ADSD Grab A Collab: Zoo Spirit

I had the privilege of participating in the Grab a Collab at ADSDesigners.  The theme is Zoo Spirit.  Following are the previews of the kit that I created with the provided palette. 

The kit:

 

The animals:

The template:

You can grab my portion of this fab collab here and here. Password for both is "zoo" (minus the quotes).

It is also available at:

Pretty Scrappy

Digital Scrap Designs

Kit includes: 13 papers, 5 frames, 5 ribbons, 5 photo prongs, 7 animal, 2 pieces of "Zoo" wordart, 2 beads, and 1 "Zoo" template.  Kit is slightly over 100MB and is S4H/S4O friendly!

Now, for your scrapping pleasure, do the blog hop and Grab a Collab!

abyscraps
Amanda Truitt
Angel
A Zone for Digiscraps
Brooke & Joni
Burkhart Scrapzone (Michaele)
Buzybee Designs (Penny Lewis)
By God's Design
City Scribe Scraps
Crafter's Boutique (Mardesia)
Creations By Rachael
Creative Digital Scraps by Chiara
Creative Dreams
Deb
Debbie
Designs by Crazy Diamond
Designs by Lisa Minor
Erika (PinkuPixie)
Gone Scrappin' Designs
Heartprints Digital Designs
Kalo Designs
Kelly's Sanity Saver
Kim's Scrappin'
You are here----->Lady V dZine
LBCreations: Designs by Babette
Lighthouse Designs by Beth
Lighthouse Scrapping and Harbor Designs
Lori Imel
MagsGraphics
Michelle Blagg Designs
Monica at Random Inspirations
Munchkin Scraps by Jody
Nadine: Scrappinmamma
Nancy Schmidt
Panda Bear Designs
Serina,s Designz
Scrappin with Doodle
Scrappin' with Ladye
Scrappin' with Jersey Girl
Scrappy Cats
ScrappyShannon
Scraps by Shilo
ScripityScrap Designs
Share Joy
Stacey Crossley
Stellarific Creations
Stephanie
The Scrap Loft: Kathy Goldstein Designs
utski can scrap

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me some love and let me know what you think of the kit. 

By the way, I am taking requests for my next kit.  What would you like to see?

Be blessed,

Lady V

New Store, New Kits, Sale, and a CU Freebie

I am SO excited!! 

First of all, my baby said "Mama" for the first time last night!  He's been babbling for a while now, mostly without any meaning.  But last night, he crawled right toward me and said "Mama."  Talk about making a girl giddy! 

Of course, my husband claims that Zane said "Dada" this morning.  I did not hear it.  But, I guess it is possible.

My cousin got married today!  It was such a beautiful wedding.  It was held in a rose garden at a park, and the wedding colors were pink, black, and silver.  It was spectacular. 

They decided to get married today because my family has an annual family reunion on the weekend of the 4th of July.  They figured everyone would be in town for the reunion, and this would save a lot of the family $$$ by not having to travel twice.  How thoughtful and considerate is that! 

So, tomorrow the whole gang is getting together again for barbecue.  I love our family reunions!

The only thing I worry about is my baby and the heat.  He cannot tolerate the head because of the Hay Wells syndrome.  Just in the amount of time we were outside for the wedding today, his temperature went up to 102!  We carry two portable fans, ice packs, and a cooling blanket with us when we have to be outside at all. 

I just opened a new store at Digital Scrap Designs, where only S4H and CU products are sold. 

I have also activated two new kits at both Digital Scrap Designs and at Pretty Scrappy.

Mom is a sweet tribute to that special lady in your life.  Kit is in red, pink, and purple and comes with 15 papers and 30 elements. S4H/S4O friendly.

Dad is a warm tribute to that one of a kind guy in your life.  Kit in blue, brown, and goldenrod and comes with 15 papers and 30 elements.  S4H/S4O friendly.

My entire store at Pretty Scrappy is on sale for 25% off through Monday!

And just because it has been such a beautiful day here, I thought I would share with you a picture that I took at the Botanical Gardens in St Louis.  The picture is 12x12 at 300 dpi.  This picture is CU, but you must ALTER if you use it, do not sell it in its original state!! 

click the image or go here to snag this one. 

Make sure you scroll and snag the Scrap Your Faith Challenge freebie.  There is a posting bonus involved, so you don't want to miss that one!

As one of my favorite radio pastors says, "Have a good and godly day.  For of what use is a good day, if it isn't a godly day."

Be blessed!

Lady V

"Au Naturale" now in store

My new kit Au Naturale is now in the store at Pretty Scrappy for only $5.99. This versatile kit has 30 papers and 31 elements in shades of brown.





Check it out, and while you're there, take a gander at the new items from our other designers. Wow! Have we got a talented team!

For those of you who may have missed the alpha freebie that coordinates with the kit, do not despair, it will be in the store soon. And just to say thanks for checking out the kit, you can grab this Au Naturale Surprise Freebie at the store or

via Media Fire that coordinates with the kit.

Snag it now, it will only be there for a week!

Be blessed,

Lady V

Heritage Tulips

You would not believe how many pictures I have taken of my flower garden. I suppose I garnered my love of flowers from my Mom. When I was growing up, she had blooms in the yard year round. At one point, over 100 varieties of flowers. Mom could be found in the flower beds often before any of us kids were out of ours.

I don't have as many varieties of flowers in my yard. But each one is special to me. I have an heritage garden. The tulips pictured here are just outside of my kitchen patio door. They were Mom's before they came to grace my yard. I have collected seeds, plants, and bulbs from various family members and now adorn my yard with them. There are daffodils from my Grandpa Joe, tiger lilies from my Grandpa Paul, a yucca from my Grandma Carol, babies breath from Mom, hen & chicken and live forever from Grandma Hig (my husband's Grandma). This fall I will be planting iris's that were my Grandma Joan's.

