Halloweenies

Okay...even though I have spent 59 hours at the store this week, (due to Intuit's neglect in checking their software for bugs before releasing it, believe me when I say I have a new definition for POS, and it ain't nice! ROTFLPIMP!!!) I am going to stay and upload the Halloweenies papers and word art for ya'll, just 'cause I love ya'll so much! I started making the monster word art for one of my pages and it was so cool I wanted to share it. I made it from the CK font "Monsters". After looking at the license, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to share it, but upon very careful inspection, it says that you cannot use a derivative product for financial gain, and since I am giving it as a gift, it should be fine. Password is: scary These are probably my crappiest previews ever, but hey, cut me some slack, I've had a very bad week. LOL!
I did 'em up in both felt and the shiny epoxy (except for the orange Boo, it just wouldn't work).
The stuff should be coming Monday, I just have to get the sucky preview done.
I want to say thanks to all ya'll for the congratulations you sent my way regarding my fabulous barbeque wins, and let you know that I will be emailing the recipe requests next week (unless I have another meltdown, I still have to upgrade my QB Financial). Everybody say it with me now, "DAMN YOU, QUICKBOOKS"!!!
Gifts for today: Expired
And what do we say?

Hugs,
Vicki (who is fixin' to go drink margaritas straight from the blender pitcher!)

Meltdown!

Sorry, ya'll, I am having a total computer software meltdown at both stores, so it may be a day or two before I have the time to upload the Halloween kit. I had started typing up the recipes to email out when everything went to hell in a handbasket. I won't forget to finish it up though! Just hang tight!
Hugs,
Vicki

The New Barbeque Queen of Nacogdoches

Yes, this past weekend was very good to me. Going into it, I was so exhausted I really couldn't get excited about it, and I was running so late getting things ready that I was at Hellmart @ 3:30 Friday afternoon picking up last minute stuff. (Not the meat though, I won't buy meat there). I finally made it to the Texas Thunder Harley Davidson shop about 5:00 to start getting set up. I got everything to marinating and then couldn't help but participate in the party for a little while (okay, it was really more like midnight before I left)! ROTFLPIMP!!! I overslept and was thirty minutes late getting my meat on the pit Saturday morning. It looked like a disaster just waiting to happen. Well, I decided at this point that my life has enough stress, and this event was supposed to be FUN, so I just mixed up a Bloody Mary and decided to roll with the flow. If it's cooked in time for the judging , FINE, if not, well...I will just have to learn from this and mind my P's & Q's next year! LOL! Good thinking Bubs, 'cause everything just started to smooth out. Attitude IS everything! We ended up giving away for the public consumption 8 briskets, 15 slabs of pork ribs, 80 lbs. of chicken and 15 lbs. of sausage. Now, do 'ya wanna hear the bad stuff? Okay, I had turned in my meat for the judging, and stuck some back for later. Around 3:00 we were running out of give away meat and SOMEONE served what I had saved back! That's RIGHT, I didn't even get a taste of my prize winning barbeque! What a pisser! But at this point I have sucked up so much smoke that I really didn't think much of it, I was SICK of barbeque! It wasn't till Sunday afternoon that I realized that I had totally missed out. Another lesson learned...hide it, hide it, hide it good! LOL!!!

And to answer the questions about my recipes, I will share, you just have to pinky swear that you do not compete in any Barbeque cookoffs in the Pineywoods of East Texas! Ranoe, send me a Bubbles mail and I will share the secret! ROTFLPIMP!!! Your email is not on your profile, and I will not go so far as to post my secrets here!

Hugs,

Vicki

Breakfast at Tiffanys QP

Woo-Hoo for the Foo-Foo!!!! Today Vicki @ http://vicki20.blogspot.com/ starts the release of Breakfast at Tiffanys. I've been in need of a foo-foo fix for quite a while now, and this fab kit filled the bill quite nicely! This one is a must have, so hop on over to her blog every day this week to get the whole thing. Tell her I sent 'ya, and be sure to leave some love! Password is: beauty

In other news, I won First Place Pork, First Place Chicken and Third Place Beef at the Harley Davidson Cook-Off Saturday! I will try and get some photos up tomorrow.



Todays gift: http://www.4shared.com/file/65871645/33e9d074/txbubbles-AWP-Breakfast__Tiffanys_QP.html
Remember?

Hugs,
Vicki (aka The BBQ Queen)

A Little Different

This page is different in several ways. Of course, there's the obvious, it's just a QP without my usual corresponding LO. Ya'll know that I always (until now!) start with the photo(s). Well, I have been working on a little Halloween kit for 'ya, and I started to pull stuff into a blank file to do a QC, and lo and behold...it just became a page! Password is: boo It was so late, I didn't want to go looking for photos and decided to just go ahead and post it for ya'll today. I made the ghost and the boo title using doodle brushes from the October Mega @ http://scraporchard.com/
I probaby won't get any scrapping done this weekend, the Harley Davidson Barbeque Cook-Off is tomorrow and I am taking off early today to get everything ready. Wish me luck!

