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I had previously chosen the photo for the cover, and in keeping with the layout of the months, I kept it simple. I created clouds for the year, not quite sure if I like it or not. The word Calendar matches the colour of the water. Hence the reason for placing the text where I did, as I used a lot of photos which included stunning skies, and ocean scenes.
Making headway now. Still some tweaking to do. The calendar won’t be won’t be finished until I go to print it off.
October.
This is a family calendar. It includes the family members, flowers of the month and gems of the month. Not sure how I’ll handle the cover. Because of the small size you really can’t see details. The photos are mine except for September, May and December.
Here is my Lennox family calendar (my kids on the other coast) They will be small but hopefully you’ll get an idea of my theme. I have yet to do the cover. Probably not until tomorrow. Lynda and Sue your pages are so gorgeous! You inspire me!!
Cassel, I want to thank you for this project. They were specific instructions that allowed me to complete each month and use the photographs I have taken over the past year and display pictures that were restored. It is the most complete attempt I have been able to accomplish with PSP and I thank you again.
The birds are bluebirds.
My can is “Tattoo”
Our Koi pond, some of which are now 13 years old.
My Children when young, and my granddaughter’s graduation gown.
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Wow! What a stunning projects here! Mine are not as nice as yours…………..Still busy, not everything worked out well today……….
I had a productive sunday and completed 3 more pages. Here are april, may and june. The text on my calendar is in Dutch as I want to make it gift to a friend and she never learned English. All the photo’s are mine except some of the little ones with the flower of the month.
Thank you Lynda, You must have a beautiful garden, all those flowers. Everyone has created superb pages.
So many neat calendars! Life hit a major traffic jam for me this week, right after signing up. I hope to catch up this coming week!
Nathalie, that is a great idea to rotate the template! It might give me an idea for next year!
Raymond, I am happy to hear that you enjoyed the challenge, the process and the community. We are all here to help and support each other! I noticed that the pages for November and December have only one image in an oval shape. Did you notice that those were not the correct pages? Did you correct the dates? That was the zip file for the 2018 calendar. If you fixed the dates for 2021, and are happy with them, it is ok. If you prefer to use the actual 2021 year template, go back to the page and download the correct file (I had made a typo in the link but got it corrected after someone pointed out the discrepancy).
Sharon, those little details are adorable, and they make your pages so unique.
Minka, that is exactly the purpose of those challenges: to show you how to use your PSP tools to create more projects that you can customize and everyone answers the call by creating something unique to each interests, families, etc. And remember that you can always reuse the same templates more than once and re-customize them for a completely different result.
Ann S, in order to add shadows to the photos, you would have to merge the mask group so it would create an edge that can be then shadowed. Of course, it means that you won’t be able to tweak the placement of the photos inside those mask groups, but when you are happy with the placement, merging the group is usually ok. Your choice of silhouettes for your pages makes such an impact!
Corrie, that will end up as a lovely calendar that will be wonderful to look at all year long!
Sue, those nature photos are so lovely. You know, some people pay for such beautiful calendars. Ever considered that? 🙂
Lynda, you did a fantastic job of making all the pages consistent together. It makes for a very unified look.
Monique, you still have time! The holidays are still 2 months away!
Carol Ann, it is never too late to start, and when you do, don’t hesitate to post your pages in this thread.
Just finished (hopefully) my cover. I hope everyone changes the date to 2021 😉
I knew I’d be tweaking and after consulting with the California crew, here’s the final cover..
Print it, they said! 😉
I do not name everyone, it would take too long but I must tell you that it is nice to see everything that has been done since my last visit. Everything is fabulous!
Yes, Carole, I used the colors of the sunset.
Linda, your calendars are superb.
Natalie, nice idea to put the calendar in the other direction
Sue your background for October is beautiful, I really like
I managed to do my months of April, May, June and July here
Beautiful work, EVERYONE! So many new ideas, creativity, and inspiration. It is always worth participating in any challenge. We learn a lot.
