Template Workshop 2025

[Carolyn Rye]

Day 7 using Affinity Photo.  I continued using my friend's photos of her amazing road trip through so much outback country.

I have enjoyed using Affinity Photo as I found so parts a little easier than PSP.  I still feel that both of the programs will complement each other.  Each of them has items that I love to use.

I would love to have time to do this workshop with PSP as well, but I have my daughter coming to stay with us for a week.  This is so exciting for us all.  

 

[Ann Seeber]

26 minutes ago, Carolyn Rye said:

Day 7 using Affinity Photo.  I continued using my friend's photos of her amazing road trip through so much outback country.

I have enjoyed using Affinity Photo as I found so parts a little easier than PSP.  I still feel that both of the programs will complement each other.  Each of them has items that I love to use.

I would love to have time to do this workshop with PSP as well, but I have my daughter coming to stay with us for a week.  This is so exciting for us all.  

 

 Outstanding layout! I have to inquire, were the photos of paintings or is that an effect that you applied?

[Jeni Simpson]

Template 5 Diamond
Affinity 2.6
A couple of years back, I stayed at a lovely cottage near the coast.
The decor interested me, and I managed to snap a few photographs of items that appealed.

Kit is Jessica Dunn's Coastal Spring papers with her Nantucket Feeling elements.
The paper strips were colourised using colours from the striped paper.
Fonts are Castella and Billie Olivia

[MoniqueN.]

Lesson 6 Affinity

 

[Ann Seeber]

33 minutes ago, Jeni Simpson said:

Template 5 Diamond
Affinity 2.6
A couple of years back, I stayed at a lovely cottage near the coast.
The decor interested me, and I managed to snap a few photographs of items that appealed.

Kit is Jessica Dunn's Coastal Spring papers with her Nantucket Feeling elements.
The paper strips were colourised using colours from the striped paper.
Fonts are Castella and Billie Olivia

Wow, that takes me back to my trips down the shore in Jersey. I always loved the coastal decor! Beautiful! ❤️

[Ann Seeber]

35 minutes ago, MoniqueN. said:

Lesson 6 Affinity

 

Knowing how you love Scotland, I thought you might be interested in this new book coming out by Alexander McCall Smith. Here's the writeup:

The Winds from Further West

A Novel

by Alexander McCall Smith

From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a dazzling and uplifting novel of new beginnings and endless possibilities, in which a slew of personal and professional disasters cause a young researcher to upend his seemingly stable life in Edinburgh and move to a remote island off the Scottish coast.

[Cristina]

Trying to catch up. Here is Day 5 - Affinity

Diamond Template, but I duplicated the row of pictures and changed the rotation of the journaling paper.
Elements and papers from Lynn Grieveson’s Sprout Kit.
From Cassel: 

• Alpha-Maker Script (Freebie)
• DateStamp#8 Script

Font: Dancing Script

Here is the original paper I used for the Title and the Button. I adjusted the color of both using Layer Adjustment (HSL).
This is the original Transfer, for which I changed the Blend Mode to Luminosity.

 

[Ann Seeber]

 I finally finished my Day 7 assignment for PSP. Here is my Community Cat Crew, including the elusive Black Beauty, who is new. The title font is Dingo Nursery. The papers are from Jessica Dunn. Everyone but Batman is scheduled for TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return) towards the end of May when there's room at Tara, the rescue vet. They'll also get their vaccinations and parasite treatment. I think at least one is possibly pregnant but we have over 2 months gestation so we may catch it in time. My Brandy was in the same boat. I'm not sure about Beauty as he/she appears to be a full adult and even someone's lost pet since he/she wants to get in the house and be petted*. Definitely not a fearful feral. I have put him/her out to the local Lost Pet website.  We'll see what happens.

*My 3 indoor cats would object to a visitor.

Edited April 29 by Ann Seeber

[Bonnie Ballentine]

10 hours ago, Jeni Simpson said:

Are you all eating worms out of the Tequila bottles? I don't see plates of food on those tables  

Food was on the way!

 

[Donna Sillia]

14 hours ago, Julian Adams said:

So Pretty @Donna Sillia !

I especially 💖the iris. I used to live in an apartment next to a lady who was an iris breeder and planted her lovely unique iris around the parameter of our building. 

Ones like this:

 

Thank you, Julian. The Iris is one of my favorites, especially the dark purple one. I love the one you posted and am going to look for a bulb or one similar. Do you know the name? I have a friend that works at a garden center and will ask her.

