Update on Me

I haven't been on my blog in a long time. I have decided to start writing tuts again. Lots of things have happened in my life since Christmas. My granddaughter, Jaydin, who lives in El Dorado, Arkansas, is only 4 and we almost lost her in February of this year. She was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. She was rushed to Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas where she was diagnosed just in time. She had lost all feeling from her waist down, she couldn't sit, stand or walk, and it was difficult for her to go to the bathroom. It was also starting affect her swallowing. Thank God the doctors were able to diagnose it in time. She was a very sick little girl and was in the hospital for over a month. Now she is a normal 4 year old girl again. She is hard for her mom and dad to keep up with her somedays.

Guillain-Barré syndrome is a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The first symptoms of this disorder include varying degrees of weakness or tingling sensations in the legs. In many instances the weakness and abnormal sensations spread to the arms and upper body. These symptoms can increase in intensity until certain muscles cannot be used at all and, when severe, the patient is almost totally paralyzed. In these cases the disorder is life threatening - potentially interfering with breathing and, at times, with blood pressure or heart rate - and is considered a medical emergency. Such a patient is often put on a respirator to assist with breathing and is watched closely for problems such as an abnormal heart beat, infections, blood clots, and high or low blood pressure. Most patients, however, recover from even the most severe cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, although some continue to have a certain degree of weakness.

Guillain-Barré syndrome can affect anybody. It can strike at any age and both sexes are equally prone to the disorder. The syndrome is rare, however, afflicting only about one person in 100,000. Usually Guillain-Barré occurs a few days or weeks after the patient has had symptoms of a respiratory or gastrointestinal viral infection. Occasionally surgery or vaccinations will trigger the syndrome.

After the first clinical manifestations of the disease, the symptoms can progress over the course of hours, days, or weeks. Most people reach the stage of greatest weakness within the first 2 weeks after symptoms appear, and by the third week of the illness 90 percent of all patients are at their weakest.

I have also had some medical problems and will have surgery on both my knees towards the end of the year. Not looking forward to that. I also have carpal tunnel in both wrists and tennis elbow in my right elbow. Will have surgery on them as soon as it is needed. I am trying to stick it out for now, don't want to have surgery any sooner than need be.

I am now working with Kittie of Kittie's Sinful Designz. Check out her blog HERE She has some awesome scrap kits and templates. Below is my first tut using Kittie's scrap kits and templates. Be on the lookout for more. Love your work Kittie.

Will keep you all updated on things as time warrants. Thanks for stopping by.

Glitter

Sweet Escape Tut

Sweet Escape Tutorial

This is entirely my own idea. Any resemblance to any
other is totally and purely coincidental.
This tag was made with Paint Shop Pro 9.
I hope that you enjoy my tut.

Supplies Needed:

Scrap Kit Sweet Escape Summer Kit
by Kittie’s Sinful Designz found HERE

Template #4 by Kittie’s Sinful Temps and can
be found HERE

Mask WSL_Mask223 by
weescotslass and can be found
HERE

I am using the awesome art work by
Joel Adams. Please do not use these tubes
unless you have the proper license to do so,
and you have acquired the tubes legally from
CILM

Font of choice. I used Twilight 3 size 60 stroke 2. I used foreground black and background
with paper 2 from kit.
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Okay, let's begin.

1. Open up your tubes, template and mask.
Hold down Shift D to duplicate the template.
Delete the copyright layer on the duplicate.

2. I like to work on a big area then resize
later, so go to image, canvas size, and
make the template 700 x 700.

3. Add a new raster layer, put on bottom,
and flood fill with white. If you want a
transparent tag then skip this step.

4. Select paper 5 and copy. Paste as a new
layer. Go to Layers, new mask layer,
from image. Select your mask from drop down
box. Invert mask data box not checked.
Merge group.

5. Select circle layer. Selections, select all,
float, defloat. Copy and paste paper 3.
Selections, invert, hit delete key on keyboard,
select none. Select circle layer again.
Selections, select all, float, defloat, modify,
expand by 2. Flood fill this layer with black,
select none. Or I have a new image 700 x 700
and I flood fill that with black. Then I copy
and paste this into the tag, selections,
invert, delete key, select none. Delete
original circle layer. Merge two circle
layers together. Add drop shadow of choice.

6. Select stitch layer. Selections, select all,
float, defloat. Copy and paste paper 4. Select, invert, delete key, select none.
Select stitch layer again.
Selections, select all, float,
defloat, modify, expand by 2. Copy and paste
black paper. Selections, invert,
delete key, select none.
Delete original stitch layer.
Merge 2 stitch layers together. Add drop
shadow of choice.

7. Select rectangle 1 layer. Selections,
select all, float, defloat. Copy and paste paper 2. Select, invert, delete key, select none.
Select rectangle 1 layer again. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, modify, expand by
2. Copy and paste black paper. Selections,
invert, delete key, select none.
Delete original rectangle 1 layer.
Merge 2 rectangle 1 layers together. Add drop
shadow of choice.

8. Select rectangle 2 layer. Selections,
select all, float, defloat. Copy and paste
paper 10. Selections, invert, delete key, select
none. Select rectangle 2 layer again.
Selections, select all, float, defloat, modify,
expand by 2. Copy and paste black.
Selections, invert, delete key,
select none. Delete original rectangle 2
layer. Merge 2 rectangle 2 layers together.
Add drop shadow of choice.

