Monkey's Musings: Paris New York

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Paris New York Blog Train # 25

Here is your list of stops

My layout made with KapiScrap & Art mini.

Download valid through June 21, 2016 click here.

Link removed Monday June 27th. Thank you.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Paris New York Blog Hop

It is time for another PNY blog train. Hard to believe this is number 24.

I have a quick page for you again this time. I hope you like it.

The quick page I made doesn't have the word art. I used 99% Winsor Digi-Designs and the one piece of solid paper is from Dea's Designs.

Download links are valid through April 21, 2016.

Any problems please leave a message below with your e-mail address and I will get back to you.

Thank you for stopping by.

Dropbox link

Box.com link

Complete list of stops

Thursday, February 25, 2016

I seem to get comments lately that I don't leave my freebies up long enough or they are not posted on time which is frustrating as I do not make up the rules for this blog train. I am not a designer I am just a CT on many different designers teams.

The rules for this blog train is that the links get posted at NOON Paris time. I try to post at that time. I live in Michigan so I am in the EST time and I sometimes forget the conversion time so my freebie will never get posted later than noon EST.

The time limit to give away the freebies is from the 15th to the 21st (states this right on that cute yellow train ticket we post) unless you are a designer and care to leave your freebie up longer. Again I am not a designer. I am using the same kits you can pick up along the way I just get them first and depending on whose kit I use I have to follow the rules of the game. I don't normally take down the links on the day after the freebies are to stop to give everyone an extra day to grab them. I'm sorry but I have better things to be doing then to watch my clock and at the stroke of midnight EST (because I am not going to be figuring out Paris time) on the 22nd to remove the link(s).

This quarters link wasn't taken down until around 11 PM or so on Feb. 24th so I think I gave ample time for people to stop by and grab my freebie. Personally I am sick and tired of all the complaining and I'm thinking about quitting this blog train due to the hassle.

I am trying to learn Photoshop so that the people who complain my quick pages don't have enough photo spaces will stop complaining because it won't take me 3 hours to convert my layouts to a quick page using my current software and then having to open it up in another program to cut out all the photo holes and make sure there are no stray pixels and all that. You have no idea what I go through to make just a quick page with one photo slot. Which is why you never see any embellishments near the photo slots because it just to hard to get it right with my current software. I would like to offer in future clusters and all that from most of the designers I work with hence me learning a new software but when all I hear are complaints I just want to throw in the towel. A few people say thanks but for the most part people just cruise on by without saying anything and I get it your time is valuable. I can understand a complaint if my link was busted then hey drop a line and I will fix it. If you want to leave a suggestion for a future freebie that isn't given to me in complaint form then go ahead.

The one thing that I find works really well if you find out that I have deactivated a link and you would like that freebie is just leave me a message stating I missed your freebie, here is my e-mail could you send it to me? Thank you. Guess what? I'll send it to you. I have no problem with it. All I am doing is following the rules set forth in the blog train. I understand life gets busy and we forgot to stop back by a stop that wasn't posted the first time we cruised by. However we don't have to be rude to the people making the freebies.

Thank you to all that took the time to read my rant.

Monday, February 15, 2016

Paris New York Blog Train #23

Here are you list of stops

KapiScrap & Art

Dea's designs

Touched by a Butterfly

Winsor Digi-Designs

Sugarbutt Artistic Designs

Honeysuckle Lane Designs

Marniejo's House of Scraps

Monkey's Musings - you are here

My layout and a preview of your freebie

Freebie

Made with Winsor Digi Designs Mini kit

~~Download link valid through February 21, 2016~~

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Paris New York Blog Train #22

Time for the Paris New York blog train. #22 is called Christmas Sweets

Here is the list of stops

My layout.

Now when you grab KapiScrap's mini you will find the heart shaped cookie in there however the center is solid. I modified them into frames to make my quick pages. I spent a couple of hours cutting out the centers and checking for stray pixels. I got these as perfect as I could without any stray pixels. I do hope you like my freebie for you.

~~Box download~~

~~MediaFire download~~

~~Dropbox download~~

Download valid through December 21, 2015

Thank you for stopping by.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Paris New York Blog Train

My layout

This is what I came up with KapiScrap & Art's kit for your Quick Page.

~~Download here for QP.~~

Link valid through Oct. 21, 2015

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Paris New York Blog Train - School Memories

Blog train time again.

Here is a preview of my gift.

Link(s) below.

Here is the short this this quarter for the stops.

KapiScrap & Art

Sugarbutt Artistic Designs

Honeysuckle Lane Designs

Marniejo's House of Scraps

Monkey's Musings ------------------------------------- You are here.

This is what I did with my Quick Page made with KapiScrap & Art's kit.