Here are the months of March and April… As Sue mentioned before, there will be some tweaking later.
Credits: Photos from Pixabay
March: photo by Alexas; April: photos by 5598375 (account inactive, maybe why there is not a name) and Corel-EasterChick3 clipart freebie
Congratulations to everyone for such beautiful work!
I do not usually post, but I thought I would join this challenge and share.
I am still working on it, but here are the first four months. All photos are mine.
Sorry for the duplicate Januarey…I mistakenly hit it twice…:)
Minka, I just saw your pages and I also am in Florida…you posted a pic of my favorite beach Stump Pass!
Hi Susan! Yea for us Floridians! I have yet to go to Stump Pass but it is very very close by. I am sitting in Cape Haze. I keep saying I am going there, but haven’t as yet. The pictures I posted – one was a long shot of Venice Beach … and the other was when my sister Linda and my friend Mary were here we paid the 6 bucks and rode across the bridge to Boca Grande. Loads of pretty white sand beaches here though. Do you look for shark teeth at Stump Pass? I heard they can be found there. The picture you included should be on one of your calendars! It’s gorgeous with that sky!
Carole – As mentioned earlier, this project will be a work in progress for a while. But, I wanted to thank you for this challenge. Each one is an adventure in learning, exploring, and growing. It’s always great to see everyone’s work, and particularly exciting when participants share tips and ideas.
Yes, Stump Pass is my March picture. I live about 2 hrs away, but I love it there. I have a friend who lives in Englewood and when I visit, we always go to the beach! I have found shark teeth and I make jewelry with them.
Ann…You chose beautiful pictures to begin your project with. I can’t wait to see them all. Lovely gradient to use with your pages. Oh Ann, what a beautiful baby. Awesome pictures. Great job on the calendar and what an idea to use silhouettes and clipart as additional designations. Adore the family pictures on your cover.
Sue…Fabulous way to add notes to your January page. Same for the February page. The photos of your daughter and the horses are priceless. The Coyote cover as is the farm equipment calendar page. Beautiful font for the month. Love your cover page. Reminds me of many an evening. October and November are great and I really like how you incorporated an additional photo. The triptych landscape is a great idea. And I appreciate the info on lightening the date boxes. I will have to go back and to that to some of mine before posting. April is a beautiful page. The gradient works so well with the photos. Both your June and October pages are lovely. It is a shame they don’t like to write on them. One of the things I cherish is the calendars my mother made notes on and kept. I got them when she passed away and they were a treasure trove of information. May has turned out just a perfect as the previous pages. Thanks for the information on how you created your gradient.
Linda…Awesome bird pictures they are quite elegant. Can’t wait to see the finished pictures. Love how you finished out January. So sorry to hear about your husband; hopefully by this time he is on he way to recovery.
Minka…Wonderful pages. The gradients are superb and the pictures are priceless. Looks like you live in a beautiful area. Really like how your used the space below the pictures for your quote and moving the month to the side. I am in awe of your March through June layouts. Perfect in everyway.
Alicia…You are some photographer. Lovely pictures and lovely pages. Like how you incorporated information about the pictures below them.
Jnet…Great calendar pages. Beautiful layout of the pictures and I like how you chose a gradient that works so well with the pictures. Wow, your March page is beautiful and colorful. Again another perfect gradient use.
Lynda…Love, love, love January page. Awesome font, excellent picture and the perfect gradient. Wow, you have been busy and I like that you chose to use the flowers of the months, birthstone and information.
Sharon…Interesting use of a circular gradient. That would never have crossed my mind. Lovely pages.
Gerry… Great idea on the inclusion of pictures of those having birthdays, etc. during the month. I can so relate with you on the snow. I pretty much grew up in the mid-west and having no snow in NW Florida is definitely striking. Have gotten use to it though (although when it does, everyone I work with calls me for a ride to work, LOL)
Marie-Claire… Lovely calendar pages and I am so in love with the star of them.
