Would you believe I have started ANOTHER blog! Good thing these things are free!!! (I guess???). The new one is all about the classes I am now teaching. It is set up to tell you everything you need to know about my classes, scheduling and templates used in the classes that are available for purchase. If you get a chance stop by and give suggestions, I can always use those!
http://www.nancybabb-classes.blogspot.com/
Thanks, hope to see you there!
Well, it has been a CRAZY few weeks!!! Started a new company, a new group, and now a new blog!
http://www.digitaldesigndivas.blogspot.com/. I'm thinking that this one will probably be layed to rest because 2 is hard, 3....well...I really don't have that much to say!
If you haven't joined me yet on Crafter's Digital Art Center...PLEASE DO!!! It is a brand new group, run a little differently from other (from what they tell me...not sure of the differences...but that's what they tell me). My group is Digital Design Divas.... please come on!!! I NEED HELP!!!
Take care and I hope to see you soon...at the new location!
Nancy
OH MY GOODNESS!!! Talk about your "suddenlies" I am living on a roller coaster these days... not the up and down part...but the FAST part!!! Got the site up and running, now its time to find the people. One of you sweet ladies (Tracy) told me about a new group that was just started June 2 called "Crafters Digital Art Center"....(see the link in the left column) and now we are a "Group" there!!! I started the process earlier tonight thinking it would take a few days... NOT!!!! The lady that started the group (Presilla) hand held me through the whole set up and I already have THREE members!!! That happened almost immediately, in the middle of the night! So now I actually have to do something with it! OMG!!!
I love that CDAC is a new group because it isn't so overwhelming and it is easier to find my way around than Paper Craft Planet is.
And get this, I have already learned how to do something with digital stamps that I didn't know could be done just 30 minutes ago...because of a great tutorial. I don't know why I never thought of it...but hey, I've had other things, ya know? ANYWAY, she showed how to change the dark outline to a light 20% so that it prints just a light/light line on the paper... then you can color it to look like an original colored piece of art instead of a stamp that has been colored in. VERY VERY COOL! I'll be doing some of that soon...if I find the time that is.
ANYWAY, come join my group!!! I NEED people! Just click on the link to the left then Join Digital Design Divas group. It'll be fun!
Whew! 4am again... where does the time go?!
Oh! and THANKS AGAIN Tracy!
nite
For real this time! Sorry to all of you that may have gone to the shop yesterday and this morning and found it down. WE ARE BACK!!!
The main issue was that when the lawyer wanted to change the Angel Policy EVERY THING had to change!!!
The good news was that there are no pesky names and signatures ON the picture... that will need to be added to any final cards or products ... on the back, or the hang tag, or web page... but it isn't ON THE IMAGE!!!
I had to take it off of almost 90 pictures that were already done... then recreate all the .ZIP files that you will download and modify the file that tells all that how to work!
WHEWWW!!! The things I've learned in the last week.... I went from ZERO knowledge of how to create a web store, to up and done in one week! even with having to do everything 2 or 3 times! ARRRRGH
If ever you want to do that, just ask, its not nearly as horrible as I feared...but VERY VERY VERY detailed! There are about 30 steps (never counted but there has to be AT LEAST that many) to actually getting a single digi loaded ready for sale!
But, we are there with 70+ images, for today anyway... I have more to load... and changes to the home page to make... that's another day... today I have errands to run.
Have a great one!
WE NOW HAVE A Rubber Stamp STORE WEBSITE!!!!
We are getting closer and closer! I'm thinking sometime this weekend we will have lift off!!! There are 60 stamps loaded already...more ready to follow later, I just have to get them ready for automatic download. WHOOHOO!!!
One more sneek peek....
"The Me I See"
I was up all night figuring out how to do the website! Feeling quiet clever now because I've about got this sucker figure out! It is actually "there"... just not "loaded". I only have about 10 stamps loaded...as samples to see how things would look. OH MY GOSH! What a lot of work!!! Forget all the work to create the site... the "maintenance" is going to be WILD! I have a new appreciation for all Christy has to do to just put one picture in!!! Believe me! she's earning her $$$. I honestly don't know how one person does it all!
Anyway, I am REALLY tired and sleepy so I had to stop before the last step of adding the software that lets you download automatically...no emails required from me. Too much thinking and focus required for that!
I just wanted to let you know that we are closer than you think!!! And, if you are reading my blogs you will be the first to know!
Take care all, I'm OFF!!!
Hi All,
I am still out of town so I feel like I'm handicapped without my CorelDraw and ways to add pictures to what I say...but I wanted to write anyway...
