Double Take Challenge 2019

[Annie Tobin]

Sharon ... cute display of the "cock of the walk", I love it.

Alicia ... you have showcased the oldest marine park in Florida beautifully, well done.

Sue ... your love of nature shows through in all of your work, wonderfully displayed.

[Annie Tobin]

Hi Scrapbook Campers.  This is my day 5 of the double take challenge.  All photos courtesy of Unsplash from a variety of photographers.  I followed closely Cassel's tutorial for this one.  I created the gradient from one of the photos using the script cass-gradient creator and I love how it turned out ... a super way to blend a background into the theme of a project.  I also love how the title turned out, very neat idea for the character shapes, thanks Cassel and thanks to whomever for takin a peek!

[Sue Thomas]

Here's my day 6. I used the paper crease tutorial, to divide the  background. Changed all  the letters to red, used the picture tube script to create a neat rope. I stayed with the mask technique to place the photos inside the date and word. Character map was used on the heading, lifted photo tutorial. Instead of creating a grunge effect I created an overlay.  Placing the beads took the longest time to do.  Rotating, and then erasing either side for the rope to thread through, shadowing.

[Sue Thomas]

In this challenge I used 62 different photos.  Double pages is deffinately the way to go  to show case my photos. Thank you Carole. I've  thoroughly enjoyed taking part. X

[Alicia Garbelman]

Day 5: I don't have any panorama shots from the Florida trip, so I found this one from our trip to Fundy National Park in New Brunswick, later the same year.

 

I created the layout as 3600 x 7200 pixels. I used a pre-made gradient for the bottom layer, and I learned how to add borders using the selection - modify - select selection borders technique.

 

After saving the image as a jpg, I used the "custom selection" to create the left and right side layouts. All simple things, but the first time I have tried them.

[Alicia Garbelman]

Sharon, Annie, thank you for your kind words.

[Cheryle Becker]

Hi,  This is my Day 1, effort.  The my photos are of Olympia, Greece.  It's an amazing place to visit.  The clip art is from Google Images.  It's amazing to see the different ideas from everyone.  It's inspiring.

[Cheryle Becker]

This is Day 2.  I used a mask on second page as I wanted to use the whole photo but still have the slats look.  Cheers

[Cheryle Becker]

This is my Day 3.  This is a Double Page that I'd done a while ago.

 

This is a Beach in Queensland Aust. that has different coloured sands.  I've included the Aboriginal Legend for Rainbow Beach.

 

Thank you for giving me the chance to show you some of my work.

 

Cheers

[Annie Tobin]

Sue, lovely work on the migratory birds. I love your work my friend, it shows your heart. <3

Alicia, you are doing so well for a rookie my friend. You visit beautiful places and showcase them to perfection, well done Hon. :D

Cheryle, beautiful photos which you have displayed beautifully, well done my friend. ;D

 

[Annie Tobin]

Day 6 Challenge.  Photos again from Unsplash (I would be kinda lost without them) and from a variety of photographers.  The background paper is my creation using the overlay tutorial and a texture.  The alpha is by Katie Pertiet and the other elements are out of the scrap kit "Autumn Tales" by Cheznora Design.  Thanks for takin a peek!

[Lynda DiGregor]

Annie, you are so creative... I'm still trying to figure out a theme.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Wow , everyone is doing so great on this. I'm jealous!  :-)  I've been busy with necessary stuff so I'm way behind and still don't have a theme but here are a couple of  Day 1 efforts.

 

Flat Stanley was a school project of my granddaughter's who lives in Texas. They needed to send Flat Stanley on a journey and she sent him to me in Illinois.

 

The other is a very crazy place in Texas called Cadillac Ranch. As you can see all the cadillacs are place upended and people just paint them any which way. I got a big chuckle from the no graffiti sign. Gotta love Texas!

[Annie Tobin]

OMG Lynda! These look such fun and you have showcased beautifully, well done my friend. <3

[Annie Tobin]

Thanks dear Lynda, I have just commented on your work, it is truly delightful and fun! <3

[Alicia Garbelman]

And Day 6. I'm not sure if I'm completely satisfied with these two pages, but the nice thing about saving them as PSP images is that I can change things if I want. Created a grunge background, but it was apparently too subtle, so I added a blinds texture as well.

