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OK. I worked with that multi layer described in February 2023 Q&A. this is what I came up with. I know it is fall, but this is summer.

All Components are from Creative Fabrica. The Cat one had Christmas lights that I change the color of the bulbs to orange for Halloween.

Cross-posting this from the 1-2-3 Challenge which asked for 1 sequin, 2 Polaroid and 3 paperclips. My details are on the 1-2-3 Challenge page and also on Facebook. Introducing my great grandson Jonah James born June 20th.

And here is my Spring use of the pspimage I created.

Hey you all, it is Friday the 13th so I made this.

Yesterday was a beautiful day so I was out taking some photos. I got lucky and one of the farmers was out harvesting his soy beans. The two field photos are from the ones I took then. The other pics are "borrowed" from online shopping sights (I know, shame on me) The background paper was created from two papers I downloaded from Creative Fabrica.

And many people just let things grow and never tend to them. I've had some plants put in by a company that did landscaping work for me. There is a lovely yellowish plant they put in a few years ago that I fell in love with and had them put a couple more in after taking out the hydrangea that ended up being too much for the area. My neighbor does pruning for me and has kept the original gold mop cypress to a nice height. I asked the landscaper this summer what plant a different neighbor across the street has as it looks a lot like the gold mop cypress. It goes to the roofline and pretty much hides the windows. Turns out it is the same thing I have... gold mop cypress. They have never pruned/trimmed it in all the years they have had it nor have they done anything with the shrubs by the house. The only thing that gets trimmed is a shrub that is by the stop sign and road sign in their yard. And all that gets done is cutting the weed that grows up the middle of it to the same height as the shrub. I wish I was able to do yard work but unfortunately I can't. With arthritic knees and allergies, it just doesn't happen. Thankfully I have a neighbor that is willing to do it. I pay him for it just as I pay him to mow the grass and collect the leaves in the fall.

Fabulous colors. Looks like they are on a little mound or hill. This is how a lot of the flowers were at this Garden place I used to go to as it was quite hilly there. the flowers had to lean forward to reach for the sun as there was also a lot of huge evergreen trees. My sunflowers did this too. Inexperienced as i am, I put them too close to the garage wall and they had to grow at an angle to get to the sun by having to go around the eavestrough. But then, they were mutants topping out a near 10' when they were supposed to be 6-6.5 feet tall.

Actually, that was the case. I had to go back to look where I took that from and that was the case. I was standing at the bottom of a slope and the hedge was at the top of the slope and the flowers were just under it. I know that your winter scene will be beautiful. Love your pictures of the Hudson Valley. The colors are so vivid. It is beautiful country. In fact the whole of New York state is beautiful. I only saw the upper region of it, but I loved the views.

I'm pleased you have found it. For anyone else wanting to know how to create the effect, scroll through to 38 minutes and 30 seconds. Carole demonstrates the technique after creating a shadow box. What threw me was that I was looking at the list of contents of the Q&As. As the shadow box wasn't mentioned. So I scrolled through the months where I thought it would be, and found what I was looking for. Actually Jannette I use 2 slightly different techniques, with the same result. I use vectors, as the edges are ever so much sharper and cleaner. I create each layer, with the colours I'm going to use. ( from vector shape) Creating the shadows after each layer.

Can anyone remember the short tutorial Carole did on creating a cut out, similar to what I did in this page. I'm unable to find it, I think it may have been a zoon tutorial. It isn't in the shadow box masterclass. I've done a few of them, using 2 different techniques. I would like to refresh my memory on how Carole did it. Please send me a link, if you know where it is.

