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I finally had the calendar pages printed. It's nice to see how they turned out.

Thank you, Susan! Thanks to Carole and her workshops, tutorials, etc, we can give wings to our creativity!

That looks so good Cristina. Thank you for showing what it looks like in physical form. it turned out wonderfully.

It looks fantastic! When I'm able to reinstall PSP, I'm determined to finish creating mine.

This year I used gnomes as a theme for my youngest grandsons' Christmas Cards. The backgrounds are from CF and Canva. The front letters are pngs from CF which were stacked using Carole's Alpha Stacking script and then entered into the Text Creator script. The candy cane frame is my own from my Build a kit 2. The purple belt Taekwondo gnome is from Adobe Express AI in honor of Thomas just receiving his purple belt. The inside gnome is from CF, and the candy cane letters are from my alphas in Build a Kit 2. I did not save the name of the inside font but it is from CF.

Week 51 The little town where I live goes in for quite a lot of Christmas decorations which is lovely and helps cheer up the short days of December. A new addition this year was this reindeer in the florist’s shop window. It made me smile when I first saw it – just because it’s so cute. Having taken the photo I had to laugh when I noticed the way the phone number is positioned – perhaps it’s a hot line in case anyone recognises a reindeer who slid of a roof, banged its head, and can’t remember who it is…

And one more I made, playing with vectors and gradients. Hope you like it!

I've been using PSP9 since it came out, left it alone for a few years and rediscovered it a couple of years ago. This was made during my T-shirt era.

When our Church added on two additions right & left of the original, the ladies in the office wanted to know if I could create a unobstructed view of the whole thing. Whew, it became quite a challenge. I could not get nearly far enough back to get the whole thing because of large trees. I took several picks from the sames location, and some from different places but at the same distance. I finally got it the best I could and they were very happy with it. It has been used many times. (the bricks on the new part are darker so that is not a mistake).

Merry Christmas:) Carole's: Christmas Tree with changed color, frame, a single latern on the pick taken by JK. Thank you Carole for advice:

What a beautiful shop. and I want that reindeer. Now, that's window display to be proud of. I had a laugh at the phone number.

OMG! love your words...."we can give wings to our creativity".

I just got my printed calendars, too. They look great and have mailed out in time for Christmas.

N = Night of Nights I thought this was fascinating: "The Night of Nights is celebrated annually every July 12. It commemorates when the last commercial Morse code transmission in the U.S. was sent. Many years ago messages, usually in Morse code, were transmitted by radio waves. Through the efforts of the Maritime Radio Historical Society (M.R.H.S.), West Marin’s historic Morse code radio station KPH returns to the air for a day and transmits in Morse code from 5:01 pm to midnight. Listeners wait to hear the signals of the great station once again fill their receivers. Many will join the M.R.H.S. at the receiving station at the Point Reyes National Seashore to marvel as the signals are transmitted by hand using vintage telegraph keys."

I have Carole! 🙂

Thank you, Michele! It's a big difference when we see the pages printed. It's worth it to finish yours!

M = Music! What's a celebration without it?

Daniel very funny and lovely story and layout! I like the "old fashioned" paper with your story.

I wish I could have laid my hands on some of the EARLY photos but I had several from later years to add to the project.

Nice cards and your grandson will be happy with them!

Actually, I have downloaded it, but haven't had time to rewatch it.

I suggest you watch the "Handout" of "PaintShop Christmas 8" which is complete and very well done.

I started with PSP to be able to make graphics for our family business, the Warwick Drive-In Theater. I did a logo, which is on a transparent background, so therefore, a .png which I can't show here but I do have a .jpg version.

I have never thought of you (or anyone else) in that kind of "traditional" garb. My mother and her sister each made their own "kroj" (pronounced kroy) when they were young and wore them in Canada and the US in the 1940s & 50s for special occasions. This photo shows them (mother & sister) as children in their native garb in Moravia). I wish so much I had one of those intricate, lovingly-made dresses to preserve.

V = Vesak (A May festival that commemorates the birth, enlightenment,, and death of Buddha)

P = Presidents day

T = Thanksgiving

It seems like the weather pattern in my area has changed over the years. I do remember snow at Christmas time as a child. Most of the time it was just enough to cover the grass and not cause driving problems Every once in awhile we will have a big snowfall. I just looked through my photos and in 2012 we had a big snowfall. I think it was at least 10 inches. I chose to stay home and not travel the 35 miles to a cousin's house. Looks like the last time we had any snow was 2017 which also was the year of really cold temps with wind chills of below zero through the new year. I'm OK with one really big snow a year. I like taking photos of it when it is fresh. I just hate going out in it and thankfully these days I don't have to when it does snow!

Evergreen tree 😉🌲

C = Christmas [A nice easy one!]

