Wonderful Wednesdays--Offering for November

If you are new to my blog and want to know how this concept got started, you can find the original post by clicking HERE. 

 
Lord love a duck!  Is it the last Wednesday of the month already?  At least this month I remembered while it is still actually Wednesday!
 
If you are new to my blog in the past year, you can find other items for the November kit by clicking on the respective links below:

November 2013 

• The word November offered up as a word art creation, altered with a layer style, in four different colours based on the palette of this particular kit. You can also find one paper done in four different colours and another paper done in two different colours.  I was apparently ambitious that week.  Click HERE.
• Four different frames.  Click HERE.
• Four different tags--each set has a time related word or phrase on one and the other is blank, and a bonus date stamp.  Click HERE.

 
For 2015, I am offering up another digital paper for the November kit with the theme: As Time Goes By...

I found this really cool clockwork image that I though would be a great component of my paper.  This paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels and in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. Credits include:  Yj Youn (Pixabay.com); Chris Spooner from Spoon Graphics; Buzillo Stock; Design TNT (obtained through Inky Deals) and Rita from the fabulous The Coffee Shop Blog.  To grab today's offering, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the paper, the preview sheet, the full credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.

Finally, you can find your bonus stamp for November below.  You can just left click on this one to bring it up in the lightbox and then right click to save it in its original size. 

Stay tuned for a new Wonderful Wednesday post coming next month!  

Until next time,

Wonderful Wednesdays--Offering for July

If you are new to my blog and want to know how this concept got started, you can find the original post by clicking HERE. 

Hello peeps.  I actually managed to pull off getting this done. I honestly wasn't sure I would manage.  

If you are new to my blog in the past year, you can find other items for the July kit by clicking on the respective links below:

July 2013

• The word July offered up as a word art creation in four different colours, plus a patterned paper depicting a star chart scene, offered in three different colours. Click HERE.
• A word art creation that says 'under the stars'.  Click HERE.
• A ribbon with stars on it, offered in three different colour combos, plus bonus date stamp.  Click HERE.

I decided to create a stars paper for this year's portion to the kit.  Check it out...

EDIT:  Download button is active again.  Not sure what happened.  I double checked it before publishing it but the link disappeared.  Must be gremlins again.

This digital paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels, in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. I've used resources from Pixel Scrapper and HG Graphic Designs. To grab it, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the paper, its preview sheet, the full credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.

Finally, you can find your bonus stamp for July below.  You can just left click on this one to bring it up in the lightbox and then right click to save it in its original size which is approx. 3600 x 192 pixels (12 inches x .64 inches).  

Stay tuned for a new Wonderful Wednesday post coming next month!  

I might see you a bit later.  I'm going to try and get another DT post finished.

Until then,

Wonderful Wednesdays--WELL Almost!

 If you are new to my blog and would like to know how Wonderful Wednesdays got started, please click HERE.

OH MY GOODNESS!  Do you ever have days where you feel like your trudging up hill going backwards with lead weights on your feet?  Well, I seem to be having a month of that.  I swear I had finally seen the top of the mountain of work looming over me but I just seem to be slipping in deeper and deeper.  I had even been a couple days ahead with my cards and now, for the last three, I've been up until the wee hours of the morning trying to get them done the night before.  We won't even get into how far behind I am with the Wonderful Wednesdays post this month.   Case in point, it is now early Thursday morning.  I thought that the papers I am presenting tonight were going to be relatively quick, i.e. done within an hour.  Four and 1/2 hours later I am finally done them.  It is bad enough I've missed the first two weeks and somehow need to cram four weeks of items into two.  So, even though it is now Thursday I was determined to get this out before heading to bed.

So last year, you got a heart paper for your Feb kit, pink on pink which you can find HERE if you are new.  I also gave you some heart papers last week for Valentine's day so I'm doing something a bit different.  In the first one, I found this really awesome ornate lock graphic over at The Graphics Fairy.  I also got a beautiful vintage key from Karen's blog as well, which I have added to the second paper. The lock is from 1876 and the key is very old as well which puts them in the public domain it is believed, according to the terms on the website.  If anyone has any reason to believe otherwise, please let me know.

