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Day 3 This page uses Jessica Dunn's Classy kit. It is a kit I love, and I often choose pieces from it to create scrapbook pages. Years ago we travelled up to Queenstown and took the TSS Earnslaw across the lake to Walter Peak, an isolated sheep station opposite Queenstown. We are fortunate in that a Southland travel company gives those residing in Southland and Otago a 50% discount to take their tours. This happens at the end of each season, and I have often taken advantage of this. I used to work for that company, with the original owners who have since moved on, and I love to catch up with old friends from the 70's who still work for the company. The homestead in my photo is the original homestead. A newer building houses a restaurant and is probably the main destination for many who travel across the Lake in the TSS Earnslaw, a beautiful restored twin-screw steamer, travelling Lake Wakatipu since 1912.

Hi all, I am not registered and trying to do some artsy pages here is my project day1 with Sproutlings by AAD Lynne Anselc and Chery Budden and day 2 with Budding Tales by AAD Lynne Anselc and Chery Budden

The March blood moon eclipse art is an original linocut created by my artist daughter, Debbie Lennox. The rest of the layout uses pieces from a kit called SI-StarGazer. The title font is Bauhaus 93.

Project 1 A typical September view in Northumberland (UK) as farmers get ready to harvest. The papers and elements are from the Jessica Dunne To Behold kit. I did add some confetti but it made the layout busy in a way I didn’t like so I took it out. The photo is one of mine.

My project days 3 and 4. The original photo is a black and white one that my father took and that I "colored."

Thank each of you for all the wonderful comments. I appreciate each of you.

Day 3 - Honoring Chooch. The background is from a photoshop brush, the stripes are my own, the hearts are from a CF font with a style added from PSE. The dog bone scatters were made with the custom confetti script. I made 3 different tubes and combined them.

Here's my project for Lesson 3. Did learn quite a bit going through the lesson yesterday. My mother loved the wild birds. The Spring kit was certainly appropriate for her. Hope everyone is having a great day!

My sandwich. I tried to be ‘good’ and just use the supplied elements but I couldn’t resist making some changes. I downloaded some pngs – onion slices, tomato, bamboo placemat, water melon, and a cheese slice. I did keep the lettuce, plate, cup and cutlery so a hybrid creation!

Day 2 I have finally finished my sandwich. I used a few free png downloads for the ingredients. I thought I would add some butter on the top slice that would be spread and turned upside down to create the top slice. I also wanted to use a tray and found one that is a wooden sign, who doesn't use anything for a tray? I added a soft frame because the sides of the 'tray' are cut off.

Here's my photo of my mother - taken about 1939 that I will be using.

I am sorry I missed my daily feedback. But I will catch up today. @Jeni Simpson It is interesting that you like the tabbed mode. I guess I am more of a scattered kind of user. Even my desk is scattered so untabbed is more familiar for me. Different styles! That looks like a delicious sandwich! @Jacques I have never used the Adjust tab. I actually remove it from the loaded tabs. But it is great that you have it available for your own needs. @Susan Ewart Maybe I should use the Auto-hide on the SOP and the History palette. I use them often when I do scripting, but not when I do scrapooking. Nineth time in this Bootcamp? I also lost track of how many times I hosted that Bootcamp! I love those mittens! I have fun looking at sandwiches and seeing who are the lefties 🙂 And if you are looking for an F-word (that sounds odd!), you can photograph your Fridge before it dies! @Sharla Oh! Someone else who uses a light version of the workspace! For me, the dark interface hurt my eyes. Your sandwich is great. That must have been a lot of work to gather all those ingredients! @Bee Kelly Glad that the solution was simple. As for your sandwich, it looks good. I hope you got some practice in using the basic manipulation tools. Your first project looks great. I think you might have either forgotten or hidden the shadow on the vertical strip of paper and on the sticker on the top left. Did you skip to the project 2 already? Be careful to add shadows to all the elements. @Ann Seeber I see that it does save space to not have the thumbnails. Have you ever tried to have them but smaller? I love imagining you flipping the pages of that magazine. @Donna Sillia It is ALWAYS a good idea to save your workspace. I love your sandwich. You made me realize that I had forgotten to "upgrade" the exercise file for this lesson. I guess it will be for the next Bootcamp! @Anne Lamp I had never heard of a Reuben sandwich! That is a first for me. @Corrie Kinkel You know that you are always welcome to check on this thread, even if you are not registered. We love you! Keep your projects coming!

