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I wanted to show my lovely bistro chair so I placed it in the corner. 😃 The font name is BUTTERFLY. The background is a brown color layer and an overlay of an interior. I don't remember what scrap kit it was. At last, I could use picture tubes from PSP.

Hope I can still post this since it's not October anymore, but I needed to try my hand at this lifted photo. I find it interesting, but not that easy to do for me. I forgot to add that the kit I used was from a collaborative kit that I got quite a few years ago. It is called A Mother's Heart.

I started working in the relatively new McDonald's in my town during my senior year of high school. I got the job because I was 18 and could work past 10 p.m. to do the closing chores needed. I worked all summer before heading off to college. When I came home for Thanksgiving, I stopped in to ask if I could work during the break between semesters and they said yes so I worked during those 4 weeks over Christmas/New Year's. At that time they told me that I would be welcome to work there the following summer if I wanted. So I did. So my job during my early college years was McDonald's. The funniest story though is that my dad absolutely loved their "fresh" French fries. He was under the impression that they cut fresh potatoes every day for their fries. Boy did I burst that bubble when I told him they were frozen! He still loved them. I quit eating fast food about 15 years ago unless I am traveling. For me it was for budgetary reasons... fast food was expensive even then. Here is a layout I did 9 years ago about the store I worked in. The owners were building a new store next door to the old one. The store I worked in was torn down and is now parking for the new store. One of the owners was an employee at this store when I worked there in the mid-1970's. She worked her way into management and after getting married to another manager, they set their goals of owning their own store. Last I heard, they own 3 or 4 in the area.

Fast food is something we seldom have... But when we travel by car, we always have breakfast at McDonald's, usually two hours after leaving home... It started to avoid traffic on the highways and became a tradition... When my niece and family come here, and we travel together, we do this, and they like it too... It's also something they usually don't do. We used to have the Sausage McMuffin, and, who knows why, for a few years, they don't offer this here anymore. 😞 Although it is not something we usually do, the first kit I bought (even before knowing Carole) was a Fast Food kit from KAagard that was offered 50% off at The Lilypad... I was just starting to get familiar with scrapbooking.

I thought I was the only one to dip my fries in mayo!

My mojo has escaped again and so I've been playing around, This summer I took a snapshot of a wall covering that I thought would make a good background. This morning I took a square of it and make it a pattern. Then I worked on the pattern and made it an overlay and reduced the opacity to 50% and then made a copy of it and put it in my Textures file. Then I made a paper of blue color and used effects>texture effects and this is what I came up with.

Yes, Happy November, weathers permitting! UK due for a winter storm soon so battening down the hatches! I have just read the Campus newsletter 31 October and was interested in the Colour Replacer article so had a quick go with a photo that I took on holiday that originally I had intended to make into a silhouette. I turned the colour photo into black and white in Effects/ Photo Effects and then applied the Colour Replacer using the dropper tool to source the colours I wanted to change. Just a bit of fun but it opens up more creative possibilities.

I was practicing adding text. I got the poem from an internet site where people can submit their poems. There was no name added and it also doesn't mention that you can't post it anywhere. Only it stated that you are not allowed to publish it under your own name. I just thought it was a beautiful poem. de Font is Agency FB. I don't remember where I got the pumpkin.

I had fun today playing with some scripts from Carole. I made tablecloth with frays, used the Sandwich plate with the stonescript build a room and a table,

Sue I'm with you on this topic. My husband and I have only be to a McDonalds when our, at that point, young children insisted we had to go there. It was once, although nowadays we have a McDonalds in our village we have never been there. The only other time when I was in Switzerland visiting my daughter we had a quick salad and that's it. I do like fries but not with vinegar, here we eat them with mayonaise or tomato ketchup. Mayo for me.

My first project for the November theme Fast Food. Fenchfries to share.

Happy November. Here's my new November Wildcat Calendar featuring Cheetahs from Cheetah Conservation Botswana. I print out the full size for my refrigerator door each month. I have it posted on our Facebook group. The calendar is a template from Cassel.

We have a word in Dutch that more less means the same but I wouldn't have dared to use inexpressible because it is a literal translation from Dutch. I learned from experience that it can be tricky to literally translate something. Often that's ok, but it can go rather wrong too!

I enjoy potato wedges. I make my own seasoned wedges cooked in the oven.