My Grandparent's are all departed. But when their flowers bloom, my memories of them bloom as well. And I am grateful, for such a rich heritage.



Credits:
Photos- tulips in my backyard
Butterflies- CU PSP Script "Chubby Butterfly" by Cindy Ritter
Papers- Hope Blooms Mega Kit by Lady V dZine
Frames- Au Naturale Kit by Lady V dZine

May 2008 Scrap Kit Challenge

The theme for the coming month is "Honoring Our Parents. I decided to knock out my kit early this month so that I can work on stuff for the store at Pretty Scrappy.

Here are my Previews:

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3


Kit Contains: 16 papers, 2 overlays, 2 borders, 30 elements, 3 uppercase alphas, and 2 wordarts. Not all elements shown in previews.

Special thanks to: Obsidian Dawn, MegaDoodle, TexasTwisterGirl, ActionFX, Monica Larson, Janine Oliveira for resources used in this kit.

Be Blessed!

Lady V

Making an Element Bag Tutorial (PSP)

I belong to a couple of digital scrapbooking learning groups on Yahoo (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digital_Scrapbook_Designers/?yguid=238386841,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalscrappingclass/?yguid=238386841,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LearnToScrap/?yguid=238386841,
and http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ScrapKitChallenge/?yguid=238386841). On one of the groups, someone asked for a tutorial on creating element bags. I couldn't find a tutorial, so I decided to write one...

Making an element bag in PSP
1. Open new raster document (12x12 at 300ppi). Rename the raster layer “bag”
2. Set foreground to white
3. Set background to #c5c0b7
4. Click on background properties tag and select gradient foreground/background and use these settings:

5. From panel, choose your flood fill tool. Left click on your image to flood fill with the gradient. It should look something like this:

6. Select mesh warp tool.
7. Move the nodes around until you have something like this:





8. Choose your selection tool, and use the rounded rectangle to select an area like this:


9. Invert selection and clear. It should look like this:


10. Invert selection again, to reselect only the image.
11. Add a new raster layer and name it “wrap. Flood fill this layer with black.



12. With your wrap layer highlighter, choose your selection tool and pick the rectangle.
13. Draw out a rectangle like this:



14. Edit: clear
15. Your image now looks like this:


and your layers palette like this:

16: Paste the cutout shape as a new layer. And position it to look like this:

16. Use your magic wand to select the cutout.
17. Highlight your wrap layer and edit: cut.
18. Highlight your bag layer and edit: cut.
19. Delete the cutout layer. Your image should look like this:


20. Add a new layer and name it staplehole.
21. Use your selection tool to draw a small rectangle and flood fill it white. Duplicate. Arrange the rectangles so that they look like this:


Then merge down so that both white rectangles are on the staplehole layer.
22. Use your magic wand to select the first white rectangle. While pressing shift, select the second white rectangle.
23. Highlight the wrap layer and edit: cut
24. Highlight the bag layer and edit: cut. Your image now looks like this.


25. Flood fill your wrap layer in gray. Use your magic wand to select the cutout and staple holes.
26. Select Effects: 3D effects: Outer Bevel
27. Use the following settings:


28. Add staples. Your image looks like this:

29. Highlight your bag layer. Reduce opacity to about 70%.

30. Save as PSP file so that you can later change the wrap layer to match whatever kit your are displaying.

Here’s my finished example:



You can get the cut out shape here:
Cut Out Shape

Or creat your own using the retangle and circle selections.

Have fun with it. Feel free to share my blog link with other groups whose members may benefit from this tutorial.

Tutorial by: Virginia Higgins, Lady V dZine of http://prettyscrappy.com


Be Blessed!

Lady V

Week 3 for SKC "New Born Wonder" kit

Here is my final installment for the SKC "New Born Wonder" kit. We are going to be doing some family stuff, so I've worked ahead to get my kit completed, so I don't lag behind.



This week, you get 6 index cards, 18 journal tags, and 5 stars.

You can grab them at:

http://www.4shared.com/file/43260574/6837528c/lvd_apr2008_week3.html

If you haven't already grabbed the rest of this kit, be sure to scroll down for the other links.

Thanks, and have a great day!

Lady V

SKC Week 2 Preview

Here is the preview for week 2 of my Scrap Kit Challenge kit.



You can grab week two's elements at:

http://www.4shared.com/file/42912692/c9088b82/lvd_apr2008_week2.html

Please comment if you download!

Be blessed, today and always!

Lady V

April's SKC papers

April's theme is New Born Wonder at Scrap Kit Challenge. Here are my week one papers.



You can grab them here...

http://www.4shared.com/file/42585068/4dcd9852/lvd_apr2008_week1.html

Have a great day!

Lady V

My first set of elements...

So, I joined the Scrap Kit Challenge (home page http://scrapkitchallenge.com) and the corresponding Yahoo group (tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ScrapKitChallenge) to learn more about digital scrapbooking. If you would like to check out the other designers prior stuff, go to the Scrap Kit Challenge home page. The challenge that we are currently working on will be published in April. In the meantime, February's "Springing into Easter" kit is available until March 31st.

This months color palette is called Mother Earth. So, here is a preview of what I came up with...


You can snag it here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/40472206/bcefab59/LadyVdZine_Mar2008_elements01.html

Now, run over to the SKC home page (http://scrapkitchallenge.com)and grab March's kits while you can.

Hugs!

Lady V