First of all, come and say HI once you register for this Bootcamp. We want to know who else will be there, on our side to cheer everyone up. Everyone started as a beginner, so don't ever compare yourself to others. You will learn one tool at a time, one concept at a time and you will create one project at a time. Everyone will have different photos and possibly different supplies so every project will be different. Once the Bootcamp is started, on October 16th, 2023, you can post your projects in here. Remember to resize your images to about 600 pixels AND save them in jpg format, before uploading them to the gallery (check this tutorial to upload to the gallery) so it won't slow down the site when we have lots of your masterpieces. Try to follow the tutorials at least enough so that we can recognize what lesson you completed. Now, let's get ready! If you missed the registration link or if you found this thread before I announced it (some people are very observant), HERE it is. Share it around if you want. Although this Bootcamp is mostly meant to help beginners, we won't exclude anyone for "excess experience". Some participants are back for a second (or third) round. You are always welcome. Remember that it will be the exact same tutorials so don't be surprised. I am sure you will now do something slightly different than the previous time. Since anyone can follow the whole Bootcamp using the trial version of PaintShop Pro, this is a perfect opportunity for anyone to give it a try and see how they like the program, so share with your friends who MIGHT consider using PaintShop Pro. The 7 tutorials will be spaced out over almost 2 weeks. This should make it easier for participants to follow without feeling stressed (it should never be stressful!).

For each Q&A call, Carole lists the content of each Q&A. I copy and paste each months content into a word document. for easy access.

Wow! beautiful. And thank you for letting me see what lives my 'hood. We can hear them calling to each other and one day one brought it's snack to my yard and once i was treated to an airshow as they were training the kids to hunt. One flew over the yard (I was outside) and it hit the afterburners part way through, took off like a rocket. Amazing!

The days of crouching and crawling around on the ground is coming to a close for this year. It does pay off though, along with a lot of patience, it can be very rewarding. Everything is my own work. Pin, paperclips, sequin, polaroid images. Carole's corner punch, and lifted corner script. The background paper is from from another photo I took on the same day, lightened.

MARY!! You did an excellent job, but spring flowers in October??? We have a plant here called Autumn Crocus. Its called Colchicum. See pic. looks like the spring crocus.

Susan, inexperienced or not, it is quite a common mistake. Especially when planting trees. Many people forget or do not take into account that a 6inch sapling will grow to possibly to 100ft tall, and spread branches. Same goes for flowers. It is amazing how plants will adapt to their location, twisting, turning, stretching to reach for the sun.

Love the touch with the dog in the background, perfect expression on his/her's face.

Two done, another two seasons to do, and you will four lovely prints, which will look great wall mounted.

Carole has so many wonderful techniques, remembering them all, and where they are can be a challenge in its self. I have started to use this technique to create some Christmas decorations. Using winter scenes. You matched the colours well. Looks like your flower bed is on a bank sheltered by a hedge. With the flowers facing towards the sun.

Q = quiver (shiver with fear, not an arrow holder)

P = Pumpkin Patch

Very nice, Mary! Your colors are gorgeous. The only thing that looks a little odd, to me, is the photo is tilted to the right and the flowers end up growing sideways a bit. I'm not sure if that's what you intended...

I did too. CF Spark is ok and I have used it several times with good results. Also have been able to download fonts and graphics which are not the freebies.

Now that the fairytale months have arrived, I can't stay behind. NO Halloween here. Nevertheless, I am in a fairytale mood. The scrap kit is from Adrienne's design AI. To be able to place the stairs against the mushroom I had to make the base of the mushroom a little wider with the warp tool. I just installed some windows in it too. It came from a castle. The grass just comes out of our picture brush.

The best kind of close encounter! How do they stay so white. Beautiful bird and photo. I like that mask. I did not know Bourico Casper is Lady 22.

Template 200 by Lady 22, AKA, Bourico Casper. November 1, 2018...visiting my home State. This fellow flew to this spot on the boardwalk and we were standing right there. He (she) stayed a long time and enjoyed posing for photos.

I still have 2 native Aster plants with some flowers on. The little skipper turned up on the 10th October. I was pleasantly surprised to see, and be able to photograph it. Last night I worked on finishing off creating rectangle, and square frames using Carole's frame punches. Now I have all the punches framed, ready for use. I used one them in this page, also used the wood token 2 tutorial to date the page.

