Blue Nile Scrap Designs

New Scrap Watermelon Summer

2011-06-21T14:10:00.000-07:00

Hey, I'm on a roll! Two scrap kits in the same month! Just finished the new one, Watermelon Summer, last night.... or should I say this morning, because it was four a.m. when I finished it!

Why Watermelon Summer? When I was a kid, back in the early 30's, as a friend of mine used to say, my great grandparents had a farm in Cass County, Texas, and one of my favorite pastimes was going out to the farm for the weekend. There was a pot load of cousins who would come, too, because Sunday dinner at Grandmother's was a not-to-be-missed occasion. We would help Grandmother with some of the chores, like milking the cow, gathering eggs, and feeding the chickens. But one of our favorite things was when we could sneak off into the watermelon patch and eat the watermelons, sitting out in the middle of the rows. They were better tasting than any watermelon I've eaten since. Even Granddaddy finding us eating the melons and threatening to take a switch us all couldn't change the enjoyment of eating them.

Anyway, the prieview is below. Anyone who would like to have the kit can email me and I;ll be happy to send it off.

New Scrap: Ice Cream Shop

2011-06-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I had an 'Aha!' moment when I finally discovered the wonders of the autocrop tool on my PSP. It was an ephiphany because it made me start looking at all my scraps and discovering that I had been leaving a lot of blank space around them, thus making my kits bigger in size. Then, I started checking out the kits I had snagged from other people and discovered that I wasn't the only one who was adding nothing (as in blank space around the graphics)... a lot of other scrappers were doing it, too.

Now, I'm not the blank space police, but I have seen kits by scrappers who apparently love kits with hundreds of pieces, (and there's nothing wrong with that) but the kits wind up being divided amongst five files, even on Megaupload. I have to pass so many of them up because I only have my little netbook with its teeny tiny memory, and I got no place to put them! I've already filled up two 8 gig flash drives with stuff and just started on a 4 gig. So, it would be most thoughtful if my fellow scrappers could start cropping the blank spaces of their graphics, not only for my sake and that of other scrap lovers, but it would probably take a load off of their own memories!

Okay, enough soap-boxing for the nonce. I have been dreaming of ice cream lately, and so I cobbled up this little kit for those who share that obsession. Of, course, these days, I have to resort to the low sugar alternatives bt they still taste yummy! Anyone who would like to have the kit can email me at penneyn@gmail.com and I'll be happy to send it off!
The preview is below.

New on Blue Nile Scrap Design Today!

2011-03-20T21:28:00.001-07:00

Just added BNSD to a blogger top site for digital scrapping. I hope all of my friends will drop by and vote for me! Hope you will all recomment me to your scrapping friends.

New scrap kits coming soon! Please visit again to see the new items.

True Love Valentine Quick Page

2011-02-04T14:27:00.000-08:00

Hello, fellow scrappers! I know it's been a few months since I've had anything to share with you, but the long dry spell seems to finally be over! Today, I have a Valentines Day quick page for you. It's called 'True Love' and it's intended for you and your true love, thought it can be used for any two photos you'd like to use. If you are interested in Valentine having it, please email me at penneyn@gmail.com, and I'll send the zip to you.

I am also working on a full size kit, which I should be able to post before Valentine's Day

The preview for 'True Love' is below.

An Homage to a Great Actor

2010-06-01T00:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I woke up to the news that Dennis Hopper had passed away at the age of 74 from prostate cancer. I was very saddened at this news, because I had always found him to be a very unique actor and enjoyed many of his performances, from his role as Billy in 'Easy Rider', the evil yet zany Deacon, leader of the Smokers in 'Waterworld', and the maimed, homicidal ex-cop, Howard Payne, in 'Speed'. However, my favorite of all his roles was as King Koopa in the critic panned 'Super Mario Brothers'; I will always see the embattled Koopa chasing Mario and Luigi through the city, trying to kill them and yelling, 'Plumbers!' Even after seeing the movie countless times, it still makes me laugh. Dennis was expert at giving his own interpretation to a character and making you love him regardless of whether he was good or bad.

