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Wonderful pages as always Trish, well not only Trish, but everyone is ever so creative, and talented. Positively inspiring!
It’s already Christmas Eve in many parts of the world. I used a tag which I created and submitted for last year’s Christmas countdown, or I may have posted it in the FB files. I haven’t created one these frames for ages, using the triangle tool, and fonts. Two masks. For the vertical borders I used a brush and brush variance palette. Sculpture. Also used a brush, and brush variance palette for the snow effect behind the photo. Twisted Carole’s metallic rope tube around the frame. My own word art.
The European/British Robin (little robin red breast) is probably the most well know and most popular Festive bird in the world. Unlike the North American Robin, which is a member of the Thrush family, the European Robin is a member of the fly catcher family. They are friendly little birds. I photographed many of them while I was home, as they are very common in gardens, extremely territorial, with a beautiful distinctive song, all year round.
Our weather as I posted the other day, hasn’t changed. I can tolerate arctic conditions, if it wasn’t for the wind, the wind is brutal. I have to go out to feed and muck out the horses, out of the wind it’s 10c warmer in the stable, and even warmer out of the wind and in the sun. At this time of year, horse dung is as hard as cricket balls, once I’ve used the ice chipper to release them from the concrete floor, they bounce and roll, until I shovel them up. Again I like to keep the stables clean and tidy, just like everything else. Last night’s weather image, this morning the thermometer read -51c. I have adequate clothing from head to toe.
Another wonderful year in the campus is drawing to a close. I’m looking forward to another great year of creating, sharing and helping each other as we all continue to learn. I’m thrilled to contribute to the Christmas countdown, and to see my pages well received and put to good use. I wish each, and every one of you a joyous Christmas and a happy healthy new year.
Everything has been created and sent, either by post or email for this year’s festive season. I’ve made a start on some ideas for next year. When I see something a little different I make a note to create myself. So I don’t forget. I saw some lovely tags in the shapes of stockings, Santas, trees, stars and more. This one you’ll find in the file section on facebook to download. It’s a png file.
I created the snow on the word Christmas, using the tutorial from Carole’s latest PSP Christmas masterclass 7.
Anne, I do like your card, as Ann said, it is amusing, it put a smile on my face. I saw the same moon at a respectable hour of the morning, 6.30am. I was about to go out to take a shot of it, but I do draw the line when our temps plummet to -35c. without the wind chill. Again, this morning it’s -34c, and snowing. I like your wordart, did you create it?
Thank you Susan and Suzy. I’m sure you will put them to good use. I hope to see them, probably in next year’s festive pages. Over the years I have printed many of my own gift tags. There is a masterclass PSP Christmas 3, where Carole demonstrates on how to print them off in PSP. It’s really quite easy, and to see something that you have created yourself on a present is quite rewarding. Those that get printed cards delivered by the postman, that we have created ourselves, are always very much appreciated, as you can not put a price on an investment of time.
Beautiful pages ladies.
If you want this word art, you can download it from the file section in the Scrapbooking with PSP Facebook page. It’s a large png file.
You can colourize it. You can select each scattered word, to move them around differently. I came across it in a friend’s Facebook feed. I liked it, so created my own. Have some fun with it.
Q: to QUIVER, with cold during the long, white Canadian winter. Also elsewhere in the world during the winter season.
Thank you Marie-Claire, and Cindy. I’m sure you will put the tags and the 2 word arts Carole posted to download to good use. I partnered with Carole’s countdown last year. Hopefully I will continue to do so in future Christmas countdowns. There is still 10 more days of surprises to look forward too.
I haven’t, but would love to. Anyone who has watched the Big Bang Theory comedy series, would have seen the episode where they went to an escape room.
Mary, meteors are not green, they are bright and white. Asteroids contain nickel and iron, and they burn very hot, traveling at vast speeds, radiating green light. I often witness a meteor shower, as my night sky almanac will give me the date, time and direction to view them.
Meteors are also called shooting stars.As for your green ball, the only thing I can think of is if you took the photo through a window, it could be a flare of light, or some other light source which the camera picked up, if the shot was taken outside. If you don’t use a camera hood, as the camera hood reduces flare.
The word art I created, along with a corner brush which I coloured. Front cover of a half fold card.
OK Trish, It would also appear that I completely missed this November DIY challenge. I scrolled back and found your comment. In answer to your question, it’s simply because the stars are to faint to show up in moon shots. With the settings used to take shots of the moon. Planets on the other hand are much bigger and closer, like Mars showing up in my latest moon pics. Even then Mars was rather faint in all but one of them.
To elaborate more, the brightness of the moon determines my shutter speed and F stop, in order to not overexpose the moon. Hence using the setting I do, means that the stars don’t show up.
To shoot stars as pin points I will need to use as wide an F stop as my camera will allow, in my case it is F2.8 , with a very low shutter speed, around 20, or less seconds, in manual mode. For moon shots, I use F4.5, which is my camera’s sweet spot , aperture mode, and shutter speeds of 1,000-1,3000. Along with other settings.
Trish, it would appear I have missed a question from you, and no doubt others over time. Please repeat it, and if I can I will answer it. Sometimes there are lots of comments and pages submitted in a very short time frame. I tend to not back track, but view and read the most recent, unless I have lots oftime available.
For those that may be interested, here is the note. It isn’t very legible on the main page, due to the page being dramatically reduced in size.
This is my second page for this challenge.
