All Dressed Up and Everywhere to Go!

I hope you all enjoy the new look of my blog. I am a jazz fan and I have finally gotten around to including some streaming jazz. Right now I have Charlie Parker, he's the best -- considered a jazz master. I also love Thelonious Monk, Nina Simone and others. I have also created a new masthead, my version of a slide show and more!! I have been working with Flash Actionscript for a while and I am working on a Santa animation for Deco pages, I'd love to get some feedback.

ALSO, I am giving away some fun backgrounds, so be sure to check those out. These are based on three sites in Europe: Big Ben in London, the ruins of ancient Greece and the Alhambra in Spain. I wanted a dreamy quality to these papers because Europe is a dream to me. Though I visited a few years ago I'd love to get back and spend more time there.

Link: European Dreams Papers

Thanks for visiting and hope to see you at Club Deco. Carol

New 1950s Style Freebies

I am really excited about the new kits and products at www.deco-pages.com. (Don't tell Deb I told you) but in December we are going to have another scavenger hunt. Dana Conditt came up with the first hunt and it was a big success, we had lots of visitors and a lot of fun finding all of those elements for Halloween. The Christmas freebies should be just as fun and I chose the colors scheme for this kit. hehehe, I made it a little bit challenging because I chose only 8 fairly bright colors. To the left is a card from the kit. There are lots of bright colors and simple shapes, just perfect for a fifties look.

Also in the 1950s vein, I created a mini-kit as a blog freebie. This kit shares very similar colors and a cut out shapes like the other kit. So if you like that simple patterned, 1950s style be sure to get the free mini-kit now AND be sure to check back for the scavenger hunt later. Link: Free Kit

Also, I have been playing with shockwave animation. I have been working on actionscript for the Holiday season. I am fairly new to Actionscript but I am having a lot of fun learning all of the rules. Create an object that is generic to create another object that is useful (like an listener). Listen for changes so you can do some other action. It is just as foreign as it sounds! Here is an example of one I am working on:

Free Candy!

Link: Free Candy

This is the time of year I always think of candy of all sort, and the time of year I put on 10 pounds if I'm not careful. But I have come up with the perfect solution, digital candy!! Here are a few hard candies, just a few free samples like at that great candy store downtown or that cute one from vacation. Well there is no guilt here, ZERO CALORIES! These samples are from my next kit, Holiday Warmth 2, an add-on to the original kit. Look for Holiday Warmth 2 at www.deco-pages.com.

And there's more! Right now Deco-Pages is having a Halloween Scavenger Hunt. Just search around the site and find the various links to the many, many freebies. Here is a LO of my contribution to the hunt. I especially like the 'Queen of Darkness', she is a shadowy figure I created and then modified with bat wings. Halloween may be over but there are still those lovely photos that need scrapping and Deco designers have provided around 60 freebies for this event! Hunt lasts until November 5th at www.deco-pages.com.

And one more thing I want to let everyone know, the NOvember issue of the Deco Pages Newsletter is available now, be sure to look for the two free items in the newsletter, the new puzzle and lots, lots more!