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Red winged black bird. The photo is mine. The papers and elements are from my stash from here and there.

Project 1 A typical September view in Northumberland (UK) as farmers get ready to harvest. The papers and elements are from the Jessica Dunne To Behold kit. I did add some confetti but it made the layout busy in a way I didn’t like so I took it out. The photo is one of mine.

Here's my project for Lesson 3. Did learn quite a bit going through the lesson yesterday. My mother loved the wild birds. The Spring kit was certainly appropriate for her. Hope everyone is having a great day!

Day 3 - Honoring Chooch. The background is from a photoshop brush, the stripes are my own, the hearts are from a CF font with a style added from PSE. The dog bone scatters were made with the custom confetti script. I made 3 different tubes and combined them.

My project days 3 and 4. The original photo is a black and white one that my father took and that I "colored."

My sandwich. I tried to be ‘good’ and just use the supplied elements but I couldn’t resist making some changes. I downloaded some pngs – onion slices, tomato, bamboo placemat, water melon, and a cheese slice. I did keep the lettuce, plate, cup and cutlery so a hybrid creation!

Day 2 I have finally finished my sandwich. I used a few free png downloads for the ingredients. I thought I would add some butter on the top slice that would be spread and turned upside down to create the top slice. I also wanted to use a tray and found one that is a wooden sign, who doesn't use anything for a tray? I added a soft frame because the sides of the 'tray' are cut off.

Here's my layers exercise: a table with lunch ready. The book is from a magazine workshop treated to the open book script.

A nostalgia moment for me; first with my family, then with school friends and even with my daughters when they were small. It was supremely corny but I did finally venture onto the rollercoaster with my friends! I felt so brave!! The poster is from the Facebook group Peter Gray's Magazine Covers and Posters which I follow. The title font is Century Schoolbook and the papers and accessories are from rae-BT-summer vacation. The information about the park was generated by MS Copilot AI. I probably should report my PSP2023 acted up with the journaling font that I had in a bounding box; as soon as I duplicated and rasterized it, it flew off to the right in a straight horizontal line. 😕 This was just with the raster version! I finally ended up converting the vector text to curves as a single shape to stabilize it.

Project 4: Prudhoe Castle – the remains of a medieval castle on the banks of the River Tyne (Northumberland, UK). The photos are mine, the papers and elements are from a Jessica Dunn kit called Autumn Comforts, the font is Fondamento.

Bugs - Photos are mine. Background and papers are from a grunge brush recolored to yellow, orange, pink and black. Scatters are also from a brush, and the little insects and the big flower are from CF. The CF font is called Lovely Insects with a layer style applied.

Hi, here is my Project #5. Thank you for all the lessons in this Boot Camp. All the pictures that have been submitted are inspiring to see what y'all are doing.

Day 7 I decided to create these pages to fit together, so they are all Walter Peak High Country Farm on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, pronounced wah-kah-tee-poo. The tourism company has bought the acreage beside the lake from Walter Peak Station, a much larger sheep station on the shores of the lake. They now maintain the farm and have removed trees other than those which are native to the area. I have continued the same fonts as previously, and am still using Jessica Dunn's Classy kit, with the oriental glitter provided by Carole. The background paper was a tad too pronounced, so I added another layer on top coloured with the same grey, and softened the blend on thetop layer, just to bring it back a touch.

Day 3 - Project #1 - here is my Cadbury World - a trip that we took in 2022. Just playing around with the elements and shadowing.

Project #3 - I went through some steps again - I am certainly glad to start learning the PaintShop Pro.

Next: featuring an Adventure! 😉 Background paper from Jessica Dunn; some of the text is from the original poster and some is done in PSP with Gil Sans Bold. The Canada Geese are from National Geographic and the train poster is from Peter Gray's Posters & Magazine Covers page on Facebook. I collect any with trains.

Hi all, I am not registered and trying to do some artsy pages here is my project day1 with Sproutlings by AAD Lynne Anselc and Chery Budden and day 2 with Budding Tales by AAD Lynne Anselc and Chery Budden

The March blood moon eclipse art is an original linocut created by my artist daughter, Debbie Lennox. The rest of the layout uses pieces from a kit called SI-StarGazer. The title font is Bauhaus 93.

Day 3 This page uses Jessica Dunn's Classy kit. It is a kit I love, and I often choose pieces from it to create scrapbook pages. Years ago we travelled up to Queenstown and took the TSS Earnslaw across the lake to Walter Peak, an isolated sheep station opposite Queenstown. We are fortunate in that a Southland travel company gives those residing in Southland and Otago a 50% discount to take their tours. This happens at the end of each season, and I have often taken advantage of this. I used to work for that company, with the original owners who have since moved on, and I love to catch up with old friends from the 70's who still work for the company. The homestead in my photo is the original homestead. A newer building houses a restaurant and is probably the main destination for many who travel across the Lake in the TSS Earnslaw, a beautiful restored twin-screw steamer, travelling Lake Wakatipu since 1912.