For all of his life, Dennis was a maverick, a renegade, doing things his way. Terms like 'star', and 'icon' do not do him justice. He was a true original. There is one less light shining in the firmament of Hollywood tonight, and the world is just a bit less colorful for his loss.

In homage to him I have made the quick page memorial you see below. If anyone else was a fan of this talented man and wishes to have it to honor him, please email me at penneyn@gmail.com, and I will send you the zip file. It would be nice to see his memory honored on a thousand pages.

Someone Did a BIG No-No!

2010-05-22T00:53:00.000-07:00

You know, folks, as Terms of Use go, mine are not really restrictive; I allow scrappers to use them in any way they'd like for personal use and I don't ask a lot in return. The major thing I ask is that people who use them refer others to my blog to be able to download my scraps for themselves there. I don't want them downloaded to any other file sharing site. I don't think that's a lot to ask, and yet, someone (I haven't been able to find out just who yet) has uploaded one of my kits to this site: http://www.filestube.com/38f411915c20a46003ea,g/Love-is-in-the-Air-by-Blue-Nile-Scrap-Designs.html

I would appreciate if anyone who knows who this file sharing account belongs to would please let them know that I would like them to remove this and simply provide a link to my blog instead. I'm not going to call out the copyright police on this, but it shows a distinct lack of respect for other people's property. I don't want to have to remove the download link to the kits, but if this happens again, I may wind up having to ask people to email me for the kits, and that is just such a hassle for everyone involved.

Okay, since I have become horribly addicted to Facebook games and spend too much of my time playing them. I have decided to do quick pages instead of full kits for a while. I just got a Wacom Bamboo graphics tablet, and I need to learn to use it so I can produce better looking graphics for my kits.

I hope you will all still come around to see if you can find anything that meets your fancy with them. I'm still going to do kits, but it will be a while before I go back to them, So, come back by in a few days and send all your scrapbooking buddies by as well!

Mardi Gras!

2010-02-22T14:06:00.000-08:00

Greetings, fellow scrap addicts and happy Mardi Gras! For
those of you who interested, I have a mini kit called 'Carnivale!' It has three
papers and 8 elements... something perfect to make a quick page out of! Though I
have never been to Mardi Gras, I used to visit N'awlins frequently, and I loved
the French Quarter. The perfect way to start your day was cafe au lait and
croissants at the Cafe du Monde in Jackson Square, watching the river boats
paddle by. If you've never a the chance to visit New Orleans, it is a beautiful
city and well worthwhile a visit. Be sure to visit the French Quarter, which is
where the city began. Places you shouldn't miss visiting are the Cafe du Monde
and Jackson Square, of course, Bourbon Street, where you will find all kinds of
wonderful bars... if you like a drink or two, be sure to take the cocktail tour!
other must-see attractions are the Garden District (especially if you are and
Ann Rice fan) and the Audubon zoo. And , of course, everyone needs to see Mardi
Gras at least once. Someday, I'm going to get to go myself!

Anyway, the preview for the kit is below, and you can
download it here.

Love Is In the Air - Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-07T21:08:00.000-08:00

Happy February, visitor, and welcome! I hope you're up for a Valentine scrap, because that's what I have for you. It's called 'Love is in the Air. It has four papers, a set of conversation hearts, two pieces of word art and a cute little tuxedo header. The preview is below, and you can download the kit here

My First Christmas Scrap Kit

2009-12-02T19:49:00.000-08:00

I finally finished the Christmas scrap kit! Yay! It was a long process because I wanted to make most of it myself. Have you ever tried to find a tutorial for a Christmas tree garland? They are few and far in between, believe me. I spent a couple of days looking through thousands of entries on a Google search, many of them with NO relation to what I was looking for (Why can’t someone create a search engine that will allow you to search for all the words in a phrase and not just any of the words in any phrase? Ask Jeeves used to do that, but when they became Ask.com, they dropped that format and became just another search engine.)

Finally someone in one of the groups I am a member of finally recommended their scrap blog to me. That was Spencer of Humbug Graphics Galore, and my sincerest thanks goes out to her for that. It not only helped me with the tutorial for the garland, but I discovered that the blog is loaded with other wonderful tutorials for many other scrap elements and functions. So, now, Humbug Graphics Galore is now one of my favorite tutorial sites, along with Scrap Stuff with PSP by Shawna. For those who would like to check them out, Humbug Graphics Galore is here, and Scrap Stuff with PSP by Shawna is here. I think if you visit either of these places if you’re a scrapper, you’ll find lots of goodies you’ll like!