Oh, and one more thing! Be sure to tune in Monday around 11:30 AM, because Vicki @ http://vicki20.blogspot.com/ begins the release of "Breakfast at Tiffany's". This kit is FABULOUS! I had so much fun playing with it. Although ya'll will have to wait till Monday to see it, I'm 'gonna leave you with one word...foo-foo!


Today's gift: txbubbles-Halloween QP.zip
Remember?
Hugs,
Vicki

Regarding the Incredibly Rude Idiot

My MAIN point is and has always been; it's all about common courtesy. My momma taught me to always say thank you, and also that if you can't say anything nice, then maybe you shouldn't say anything at all. Well, when I am attacked, I'm going to say what it takes, and it's not going to be nice. I spend a lot of money buying commercial use items and design tools, then spend untold amounts of time creating this stuff. I could just create for myself, then post my LO's to show what I've done. But no...I spend the extra money to buy commercial use so that I can give my creations as gifts. I enjoy being able to help others with their digi-scrapping, and I am so very fortunate to have the resources and ability to do so. This anonymous coward is probably so talentless and non-creative that she is extremely jealous of anyone who is better than her. She can just go crawl back under her rock and spew her venom there, if she has any friends (and I doubt it) maybe they will listen to her pathetic whining and look at her crappy scrapbook.

So, am I a rude and a not very nice person to expect something so simple as a "thank you" for my efforts? I don't think so, and 99.9% of my readers don't either.

Big 'Ole Texas Hug for the 99.9% of my loyal readers (and a one fingered wave to the idiot)
Vicki

Take a look at this

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Oct 1, 2008 11:29:51 AM
but it is also rude to demand one the way you have it worded on your blog, yes i know it`s your blog(who cares), but if you want people to be nice TRY IT YOURSELF!

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I am sure that the same smart ass coward who can't even leave their name is responsible for both of these messages. I'm not going to let one rotten apple ruin it for everybody, but I don't have to put up with this shit. If there was a way to block certain assholes from accessing my blog, believe me, it would be happening RIGHT NOW.
To this anonymous person: It's REAL SIMPLE. If you do not want to say thanks, then stay away from my blog. I do not want your kind here.

Pink Lemonade QP

Today's page is a LO that I made using the "Pink Lemonade" kit from JanniDee http://janniscrapdesigns.blogspot.com/ The photo is from Lilly's birthday this year. The big extravaganza had to be cancelled due to Ike, and we ended up with just Matt, Shawna, Wyatt and me for the celebration. Password is: kiss Lilly really had a candlelight birthday!



Today's gift: txbubbles-Pink Lemonade QP.zip
Remember what your momma taught you!
Hugs,
Vicki

A Little Tut on Makin' Paper & Folded Edges

I received a very sweet request from Elsie to please share how I make my old looking papers and the folded & torn edges. For papers I almost exclusively use overlays from Kim Broedelet. The choices she has are amazing! I am really partial to the crinkles, woodsy, grungy and paint stroked overlays. I also use her "Age It Quick" to make the random holes in papers. She has a new folded and torn template that I used on the "Raining Cats & Dogs" page. Check out her store here: Kim's Store. It's super easy, create a new 12" x 12" document @ 300 dpi, fill it with the color of your choice, open the overlay and drag it on top of the color layer. Then scroll through the blend modes to get different looks. Layer up several overlays and blending modes to get all sorts of looks. Merge visible and save as a jpeg.
As to the folded and torn edges, I use actions from Atomic Cupcake for general paper tears and crumples, get them here: http://www.atomiccupcake.com/ Lately I have become infatuated with folded edges. The ones that I have been using and am most impressed with are the creation of Gunhilde Storeide http://www.storeide.se/gunhild/velkommen.htm She offers them as a gift to you, be sure to say thanks and tell her I sent you! Once you have made your fab new paper, create a duplicate layer and just copy and paste your choice of edge onto it, position as you like. Be sure the edge is the top layer. I usually stretch it just a tiny bit to make sure it goes all the way over the paper. With your edge layer active, click on the paper area with the magic wand. Make the paper layer active and hit delete. Activate the edge layer, apply your drop shadow, and choose a blend mode. I like overlay, luminousity, soft light and sometimes multiply. Then crop down if desired and save as a png file. If anyone has problems or has more questions, feel free to shoot me a bubble mail @ txbubbles@gmail.com .

Woof!

Today Vicki @ http://vicki20.blogspot.com/ starts the release of "Raining Cats & Dogs". This kit gave me an opportunity to scrap a little differently, and it was fun! Password is: woof Bugs is my brother Steve's Boston Terrier. Everytime she sees me she jumps in my lap and licks like crazy. She is very smart, and knows to not ever go above the neck. If you don't want to use small photos in the stamp frame, just pop in some paper scraps and/or embellies.
Sorry about being MIA Friday, I was super busy and in a really pissy mood, I don't think ya'll would have enjoyed being around me at all! ROTFLMAO!!!



Today's gift: txbubbles-AWP-Raining Cats & Dogs QP.zip
Remember?
Hugs,
Vicki