolonge , when they could be focusing on performing their Duty as a public SERVANT and actually "Protect and Serve" our community, rather than focusing on meeting a quota!

I would like to commend those officers that do a fine job, I know of a few, Officer Engle and Officer Miller, Officer Mendoza have always been very polite and professional as well as a few other good men. But for the most part, all of the other officers I and other members of our community have had the displeasure of encountering over rediculous excuses to be pulled over, or not filing a report on a serious complaint, of meeting and dealing with ; it is of our opinion they are not doing their job to our standards as citizens who pay our taxes to support the lousey excuse of traffic patrole officers in Hobbs, New Mexico!!

I have sat by quietly over the last few years abiding by the laws and observing all of this and so much more than this letter has space for, and I have not said a word. Today I had my fill of the Grade A bull manuer that floods our patrol department of the HPD, when my daughter was backed into by a motor vehiclist and the driver left without contacting someone, and the officer did absolutely nothing about it.

Enough is Enough!

Rachel Hansen

Concerning My Dog Spot Papers

It is brought to my attention that the papers and graphics are not of at least 300 ppi as I thought and said they were. In my program, they are, and the size was never specified as being over 500 x 500 pixels with is 3.33 x 3.33 inches.

So I am currently working on remaking those papers, leaving the ppi at 300.00 on my program and inceasing the size to 12 x 12 to better suit all users.

If there has been a problem with my papers or graphics, I kindly request that you email me and politely let me know and I will fix the problem. I've had all happy scrappers, and would like to remain doing so. :)

Also, I need to note, that I use Paint Shop Pro 9, X and XI to create my graphics, Not Photoshop or any other program, so I can vouche for the differance in qaulity, if there is differance between program to program.

Give me a couple of days to get this taken care of.

Sorry for any inconvience, and it was not intentional false advertising on my part, an honest mistake if that.

Hugs,
Rachel

FREEBIE~The "Humble Bumbles" Collection 2 Lil' DragonFlies Sampler

Here is the second collection in the "Humble Bumbles" Series I'm making. So far, I have three sets of papers and stickers and the fourth one in the making. :)

The Series, thus far includes Collection "Lil' Butterflies" , Today's Collection 2 "Lil' Dragonflies" , Tomorrow's Collection 3 "Lil' Bees" and The other is a surprise. ( in case it doesn't turn out the way I want it. lol ha ha)

All of the sets will go into one BIG mega kit with all kinds of elements. :)

This is the "Lil' Dragonflies" Stationary Pack. The whole set is $2.00 plus tax, you can get it from me by emailing me directly and using paypal until the store is opened.

Here is what the full Stationary pack looks like, includes papers and stickers, cut out action curtosy of Automic Cupcake. Click the image for a larger view.


If this is your first time of visiting my blog and/or downloading my freebies , graphics and Scrapbooking Supplies, I kindly request that you read my TOU in full before downloading and using my graphics. ;) You may read them HERE.

Like the "lil' dragonflies" and wanna try them?


Have fun with the goodies, and I'd love to see what you make with them. :)

Remember the Lay Out Contest ends tomorrow, so you have until tomorrow night to email me your entries. ;)

Happy Scrappin'.

Smiles Across the Miles,
Rachel

Fabulous Freebie of the Day

I found this free quick page DL, that you guys will love. ;)

http://dixiedoespspdezines.blogspot.com/2007/05/freebie-sneak-preview.html

Hugs,
Rachel

FREEBIE~ New!! The "Humble Bumbles" Collection by Rachel Hansen

OK! I get excited everytime I do something that I think you guys will love or go nuts over! At least I would go nuts over it, but it's my style, lol!!!

Anyhoo, I was thinking the other day, I don't have anywhere near enough free papers up here, and I needed to make some, but I want them to be unique to Jelly Bean Lane. So I thought about it.... and I got nuffin'! Therefore, I went on and didn't worry about it, the best ideas just appear out of the blue and generally happen by accident, not forced, so oh well.