As always, I’ve used my own photos. Used one of my own envelopes and note paper. I lifted the label, and created a mask. A simple no fuss page. The one colour which determined my choice of colours, was taken from the clump of mustardy leaves at the top of the trees.
I created this. I drew a line, without the arrows on the ends, to the colours I used on the wheel. I used 3 scripts. The rest I did myself. Knot 3 script, custom brad script and crotchet lace script.
Awe Julie, what a lovely comment, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and others that appreciate my photographic work. I do what I do, because I revel it, including the challenges involved. I’m not about to stop any time soon either. Well I hope not, certainly whilst I’m able anway
I directed you to one of the masterclasses to create a bauble, after you posted your page, which was lovely by the way, although the baubles were flat. Check out Paintshop Christmas 3. In that masterclass Carole demonstrates how to create a bauble in detail, even on how best to add images using the correct size, which I think you will find very informative.
Michele, another wonderful page. You do surprise me that you didn’t already have Carole’s Xmas punches ! 🙂
Thank you very much Susan, also thank you husband for me. I take it that you are ware that the moon only appears to be larger as it rises. It’s actually an optical illusion, known as polar Ponzo Illusion. This illusion occurs when our brians perceive the sun or the moon on the horizon as being larger than when it is directly overhead. I think I may have said before, you don’t need expensive lenses to shoot the moon. I don’t have any zoom lenses, as my camera does not support them. My camera settings are. F4.5, ISO 100, SS 1,300, exposure compensation -2/3 metering spot. zoom 600mm, aspect ration 16.9, timer 5 seconds. I play with other setting, but those are my standard moon settings. Other settings I will adjust will be sharpness, noise contrast and saturation.
You will have to view the photos in reverse. As the moon got closer and closer to Mars. The last photo displayed is the last one I took at 5.45am this morning. With the best image of Mars.
For those of you that may be interested, on the evening of last night, the 7th December, most of North America could witness the Cold Full Moon pass in front of Mars. This rare lunar occultation is made even more rare because Mars is also at opposition.
I was in and out of the house like a yoyo, taking shots hourly, or there abouts. Mainly to warm my hands and face, although it was a beautiful, clear, calm night, it was non the less flippin’ cold. Taking shots as the moon got closer to Mars. The last shot was taken at 5.45am this morning as the moon was setting, and my best shot of Mars, which is a bright red planet.
I will be creating a page about this event along with educational information in the near future.Cindy, you are going to have to be more specific, what exactly are you having a problem with. Have you read the readme text which is in the zipped folder? Follow the instructions there first. You should do that before running the script and watching the video.
My interests stretch far beyond Mother Nature on our beautiful blue planet, it extends to the wonders of the night sky.
December’s full moon is appropriately called in the Northern hemisphere the Cold Moon. This year’s full moon falls on the 8th December. Last night’s star gazing gave me such joy, even with frigid, blowing snow winds. The shots taken last night were taken 2hrs apart, you’ll see how the moon rotates. And yes, the moon does rotate. The moon is in it’s waxing gibbous phase, with Jupiter clearly visible, the other 2 planets make their way across the sky this month too, which are also clearly visible with the naked eye, they are Mars and Saturn. The constellation Orion is front and foremost in the southern sky, quite a spectacle sight it is too, with Sirius, the brightest star in our night sky is now visible, along with the reddish star Aldebaran, again all visible with the naked eye. I could go on, but I think you get my passion for the night sky. I don’t have a fancy high tech camera, but it’s perfect for my needs, when using the right settings. It doesn’t support zoom lenses, yet it takes adequate moon shots.
I created the page last year, the photos were taken last night at what many will call unsociable hours, well after mid night. I never tire taking moon shots.
Thank you Corrie, as is yours. Earth tone colours are my favourite colours, throughout all the seasons. I particularly like your tag.
Beautiful Page, love the folded paper tree. Hah yes, I remember that frame. I submitted it for last year’s Xmas countdown. You know the tassels on your dog’s scarf, are a perfect match for the red in the HO HO HO.
Suzy, thank you for your kind words. I appreciate that you realize what I have to go through sometimes to get the shots I’m looking for. I have to say though, I absolutely revel in being in the great outdoors at any time of year, regardless of the weather. While I’m still able I will continue with all the outdoor pursuits, from hiking in snowshoes throughout the winter months, riding, kayaking, cycling, all with my camera in tow. Plus of course, crawling through the undergrowth during the summer months looking for insects to shoot. Again, thank you!
Thanks Ann, it was a tossup between one of Carole’s snowflake lace like fonts and the scallops. I decided not to overwhelm the page with snowflakes, hence opting for the scallops.
To the best of my knowledge I have 5 white tailed hares, that reside in and around the farm. Now that we have snow I’m able to track them. They all have different sized feet, and length of stride. Now that they have turned white, they are more difficult to find. For those that don’t know they are nocturnal animals. From dawn til dusk, they blend in exceptionally well with their environment. Sitting out the day. This one decided to spend the day not far from the stables. It was a windy day, which meant that the blowing snow created a snowbank around the hare. I took photos every couple of hours, as the day went on, the wind died down allowing the sun to evaporate the snow that covered the hare, which kept it warm throughout most of the day. Snow is a wonderful insulator. I always say that snow is Mother Nature’s duvet, when it blankets the landscape, during a harsh Canadian winter. Just before dusk I went to check on the hare, and it had gone, leaving behind a perfectly shaped snow mould of itself.
I used word art which I created some time back, and one of Carole’s snowflakes. I used a scalloped template which I also created. The background paper is one of my snow photos. Photos were taken on the 17th November of this year.
