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Guest post – Creativity

12 September 2007 by kristarella

Matt over at New Liberty Creations kindly asked me to do a guest post, which is now published. It’s about being a Christian and being creative. Please head over and check it out. 😀

Filed Under: Blogging, My life & thoughts, Religion

Transparency and GIFs

10 September 2007 by kristarella

How the heck do you get nice edges in GIFs with transparent backgrounds? I’ve been pondering this for sometime and I think I finally have the answer! It’s deceptively simple and I expect others have probably been doing this for some time. First some background Graphics Interchange Format or GIF (supposedly pronounced jif, but I’ve […]

Filed Under: Graphics, Tutorials Tagged With: free, Free Software

Do we have the power?

8 September 2007 by kristarella

I’ve seen a few things recently that have caused me to think. The first was something that I’ve posted about, Act4Trees, a site full of virtual forests where a visit per day adds a leaf to the forest. Prizee.com have promised to give 10,000 euros to Aquaverde upon 100 million visits to the site. Aquaverde […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts, Religion

New Apple products!

8 September 2007 by kristarella

Have you seen the new Apple products? They look pretty sweet – widescreen iPod nano, iPod classic and the iPod touch (like an iPhone without the phone). You can watch a high resolution version of the new iPod nano advert on the Apple website or this one from YouTube. Perhaps if I ever have some […]

Filed Under: Music, Technology Tagged With: tools

Hot plate

5 September 2007 by kristarella

When I was much younger and smaller than I am now I thought that the pots and pans made the stove hot. I thought that putting the pot on the plate caused heat and cooking to happen. One evening while Mum was cooking dinner I had the urge to touch a hot plate to see […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: memories

Ear buds don’t fit!

4 September 2007 by kristarella

I suspect a lot of people find that earbuds, or earphones, or headphones, whatever you want to call them, don’t fit properly or they just hurt. Some people have small ears (I thought this was my problem for a while) and the buds are just too big. Perhaps it’s just the hard plastic sitting in […]

Filed Under: Music, My life & thoughts Tagged With: tools

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’ Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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