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Here is a layout I started in 2021 for the Color Challenge, and although I posted it as finished back then, I left it in the unfinished folder for later tweaks. The color that was supposed to be part of the layout was already in the photos, so I changed the background paper to a solid gray color and added an overlay. I started with Lynn Grieveson's (The Lilypad) Template - #lgrieveson_messy_captured_4. I created the Wordart for the first version, and for this reviewed version, I added some elements following Carole's tutorials: Post-It Note, Straight Pin, Pinned Paper The lifted photo effect was created using cass-LiftedPhoto Script.

Well, back to the labs. Lab 11 Mod 7. My 2nd attempt at this. I did the fishhook, the bobbin, and the wave pattern. I choose to do the wave pattern in the colors found in the river or lake in which my son and grandson are fishing. I've used this pic several times; it is one of my favorites. The fishing net I designed using cass's fishing net tube and adding a vector ellipse and rectangle with inner bevels. The fish in the net is from the vector workshop - loved that fish and have made it a shape, a tube, a pattern, (reversed the fish for another pattern which you might see in the 2 paper backgrounds). Used my bark texture on the dark green paper. The title is Rock Salt which was a freebie in this lab module. The template I used is in the lab module and modified.

I went back to a former Year in Review layout and edited it for 2023. I picked out my favorite projects from each month of the year but, because the illustrations are confined to a square format, I didn't include our calendar project from November. The date is a font: Algerian with a gold metallic gradient and an inner bevel.

I have been playing around with the new script cass-CountingCards1-Weeks. I made 2 cards for week one but I can't see myself taking a photo every week and make a card. Carole maybe this could be a new challenge! So I thought when would I count in weeks: on a holiday when I make a lot of photos and each week could have a lot of photos. That would make a nice intropage for the different holiday weeks in a photo album. Therefore I tried that option with a photo from last year. Nice!!!

Ann, Bonnie, Michele, and Corrie, those are beautiful layouts. I love everything about them. Donna, those mask shapes are very creative... they'll look interesting and unique in a layout. I downloaded the 2023 Year in Review after seeing it here! I am so behind that I have only recently continued working on my 2021 Year in Review!

X = xercise oh, wait, I spelled it wrong. 🤣🤣🤣 how about X-training?

T = Tapdancing , maybe not fitness, but excercise/sport it is 🙂

S = Sets Yup! I'm a rebel and did 2 in a row. Only because Reps and Sets go together like peanut butter and jam! and because I just finished my workout full of reps and sets.

Very pleasant layout, Mary! All that Lab practice is doing a great job!

Beautiful. Congratulations on getting to Lesson 25! It's quite an accomplishment.

After today's Newsletter I checked the Store and saw the template freebie YearInReview-2023. I have started with the last lessons of the scripting course but couldn't resist the chance to use it. Well it's a diversion from studying the last lesson, which is a big one and I certainly can't concentrate the whole evening on it. 😉 From all the photos I took in 2023, I selected one from each month. Plus a bigger one from the Grand Canyon which was my highlight of the year, apart from seeing my family again. Furthermore nothing fancy, soft colors for the squares, because the photos are colorful enough and I didn't change the font for the months, only colored it. Now to bed and tomorrow back to the study!