Corrie Kinkel

Thank you but I too have found this option by using a short video, maybe we saw the same 🥰

C = Church

Z = Zigzag wedding ring, a bit far fetched but there aren't that many words starting with z for a wedding.

For the next couple of TimeLineAlbums I have to rely on what I can find on google because my dad changed from photos to slides and I have nothing left from my early photos with my box camera. But for the most important thing I have memories of, there was plenty to find on the internet. I started out with a template from Lab 9-08 and for the papers and elements I used a kit from the May blogtrain 2021 called Myflowers by DB Magnolia. I had to improve the small photos and used the official loge for the event, then made an admission ticket after the original ones and had to extract the stamp and give it a new fitting border. There weren't many color photos available because most photos were still in black and white in those days. The font for the numbers is Algerian which I will use for the whole series and the text is Arial. Originally I wanted to make this with Affinity but I don't know enough about it to make all the elements in the time I had available.

My thoughts too, it would produce a lovely baby!🤩

V = Veil

Q = Queen Anne Neckline for the dress thanks to google

I love how you used this template, it was made for your poppy 🐈

A lovely layout, but you make me jealous with PSP2023 that can use wrapped text!🥲

I have had a short working career because when our kids were born I stayed home. In those days - 50 years ago - childcare was non existent. In many cases the grandparents came babysitting but our parents lived too far away to do so on a regular basis. Of course I had a circle of friends where the kids could go if I had for instance a doctor's appointment and I looked after theirs. When children were about 3 years old they could for 2 mornings to a playgroup. But as soon as my kids were in Kindergarten and Elementary I became a secretary to the schoolboard for many years. It was a voluntary job with expenses paid and besides that the school was always in need of parents (mothers mostly) helping out.

Nice idea those mangled droplets and I'm a fan of not polishing! 😉

O = Oath

Today I looked at text on a path, text on a shape (circle) with the text inside the shape on top and outside on the bottom. For wrapped text in a shape I choose I a heart and I'm so happy that in Affinity I can finally use this feature again! I like it very much and am still a bit disappointed that PSP 2023 won't do this any longer and that this bug will stay for ever now PSP is terminated. Furthermore I tried the tutorial from the Lily Pad about a simple warped shadow with the mesh warp tool. I used a journal card from Jessica Dunn for this, but I could have used a photo as well. I found it very much like the mesh warp in PSP. In Affinity you have to set all the lines for the mesh yourself, which is a bit tedious if you want to use many. Maybe there is a further setting that takes care of this, but I haven't explored the tool settings much further for now. However I have the same problem with both PSP and Affinity; my hands are not stable enough, I have to redo many times until I get something that is acceptable. I don't complain, it is a fact that I live with it for almost 30 years now and I make the best of it🥲

Julie this is fantastic, you use the aA supplies to its fullest! You really mastered this style!

I = I do

I have been playing and trying some things; here I placed some of my experiments together on a backgroundpaper. There is a tutorial from the LilyPad on how to use jpg pattern tiles and I have some jpg pattern tiles by Carole that placed in a folder called Assets (in the Window menu on top). Then I made a custom shape, outline no fill and with the gradient fill tool (I had to find that via customize and placed it on the lefthand side toolbar) active click on the pattern and by magic it is inside the shape. Afterwards it is possible to change the size of the pattern. That was the heart, then I tried it on a text and it works the same. Then I used a text and filled it with a photo which works just like we did in the Bootcamp with text filled with a paper. The word Spring has a small bevel and Coming has a very thick one, just to get more familiar with the settings and both have a dropshadow as well. Before using two different effects on a same layer(text) I had to duplicate and use the bevel on the top and the shadow on the bottom layer of the two. The heart has a shadow and a reverse shadow, also on a duplicate layer and then group them. This is something I have to get used to, more duplicating layers! I have a lot of abr. brushes imported in PSP but luckily I kept the zipfiles too and now I can use them in Affinity as well. I tried to use 2 of them as a stamp and recolored them just to practice. I find the colorpicker very difficult to use, especially picking a color from a photo because it uses 1px by 1px size. Not doable with my unsteady hands but in the lefthand toolbar is a colorpicker icon too and if you click on it, there is a toolmenu on the top where you can set the size of that picker to your liking or needs. That is it for today, I think next I will try text on a path and reverse text, wrapped text and whatever comes up to explore.

I'm in too and I will use Affinity for this workshop because I want to use and learn as much as I can as long as I have the free trial version. However I will look at the diamond extras for later use. I'm not sure yet what my topic will be and which photos to use for it.

E = Embroidery on the brides dress

Rene the LilyPad site you have referred to has it in their list of tutorials as well! So if you have time to explore I find those tutorials very helpful and easy to follow and it is all written out too. A good idea to post everything directly related to Affinity on a different part where al the tips and tricks are assembled, everybody can benefit from them.

A = Anniversary

Nice to see you back "in action" after your trip. I find it always take some time to adjust being home again and start my daily life after a trip. Lovely photo of that sparrow which is more colorful than the ones we have here.

Anja great that you found time enough to give Affinity a try and a pity that you didn't got the 90 days trial version. This are lovely layouts! Have you already decided if you will buy Affinity and take it further?

Very nice and I was wondering if you could stuck to your intention not to scrap and just study 🤔

U = Usher

Nice, I thought about using C for Camera too but decided that my coffee maker had a higher priority on my list. Without coffee nothing happens in my house.......