Card Making & Papercraft
- The Juicy Stuff

Lynda.com provides online courses via video for many popular applications, and their usual subscription is $25 a month... But, Indesign have managed to get a free 7 day trial for people who sign up using the special link. I signed up quick as a flash because the main course I wanted to watch is about Paint Shop Pro (which is about 9 hours worth of viewing !!!), but there are a wide range of courses on offer.

• Paint Shop Pro
• Design principles
• eBay
• Blogging
• Adobe suite
• Digital Photography/Video
• Web-site design etc etc

There are loads of courses to choose from - get the week's free trial now and watch till your eyes are sore :-) (read more)

January 11, 2007 13:39 - Free Pergamano Pattern - Greeting Card and Box

Free Pergamano Pattern: 
Greeting Card and Matching Box

Diamond Parchment Card

• This free greeting card and matching box are made in stunning ocean blue vellum paper
• An insert sheet is attached inside the card.
• 3-D elements: flowers made of parchment vellum paper
  

Parchment Craft Techniques Used:

Greeting Card:

• TRACING
• EMBOSSING
• EMBOSSING ON GRID
• PERFORATING ON GRID
• CUTTING

Matching Parchment Box :

• TRACING
• EMBOSSING
• EMBOSSING ON GRID
• PERFORATING ON GRID
• CUTTING
  
  

You can download the free Pergamano pattern for this greeting card and matching box (Design & Creation: Lyn Selby)

Create your own parchment patterns using the freebies you get access to as a VIP of Card Making World ...

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January 15, 2007 12:05 - YAY - More Milstones Achieved - Making Money Online WORKS This Way!

Making money online IS possible if you go about it the right way.

Last week, this site passed 3 milestones for me:

1. 1000 subscribers to my newsletter
   
   
2. 700 visits in one day
   
   
3. $20+ from Google Adsense in one day

My site isn't a year old yet either, but already I am making a regular income from Google Adsense - growing each month, simply by writing about what I enjoy.

And, this income is 'passive' - even if I'm not working the websites are earning.

But what is 'the right way'? The right way is using the process and tools provided by Site Build It! (or SBI as it's known). There is nothing else like it and there is just no denying that it darn well works and that's it!

This is NOT get rich quick, you need to put in the work, but me and hundreds of other successful SBIers are proof that it DOES work :-)

I work from home, and the money this site brings in helps pay my bills - the future is bright :-)

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