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First of all, come and say HI if once you register for this challenge.
We want to know who else will be there, on our side to challenge us.
Remember that it is NOT a contest. It is a friendly challenge to get you to do something you might not have thought of doing before.
Once the Challenge is started, on February 15th, you can post your pages, and your stories (if it is too small to read, you can always copy and paste the text, if you want).
Remember to resize your image to about 600 pixels before uploading it so it won’t slow down the site when we have lots of your masterpieces.
Hi, just to let you know I have registered for the Story Time Challenge, looking forward to it.
Wow, Wendy, that was fast! I like to read that you were named after a “famous” character. Interesting to see that you had photos and used them. Why not?
I debated whether or not to add a photo or two. When I went to post my page I was relieved to see that some else decided to add some photos too. So that I won’t be the only one.
Glad to already see some layouts. Yes, you can add photos if you want, or not. This challenge is made to be complete even if you don`t have photos, because not everyone has those photos to go with the stories. Also, you can always add a second page with photos and make it a double page! Everything is possible! Everything is allowed! it is YOUR story.
Hello all, I am a bit late……. as I am now retired I think that comes natural. I enjoyed the challenge
Challenge 2. I love to tell the story how Ken proposed to me ……
Here is my layout.
Story time day 2. Hope I haven’t duplicated, as I had a problem uploading the image.
Life is getting in the way, but I will complete this challenge eventually. I never made/found the time to play around with PSP before the challenge started. I’m loving the daily themes!
Donna, if you ever need help with the program itself, don’t hesitate to ask.
And in the mean time, you can also write down your stories on a piece of paper and later, add it to a scrapbook page. 🙂
WOW! i just got my own copy of Day 3, and reading my story, i realize that i have typos!
BONUS TIPS of the day:
- proofread your own text (or ask someone else to read it)
- keep a .pspimage version saved so you can go back and fix those typos!
Challenge 3. My mother spent hours wrapping Christmas presents. She wrapped them perfectly with bows and lots of ribbons.
Here is my celebration page…. which is about Christmas. I didn’t use PSP to make my actual page. I have SOOOOO many scrapbooking supplies I am on a mission to use them up. I did the “words” on my Word program. I do use PSP to work with my pictures and graphics. But not on this page. I do appreciate the challenges you are presenting. I have started page one but want to dig out a couple of pictures to use.
Here is what the page says, since I am pretty sure you won’t be able to read it on the actual page……
“Celebrations from my childhood usually involved birthdays or Christmas.
In that vein my strongest memories involve waiting impatiently for Christmas morning to arrive. One time I tried to go to bed really early so it would come sooner but I just lay there for hours. That was not a good idea. I do remember visiting Santa at the department store. And making lists using the Sears- Roebuck Wishbook.
Since we did not live near any of our extended family members, Christmas was just a small family thing. On Christmas Eve we would go to church and when we returned home we were allowed to open one of the wrapped gifts… and Mom usually suggested which one so it would be “something to do” to keep us occupied.
When I grew up and had a family of my own we continued this practice!!
Probably the most momentous Christmas gift I received was on Christmas Eve of 1965….. I opened a gift from my boyfriend …. It was a package of two coffee mugs to symbolize our first date… and nestled down inside the package was an engagement ring. I couldn’t speak for a several minutes and my family wanted to know what was wrong!! LOL. I might add that 51 years later we are still married.”
Beth L.
Beth, it looks like you copied from MS Words. Is that the case? It just keeps all the formating from Words which makes it impossible to read. Here is a trick: copy your Word text, paste it into Notepad (that will remove all the formatting and the odd looking code). Then, copy from Notepad, edit your post and paste it in here. Then, we’ll be able to read it all.
Yes Beth, it is fixed. I was checking because there are some members who can’t seem to post today because the system blocks them.
NOTICE: if you are being blocked from posting in the forum, please, drop me an email. I am checking things in the backend right now.
My goodness I’m unearthing memories I had long forgot. Once resurfaced, they are as vivid in my mind, like it was last week. Enjoying the Challenge. Day 4
Sue, that is exactly the goal of this challenge! Those stories are buried in your memory, and only YOU can bring them out, and what an amazing way to relive those moments than to put them down on papers!
Although I could tell countless food stories, this one is close to the heart. For a change I created my own layout. I have time on my hands today as it’s pouring down with sleety rain, and there’s only so much house one can do! Great topic choice.
Here are Days 3 & 4.
Seem to have come in wrong way round!
Challenge day 4. I had forgotten all about the fall, but I remembered it clearly as I wrote the story. My old grey mare lived until she was 30 years old. That is very old for a horse.
Challenge day 5. I had lots of fun with this one. Bright and happy colors. Used your text wrapping script, drop shadow script, clip to it, merge group rename and open as a layer. These scripts are sure time savers.
Day 6. It’s the last day tomorrow, time goes by to quickly when you are enjoying yourself.
Another challenge draws to a close. Thank you Cassel!
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