In the spirit of Halloween, to make this goofy creation, I used Carole's "Freaky Filters" masterclass as well as her ghost tubes, with some CF Spark png creations. "I'll get you my pretty"

Susan I can only repeat what I replied to Cristina's comment. If nothing else, some of my pages may inspire you and others, to do something similar.

Cristina, you are always so kind. Although the little details are subtle, they do make the page stand out, which is why I like add them. Of course I have Carole to thank for me being able to do such little things, as without the campus (tutorials etc) my pages wouldn't be as interesting for the viewer.

I like them too, they look so real. And I like that the frame they are tucked under is a little off kilter (crooked) and the photo is a little lifted. It's those little details that elevate the layout. Aren't they a delight to discover?

I started playing with Vision FX. Uses some memory, but gave nice results. One minor thing is, when you choose one out of five, that's the only one you can Save. It is save and close. See screendump. Because you have to close the plugin, I tried it again with same image and prompt, but got other results than the first try. Typical AI programming !!! An dthere is no manual available, but we have the corel forum and there you can find a some explanations about the use of the sliders.

I have been working on this collage for my grandson. He sent me the pictures that he wanted to include. I made the hearts and the arrows and used a lot of techniques learned in the Travel and Magazine workshops. The background was made using the plug in gmic. The original size is the poster size 24 by 36 and will be on canvas from Easy Canvas.

Thank you for that Sue. It was pretty easy to imagine it that way. I love leaves too, especially this time of year. The color in the dried ones are so nice. And I have an indoor cat who makes it her mission to try and capture them as they fly by the window outside, so in turn, I spend a lot of time watching the leaves she is trying to chase down. We also have big trees on our street and in the fall it's raining leaves, really spectacular to watch. I have a co-worker that I walk into work with and we are constantly stopping to look at leaves or various natural things, we are delighted when we see a little whirlwind with circling leaves in it. The other day the wind was making the leaves tumble across the pavement and the leaves make the mose interesting sound. although I did say it sounded like giant alien insect feet scampering about (at least that's what Hollywood wants me to "think" is giant insect feet scampering about). Nature is awesome.

We all have different approaches to starting a page, and seeing it through to its fruition. You and I couldn't be more different in our approach, from start to finish. I always start with a photo or photos, from there the photos determine the colours, and layout of the page. I have very few resources. Probably a dozen kits. I do have a nice small selection of elements. Also a small collection of fonts that I favour, and use repeatedly in projects. I like to create my own elements, and papers. So in a nutshell, my way of working is to select photos, and see where they lead my creativity. My aim is always to focus on showcasing the photos, with a minimalistic, and relevantly plain no fuss papers. That doesn't mean I don't like busy scrapbook pages, on the contrary, I do. It's just not in my nature or my style to create pages like that. You must sometimes have a heck of time deciding what kit etc to use. Only joking! I never started out a scrapbooker, which may have something to do with my style, and approach to showcasing photos.

quote, I changed the font for the main text Heading. As I didn't like the font used for the font challenge. Although it isn't Halloween themed, it is a very seasonal, appropriate page, for this time of year. We must make choices in this hobby as well as in our daily lives. Subject, A theme, Colors, Arrangement. My first choice is always the subject, the most difficult one. Sometimes I use at the same time two windows beside each other and make them different. In all these years I collected thousands and thousands of scrapkits and single pngs. I've all the mushrooms in one file. Leaves in another etc. etc. And on top I've made color files. Then I open the organizer and make a choice. That's my way of working.

I changed the font for the main text Heading. As I didn't like the font used for the font challenge. Although it isn't Halloween themed, it is a very seasonal, appropriate page, for this time of year.

Yes, I did it. my first attempt to cut a letter into pieces and fill. For the first time, I just used a gradient in different directions and gave it a bevel.

There was a large event in Washington, DC last week and not a bit political...Pickeball on the Mall. Fun day. I volunteered as I am an Ambassador...doesn't mean much...it is a volunteer position. Template by Tinci...a monthly freebie in her FB group.

A Love For Layout Templates blog train started yesterday. This template is by Throwing Some Scraps Around. I made some changes. Went back to 2019 for the memory.