Yesterday, I was showing Nathan how to use the Pen tool In PSP (Doesn't like Photoshop, refuses to use it. lol BOTH OF US!!lol) and while I was showing him the line line styles and stroke widths, I drew out a butterfly in black. OMG! It was cute, and I had this mental image of what it would look like if one of the kids colored it with Crayons. And so, I got Nathan started on his own project on the other computer and took my PSP back, and I brushed this little butterfly!! I love Brushes! :) Well, I did it again, and this time made it at about 1000 ppi so it has the best qaulity in printing, because I had this fabulous idea that I would make some papers w ith this design AND print them also, to see how it looks on real stationary. ;) THEN... I got another idea.... I made the papers, but it just wasn't right, It needed a buzz line... So I drew a buzz line and I redid the papers and BAM! there it was. But, stationary needs stickers... so I made a set of digital stickers to go with it. Now the drawing was inspsired by a set of Neena's clothes laying over here on the desk. When I was showing nathan the pen tool, I needed an idea to draw, and Neena has this cute little outfit with butterflies on it.

My Kids are my inspiration. lol

So, what I have for your DL today, is a Sample of the First Collection in the "Humble Bumbles" collection. The first set has Butterflies and Flowers, The second is Dragonflies it's all made up too, and the third I am still drawing, has cute little bumble bee's. :) I will add more as I go... little bugs are adorable.

The entite Set of papers is $2.00 plus tax, you can email me directly at my email link by my goodie bag over there to the right, for PAYPAL information, until my shop is open. :)
Wanna see the First Collection? Click the image for a larger more detailed view.


It's what I wanted, unique to jelly bean lane, because it's all hand drawn and painted with Brushes in PSP. The Stickers cut out action thanks to Automic Cupcake, design and everything is all me. :)

If this is your first time visiting my blog and DLing my Freebies and Graphics, I kindly request that you read my TOU in full before downloading and using them. You may read my TOU HERE.
The Sampler DL comes with one Humble Bumbles Butterfly Paper and One Sticker.

Like the "Humble Bumbles"? Wanna try it out?


Keep posted to collect them all!

Now, I also have a GREAT Freebie to post later. It's not my design, but it was made with one of my kits. I have permission from the Scrap Designer to share her work with you and give you the QP she made as a DL. I will post that later today. She did a wonderful job and I definately want you guys to let her know in a big Thank you if you DL her page. It's just adorable! :)

I am off to help a friend move boxes and stuff today. I will be back on later. I hope you enjoy my new exclusive Collection "Humble Bumbles".

Happy Scrappin'.
Smiles Across the Miles,
Rachel

Fabulous Freebies

Believe it or not Ladies, in my free time away from my freetime on here... haha ( My Free time of RL is spent here and my Freetime from here is spent... nevermind. lol)
I browse through blogs and see what goodies they have to offer. I Have my little circle of favorites, obviously, Pamela, being my number one favorite Template maker, Amy My Favorite Store Owner, Ikeagoddess and Selena, my Favorite list providers...

But, I like to broden the horizon of that circle of favorites and share them and their talents with you! :)

So I search and I find things , now only that I use and like, but things I think other people will like also. :)

We are forever in need of papers, and elements and all sorts of embellishments. Each Designer has their own unique style and Flava' ... and I like to pass that along When I can.

I didn't get my Friday Freebie list up, because so much has been going on over here for the last few days. BUT, I am going to share that with you now. ;) And I will try to double on the SPotlight this week also. I have two people I'd like to spotlight anyway... :)

This weeks Fabulous Freebie list is as follows. Please Do let the blog owners know that you found them via my blog. :)

RainbowKitty has an adorable baby kit on her page, And she has just added a blue tag for boys. :) You can Grab this COOL kit here.



Princess Pamela has a few new templates on her page since the last time I posted her, the newest on is Pizazz, and it rocks! Grab it here


Niara has some Lovely Papers and Scrap kits on her Blog, you have got to give her a visit! :) You can visit her here.



Scrappy Pony has some nifty Memorial Day Star and Flag elements on her blog



Lisbonlioness has a new template to share on herblog.

Bob's Big Blue Dog has some awesome vintange portrait frames on her Blog.

