What are you working on (in November 2021)?

[Cassel]

 

It is a new month and new projects.

 

Show off what you are working on in November, be it a scrapbook page, a collage, a tutorial, or anything else you want.

 

We are curious and want to see, learn, and get inspired.

 

These threads are quickly becoming a fantastic source of inspiration, support, and friendship. Keep them coming!

 

Remember to size down your image to about 600x600 pixels and save in jpg format before posting it.

 

Here are a few guidelines for everyone:

when you post a project, give as much information on your sources or techniques used. It will help others who are curious and would like to do the same.

if someone uses something that you like on their page, ask where they got it. Sometimes, you can go get it too and it will be better quality than trying to extract it (as it would have been resized to post in the forum anyways).

if it is something that they did from scratch, ask how they did it. It would be so helpful to everyone!

if you like a photo and would like to “play with it”, ALWAYS ask permission. Sometimes, there are some limitations and the person is not allowed to let others use it. Don’t get them in trouble. Usually, people are happy to say yes (if they can) when you ask politely. And if you get permission, you might get better quality than on a resized image anyways.

[Mary Solaas]

I wasn't happy with the previous layout so I redid it.  This is the result.

[Corrie Kinkel]

I know the calendars were started last month, but I only now finished my other 2. In the end it was a lot of work, especially the embellishments and backgrounds because I want them to be fitting to the month. I now have to give them a last check and then I can print them, that will take some time too. I'll upload some of each calendar and as Annie always says: thanks for taking a peak.

[Mary Solaas]

Inspired by the diamond in the center of Cassel's freebie, I decided to create a series of masks using the diamond shape.  Also inspired by Michelle who uses multiple copies of the same picture in some of her layouts (thanks for the inspiration, Michelle), I used multiple copies of the diamond mask and the same photo of the prairie I took on one of my trips.  The result is shown here.  I learned a few things about masks, creating brushes, creating shapes also.  The backgrounds are mine and I used the texture effect shades on the light blue one.  For the elements:  the butterfly is a colorized version of one in ML's Pretty things kit and the grasses are from PSBT-July DBMagnolia.  The font is a PSP one using the dark blue of the bottom background paper.  This was a load of fun and a great learning experience - thanks Cassel and Michelle for the inspirations - thank you Cassel for your great teaching on all aspects of PSP!  (I had to stop on the video - at least for a few days)

[Michele]

I'm very happy to know that I inspired you, Mary. It looks wonderful. I also love what you did with Cassel's frame.

 

Lovely calendar pages, Corrie. What font did you use for July and September? It's very pretty.

[Corrie Kinkel]

Michele thank you. The font is dandelion, it's lovely and comes with extra glyphs. I found it very fitting for the flower calendar and used it on all the months. I think I got it as a freebie by Creative Fabrica, almost all my fonts are from them!

[cindy harris]

Dittos on what You ladies said, :)   Your so AWESOME

[Lynda DiGregor]

Inspired by Cassel's diamond slats... I put each slat on a new layer then used clip to it to put photos of my parents from WWII in the slats. Mostly my Dad but my Mom is in two of them. My Dad was a pilot and my Mom was a nurse. They met in the service and married.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Also inspired by Cassel's diamond slats, this is a photo of the church where the service was held for my mother's funeral. She lived a good long life (95) and is probably the best person I ever knew.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Again, my Mom in diamond slats.... a very versatile script.

[Susan Ewart]

Lynda and Mary, beautiful work with the slats.  I downloaded the freebie and bought the script but havent tried it yet.  You've given me inspiration and ideas on what types of photo's to use.

 

 

[Michele]

Look at how many people you inspired, Carole!

 

Beautiful work, Lynda. You definitely displayed the versatility of the script.

[Michele]

On a completely different note, here's what I did with Cassel's Fanned Photo Collage freebie from a few years ago (it has a corresponding a script). I knew I would eventually find the perfect project for it. I found a bunch of random pics through Google and the font is Alex Brush.

[Lynda DiGregor]

Thanks Susan and Michelle... I do find the diamond slat script fascinating.

 

We are on the road so most of the time I don't have an opportunity or a connection to do much. We did buy a hot spot at Best Buy yesterday. Seems to work pretty well. The little box was $50  and it is pay as you go, so you can choose your 30 day plan.

 

I haven't been able to work on the scripting class but I will catch up when we settle someplace for a longer period of time. We expect to be in Pahrump, Nevada for 2 months. I signed up for the Scrap by Number...We'll see how that goes.

 

Take care

 

Lynda

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Once again, I am blown away by the amazing creativity here! I love all the slat work...gives me lots of ideas. I have this script on my wishlist. Michelle, I love that template! I think I also have the script...need to use it more!

[Lynda DiGregor]

This is a scrap page using Elif Sahin's Frame Shadow Effect on DigitalScrapbook.com

 

I arranged her frames and turned them into masks, added photos

[Corrie Kinkel]

Beautiful work from all of you and I have put the Diamond Slat script on my wishlist, which is growing by the week! Lynda nice to see you here again, have a safe roadtrip!

 

I will give the freebie with the slats a go after I'm finished with printing all my calendars. One is done now and looks great! I will have to buy some cardboard or very thick paper for the back and see if the printshop can do a spiral binding for me.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Template from this months Lab.

[Mary Solaas]

I'm still having fun - can't seem to stop!  Michelle, you are such an inspiration!  This is a picture I took in Louisianna several years ago - can't believe how time flies!  This time I used picture in picture instead of masks.

 

 

[Michele]

Mary, you are too sweet. <3

 

I like what you did, Lynda. I just downloaded those frames to see what I can do with them.

[Michele]

I've always wanted to try hanging pics in my layout, but you inspired me to finally do it, Bonnie. Wish I'd had time enough to do more "relaxed" ropes, but this is my result. I used a rope picture tube and a clothespin from PixelScrapper.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Michele, it's great just the way it is. You have such unique ideas.

[Michele]

Aw, thanks so much, Bonnie. You're a sweetheart.

[Corrie Kinkel]

Bonnie, Michele great use of that template from this month's Lab. I was wondering what to do with it and I still have no idea, but I have enough other thing going for X-mas. I have made some snowglobes from the Christmas 4 masterclass. I have used one for the Freebie Challenge and will use the others probably one cards, I had a lot of fun making them. Thanks to Carole for that masterclass!

[Lynda DiGregor]

finally got a bit of time to get to the latest master class. Very interesting, I learned a few new things about vector layers. This is pretty much a copy of what Cassel was doing so really nothing new.