Since I'm already a week behind here are some radical ribbons to make up for it.

As usual, the papers are 3600 x 3600 pixels (i.e. 12 inches) and are published at 300 dpi.  The ribbons are about 13 in long and are also published at 300 dpi.  Credit information can be found in the credit note below.

Stay tuned for another Wonderful Wednesday offering real soon as there is still more to come for this month's kit.  It is just hard to say whether it will be on a Wednesday or not.

Until next time,

Credit Notes For This Creation:© 2014, Lisa L. Décosse.  PUO.  However, you are allowed to use these papers and ribbons on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale basis provided credit is given.  You also need to include a credit note and a link to this blog should you use any of my images in your creations and post them on your blog.  If you would ever like to post a copy of these papers on your own blog or another location you MUST USE A WATERMARKED VERSION that I would be happy to supply you with.  Just drop me an email using the link in the right sidebar to request one.  Please be sure to familiarize yourself with my full terms of use found in the copyright tab at the top of this page.  I have included a quick summary below. 

Templates
The templates I used to create the ribbons, along with the textured overlay used as a backdrop on each paper are from Marisa Lerin, a designer with www.pixelscrapper.com.  These templates were purchased with a commercial use license.  Under this commercial use license, It is my understanding, that I am within my rights to give away and or sell any elements I personally create using said templates, according to the terms of use I have set forth (please see full terms of use for what you can and can't do with this digital creation).  As mentioned above the lock and key are public domain images available from The Graphics Fairy.


If you are not sure how to copy the image, check out the download instructions page. Please be sure to read the Angel policy found under the copyright info tab above for the full terms.  Below is a quick summary of those Terms of Use. Along with the Credit Note above... 

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' or 'Lisa L. Décosse' somewhere on your creation. 
• Credit and provide a link if you post a creation on your blog using any of my work in your creations.
• Do not share my images with family, friends, etc.  Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc.  Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves.  If you would like to post a watermarked version of the image, please contact me to obtain one.
• If I have signed an image, do not delete my signature.
• Leave a comment on my blog.  It is currently the only way for me to know if any of my freebies are being nabbed.  Additionally, it will help to inspire me to continue to create and offer future freebies.

Wonderful Wednesdays--Paper Play for January

Hidee ho to all you people out there in blogland!  A new January has rolled around and it is time to add to last year's January kit.  Now after a discussion with Suze, who is such a fan of the snowflake paper I made last January, I have decided to offer it up in different colours. Problem is, due to the way this particular paper is made, it takes over two and a half hours to create one.  Well, last year it may have been acceptable to just give you one paper in the monthly kit since I was so new to creating digitally.  However, that isn't the case anymore; so, I managed to create four frost papers in different colours to help add something extra.  Hopefully, next year I'll be able to add another snowflake version in yet a different colour if people like them.

The other thing I realized is that since I was working with no real agenda in sight, I didn't start naming the kits until much later in the year.  So, how about we call the January kit, Snow Much Fun. 

And, how about we get right to it starting with the snowflake companion paper to last year...

I kinda like the pink one myself.  If you are interested in its teal companion from last year, you can click HERE.

Now, here are the frost ones, to help build up the paper part of this particular kit...

 

Now I am not exactly sure why, but the papers are showing up much darker when I upload them to the blog than they do in my programs.  Hopefully they won't be too dark when you download them.

As usual, all of these papers are 3600 x 3600 pixels (i.e. 12 inches) and are published at 300 dpi.  Credit information for these papers can be found in the credit note below.

Stay tuned for another Wonderful Wednesday offering real soon as there is still more to come for this month's kit.

