What are you working on (in May 2021)?

[Ann Seeber]

Mary: I have that script also. It should be stored in C:Documents/Corel PaintShop Pro/2021(or whatever version you have)/Restricted Scripts. I tried it out and it just seems to put a green haze over a layout or a photo. It was one of the Corel freebies of the week awhile back.

[Corrie Kinkel]

Mary have a nice trip. It is wonderful that you can travel again! Here in Europe we are only allowed to travel to certain countries that are deemed to be safe and only if you are fully vaccinated, tested negative or have proof that you had Covid. The only other option is to stay in your own country and although the Netherlands can be beautiful it is a very small country! But at least somethings are possible yet.

 

In the mean time I have been selecting and  preparing a lot of my layouts for printing. I always use a printing service where you can create your own photobook, but this is the first time I make one for my scrapbook layouts. I do all of this on my computer and yesterday evening uploaded it. I choose a flat binding because I have many double pages and in my experience the printing service does a good job. Now I just have to wait untill it gets delivered! Of course I had to make a front cover and this is what I came up with. I'll show the book when it is in.

[Ann Seeber]

I started playing with Cassel's nested frames; dividing them with promoted layers (thanks, Lynda!). Things got out of hand from there! LOL I twirled the frames around and then applied Cassel's raster-to-mask script to each and then ended up adding a bunch of bird photos I had of a clash between a female cardinal and a pine siskin. Here's the layout I came up with...

[Lynda DiGregor]

Mary, I think you may have gotten that script at Discovery. This is a link I found.

https://shop.learn.corel.com/collections/photo-scripts/products/spring-greenery-scripts

 

Check it out. There is info on this script.

Good Luck

 

Lynda

[Lynda DiGregor]

Mary,  Enjoy  your travel adventure. Love your map layout and no, I don't mind if you use the layouts.

 

Ann, I love your newspaper and birds. I recognize the cardinal but not the bird that seems to be swooping down on the cardinal. What is it?

 

Corrie, Your scrapbook is lovely.

 

Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves and are sharing some really nice work.

 

I decided to relive LAB 7-12 -  Speech bubble, Triangle pattern and Streamer. I used the web ding in the shape of a present for the streamer and then I had to find something to do with it.  So , here is my crazy clown layout.

[Ann Seeber]

Lynda: That is the little Pine Siskin who is quite a bit smaller than a Cardinal. They are easily mistaken for sparrows. Here's a clear photo as I know they are a little hard to see on my layout.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Thanks,

 

Nice pic of your birds. Is the Pine Siskin as aggressive as it appears or is it just having fun.

 

Where are you that this bird is around. Don't know if I've ever seen one.

[Ann Seeber]

Lynda: Here's the Pine Siskin and a range map. He or she was probably defending a nest in that series of photos.

[Michele]

I am really enjoying everything that's being posted. What a creative bunch we are!

[Lynda DiGregor]

According to your map it is a non-breeding resident in my neck of the woods. Northwest of Chicago. I'm wondering if they are the little birds that I see in my front yard. I have a bird feeder there and I see little brown birds there often.

 

Thanks

[Sue Thomas]

Lynda, Ann,  Here's two of my visiting  (female) Pine Siskins at a feeder. (Male on the branch) Large flocks migrate here to nest. Some will stay, and nest, the bulk of them will fly much further north to nest.  In the Autumn I have hundreds of them coming to feed, making their way back south.  They stay for   16-20 days. Between them and the Goldfinches they consume a vast amount of  feed.

[Lynda DiGregor]

They are cute little buggers...  :-) How can you tell the females from the males. They look pretty much the same. I'll look out for them. (Where is here?)

[Lynda DiGregor]

I was playing around with the streamers in LAB 7-12 . I selected one and turned it into a tube. Then I used VectorTube script to put the tube on a vector line.

[Ann Seeber]

Following the sketch, this is what I came up with _ Mandala Babies! I got the mandala from NicePNG and I've shown Magic's giraffe totem, Sonja's elephant and Logan's bear within it. I got an element showing 3 clouds which I cut apart and made each into a mask for the photos using Cass-Raster-to-Mask script. The font is Birdy. Magic and Sonja will be one in June and Logan will be 4 months at that point. We are all getting together for my granddaughter, Jackie's, wedding June 11.

 

Edit:  I reduced the opacity of the mandala and changed the animal totems.

[Ann Seeber]

Lynda: Sue is in Saskatchewan, Canada

[Lynda DiGregor]

Thanks

[Lynda DiGregor]

I just got Cassel's pocket scrap script and this is my first attempt at using it.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Ann , Very cute mandala babies...  :-D

[Sue Thomas]

Lynda, like most males they are more  brightly coloured, they have  more yellow on their wing  feathers.  I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada.  If you were google Lake Diefenbaker, your have haven an idea of the  geography of the land.  It isn't as flat as people perceive it to be.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

I love visiting here...such amazing creativity! Thank you, Everyone, for sharing.

 

Pickleball player birthday celebration. Gag pickleball paddle gift. Tons of fun...good food, great friends.

 

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[Annie Tobin]

Mary your note cards for the kids are very cute and I am sure they will appreciate them. ;)

[Annie Tobin]

Scrapbook Campers ... I am way behind and when I hopped on here I had no idea there were so many posts so I am just going to say ... well done to all of you for your lovely creative work ... a joy to peruse. ;D

[Annie Tobin]

Good one Mary ... glad you had a cool discovery and thanks for sharing, much appreciated Hon. ;D

[Annie Tobin]

Corrie it is truly delightful ... can't wait to see your full book my friend ... well done. ;D

[Corrie Kinkel]

Annie, I can hardly wait for my book to arrive. The printing service said approximately friday.

 

Lynda, nice work, you have no doubt enjoyed yourself making it!

 

In the meantime I made this card for the friend to whom I send one every week. I duplicated the photo and used one for the background with a lot of blur and some green bokeh tubes. On the second I used a watercolor brush for the mask and 2 simple frames. The text front is Crows and it says Lily of the Valley in Dutch. I aso made the same card with happy birthday on it. I think because of the colors it is very usable for a gentlemen too.