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Oh Corrie, that is horrible for you. I am no stranger to back pain, having had back surgery ending with 2 rods and 4 screws and brand spanking new disc (in 2011). I had a severely crushed disc, and my expected 4 hr surgery went 5.5 hours. I have zero back pain since the surgery. I got really lucky. I know how awful nerve pain is and I remember thinking if I could ride out the wave of pain, I'd be able handle it. Nope, I just got to the point I felt like I was going to throw up. Like you, walking was terrible. I was good for about 3 minutes, then the pain had me sweating and nauseous. Sitting was fine and a relief, but the weird thing was after the surgery and I could walk and walk and walk for long periods, sitting became uncomfortable (soft tissue issues left over from before the surgery. I hope you are able to get on a cancellation list if they have such a think there. I got lucky with that - had a consult, wanted time to think about it, went back 2 weeks later for more questions and decided I couldn't live like I was and opted for the surgery. I asked to be put on a cancellation list and while driving home from that appt, they called and said there was an opening in exactly one week from that date. I jumped on it. I hope you can find some relief somehow until the time is up. Maybe some people will drop off the list and you'll move up faster.

Beautifully done Corrie! I've never seen these flowers before. I am so sorry to hear of your pain and the time you have to wait!

When we lived in Warwick, we had hummers all the time. I found keeping up with their feeders to be tedious. Now that we moved to Middletown (1/2 hour away) I see no hummers at all. Occasionally there will be a passing stranger and I'm lucky to see it. I now miss seeing the beautiful little guys zipping around. They are awesome!

At the moment I'm more or less housebound because the problem with the pinched nerve in my back from the beginning of this year, has been getting worse! Walking is very painful and I can do just a couple of steps, sleeping is a disaster as well. Of course I have been to my GP and now I have a referral for a neurologist in the hospital. The waiting list is about 90 days before anyone can see me! Our care system is collapsed! Too many patients and staff shortages. I have not been feeling very creative, but today managed to do this. The photo was taken in a gardencenter, I go there by bike that still is doable. I used this month's freebie mask from Jessica Dunn. The rest is from the big Anna Aspnes pack. I love the adjustments layers in Affinity to change colors with the HSL- sliders. Font is Bahnschrift.

I'm in too, this time using Affinity 🙂

Yes in most cases, but it sometimes depends on the background too

The only time I have seen them was when my daughter lived in Washington State and I was lucky that they had just arrived when I came. But I had no luck in taking a photo, they are so quick.

I love the background desaturated photo, so perfect for this layout. And OMG MARY! one more and you are caught up. What an incredible accomplishment.

Lab 15 Mod 7 - and I am finally in July of this year! This was a scraplift. I did most of the requirements, but did not do a paper flower, instead I did a heart and paint splashed it. I did do the thread border as described; and the torn edge as described (around the background); I did do the paper doily as described; I did do the paper made text for the title as described (that was great using the selection from a vector object); the background is several layers with the picture of Forked Deer River muted; I did outline the text as Selection>Modify>Selection Borders. The picture is AI from CF Spark. The font is Bodini MT Black. The paper I used for the title is one I made using Effects>Distortion Effects>Wavy.

R - Rafter

Both you and Linda are lucky. I've never seen one here (Edmonton, AB). When I lived in British Columbia, both in the interior of the province and on the lower west coast we would see them all the time. I miss them.

Q = Quatrefoil And they're fun to make in PSP!

I am privileged only to see them passing through, as they travel further north to breed. Some years, I may get one or two, not any at all some years in the Spring. August, is when I can set my watch by them. 1-3rd is when they arrive, in abundance, staying until the last day in August.

What promted me to do the out of bounds on the bottom two images, was that when I looked at the bottom one, its background could be any background paper, once I out of bounded the wing, it really did appear to have just flown into the layout. It pays to spend time looking at the photos you have spent time taking, as for me it is those images that more often than not determine my layouts.

Beautiful layout and photos. The out of bounds does make it more interesting. We feed the hummers here, but they are here all summer. Right now, the babies have fledged. I can tell because I have to fill my two feeders every other day!

Is there a place we would be able to see them?

I would think you do as well. Yours does make it look like it really is 3D coming out of the frame. Finding the right shadow to use to convey 3 dimensions would take some experimenting to see what you like best. I would also opt to add a shadow.

I have been working on plenty of layouts b/c of the heat wave. Too stifling to be outside, except for a dog park visit early in the morning. I feel I can't post them here b/c I use PSE 2024 for most of them. I gave up on Affinity a while back and have used PSE more and more. It has become rather intuitive, just as PSP did after I began as a member here and learned so many techniques. A friend (much younger than I) moved to Australia a while back, and she posts some great photos on her FB page. I use them to have projects to work on, and she enjoys the results. Also, another friend sent me a bunch of old family pix that I've been turning into layouts as a keepsake for her and her sister. It keeps me learning and creating, and I need that focus as an antidote to life these days. However, I do check in to look at the work and the wonderful comments that accompany the creations. It's the community vibe that makes this place special.

Whenever I've come across the word "pulchritude" it was often used to refer to the shapely contours of a voluptuous woman! 😊

That camera & flash make me think of photo-journalists from earlier days who would be popping flashes as they did their work. Love this.

The lifted shadows on the frames come with the frames which I downloaded from somewhere. I added a bit on the map to make it more in line with the others.

That would be my answer too. I'm certain we have had this discussion before, quite a while back. It came to mind when I was doing the out of bounds. I added a cast shadow.

For me, it would depend on the surroundings. I would add a shadow but it would have to either be a lifted shadow or even a cast shadow, depending on where the surface is.

This is a quick question to everyone. As I'm curious to know. I know what my answer is. Do you add a shadow to the out of bounds portion of a photo?

P = Pelmet