What are you working on (in November 2020)?

[Sue Thomas]

Here's another one.

[Ann Seeber]

Sue: I'm admiring that Christmas Grouse! Never saw one before! ;) You mention Carol's "punches" .. what is that? (The journaling on the card has a typo.. the plural of reindeer is still reindeer.. without the "s")

 

I'm trying to decide with to do with these photos I just took of the new visitors I have.. the tufted titmouse twins.. they're so cute!

[Sue Thomas]

Ann,  Carole's punches are brushes, and you'll find them in the store, like all brushes, you can  either add a brush using a colour, or use the eraser tool.  Although Reindeer is  correct for plural, it is also accepted if you add an s.  I added an s to be in keeping with  penguins and polar bears.  here is a link to Carole's brushes in the store. https://creationcassel.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12

[Sue Thomas]

And another one!    I wrote merry Xmas and a Happy new year in Welsh, using the  Welsh  national colours.  I used  fonts to embellish the frame around the photo, retaining the photo within those fonts. And brushes on the out frame. It waas a cold frosty morning, after the blizzard.

[Sue Thomas]

Looking at the two photos you posted, you could  create your own masks  on some of the birds and use them in a greeting card,   using a similar background so they blend in well.  If it would be easier than extracting, as not everything is east to extract. Both of these Jays were masked and I created a background where they would  blend in nicely, or play around with the  blend modes.  You could even  use a selection of the  background to create an autumnal feel, even place a  branch or a log where their are  feet are on the feeder.  There are so many options.

[Annie Tobin]

Sue, beautiful work on this one. I won't address the individual elements as it comes together so beautifully. I will say that your photo is, as always, superb. Well done my friend. :)

[Annie Tobin]

Simple and gorgeously clever, love it Sue. :)

[Annie Tobin]

I have many scrap kits and tubes by Alicia Mujica ... needless to say, I love her style.  As my mojo has all but deserted me I thought why struggle trying to create my own elements, papers, layouts etcetera when I could use the trillions (slight exaggeration) I have accrued over the years.  So, until my mojo reappears that is what I shall do.

 

The tube is called Idaly and the scrap kit is called November, all of which were created by Alicia Mujica.  The layout is by Elif Sahin from Pixel Scrappers and the background paper is ... wait for it, drum roll ... me, myself and I.  It was achieved by an accumulation of layers and different blend modes which is the kind of playing I like to do.  Font used for Idaly is cubu and the font used for the November title is Always Beside You.

 

Thanks for takin a peek my friends.  ;D

[Corrie Kinkel]

Dear Annie, there is nothing wrong with using all the stock you have accumulated, because you liked those things in the first place and they are in your style too. Struggling with creating something does not always give pleasure and I think you must scrap for pleasure! I love this community because it is not about competition! And everybody tries to create and make LO to there own ability. Your mojo will come back and in the mean time make lovely LO's.

[Annie Tobin]

Dear Corrie, you got exactly what I was trying to say. A little of myself crept into my last project so perhaps that will build. I am happy to snag photos from Unsplash so I study a scrap kit first and then go hunting for the right photo or tube. I plan on doing that today. Your encouragement means a lot to me Corrie, thank you my friend. ;D

[Cristina]

I see that more fun, creative and lovely layouts have been added. Everyone is doing great and inspiring work!

 

Corrie, I couldn't agree more with you about what you said to Annie and about this Community. I met some wonderful people when I joined the Campus in 2016 and knew absolutely nothing about Scrapbooking, digital or paper. It was because of those people and others that came afterward that I am still around. And more important, let me give a shout-out to Carole, that makes all of this possible.

[Ann Seeber]

Here's my November Sketch Challenge layout. I used the two bird photos I took of the tufted titmouse twins but I used a Corel free script on the lower one which changed it to Minimalist Gray 4, an interesting effect. Otherwise the two photos were too similar and the gold seed in the birdfeeder was overpowering.

 

I also got free Thanksgiving clip-art from Corel and used it here. The cluster top right is called a "badge" and comes with a thick white border in a transparent background. I'm not sure what to do with it but I colored the white border green. Corel has a freebie every Friday in the Discovery Center.

[Annie Tobin]

Thanks Cristina ... mwah!

[Annie Tobin]

Delightful work Ann. Lovely photos of the tufted titmouse and you have showcased them very well with the sketch layout. Thank you very much for the tip regards the Friday freebie from the Discovery Center. And ... your color scheme is well suited to the photos.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Decided to try my hand at some Christmas ornaments. Still making decisions about the calendar.

[Lynda DiGregor]

So I made a bunch of ornaments and then used Cassel's seamless pattern script to make Christmas paper out of the ornaments..One thing after another and I ended up with this.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Still messing around with Cassel's Seamless Pattern script. These are the pattern and the pattern applied to a 3600x3600 scrap page.

[Corrie Kinkel]

I won the Ribbon Flower Script and have been making some flowers. With my husband in hospital I have not much time left to anything else. I'll come and look what everybody is making and look on FB as well, but that is it. Hopefully my husband will be home just before the weekend, but he will need some time to recover. And to top it of; next week we get a new frontdoor fitted with its frame. For the time being here are my flowers, they will come in handy on some future LO.

[Annie Tobin]

Wow! A beautiful Christmas page Lynda ... very Christmassy. Terrific layout and I love your papers ... way cool my friend. ;D

[Annie Tobin]

Lovely flowers Corrie ... and, yes, very handy for elements on a LO.

[Minka]

I'm sure many of you were at Carole's class at Corel this afternoon on making calendars from scratch. Pure enjoyment and who knew it was so easy to do -- even when you aren't given the elements to make them as we were earlier! She is always so full of tips and tricks. The font she used called Mama ... with the glyphs ... just thought I might mention, it's free on DaFont.com. Easy as pie calling up the character map to make them. Always something interesting to learn! I made a quick one just to cement what I learned in the ole noggin! LOL That's the only way I can keep it there. Thanks, Carole.

[Cassel]

Minka, I am glad you picked up more tricks. I always try to include something new or uncommon in my classes, webinars and projects. And thank you for reminding everyone of that FREE font, that is fun to use.

[Michele]

I just LOVE what everyone is doing. Thanks for the smiles.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

It was a great class. I really enjoyed it...and, of course, it is on YouTube so we can revisit...which I will do. Thank you, Carole! Minka, love your calendar!

[Lynda DiGregor]

Thanks Annie, you're a sweetheart.

Corrie, I love your ribbon flowers. I guess I'll have to get another script. :-D