Until next time,

Credit Notes For This Creation:© 2014, Lisa L. Décosse.  PUO.  However, you are allowed to use these papers on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale basis provided credit is given.  You also need to include a credit note and a link to this blog should you use any of my images in your creations and post them on your blog.  If you would ever like to post a copy of these papers on your own blog or another location you MUST USE A WATERMARKED VERSION that I would be happy to supply you with.  Just drop me an email using the link in the right sidebar to request one.  Please be sure to familiarize yourself with my full terms of use found in the copyright tab at the top of this page.  I have included a quick summary below.   

If you are not sure how to copy the image, check out the download instructions page. Please be sure to read the Angel policy found under the copyright info tab above for the full terms.  Below is a quick summary of those Terms of Use. Along with the Credit Note above... 

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' or 'Lisa L. Décosse' somewhere on your creation. 
• Credit and provide a link if you post a creation on your blog using any of my work in your creations.
• Do not share my images with family, friends, etc.  Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc.  Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves.  If you would like to post a watermarked version of the image, please contact me to obtain one.
• If I have signed an image, do not delete my signature.
• Leave a comment on my blog.  It is currently the only way for me to know if any of my freebies are being nabbed.  Additionally, it will help to inspire me to continue to create and offer future freebies.

Wonderful Wednesdays: Lovely Lettering & Paper Play for November

It was rather busy last week and I'm afraid I didn't get a chance to get the Lovely Lettering portion of the November kit done so I'm here today pulling double duty and also offering up some Paper Play.

Before we start, how about I unveil the new kit title.  I had an really tough time figuring out which direction to go with for the November kit.  There is Thanksgiving for those living in the US but for those of us in Canada it has already passed.  Then there is the change in weather and also Remembrance day thrown into the mix.  While it was difficult deciding on a theme that I can carry through from year to year, I think I have found one that will work.  So, your kit for November is...

As Time Goes By

I can throw in some gratitude stuff down the road, do a little with the idea of remembering and just cover the idea of time in general.  I've gone with some rich darker tones for the colour palette and hope that someone will be able to make use of at least a portion of what I'll be offering up this month and in future Novembers to come.  Remember the monthly kits are a multi year event--for at least another two years anyways.

It also took me forever to find the right mix of colours I was looking for but I think I have finally settled on these for the most part.  Although I'm still not completely happy with it.  However, after tweaking with it for over 2 hours, I needed to move on or I would never have finished this post while it was still Wednesday.

As always, how about we start off with the name of the month...

 

 

These images are quite large.  If you are a card maker you can always resize them smaller without distorting the quality. 

I have this really cool font that uses fall harvest veggies and I REALLY wanted to have it ready for you.  However, it took me almost an hour just to colour in one of the letters in the word November and there was no way I would have had it done in time for today along with the other goodies I wanted to offer soooooooooooooo maybe I'll manage to get it ready for next year's kit.  So, you'll just have to settle for the ones above.  

I have found a great new place to get Photoshop resources that I can use to make commercial use products.  The blog is called Star Sunflower Studio.  Oh my goodness, I could get lost over there for hours.  Well, actually I did.  I spent almost three hours there yesterday and another two organizing and installing all my downloads.  The terms according to this site are that you must link to the source post where the item came from.  So instead of just creating a file and installing all the layer styles into one folder, I needed to install them in separate folders so I would know which set they came from.  Then I had to create a note for each set indicating the exact webpage it came from.  It was a lot of work and I only installed 13 folders BUT in the long run it will definitely be worth it to be able to offer you guys even more options.  Besides, if Star Sunflower Studio is willing to offer these for free and allow us designers to make money from what we create, then this is the absolute least we can do to ensure they receive proper credit.  I've included all the proper links below in the credit info paragraph.

Okay, it is time to move on to some Paper Play...

I've created four papers using the same colours as the words.  I'm also giving you two extra bonus papers, just because you guys are so wonderful.  Here are a couple watch papers I created in two of the colour mixes.

I must admit I think that these rank up there with my favourites.  I also plan on creating them in the other two colours for when I get the whole kit together for sale.

Each of these papers is 3600 x 3600 pixels (i.e. 12 inches) and is published at 300 dpi. Credit information for the templates used to create these papers can be found in the credit note below.

