What are you working on (in March 2025)?

[kasany]

Polish Reality taken by JK, alpha-Carole, no anybody's template, dunno who created creatures on the train. Just one photo and letters and no need more IMHO.

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 3/15/2025 at 12:21 AM, Anja Pelzer said:

I made also a blueprint 

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I have visited Monschau many years ago but the castle hasn't changed at all, at least from this viewpoint and the blueprint does it justice!

[Ann Seeber]

I tried out the blueprint technique with a local photo from Beacon, NY, of the Howland Cultural Center. It is quite spectacular in person. I'll also show the color photo.

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 3/15/2025 at 8:19 PM, Ann Seeber said:

I tried out the blueprint technique with a local photo from Beacon, NY, of the Howland Cultural Center. It is quite spectacular in person. I'll also show the color photo.

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Very nice!

[Julie Magerka]

We recently had a bit of discourse about old photos and the frequent use of cameras. This photo that I have in my files comes from the early 1900s. It is not of anyone in my family, but the family of a friend. They are using Brownie box cameras, but I don't know which edition they are. I just love the pic! Taken in my hometown.

Almost all elements come from Katie Pertiet photography kit which was on sale for $1.99 US.

Edited Saturday at 10:36 PM by Julie Magerka

[Julie Magerka]

  On 3/15/2025 at 8:19 PM, Ann Seeber said:

I tried out the blueprint technique with a local photo from Beacon, NY, of the Howland Cultural Center. It is quite spectacular in person. I'll also show the color photo.

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Was this someone's home originally?

[Susan Ewart]

  On 3/15/2025 at 8:19 PM, Ann Seeber said:

I tried out the blueprint technique with a local photo from Beacon, NY, of the Howland Cultural Center. It is quite spectacular in person. I'll also show the color photo.

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Ann, this one turned incredible.  Thank you Carole for putting this one in the blog, it has been a viewing pleasure to see what everyone is doing with it.

[Susan Ewart]

  On 3/15/2025 at 10:28 PM, Julie Magerka said:

We recently had a bit of discourse about old photos and the frequent use of cameras. This photo that I have in my files comes from the early 1900s. It is not of anyone in my family, but the family of a friend. They are using Brownie box cameras, but I don't know which edition they are. I just love the pic! Taken in my hometown.

Almost all elements come from Katie Pertiet photography kit which was on sale for $1.99 US.

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I love this Julie.  I have 7 of the box style brownies and one brick style (plus the bigger and tiny accordion type ones - there seems to be a lot of "brownie" styles).  I'm going to see if that kit is still available, I like to get anything camera related.  This is a fabulous picture of these two ladies and it's super sharp for a photo of that era.

[Ann Seeber]

  On 3/15/2025 at 10:37 PM, Julie Magerka said:

Was this someone's home originally?

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It started its career as a library.

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 3/15/2025 at 10:28 PM, Julie Magerka said:

We recently had a bit of discourse about old photos and the frequent use of cameras. This photo that I have in my files comes from the early 1900s. It is not of anyone in my family, but the family of a friend. They are using Brownie box cameras, but I don't know which edition they are. I just love the pic! Taken in my hometown.

Almost all elements come from Katie Pertiet photography kit which was on sale for $1.99 US.

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This is a very well preserved photo that old! I find that black/white or brownish photos keep their color nuances and sharpness much better then the older colored photos that fade out over time. I have a couple of those taken by my dad when he just started to use color film, that are now beyond repair!

[Ann Seeber]

I did a blueprint of this well-known local college. The photo is by Brian Lee. The font is Copperplate Gothic.

[Julie Magerka]

  On 3/15/2025 at 10:56 PM, Susan Ewart said:

I love this Julie.  I have 7 of the box style brownies and one brick style (plus the bigger and tiny accordion type ones - there seems to be a lot of "brownie" styles).  I'm going to see if that kit is still available, I like to get anything camera related.  This is a fabulous picture of these two ladies and it's super sharp for a photo of that era.

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It's' called CuratedTeamFavsPhotogKit. She has quite a few camera/photography related products and regular sales.

[Anne Lamp]

Doing the March TUT/TECH Challenge I made this of my Foxy dog. 

[Susan Ewart]

  On 3/16/2025 at 1:59 PM, Ann Seeber said:

I did a blueprint of this well-known local college. The photo is by Brian Lee. The font is Copperplate Gothic.

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Ann, you are on a fantastic roll.  Love how the clouds turned out.  

[Susan Ewart]

  On 3/16/2025 at 2:32 PM, Julie Magerka said:

It's' called CuratedTeamFavsPhotogKit. She has quite a few camera/photography related products and regular sales.

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thank you Julie.  I found it and bought it.  although you got a real deal, I got it on sale, but not as good as you got.  

[Ann Seeber]

  On 3/16/2025 at 8:01 PM, Susan Ewart said:

Love how the clouds turned out

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Now that you mention them, I was actually thinking I should have erased them. Not usual on a blueprint...

[Susan Ewart]

  On 3/16/2025 at 8:55 PM, Ann Seeber said:

Now that you mention them, I was actually thinking I should have erased them. Not usual on a blueprint...

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it looks like water could have gotten spilled on the top of it, adds nice texture.  At least you can make a duplicate and erase the clouds on the duplicate layout.  I love shift-D.

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 3/16/2025 at 1:59 PM, Ann Seeber said:

I did a blueprint of this well-known local college. The photo is by Brian Lee. The font is Copperplate Gothic.

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It is so nice to make a lot of those blueprints when you know how to do them. The building comes out nicely and although we only pretend this is a blueprint and the clouds are ok, I should remove them because they distract from the building itself. If you were to pretend it is spilled water, the water should be on the building too and not behind. All this is of course only my opinion, as Carole always says you are the designer!

[Julie Magerka]

  On 3/16/2025 at 8:02 PM, Susan Ewart said:

thank you Julie.  I found it and bought it.  although you got a real deal, I got it on sale, but not as good as you got.  

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I get emails from her shop so I see the $1.99 specials when they appear, and that's often.

[Ann Seeber]

I did the Alphabet challenge for each of my cats. I initially posted EVE for the letter E, and I just revised BRANDY and now I also created a card for ADAM to complete my set. Here are the revised Brandy and the newly created Adam.

[Julie Magerka]

  6 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

I did the Alphabet challenge for each of my cats. I initially posted EVE for the letter E, and I just revised BRANDY and now I also created a card for ADAM to complete my set. Here are the revised Brandy and the newly created Adam.

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I think now I want to do this for all my cats and dogs over the years! But that's quite a few!!!! Brandy is such a pretty girl.

[Julie Magerka]

These pictures, from my family album, have such a spring-like feel to them. I coloured in some of the blossoms on the tree and used mostly Anna Aspnes elements and materials. This time I used PSE, but couldn't figure out how to lift the corners of the photo. (Also, I wasn't able to upload it to here - resized -  without using PSP. Don't know what that was all about???)

I just love how elegantly the two women (my mother and my aunt) are dressed for the occasion. Not what I'd be wearing I don't think!

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[Rene Marker]

  1 hour ago, Julie Magerka said:

I think now I want to do this for all my cats and dogs over the years! But that's quite a few!!!! Brandy is such a pretty girl.

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I'd only have one letter in my ABC of my dogs..."P"

Patches (1964 to 1978)

Pepper (2000 to 2015)

Paige (2002 to 2015)

Peyton (2017 to ????)