Love Story Challenge 2021

[Cassel]

Minka, you are correct: you can showcase anyone or anything you love!

 

Sue, what was the issue with the template of the day?\

 

Jennifer, that will be a great tribute if you continue on this theme! Do you notice the hard edges on the left and right of the larger photo? If you use a soft eraser tip, you can soften that edge a little if you want.

 

Jnet, you chose a similar theme as mine! :) To answer your question, if you want to save for printing, you will likely want as little compression as possible but that will make a large file. If it is only for viewing online, on a monitor, a compression value of 20 will usually not even show much compression.

 

Lynda, how did you modify the original template to end up with that heart shape? Was it still a mask just like the original?

 

Ann, if your background paper appeared on top of the photo, it might just be a layering issue in the Layers palette. Did you see where that paper ended up? Was it "stuck" inside the mask group? If so, you can just click it, and drag the layer below. But you will have other pages to practice!

[Anne Lamp]

I tried to use only use only the stuff from the links Cassel posted.  This was a nice challenge & I learned a couple of new things.

[Sue Thomas]

Carole, I don't have Dropbox, so I tried to download it, I found the preview of the  template, but no download button, Perhaps I had to sign up, which I didn't do.  If possible would you be able to send it me via email, if not it's OK.  I downloaded the previous ones from  the very first love story challenge.  I've had a new laptop since.

[Cassel]

Sue, if it is in French, it is the word Télécharger, and it is on top right. And no, you don't need an account to download from Dropbox. Maybe give it a try again?

[Sue Thomas]

Carole, I retrieved the files from dropbox, but they were the templates  from 2016 challenge.  Which I have.  I will have to download winzip7 in order to open the files from the French site.

[Cassel]

Sue, in the screenshots of the tutorial at the bottom, is it the "old" template or the "new" one? I wonder if the link was cached from the previous instance of the page? Also, you don't need WinZip to unzip the file. You can use 7-zip or Winrar or any other unzipping program.

[Minka]

Sue ... you might want to try BreeZip. Found easily on the net. A totally free opener. https://www.breezip.com/ It will open just about anything. And FREE!

[Sue Thomas]

Thank you I have it now.

[Annie Tobin]

Beautiful Minka, gorgeous colours my friend, well done! :D

[Gerry Landreth]

Baby Xavier was joined by Baby Amelia this past September. She is my mother's 6th great-grandchild. After a challenging year, with more challenging months ahead, Amelia's giggle lets me forget the ugly for a little while.

 

Paper - Pixel Scrapper (Maria Lerin); Font - Sinentosa; Hand with butterfly - FreePik; Butterfly element - Pixabay.

[Annie Tobin]

Very pretty Sue, love your use of colours, well done. :)

[Annie Tobin]

Nice work Jennifer, very nostalgic finish, love it.

[Annie Tobin]

Nice work Jnet, well done. ;)

[Annie Tobin]

Way cool Lynda, love it my friend ... you both look to be having an absolute ball!

[Annie Tobin]

Delightful photos Ann and a job well done my friend, enjoyed viewing. :)

[Annie Tobin]

A beautiful result Anne, well done. :)

[Annie Tobin]

A lovely page Gerry. Amelia looks a real sweetie and a baby's smile is the best band-aid. Well done. ;)

[Annie Tobin]

We used to have lovebirds in cages until I got the guilts about caged birds but I still think they are beautiful.  Thanks for takin a peek my friends.  ;D

[Lynda DiGregor]

Carole,

 

I just used a  different mask. Actually, I think it's one of yours as I have it labeled as Cass-PhotoMask-Heart01. I did change the template so I could put photos into the little squares but decided against using them.  I used your Custom Playing Card script for the cards.

 

Kind of went of script...hope you don't mind!

[Lynda DiGregor]

Annie - love your "Love Birds"

 

Gerry - your baby is beautiful and your page if fine

[Lynda DiGregor]

Everyone has done such a great job.. Can't wait to see what you all come up with.

[Susan Caron]

Wow, so many pretty layouts! Lots of inspiration out there!

 

I also used just what came in the downloads.

 

 

[Ann Seeber]

Cassel said: Ann, if your background paper appeared on top of the photo, it might just be a layering issue in the Layers palette. Did you see where that paper ended up? Was it “stuck” inside the mask group? If so, you can just click it, and drag the layer below. But you will have other pages to practice!

 

Carole/Cassel: Here are screenshots of my design. One with the background paper over the photo and one showing where the background paper was located on my layers palette; at the very bottom! *scratching my head over this* And I also don't understand how my work-around with the photo shows up as a "promoted selection" ??

[Ann Seeber]

Gerry: Outstanding layout and sweet baby! Plenty of babies to go around in this class! ;-)

[Ann Seeber]

Annie and Susan: Wow, your designs are delightful! Love seems to bring out the best in us! ;-)