Today's Freebie: Israel Template

Today I have another Countries of the World Template Series installment, but this can also go right along with my Passover template from last Friday. This is the Israel Template.

The ribbons on this template came from The Ephemeral Victorian. It appears that website has finaly shut down. What a crying shame! Anyway, the ribbons have a special texture to them so you'll need to be patient when you go to fill them in.

I used the Israeli symbols of the dove and the olive branch and the Israeli flag so that everyone living there could use the template and not just one group of countrymen. I used national symbols and not somehing I made up or thought I knew what I was doing.

It is my goal to make these templates as uncontroversial as possible while still making them creative and interesting. This effort will be especially evident when I get to the Iraq and Afghanistan templates that were requested. Look for those in a few days.

Sunday: Sweden Template Freebie

Today's Countries of the World Template Series digital scrapbooking freebie template is Sweden.

On our trip to Denmark last September we took the train to Sweden for the day. We went to the first town across the border, Malmo. My layout using the Sweden template shows the train station there. We were amazed at how many bikes were parked by the station!

The stamp element in this template is from Megadoodle at The Ephemeral Victorian. The site is still up so you can still go there for some wonderful designer tools. I'm not sure how much longer they will be open. I took the stamp element and made a block of stamps with it.

Check out the Denmark template here.

Scotland Template is Today's Freebie

I'm glad you guys are commenting so much on my Countries of the World Template Series. I love hearing your plans for each template. Someone is planning a trip and is thinking how they can use the templates or somene else has pictures from years ago they are going to scan and use in a layout. Then there's the person who has a friend that they know would love it if they made them something with the template.

Remember, you can always send someone a picture, OR you can do a layout with the picture, save it as a .jpeg and send it. Imagine the difference to someone who doesn't digi scrap. Plus, you get to journal on it.

A few years ago I made my dad a DVD of his old pictures with music to them. It was very nice. But then when my fiance' wanted me to make one for his granddaughter's pictures I thought of doing layouts instead of just adding pictures. WOW. What a difference! So that second DVD was so much more eye catching and entertaining than the first one. And here all that time I thought the first one was awesome! LOL

Anyway, today's freebie is the Scotland template. This is very near to my heart because I am of Scottish ancestry. My maiden name is Moss, which is part of Clan Maxwell. Many years ago my ex and I went to Grandfather Mountain in NC for the Highland Games. It is one of the largest gatherings of the clans in North America. We found my father's surname, our tartan and other really neat information about the history of the clan.

I want to note that the bagpiper bear was taken from Bears.Co.NZ and is not my own work. Once again I looked all over for copyright information and didn't see any. If anyone knows anything about it let me know and I will remove the bear. Unless I hear differently it will remain a part of my template with this credit to the original.

Also, the plaid overlay is courtesy of Meggadoodle and is offered on the Ephemeral Victorian website. You better grab it fast if you want it because the site is about to shut down.

Such a Shame!!!

EV IS CLOSING!!!
The Ephemeral Victorian will be closing it's doors
within a short period of time. The abuse of our individual Terms of Use has just
gotten out of control. This blog, I feel was a good thing while it lasted, but
as with all good things, it must come to an end. Even after the blog is
completely closed, please continue to abide by the TOU's for each individual
designer. We will slowly be removing the oldest posts, but no new posts will be
made. Thank you for coming to visit us!The EV Team

Freebie: Michigan Template

Number 23 in the State Template Series, the Michigan template, is ready for downloading.

Sorry, but at this time of the morning I'm not in a real chatty mood! I'm just trying to get this thing uploaded before I have to leave for work.

Thanks again to The Ephemeral Victorian for the use of the stamp and stamp edging.

Look for the Maine template tomorrow.

Ohio Template Freebie

Right at the start I need to confess something: I have "borrowed" the Ohio logo on this template from the Ohio State University website. I did not see anything that said not to use it. If someone sees a copyright somewhere or knows about it, please let me know and I will remove the template right away. I don't want to use something I'm not supposed to use.

