Cassel

Glad to see your newbee post! Welcome!!! Not everyone is a scrapbooker in our community. We have a lot of avid photographers, and we have converted a few to scrapbooking as it turns out to be a great way to showcase your photo in a different way than just add a white border or a vignette effect. You might actually like to join our Calendar Workshop as it is a great way to show off photos that will be displayed for a whole year!

Let's continue this new challenge. We might be the ones taking pictures but we are not the feature of our layouts, so let's change that since we ARE important and have lots to say. Every month or so, the layout will be about YOU, and a prompt will be given. If you have taken the Story Week Challenge, you will find some similarities but it won't be the same. For the October layout, tell us something about a specific piece of clothing that you had as a child. What is it? How did you get it? Was it for a particular event or occasion? If you happen to have a photo, that is even better! Let's share. It might be a trip down memory lane for most of us! Remember that if you want to create pages for previous prompts, those threads will stay open. There is no right or wrong order to share about you.

Happy to see you back!

Oops. I had not seen it. And by the way, it looks like the KP will be 8 tonight and tomorrow! At least, in my area, of eastern Canada. HOping for cloud breaks!

My daughter also uses an ipad for Xavier. It is not all the time, but it is a "tool" to keep him quiet/occupied. When he is with us alone, i don't know how the pad works, so that is my excuse (it is true though). Also, at their place, when we would babysit, he would want to watch TV (streaming) or get music playing from our phones. I still use the same excuse: i don't know how to work the remote, the streaming, etc. and my phone does not work with their TV or his speakers. He made a fuss the first time I said that, but now, he does not even ask anymore!

It turned out that I had just updated the lesson pages when you "joined" so what you see there, is likely the latest content.

Actually, if you access the workshop through the DIAMOND menu, it will lead to the same place. The only difference is getting a daily email with the link so everyone is working on the same thing at the same time, but it is the same since that WAS updated for 2025/

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The calendars will be specific to 2025, however, I also plan on a blog post that would address this if you want to reuse the templates for other years.

I found this site with the explanation: https://www.theaurorazone.com/nuts-about-kp/

Interestingly, even with a lower KP, it seemed to have been a very different show. The colors are different too. Did you get some in May when the KP was at 8? I'll have to go back and check.

Toys and games come in a variety of types. Some are simple, others are very elaborate. Based on seeing how Xavier was entertained with very little, I can conclude that kids don't NEED a ton of elaborate or complex toys/games and can stay busy with just a few things. What simple games are preschool (or maybe school-age) kids enjoy? Let's share and if you have pics too, post them too.

KP of 7 is forecasted for tonight too! Unfortunately, here, it is pourring rain. For those looking for references: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast# I also use an app on my phone called Aurora. I just wished my phone could take those pics, but it does not. It is too old and does not have that powerful camera feature that newer phones have.

I wish that this kind of hobby was recognized by health insurance! It has great mental health benefits!

First of all, come and say HI once you register for this workshop. We want to know who else will be there, on our side to encourage us. Every page we will make will be different, based on each others' photos, stories, and preferences but we can all get inspired by everyone's projects. The workshop will start on October 21st. You might want to chitchat during the workshop, but you will want to wait until the end, once all the lessons are done since you will keep working through them all during the seven days. Now, let's get ready! (if you missed the registration link or if you found this thread before I announced it, HERE it is)

No worry. I just moved it for you 🙂

To reply to someone's comment, highlight their comment (or part of it) and you will see a "bubble" appear at the end of the highlighted text, saying "Quote Selection". Click on that and it will automatically include that section in a response, while notifying the poster. And don't worry about others having finished the Bootcamp. This thread will stay open.

If you use masks to create a sort of "inked" area, you have to be careful of some details. If you choose to place "inked" areas over several surfaces, it will normally be slightly uneven. Here is a tutorial that explains what it might look like: https://scrapbookcampus.com/2020/08/writing-on-different-surfaces/

Let's make things a little fun for you. Are you looking for ways to spark your creativity and still create something meaningful? This will be a fairly regular challenge for you. Every time, you will be given instructions to use 1, 2, and 3 of something. Would that be more than you usually use? or less? Let's see. Create a layout using : 1 folded corner 2 Polaroid frames 3 glittered elements You can create those elements or use what you currently have in your stash. Showcase any photo, use any template (if you want). Just make sure you include the required elements.

There are many ways to be "environmentally friendly". Some things can be done at the community level like recycling, repurposing, and such, but there are other things that we can do, as individuals. Every region in the world likely has some differences in what is available, what is common, and what is not. What about your area? Your community? Your own household? Let's share ideas.

You are having fun with different techniques in this layout! As for the shadows on the balloons, I would use a much larger blur and lower opacity. The offset is ok but since a balloon is so "thick", the shadow should not have clear edges.

It is a new month and new projects. Show off what you are working on in October be it a scrapbook page, a collage, a tutorial, or anything else you want. We are curious and want to see, learn, and get inspired. These threads are quickly becoming a fantastic source of inspiration, support, and friendship. Keep them coming! Remember to size down your image to about 600x600 pixels and save it in .jpg format before posting it (if you are creating a double page, you can resize it to 1000 pixels in width if you don't want to post the pages separately). Here are a few guidelines for everyone: when you post a project, give as much information on your sources or techniques used. It will help others who are curious and would like to do the same. if someone uses something that you like on their page, ask where they got it. Sometimes, you can go get it too and it will be better quality than trying to extract it (as it would have been resized to post in the forum anyway). if it is something that they did from scratch, ask how they did it. It would be so helpful to everyone! if you like a photo and would like to “play with it”, ALWAYS ask permission. Sometimes, there are some limitations and the person is not allowed to let others use it. Don’t get them in trouble. Usually, people are happy to say yes (if they can) when you ask politely. And if you get permission, you might get a better-quality image than the resized image anyway.

In October, our monthly theme is TOURIST SPOTS. We can certainly spot some famous cities, famous landmarks, but we can also list some essentials for tourists like cameras, maps (do people still use them), and souvenirs. We can even list activities that might be famous for certain locations. And we can also take this thread as a guide trip around the world. If you have links or images to share, go for it! Let's go!

The theme for October is TOURIST SPOTS. I am sure you have visited at least ONE of those in your lifetime. And what about spots that might not be a "known"? Maybe there is one spot in your hometown? Do you have pictures or stories about it? Or maybe you did visit one of those "tourist locations"? Remember that you can also share older layouts you already made. You don't have to create a brand new one! Let's go! Post your project in the gallery.

Do you want to challenge yourself to take photos every week for a year? Maybe you want to practice your photography skills, or just try to capture "ordinary" daily occurrences. Let's just encourage each other. This is a no-pressure thread, and you can share the photos you took or the theme you are going for (if you are going with a theme). And if you don't want to share the photos yet, and only showcase them once they are in a montage or a scrapbook page, you can just say that you did it. And it is ok to start your 52 weeks at any time. It does not have to start in January!