Saturday freebie

Taking a break while making my first beef pot pie. We've had too much chicken and pasta lately and this sounded like a good idea. It will also provide left-overs for tomorrow which is nice because I can never predict when my father will arrive to visit so dinner planning is difficult. Anyway, this is what we have today:

Today a room background paper, another steampunk lady, a button, and a stack of old books.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/SteamySpring/ws_SteamySpring_6.zip
No post tomorrow, so wishing you a Happy Mother's Day now.

Busy Friday & freebie

Today my husband, Aunt Sissy and her boyfriend, John, went out to try a new restaurant. Well, new to us. We went to Vino's in Chesapeake for their lunch buffet. Really enjoyed it! They offered about 5 varieties of pizza, 3 types of pasta with 3 sauce choices, salad and dessert. Yummy! Good company too. Then we went over to our favorite shop to pick up their delicious (& reasonably priced) caramel corn and had Italian ices. Everyone but me got chocolate; I got cherry. The owner is so generous when he dishes up the ices. My Aunt happened to ask when was the last time I spoke with my father and his girlfriend. Saw Dad on Sunday and knew Miss June was supposed to be going to an OB/GYN doc soon because when the urologist did her cystoscopy and looked at the MRI taken before, she told June she had a cyst on her ovary. Happens pretty often and if it isn't causing pain, docs don't operate, especially on woman in her 80s. June saw the GYN Monday (I thought it was to be this next week) and after exam, he told her he doesn't think it's a cyst and it is pretty large. Now she has to see another cancer specialist as that is what is suspected. I just don't know what more she can take.

About to go in and relax with hubby, but here is your daily freebie:

Today we have one paper made into a shop scene with one of the borders I'd created for a CU package. You also get a vintage photo mat and a png of an antique trunk.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/SteamySpring/ws_SteamySpring_5.zip
I am having too much fun with this!

Lazy day & a freebie

Haven't done anything of use today. Had rough night between shoulder pain and fibro in hip (all on same side!) so when I finally got to sleep, I slept in late. Have got to go deal with kitchen, laundry, and pick up prescriptions. Before I go, here is zip 4 of Steamy Spring:

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/SteamySpring/ws_SteamySpring_4.zip
Made some ribbons in every color yesterday so tonight will run an action to create some ribbon- bows with them. Made some fun shopping elements yesterday and you will be seeing those soon. Hugs!

Steaming on with zip 3 of Steamy Spring freebie

Midweek already! Trying to get some business taken care of - you know, the usual stuff: pay bills, catch up laundry, return messages etc. Yesterday I picked up the yarn I'd ordered to make Larkin a crocheted blanket and I've been slowly rolling a skein at a time, trying not to do too much to aggravate my injury. Finished another novel this morning, The Winter Ghosts by Kate Moss. The novel takes it's theme from the treatment of the Cathar Christians in early France. A sad piece of history. Not sure what I'll read next. Do know I must update my reading challenge list on Goodreads.

So here is what we have today:

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/SteamySpring/ws_SteamySpring_3.zip
So far, pretty basic Steampunk. It will get more interesting; at least I think so. I'm happy to hear that some of you are pleased with this theme. Steampunk has been around for a good while and, in the past, I've made some CU elements in the style, some of which I'm using in this kit. I enjoy Steampunk because it plays with Victorian fashions and the wonders of the Industrial age. Most often you see the grimy browns and blacks suggestive of all the soot and dirt that accompanied the widespread introduction of machines into society. Not that the Victorian age was partially clean or hygienic to start, but heavy use of machinery certainly added new pollutants. A primary element in Steampunk is the use of machine parts - gears, cogs, springs and so on, both as decoration and recombined to form fantastical creations. You can find everything from Steampunked versions of everyday products like lamps, guns, even communication devices to mechanical birds and other creatures. It's imagination taken flight.

Zip 2 of free Steamy Spring

Running late posting as we had son, Eric, and his wife, Tanya, over for a seafood dinner. Hubby did all the cooking and I just had to clean up. Thought I had posted this zip earlier today but must have gotten interrupted. Here you go:

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/SteamySpring/ws_SteamySpring_2.zip

May goal pages freebie

Here is the May goal pages set:

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/goal%20sheets/ws_May2016_GoalSet.zip
You could have predicted it would be Steamy Spring themed, right?

It's a Steamy sort of Spring (A new freebie begins.)

Spring arrived with a bounce - cold one day, warm another, chilly nights, and then a hint of the steamy days to come. Young ladies sought information on the latest color and fashion trends. On days that came along with sparkling sunshine and balmy breezes that ruffled the heads of the newly blooming flowers and sent petals spilling down from blooming fruit trees, the ladies set forth to visit the shops. Copper and bronze colored accents glittered in shop windows full of all the latest accessories fashioned in salute to the wonders of the new industrial age. Dresses and hats picked up the colors of newly green vegetation along with the peach and rusty rose of earth and flowers. Come along into a Steamy Spring with the Steampunk ladies gifted by Pat of Pann's Place.

This kit was inspired by the Steampunk cuties created by Pat Sherman of P.Ann's Place and this color swatch:

Here is first zip:

Link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/SteamySpring/ws_SteamySpring_1.zip

Monthly goal sheets to follow in a.m.

P.S. Doc said I'm pulled a muscle and probably torn a few muscle fibers. Nothing to do but take it easy and hope it heals - in about 6 - weeks!