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Finally opened PSP again, but nothing came from it. Just not motivated to draw anything new, so I dug out graphics I made some time ago for SNL (Saturday Night Live) at Digital Scrapbook Place. Initially the graphics are only available to the members who also create a freebie that month, but we’re allowed to put them on our blogs after a certain amount of time.
Although not always content with what I create, I love this kit. It’s not a big kit, but I love the colours and the stained glass elements. Hope you like it too!

Download: Deco Art Kit 9.12 MB

Created with images/patterns from: prostainedglass.com, spectrumglass.com, vectorforall.com

Good to see there’s another Queen’s Day Google Doodle 🙂

“I can’t see you, so you can’t see me”

“Are you still watching me?? Go away!”

Have you ever looked at gorgeous Digital Scrapbook layouts and wished they were yours? I have! There’s a scrapper I admire immensely and I always say ‘when I grow up I want to be as good as Mary’ 🙂 Well, the growing up part isn’t true – I don’t think I’ll ever grow up – but I sure wish I was able to create so many gorgeous layouts as Mary.

Each layout is unique, she obviously uses the artistic part of her brain differently than I do, as she comes up with angles and placement of pictures and embellishments, I would never have thought of. Yet, when I see them, they all make sense.

I know I have many scrapping friends, but if you’re not a scrapper and you’d love to capture the memories you have on pictures and save them in an album, then I have news for you: Mary has started her ‘Scrapper 4 Hire’ business. You send her your – digital – pictures, tell her your wishes (colours, preferred graphics, wording, etc.) and she’ll put it all together for you.

You don’t have to believe me, go visit her Facebook page and check out her gallery of layouts. Or better still, stop by her Blog Sweet Maple Scraps and browse through her portfolio. I’m sure you’ll be amazed!

Translated (short version) from FreFocus

LISSE – Exactly 20 years after the opening of Disneyland Paris, 12th April 2012, the French theme park received a very special Dutch Birthday present: a tulip! Mickey Mouse came to Keukenhof in Holland today, especially for the official christening ceremony of the ‘Disneyland Paris Tulip’.

The tulip, a Double Orange Emperor, was cultured by Vervor Export from Ursem and is now officially called ‘Disneyland Paris’.

Twenty years ago, one double Orange Emperor tulip was discovered by accident, in a field with several copies. The tulip was dug out and cultured on a separate field, which resulted – 20 years later – in enough copies to give the species its official name.

The tulip remained double all those years, which means that it has twice as many petals as a regular tulip, and it kept its intense orange colour. Thanks to this magical history there’s no other tulip better named ‘Disneyland Paris’!

The Disneyland Paris tulip is on display in Keukenhof as of today, but no less than 8,000 copies are planted in Disneyland. On a particular Dutch spot as well: the orange tulips can be seen round the Old Mill in Fantasyland!

The Disneyland Paris tulip is in good company: annually hundreds of thousands of Dutch bulbs are planted in Disneyland Paris, as part of the theming and decoration of the Resort.