Hallo Doro, versuch es mal mit den Videos von Carole, ich hatte auch Angst es nicht zu verstehen, aber sie spricht wirklich sehr akzentuiert und deutlich, und mit dem was sie macht und spricht ist es wirklich gut zu verstehen. Viel Glück im Bootcamp, und wenn Du fragen hast immer her damit , hier ist immer jemand der hilft lg Anja

GRANDDAUGHTER ANNA & HUSBAND, TJ, VISIT HIS FAMILY IN SOUTH KOREA - SEPT 2023 - Anna and Tj live in San Jose, California. She is the daughter of my daughter, Debbie, and aunt to baby Magic and Raja. Anna is a Speech Language Pathologist and Tj is a Senior Software Engineer for Meta. They've been married for 6 years and have 2 cats. All papers and embellishments are from Marisa Lerin "Korea" kit except for flag and map from Google search. Scraplift: Travel Challenge Day 8 by Mary Solaas (mostly for paper layer design). cass-date stamp 13-softlight layer effect +reverse shadow. Font = Agency. This is a departure for me. I usually prefer cleaner, less fussy pages, but this just worked this way, I guess. Maybe it's the Korean influence. ?

I dont remember a time where I didnt know. From my perspective I've always known and it's never bothered me. Only one person in grade 5 told me my mother took "the easy way out" by not having natural children. At the time I didnt know she was unable to have children. Otherwise, some people find it fascinating. To me, it's just the way it's always been. There are 4 siblings in my family, all adopted. My oldest brother and sister are actual brother and sister but 2 yrs apart (yes, there's a little story there). In Saskatchewan (Canadian Province)my parents got a file of the whole story of their background and why they were put up for adoption. My other brother and I (we are the two youngest, me the youngest of all, were born in British Columbia) and that province did not allow any details about our birth parents so my parents destroyed the the other siblings file. However, we all have known the story most of our lives . They felt it was fair to us two younger ones. I wish they had kept it. I dont have any issues of not knowing where I came from because my parents (that raised me) are my parents and that was good enough for me. All of us were adopted as very new babies. I have friends that do research into their acestors and find some shocking information from time to time. At least it doesnt reflect on who you are today at this moment. We get to decide that for ourselves...well, mostly we do, or maybe we dont and that could explain some things, hmmmm, something to add to the long list of things to think about.

It's raining outside:( It is probably a first fall day so we have to say 'Bye bye summer':( My recent work "Rain". I used Carole's template but aspect ratio has been changed. btw, tell me why we use 3600x3600 (square) mostly?

I just found the very first image I ever made as a card for family who could not be at the table that year so long ago. So to ya'lll who live in both great nations. I am thankful to know ya'll here on Campus.

Love this, especially the plaid. You are on a roll with layouts. I will be working on Monday. Long weekends are my least favorite weekends because they are the opposite for me, they are short. We have an extended Friday shift to have a shorter Monday shift. Which is just means less weekend for me. But I am thankful I have a job and will remember to be thankful on Monday.

This all started with me wanting to show that moon and branches photo of mine through a window. It grabbed me and took me along for the ride for the rest of it. The room, ghost, pumpkin, cups, and bird were modified from Creative Fabrica downloads. The sprites or whatever they are were made with various paint brushed such as smoke etc. I have been playing with this off and on all day and had a blast..

No need to prep since the very first lesson will be about setting it up. Just relax. The Bootcamp reuses the tutorials that are actually available already, so you CAN go ahead and check them out HERE. In the bootcamp, there will be additional links to supplies, and such, but you might not need more as I assume you already have some! Shhh! And unfortunately, I don't have a written version of those tutorials. I might look into that in the future though. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hello Carole, I have now registered for the PSP course here. I already have the trial version. Could I maybe do a little preparatory work before the course starts? Make default settings, get to know tools or design papers, e.g. B. PI also works with layers. Do you have free tutorials to read? (So that I can copy and translate them. Videos in English are a bit difficult as a beginner) Have a nice sunday. Doska