The candy canes and candle centerpieces in this kit are from Designs by Sandi and are used with her permission. If you use this kit, please provide a credit to her as well.

Okay, on with business! The preview for my Christmas kit is below, and you can download it here. I hope everyone will enjoy it, and I wish you all a very happy holiday season, no matter how you observe it!

Thanksgiving Scrap

2009-11-18T21:14:00.000-08:00

I’ve finally finished my Thanksgiving scrap, and I’m hoping that my visitors will like it. My two favorite parts of it are the button corn and the turkey. The idea for the button corn came from a design for a paper scrapping site called All Kids Network I thought it was just too cute, and had to try to recreate it for a digital kit. I got the idea for the turkey from an Oriental Trading Company catalog.

The pinwheel was a template that came from a scrapping blog which I was silly enough not to bookmark. If any of my visitors know which blog it is from, if you could could drop me an email and give me the URL, I would be most appreciative. I want to give credit to anyone whose work I use.

Okay. ‘nuff said. The preview of the Thanksgiving scrap is below, and if you like it, you are welcome to snag it here.

I'm Late, I'm Late!

2009-11-17T16:53:00.000-08:00

Yes, so much to do and so little of me! *laughs* I had hoped to have finished the Thanksgiving scrap and have it posted for those folks who wanted it by now, but unfortunately, reality has a bad habit of interfering in my virtual life, and I haven't been able to get that done. I am still trying to find ideas for elements for it, but hopefully I can do that soon and get the kit posted.

I am also working on a Christmas scrap that I want to shore with the Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking Freebies site, where the link to the scrap will be available throughout December. It's a great way to great way to get traffic to your site; and while you visitors are snagging freebies maybe they'll buy a few things as well! The blog is here and it's worth visiting if for no other reason than to see the wonderful background set they have there. Let it snow!

I am also hoping to be able to start getting some commercial use stuff up in the near future. There will always be freebies here at Blue Nile Scrap Design, but I am hoping to be able to supplement my income with a few items to purchase as well.

So, dear visitor, please keep popping in to see what I have for you. I promise it will be worthwhile!

2009-11-07T12:29:00.000-08:00

Happy Saturday, everyone! I've finally finished my very first scrap kit, and I'm unveiling it today. It's called 'Baby, It's Cold Outside', and I got the idea for it while watching my four-year-old granddaughter watch 'Elf' for about the nine thousandth time. The movie irritates me tremendously, but I love the way Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone sing the song; makes it almost worthwhile. At any rate, I went even crazier, trying to find a way to make the icicles in the kit, until I found Eye Candy: Nature. OMG, is this filter fabulous or what? My sincerest thanks to Shawna of Scrap Stuff with PSP. Not only are her tutorials fabulous, but she has found some of the best filters I've ever seen! Shawna is my scrap guru... LOL! You can check out her site for yourself here: http://scrap-stuff-with-psp-tutorials.blogspot.com/

If you like the kit, feel free to grab it. You can download it here: http://www.4shared.com/file/148058918/617ed1ad/cold.html

Since I am new to the digital scrapbook world, I would really appreciate any constructive criticism you might care to leave to help me improve and make more awesomted working e stuff. I'm off now... onward and upward!I've started working on a Thanksgiving kit, and now, I gotta go chase down a turkey... ur, uh... tutorial. Turkey tutorial. *laughs*

Enjoy the kit and come back again soon to see what else I have come up with!

Coming Soon - Blue Nile Scrap Designs!

2009-11-03T21:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome, visitor! I have just started learning how to design digital scrap book pages, and eventually, this will be where my little scrap blog is going to be. For now, it's just a blank page, waiting to be dressed, but hopefully, soon, I'll be adding the window dressing, and all my scrapping visitors will be able to find a lot of interest here.

So come back again soon to see what I've done with the place. In the meanwhile, if you enjoy decorative alphabets, you might drop by Alphas by Lady Red to see if I have anything that catches your fancy.