My First CU Grab Bag & CU Freebie

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Oh boy, my life is changing by the day. My darling little GD will be 9 weeks old tomorrow and she's getting so cute. Jayden rules the house when she's here. We all become quite silly around her. Katia is blessed that she is such a happy contented little baby. Just look at how cute she is.

And if you want to know more about that stunning photo mat, be sure to pop around on Friday because I have some AMAZING news to tell you.


I'm about to realise a lifelong dream. I have always wanted to be involved in a biking magazine and I have just been offered the whole publication of a new magazine. I have resigned from my job to do the mag from home and to concentrate more on designing, so I'm so excited. My last day at work will be the 14th of October.

And I have my FIRST Grab Bag in the store. It's entirely an overlay bag with 5 new products, each with 5 full color and 5 desat overlays. That's a total of 50 overlays for 5$ for 1 week only. Here's a little hint of what's in the bag. All quality checked to make sure that it has no pixelation, blurry bits or anything that can frustrate a designer when they use a product for the first time. You can get it in my store here.



And of course I have a Commercial Use freebie for you. It's a hint of what is in the bag



You can get it here http://www.4shared.com/file/129656791/8c7b5816/RB-CU-Freebie-Overlays.html. And if you pop by tomorrow I will reveal 1 of the products that is in the bag.


Hugs
Renée

25 Hour Day & Bar One

Yeah, I know it's a crazy title for a blog post, but we have a chocolate here in South Africa called a Bar One and the punch line in the ads is "For a 25 Hour Day". I have recently been wondering if I have 3 of those a day, maybe I could have a 75 hour day and get through all the things I want to get through.

Jayden is growing so fast and is changing daily. Hopefully I'll get a chance to do a LO or 2 in the next day or two. I just love the stage she's at. She's 6 weeks old and started smiling and she smiles at her blanket and the lamp and the side of her carry cot and and and if you KWIM. LOL. It's too cute. It also looks as if she's going to have big blue eyes, but we'll have to wait a bit longer to be sure. She is thriving and Katia took to motherhood as if she's always done so. She is 100% comfortable with Jayden and if I think back to when Rainer was born I know I didn't handle him all that confidently.

I've been having a wierd headache for the past 2 days. All on the one side of my head and my eye kept on twitching. I was getting rather concerned this afternoon and decided to stop off at the doctor. Well I have to tell you, if my doctor wasn't married to one of my friends, he'd never see me. I'm not very fond of a doctor's room. His consulting rooms are on a very busy road and I was watching traffic very carefully and when I turned to check that both sides were clear I just felt this huge clack in my neck. 15 minutes later I was still waiting for the doctor when my headache was gone. Seems I had a bit of a pinched nerve and with the rapid movement of my head I managed to release it. He gave me some anti-inflamatories and a jab in the butt and hopefully this is the end of wierd headaches and I can see him at the next friends visit. LOL.

Well have you seen that Kim B has been at it again. She has another one of her glorious mega grab bags up in the store again. 8 Brand new CU products for $8 for a limited time only. And her regular customers will know that it's top notch quality. No strays or jagged edges. You can get it here

I've got a freebie cluster frame for you made with some of the products in the bag.

You can get it here http://www.4shared.com/file/125683997/67688ede/August_Mega_Cluster.html. Hope you enjoy using it.

Hugs

Renée

Very Bad Blogger & New CU Items

Hello Everyone

Seems all I'm doing lately is appologise for being such a bad blogger.

Life has really taken over. First my car was hi-jacked, then I became a GRANNY on the 2nd of July. Oh man, has that little madam just taken over my life. My DD Katia had a bay girl named Jayden and she is the cutest little thing imaginable. She has just stolen all our hearts and most of our time is spent with her.

I did this LO of her using various of Kim B's CU items.

I have also been working on some new CU items and I'm building up quite a few things to release during the month, but the following items are in my STORE. 25% off for 1 week only. All items have been quality checked for no jaggies or strays. No drop shadows on any of the items either.

The first 70's Ribbon are from ribbons I found in my mom's stash. It's times like these that I'm so happy she's a hoarder.

The second Africa Wildlife are some beautiful animal overlays that I made from photos taken by my very talented friend Warren de Swardt. They're textured with slightly grungy edges.

And I haven't forgotten about everyone, I have a faaabric flower that's CU friendly, and I've included a layered psd file, desat .png file and a colored .png file.

You can get it here http://www.4shared.com/file/122631114/20d5c3c0/CU_Fabric_Flowers.html. I hope you can find some use for this and we'll chat soon.