Please tell these wonderful ladies thanks for all they share and tell them you heard about them from me. :)
Have fun!
Hugs,
Rachel

FREEBIE~ Super Star Quick Pages

Well friends, today is going to be a busy crazy day for me and the kids, so we will be AFK alot.
I had a long eventful night last night. My Weenie dog, Moma, had her babies. She had the biggest litter she has ever had. She usually weighs 9 lbs , being a miniture doxie, yesterday she weighed 18.3 lbs, and she was huge! I was going to take a picture before she exploded, BUT, I was to late. lol
She had 6 little meenie weenies, 2 black 4 brown. 2 girls 4 boys. I will get a picture of all of them later and post it in a scrap. They are all SOOOO cute and tiny.

I am posting a couple of freebies right now, and will try to get something done on my Slumber Party kit and stuff later this evening. ;)

Today I have two quick pages for you. Yesterday I posted the Template for the intermediate and advanced scrappers and today I have the QP's for the beginners or the scrappers that don't have alot of time, but like the LO! :)

One is just like the LO I made yesterday of the kids playing hide and seek.

This one is Super Star QP #1. :)

The other is one a put together just doddling with the template again last night, it turned out pretty cute, it is Supser Star QP #2..


If this is your first time of visiting my blog or downloading any of my graphics , scrap supplies and freebies, I kindly request that you read my TOU in full before downloading or using them. :) You may read them HERE.

Grab Both Quick Pages


Have a fun day today everyone! Happy Scrapping!

Smiles Across the Miles,
Rachel

FREEBIE~ Rachel's Super Star Template

You can see how I did my LO by looking at the previous entry of the kids playing hide and seek. :)

I have made a template for you to use with your own papers and elements.

Here is a view of the Template:

It is in PSP and PSD format. :)
Want it?

SHOW 'N TELL~ Hide and Seek 2007

The kids hid from me today and I liked to have never found the little buggers. They found a hiding place I didn't think was pysically possiable. LOL

They were hiding not UNDER THE BABY BED... but... up INSIDE the baby bed.

I wasn't aware that the crib had a large enough space for them to crawl into and hide in behind the drawers beneath it. Well, boy was I shocked when I found them. And it was luck I found them to begin with. I was walking from my bedroom to the living room and I saw feet up under the baby bed... so got down on my hands and knees and quietly crawled up to the bed and peeked under it , grabbed the foot and said "GOT 'CHA!" they squeeled in excitement and said "HOW DID YOU KNOW WE WERE HERE??" lol...

I wouldn't have ever guessed to look there! lol

Here is a Scrap LO I made with all of my papers and a Template I made just for this LO. I will post it to share on the next freebie post plus a Quick Page. ;)

Click the Image for a larger more detailed view



Arn't they great looking kids? lol

This was alot of fun to scrap! :)

Template by Mio , Papers by Mio, Pictures, Nathan and Nicole.

Smiles Across the Miles,
Rachel

SHOW 'N TELL: Neena in her Walker

Since I'm taking a little break today away from all of the mayhem of everyday stuff and I've put my designing aside til tomorrow.... I decided to get caught up on a little scrapping for my Gallery I will have present on my website. :)

I took these pictures of Neena about a month ago when I had put her in her Walker for the first time. She can't sit up by herself so I have a blanket propping her up. She got real excited to be sitting alone and she just squeeled with delight, as you can see in the bottom picture!!
Click the image for a larger more detailed view.



I didn't use any of my own stuff with this LO, other than the pictures of Neena and my bow. lol

I had a blast using Princess Pamela's Paisley Power Template , Papers from Rose.li , a coil paper clip from I don't know where, sorry I don't know where it came from, and the other paper clip from 3scrapateers.com .

Show ' N Tell and Quick Page Freebie

Well , Here is just one scrap I made with the "MY Dog Spot" kit. I have several pictures of Nate and Noodle with their puppies that I'd want to scrap and post...

but for now, I have this one, just to show off a few of the goodies of the kit and put my dad's weenie dog, "Doc" into the spot light a little.

