FREEBIES PU: Digi-creations by lizanne

Lizanne .... do what you can when you can and you are able ... I have a DIL that has chronic pain, I have some chronic pain and now have chronic hives to add to it which is why I've been quieter lately .... hard to create when you are itching and scratching or trying not to lol ... my message is this ... we are all dealing with something although it may not be chronic pain ... that kind of pain can keep you feeling you are alone but it's not true .. people do understand and if they don't they are not worth the energy to think of them. One step at a time, no matter what it is will get you to another day ... one moment at a time. If you don't feel like you can create something sometimes just getting in and playing will bring you something you like. Take care girl.

@Lizanne, I agree, don't push yourself, I think that ultimately, you need to feel joy while creating, take your time and I will always be on the look out for your designs, I think most of us don't plan to go anywhere else, this community is amazing, I plan to be here for years, so know that I got your back and I kind of understand what you are going through...I suffer from anxiety and depression, and cancer treatment of a few years ago left me with an abnormal fatigue and slow thought process for life, and I struggle to complete everyday tasks, and ALL my projects are WAY behind schedule, I hope I finish our Disney vacation scrapbook before my kids go to college LOL! but no pain though, you lady are a fighter! and very pretty by the way, always liked your avatar pic, beautiful smile!

Anyways, take care of yourself, be healthy and have fun designing kits and creating your layouts at your own pace, God bless you and your family, cheers!

Lizanne, do what you can when you can. Despite all you are going through, you are always complimenting people on their layouts and encouraging to other people. I also look forward to what you design when you are ready. Sending you good thoughts.

I deal with chronic pain as well, Lizanne, and there are a lot of days where I can't do as much as I'd like to. Some days it's migraines and my monitor's too bright, some days it's too painful to sit up due to degenerating discs in my spine, others it's fibromyalgia pain or lupus fatigue, or (worst) it's fibro fog where my thoughts are so slow/scattered that I can't manage to do anything but watch tv and nuke food that day.

I'm sure May is going to be crazy with all the graduation stuff, too. That only happens once per kid per degree/diploma; make it a priority to be in shape to enjoy the day rather than worrying about whatever else you'd like to get done. In the words of David Allen, "You can do anything; you just can't do EVERYTHING." Time management is critical for people with chronic illness/fatigue/pain because the amount of time/energy we are capable of doing things (especially physically) is much more limited than a "normal" person's. What matters most is your health, both physical and emotional. If you don't have that or can't maximize it and still do what you're doing, then focus on your health and don't worry about doing the extra stuff that you don't have to. The only things you HAVE to do are eat, sleep, wash yourself, and use the bathroom. Paying bills on time and washing dishes are my next priority, with laundry and housework following after. I get the physical stuff done as my various health challenges permit, and don't sweat it too much if they don't. I'm taking the same attitude with scrapping stuff now.

My April blog train part went up on the 6th, but I figured better late than never, and I'm glad I did--apparently people love it as much as I do, if the comments I've gotten are anything to go by.

I'd just put it up, perhaps with a brief explanation of why it's later, and go on with life. It's the way your life goes, and you're putting beautiful stuff up for free; if someone wants to complain or doesn't like it, that's THEIR problem for having a lack of perspective, not yours. I'm grateful for everything I download from here and from all of the blog trains, because people are giving away things that, in many cases, would fetch a premium price at most scrapbooking stores. They're donating their time to design, the website hosting, the file hosting space that they could perhaps use to back up their own scrapbooking supplies offsite to protect them from hard drive crashes...and anyone who refuses to recognize that really comes across to me as a self-centered ingrate. (Not that I'm being judgmental or anything, lol... that's just how they look.)

You've almost always got an encouraging word for everyone here; that certainly puts you in a class of people that seem all too rare in this day and age. I know I try to focus on positives as well, though I'm nowhere near as good at it as your comments here show.

@Lizanne When you don't have anyone offline that can relate, the world can seem so much bigger and that you're the only one going through whatever it may be ... I know I've felt like that in the past, that people didn't understand how much pain courses through my body every waking second. However, with just a few clicks of a mouse and strokes of a keyboard, you can find plenty of people who are going through the exact same thing. Just know that you are not alone....

As for the tiles, yes, i meant just the tiles themselves. lol Maybe I misunderstood, but that's what I thought you were going to upload, not actual papers. Why not just make some (5-10?) into papers rather than all of them? Just offering the tiles is good enough, especially since you're not feeling too well lately.

@Holly PSP has seamless tiling, but it looks like she was making them small, then planning to flood fill a 12 X 12 image. I do the same thing when I make patterns.

Um, all of the tiles would be nice. LOL I really do like them; as I said, they're funky. As far as tiling goes, it really depends what you're working with ... PSP's tiling isn't all that great compared to a plugin I used to use but doesn't work with Windows8. To me, it's more for use with a single object, such as a heart, than anything else. Going from the above tiles, I'm going to assume you used the Pattern/Kaleidoscope effect under Reflection Effects. I don't play around with those, so I won't be of much use in that area. I actually wrote up a tutorial for Jennifer to show her how to make seamless patterns (dots, hearts, whatever) using a single image; it's written for a beginner (with screenshots) because I didn't know her skill level. If you want, I can email it to you, too. Wait, never mind ... I deleted that one. Hold on, checking email to see if I deleted it there, too. It's gone there, as well. Ugh, um ... send her message to see if she still has it.

I downloaded your part of the blog train for one of the months I was gone. I'll have to take a closer look at what you did. I just saw your picture and hit the download link without really paying attention to what you made. LOL

I recall a conversation we had a long time ago where I was telling you to post stuff you design, but you seemed hesitant. I think that's why I downloaded it without really looking. I'm glad you began sharing!

Lizanne, I love these! There's no such thing as too late to release pretty papers, and these will be too much fun with the "Reflections" theme items from others. I'm really looking forward to using them on art-journal pages.

Lizanne, these papers are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

I agree with Holly, no such thing as late for papers as beautiful as these. And the same thing happens to me as happens with Kathryn, link to paper pack 1 comes up as paper pack 4. These are beautiful. Thank you so much!

It worked Lizanne and they are beautiful--just as the others! Thanks!

Thanks Lizanne, lovely colors!

Thanks for sharing

Very pretty papers, thank you!