Thank each of you for all the wonderful comments. I appreciate each of you.

Here is my Open face Reuben sandwich and a totally St Patric's Day theme for the table too.

My table with my favorite drink--cappuccino, favorite kosher dill pickles and ham sandwhich with tomato, lettuce, cheese and onion. The plate, coffee, pickle, napkin with tableware is from Adobe Express. The bread texture is a PSE style. The ham, lettuce, onion and tomato are from Canva. The wood background is from one of my photos.

Here's my photo of my mother - taken about 1939 that I will be using.

Project 5 This time I pulled a photo from my files, I think I shot these in October. I had another photo in mind but this one beckon me to use it. I made my own background paper with a gradient (looking like a beam of light on the flower) and for the rounded rectangle which I selected then promoted and added a small bevel. The squares I followed the tutorial and used scrapbook papers. Fonts: Briantone, Bricktown and Borensa (title, one of my faves) buttons: Melo Vrijhof button 04 and Billie Irene travel button 4 (DigitalScrapbook) frame: Marisa L gl21 frame 3 (DigitalScrapbook) Little squares: Janet Scott Dark yellow Fabric and DigiDewi Princess Paper Sparkle yellow dk (DigitalScrapbook) Photo: mine

This is my third project. This is my 3-month-old grandson, Brian. In the photo on the right, he had just rolled over for one of his first times.

NEXT: Spring Flowers - photos from HV in Pictures gallery - top and bottom decor from DSBT-Magnolia; title fonts: am_intex, Gill Sans Ultra and Babilonia. Papers from my stash.

Project 3: Belsay Hall and Castle is an English Heritage Property in Northumberland (UK). Within the grounds there is a quarry garden that is quite unique with lots of different plants and trees. The photos are mine, the papers and elements are from A Touch of delight by Marisa Lerin, the font is DM Sans Medium.

Day 2: The Sandwich - thank you for the reminder of layers and being able to drag from one image to another some elements.

This Savannah Sparrow just flew in with the Spring Migration. The photog is Kathy Marie on The Hudson Valley in Pictures gallery. The background paper is from marisaL-distressed28-vietnam bundle. The title is the new cass-stamped alpha. The subtitle is Gil Sans Bold. The journaling font is Grand Hotel. Flower stamps from my stash.

Project 3 The papers are from my stash. The photos are mine. The swirl is from a dingbat. The colorful clipart was daily freebee from Creative Fabrica. The paper around the photos is from "Gold-Foil-Digital-Paper-696692" (blurred a bit)

I used these stars in a layout. I need to resize it before posting. This layout is for the About Me Challenge...Places I've been. I have played competitive basketball in 25 US states and Washington, DC. The states which are colored in are the states where I have played. I included Iowa because I will play there in the National Senior Games in July.

This is my bit of gold (the text) to send wishes to all good Irishwomen/men. For today we can ALL be Irish. And it's my birthday, so I get to do this!!!! Cheers and to your health! ☘️

We recently had a bit of discourse about old photos and the frequent use of cameras. This photo that I have in my files comes from the early 1900s. It is not of anyone in my family, but the family of a friend. They are using Brownie box cameras, but I don't know which edition they are. I just love the pic! Taken in my hometown. Almost all elements come from Katie Pertiet photography kit which was on sale for $1.99 US.

I have won this script last Sunday and of course I had to play with it. Although yesterday it didn't worked as it should and after some emailing with Carole we found what was wrong. So this evening I have played with it; I don't have many photos that are suitable for this kind of layout I kept the one of yesterday. It works now but the extraction of the mannequin is not very good, but I concentrated on the script and which of the 3 layers the script offers I wanted to use. When I have time I'm going to look for some flower photos to use with this script. It was fun to play in between the Build a Kit work.

Happy April. Here is my new April Wild Cat Calendar for 2025. All elements are from Panthera.com. The template is from Carole's Calendar Workshop in October 2024. The April 2025 font is Aviation Cocktail with a chisel effect as it is hard to add shadows with such a dark background. I isolated the photo frame using a selection/select borders and promoted it and then filled it with the PSP leopard pattern from my materials palette and treating it to an outer and inner bevel.

