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Yes and no. Being double pages, they are still two separate 12x12 pages, but made to be together as a unit.

Our newest challenge will soon start. Are you in? What do you plan to feature in your double pages project? The challenge will start on April 17th, so there is plenty of time for you to find your photos and invite friends to join. And this challenge will be FREE for everyone, so spread the word. Here is the link again: https://scrapbookcampus.com/promo/double-page-workshop/ Let us know when you are registered, and in order to help and inspire others, tell us what you plan on showcasing. Don't worry, you can always change your mind, but I am sure other participants will love to get ideas.

It is a new month and new projects. Show off what you are working on in April, 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. 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 anyways). 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 anyways.

In April, our monthly theme is Easter. There are many things that revolve around Easter, whether it is a religious celebration or just a fun event for the kids. What words would you associate with Easter, starting with each letter of the alphabet? Let's go!

In April, the theme is EASTER. Do you have pictures or stories surrounding Easter? Is that something you celebrate or just participate in? If so, how? Share your stories in pictures or in words. Add stories to those photos but you know that you can also tell stories without photos! Let's go! Post your project in the gallery.

It is very simple: cut strips of paper the height of the book cut little squares pile them up as thick as needed and glue one side (which will be the spine of the book) print and cut the covers on photo paper glue the papers inside the book trim the excess paper If I do more miniature projects, I might do more books. They are easy to make. You can use plain cardstock for the covers, or use printouts of actual books if you can find the images. Using PSP, it is very easy to do and resize to scale (that is 1:12 scale by the way).

Do you have any interest in miniatures? Miniature scenes, trains, etc.? If you are interested, there is a TV show currently available on CBC Gem about miniature buildings. I would never be able to reach that level of detail, but I still love to watch them work! When the nice weather will be back, I will get to work some more on the gnome house, and keep you updated. Let's chat!

@Gerry Landreth Yes, picture tubes do have some settings that can be changed to get different effects. Isn't is fun to accidentally find something new? @Carolyn Rye Glad you are enjoying yourself. I think you rotated the text a little more than the 5 degrees that was suggested. When you get more comfortable, you will be able to add shadows on the various papers and elements. @Corrie Kinkel Perfect choice of color for the rope around the text. I was actually hesitant to offer the Build-A-Kit workshop at the same time as another one, but I figured that since it was not as intense, participants can pick and choose what to work on. @MoniqueN.As others have mentioned, add the shadow and see the difference for yourself. Although it might not look like much when you add it, it shows clearly when you don't have it. The technique on day 7 is not something that is typical, but if you ever have a nice landscape image, it might be perfect for that technique. @Louyse Toupin Glad that you managed to use the text on the path. May I suggest that you move the text a little to the left so it does not overlap the photo? @Bonnie Ballentine I see you also used multiple fonts in the title for the Sandy layout. Did you forget the shadows on the cat photos? Never a dull moment looking at your projects either! ? On the title, I see that the pickleballs are "uneven". Is that intended? If so, no problem. If no, you might need to change the setting for Placement mode from Random to Continuous. That is a setting that is often overlooked. @Anne Lamp Glad to see at least some of your projects. If you finish them later, the thread will still be open for you to post. @Susan Ewart You won't be without work for very long. Hint, hint. Another workshop will come in April and something else for Easter. All those techniques will probably show up in upcoming projects? @Rene Marker That is a good font for that project and shows enough of the image. @Hank Sobah Spring will come... eventually! @Ann Seeber What a great story and you showcased it well too. @Marie-Claire Happy birthday Poncho! @Linda Hitt You did great by using the technique on individual letters. It is more work, but the result is worth it! @Donna Sillia That is a great idea to put the letters vertically to showcase that photo! @Alice Daniel Glad to see you post projects. Keep them coming. Practice will help. Although today is officially the last day of the workshop, you still have 7 more days to access the tutorials and continue posting your projects in the thread. DIAMOND members don't need to rush as you have permanent access to the tutorials. Keep it up!