[Anja Pelzer]

here is my last page

using Spring Breeze by Just Because Studio

[Lynda DiGregor]

Template Workshop Background and frame by Marisa of Creative Fabrica, template  cass template from the Workshop

Photos are mine and I really don't know what kind of flowers. If anyone knows what they are, let me know.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 29 by Lynda DiGregor
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[Linda Rexford]

2 hours ago, Lynda DiGregor said:

Template Workshop Background and frame by Marisa of Creative Fabrica, template  cass template from the Workshop

Photos are mine and I really don't know what kind of flowers. If anyone knows what they are, let me know.

 

 

 

 

I believe they are Brown-eyed Susans or Black-eyed Susans.  (Rudbeckia) 

[Lynda DiGregor]

The yellow one is not a coneflower unless they come in small sizes. These are pretty small. The coneflowers that I had were pink and white. These were in the preserve.

7 minutes ago, Linda Rexford said:

I believe they are Brown-eyed Susans or Black-eyed Susans.  (Rudbeckia) 

That is probably right. It seems Black-eyed Susans can have 6 petals as these do. Supposed to be less common. "It's a result of genetic variation and selective breeding within the Rudbeckia genus." according to Penn State

[Lynda DiGregor]

I used Carole's template and papers. Changed the colors with Adjust/Hue and saturation. The book pngs came from Freepik  https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/book-png

This is a very old high school still, in service. The Jimmy Hendrix quote is on a rock by the school

[Connie Collier]

Everyone's photographs are so wonderful.

My pages so far:

[Hank Sobah]

On 4/24/2025 at 1:57 PM, Julian Adams said:

 hope this isn't considered off topic. I'm wondering about Affinity. I assume people are getting into it because PSP will not be updated. How does it compare to PSP? Any significant limitations?

PSP won't have more updates?  That's actually the first I've heard of this.  Very disappointed as I've been looking for 2025!

[Hank Sobah]

[gwen jewitt]

Day 5 I used Photos of my own they were taken of the sunset at Corbridge from my loft window. The star is digital scrapbook.com by Billie Irene, Font Baby Garland. Cloud and moon paper byEleatell Pixabay, background paper by ractapopulous pixabay.

[Julie Magerka]

With so many wonderful posts in this thread (nearly 400!), I have not been able to keep up. I couldn't participate this time. But I'm getting back (slowly) to a more normal pace of life. So many things going on with family issues, all rather time-consuming and exhausting (and completely beyond my control).

I somehow have held the opinion that layouts need to be happy and upbeat (flowers, butterflies, unicorns, etc.) to celebrate all the big things in life. But I see layouts on many sites and, while many are like that, others are more mundane, and some are quite sad or soulful as they express darker emotions which are part of daily life too.

Everyone who has posted in this Workshop has done a great job. You've sure kept Carole busy keeping up!

[Jeni Simpson]

9 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Wow, that takes me back to my trips down the shore in Jersey. I always loved the coastal decor! Beautiful! ❤️

Thank you, Ann, there is something special about coastal shores; the air is so refreshing.

[Jeni Simpson]

7 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

 I finally finished my Day 7 assignment for PSP. Here is my Community Cat Crew, including the elusive Black Beauty, who is new. The title font is Dingo Nursery. The papers are from Jessica Dunn. Everyone but Batman is scheduled for TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return) towards the end of May when there's room at Tara, the rescue vet. They'll also get their vaccinations and parasite treatment. I think at least one is possibly pregnant but we have over 2 months gestation so we may catch it in time. My Brandy was in the same boat. I'm not sure about Beauty as he/she appears to be a full adult and even someone's lost pet since he/she wants to get in the house and be petted*. Definitely not a fearful feral. I have put him/her out to the local Lost Pet website.  We'll see what happens.

*My 3 indoor cats would object to a visitor.

 

I love your cats, Ann, and black cats in particular. I hope Beauty finds a furever home so as not to upset your own three. My one and only black cat had charcoal stripes and only survived to six months; she was an angel.

[Ann Seeber]

4 minutes ago, Jeni Simpson said:

she was an angel.

and still is, of course. 👼

[Jeni Simpson]

Template 6 diamond
Affinity 2.6
This photograph was taken one evening in the hills overlooking my area.
I have used Janet Kemp's Elegant Autumn kit and the fonts used are Mocha Cherry and Mocha Cherry Inline.

[Harmony Birch]

Well here is my day 7. This weekend my daughter ran her first ever 5k so this is my tribute to how far she has come.