Mary Solaas

@Cristina Thanks for explaining how you did your background paper. I never thought putting stickers on the paper and using that layer as a blend mode. Great idea. Love your layout. Also - great thought to put layouts in a folder called unfinished. Great layout.

@Jeni Simpson Thank you for all the wonderful pictures and stories about New Zealand. I had read and viewed stories and pictures about Australia, but not New Zealand. A beautiful country. Oh, by the way - have you been to the places where they made Lord of the Rings? Peter Jackson left Hobitton there and it is a tourist attraction now.

@Cassel I went back to the pspimage for the Museum piece. The picture was placed in the slot for the picture. The shadow of the fern leaf that comes over the picture shows up. Only in the reduced image is it to faint to be seen. You have such a good eye.

Extra for lesson 4. Font is Arial.

On to Lesson 4. Font AR ESSENCE.

And this is from lesson 3 - The font is AR ESSENCE. These pictures I took on Monday - the eagles live in their nest in the top of a tree on the RV park. It was a wonderful day for viewing and trying to get pictures. I have a Canon EOS Rebel T7i with a small zoom lens (EFS 55-250mm) that I did not put on a tripod - but was lucky to get a number of great shots. I do not do the photographer thing (like Susan Ewert, Sue Thomas, and Ann Seebert) but use the automatic settings- this one was landscape. These have been enhanced and cropped. Of course with PSP.

And the frame for lesson 2. These are my grandparents on their wedding day (mom's side).

Back to the FB for lesson 1

The extra for Lesson 3. The font is Ambrosio.

Lesson 3. Moved the arrow over - that was a chore!

This is my take on the extra QP for lesson 2. Same font.

I'm doing this piecemeal. I did some alteration on this remembering what someone said in the 1st QP Workshop I did about putting a layer above the QP in a color (I used a gradient sky blue in this one) and changing the blend mode (I used Dodge with an opacity of 24). You have to be careful when doing this because it also changes the color of the photo if your photo is alerady there (and mine was). So - it's a learning curve. The font is MV Boli.

Ready for 1st QP and 1st QP Extra. Didn't change anything. The font is Cursive Serif.

I'm a day late in saying this, but, Carole, you are much loved by all of us. I know you are really a hobit in real life because you gift us on your birthday! I trust you had a very happy birthday. Thank you for the gift! As you know I've been buying scripts, etc. recently even before your birthday. But thanks for the gift - I bought several more.

Where does the TIME go? I'm in too, but will probably not start it today, but think about what photos to use. I'm making previews of my mega kit (Bundle?) I won't wrap it up as several zips, but only post the previews. And, as for P52, I've several photos I took that could begin with April 1, but that is also on the back burner as life as a way of interfering. And - your kit is on TIME, Susan. So - where does the TIME go?

I use the scratch removable tool to remove wires from pictures. This is an example. I also played with glass texture on the one on which I had removed the wires.

I'm inspired by your layout. Do you mind if I copy the ideas? Unique way of using the block photo tutorial to create a layout. I also like the way you use the palm leaves in the top right and bottom left corners. Really outstanding.

I'm still playing with my Beach Kit. This is a freebie and I believe it is from Corel some time ago. The font for the title is MV Boli. Summer in March at the Gulf!

Sue - but plaids are so much fun to make!!! LOL Thanks for the tip on the block photo. Just downloaded the Block Photo tutorial. Thanks. Interesting. Watched the video.

Sue, in addition to what you teach us about the natural world, I love your frames. You turned me on to the transparent frames in PSP Picture frames. Thank you. Guess that's what started me on developing multiple transparent frames of various opacity.

I thought the surf looked bigger than the ones I saw in the Florida Gulf near the shore. That was actually their trip to the beach on the Atlantic Ocean in North Carolina. So, having saved it as a pspimage, I was able to change the journaling. Here is the correct version.

And another layout of that trip using elements from my kit.

I just had to try out my template for the Beach kit to see if that multiple frame held true. And it did. The font is Modern No 20. The elements are from my kit.

These are my pictures of the 2024 Solar Eclipse

I'm in. Hopefully will follow through. Planning on leaving on the 20th to be with Joe and Laurie at Hernando Point for 2 days.