Stay tuned for another Wonderful Wednesday offering real soon as there is still more to come for this month's kit.

Until next time,

Credit Notes For This Creation:© 2013, Lisa L. Décosse.  PUO.  However, you are allowed to use these words and papers on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale basis provided credit is given.  You also need to include a credit note and a link to this blog should you use any of my images in your creations and post them on your blog.  If you would ever like to post a copy of these words or papers on your own blog or another location you MUST USE A WATERMARKED VERSION that I would be happy to supply you with.  Just drop me an email using the link in the right sidebar to request one.  Please be sure to familiarize yourself with my full terms of use found in the copyright tab at the top of this page.  I have included a quick summary below.   

Additional Credits:

Fonts
The font used in the creation of the words is:

• Candal font created by Vernon Adams

This font is free for commercial use.  Clicking on the name will bring you to a download location.

Layer Styles
The words above were created using layer styles from Star Sunflower Studio.   You can find the distressed vintage retro layer styles I used by clicking HERE.

Templates
The templates I used to create the plaid papers and the textured overlay used in all the papers, along with the pocket watch element that I used to create the other two papers are from Marisa Lerin, a designer with www.pixelscrapper.com.  These templates were purchased with a commercial use license.  Under this commercial use license, It is my understanding, that I am within my rights to give away and or sell any elements I personally create using said template, according to the terms of use I have set forth (please see full terms of use for what you can and can't do with this digital creation).

If you are not sure how to copy the image, check out the download instructions page. Please be sure to read the Angel policy found under the copyright info tab above for the full terms.  Below is a quick summary of those Terms of Use. Along with the Credit Note above... 

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' or 'Lisa L. Décosse' somewhere on your creation. 
• Credit and provide a link if you post a creation on your blog using any of my work in your creations.
• Do not share my images with family, friends, etc.  Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc.  Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves.  If you would like to post a watermarked version of the image, please contact me to obtain one.
• If I have signed an image, do not delete my signature.
• Leave a comment on my blog.  It is currently the only way for me to know if any of my freebies are being nabbed.  Additionally, it will help to inspire me to continue to create and offer future freebies.

Wonderful Wednesdays: Paper Play for October

Okay so just imagine it is still Wednesday.  Unfortunately everything didn't go smoothly and I wasn't able to get the papers or post done in the wee hours of the morning.  I was still working on it at 4:30 am and had to give up because I figured I was still a couple hours away from completion.  The reality was that I was almost four hours away from completion.  However, I am FINALLY done and can only hope that it was worth the wait.

Today I bring you Paper Play for the October kit, Frightfully Delightful.  Hopefully there will be something here that catches your fancy.  There are a total of four different papers.  This week I am also offering you a 6 inch by 6 inch version for anyone who is a card maker.  Now I know that some people are quite capable of resizing the image smaller or cropping it to suit their card making purposes but I figured I'd offer the two different sizes for at least this week.  I would like your feedback though, for anyone who downloads my papers.  Would you like me to continue to offer the six inch versions in future posts or are you comfortable resizing the 12 inch one yourself?  Your feedback will determine what I do in the future.

Okay so how about we get on with the show.  To better view the images, left click on them to bring them up in the lightbox...

So, if they went in properly, the top image of the pair SHOULD be the 3600 x 3600 pixels (i.e. 12 inches) and the bottom should be 1800 x 1800 pixels (i.e. 6 inches).  Just in case there is a boo-boo with the ordering, when you go to save it, the smaller one will have '_6in' at the end of the name.  Credit information for the bat used to create the first paper and the pre-existing image used for part of the bottom creation can be found in the credit note below.

Stay tuned for another Wonderful Wednesday offering real soon as there is still more to come for this month's kit.

Until next time,

Credit Notes For This Creation:© 2013, Lisa L. Décosse.  PUO.  However, you are allowed to use these papers on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale basis provided credit is given.  You also need to include a credit note and a link to this blog should you use any of my images in your creations and post them on your blog.  Please be sure to familiarize yourself with my full terms of use found in the copyright tab at the top of this page.  I have included a quick summary below.   

