Sue Thomas

I like the idea of using the fading white gradient. Like you I will choose to use a subtle texture later on the background. Your photos are great.

Here is April. Featuring the Red Squirrel.

After many years of creating my own calendars, even before I joined the campus, that in my view I like layouts to be consistent with legible text throughout, as you never know who is going to view them. I have created several different shaped date boxes, personally I like the one that fills the lower half of the page, with rounded corners. Even though calendars are functional, I still like to make sure that the images maintian the main focus on each page. Wonderful pages submitted, each one a great source of inspiration.

Always a pleasure. We all do our bit to be supportive, encouraging and helpful when we can.

Mary, if you go back to a previous calendar workshop you will find dates which will fit the whole width of your page. That way the lines and everything else will be cleaner. Mind you, you'll have to scroll through them to match the right dates to the right month.

Carole, I have all of the supplies, including the alphas. I'm sure you do too, if not I can send them to you via a zipped folder. Also in Feb 2017 there was the first story time challenge. I can't believe how time flies, it doesn't seem that long ago, until you said 8yrs ago. Lol

Here is February. I'm going to draw your attention to some minor pieces that have been left in the making of some of these templates, which require you to remove. They are small details, and can be overlooked. Donna and Jacques, I notice that there is line down in the bottom left hand corner which needs to be removed. Also Jacques you have a line going from top to bottom on the right hand side. I suspect you will need to activate the eraser tool, and one of the layers, possibly a layer in the mask to remove it. I'm speculating the photo you used. O Great work Donna and Jacques.

It wasn't a conventional style of calendar like we have been making in recent years. A scrapbooking layout style. There was a choice of using a quick page, a template or both to showcase photos.

I couldn't resist, a little banter. lol

I am also participating in this calendar workshop. The very first Up to date challenge I participated in was in December 2016 (2017 calendar). Which was a very different challenge. A return to that particular challenge may be a thought. I believe that it precedes any of the challenges and workshops.

No I hadn't read that other comment. So what I thought was misspelt, was correct and the others were the ones spelt incorrect. What a twist that was. At least it has been spotted, and you can rectify it, just as well you have saved it as a psp file. Haven't you??? Lol

I appreciate that.

I agree with Carole, I also like the use of the hearts. I notice you have misspelt Michael at the bottom.

Using an available outdoor prop to highlight the subject in this shot has worked perfectly. In my view creating a 'quiet demeanor'. Taking eye catching photos involves more than just pointing and shooting.

Here is the postmark I created for this page. I often create postmarks, as I find they are a wonderfully novel way to record dates, names of birds and other useful information. The background paper is from Ann Aspnes designs, mega bundle. Where I used different layered papers, blend modes, opacity. The mask is my own. The frame is Carole's freebie.

Hopefully, I can get one more afternoon on the lake.

This week, like all the other weeks have simply flown by. Mother nature never disappoints. From one day to the next her mastery of applying her palette to the landscape and skies above, is an ever changing wonder. I was lucky enough to get another afternoon out on the lake in the kayak. A glorious 21c. Hopefully I will get at least one more afternoon on the water before the kayak goes away for the winter. An old chapel hiden away amongst the trees. Before the dam was constructed back in 1965, I believe, the chapel was over a mile away from the shallow South Saskatchewan River. Over the years, and as the lake rises, the chapel is nigh on the lake shoreline. You ahve to pay to look around the chapel, and Hitchcock's hideaway cabin. I havd found access to it via the shore.

Virbrant colours, I love it.

That's better. This is what I was looking for after several mentioning that they had viewd the 3 videos.

I have only now downloaded the mega gift. mY goodness it is large. I'm having trouble in locating the videos, would one you stear me in the right direction please.

I love rainbows, unfortunately I see very few of them out on the prairies. The jackdaw was meant to complete the shot.

I forgot to mention that in this shot, look closely towards the centre of the page, and you will see a cluster, that cluster is Pleiades. ( A constalation within Taurus) The bright large light towards the tree is Jupiter. Due to compression you will have to look hard.

Corrie, I hope so too, that you will get to experience the aurora at least once in your lifetime. Night before last my daughter who lives in Haverfordwest West Wales, made a trip to the top of Preseli mountain in Pembrokeshire with others, and captured some awesome shots on her phone. The very first time she had ever seen them. Being a KP7 index and higher, the viewing of them dancing can be seen much further south. They are giving another high index for tonight, providing the sky is clear, go out after 10pm to see if you can see them. Being on the same latitude you should see something. Don't only look north. Yes, Susan, although I am fortunate to see the auroras dancing on a regular basis over counless years, this weeks' displays have outranked all the others I have seen. Unreal how the skies were dancing this week, well into the early hours and longer. I have never seen anything like it. I am contantly in awe of the lady (mother nature) dancing the night away. Last night I went to bed early, getting up at 3am this morning, to watch her still dancing. I'm like Carole, I have a basic phone, so I have to resort to my camera. The slower the shutter speed the more colour I am able to capture.

We had another clear night last night. This morning it's overcast, giving possible snow showers. I'll wait to see what tonight fetches.

I gave a simple explanation of what the KP index means in the comments of the first aurora image I posted on Tuesday.