These pictures were taken by Daddy when "Doc" was about 8 weeks old. He is now several months old and is a little big than this and alot stalkier. He's a sweet natured little guy too and he LOVES his tummy rubbed! He has become my dad's little buddy and when he was about this size, he rode around in the bib of Dad's over-alls!

Here is "Doc" being just to cute for words!( click the image for a larger more detailed view)


I've also made a quick page out of this layout, and you're welcome to use it with Credit to mio if you don't mind. "Quick Page Courtesy of Rachel of Jelly Bean Lane" Will suffice me. ;) I appreciate it. ;)

If this is your first time of visiting my Blog and/or downloading my Freebies and Graphics or purchasing... I kindly request that you read my TOU in full before downloading or using my designs. ;) I don't mind you using them, if you respect my TOU. You can read them HERE.

Would you like this Quick Page?PNG Format to easily Drop your Pictures into the page with little work or added hassle. :)



I am out for the weekend guys. I am going to spend the holiday with my kiddos and Family. I wish you all a safe and fun Memorial Day Weekend. My Goodie Bag Mailing list will resume on Tuesday and I hope you enjoy these fabulous freebies! I will have a new list and a New Spot Light Posted Next week also. ;)

I will be answering emails over the weekend and filling Orders, so go ahead and feel free to coorispond with me on paypal equiries and such.

Smiles across the Miles,
Rachel

FREEBIE!! NEW! "My Dog Spot" Mega Kit and Mini Kit Sampler!!

OMG! You guys are going to L-O-V-E this kit! I finished it at 3 am this morning, I got on such a roll that I didn't want to stop until it was completed!

For a Limited Time the Mega kit will be a special $5.00 plus tax and then go back to $6.00. This kit is jam packed and has 13 papers and 54 ELEMENTS, an entire alpha set and Already in the works on Future Add-ons!

Inspired by my Son Nathan and his little weenie dog " Bob " and my Dad and his Weenie Dog " Doc " , I created this fun kit to highlight pictures of your kids, family, friends and pets with their favorite pet(s)!!

Here is an upclose view of the Some of the Kit.... there is so much I couldn't fit it all in the Display.... lol. Click the image for a larger view.


As you can see there is alot of fun detail in this kit with it's elements. The Mega kit includes:
8 "Spot's Paws" Metal Art
8 Color Variety Gold Incrested Bone shaped Dog Tags
1 Solid Gold Bone Shaped Dog Tag
8 Color Variety Silver Incrested Bone Shaped Dog Tags
1 Solid Silver Bone Shaped Dog Tag
1 Dog Bone
1 Dog Biscut Treat
8 Color Variety bows
3 Leather Dog Collars w/ Hand Crafted Buckles
6 Color Variety Stitches
1 Brown Dog Bone Patch "A Boy and his Dog" phrase emroidered
1 Brown Dog Bone Patch "A Girl and her Dog" Prase emroidered
1 Blank unembroidered Dog Bone Patch for personalization
3 Color Variety Brads
6 " My Dog Spot Shiney Stickers"
2 Paw Patches
4 Spots Paws Plush Adhesieves
13 "MY Dog Spot Papers"
1 Full "My Dog Spot" Plush Alpha Set, Upper and Lower Case, Numerals plus Punctuation points!! ( Over 50 pieces in just the alpha )

Here is a close view of all of the papers, except the White Crumple, I added it after I made this display... lol ( alway adding on ha ha) Click the image for a larger more detailed view.


This kit was a blast to make. Nathan stayed up for a long time last night helping me out. He had the brilliant idea to make the Dog tags in bone shapes and had the idea for the Dog Bowl and Dog house stickers. Think like a kid!! I was going to make them round or diamond shape..... and Nathan said HEY... lets make dog bones! HA HA...

I made the Dog Bone Template, and was kinda skeptical, because I wasn't sure it would work... but it did... My son is a geneous! lol He is continually asking if I will teach him how to do this, and I started him on basic PSP about a year ago... But he is so deep into "spidaring" all over the house, that he rarely sits still long enough to mess around on the comp. What can ya expect out of a 9 year old boy? lol

Anyhoo, on to the Mini Kit Sampler. Yesterday, you got a free Sampler of the Plush Alpha Set in the word Cuddley or Cuddle.

