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Okay, just finished with all the videos. Mind blown! My head is full of ideas but I can't practice yet so I have on a 😞. I think I will have to take this class another three times before I can call it good (no, I can't afford Diamond Membership at this time as I am on disability). The good news is that my home sold and I picture a day when I will be able to take time to work on things again.

Thank you, Susan, I am thinking of doing much the same. I believe the classes and tutorials are excellent, and I have learned so much in a short time. I downloaded a few tutorials and started doing the Labs and I need to go back and do more of that hands-on work. I plan on continuing the workshops Carole opens up to us, there is even more learning with the extra help given to each participant, not just by Carole, but by everyone doing that same workshop, too.

I started by buying one month at a time. It is insane the cost of living now. I've certainly changed my spending habits in the last several years. Retirement is on the horizon and how to make ends meet when that time comes is more on my mind now than ever before.

Cindy, I plan on doing the same, I want to join the Diamond Membership, and I am on a single income and bills get too high! However, I hope to do a monthly membership every so often when I can, because I think it is well worth the money.

Week 25 Working in colors that are quite bright for me. The background is a gradient that added a gaussian blur to the max and repeated it several times. Then i added a texture ("blinds" I think) and then added another texture on top of that (Texture>striation). I used the same gradient on the ring of the magnet and in the text (week 25).

Thank you, Susan, I forgot to add that I used Filter Forge for the tail feathers and the chest area. I also used a FF cartoon effect to make the tail feathers less realistic. I had so much fun that I have others from this CF download called littlest pet shop.

I like your version better, nicer design, especially the wing and tail and chest area.

Creative Fabrica has a font called 212 US Dings that includes each state and a US map.

Yes, it is unusually bright for you but the colors match the glow on your teapot! So well done and I love it!

I = Ice Blue Red Top Zebra (Metriaclima greshakei). Can only be found in Africa’s Lake Malawi. Good Ole Google

@Daniel Hess thank you.

Thank you for sharing your hard work Daniel, I got it too.

@Daniel Hess It is there in my PSP2023 Preset Shapes folder. If it might not work in 2023 I can move it to 2022 ... I think I'll try that. OK, that worked! Thanks Daniel.

It looks like the lion is getting a foot TICKLE to me. Another great calendar page as usual. I love seeing them each month.

I got to playing with the USA States shared by Daniel Hess. I did a bunch of stuff to it including adding Hawaii and Alaska at the bottom and then put it on top of an American flag. Then I got it into my head to create a July 4 celebration using it. The background paper is from Creative Fabrica The text is Microsoft Himalaya from who knows where.

@Ann Seeber Maybe search the "documents" folder for USA-MAP.PspShape and see where it landed. Apparently NOT in the documents/Corel Paintshop Pro/2023/Preset Shapes folder. ??? I don't have 2023...I didn't see anything that tripped my trigger better than 2022 but am ANXIOUSLY awaiting to see what 2024 is going to bring. I figure the best of 2023 will also be included in that. Punctuation is KEY in the file names and folder names...you miss one capital letter and it will give you nothing.

@Daniel Hess I put the file in the Preset Shapes folder as you suggested but I don't see how to bring the shapes up. They don't show up in my PSP 2023 Preset Shapes. I can see the ones I put there from the class but not your map. Do you have a suggestion?

Here is my Wild Cat Calendar for July 2024. The month and year are in Babilonia font. Everything else is in Agency. Someone posted this story and two photos on my Facebook feed a few weeks ago. I have posted the larger version in the Files section at the top of our Scrapbooking with Paintshop Pro group there.