Scrap Bootcamp - March 2025

[Krystyna Nicholls]

Workspace preferences: Light Grey workspace (I did have dark), untabbed pictures, I have now clicked on the classic material preference for palette, and view the ruler. I did have the ruler in inches, but changed to cm. However, mine shows the measurements in increments of 10, not up to 200 as Cassel's does.  Also, I attach a photo I shall be using when we visited Cadbury's World

[Krystyna Nicholls]

Day 2: The Sandwich - thank you for the reminder of layers and being able to drag from one image to another some elements. 

[Jeni Simpson]

  On 3/22/2025 at 12:05 PM, Sharla said:

Project 2: The Angel of the North is a sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It is near the main road north to Scotland so is seen by millions each year. You can also visit the statue which I have done many times. I am in awe of its size - it stands 20 metres (66 ft) tall with a wingspan of 54 metres (177 ft). 

The photo is one of mine. The papers are from Rachel Martin’s ‘Felicity: Ombres Kit’. The font is Angelface.

 

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Sharla, great to see Northumbria photos, some of my ancestors were from there, and some are living there now.

Edited Monday at 08:17 PM by Jeni Simpson
corrected grammar

[Krystyna Nicholls]

Day 3 - Project #1 - here is my Cadbury World - a trip that we took in 2022. Just playing around with the elements and shadowing. 

[Julie Magerka]

  On 3/24/2025 at 7:28 PM, Krystyna Nicholls said:

Day 2: The Sandwich - thank you for the reminder of layers and being able to drag from one image to another some elements. 

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Once you "get" the concept of using layers you will be ahead of the game using PSP (or any other app). It is the basis of how layouts are constructed. It took me quite a while to lock that idea into my head!

[Cassel]

@Jeni Simpson Interesting to see how you colorized that paper. It fits very well with the rest.

@Bee Kelly Hopefully, you will get all that fixed soon. It is frustrating when computers don't cooperate, right?

@Donna Sillia That is a great kit you created with wonderful colors!

@Ann SeeberI am glad to see you use the stamped alpha, however, if it is stamped, should it have a shadow?

@Krystyna Nicholls The way the Rulers show will depend on the size of the image and the zoom factor. That is likely why you don't have exactly the same thing I have (I also use Pixels, not cm). By the way, if you use a paint splash element, that should not have any shadow. In addition, if it overlaps different surfaces, you could try to add a little detail explained in this article.

 

[Jeni Simpson]

Day 7
I decided to create these pages to fit together, so they are all Walter Peak High Country Farm on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, pronounced wah-kah-tee-poo.
The tourism company has bought the acreage beside the lake from Walter Peak Station, a much larger sheep station on the shores of the lake.
They now maintain the farm and have removed trees other than those which are native to the area.
I have continued the same fonts as previously, and am still using Jessica Dunn's Classy kit, with the oriental glitter provided by Carole.
The background paper was a tad too pronounced, so I added another layer on top coloured with the same grey, and softened the blend on thetop layer, just to bring it back a touch.

 

Edited Tuesday at 02:31 AM by Jeni Simpson
I still have some sticky keys, the f key in particular, sometimes I get no f and other times there are 3 of them!

[Susan Ewart]

  On 3/24/2025 at 9:43 AM, Bee Kelly said:

I have also sent a help request to let you know my PC isn't working and gave me grief for this lesson. and hung up.  I did do a screen shot of where I was at and how I couldn't work with Shadowing.  Well I can't send the screen shot as I just saw.  I'll be back after I resolve my PC issue.  Thanks for these lessons.

 

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I hope you get your technical issues worked out.  My PSP 2023 has been cantankerous the last few days.  I've been switching to PSP2022 for a few things.  And I'm saving after every few steps because it's randomly shutting down.  One thing I wonder about is if PS elements is causing some of this.  I haven't opened it but it's doing something in the background and it's rated as high-use by the CPU thingy that shows the load on it ( I dont know what that's called, I just call my hubby when things seem slow and he pops up this graph on the screen and tells me what's using resources).  