I just looked at my list of visitors this morning and I am, once again, amazed by the internet! It just boggles my mind that I have had visitors from so many countries in the last 3 months that I have been up and running. CRAZY!!! The list is at the bottom ...
| I know that some were just quick stop overs on the way to some other blog, but still! I just wanted to thank all you guys...and most especially you that continue to come back and even comment! I love hearing from all of you. I don't always respond because I'm not exactly sure I know how.... ........question....... if I comment to you after your comment, do you know it??? Does an email come to you??? I feel like I'm replying and no one ever sees it. If you do or don't (and I'd really like to know) please know that I do read every one (now that i know how to get an email sent to me) and appreciate all you have to say!THANKS FOR STOPPING BY ALL!!! This is the list...I think it must be sorted by who came by first... I didn't sort it, the software that tracks it did. |
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Well... OK, I can tell, but I can't show....
I just wanted to give you guys a little update on Andrea's stamps. I CAN NOT WAIT to be able to show you what we have so far!!! Right this minute I have 34, ready to sell, stamps! WHOOHOO!!! But I can't! She has lived with some of these characters since the 70s and they are her babies!!! Everyone has a name ( most that I can't pronounce!) They go from just plain weird (I think those are from her drugs in the 70s!!!) to some absolutely precious/beautiful fairies! And, of course, there had to be a girl with tatoos.
Some are hilarious! She showed me a couple that she came up with last night that I couldn't stop laughing over. There has got to be something that you like in all that she has so far...the varity is amazing. All are totally unique characters.
Yesterday I posted some sayings that I had come up with about princess kissing frogs to go with some of Christy Croll's new stamps. That was before I had seen them so my mental visual was entirely different from actual reality... NOT A MATCH! I absolutely LOVE what she did, PRECIOUS! PRECIOUS! But my words would probably go better with Maxine's daughter! You know, the old lady cartoon character Maxine that has something sarcastic to say about everything. (click on her name if you don't know who I'm talking about)
Well, after going out and buying $50 worth of books to learn how to draw...because I want to get what is in my brain out on paper!!! an artist friend of mine called. We haven't talked in about a year so this was kinda "out of nowhere". (like there is such a thing when God is involved with every detail of my life?!) She is an INCREDIBLE artist! Her job, all her life, has been set design, and creation, for plays and amazing wall murals. VERY HARD WORK! She is now in her 60s (70s???) and doesn't need to be climbing scaffolding and on her knees painting anymore.....soooooo, I think I finally convinced her she needs to give digital stamp making a go! I gave her my list of words from yesterday and hopefully I'll see some output soon! We may have a new digital source soon ladies!!! She is totally clueless about the PC world so it looks like I might be doing that end of it for her, at least to get her started.
The really fun part is that she is the living, breathing, true life form of Maxine! There is NO TELLING what we might see! Talk about ATTITUDE!
Thought I'd share a couple websites that have TOTALLY FREE digital stuff...
The first is:
Digital Scrapbook Experts:
http://www.digitalscrapbookexperts.com/collectAKitLanding2.php
Every day you get an email with a link to that day's FREEBIE. I was a little bit afraid to sign up at first because I didn't want to suddenly find I was suppose to pay for something! But, I have been signed up two months now and haven't paid a penny! They have a different theme pack every month and you get a part of that pack every day. One day it might be part of the alphabet, the next a label, then back to more of the alphabet. Definitely worth signing up if you want to play with digis.
Today I start to clean out the piles and piles of stamps I have collected over the years! I was a StampinUp! demonstrator for several years and I thought I had to have them all! Well! Most never even got put together! The ones that were mounted rarely, if ever, got used! Its like everything else, I like the "getting", not so much the "using".
So, now, if I ever hope to move I have got to start finding the floor again!!! I could fill up a walk-in closet of just stamps, if I were that organized!
ANYWAY, if you click HERE,
it will take you to the beginnings of my list. I only have 22 sets available right now...it is a LOT of work to just get them into my computer room and scanned!!
I am so sorry for the archaic way I'm having to do it... I don't have Web developer software anymore so I'm amazed I got anything out there!!! I feel like I'm working with two left feet! I have done all I can think of to actually display a picture on the list page but it will not do it!!! I'm sorry but you'll have to click on the name to actually see the stamps.
I promise to keep adding to the list as quickly as possible, (if I see that people are even looking at the list!).
Please understand, some things may not get taken off the list immediately when someone orders it...so if two of you order the same set before I can make updates, the first one will get it. I will email that info to you.