Raymond…A delightful calendar and nice job you did. Love Tattoo, reminds me of Cat (yes, I named our cat Cat; everyone else called him the Kitty Formerly Known as Prince).
Ann Adams...Great job on the pages and awesome pictures. I like how you chose to use different fonts for each month.
Corrie…Fantastic job on your calendar pages. Beautiful pictures.
Cristina…Oh My.. What wonderful pages. I wish I had thought to do something similar with my Lego people.
Susan…Awesome pages. I really like how you as incorporated a picture as a background in some of them. And like you I am also in Florida but further north.Jnet, thank you for your kind comment on my background paper. I used the photos to create the backgrounds. Starting with radial blur, from there it was using other effects to achieve similar patters throughout the months.
Cristina, your pages are gorgeous, you always such beautiful pages.
Carole, thank you very much for your kind comment on my photos. This calendar is for my daughter and son in law. They feature in each month, so it’s very personal to me.
Karon, thank you ever so much for your kind words on my pages. As always, all comments are greatly appreciated, and mean a great deal to me. With regards to the gradients. I didn’t use gradients this year to create the backgrounds. I used one of the photos displayed in the page, starting with radial blur, and then distortion effects, to achieve a wavy effect, which is consistent throughout the months, to depict the skies, sand and water. Settings and effects varied, depending on the photo.
Carole, I love that you have the Florida state of mind! I miss the seasons, yes even the snow…
The pictures for January are from when I lived in Rhode Island. We are not staying in Florida forever, we are building a house in the north Georgia mountains…I will have seasons again although the snow will not be more than 3 or 4 inches at most and only last a short time.
These are the last pages. I dare say I’ll be tweaking them before printing. Tom made some Tit houses, and sent me a photo of them. The tit in the main image is a Great Tit, the one I extracted is a Blue Tit. Thank you ever so much Carole for the challenge. I’ve enjoyed the different layouts. Now I will have to take photos with these layouts in mind. Again, thank you! I hope everyone has enjoyed the views of the West Wales coast and countryside.
Carole, thank you for pointing out the template for December was the wrong year. I changed the one for December but kept the older one for November. I used a photo with the dates and moved the opacity down a little for the photo. Three of the photos are from Studio Backlot and the fireplace is our home. I finally learned by trial and error how to outline the text by increasing the value of “stroke”. I am still having problems figuring out to use the Foreground or Background for Color plus Gradient??
Okay, little late posting although I have been working on them daily.
January includes a pic of Cat. I was wishy washy on this because my DH loved Cat and he can get rather surly when he is brought up. We lost Cat (Kfcap…Kitten formerly known as Prince) at the start of the pandemic. I have pretty much stuck with Kimeric Kreations kits for the backgrounds (with a gradient overlay) and additions. I chose Bondoni MT Poster Condensed for the info in the date boxes and Wild Creatures for the months.
While they may not see to go with the month, all of the pictures included each month were taken during that month. Also I neglected to mention that the note paper I used on January (and you will see on various other months) is from one of Cassel’s paper patterns with the notebook edges from lab 8 module 12. I did take Sue’s advise and changed the background on the boxes which included birthday, anniversaries; but I didn’t do it for all the boxes.
Sue…Thank you for the information. It is always appreciated and I do try to incorporate it into some of my work. Always wanting to learn new ways.
Susan…If not to bold, can I ask where in the Georgia mountains? My granddaughter lives in Silva, NC and daughter in Clayton, GA.
Raymond…Very interesting technique used for your December page.
Already up to March. My DH’s favorite month. He is half Irish, half Scotch. The girl is our “adopted” daughter Meg. We have known her for 5-6 years and she comes over on Halloweens and Christmas’ to help decorate. Again I used Cassel’s paper pattern to make note paper but used the color changer pen to give it a slight green tint.
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