Sunday Freebies: Free .KNK File & Free .GSD File

Good Morning! I woke up early and put my pork butt (hehe) into my crock pot for tonight's special...Pulled Pork BBQ!!! Yummmmmm..my favorite!

Since I had time, and since I could not share my meal with you, I came up with another way to share a little LOVE with you! Here is a quick and easy ribbon slide which you can use on cards or as an accent to a layout. The best part is that it is comprised of ONLY 3 pieces!

I have also finished another quick and dirty that I will be uploading shortly on how to customize your toolbars in the KNK program.

I have gotten good feedback on the other little videos I have shared, which is nice to have. Right now I am just doing ones that I know would have helped me starting out. I do have a few that have been requested on a list, but if you have any specific ones you would like to see, I will do my best to create. Just send me a quick note and let me know.

Hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed day!

Eddita

Love Ribbon Slide .KNK

Love Ribbon Slide .GSD

Summer Vacations - Road Trip

I added a new file to the featured window on the left called Road Trip! With summer here a lot of people are still gathering their family together and hitting the highways for their vacation.

When I was growing up, as my Dad was a firefighter, he would work a revolving schedule (3 day rotations). Every other year however he would get a full 30 days off for vacation. It was during those times that we would drive to Mexico to visit my Mom's family from up here near the Nation's Capital.

I looked forward to those trips! My mother knowing how kids attention span is limited, would in advance set aside shoeboxes and during the year purchase small (identical) little gifts for us. Each one of these she would gift wrap until the box was full of cool stuff. Everyday we were good and didn't whine and complain she would allow us to open our wonderful box and pick one package to unwrap.

It would be full of really neat stuff! Let's see how many of you can remember some of the following:

Magnetic Scotty Dogs
Number Slide Puzzle
2 piece wire puzzles
Flip Books
Pez Dispensers
Pez Refills
Little Round Maze Puzzle (it would have a little ball that you would roll around and have land on the right spot)
ETC!

We also had road bingo boards, Magnetic Face Boards with the metal filings where you could drop shavings to make beards, eyebrows etc) and Silly Putty.

OH....and WE SANG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I grew up learning all of the patriotic songs from my Dad as well as the fun ones like She'll be coming 'round the mountain...and Froggy went a Courtin...I still know them all by heart.

The file also reminds me of the way the car was loaded up...I'm sure your cars were as well!

Hope you enjoy!
Eddita :)

How to Pounce (not like a cat) and Blackberries!

When you make or purchase a file it may include "pounce" lines. This of course is not to be confused with a dashed line which sometimes is just meant to be cut out. The pattern instructions will be very clear when you should pounce and when you should cut. In almost all of the cases that I have seen (in my little time as a cutter) pounce lines are used for fold lines when making 3-D gift boxes, bags, peek a boo windows and when making a card base.

It is a very easy feature to use and I have added it to my list of Quick and Dirty Tutorials on the left for you to download and enjoy....remember my usual disclaimer...I don't know what I'm doing, but it works good enough for me! LOL!

Now onto Blackberries! I purchased a couple of canes at the end of the season last year from Gurney's Mail Order Catalog and planted them. They really didn't look like much but let me tell you they have taken over!!! The plan this weekend is to make blackberry jelly and can for later use. I now have 5 cups puree in the fridge, sugar, pectin and my jars. I still need to run out and get the lids, but that's just a small detail!

I started canning 24 years ago thanks to a wonderful friend. She is Morman and she explained to me how important it is to put away a years worth of food. Now I have never done that but I was impressed how she would go to the farmers market and purchase boatloads of tomatos and vegetables and would can away! Now being the craft crazed woman (girl at that time thank you very much!) that I am, you KNOW I couldn't just sit back and not join in! LOL....Her husband found me a used Presto Canner for $ 25 and she and I would take turns at each other's home preserving foods and making jellies and jams. Once she visited a friend who had a concord grape arbor and she came home with (and I am not kidding) 75 lbs. of grapes. Can you say Grape Juice and Jelly for 2 years!!! But BOY was that yummy. It was just like Welch's but free except for the labor and sugar.

