Mary Solaas

I can't seem to get my mojo going. Lagged behind because Lab 10 Mod 12 wants to do a word art in the form of a tree (since it is December's mod, a Christmas tree); the holly and berries are no big deal since I've been practicing with the pen tool and practicing using the tablet and pen, but that word art form just escapes me. I think the words are OK, but I don't like it with what I have in the background of the words and I didn't save the pspimage like I should have. So now I will have to start over. Although I'm ashamed of it, I will show you what I did. You might have suggestions.

And this is the winter one

And this is the one with silver glitters

Okay - Ive been playing too - not yet with that stencil beautiful stuff you are posting, but somewhere someone used a background paper that I think came from CF. I had made abstract paper in one of the previous labs I've been working on and I thought - well let's see if I can put glitters on it too. So I did one with gold glitters and one with silver glitters and then did one with an expanded glitter of silver that I put in my winter folder. So here goes.

My brother and I were quite close also.

Count me in

and again - and then I really have to get back to chores.

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Well, since we are using some of the things we have done before ...

Carole, I just inner bevelled it quite a bit - was trying for maybe a metallic look, but I guess it is too think for that. The inner bevel effect to make it look shiny like paint or metal works best on think elements.

Probably the last for January. This is Lab 10 Mod 11. Requirements: crazy monster letters, googly eyes, beads in a picture tube. All done. I also created letters from a bone that was in one of the Halloween picture tubes (there are several). I also used those tubes for the bats, cat, spider. The spider web is mine from a previous lab. The picture is from Unsplash - by Annie Spratt. The 3 monsters are from PS -- Sheila Reid; The skeletons are from PS - Brooke Gazarak. Think I have credited everyone. The background paper is mine created in another lab.

Well, I did finish the 5th project. Couldn't decide on a subject, but finally decided on this picture that Laurie took last spring up east. I've always liked paths that turn a corner - you never know what lies beyond the curve - I always think it is something wonderful and exciting or maybe just wonderful. The papers and elements are mine - the cluster was developed from elements downloaded from Pixel Scrapper at different times. The frame is also from Pixel Scrapper. The font is Aryadata - I'm sure it came from Creative Fabrica at sometime or other. I changed the background paper and the frame with Hue/Saturation/Lightness.

Gerry, I brought my family to Huntsville Space Camp many times and we always went to the back lot to see the rocket for it was on the ground at that time. This was one of my favorite places to visit so I brought all my family here at one time or another and even sent one of my grandchildren to the actual space camp. Great stuff!!

The next page of our trip to Chattanooga. All papers and elements are mine. The title font is Broadway. The journaling font is Arial.

Project 4. Kit used: PS - Gina Jones-Pretty bird. Font: AR Julian. Fun.

I changed the font to Arial, but it still seems to look like there is a shadow on the journaling. Not sure, but it is when it is resized to 600 that this happens. Could it be because I textured the paper it is on?

Carole, I didn't add a shadow to the journaling text. I noticed, though, as you did, that it looked like it had been shadowed. Perhaps I should have stayed with the arial font for journaling.

My project 3. This time the papers are mine and the elements are all from different picture tubes. The pictures were taken in Memphis when my daughter and I did a Sunday tour of the sites in Memphis to use for my "M is for Memphis" alphabet book. The font used is Arlington Script. Most of the extra scripts I get are from Creative Fabrica.

Dear Cindy Harris. I love both of your sandwiches. How neat you took the top piece of bread off so we could see that you put mayo and mustard on your sandwich - AND I can see it on yo ur knife. WOW!!! How thoughtful to put extra meat on the side plate for your puppy! And I, too, like that plaid that you used for your tablecloth. As the captain said (on Galaxy Quest) NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER GIVE UP. Anyway - with the Lord at your side, you'll always be able to get up!!!

This is my project 2. Kit is from PS - apjess-springskies. All the papers and elements are from the kit. The title font is Bank Gothic, the other font is Bomshell Script.

Bonnie - I've stopped loading the fonts I'm downloadiing from Creative Fabrica. But, when they have a bundle of fonts, I make a new folder under my main font folder called the new name. It doesn't matter if I load NexusFont before or after I open PSP 2022. BUT I sometimes have to work with NexusFont to recognize all my subfolders. So, I remember the font name of one of the new fonts and then make sure that the View>Include Subfolders is checked and then watch for the name of that font when it is loading them. Then all the fonts are in my PSP font list. I don't have to go to it in NexusFont, I just use the PSP font list and it is there. Tried it several times tonight just to make sure. I had downloaded a font bundle today and it originally didn't show in Nexus Font so I clicked on the name of my main folder showing in Nexus Font and again did View>Include Subfolders and saw the new fonts being loaded. Then I went to PSP and they were there.

Project 1. I made the cluster with the elements in the fall kit from PS cpJess frosty fall mini kit offered for this project. Since I decided not to use fall colors in the mini kit, I colorized the fall leaf scatter provided by Cassel with the hue/saturatiion/lightness to green. the gold flower is from the kit also. In making the cluster which I saved as a pspimage, I made shadows on the individual elements - thanks for that tip, Carole - not sure where you mentioned it, but I remembered it.

Marie-Claire: That's Poncho, isn't it? Really outstanding layout!