Here is my Open face Reuben sandwich and a totally St Patric's Day theme for the table too.

Here's my layers exercise: a table with lunch ready. The book is from a magazine workshop treated to the open book script.

My table with my favorite drink--cappuccino, favorite kosher dill pickles and ham sandwhich with tomato, lettuce, cheese and onion. The plate, coffee, pickle, napkin with tableware is from Adobe Express. The bread texture is a PSE style. The ham, lettuce, onion and tomato are from Canva. The wood background is from one of my photos.

Here's my yummy sammy. I like pickles and tomatoes(mine had "toes" - honest) so I had some on the side. Also, some tea in a demitasse cup with a teeny tiny cute little spoon. As I am practicing my levitation techniques today, my setting is floating in mid-air....going to be a challenge trying to cut my sammy (because I'm levitating too!). But I'm up for it. That's my story and I'm not sticking it, because I'll forget it in 10 minutes.🤪

I really like it too. It's from the kit: "An Autumn to Behold Elements Kit". I enlarged it and added a bevel to it so it would stand out.

Foot !

I love gold and use it a lot. For this challenge, I used a flower from AE with a sculpture effect using one of the gold patterns. The flower pattern was made using Carole's scripts--pattern maker and seamless pattern. I used a slight layer style on the flower and a gold gradient for the background.

My 2nd version (inspired by the tutorial "https://scrapbookcampus.com/element-creation-index/button")

My first draft of day 2

me, too, except for the Margaret O'Brien maroon velvet that I saw in a movie. I did a layout about that dress...

Oops forgot the photo. I might use this or if I have time to take any pictures I'll find something else. I looked to see when the last time I did the Bootcamp and it was May 2023. That seems like it's so long ago. this is my 9th time. Ann, how many times is this for you now. I cant believe you forgot to register, the Bootcamp is in your DNA, I thought you might have an automatic alarm for it. 😁

Red winged black bird. The photo is mine. The papers and elements are from my stash from here and there.

It makes my heart ache to think of this young guy so heartbroken over losing his "best bud". It takes some time to absorb the loss. Tears are good at such a time.

Are you asking about the picture with my grandson, Matthew? He is devasted; his FB post made me cry. In fact, the whole family is devastated. Chooch was a wonderful and loving dog. Part of his FB comment "For 11 years since the day I brought you home you were my constant companion and best friend. We swam in oceans, climb mountains and hiked through deserts. There will never be another dog or friend like you."

I've got a wrought iron table as well only mine is not a Singer. I did a layout about the story behind it. This table is where my Christmas tree that is decorated with sand dollars that Dad found on the beaches of Hilton Head in the early 80's. Dad painted them white after they were dried out then Mom had the art teacher paint Christmas designs on them. She dated the back of them with the year (either 1980 or 1982). (No maple syrup stories here!)

Sharla, is the "autumn harvests" element from the kit or did you create it? It's really nice!

As I have gotten older, I am no longer a big fan of maple syrup -- too sweet! I choose to top my pancakes or waffles with applesauce and even that is the unsweetened variety made with tart Granny Smith apples. My parents often drove from our home in New Jersey to Vermont for vacation, and, of course, brought home lots of syrup and maple sugar candy. They even visited a quarry and acquired a large, flat piece of beautiful marble for me that I installed as a top on an old Singer Sewing Machine base made of black wrought iron, including a large treadle. My Laurey still has it in her entryway.

And if you want a very traditional recipe from Quebec (where I am from), here is something that is served at sugar shacks: https://maplefromcanada.ca/recipes/dumplings-in-maple-syrup/ In fact, just about everything served at a sugar shack in Quebec, is cooked or baked in maple syrup: ham, bacon, baked beans, even eggs!

Thanks for your suggestions.