@Gerry Landreth Those days will be back soon enough! That cat font is really cute! @Lesley Maple Even without a texture, if you were to reduce the opacity a little bit, the overlap will show even more. But it does look good! @Susan Ewart Yes, working with grey background can be annoying when highlighting text. I have had the same thing happen! I had never heard of white magpies! That moonshine layout is stunning in its simplicity! @Carolyn Rye That is good to hear. Those workshops are often encouraging repetition to help learning! @Ann Seeber As Sue has replied to you, if you use the Straighten tool, you can use it to "measure" an angle. I use that extensively when coding scripts and need to rotate pieces by a precise angle. The VectorTube script can be so versatile!!! @Rene Marker This is a good example of how someone can keep information private: by hiding the specific layer, and still showcasing the technique worked! @Hank Sobah Practice is the goal of all those workshops! I guess you are doing just that! @nadine Your out-of-bound effect is stunning!!! Your use of artsy style is so well done. I think I am a bit jaleous! @Mary Solaas I have plans for a Vector Workshop in the future. You will love it! @Corrie Kinkel You might want to add a little bit more of a shadow on the outlining tube to give it more definition. @Anja Pelzer Lovely memories. Well done. @Julie MagerkaInteresting way to use a photo as a background. We don't see it all but we can guess it. @Bonnie Ballentine We can very well recognize your smile in the top photo!! @Linda Hitt Your choice of colors makes everything so well coordinated! @Donna Sillia That orange flower certainly adds a splash of color! @Sue Thomas What dingbat font are you using? That is a really fun design! Maybe there are other interesting ones in the set. @Linda J Walker Hum.. I thought the rope tube was included in all newer versions. Do you have another version that might have that tube? The one you picked is obviously not the best. I remember there was a matching one without gaps. Do you have that one ?

It looks like a buggy patch. Check your version number under Help > About. If your version is 25.1.0.28, you have the buggy patch. The only way to solve that is to uninstall and reinstall PSP and the version number will become 25.1.0.32. This was a documented bug when patch 1 was automatically applied.

If you are talking about the written instructions, they are available as a perk to the DIAMOND members only.

Learning scrapbooking is often done with practice, looking around for inspiration, and trying to recreate projects we admire. Sometimes, we can be inspired by finished projects, but sometimes, we also have to use our imagination to interpret something. This challenge will give you an opportunity to envision something from a “boring” base, and you will have to imagine the end result differently. The sketch is only a written idea, and you can fly with it, modify it, and customize it to fit your vision, your photos, your supplies. This sketch has lots of room to add stories about your photos, or you can focus on the stories instead of the photos. And if you want more information on using sketches, check out this article. Post your project in the gallery.

@Carolyn Rye Glad to see you post your Day 4 project. Yes, PSP can be a massive program but with the support of this community, you are always in good hands. If you encounter any issue, don't hesitate to ask. @kasany If you are not sure about the red on the text, you can remove it, however, being that the technique applies the effect to the letters individually, you will also have to remove the red one letter at a time. But it looks ok to me! @Pirkko Seppälä That button you highlighted means that the second vertical "line" will be on the right. And yes, you should be able to use the Alignment the same way as for horizontal text. @Lesley Maple, Rene beat me to it. The information in that article has been requested so many times!!! @MoniqueN. If you overlap the letters a little, it will make the effect more visible! @Rene Marker Nice title. That tiny overlap shows the transparency of the letters. @Ann Seeber Even though the tutorial does not require a shadow, I see that you did, and that is because it made sense! @Linda HittAdding a shadow would be a good idea for your title BUT you will notice that you would need to have the shadow on the letters separately to make a good effect, which means extra steps to separate each letter. If you can do it, it would work, but that is why I didn't show it. It is more work. @Donna Sillia I think we could see your title more clearly if the background was a solid color. The color change in the second try definitely make the text show much better. @Anja Pelzer I know you will catch up. Don't worry! @Julie Magerka Your curve was smooth enough to leave the text easy to read. @Corrie Kinkel Do you mean that you have to start collecting some thick fonts??? Beware! It can become addictive! Joking aside, you might want to gather a few good fat fonts for various projects. Check the suggestions in TheLab. We often have font duos where one is thicker and the other is thinner. They should all be free. @Susan Ewart That is quite an interesting experience to document! @Sue Thomas I always learn something about nature with you. Maybe you should connect with David Suzuki!!!

