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Day 6 assignment done. Kept to the template this time. I am learning so many new tricks like that "reversed shadow". The papers are from Freepik. Font is Polar Vortex (free from Dafont). The intricate snowflakes are part of a larger set that are available for purchase from Jane Creative over at Creative Fabrica. I tried adjusting the settings on the photos to get the two red jackets to match a bit better but gave up after several attempts and instead ended up with an underlying red paper that was halfway between the two colors in the jackets.

This is regular Template #4. I'm just keeping the templates as they are, not rearranging or changing much. It takes me longer to find an idea for the layout than to actually do it! The font is Lemon with some embossing added. The background paper has paintbrush work by ET Designs, and the images come from Unsplash, bless their hearts since I don't take many photos. Just realized I forgot shadows, regular or reverse! My bad.

Day 5 Moon photos are mine. Font is Castellar. I have lost track of where the background and other stuff are from. I didn't make notes while working on it.

Regular Template #5. Took a few liberties with this one and changed some elements. All pix from Unsplash, as usual. I'm having a hard time trying to keep up with all the layouts in this workshop. So many and so much variety and creativity. Carole must be up all night looking at them and commenting. Applause to y'all!

Day 6. Most graphics for the Greek challenge at DS. Zebra paper by Marisa Lerin. Font is Lust.

Lesson 7 Winter vibes is the font , All the other items are from my stash or Creative fabrica. The filling of the doily's is a pattern. For the first time I got a subscription for CF 🙂

Day 6 I used kits that I made and the font is World Series.

Lesson 2 done. The photos used on this page were obtained from royalty free websites, sorry, I can't remember the names of the websites. Thank you for the lesson @Cassel. Everything is so clearly explained. I took many courses during the '90 learning how to use Paintshop Pro's many features and your lessons are helping me to refresh my memory.

day 3 I made again my own papers with Quicktile scripts and I made the border around the photo with Stiches by Cassel day 4 here I made the paper with a color from the photo and added a wooden texture day 5 I used the Kit Introspective by Jen Yurko, the little tag is filled by me with the pentablet, I clipped a paper from the kit to the ricrac.

Day 6 Today I'm sticking with my flowers but this photo is from last spring and I choose it because I'm fed up with the cold and the remnants of the snow that makes the footpaths slippery! The timing of this workshop is great as we, my hubby and I are getting a little bit afraid of taking a fall on those slippery paths/roads and that is maybe a sensible thing regarding our ages. Why don't I like being sensible.............. I wanted to use this photo and therefore I used the extra diamond template because I could combine the mask layers in one layer (something we learned in the Magazine Workshop). The papers come from a kit called Denim and I got the dark background by using 2 papers and a blendmode. I really like using the blendmodes and in PSP 2023 that has become so easy. Instead of using the flowers that are in the kit I have chosen I bouquet from my stash. The font is Prida01 and that one has nice glyphs and I gave the text a bevel.

Day 7. Thank you Carole for the templates. I used the diamond membership template. I used a kit from Connie Prince Prickly. Font Fira Sans ExtraBold, Exotc350 Bd BT and Times New Roman. I used Cass GrassTexture script on the word "grass". Speaking of the clip to it script, it is one of my most favourite scrips, I use it all the time when working with templates. I really enjoy seeing all of the great layouts.

I greatly altered the template and made it into something else entirely. I wanted to really show off our lovely Rosie = AKA Rosalyn Grace. Also her dad hadn't made it into my projects yet, or her grandmom - Carole (my sister).

Day 5 First, apologies for really messing with the template. I did keep the round circle that the stitching was around and turned it into a mask and fit the moon (yup, I did some unspeakable things to the moon to make it not as real). Also, the little flower on the (*Ahem*) private "underparts" of the moon (you know, it looks like a cat walking away from you with it's tail up). They are right in the spots they started at too. I couldn't seem to make the template work with the small pictures like I have in the past so I had to improvise. I used "text on a path" for the quote around the moon, and wanted to add the author but it would have looked weird with a big gap of small lettering. For both the title and the quote I used a layer style of outer glow. That is an odd thing. I had it at the lowest possible setting and 50% opacity and it's really still too big. I did have to lower the opacity of the layer as well so it wasn't too overwhelming. I wonder if there is a better way, and not have to use the layer style as there is not much fine control with it. Once I had that I turned the font color black. The stars was a starry background paper I got somewhere, that I put above the photo layers and used "screen" blend mode. I thought these subjects looked like they were dancing when I shot them, they are the Forgotten Moonflower Fairy Queens. Font: Title is Morgan Tattoo and the quote font is Morning both by Creative Fabrica Quote: by Avijeet Das Little Flower: Digi-Dewi -Relax, flower-brown (Digital Scrapbook.com)

