A Year of Fortune Cookies - Kindword Card 110305-21

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott

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Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Today I feel like having the universe's permission to dream as big dreams as i want as many as i can enjoy...

Somehow I realised that I don't have to wait until I feel like having the universe's permission to dream, the universe does give me permission to dream all the time, 24 hours a day, the universe is very generously generous. All I need to do is to give myself the permission to dream :o)

Can you believe it, sometimes it's just us ourselves who hold our dreams. The reality around us might make us think of how silly it is to dream, but ask yourself: do you really have to believe that kind of 'voice'?

Today I told myself: I choose not to believe voices that do not comfort or that do not make me feel good about myself. Don't! Stay away from those voices! That would require a regular practice, a lot of practice. But can you imagine whom you will meet on the other side of the tunnel if you keep practicing? Your wonderful self!

Wanna be there, my friends? It's never too late to start the journey and don't forget to give yourself permission to dream! :o))

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People cannot discover new lands until they have the courage to lose sight of the shore. - Andre Gide

Guess what, I really do think that today's lesson is one in letting go. How the angels have talked to me in such wonderful way! :o)) I agree sometimes we have to hold on and never give up, but most of the time we just have to let go. I've learned that letting go doesn't mean giving up.It's not about losing hope. It's about freeing ourselves from thing(s) we no longer need. It's getting ready for something bigger and more fabulous. It's about having new hope! Don't you think so?

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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. - Somerset Maugham

What do you think, my friends, about the saying above?

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Ohyay! The kindword card series skipped the whole month of February! Now let's restart and guess what in the meantime I learned some tricks to not miss the series ever again! :D What's that? Scroll down if you want to know!

It's never too late to be what you might have been.
- George Eliot

So, you want to know the secret? ;-)

Here's a little background: as I have a fulltime job that I equally love, and sometimes it can be very busy there, I found out that I could only work on my graphics mostly on weekends. And of course, on weekends when I don't have extra work or activities. Normally I should have enough time in the evening...but there were times when that little devil called "feeling tired and no energy" was much stronger than my motivation to stay up. What's should I do?

Oh yes, be fearless and do that usual trial-and-error baby! Guaranteed sooner or later an 'aha moment' will come to your side :o) I found this little trick that would save me a whole lot (I use Blogger.com as platform) : when you finish writing and about to post...below the writing field find this function "Post Options" click on that link and you'll see on the right side "Post date and time". By default it's set to "automatic". Click on the other button, "scheduled at" and two more fields, the date field and the time field will appear. Now change the date to the very date you want your post to be published. Also change the time if necessary. Up to you. Anyhow, it's your post. You're the boss :-))

So that's the secret! For my fortune cookies series, now I collect the inspiration during the week before, keeping them in my graphic notebook. I create the cards when I have time (and sufficient energy) in the evening and on the weekend, then post the cards for the week ahead using the very trick I just revealed above :o)

I just swear by this method...it saves me a lot of energy and I don't need to worry whether I wouldn't have a time to draw today or if I wouldn't get access to the internet this evening. Worry free and this keeps me happy! :o))

You might have known this trick before :o) but if you didn't - i hope this little tips can be useful for you too :o))

Have a graphic goodness my friends!!

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A Year of Fortune Cookies - card kit - free download - part 2

hello! as promised here’s a little ‘guide post’ for you to play with the kindwords cards kit. (download the kit here if you happened to miss it)

first of all, this kindwords cards kit is to be ‘played’ in Adobe Photoshop. I have posted a series of tutorials on how I created cutout cards for my blog – the graphic goodness exercises, + the kindwords card tutorial itself..so if you also happened to miss the them… please ‘play’ with them first here: http://www.amretasgraphicsblog.com/search/label/tutorial

in the free kit you can find the following:

• two working files, in PSD format. one with the basic graphics (640x480px and 560x400px backgrounds, transparent tape, rose bear graphics and text) and another with additional cutout graphics, for inspiration ;-)
• in the first working file, you will see I included 25 free patterned backgrounds(640x480px) in the file. you can, for example, delete ones you already use, so that you don’t have to worry about using the same backgrounds repeatedly. but then remember to keep the zipped file in case you want the working file with all the 25 backgrounds back!!
• 18 patterned backgrounds, PNG format 640x480px, based on the websets you can download when you subscribe to my newsletter
• 3 beige basic middle backgrounds, PNG format 560x400px
• 2 transparent tapes, also in PNG format
• 2 final images from the working files.
• note: the font I use in he working files is *Euphorigenic* that you can download for free, for example on http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Euphorigenic.htm

if you are already familiar with photoshop (or the tutorials on how I created the cards)- then great! you also know that you can play further with the files, and that what I created is only a basic kit, a sample or you can even call it a ‘teaser’. you can experiment with different fonts in different sizes, and also with different graphics or pictures. yes, pictures! you can create your own fancy scrapbook-style framed-pictures with the kit. imagination is your only limit. creativity will flow when you just do it, take my word for it, it’s based on my own experience. I think all creative people all over the world definitely agree with me! :-))

anyway, do not forget that you can use the kindwords cards to illustrate or decorate your blog, website, etc, for free :-)

and here’s a little sample of ‘tweaked’ working file with the text replaced with picture of my almost 2 year-old nephew, Attila (living in Stuttgart, Germany), talking to me (in Jakarta, Indonesia) on Skype. it’s our new ‘hobby’ :-)) such an internet-age baby, he's my little muse!!

Enjoy the graphic goodness!!

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A Year of Fortune Cookies - card kit - free download - part 1

Oh dear, now I understand what the problem with creating a tutorial...my way. It's that I always found something new each time I went further with my graphics, and the tutorial I previously made feels, well, ...old (!) But anyway, I also understand it's a process I really cherish and don't you think it's worth celebrated? *winkwink* As mentioned in yesterday's "blackberry post" I still have no internet access at my new place, and now working from a cafe with free wi-fi...I'm running out of time! I'm posting below now the Kindwords Cards Free Package for you to download, and as time permit I'll do the "explanation" in the next post, just take it as a series :-D

Now, if you can't wait to play with the kindwords cards kit and to create your own... download the package here (zipped 6,55 MB)

Talk to you again tomorrow, I'll explain everything about this kit :-))))))

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Delayed package

Hi all! Too bad I still have no internet access at my new place! Now I'm trying out blogging via my Blackberry.



And so the delivery of kindwords card backgrounds package has to be delayed...



Hint: the package will come with a planner and the pdf version of the tutorial :)



Stay tune and come back soon!



XOXO Amreta

Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Sinyal Bagus XL, Nyambung Teruuusss...!

I (certainly, always) LOVE my life

I knoooooow... I have had those very buuuusy days at work and left my graphics, blogs, twitter, facebook page behind for a week+ and now I'm catching up! I'm catching up! In the meantime I'd love to post this lil' gift for you. I've gone a bit to abstract land (actually, back a bit to abstract land, that's my kinda drawing style when i was a kid..hee heee :-))

see you soon again with the fortune cookies - kindwords cards!

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A Year of Fortune Cookies - printable kindwords greeting cards day 9-16

Open publication - Free publishing - More printable

Happy Golden Rabbit New Year! A lil' gift before hopping now to the Chinatown to see the celebration :o) the printable kindwords greeting cards part 2 (day 9-16). Enjoy, download (if you're subscriber of Amretasgraphics Newsletter or friend on Facebook :-)), share...spread pleaase, the wish of a year full of fortune! :o)))

LOTS OF LOVE AND FORTUNE!!!

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