@kasany Your filled-in text is well done. Your outline is really shiny!! @Linda I'll try to troubleshoot through emails in order to not flood this thread with back-and-forth exchanges, ok? @Ann Seeber Those translucent stars are lovely. @Hank Sobah As long as you are practicing the technique to use it whenever you need it, that is all this workshop is for ? @Linda Hitt Those are beautiful photos!!! nicely showcased! @Rene Marker With a little practice, that text on path will become easy, I promise! @Mary Solaas That Wrapped Text was such a great addition to PSP and it is so versatile! @Gerry Landreth Have you shown her that page showcasing her photo? What does she think of it now? @Pirkko Seppälä What would you want to write from bottom to top? Would you want it like we would read it "sideway"? You can either reverse the path, or draw it from the bottom to the top in the first place. Is that what you mean? @MoniqueN. You are right: the nodes were a little too tight, but since it is a path, you can always tweak that and the path will follow! @nadine That is such a great layout with so much energy!! You should share with her teacher! @Marie-Claire That picture really made me chuckle!!! @Anne Lamp You are catching up nicely! keep it up. Don't worry, the tutorials will still be available to you. @Corrie Kinkel Those photos are so colorful!!!! @Donna Sillia Shadows can be challenging but with practice, you will develop an eye for it. Keep it up!

That is why the Fit text to path can be a good way to go!

@Rene Marker If you are using a recent version of PSP, and you click ON a vector shape, it will think that you are trying to wrap the text inside. If you click OUTSIDE of the shape, they it won't. If you want the text on the edge, it is a little... on the fence. So you have to be careful in noticing the cursor change: when it tries to wrap, it will look like this [T] but if it will follow the path, it will have a curve on the bottom right of the T.

You have to make sure that the text is highlighted to make the changes, otherwise, PSP might not know it is to apply on the current text, and think it is for the next one. Did you try that?

@Bonnie Ballentine Oh, I thought you were looking for something for the inside. @Rene Marker Sometimes, a change in style is what is needed for a punch, and your layout does just that! That is a fun way to display a score with a photo of the monitor! @MoniqueN. With recent versions of PSP, you can have individual picture tubes on separate layers. Depending on the number of elements you want to shadow, you can do that. Another option is to use a picture tube that might already have a slight shadow integrated. Some do, but others don't. That Romantisch layout is so elegant! @Donna Sillia If you add more shadows, it will make everything POP! Discovering tools and commands accidentally is always a nice surprise! @Linda Hitt I hope you didn't panic when your text disappeared!! It is a common situation that surprises a lot of users! @nadine Beautiful page, and you are really customizing it to suit your photos and your stories! Great work. @Pirkko Seppälä That cat makes me smile! Such a pose! @Julie Magerka You know that you have to highlight the text for the color/font/size change to take effect, right? I hope it will start behaving for you soon! @Susan Ewart That is a fun memory to share with that camera! @Ann Seeber Those papers of yours look great together in that page. It is a good practice to see our kit content "in action". @Gerry Landreth I love how many ways you used for the Unicorn title! @Anja Pelzer Such a delicate page!! @Corrie Kinkel Those little checkboxes can get someone to scratch their head!!! Glad you caught it. @Marie-Claire Handsome cat. Do you bring Poncho too when you are "cat sitting"? @Sue Thomas I didn't know we had antelopes in Canada! I learned something today! @Louyse Toupin Beautiful page. Although I don't usually recommend adding shadows to journaling, in your case, you can possibly add a little bit because parts of the background paper is the same color as the text so it would add a little definition. Just an idea. @Linda J Walker A floating selection might be used if you want to cutout part of an image in the shape of text. You can also want to have only a selection to apply an effect (greyscale/colorize, etc.). Maybe I'll do a tutorial or an article on that! Sometimes, those settings get changed when our mouse is "dropped", or something like that and it clicks unwantedly. Keep those layouts coming and keep inspiring everyone else. It is so pleasant to scroll through those pages!