[Susan Ewart]

  On 3/24/2025 at 2:32 PM, Donna Sillia said:

Day 6 I really do love glitter!  Matthew's brother sent me the picture of Matt with the rifle, and I was reluctant to use it because of my aversion to guns. However, it fit so well with Art Deco which was my first kit. I used a photo of Chooch that has him behind a speakeasy bar with a 20's style cap on his head. The bar and cap are from Adobe Express. The flowers were made in FF. The papers are from my first build a kit. The heart is a brush. The font is Edith from CF.

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How can anyone not love glitter.  I'm in the glitter gal club with you Donna.  You color choices are so perfect.  Your plaid is outstanding.  This will be a cherished memory.  

[Julie Magerka]

  On 3/25/2025 at 2:27 AM, Jeni Simpson said:

Day 7
I decided to create these pages to fit together, so they are all Walter Peak High Country Farm on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, pronounced wah-kah-tee-poo.
The tourism company has bought the acreage beside the lake from Walter Peak Station, a much larger sheep station on the shores of the lake.
They now maintain the farm and have removed trees other than those which are native to the area.
I have continued the same fonts as previously, and am still using Jessica Dunn's Classy kit, with the oriental glitter provided by Carole.
The background paper was a tad too pronounced, so I added another layer on top coloured with the same grey, and softened the blend on thetop layer, just to bring it back a touch.

 

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Great balance on that page with your papers and elements. It works so well.

[Krystyna Nicholls]

Day 5 Project 2: Writing in chocolate - Grandad and granddaughter.  Script Segoe 96. Elements from Curio Pantry spring mini

[Sharla]

  On 3/24/2025 at 3:50 PM, Ann Seeber said:

This Savannah Sparrow just flew in with the Spring Migration. The photog is Kathy Marie on The Hudson Valley in Pictures gallery. The background paper is from marisaL-distressed28-vietnam bundle. The title is the new cass-stamped alpha. The subtitle is Gil Sans Bold. The journaling font is Grand Hotel. Flower stamps from my stash.

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Ann, that is really a very beautiful layout. 

[Sharla]

Project 3: 
Belsay Hall and Castle is an English Heritage Property in Northumberland (UK). Within the grounds there is a quarry garden that is quite unique with lots of different plants and trees.
The photos are mine, the papers and elements are from A Touch of delight by Marisa Lerin, the font is DM Sans Medium.

 

[Susan Ewart]

Project 3

You've seen the mittens, here's some partners for the mittens.  Actually the 'partners' are about 3" (hat) and 8" (scarf), some Christmas decorations from something that I just found in a random cupboard.  The mittens are full sized and were bought in the 2010 Winter Olympics when I lived just outside Vancover, BC(Canada).  I put my big-girl pants on and wrote down all the supplies.

Fonts: Awesome couple Script & Austyke (title) from Creative Fabrica

Flower/tree/present:  PS Commons Oklahoma Dawn (Digitalscrapbook.com)

Swirl: Marisa Lerin (DigitalScrapbook.com)

Polka Dot Paper: ABM-Christmas Joy-BG-02  (not sure who this is, but likely DigitalScrapbook)

Pink Paper: PS Nov2019 BT-OKD-FiL-gpp5 (looks like Oklahoma Dawn at DigitalScrapbook)

Green BG paper: Jessica Dunn-rustic wedding solid paper 10 (Digitalscrapbook)

weird scatter stuff: Creative Fabrica

Photos: mine

The quote is not that thick in the reg layout or JPG.  I saw it and thought, I need to change that, but when I checked my file, it's nice and thin, like writing. Weird

EDIT:  I decided to make the fonts more rustic and used the eraser on them to scratch them up and lowered the opacity.  the dark black looks to abrupt on the eyes.

 

Edited Tuesday at 05:37 PM by Susan Ewart
see above

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 3/25/2025 at 12:29 PM, Sharla said:

Project 3: 
Belsay Hall and Castle is an English Heritage Property in Northumberland (UK). Within the grounds there is a quarry garden that is quite unique with lots of different plants and trees.
The photos are mine, the papers and elements are from A Touch of delight by Marisa Lerin, the font is DM Sans Medium.

 

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That are lovely gardens and you show them so well!

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 3/25/2025 at 3:57 PM, Susan Ewart said:

Project 3

You've seen the mittens, here's some partners for the mittens.  Actually the 'partners' are about 3" (hat) and 8" (scarf), some Christmas decorations from something that I just found in a random cupboard.  The mittens are full sized and were bought in the 2010 Winter Olympics when I lived just outside Vancover, BC(Canada).  I put my big-girl pants on and wrote down all the supplies.