The letter G had me puzzled for a while and the word "grater" didn't came to mind. But then my eye fell on this copper guild mastermark that is in a small holder in our "office" - just a room but we call it our office 😉 It has a diameter of only 4.4 cm and was issued in 1780 to a relative of mine on my mom's side of the family. In those days there were guilds for the trades, like fishmongers, butchers, bakers, masons etc. You started as an apprentice for a master of the guild and after a couple of years when you were ready, you had to deliver a piece of work, your masterpiece that showed the guild that you had learned all there was to learn. If the guild approved you got the master title and a guild mastermark to prove it, which allowed you to start - in this case - your own bakery. On one side of the guild mastermark is the name of my ancestor and the word "Mr Bakker" (Bakker meaning baker) and on the other side is a windmill and stalks of wheat.

Day 9 Project 4 - this was a trip to Poland that my sister and I took to meet up with my dad's family. We are here with his sister, Aunt Helena.

Day 9 This time, the steamer, TSS Earnslaw, steaming her way to the wharf at Walter Peak High Country Farm. I used Jessica Dunn's Classy papers and elements, again, colourising the scatters to resemble water droplets...well, I can pretend they are, anyway I am actually enjoying the challenge of using one kit throughout.

Day 7 Glitters and 3 photos - still playing catch up. Here is my attempt. I must get some more accessories.

Project 3 You've seen the mittens, here's some partners for the mittens. Actually the 'partners' are about 3" (hat) and 8" (scarf), some Christmas decorations from something that I just found in a random cupboard. The mittens are full sized and were bought in the 2010 Winter Olympics when I lived just outside Vancover, BC(Canada). I put my big-girl pants on and wrote down all the supplies. Fonts: Awesome couple Script & Austyke (title) from Creative Fabrica Flower/tree/present: PS Commons Oklahoma Dawn (Digitalscrapbook.com) Swirl: Marisa Lerin (DigitalScrapbook.com) Polka Dot Paper: ABM-Christmas Joy-BG-02 (not sure who this is, but likely DigitalScrapbook) Pink Paper: PS Nov2019 BT-OKD-FiL-gpp5 (looks like Oklahoma Dawn at DigitalScrapbook) Green BG paper: Jessica Dunn-rustic wedding solid paper 10 (Digitalscrapbook) weird scatter stuff: Creative Fabrica Photos: mine The quote is not that thick in the reg layout or JPG. I saw it and thought, I need to change that, but when I checked my file, it's nice and thin, like writing. Weird EDIT: I decided to make the fonts more rustic and used the eraser on them to scratch them up and lowered the opacity. the dark black looks to abrupt on the eyes.

Day 6 I really do love glitter! Matthew's brother sent me the picture of Matt with the rifle, and I was reluctant to use it because of my aversion to guns. However, it fit so well with Art Deco which was my first kit. I used a photo of Chooch that has him behind a speakeasy bar with a 20's style cap on his head. The bar and cap are from Adobe Express. The flowers were made in FF. The papers are from my first build a kit. The heart is a brush. The font is Edith from CF.

Here is one of my "paintings"

Been fun remembering some of the wonderful experiences I have enjoyed over the years. Already have decided on a major project for me to put together is my own life story in a digital scrapbook.

Stamped letters challenge. I am currently going through a circle phase. I saw a layout similar by AnnieC so decided to copy it. As per usual, I have saved a template. Allowing me to reuse it. All the circles are saved as vectors. Roll on Spring.

Project 1 I used the Behold Autumn bundle that I had. the layouts I just scrolled through are really awesome and inspiring. I'm onto looking for some photo's for Project too and now I get to get a tea and watch my favorite TV show of the moment (Bootcamp TV! 😁 starring Carole....and that's all!). Photo is mine as usual. Probably will be much darker than it really is. It's supposed to be as if lit by the moonlight.

Oops forgot the photo. I might use this or if I have time to take any pictures I'll find something else. I looked to see when the last time I did the Bootcamp and it was May 2023. That seems like it's so long ago. this is my 9th time. Ann, how many times is this for you now. I cant believe you forgot to register, the Bootcamp is in your DNA, I thought you might have an automatic alarm for it. 😁

I tried out the blueprint technique with a local photo from Beacon, NY, of the Howland Cultural Center. It is quite spectacular in person. I'll also show the color photo.

Gold elements challenge. I turned a stem of green ivy leaves to gold, and an insect which I extracted from a photo.I thought using the Shiny scarab beetle was appropriate for this challenge. Besideds the Shiny, other scarab beetles have metallic green or bronze hues. They are a very diverse species. In the top left image, you can see how this scarab spent the night, in a state of torpor. The layout is my own, which I created for this challenge. Again I used snowy, icy photos using the blend mode for the background paper.

Here is another one. They really do make lovely textured papers.