It never ceases to amaze me, that over the many boot camps, over many years that participants produce such wonderful diverse layouts. Not only from seasoned campus members but also from newbies. Each and every one unique and inspiring to one and all. @Bee, you are doing marvelously. May I make an observation to your two layouts. It isn't a criticism, possibly you may have merely forgotten to add shadows to the birds and papers in both layouts. Also, try placing the bird on a branch above the paper.

So sweet!

This is very popular around here. It is a treat for everyone who likes sweets. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/190467/maple-syrup-taffy/

My workspace: I prefer a dark background and have customized my space to make some of the commands one-click. I have also bound some of my favorite scripts next to the script output. I also save the custom workspace since sometimes things go crazy, and I have to reload.

Wow, that's an impressive super organized layers palette. I'm jealous!

Glad you joined us Sharla. I'm thinking of going to a lighter workspace like yours. I'm starting to like it and it my dark space wont influence the appearance of the colors in the layouts (I watched a PSE video where they talked about that).

Here is my current workspace. One reminder, go to File/Workspace and Save it in case you have a problem after customizing. You'll also notice, I don't use big thumbnails on my layers. I u sually end up with a lot and just placing my mouse over the layer palette will reveal what is on each layer.

I prefer a light workspace and for things to be as uncluttered as possible – if they’re not I am always clicking the wrong thing!

I like my workspace dark, although i might try the medium grey to see if I like it. I use the rulers on a UNtabbed workspace. I closed the palettes i dont use. And have added the Instant effects and Script Output with Auto hide on the side of the materials palette. I have the history just below the materials palette. I added the repeat icon to the layers palette and the bound the open as layer and have the jpg and png optimizers on the task bar (? at the top). Yay, for the first time this year I think I'm actually posting on time.

For my part, as I often use PSP to make changes to my photos, I also use the "Adjust" (Réglage) tab. I prefer the color "Anthracite"

Day 1 My worksheet is dark, I have the same palettes as Carole shows in the video and I save a new workspace often. My tools often go haywire, so I can get back to how they should be by loading the latest workspace. I keep tabs because I like to have a tidy workspace, even when working, anything I'm not working on directly, goes into a folder. If you look closely, the blueprint tutorial was the last one I did...the blue texture in the materials palette is the key

No, sorry, that's a typical phrase we always said to our dogs. They would always pick up on the emphasis on the Who's and get excited. 🐶

Nice to see so many familiar faces and I'm almost sorry I really don't have time enough to take this bootcamp on as well. I have my upcoming trip and I like to finish the Build a Kit before I fly away. The same goes for the AlphabetPhoto Challenge; I have planned a photo session for tomorrow to take the photos for the coming letters and now (this evening) our oven brook down. So tomorrow it will be a trip to the shops for a new one...... But I will check here once in a while and see what you all are doing.

I belated Happy Birthday to you! Due to the time difference I often see posts somewhat later, because when you post them I'm already asleep. I hope you had a lovely day.😍

But when you guys slow down (perhaps) in retirement, wouldn't a wee dog be good company and a stimulus for walks?

These pictures, from my family album, have such a spring-like feel to them. I coloured in some of the blossoms on the tree and used mostly Anna Aspnes elements and materials. This time I used PSE, but couldn't figure out how to lift the corners of the photo. (Also, I wasn't able to upload it to here - resized - without using PSP. Don't know what that was all about???) I just love how elegantly the two women (my mother and my aunt) are dressed for the occasion. Not what I'd be wearing I don't think!

We recently had a bit of discourse about old photos and the frequent use of cameras. This photo that I have in my files comes from the early 1900s. It is not of anyone in my family, but the family of a friend. They are using Brownie box cameras, but I don't know which edition they are. I just love the pic! Taken in my hometown. Almost all elements come from Katie Pertiet photography kit which was on sale for $1.99 US.

Gold elements challenge. I turned a stem of green ivy leaves to gold, and an insect which I extracted from a photo.I thought using the Shiny scarab beetle was appropriate for this challenge. Besideds the Shiny, other scarab beetles have metallic green or bronze hues. They are a very diverse species. In the top left image, you can see how this scarab spent the night, in a state of torpor. The layout is my own, which I created for this challenge. Again I used snowy, icy photos using the blend mode for the background paper.