My appologies to those fans of OTHER Ohio schools that will not want to use something from Ohio State. (North Carolina is the Tar Heel state, but being a Wolfpack fan from NC State, I detest the tar heel logo because UNC-CH...Carolina...uses the same symbol!) You guys can simply delete the "Ohio" layer and add your own text tilte.

Having said that, I also want to give a tip on coloring the ribbons that are on this Ohio template. They come from The Ephemeral Victorian website. Just make sure you use a low tolerance on your paint bucket so that you can fill in the edges a different shade. If your tolorance is too high on your paint bucket, it will fill in the entire ribbon.

Freebie of the Day: Classic Bows

Aaarrrggghhh!!! Ok, I feel better now. Man, I am SO tired of reloading everything onto my computer! But when you have to, you have to!

Today's download is made possible by the wonderful people at The Ephemeral Victorian. The bows I am using come from that site that is a resource center for would-be designers! I just can't ever say enough about how much that site is an inspiration to me.

The bows are filled in with Photoshop styles. I was trying to use styles that allowed the knot in the middle of the bow to show. There are a couple where you can see where it is supposed to be...

But there are several where the knot looks wonderful! Thse bows are sort of dark and have more of a vintage look. But, who knows how you may end up using them!

So here are the Classic Bows. Enjoy!

My Parchment Package Freebie Contains an Egg (part of my egg collection)

Good morning! I hope you are doing well today. My freebie to you this morning is called Parchment Package.

It is sort of a grab bag of useful shapes that aren't really related to eachother except that they have the same "look." By that I mean you might not use all the elements together in one layout.

But you may need the individual elements over the course of several projects. There are 2 frames, a tag, a journaling cloud, a musical note and a beautiful leaf element. Also, if you were collecting my eggs earlier, THERE IS AN EGG in this set as well.

Thanks to The Ephemeral Victorian's Scrapgirl for the leaf template and Megadoole Inspired for the postage stamp frame! This site is awesome for elements that you want to create yourself. You don't have to sell or give them away, but you can just "design" things for your personal use.

Can't find a pink postage stamp ? Go to this website and download the free postage stamp set and then add your own color or pattern to it. It is that simple! So check out this site. I love it.

Come back tomorrow for the Parchment Package Alphabet. You can never have too many alphas!

These Guys Are Tops!

I am the type of person who loves to use email to contact people when I have issues or questions about their products/services. About half the time I get a response.

Here's to the following people who have gone out of their way to answer my questions:

Vicky from Digi Scrap Depot
Carol and Tracy from Make It Scrappy
Brandy from Megadoodle Inspired on The Ephemeral Victorian
Netta from Creative Victorian

Many thanks to these ladys for helping me get started and keeping me going.

Digiscrapping is like one big happy family!

Today's Freebie: New Year's Collection Add On

As I promised, here is an add on to my New Year's Collection. It contains 6 more items, including 2 colored papers and an overlay.

Try the overlay on top of photos to give those ordinary group pictures a little flair!

Download the add on HERE.

Credit for the knotted ribbon in both sets goes to The Ephemeral Victorian. Thanks again for a great designer aide!

FREEBIE: Textured Light Bulbs

Good Morning! Well, the nasty weather is starting here in Florida. The high today should be 69 with the low tonight 39.! That's COLD here! LOL

Time to snuggle up in front of a good football game today! The Pittsburgh Steelers play at 1:00 pm! But unfortunately I have to go out in all of this first and teach my classes at the gym!

Here is today's freebie. It's called Textured Light Bulbs and it is made with one of the new styles I downloaded into Photoshop.

There are 19 bulbs in this set. I just picked a few to go in my display bag. (You can pick up the display bags at The Ephemeral Victorian.)

I know that technically the ends of Christmas tree light bulbs are supposed to be metal colored. But technically they aren't textured, or look like Currier and Ives prints either. Call it creative license!

I hope you enjoy them!

New Freebie Kit!

Check out my new Flamingo Kit. This kit is a companion to the Florida Template I posted yesterday. I had been invisioning something like this for awhile, but I hadn't quite advanced far enough to actually design it in the computer. I'm really having a blast creating things. Hopefully as I go my style/work will get more and more artistic. My favorite part of the kit is the palm tree stamp. The template for it and the button came from The Ephemeral Victorian.