I currently do not have direct download through a private server so

I am offering the downloads through two different services. If you have

any problem please let me know and I will fix it.

~~Click here for the Box.com link~~

~~Click here for the Dropbox link~~

The links are valid through August 22, 2015

Links have been tested and work.

Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Paris New York 19 Blog Train Freebie

KapiScrap &Art

EmJay Scraps

Touched by a Butterfly

Caroline B.

Shuckclod's Stuff

Marniejo's House of Scraps

Monkey's Musings ------------- YOU ARE HERE

My preview

Quick Page has the sunshine word art only.

~~Download link valid through June 21, 2015~~

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Paris New York Blog Train #17 Freebies

KapiScrap & Art
Winsor Digi-Designs
EmJay Scraps
Crafty Scraps
Touched by a Butterfly
Caroline B.
Sugarbutt Designs
Honeysuckle Lane Designs
Scrapbookingdom
Studio Linda Renee
Shuckclod's Stuff
Monkey's Musings You Are Here

My layouts

Preview of QP made with KapiScrap's kit

Preview of QP made with Winsor DigiDesign's kit

Freebies are valid until February 22, 2015

~~Click here for Quick Page made with KapiScrap~~

~~Click here for Quick Page made with Winsor DigiDesigns~~

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Paris New York Blog Train - Freebies

Fun At The Zoo theme

KapiScrap & Art
Winsor Digi-Designs
Touched by a Butterfly
Sugarbutt Designs
EmJay Scraps
Crafty Scraps

I wasn't on the blog hop list due to getting the kits at the last minute.

I made two quick pages for you.

I made this quick page with KapiScrap's kit.

I made this quick page with Winsor Digi Designs kit.

~~Click here for Quick Page made with KapiScrap's kit.~~

~~Click here for Quick Page made with Winsor's kit.~~

Download links are valid through October 22, 2014

Friday, August 15, 2014

PNY Blog Train

Stop by at all these stations to receive all parts of the blog train:

This time I do not have any freebies.

My husband is going through chemo this week so my time is with him and our son is still on summer vacation. I hope you enjoy all the stops listed above.

Thank you.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Memories To Travel - Paris New York Blog Train

I worked with two of the kits and hope to work with the third kit later on today. Why? I miss making freebies and I hope to take my mind off my husband. This morning will be spent at the hospital.

I used KapiScrap & Art to make this layout.

~~Download here for QP made with KapiScrap valid until June 22nd~~

I used Queen Bee Scraps to make this layout.

~~Download here for QP made with QueenBee valid until June 22nd~~

Monday, June 16, 2014

Paris New York Blog Train

Normally I take part in the Paris New York blog train and I really thought I would be able to this time around but so far it hasn't happened yet.

My husband's cancer.

We got the answers we didn't want to hear. He started chemo this past week. Chemotherapy has sure changed since my dad had leukemia in the mid to late 90's. My dad was always hospitalized for the week of the chemo and then be home a week then go back into the hospital on the third week when his immune system would be at the weakest. Now they do a three day chemotherapy on an outpatient basis. Day one is the longest at 5 hours and two different medications. Day two and three are about 90 minutes and only have one medication (a different one each day). Luckily. I had help as my husband's adult daughter came from out of state to be here for the official diagnosis and to take her dad to the hospital for the chemo on day one as it was also our son's last school day for the year. Our little monkey only had a half day and we have a routine that we do together every year. Just him and I. I didn't want to change his routine unless I had to.

After our tradition of lunch at his favorite eatery we ran a few errands. He is handling the we don't have money to do this or that OK right now. I do have to make some exceptions depending on what we are doing as I have no options. Day two for the chemo monkey and his sister spent the day together doing fun things like breakfast at McDonald's, playing at the park and then lunch at Wendy's. Yes, he even lucked out and got the toy he wanted in his kid's meal at Wendy's. Lucky boy. Day three was just the three of us. Monkey and I spent it at the hospital waiting room. Daddy got done in enough time for us to stop at Lowe's and Monkey could build his monthly project - a dragon. We built it at home in the kitchen so Daddy could lay down.

Monkey was very pleased with the end result. Toothless - a flying dragon from How To Train a Dragon 2. He has never seen either movie yet but he loves dinosaurs and dragons.

Father's Day saw my boys at Monkey's flag football game. My husband is the coach and he wasn't going to let those boys down for anything so he mustered everything in his being and we drove over to the local high school. Two of the other dads helped out by taking over the practice so hubby could rest until the game. Hubby coached the game and the boys won 20 to 19. A narrow win but they are continuing their winning streak of 5 and 0. Just 2 more games left of this season.

I took some pictures while everyone was on a water break during practice and made this layout with some kits and template by Luv Ewe Designs for a contest.