Christmas has been hard for me since Mom passed away in 1996 on December 26th. I've gone through phases where I decorate a lot or don't decorate at all. Most people get their seasonal depression in January... not me, it starts right after Thanksgiving. On January 1st, I'm a whole new person! The last couple of years I haven't done much decorating at all. Last year was very little because of everything going on and having surgery on the 18th. I just didn't have the energy to do it. I hope to do more this year to celebrate my health being much better! For a few years, Christmas music was a trigger for me and I couldn't listen to it. Still can't listen to certain songs as they were favorites of Mom. I have some Christmas music of artists (mainly country) that I do enjoy listening to. But what turns me off the most is the constant Christmas movies on all the different Hallmark channels starting in late October (and can't forget the whole month of July). I used to enjoy them but not anymore.

What a lovely thing to do in memory of your lifelong friend. How touching and wonderful.

I, too, have all 4 of Carole's books. The 1st 2 on Kindle. and the next 2 in paperbook. The previous 1 is marked with numerous paper clips as that is how I marked it for places to study as needed. I just got my copy of the new one and am looking forward to reading and marking it!

yes, Apple just got fined 30 Billion or something ridiculous like that, very recently for the app store situation. Europe has good practices, you are lucky to live there. I think North America might still be the wild west in that respect. I will check out the the FB thing. I just presumed I would be part of the learning for the AI whether I like it or not. Didnt they deal with some issue over being able to use anything we post (photos, layouts etc) to promote FB. I'll try to put much better work on there...🤣, it might be scary what it will learn from me. Either way, I will likely never know if they are actually doing what they say they are doing (reference: the doorbell cam company, which as Rene mentioned in a post was 5 yrs ago....yet it's still front and centre in the techy news and still not yet resolved, nor has the company apologized).

My color group and a fitness person I follow is there and my friend who moved to Scotland posts there, so if I want to see these things I have to go there. I have to log in from my computer as I don't have data on my phone and wifi doesn't work - the phone is old. Neither FB nor instagram appeal to me but I do go on for those few people I follow. I'm trying to be better about posting to FB...after all, my data seems to be the worlds A.I.'s data for learning...let's train them to only love Digital Scrapbooking! 😅

if you go too big though, you see less layers. It's a trade off.

I have read these posts and have found many suggestions, but I have not seen a suggestion of an early question that should be asked. What is your Digital Scrapbook / Page for? How will it be Dislayed? If I were to print a traditional Scrapbook page 12 inches X 12 inches I would need an A2 size printer. My printer is size A4 (letter size USA). Should I make my page to fit my Printer? Am I going to display my page on my computer screen or send it to my Tablet / IPad / Phone ? ( So many different sizes and shapes ) If I am making a Scrapbook (instead of just a page) I could send it for printing and to be made into a book. How about displaying it electronically ? Many of us will have received a copy of Corel FastFlick with our copy of PaintShop Pro Ultimate. Has anyone used this to display their Scrapbook ? I have Scrapbooked a title page for a series of photographs that were made into a video with background music using Fastflicks.

After a Zoom trouble shooting session with Carole and some fixes my calender script has normal size numbers and characters! Thanks again Carole!!🤩😇🥳

Interestingly, I sent a notification to anyone who has purchased this script, yesterday, to mention the updated version. I suspect many have not received that notification. I have reset the downloads for anyone who had purchased this script before this weekend.

I'm in mood this afternoon to play with PSP instead of working ! Another script I used, the cass-FramedMask. I changed the size of the frames (because of the bee) and it's not quite exactly what it should be but let's say it's a test... The font is "Vervelle" I found on Creative Fabrica.

Yes Cindy, the draw for the previous activity was done, and Lois did win and she was contacted.

Deanna, check this post for an additional clue.

Right off the start, I was able to find nine balloon clues. Then I had to leave it behind. Tried again today to find some more, but I am bleary-eyed with looking. Think I'll just put together what I have and try another time, before the fun expires.

I'm stuck on the last two pieces....I'm going back in for a deep dive now. Cool thing is, I downloaded some stuff that I was wondering about. Now I can read it and get my answers.

Gramie791 USA, Middle of Kentucky

Looks like Hook near Basingstoke, England is already there so I guess that is me from before. Quite amazing to see all the contacts and know during the webinars, particularly, that we are connected worldwide. This photo is of a lovely pavement mosaic made of pebbles, in the centre of our village.

Southeast Ohio, USA

Fantastic Dale and your color choice is very harmonious, it has a real natural effect! The "slats script" will be one of my next projects. Go on and have fun!

A Birthday card for a Welsh friend, using my own photos and the lifted corner script from your store.

To make this alpha I used the alpha sheet seperator script https://creationcassel.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_10&products_id=346#.VxyQoHrJFZ0