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Hello! My name is Andrea. Now days people better know me as Auntie in the MPG world of Wartune or Auntie Andrea in the world of Graphics and Scrapbookings. I fell in love with graphics design back in the 90's and going strong since. Learned how to use Daz, Poser, Photoshop and PSP from online tutorials. Many of my designs are on Cafepress, Zazzle, Spreadshirt and many other POD sites. I also have my own website going, well crawling really. Besides graphics I play Wartune. Got addicted back when the US version first became available back in 2012. I am a Guild Master of Exodus, a very friendly bunch of people, I call my online Family. So this is me in a nut shell...

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

testing

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Kia, our new puppy

My New Puppy Kia, was born on July 13, 2010

Kia is a White German Shepherd. She is a new addition to our pet family of now 3 dogs, a cat and 2 hamsters.



More pictures to come soon.


Tuesday, May 4, 2010

DIY Mother's Day Clock

Mother's Day is creeping up on us very fast, but you still have time to make a neat clock for your Mom.



You need:
my attached template clocktagger.png or your own
a colour printer
a graphic program*
a sheet of full page sticker for the printer
a small clock from the dollar store
12 picture of you, your family or things your Mom likes
about an hour of your time
You will need to take the small clock apart. Measure the clock face so that you know what size the template should be resized to. The attached template is a transparent png file.
The best graphic program for this project is a one that allows you to work with layers. I would suggest Paint.net a free image and photo editing software for Windows based PC’s. It has full support for layers and special effects, the tools are top notch and highly recommended by many users. There is a strong online community for support and frequent updates to the software. It is comparable to Adobe Photoshop.
You will need to resize and crop your 12 images to fit behind the template. Once everything is in order, I suggest that you print a sample page before printing the actual sticker. Once you are satisfied with your sample you are ready to print the sticker. After printing, make sure to cut it to the exact size of the clock face.
Stick the final sticker to your clock face, re-assemble your clock and there you have it....you are now ready to wrap your unique Mother's Day gift.
* Here is a list of free graphic programs that are very similar to many of the commercial software like Photoshop or Corel Draw:
Gimp
Ultimate Paint
Skencil Pixia
InkScape
Paint.net
SmoothDraw NX
ImageForge
Brush Strokes
Project Dogwaffle
Sodipodi
Karbon14
ArtWeaver
GimpShopdotnet
ImageMagick
If you are not adventurous enough to tackle this project, you can contact me and I will do it for you for a small fee.

Have fun!!!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Easter is coming

I wish I could find more time to make something fro this Easter. I managed to play
with some bunnies.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

March is here!

I am still in a middle of unpacking after moving a week ago. So much to do so little time. But I managed to play a little bit. Here is an ugly fellow in green for St Patty's Day.



Monday, February 15, 2010

Real Life is taking over for awhile...

I am moving in 2 weeks. It was a very spontenious and quick decision. Found a house that I ilke very much, owner didn't want to wait another month. So, here I am, made a quickest decision in my life. I am moving on Februry 28th and have less than 2 weeks to pack, change address for utilities, get cable/internet installed, and sooooooo much more. As of the 24th I will not have acces to the Internet until I actually moved in on the 28th.

Oh my...sooo much to do...sooo little time!!!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

2010 Calendar Templates

Included are all 12 months in a separate file in psp or psd format. Fully editable files, choose your own colors, fonts and size. Make whatever you want with these for personal or commercial use.

All I ask is that you leave me a note with a link to your creations with these templates.




DOWNLOAD ALL 12 PSP FILES IN A ZIP FILE.

!!! PLEASE NOTE: the PSD files were corrected!!!

Thanks Jody for letting me know about the saving error. Here is the corrected file:
DOWNLOAD ALL 12 PSD FILES IN A ZIP FILE.

Friday, January 22, 2010

MY SITE IS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE

AUNTIE ANDREA'S CREATIONS IS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE! IT SHOULD BE BACK UP WITHIN 24 HRS.

Some of my freebies are not available due to this, I apologize about the inconvenience.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Animated Valentine Tags


These are one of my first ever animations, back from the time of making signture tags for others. I've made these almost 10 years ago.





Sunday, January 10, 2010

Blog Backgrounds


Here are few Blog Backgrounds for you all. Enjoy!


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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Clock Face


While I was making some elements for a new scrap kit, I've decided to make something different. First it started out as small flower frames, then I accidentally used the wrong psp filter and this is what happened. I made a clock face.

Here is an example of a finished clock with pictures of my Family, Pets and Friends.




It's very easy to make. Purchase a cheap wall clock from Walmart or your favourite department store. Just place your resized and cropped pictures behind the flowers, resize the graphic to the size of your clock face, print it on a full sticker sheet and cut it out. Carefully take the clock apart, stick the finished clock face on, reassemble the clock and there you have it. Your own, personalized clock.

Here is a transparent png file for you. Click on the preview to get the full size file.

Here is an early Valentine's Day bonus