Clever layout! Well done! I add a little mayo to jacket potatoes, with lashings of butter.

here is my simple layout , using polaroid and stone script by cassel, an eyelet tube and a stringtube

here is what my translator says ----- ineffable! adjective unaussprechlich inexpressible, unspeakable, ineffable, unpronounceable, unutterable, ineffably unsagbar unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible, ineffable, ineffably, unnamable

me too, but I love not the MC fries, I love potatoe wedges with mayo

The game seems to be a couple of days behind. lol Today I used the Central Park Halloween Flotilla for inspiration. There are tons of layers.

Congratulations Doro, Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 2. Platz. und viel Spaß beim Lernen

I don't know if I am in the minority today, probably not so much as I was a decade or so ago. I have never ever had a Burger King meal. Admittedly when McDonalds appeared on the scene in the UK in 1974 in England. I tried my first McDonalds in 1983, the year my daughter was born. It was a while before McDonalds came to Wales. Several years passed before I bought the next McDonalds. I can count on one hand how many I have bought, as a treat for my children. I haven't had a McDonalds or similar fast food in over 25yrs. I'm not a fan of traditional French fires, (thin strips) I favour proper chips, fat strips of fluffy potatoes deep fired, with salt and vinegar (has to be malt vinegar). Preferably my own. Admittedly, on occasion I enjoy a Tim Hortons chicken noodle soup or broccoli and bacon soup with a blueberry fritter. Supplying my own beverage of water.

I have a weakness for the McDonald's fries (and I add vinegar, not ketchup).

How about a large plate full of FRENCHFRIES to share.

Hi Carole, I have already replied to your Win-Info email, but I would also like to thank you very much for the great joy you have given me. For me, 2nd place is like 1st place because I need that right now. YES, I would like to continue to get to know PSP and continue to be active in your forum. Thank you! That made my day today. Doska

Yes, along the lines of Carole's corner punches. I have that font. using the from vector shape, it gives good clean edges. Or you could convert to a raster, using the selection tool, delete. Using that technique, you could remove the edges, leaving only the flowers, then use the selection tool, and delete.

The Robin is a nice addition, which compliments the layout.

And yes people who eat too much of the wine trendil can become slightly intoxicated. Priests of ancient Israel were not allowed to eat anything from the vine during their service in the temple. That's why I know. I came across that once so I figured out why.

I added the Robin myself.

Oh nooooo, you just added another cool word.....inexpressible. I know, have I been living in a cave all my life. But I love ineffable the best.

Inexpressible, listed above is the word I'd say describes the meaning of ineffable best. I use it when I'm unable to find the words to describe something which is so wonderful it's beyond words. I feel it's one of the best compliments you can pay anyone. Ann refers to the word in a different context to how I use it. I haven't read the book Good Omens, so It may or may not have been used in the book, but used in the series to describe the characters. In the series the word had been nominalized. If my knowledge of grammar hasn't failed me, the adjective word ineffable has been used as a noun.

A pretty page. Did you know that birds like the Robin, and many others that feed on berries, can fall over drunk after eating to many of them. It happens here to the Waxwings that winter here feeding on berries. I like what you did with the floral corners. What would be cool to do, is to use from vector shape, delete the background layer on all four corners, then add a drop shadow to the background paper. Add a matching page below.

THE BACKGROUND IS FROM 2 COLORS AND A TEXTURE LEAVES FROM COREL. THE FONT NAME IS 101 FLORAL CORNERS. THE DECORATIVE WINDOW IS ELEMENT 4 FROM ADRIENNES SCRAPKIT WINE COUNTRY.

WE BELIEVE YOU EVEN WITHOUT A PHOTO.

The new McDonald's was built on a property that at one time had originally been a Ponderosa restaurant. When Ponderosa closed, it opened as a different non-chain restaurant that eventually closed as well. Then the building was torn down due to structural issues and the lot was empty so McDonald's snatched it up to build the new building that had 2 drive-through windows. The main reason I took the photos was because I had worked there! The Ponderosa building didn't mean anything to me so I never documented it. Ironically, the new McDonald's was built in 2014 and I have never been in it or even used the drive-through to get food!

All the challenge threads stay open forever! This also allows you to browse and go back to older challenges if they inspire you. Of course, you can also pick an older challenge and post it in the "What are you working on?" thread for the current month.