I am not sure where you can REMOVE the Edit history. You can stop it in the Program Preferences, but not sure how to get rid of what is already there. Something to look into.

@Anja Pelzer Nice soft colors in that title. They match the page very well. @Sue Thomas Thanks for pointing out that they were pine cones in the fill. The resizing of the image made it harder to identify what they were. That Red squirrel is adorable! @Lesley Maple I'll have to find a way to get that effect in PSP!! Did you add shadows on the papers under the photo? I think it would add more definition, especially on a busy background. @MoniqueN. Have you considered trying to add some shadows on the little elements inside the "Baby" title? I wonder if it would add some volume? Not a big shadow but just a little. @Michele It is fun to see the fill on the top part of the text. A little unexpected but definitely in line with the theme! @Susan Ewart I am curious to know what you put in the title. Are those confetti? @Linda J Walker Glad to see that you are sharing the title on its own, even if the page is not ready. @Julie Magerka The owl photo really makes me smile! For the title, since you have a patterned background, have you considered adding a little shadow on the letters as if they were cut out of papers? @Linda Hitt Great way to customize a template. It is always a starting point, but the destination is often different! @Hank Sobah I love how you layered that single fish on top of the title. It really gives it some depth too. Colorful concert page! @nadine Nice idea to have the clouds on top of the fill! Templates are meant to be changed!!! ? @Ann Seeber You might want to tweak the placement of the text as the overlapping with the decorative element is inconsistent. Maybe move the text a little downward or resize the decorative element a little to shift upward? That change in size for the title really gives that impression of jumping!! @Cristina Due to the resizing, I am not sure so what did you use to fill the title? Are those confetti? @Donna Sillia You filled the title with tiny Easter eggs, right? @Louyse Toupin Did you place the scattered confetti and rotated a duplicate by any chance? It looks like there are two different types of shadows on them. @Bonnie Ballentine What kind of pattern were you looking for? @Corrie Kinkel Changing colors word by word is definitely another way to use this technique. @Mary Solaas That yellow is really standing out! You might want to add (or add more) shadows on your papers to give them thickness. @Pirkko Seppälä Awe... sweet photo!!! The whole family! @Gerry Landreth Sand in the hair! that is no fun! But the picture is worth it!!!

Interesting that it was not part of a larger "settlement". But yes, at Kings Landing, that is exactly how the interpreters talk to you. They really bring you into THEIR time.

Is there a historical village near you? Did you visit some? Which ones? What are they about? Let's chat.

You put them all in this single thread.

@Linda Hitt It is nice to replicate the cookie texture in the text. @Julie MagerkaThat is a fun photo and definitely a great match for that title. @Rene MarkerIf you don't have a full page to display, do you have the "final" version of the title? Even if you shared only the title on its own, it might still inspire others. @Louyse ToupinMay I offer one suggestion? Place the flower on top of the photo instead of under as a flower would be too thick to glue a photo on it! ? @Ann SeeberA candy-filled title. How can it be more Easter-y?? ? @Pirkko SeppäläSprouts in the title! Great idea! @Marie-ClaireBefore reading your intro on that page, I could have wondered what Poncho was holding!! @Corrie KinkelGreat way to see your kit "in action"!

It will show the text and it will be "attached" the the cursor until you move it somewhere. But it won't be in vector format.