Creative Ideas by Katharina

Katharina is giving away this stamp plus an envelope of images to celebrate her 30th Birthday... make sure to check out her blog and sign up for her newsletter... click on over to Creative Ideas by Katharina.

Totally Off-topic

A year ago on April 26th, my husband and I lost a good friend. Actually Joe was more than a good friend, he was family. It hurt terribly to lose Joe, especially since it didn't need to happen. Joe lost his battle with Post Tramatic Stress Disorder and committed suicide. He had just returned from his second tour of duty in Iraq in November of 2006 and in April 2007 left us with a hole in our hearts.

Coming up the weekend of May 3rd many friends of Joe will be holding a motorcycle run in his memory to raise money for a billboard to be placed somewhere along I-94 in North Dakota that will read "PTSD and depression is real. Get help now." with a phone number to call at the bottom. We don't want anyone else to do what Joe did when help is available to them 24/7. We are dedicating this not just to Joe, but to all the veterans who need help.

If you would like to take part in the motorcycle run the details can be found at http://www.trailblazermc.com/ . If you would like to help organize, help or have suggestions for the design of the billboard, or would just like to donate to the fund, you can contact Matt Leaf.

A Busy Week!

It's been a BUSY week here. Not only did we prep my oldest daughter for her move to Oklahoma last Thursday, but we also had Prom last Saturday. But the biggest news....

I'm going to be a GRANDMA... meet the newest member of our family who will be making HIS debut around July 9th.... Joseph Brent Porter...

So to celebrate... I'm giving away baby cards to the first two people to post to my blog!!

Military Unity Ribbons

As you all know, my loving hubby and my son are both in the Army Nat'l Guard and I'm a PROUD Army Wife and Mom. So while playing with my new KNK software, I decided to make a unity ribbon and since I didn't want to leave out the other three services, I created ribbons for the Navy, Air Force, Marines as well as my FAVORITE... ARMY! Hope you all enjoy these!

DXF file KNK file GSD file

Please remember that for those who use the GSD file version... I am using the updated version of RoboMaster, so you might want to download the DXF version. Also I've posted a terms of use on the sidebar.

Enjoy!

My First Cutting File

Ok... so I'm pretty excited. I purchased KNKstudioGE last week and finally got a chance to play today! So I'm sharing my first cutting file!

DXF file SVG file KNK file GSD file

Just a note to those who use the GSD file version... I am using the newest version of RoboMaster so you might want to download the DXF version.

You are welcome to share it with a friend or two, but please respect my creative rights and do not resell or redistribute my files in any way, either through the internet, cd or sharing of computer files. Please do not post my files to share on any groups or thru email, but you are welcome to pass along the link to my blog to anyone you would like to share the file with.

Thanks, let me know how you like it!

Shout Out to SheetLoad

If you are into Cardmaking... you need to check out the April issue of the eZine SheetLoad. It has designs, cutting guides and instructions for 9 cards.

If you enjoy the April issue, you can also download past issues as well. Definately worth the time and trouble to check out!

Bind It All

I got my new Bind It All by Zutter yesterday... it will even punch thru cd's and bind a cd book!! Here is a little album I put together for a display at the Scrapnook in Fargo...

I used a new line of papers from Daisy D's. The "i love u" and "mom" were cut from my cricut.