I wish I had photos to prove it, but the local Burger King did the same thing. They built a brand-new store next door to the old and tore down the old for parking.

Hello everyone, just wanted to let you know that I was sick for a bit.. Did not have covid, but a really bad cold.. Was to the doctor, have been given meds for lung infection. She wanted me to go to hospital for x-rays but I said, no.. Starting to feel better,, but still have a cough that will not go away. Have had this for over a month now, just starting to feel like myself. I was on bed rest for a couple of weeks and my wonderful husband took great care of me. Anyway, just thought it was time that I popped in to say "Hello"..

I worked at McDonald's when I was a kid so I have eaten plenty of their food! I don't, as a rule, eat at fast food chains anymore, but I like Wendy's chicken sandwiches and love their Frosty.

No, not done yet. Just a few more pages to do, but I'm just stopped for a bit until my mojo reappears.

Are you totally done with your Travel project? That was a big undertaking!

Oh how funny, I would have expected the opposite.

Hubby and I really enjoyed this show too. David Tennant was my favorite Doctor (Doctor Who)

I'm seeing this word on popular media a lot lately as it is used for the characters in Neil Gaiman's Good Omens. The Ineffables are an angel, Aziraphale, and a demon, Crowley, played by Michael Sheen and David Tennant. They are charming and hilarious. Season 2 of the show is coming shortly. I can't wait!

Last Halloween theme from my game for 2023 (I hope). All I did was add outer glows and play with the opacity of each layer.

The family resemblances are outstanding in this photo. What a happy crew!!

it's just the best word. Thank you. Where were you when I was in school? I would have been much smarter than I am now.

oooooh, I like that word..."ineffable". I dont know what it means, but I like it. 😁

I took some time out from the scripting curse to make this layout. The mushrooms are growing a plenty at the moment thanks to the still mild temperatures and lots of rain. Although I live in a village the mushrooms are on every piece of grass around the trees. One day there is nothing to be seen and the next it's full of lovely, nice and crisp new ones. I had a photo of autumn leaves and used it as a background with a big blur and some blendmodes. I made a co palette from that photo and all the colors are from it. The plaid is made using the script cass-plaid 3 and the big brown leave in the righthand corner is done with cass-embroidered patch. I have one corner lifted out of the frame and I have always a problem doing this kind of things, because my hands are not stable enough anymore, but in the end I got something acceptable. Al the other leaves come from my stash and again with blendmodes to tone them down. Fonts are Madelyn Calligraphy, Bavire and Leaves Baby for the leaf dingbats + Arial.

Halloween stems way back to the Celtic, Gaelic pagan festival of Samhain, 2,500 yrs ago. Which is a pagan religious festival originating from an ancient Celtic spiritual tradition. The winter half of the year began with the feast of Samhain, (pronounced sow-win) which was on the 1st November, and marked the end of harvest. Celts believed that on the night before the new year (1st November) the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. So on the 31st October they celebrated it. It was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth on the 31st Oct. The entrance passage to the Mound of the Hostages on the hill of Tara is aligned with the rising sun. The Mound of Hostages dates back 4,500 -5,000 yrs old. Which may suggest that Samhain was celebrated long before the Celts arrived in Ireland 2,500 yrs ago. Samhain, is the forerunner of Halloween. Back in the eight century Pope Gregory the third, designated 1st Nov as a time to honour saints. Soon after called All Saints Day. Which incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before all Saints Day was known as All Hallows Eve, and then later known as Halloween.. Traditionally Halloween can not fall on the same day each year, because of the equinox and solstice fall on different days each year. By the time of the first written references to Samhain came into being in the middle ages, it was already being celebrated on 31st Oct or 1st Nov. It was in the late 18th century America made the move to change Halloween into a holiday, more a bout community and neighbourly get togethers than about harvest, witchcraft and ghosts. They changed Halloween to parties for adults and children to celebrate the day. Of course in my opinion it has been commercialized to the hilt. I wonder how many children, and adults would actually know the history or origins of why they celebrate Halloween if they were to be asked. Don’t get me started on Christmas, which dates back to pre Christianity. A pagan festival, once again associated with the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, which falls on the 21-22 December. I Have books on such topics, which I have picked up over the years, after visiting ancient burial sights, castles etc. Even Stonehenge, which is familiar to almost everyone around the world.

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.