Love Story Challenge 2021

[Sue Thomas]

Annie,  what a gorgeous page you created. With many loving centiments.

[Mary Solaas]

Day 5.  I decided to pick the picture of my sister-in-law who is also named Mary Lou.  Earlier today I had almost finished it and then DELETED IT.  Accidently of course.  So I had to go back and re-create it.  The circle mask went better this time and only has the flower brush used.  I found the font (comes with PSP) called French Script MT.  The other font used is Arial.  Still like to put dates inside elements!  Tried a tube, but it made the page too busy.  Used the paint brush to make the inside frame.  Had fun doing this.  Again, another way to create a mask.

[Gabriela]

Day 5 Challenge

 

My Grandson Levi's 1st Birthday

 

Feb 14th 2021

[Cassel]

Shirley, those old photos are so interesting to tell stories!

 

Linda, as long as you keep the pspimage version of your page, you can tweak it later, add a photo, an element, more text, etc. You can load the watercolor brushes later on, and you will have them later for other projects.

 

Annie, some shapes will give better results than others, plus different settings for them. With a little experimenting, you will find out what works and what does not, and what you like and don't. The technique is there to personalize.

 

Mary, that kaleidoscope paper is so subtle, I had to look twice. And yes, it is a good idea to keep the tiles you like because you are unlikely to recreate them again! The watercolor brush gave a great effect to showcase that RV. When you use a fuzzy edge mask, you can often allow yourself to enlarge the photo so maybe you can make your photo of Mary Lou a bit larger?

 

Gabriella, two layouts in one day, you are really working hard! That is a beautiful dog you had. That is a great way to showcase how much you loved him. The heart brush used for the mask is lovely. Is that one from Corel or one you did yourself?

 

Mireille, intéressant que tu aies utilisé un deuxième masque sur ton projet sur la graduation de Myriam.

 

Anne S., I can imagine it is hard to find a brush that goes with a camel! You could use a round or a square brush to make the mask a bit geometric, or even a brush with only an outline of a circle or square or heart. Experimentation! How did you get the color of the linoleum?

 

Sue, your linoleum pattern is great and subtle. What color did you use for such a subtle effect?

 

Gerry, Maggie has such a sweet smile! It is definitely a great photo to showcase. The "accident" was probably when I wanted to use that distortion effect with a different "distortion map" but since it shows the image itself as default, it must have been when I noticed the effect.

 

Alica, that unevenness really does look like a blanket. It is a good choice to have kept it. I am not sure why your settings yielded a 4 pixels thick image instead of 1. Strange.

 

Corrie, that brush shape is perfect for that flower!

 

Barbara, the challenge is not ment to turn in "assignments". The idea is to give you more ideas, techniques that you can use, even if your end project turns out different than mine. The idea of loading masks is great when you have them on your computer, however, I find that those masks will always cover the whole page, so it is a different approach when you want the mask only smaller or covering a specific area, or even if you want to add more than one. But it is definitely another option in some instances.

 

Cristina, what brush did you use for the Snapshot page? It almost looks like you used one of the corner punches. Or was it a "frame" you made?

 

Lynda, that black and white plaid looks great! And the pink linoleum really complements that pink flower.

 

Minka, although you might not be fond of the background paper, you chose the perfect color for your page. I find it quite fitting.

 

Jennifer, the color you chose for the linoleum paper is very "antique" and matches the photo very well. Be careful, that technique is addictive!

 

Donna, I agree that adding that green is perfect with the blue. And adds great interest to the overall page. I hope you have a chance to make another set for Philip too.

 

Wanda, have you tried adding heart shape brush strokes? The pastel linoleum is great with Hannah's photo.

 

Ann L., looking through photos is definitely part of the scrapbooking experience too! :)

[Annie Tobin]

Thanks dear Sue, always appreciated my friend. <3

[Susan Caron]

Finally finished 5, although I think I did the leaf brush wrong, ha ha. Clay and Cody were my best loves...they passed one year apart almost to the day in 2009 and 2010. Cody at the ripe old age of 15, he was a rescue dog and he had the sweetest spirit. Clay, we raised from a 6 week old pup passed the following year at the age of 12. I miss them.

[Ann Seeber]

Carole/Cassel: My linoleum background color came from the foam on the waves x 12 repeats! :-)

 

Wonderful work everyone. Amazing what I can learn looking at your work. I think all our designs have taken a giant leap upward in quality with this intense week of masks!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

[Euka]

Hi - I am a very late starter to this challenge and I have just been through the postings and all the pages are amazing and so varied. A real delight to see.   I have used masks a lot but not like these, I especially like how they mask a smaller select area and especially using a brush to mask.  The 'mama' font I downloaded from Day 1 doesn't have the glyphs for me, I may have to check if I downloaded the right one.   My photos are from one of my West Australian trips along the coast, I love that part of the country and unfortunately with covid border closures I have not been able to spend any time there this past 12 months.  These pages were a bit rushed as I have tried to catch up, I will be able to go back and 'tidy' them up later.

 

Day 2 shows a memorial to the HMAS Sydney in Geraldton WA.  This ship was sunk off the West Aust coast in 1941 by a German warship disguised as a Dutch merchant ship.  The whole 645 young Australians were killed.  The dome pictured here is made up of 645 seagulls - one for each life lost. The wreck was only located in 2008.  The granite wall has each persons name engraved and the lady is a bronze statue called "The Woman Waiting".

[MoniqueN.]