Fonts: Awesome couple Script & Austyke (title) from Creative Fabrica

Flower/tree/present:  PS Commons Oklahoma Dawn (Digitalscrapbook.com)

Swirl: Marisa Lerin (DigitalScrapbook.com)

Polka Dot Paper: ABM-Christmas Joy-BG-02  (not sure who this is, but likely DigitalScrapbook)

Pink Paper: PS Nov2019 BT-OKD-FiL-gpp5 (looks like Oklahoma Dawn at DigitalScrapbook)

Green BG paper: Jessica Dunn-rustic wedding solid paper 10 (Digitalscrapbook)

weird scatter stuff: Creative Fabrica

Photos: mine

The quote is not that thick in the reg layout or JPG.  I saw it and thought, I need to change that, but when I checked my file, it's nice and thin, like writing. Weird

EDIT:  I decided to make the fonts more rustic and used the eraser on them to scratch them up and lowered the opacity.  the dark black looks to abrupt on the eyes.

 

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This made me smile 🫠 and I wonder how do you come up with such funny ideas that are worked out to perfection.

[Susan Ewart]

  On 3/25/2025 at 8:07 PM, Corrie Kinkel said:

This made me smile 🫠 and I wonder how do you come up with such funny ideas that are worked out to perfection.

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I wish I knew, my head is usually so scrambled these days.  Weirdly, even just 10 yrs ago I was really focused, but didn't do much creating (other than Christmas cards), and now my brain feels scattered and I'm more creatively productive.  Wonder what that's about.

[Ann Seeber]

NEXT: Spring Flowers - photos from HV in Pictures gallery - top and bottom decor from DSBT-Magnolia; title fonts: am_intex, Gill Sans Ultra and Babilonia. Papers from my stash.

[Susan Ewart]

  13 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

NEXT: Spring Flowers - photos from HV in Pictures gallery - top and bottom decor from DSBT-Magnolia; title fonts: am_intex, Gill Sans Ultra and Babilonia. Papers from my stash.

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Don't you just love Gill Sans Ultra Bold.  It is one of my most favorite fonts.  Such pretty crocus (did I get that right?)

[Corrie Kinkel]

  23 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

I wish I knew, my head is usually so scrambled these days.  Weirdly, even just 10 yrs ago I was really focused, but didn't do much creating (other than Christmas cards), and now my brain feels scattered and I'm more creatively productive.  Wonder what that's about.

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Our brain works sometimes in mysterious ways!

[Corrie Kinkel]

  13 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

NEXT: Spring Flowers - photos from HV in Pictures gallery - top and bottom decor from DSBT-Magnolia; title fonts: am_intex, Gill Sans Ultra and Babilonia. Papers from my stash.

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Lovely Spring feeling and my photos of crocuses (with is the plural according to my dictionary) are almost identical.

[Susan Ewart]

  10 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Lovely Spring feeling and my photos of crocuses (with is the plural according to my dictionary) are almost identical.

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I stopped at crocus because I didn't know the plural...and I was in a hurry and had no time to look it up.  Now I know what it is.

[Krystyna Nicholls]

Day 7 Glitters and 3 photos - still playing catch up. Here is my attempt. I must get some more accessories. 

[Corrie Kinkel]

  6 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

I stopped at crocus because I didn't know the plural...and I was in a hurry and had no time to look it up.  Now I know what it is.

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Always a pleasure! 😘

[Cassel]

@Jeni Simpson It is a great idea to keep some similarities from one layout to the next as it could become the start of a whole album or at least a section of an album.

@Krystyna Nicholls Is grandpa a chocolatier? I can just imagine how much fun it is for a child to write in chocolate! Great story to capture! Although it was not mentioned in the tutorials, you might want to consider adding "reverse shadows" to your papers to give them even more "volume". You can read more about it in this article.

@SharlaYour page is nicely balanced and the colors are great for your photos.

@Susan Ewart Those mittens make me smile. I think that my daughter had those mittens that she might have gotten during the Canada Winter Games, held in 2003 right here, in Bathurst. We all served as volunteers for that event. 

@Ann Seeber That is quite a colorful page, and it goes well with colorful flowers too!

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