Corrie Kinkel

Lovely and maybe I should do like you. In between the lessons for the Build A Kit I try to do something in Affinity too, but I have to check frequently those tutorials and workshops from Carole.

Cristina you are so right! I'm flying coming Monday, so I'm finishing the things I'm working on and concentrate on everything that has to be done here before I go.

Wow that was a good deal and your risk with giving you cardnumber went well. Just last week I had a good experience at the opticien where we always go if we need new glasses. After my yearly eye check at the hospital I again needed new glasses and I got a new frame took, but it turned out that I was allergic for that frame and the opticien exchanged it with one of titanium and of course the glasses didn't fit and because all of this was within 2 months after buying they ordered new glasses al well. Great service! I never have my sunglasses with prescripton glass in them because after my eye surgery I need new glasses almost every year and if I would have those as sunglasses as well it becomes way to expensive! Therefore I use sun clips that you put over the glasses. Naturally those didn't fit over my new glasses, but I let it go for a while. Now with the sunlight getting stronger I need new ones and went to see my opticien and they only could offer as a solution, after trying everything they has in store, were custom fit clips that are made for the frame I have. Therefore they need my frame for a week, but luckily the opticien still had the same frame and could send it. So far so good but the next problem is, that it was not possible to guarantee that the clips were back in time because I travel coming Monday. The opticien then arranged that one of his staff goes to the manufacturer to fetch them and I can collect them Saturday. Service!!!!!!!!!

Very promising, but I think I will pass on Designer because I simply don't have time enough to do everything at the same time. I am going to concentrate on Photo2.

R = Radiant

O = Opulent

L = Light

Well this "zip" day has worked out very well! Nice description of a feeling, I must remember this and say: "oh this is just my zip day as things don't work out as I wish"

C = Colorful

Very nice colors in the frames that fade out! The clock is a nice addition too.

Language is beautiful, isn't it!

This one has fantastic colors!

Thank you so much, this means a lot to me coming from you! It is really a very simple layout but that sunrise speaks for itself and didn't need anything else.

After all the linguistics it is time to go back to the topic of this month: Sunrise! In my immediate surroundings I have no opportunity to see a nice sunrise, sunset however is easy to see from our upstairs window. But I witnesses a great sunset when I visited my family for the first time in the US. At that point they were living in Washington State in the greater Seattle area and I was there in January/Februari 2020 (just before and at the outbreak of Covid). One morning while we were having breakfast I went to the kitchen to fetch something and there was a glorious sky to be seen. My son in law and I went immediately to get our phones and took several shots. The trees and buildings in the front were still dark but the Cascades mountain range was clearly outlined. For this layout I used cass-CurlyLines script and one of the freebie gradients from the blogpost that had identical colors as the sunrise in my photo. The sunrise part of my photo is blended with a the gradient to get a background paper. Then a layer with one of Anna Aspnes edges. Fonts are Nomadic Dreams and Ranch Hand Three. Place and date are on a roadsign that I made for a photoalbum from that trip.

For not native speakers like myself this is a great explanation of the difference and I hope to remember it when I want to use one of the two!

I always enjoy some linguistic differences! For me having learned English at school this is enlightening and gives me a better understanding of those differences. Nowadays I try to write in US-English because that is what my granddaughters learn at school. They do speak and understand Dutch but can't write in it, therefore I write to them in American English. Luckily for me, my pc has a spelling checker in US-English! But sometimes it still get a bit mixed.

The photos you shared were really great! This time we had a partial eclips too, but over here it occurred from 11.15 am until 01.03 pm with the maximum at 00.08pm. No early rising to witness it for us☺️. The weather was ok, but there were some clouds and because it was midday there was no need to go to a place with unobstructed views. I just had to go outside. This wasn't the first one I have witnessed, but it remains strange to see the sun with the moon taking a bite out of it. Of course it stayed sunny but the light was a bit reduced and when it was over the light was back to normal. Contrary to a total eclips where the everything goes quiet, this time that strange quietness didn't happen.

I love this one, kit conveys the feeling of that moment when the sun is rising! Simple but perfectly executed.

L = Latitude

I'm flying in 13 days now and the weather here is very nice as well. In California it is much warmer and I will need lots of sun lotion because the sun there is much stronger compared to the Netherlands. Silicon Valley is at the same latitude as North Africa! How long are you staying with your family?

That is what I wanted to mentioned but you already did. I have used that one many times if I needed such an effect because it works behind a window as well.

Thank you for this tip. Lately I too worked most of my time the for the Build a Kit, but in between looked at some Affinity Revolution tutorials. I like the way how she (Ally) explains everything; it reminds me a bit of how Carole teaches and perhaps that is why it feels familiar. This tutorial I haven't seen, but when I have time I certainly will!

B = Beautiful

So cute and a lovely story about your dog. I was never one for having or playing with stuffed animals, not even a teddy!

Lovely color combination with that gradient coming from the top left and you made it to the end! Well done you🌻