Hugs

Renée

Special People

Hello everyone

It's not often, but every so often in your life you meet a very special person. Today, my blog post is dedicated to just such a person. Her name is Gina (or Geezee) Zuiderduin. I'm going to tell you about her in a bit, but I first have to do a bit of advertising.

Bunny has decided to shake things up quite a bit over at DSO

First there's a Designer's Call Drive. Are you looking for a fantastic store? Are you looking to make friends with your fellow designers? Are you looking for a happy place? Then look no further, DSO is the place to be. Read more about it here.

Now for all the scrappers out there

Oh yes, you read it right. DSO will now have it's own Store Creative Team. Stop by the forum and read all about it. I'm so excited about this. WHEEEEEE

Now I have to share something that Kim got up to. Her creativity knows no bounds. Not only does she create the most amazing kits and CU goodies, but she challenges us as a CT as well. LOL. Earlier in the week she decides to come up with a "strange" request. It's time for the July Color Challenge and she asks each of us for a color. Well when they started coming through I thought, this is going to be spaghetti bolognaise. We are all so different. BUT Kim came up with 2 yes TWO amazing color swatches and 2 of the most incredible posting bonuses I have ever seen.

Go read the rules here and here.

OK, that out the way, let's get on to Geezee. I was carjacked on Monday morning. I don't want to dwell on that too much, but apart from the shock and losing my personal effects and being very frustrated by red tape I am OK. I am going for councilling and feel OK with what has happened. I just have this uncontrollable urge to swear profusely. Well Kimmie mentioned this on her blog yesterday (thanks my friend) and when I got home and checked my e-mail, I had this INCREDIBLE e-mail from Geezee. I'm not going to share the mail or the subsequent mails between Geezee and myself, but I have to tell you that she made me SOB. I cried harder because of her e-mail than after the whole scare I got.

Geezee, you are an incredible lady. May every kindness you show to others be returned to you a million times. I have made this little frame cluster to thank you and I'd like to share it with the scrapping community. All I ask is that if you use it, remember that it stems from a kind deed and be thankful for the kind and loving people in your life.

You can get it here http://www.4shared.com/file/115345105/686e218e/Geezee.html. Have a marvelous evening. I have an idea for color swatch one and I'm raring to go.

Love and many hugs

Renée

Have you got it yet?

Kim B's new Grab Bag, that is. Today is your last chance to get it at $4.

I'm lucky that I'm on Kim's creative team and get the chance to play with all her wonderful products. I was busy doing a LO with this week's bag and realised that every time Kim brings out one of her Commercial Use Bags, you can virtually create an entire kit from just one bag. She always includes so many diverse items. This week's is no different. So if you haven't got it yet, make sure you do before time runs out.

This is the LO I made with some of the goodies in this week's bag. I liked my LO so much that I was inspired to put a little mini freebie together for you.

Here's a preview

And you can get it here http://www.4shared.com/file/114427516/714eef8e/RB-AcidDrops.html. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs

Renée

Very Quick Post & QP Freebie

The past few weeks have been crazy, so I'll just get straight to the freebie. I used goodies from Kim B's Mini Grab Bag 4 and Mezzaluna Papers.

Here's the preview

And you can get it here http://www.4shared.com/file/113646242/b188c417/KB_MMB4_QP.html. Speak soon

Hugs

Renée

Sorry

I am so sorry that I've neglected my blog and all the followers that I've got, but I've had an incredibly hectic month. Things should be back to normal now and I should be blogging a lot more from today onwards.

I've had an ear infection, work has been crazy and I tried to shortcut my doodles and it really didn't work. I really didn't like my computer when I tried to fix that mess. In the end I went back to my trusted method and things went a lot more smoothly.

But before I get to my new product and the freebie, I have to share some amazing news. My daughter Katia is expecting soon and I'll be a Granny. It took me quite a while to get my head around the fact, but now that I've come to grips with the idea I'm very excited and can't wait. She doesn't want to know the sex of the baby, so I'm jokingly calling it the puppy for now LOL.

So on to the new product release. You can find it exclusively at DSO. I'm always looking for the perfect rose to use in my LO's and can never find exactly what I'm looking for. Well I doodled them. There's 4 roses - from a rose bud to a full blowsy rose and a set of leaves. These are perfect to use on their own or to make a cluster/bouquet of roses. It's on special at 20% off for 1 week only.

And to give you an idea of the size of each image, I have done a rose bud that's commercial use friendly. The sample is not included, it's just an idea of what you can do. The freebie link will stay up while the product is on special.

You can get is here http://www.4shared.com/file/111017210/136b4b5f/RB-CU-DoodleRose-free.html. Now I'm going to jump into a hot bath as it's freezing cold here.

Hugs

Renée