Day 7

Day 6 - The photos are compliments of my future daughter in law, Lane. She works for a company that does Disney parties for children. The gold dot background is one of my own as is the blue overlay with a lowered opacity. The scalloped ribbons are my own texture, scalloped using cass quick scallop script(what a time saver!). The roses and leaves are from a package that I purchased from deeezy.com. The font is Hilender Rhapsody from Creative Fabrica. I used layer styles for the font, but wanted it to "pop" more and applied Hue and Saturation. The crown is a preset shape that was created from a font. I used VectorTube to apply the diamonds, a directional tube that I made using cassdirectiontube script.

Day 6. Technically, the pictures were taken at Gulf Shores. As a veteran Miamian, I understand the difference between a gulf and the ocean. However, Felix, who is six months old, and Amelia, who is three, are not interested in nuance. Besides, nuanced accuracy would have gotten in the way of the fun title I found. The kit is from Throwing Some Scrap Around by Jodi Watson, which I found on Go Digital Scrapbooking. Unfortunately, the website does not seem to be operational. The font is Hey Beach from Creative Fabrica.

Day4. Outsige is fine but better inside. Not only Teddy Bear thinks so; ) Done without scripts but probably it would be easier with them;)

Good question. The Clip to it script was created to simulate the "clipping mask" in Photoshop, and it will use the paper/photo you place on top of the shape. The Raster-to-mask will do the same thing as the Clip to it EXCEPT that it will stop at the mask creation while the Clip to it will ALSO grab the layer above (paper or photo) and move it inside the mask group. So the Clip to it might be more convenient when you want to use a specific image/paper, while the Raster to mask will stop after the mask group creation when you might not yet have decided on the paper/photo.

I have not followed what's going on for a few weeks so a bit late into the challenge, sorry but it is the perfect subject for a personal project I started last year that I have not finished the final layout for. I dutifully walked to the same oak tree on the outskirts of our village, once a month for all of 2023, getting the exercise and always having in my mind the creative challenge of how to present the collection of photos at the end. So my project is not quite p52 but very similar. I am still cogitating how to display all twelve of the photos into one photo montage and have made a layout to start with. The scripts that some of you are using on your designs are giving me ideas but here is where I am at so far...

Corrie, I am almost "really old"...79. Age is just a number to me. Some say your age is the number of years the world has been enjoying you. I did realize yesterday that others see me as really old. Two neighbor children came over to shovel my sidewalk and a neighbor who owns a tractor came to plow my driveway. While I can still do those things, it was a real blessing to have the help this time. I am really enjoying this workshop. I have day 6 almost complete but all of you will have to wait until I return. I leave tomorrow for sunny, warm (hopefully) Florida for a pickleball clinic. It will be a nice change from our frigid and snow covered ground. I am flying this time so I will not take a computer. I'll have my tablet so I hope to be able to check in but will have no new layouts until I return on Thursday PM. Judy is so confused by this trip, she has been no help and at times a real hinderance. Any change to the "normal" routine throws her for a loop. We will not be taking any other trips for a long time. This trip was planned months ago and I did not realize how quickly Judy would decline. Thankfully, we are traveling with friends who really love Judy and will help where they can. Of course, they should not give up any of the activities they paid for. I am sure it will be a delightful time...and we plan lots of board games too! Everyone stay warm, keep creativing and I'll see you when I get back.

I agree with Susan. You are such a devoted friend. Having people like you in one's life is a real blessing. Good luck on the trip.

Darning! OMG. Haven't seen a darning tool (usually for socks in my experience) for ages. This is lovely.

...and who doesn't want more horsey. They are the best!

I love that little lamb in the top picture. This is what happiness looks like!

WEEK FOUR - Celebrating our frigid, snowy weather; a nice closeup from the Hudson Valley in Pictures gallery by Cindy Plumb Bishop on 01-20-24. I changed my font from Wide Latin to Showcard Gothic.

@Cassel - Is there some reason why you are only using "clip-to-it" and not "raster-to-mask" scripts? I have usually used the clip/to script for papers and accessories, and the raster/mask for photos in the past.

It's been a while since I had time to create a new one. (They've been repeating themes from 2017 so I've been repeating my layouts with a few adjustments.) The background paper is a chevron from PS/DS by Sheila Reid to which I added a Gaussian blur. I used the Andrea Bilarosa font I got in a free font bundle from CF and the flourish is from my collection of scrapbooking "stuff." 🙂 As you probably already guessed, the illustration is by Hayden Williams. The best part, and the reason I wanted to share this, is Cassel's gimp trims picture tube. I used one to frame the illustration and the layout.