The bat used to make the first paper is from Antique Images.  Thanks to Carolyn who has awesome terms of use allowing me to use this image in my creations and offer them up to you.  The bottom paper has been created using an image in the public domain available at PublicDomainPictures.net. Here are the photo credits: 

1. Petr Kratochvil
   

The font used to make the bottom picture is called Great Vibes.  It is free for commercial use and available by clicking on the name.

If you are not sure how to copy the image, check out the download instructions page. 

Please be sure to read the Angel policy found under the copyright info tab above for the full terms.  Below is a quick summary of those Terms of Use:      

Along with the Credit Note above... 

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' or 'Lisa L. Décosse' somewhere on your creation. 
• Credit and provide a link if you post a creation on your blog using any of my work in your creations.
• Do not share my images with family, friends, etc.  Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc.  Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves.  If you would like to post a watermarked version of the image, please contact me to obtain one.
• If I have signed an image, do not delete my signature.
• Leave a comment on my blog.  It is currently the only way for me to know if any of my freebies are being nabbed.  Additionally, it will help to inspire me to continue to create and offer future freebies.

Wonderful Wednesdays Part II: Paper Play for September

So it is time for a little paper play my friends.  

I realize this next offering may not appeal to everyone's taste but I really like this unusually coloured pumpking and thought it make for a cool backdrop for a fall layout.   Hopefully someone out there will think of a creative use for it as well.

Here are the next set of papers all created using my Fall into Fall Palette that I created.  Now I don't have a degree in colour theory by any means but I think these colours provide a nice range of fall colours.  I really hope they translate well from digital to print.  Unfortunately, I just never know how close the colour will be to what it looks like on the screen when the papers are printed out.

As a bonus paper to bring it up to five, I've also included this fall leaves paper.  While you can't really see the interesting textures at play with it being this small, once you bring it up full size you will be able to better see the intricacies.  It almost looks like a painting.  This one you should be able to easily use for both scrapbooking AND card making.  Can't wait to see what you make Suze!  I'm singling Suze out because she has the record for making the most number of cards using my papers.  The record currently sits at 14--and those are just the ones I know of!  Of course, I can't wait to see what any of you make and I would love to be able to showcase your creations in my gallery.  So, if you do manage to create something with one of these papers or ANY of my creations, make sure you send me a link to your work.  

Each paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels and in jpg format.  The pictures I used to create the top and bottom papers are available over at morgueFile.  Individual credits appear below. For the three middle papers I have used templates from Marisa Lerner at Pixel Scrapper. 

So today hopefully, there is something for scrapbookers and cardmakers alike. 

Stay tuned for another Wonderful Wednesday offering real soon as there is still more to come for this month's kit.

Until next time,

Credit Notes For This Creation:© 2013, Lisa L. Décosse.  PUO.  However, you are allowed to use these papers on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale basis provided credit is given.  You also need to include a credit note and a link to this blog should you use any of my images in your creations and post them on your blog.  Please be sure to familiarize yourself with my full terms of use found in the copyright tab at the top of this page.  I have included a quick summary below.  The three middle papers have been created using templates from Marisa Lerner at Pixel Scrapper.  The top and bottom papers have been created using images in the public domain available at morgueFile. In order of appearance here are the photo credits:

1. taliesin 
   
2. pennywise

If you are not sure how to copy the image, check out the download instructions page.  

 
Please be sure to read the Angel policy found under the copyright info tab above for the full terms.  Below is a quick summary of those Terms of Use:    

Along with the Credit Note above... 

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' or 'Lisa L. Décosse' somewhere on your creation. 
• Credit and provide a link if you post a creation on your blog using any of my work in your creations.
• Do not share my images with family, friends, etc.  Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc.  Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves.  If you would like to post a watermarked version of the image, please contact me to obtain one.
• If I have signed an image, do not delete my signature.
• Leave a comment on my blog.  It is currently the only way for me to know if any of my freebies are being nabbed.  Additionally, it will help to inspire me to continue to create and offer future freebies.