I lost the shadow on the right picture and my text is a bit blurry (on my computer it looks ok though......) but number one is "born" :D

 

 

 

Is there a way to go back to the point where I masked the 3rd photo even after you've saved it as a PSP file?

 

 

 

Loved all the projects I saw in this thread :)

[Euka]

The kaleidoscope paper made some interesting patterns, choosing one was hard!.    The Pinnacles are natural limestone structures, dating back 25,000-30,000 years!  They are fascinating  to walk among,  some are quite tall over 3 metres.   I do like using a brush to mask. I will be using this technique a bit.  I did use a watercolour brush but it was a brush I already had.   The paper for the flower was one I had.

[Cristina]

Carole, I did use a corner punches brush. The set is called Ornamental Butterflies-2 by mohaafterdark.deviantart.com. They don't have a good quality, but as I lowered the opacity a lot, it didn't matter. The butterflies I used for Day 3 are from the same set. I really had to look for it as my brush folders are NOT very well organized. : )

[Cristina]

And here is my Day 5.

 

In this photo, we were sitting in front of a very nice old tower, and usually, we would be able to go to the top and have a nice view of the city... But since last year, this is not allowed anymore because it is impossible to keep social distance going up... Also, it is being renovated, and now the tower is surrounded by scaffolding... So, using the mask was perfect for hiding it.

 

Mary Solaas said she likes to add the date on something... so I decided to do the same and added the date on the cup... I have a special pen for that  ; )

 

Credits:

 

Eminkus Pixel Scrapper: background paper "PS BT Feb2019 eminkus Paper09"

 

KAagard: Alpha "Great Outdoors)

 

Cassel: cass-Notebook-LoosePage2 freebie

[Cristina]

Annie, thank you! <3

[Mary Solaas]

Carole, I did and this is the result.  The problem was that the original photo was so large and we were just a small part of it.  So, using PSP2021 and AI, I cropped us out and enlarged the crop.  Took out the original and inserted the crop.  Then I enlarged the photo and the mask and it does look so much better.  This is the result.

[Cristina]

Everyone is doing an amazing job! Great to see each and every page.

[Sue Thomas]

Tremendous creativity going on , I'm  pleased to see so many participants posting their  pages.  Such a varied selection  of topics too, using photos from some of the highest mountains  flowers birds, animals to   a new born babies.  They are all  of great inspiration to us all.  Carole,  for my lino paper, I used a very light pastel blue.  On a new layer I flood filled with  an even lighter blue (almost white), and  lowered the opacity on the lino paper, added a blur to finish it off.  The blur tones down the  edges on the  shapes.  I can create this pattern with my eyes closed. I can then use other  tools to create a completely different unique background  paper, more in keeping with my style.

[Sue Thomas]

I have watched your last video, I didn't know  about using the pick tool to move the  mask, without having to  merge the  group first.  I always do what you said, duplicate the mask, (hide one) and merge the other to  move it around. I always make a copy, so that I can go back at anytime to  edit it.

[Jnet Allard]

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

 

in two days of absence, lots of new layouts were added! Bravo to all of you! It's so beautiful!

 

Carole, yes it was a superposition, I forgot to write it down. There were too many people around Nathan that I had to hide ;-)

 

Here are my days 6 and 7. I loved the linoleum paper. For the 7, I added a second mask (which I made) on the one in the lesson. I also made the left border with the first mask. Thank you Carole for this beautiful LoveStory. I wonder every February if I participate and believe me I do not regret it. What a great way to remind us of what you teach us.

 

Nathan will be 15 on May 17th

 

Text on day 7: He approves his cake with his thumb

 

 

[laurie solaas]

Day 6- I didn't know that you could create so many awesome backgrounds with PSP. Thanks, Carole for teaching us.  I wanted to think a little outside of the box with this one about what love is. Relaxing and spending time with others, or even some much needed me-time shows love.

[Sue Thomas]

Day 7.  I did an extra one using the technique shown in the video. Although I knew how to  do it.  I had forgot how to keep the hearts on the background paper  straight, and then it came to me.  I hadn't done it for a while, it was good to do it. I had to  delve deep to get that bit of info to the front of my brain.  I used one of your  heart fonts to create the frame.  I should have used the mitred corner script, but I didn't, as now I can see that the corners are a bit off.  I had already chose the photos I was going to use in  day 7.  Focusing on eyes. I created 2 masks.  One of my resident  ground squirrels, and Nell.  I  used  the blend mode on her, as she is a bright chestnust, and to bright for the LO.  I did ask the  tree sparrow to be my Valentine, but  he few off before I could finish the sentence. :-).   Thank you ever so much  Caorle for yet another superb challenge.  As always I learn something new.

[Anita Wyatt]

I am running late, here is Day 3 of Love Story Challenge

[Sue Thomas]

The vertical  corners are slightly longer than the horizontal.  Most will not  notice that, but I did.  I  used a low blur on the hearts background paper. To give a more subtle look.  I didn't know the trick about the pick tool, to move the mask.  I always duplicate the  mask,  close one and  merge the other one down.

[Ann Seeber]

And here is my final. My granddaughter, Ilana, gifted me with 5 photos of Logan for his one week anniversary so of course I had to use them all. Ilana was hugging a gray polka dot blanket so I sort of copied that for the background.

[Jennifer Leighton]

Day 7 thanks for all of the new skills!

[Lynda DiGregor]

This is in remembrance of one of the best love stories I have had the privilege to witness, my mother and father in-law, Sam and Terri. Sadly both are no longer with us.