Do you know I still use that same canner! While I have moved a few times in the interim, every time that I pull it out she is standing right next to me. If you go into my basement I have shelves with peaches, tomatos, soups and jams and jellies. It's great to be able to open a jar and know that what is inside is what I put into it. My DH says the best thing in each jar is the Love he tastes! Isn't he sweet, I think I will keep him another day LOL!

Anyway, enough rambling for now. Take care and I'll talk to you all later!

Eddita :)

SPLAT PIG & New Card

I found this really cool pig at a novelty store and immediately thought of a friend with whom I had not spoken to in months. I went ahead and purchased it to send to her, since she really loves piggies and even collects them. The neat thing about the Splat Pig is that she can squash and throw about and it will maintain it's pig shape. I then thought that I would make a really neat card to go with it. To that end I came up with this one: "PIGS REALLY CAN FLY" and "EDDITA REALLY CAN WRITE!".

I created the flying pig file all the time laughing and thinking about how much she would like it. As I was finishing it up, the phone rang...guess who?!! My friend Eveline! Her ears must have been on fire and I told her so. We have not spoken for a couple of months and there she was Calling ME!!

I immediately told her that I would be posting something tomorrow for her so she should keep an eye out for the mailman. We caught up and set a date to get together (in September!) when both our schedules worked out!

Well, I just wanted to share that with you. It's nice to catch up with old friends, and if you haven't lately because of time constraints, you might want to pick up the old phone and give someone a ring. I know how nice it was for me today.

Eddita :)

PS: I see some of you have gone and found the free file. Glad you got it!

Block Nesting Tutorial and FREE File (.KNK & .GSD)

Have any of you ever tried block nesting? If some of you are thinking of the nesting cubes and cups you played (or are playing with) your children, you are on the complete wrong track!

This is a cool little feature of the KNK program which allows you to save as much paper as possible without waste. I hear sounds of joy coming from those paper collectors out there who shudder at the thought of tossing the slightest little bit of scrap because they "KNOW" they will be able to use it with some other project...you know who you are LOL!

This is a feature I use a lot, especially with text, to maximize my material. I have added it to the list of Quick & Dirty Tutorials. Let me know if they are helping and if there is something you would like to see.

Now for the freebie. This time it is a hunt and go seek file. Just go to my gallery at Cutters Market and search through all of the different catagories. Both the .KNK and .GSD versions are available. Need a hint? Here you go:

Has anyone other than me noticed how hot it is out there? Well, I have and when the weather gets hot you see these these more and more. Think you got it?

Hope you enjoy! Thanks again for stopping by!
Eddita :)

Quick and Dirty Video Tutorials!

I have really been enjoying making quick little tutorials to help answer some of the questions I see about how to use certain features, or how to do something in particular with the KNK studio.

I have tried to upload on this blog, but have not been too happy about the quality so to that end if you look at the top of the column to the left you will see the Heading "Quick and Dirty Video Tutorials".

Quick because I just do it fast off the top of my head and Dirty because they are not the big dollar stuff and are really just done to help me get the job done LOL!

To begin, make a folder somewhere on your computer so you know where you are downloading and can find quickly to watch. After you have done that, just click on the link and it will take you to a place where you can download them to your folder. Don't worry that the video will start to play, nothing is wrong, just look right underneath for a button that says something like download now. Go ahead and do it and save to your computer. You can then open it from your Windows Explorer and view full size.

Now here is my disclaimer "I don't know what I am doing, I'm just making this up as I go and showing what I have found to work for me"

If you're ok with that follow me ROFLOL!

What else, oh yes, I have been continuing to work on my Washington DC files and have added a new one to my gallery. Here is the Lincoln Memorial:



Ok, so that is all for today, I will be working on a free file to share shortly, but just wanted to give you an idea of what I am working on. If you have any questions about your KNK just send me a quick email and I will try to see what I can come up with for you.

Thanks for your visit (really makes me feel like I'm not just talking to myself!)

Eddita :)

I am completely WOWED!

Do you remember when I asked if anyone would be interested in test cutting a file for me? Well Karen was one who answered my call. She just shared with me her layout using the Lady Liberty file...I don't know what to say except WOWWWWWW!!!

I really love the way she added the firework image behind the torch, it really makes it light up! Compared to hers, mine is a piker LOL! I guess that means back to the drawing board!

Here it is:



Isn't it just great?! I love to see what people create using my files!

Great Job Karen!

Eddita :)