9. Select rectangle 3 layer. Selections, float,
defloat. Flood fill with color #fe4775 (or a new image 700 x 700 and flood fill with #fe4775 and copy and paste. Selections, invert, delete key, select none). Select none.
Select original rectangle 3 layer again.
Selections, select all, float, defloat, modify,
expand by 2, copy and paste with black.
Delete original rectangle 3 layer. Merge two
rectangle 3 layers. Add drop shadow of choice.

10. Click on Vertical Rectangle 1. Selections,
Select all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper 10. Selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Click on Vertical Rectangle 1 again.
Selections, select all, float, defloat, modify,
expand by 2, fill with black, invert, delete
key. Delete original Vertical Rectangle 1.
Merge two vertical rectangle 1 layers. Add
drop shadow of choice.

11. Click on Vertical Rectangle 2. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper
2, selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Click on original Vertical Rectangle 2 again.
Selections, float, defloat, modify, expand by
2, copy and paste with black, selections,
invert, delete key, select none.
Delete original Vertical Rectangle 2.
Merge two vertical rectangle 2 layers. Add
drop shadow of choice.

12. Click on Vertical Rectangle 3. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, copy and paste #fe4775, select, invert, delete key. Click
on Vertical Rectangle 3 again. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, modify, expand by 2,
copy and paste with black, selections,
invert, delete key, select none. Delete original
Vertical Rectangle 3. Merge two vertical
rectangles. Add drop shadow of choice.

13. Click on Rectangle Frame. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, copy and paste
paper 8, selections, invert, delete key,
select none. Click on rectangle frame again.
Selections, float, defloat, modify, expand
by 2, copy and paste with black,
selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Delete original rectangle frame. Merge
two rectangle frames together.

14. Click on Rectangle Border. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, copy and paste
paper 2, selections, invert, delete key,
select none. Click on Rectangle Border
again. Selections, select all, float, defloat,
modify, expand by 2, copy and paste with black, selections, invert, delete key,
select none. Delete original Rectangle
Border. Merge 2 rectangle borders together.
Merge both Rectangle Frame and Rectangle
Border together. Add drop shadow of choice.

15. Click on Square Frame 1. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, copy and paste
paper 2, selections, invert, delete key,
select none. Click on Square Frame 1 again.
Selections, select all, float, defloat, modify,
expand by 2, copy and paste with black,
selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Delete original Square Frame 1. Merge two
square frames together.

16. Click on Inner Frame 1. Selections, select
all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper 6,
reduce size to your liking, move paper to
where the beginning of all rays are in the left
hand corner, selections, invert, delete key,
select none. Click on Inner Frame again.
Selections, select all, float, defloat, modify,
expand by 2, copy and paste with black,
selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Click on Inner Frame 1 again. Selections,
select all, float, defloat. Go to tube Joel Adams
LilJourney2008, mirror image before you copy, copy and paste onto tag. Position tube where you want it on top of left square, selections, invert, delete key, select none. Add drop shadow. Delete original Inner Frame. Merge all 3 layers of left square. Add drop shadow
of choice.

17. Click on Square Frame 2. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper
2, selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Click on Square Frame 2 again. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, modify, expand by 2,
copy and paste with black, selections, invert,
delete key, select none. Delete original Square
Frame. Merge 2 square frames together.

18. Click on Inner Frame 2. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, mirror image paper 6,
copy and paste paper 6, resize to your liking,
move the paper to where the beginning of
the rays are in the right hand corner,
selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Click on Inner Frame 2 again. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, modify, expand
by 2, copy and paste with black, selections,
invert, delete key, select none.
Go to tube Joel Adams LilJourney2008,
mirror image so image is in original position, copy and paste onto tag. Position tube where you want it on top of right square, selections,
invert, delete key, select none. Delete original
Inner Frame 2. Merge all 3 layers. Add
drop shadow of choice.

19. Click on Inner Flower 1. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper
4, selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Delete Inner Flower 1 original.

20. Click on Flower 1. Selections, select
all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper 10,
resize to your liking, position over flower ants,
selections, invert, delete key, select none. Click
on Flower 1 again. Selections, select all,
float, defloat, modify, expand by 2, copy and
paste with black, selections, invert, delete key,
select none. Delete Flower 1 original. Merge
Inner Flower 1 and Flower 1 together. Add
drop shadow of choice.

21. Click on Inner Flower 2. Selections,
select all, float, defloat, copy and paste
paper 4, selections, invert, delete key,
select none. Delete Inner Flower 2 original.

22. Click on Flower 2. Selections, select
all, float, defloat, copy and paste paper 9,
resize to your liking, position over flower ants,
selections, invert, delete key, select none.
Click on Flower 2 again. Selections, select
all, float, defloat, modify, expand by 2, copy
and paste with black, selections, invert,
delete key, select none. Delete Flower 2
original. Merge Inner Flower 2 and Flower
2 together. Add drop shadow of choice.

All layers of the template should now be
covered. On to embellishments.

23. Choose Clipped Flower 2. Resize
to your liking. Position at top of circle. Add
drop shadow of choice.

24. Choose Macaw 1. Delete branch macaw
is standing on. Resize to your liking.
Mirror image. Position on top of left
square to your liking.
Add drop shadow of choice.

25. Choose Macaw 2. Delete branch macaw
is standing on. Resize to your liking.
Position on top of right square to your
liking. Add drop shadow of choice.

26. Copy and paste Joel Adams LilPenny2008.
Resize and position to your liking. Add drop shadow of choice.

Add copyright and your watermark, if you
use one. Resize, with all layers checked,
80%. Add your name of choice.

I hope that you enjoyed my tutorial. If you
have any questions please ask. I would love
to see your results. You can email me at glitter59626@yahoo.com
I will put your results on my blog.