Today, my Freebie, highlight my Mega kit with a few pieces you will have fun doodling with to see if you like it enough to get EVERYTHING, or maybe you just want a couple of pieces to add to your freebie collection! :)

The Mini kit includes:

4 My Dog Spot Papers , 2 Solid 2 Designed
1 Silver Incrested Color Variety Bone Dog Tag ( Colors Vary)
1 Gold incrested Color Variety Bone Dog Tag ( Colors Vary)
1 Bow
1 Set of Stitches
1 Brad
1 Shiney Sticker
1 Spot's Paw metal Art
1 Cuddely Plush " My Dog Spot" Alpha Sampler

Everything was made in 300 ppi - 800 ppi for better qaulity in resizing and high qaulity printing!

If this is your first time of visiting my blog, or downloading my Freebies and Graphics, I kindly request that you read my TOU in full before downloading and use of my designs and kits. You may read them HERE.

Think ya wanna give it a spin?


I hope you enjoy this Mini Kit as much as Nathan and I enjoyed Making it!! :)
I look forward to hearing from you... Feed back is always welcome here! :)

Smiles Across the Miles,
Rachel

MAY CONTEST!! ATTENTION ALL SCRAPPERS!!!

Ok, you've been downloading my freebies all month now, and I have tons of emails saying how much you love the stuff you're getting...... So what one earth are you doing with it??? lol

Well here is your chance to take my goodies and show off what you're using all of the freebies I've given you for.

So, what do you do? Create an original Layout using my elements, papers, alphas, mini kits, embellishments etc ONLY. Now, I realize I haven't posted alot in the lines of Papers yet, but I have posted some... and if you have to use someone elses papers, that's ok, but I need you to be sure to tell me where you got the papers so proper credits can be given. :)

Create an original layout with the scraps you have gathered here, and Submit them to me via email with "MAY Scrap Layout Contest" in the Subject line. All layouts will be placed in a File and judged by Me, My Sister and My mom and two friends at the end of May... that's just a few days, so get tuh-scrappin'! :) I prefer you use your own LO design oppose to others premade templates if possiable, but if you use someone elses papers or Templates, I do require that you give me the information to post for proper crediting purposes. And you may only use elements, embellishments, alphas etc that you download from me in this contest. :)

1st. Place Prize Winner Recieves a Full Mega Kit of your Choice, One Alpha Set and One Element Set.
2nd Place Prize Winnher Recieves One Full Alpha Set of your Choice and one Full Element Set.
3rd Place Prize Winner Recieves one full element set of your choice.

Prizes May Be Chosen from and are limited to My Designs only and no other designer.

Each Submission will be Published on my page as well. ;)

Please have all of your submissions turned in by June 1st. One Submission per email address only please. ;)

On your mark.... get set........SCRAP!

Freebie: My Dog Spot Alpha Sampler by Rachel

I just finished this Alpha set, to go in an upcomming Kit.... and I have the sampler ready. This was alot of Fun to make too! :)

THis alpha replicates soft plush puppy fur. Tan with Brown Spots, for scraps of your kiddos with their favorite pets or stuffed animals or scraps of your special pet pal... It's only limited to your own imagination.

Here is an upclose look of the detailed fur...


And A look at the Alpha at 100% scale made at about 300 ppi for better qaulity in resizing and printing...


Freebie Sampler comes with the Letters C-u-d-d-l-e-l-y to Spell Cuddley or Cuddle. Full Alpha set is complete with Upper Case and Lower Case Alphas, Numerals 0-9 and Puncutuation points. Can be purchased in full by contacting me via email for only 1.50 plus tax. Interested parties may email me using my email link in the goodie bag section to the right of my page. ;)

If this is your first time DLing my freebies or visiting my page, I kindly request that you read my TOU in full before Downloading and signing in the comments section. You may read the TOU HERE.

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I hope you enjoy these as much I as enjoyed making them and am enjoying making the matching kit loaded with all kinds of fun elements , papers and embellishments. ;)

Smiles across the Miles,
Rachel