Up-to-Date Challenge 2021

[Cassel]

Jnet, it is ok to start a bit late. Your flowers are beautiful!

 

Ann S, using the same background is often a way to keep a consistent look through the multiple pages, however, you MIGHT also change your mind, who knows?

 

Sue, shadows or no shadows is mostly a matter of what you want to achieve as an effect. You might want to make the images as if they were photos glued on the page, or pages framed and behind the page. And both are ok too.

 

Lynda, that is a great way to display one photo through 4 spots. What font did you use for the month? It looks quite interesting.

 

Marie-Claire, what font did you use? It looks cool.

 

 

[Jnet Allard]

Thank you Carole for your comment

 

I'm moving, I'm running out of time ... and moreover I have to cross over to my daughter's house at 2 houses to have WiFi in order to download the files and also to post once the work is done. My WiFi problem should be fixed today.

 

Once again I am amazed to see everything that has been done since my layout submission, well done everyone.

 

Sue, I found that my dates and boxes did not stand out, from there a little bit of shadow ;-)

[Marie-Claire]

Lynda,  Thank you!!  The name of my dog is PONCHO :-), and it is a male

 

Carole, Thank you for the comments. The font is a free font from fontbundles.com and it comes with extra glyphs

https://fontbundles.net/free-fonts/script-fonts/nostalgia-script

[Lynda DiGregor]

Thanks Carole,

The font is Caneletter Script and it doesn't have the extra things in the character map that you were showing us in the

video. I think the font is pretty common, actually I thought it came with the program but I really don't know for sure.

[Corrie Kinkel]

Whole yesterday evening I spend trying to get the extra characters. The first problem was: I have PSP in English and my Windows and Word are in Dutch. So it took me some time to figure out where this charactermap with the unicode subrange was located. The second problem was to find a font that had those fancy letters. Most didn't or had only a couple. So in the end I decided to use a fancy font I have and then I could change the names of the month to Dutch, because if I really make a gift of this calender it has to be in Dutch. Besides that I wanted to change a photo I wasn't happy with and select more photos for the next month, because I like to see where I can put the photos. I am just like Shirley! At that point PSP frooze for a couple of times. This evening I'll continue. I only have saves my pages in PSP formate and not have not saves them in JPG. Later this day I hope I can show something. Now it's almost time to cook dinner. See you later.

[ANN ADAMS]

Opps!  I posted my results yesterday I thought, but it does not show, so trying again. (Also, I could not find this thread on the forum list.  Only by the email you sent.

 

I will try it one at a time.

 

 

[ANN ADAMS]

Here is lesson 2

[ANN ADAMS]

And 3 for me.

[ANN ADAMS]

I redid Lesson 2 and saved it as 4, but I will do another April later

[Sue Thomas]

<p style="text-align: left;">Thank you for the comment Carole.  I'm enjoying the new layouts.  I agree, it depends on what effect the creator is looking for, I must admit  I like shadows, they give perspective, and not a flat page, again it's down to personal preference, either is OK.</p>

[Lynda DiGregor]

I decided to use the flowers and gems for their respective months and put the names of family members on the day of their birth. Took me awhile to find all my flower photos. I've taken so many over the years. Thankfully I put the majority on flickr. Anyway, with this calendar no one will have an excuse to forget a birthday, me included. I've got a lot of work to do because this is the only one I have so far.

[Sue Thomas]

This chap, Hadley was 30 this year, we bought him for Rachael as a 2yr old, and he's still going  strong.  His birthday is on the 10th July, as is mine.  Once I have completed all the months, I will go back and shadow the photos, and add some text.  I find the  bulk of the work is matching and placing photos, then matching colours for the background paper etc. Also double checking, to make sure everything is as it should be before printing.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Calendar January 2021

[Linda J Walker]

Yes, having trouble keeping up as I feared!

 

My husband was hurt at work last week, and it certainly has changed my life.

 

All I have done is January, with a background and color text.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Linda,

Sorry to hear about your husband. I hope he recovers quickly for his sake and yours.

Nice layout

Take care

 

[Ann Seeber]

I was not happy with the photo quality on one from May so I changed that. Also here are July and August.

 

I've been longing to use the drumming photo as I think it's classic of their lifestyle in No. Cal.

[Cristina]

Everyone is doing lovely work for this challenge... lots of layouts to be inspired.

 

I have participated twice before in this challenge and use all my photos that I thought fit. Last year, I created another calendar, even though there was no challenge. So, I am using this time photos from Pixabay.

 

Here are January and February calendars.

 

Photos from Couleur, CongerDesign, Pasja, and Suju

 

Font: Amber Whiskey Aged

[Lynda DiGregor]

Family Birthday Calendar -Changed some things and added some things.

[Ann Seeber]

Lynda, I'm enjoying your beautiful calendar progression.

 

I particularly like the emphasis on Feb 18, because that's MY birthday, too! ;)

[Lynda DiGregor]

Thanks Ann,

If you are anything like my grandson, you are feisty and wicked smart. :-)

 

You are doing a great job on your calendars. I love your family photos..

 

Lynda

[Lynda DiGregor]

March and April

[Lynda DiGregor]

May and June

[Sharon Cope Carriere]

Up-To-Date Challenge 2021 Day 1 and Day 2

[Sharon Cope Carriere]

I am behind by a few days had family medical problems but I am trying to catch up.

 

 

[Gerry Landreth]

It's always fun and inspiring to see everyone's work. This project will be a work in progress for a while.

 

I am trying to find a way to help my mother keep up with birthdays. At 81, her eyes balk at small print. Using pictures of the kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids in their birthday month should make it easier.

 

Those who live in the far north, feel free to make fun of the "snow" in the January layout. Alabama doesn't get much, but it freaks them out when there is even a dusting. It's been a while since I lived in Boston, but the memories of digging the car out of snowdrifts still haunt me.