[Sharon Wilke]

Alicia you are really posting some fantastic work! I love the butterflies. They are so beautiful! I'm not as far along as you but I'm hanging in there. I scrounged up some more photos to work with. I can't wait for it to be cooler weather so I can go capture some new photos. Right now there are too many ticks, mosquitoes, skunks and snakes for me! Here's my Day 04 presentation.

[Annie Tobin]

Alicia, you have some beautiful photos displayed here and your background compliments them perfectly, well done Hon!

[Annie Tobin]

Sharon I love your Day 4 presentation, a real earthiness to these pages and the photos are wonderful, well done my friend. <3

[Cassel]

Annie, I am surprised (and disappointed) that your PSP2019 crashed on you. That is no good. You still managed to make a great display of your elements. Those sunsets and sunrises photos are so great! Your double page with the text is great. Did you paint the words in different colors or did you change it with the Text tool?

 

Alicia, it is great to scatter photos when there is no specific order to them, like such a visit you did. Did you see the high/low tides at Fundy? Your Day 6 might benefit from a different font for the text. Maybe that is because it is a little hard to read that you are not 100% satisfied? Just a thought.

 

Sharon, I agree with you that the photos from Unsplash are great. That is why I mentioned them as featured resource in the blog! I love those roosters. They do add colors too! Would you want to print out the pages you created with your son's photos? He might like that!

 

Sue, that was a nice panorama and choosing to feature birds is a great match too. Curious to know how you created that effect on the text? Your Day 6 project is great. I know how tedious it is to place all those beads. Maybe I'd need to make a script for that!

 

Cheryle, I am glad to see your photos of Greece. I have never been there so it is like travelling in your suitcase with you! Using multiple slats on a single image yields a great effect.

 

Lynda, I certainly would also have a chuckle with that sign. I had never heard of such an event, and with all the colors, I would have thought it would be more "visible" in the news! What do they do with the cars after? Are they left there for another "coat" of paint the following year?

 

For anyone who is not done with their projects, don't stop. The thread will stay open for you to add your upcoming projects as they are created.

[Sue Thomas]

I  wrote the text on two separate layers, converted them to raster layers. I used the same size font for  both.   Pulled down a guide line, placed both text on  the guide line.  Using the perspective tool,  I narrowed the  one end.  I pulled down another guide line, and placed it above the  other guide line.  Using the perspective tool again I narrowed the letter L, until it sat on the top guide line, matching the  n in Sask.  The largest letters sat on the bottom guide line and the narrowest letters sat on the top guide line.

 

A script would be  such a time saver.  Although it was tedious, the end result was worth it.

[Cristina]

I was just a few days away and when I am back the Campus is packed with amazing and beautiful layouts. It is a joy and inspiring to see all the layouts. Compliments to all participants!

[Cristina]

Annie, you mentioned that due to issues with X8 and 2019 you ended up uninstalling both programs, leading you to lose all the picture tubes you've created and purchased. Did I understand correctly?

 

If so, Carole has two great posts about how and where to save the supplies. Since I read it, I don't keep my supplies only in the folders created by the program during installation.

 

Here are the links to the posts:

 

https://scrapbookcampus.com/2016/03/where-to-save-your-paintshop-pro-supplies/

 

https://scrapbookcampus.com/2016/01/keep-your-psp-supplies-organized/

 

It is too late to save the supplies you lost, but these posts will surely help you not to lose the next ones.

[Sharon Wilke]

I finally managed to pull together Day 05 of the Challenge! I had all these photos left over from Day 04 so I wanted to use them too. My biggest problem is knowing when to end a project LOL! I keep moving stuff around and tweaking until I get tired of looking at it. Then, like magic, I have another page. Maybe we could get a tutorial on how to end a project?

[Bonnie Ballentine]

My 2019 has been acting up a lot and I was thinking of uninstall/reinstall. Sounds like that may not work. Annie, I hope you find most of your "stuff" from one source or another.