Love this. The spaceship is a great touch.

I've said it before. You are an amazing friend to Judy(and to all your friends, I am sure) and a real powerhouse, so inspiring to me.

I agree but the problem is that people older than me are really old (between 80 and 90! ) so that means I'm getting old!😢 However as long I can learn a new skill like script my brain does what it is suppoost to do! Which is a reassuring thought and yah "always look at the bright side of life" according to Monty Python

Day 6

Day six: The photos are mine, taken a couple of years ago. The papers and teacup are from the Afternoon Daffodil kit by Jessica Dunn - I changed the background paper by adding a pattern of daffodils to it from a png graphic from Freepik. The glitter bits are from somewhere else – I can’t remember where. The font is Righteous.

Template Lesson 5 result. Took longer to get elements together than anything else. Loved using the scripts.

Here also a layer of snow and below zero, from tomorrow the temperature will be above zero again. A photo taken from our small terrace.

I am looking forward to seeing your project come to life! What an interesting idea. You have good resolve, I often thought about doing something like that, then by day three i see something shiny and forget what I was supposed to be doing. (seeing something "shiny" is a joke my friends and I have about how easy it is to get distracted by something else).

Tha background colour is so nice with this project! And love the fairy too 🙂

Thank you. Make sure to tell me if I do overstep. I did live 20+ years in Surrey, BC; nothing you say to me will phase or offend me.

Lesson 6 - Jonah James is now 7 months. I hear he's ready to crawl! It seems I'll never run out of great-grands to celebrate! The font is Algerian, the blend mode for the textured background was Multiply, the kit is from Marisa Lerin called Oh, Baby, Baby. Just a minor correction. It seems I have the wrong baby on the left. That is actually Raja. I've changed the layout. Mea culpa!

Day 4 Diamond template. The pictures are from Creative Fabrica – Freebie from a day or two ago of watercolor winter scenes. The 3 smaller pictures are from 3 different scenes in the group. I textured and used brightness and contrast on the white layer background; the font is Winter Vibes (sorry, I couldn’t get the one which I downloaded that had snow on it to come up in my font list, so I just went with this one as I like it too. I innerbevelled the font twice and then gave it a slight shadow – I picked the color from one of the pictures. The 3 small pictures I chiseled so that they would stand out since the background large picture is very busy.

A few more of my turnings. The darning mushroom is made from a piece of a lilac bush. You should be able to just see the purple lines in it. The sawdust smells a lot like the flowers. The pendant and earrings are made from some small pieces of tulip wood. The papers I used all came from Marisa Lerin's DigitalScrapbook.com.

Lesson 4 Love the difference in(?) the light in winter🙂

My template 4 result, completed quite quickly thanks to gettting to understand how the script work. Have had them for ages but never used them as I got into such a muddle before. Can actually I love them and glad I have them in my stash.

Day 4 Template. St. Augustine, FL in June, 2017. I did increase the opacity of the lower right photo layer as directed (I originally forgot that little trick but the picture came out dull, so I then remembered and did as directed). The picture I used Adjust>Depth of Field in order to focus on the bird Anna was feeding on her arm. I used Adjust>Brightness and Contrast on both the main picture and the picture of the fountain of youth. The background paper is a double layer each a paper from PS-marisa-lerin-change. I treated each of the layers (including the white layer included on the template) with different blend modes: the white layer is normal, the green layer is luminance, the cream color layer is color and an opacity of 38. The title font is Violenty Script (CF) and the St. Augustine, FL and the 2017 are Arial Rounded MT Bold. All the fonts were duplicated and changed to raster layers, then I inner bevelled each of them. The layout frame I colored, then selected it and modified, expanded it and then colored the expansion too. Then I innerbevelled it.

Thanks for this gorgeous template @Cassel. There is soo much in it. I moved things slightly around and turned it since I wanted to feature my poem as well. Font is Beach House. The huge layered flower in the top right is by Marisa Lerin.

Template 3 Extra – I’m treating it as a poster. The subject is my AI Andy Warhol cat from CF Spark, the font is Catlover from Creative Fabrica, the colors on the papers are from the cat.

Template Lesson 4: cass-Template4.jpg Done with, Green Acres Bundle by Jessica Dunn

Repost of Day 2. I did not put the drop shadows on the first one.

Speaking of text wrapping, I finally fixed my Lesson 2 - Collectibles text. It now looks as planned. I had no problem with the wrapping.

Day Four: Photos I took of a local sunset. The background is a flood fill with added texture. The font is ‘Ink Free’.