Julie Magerka

M = mensch (Yiddish for someone supportive and loyal with integrity and dignity)

Carole makes everything easier and more fun, and she's SO patient!

I think it was Ann Seeber who used the AI background remover in PSP. I tried it with the same pic I used for QP-2 layout. It wasn't perfect, but it's much BETTER than anything I can do using the Edit Selection which always gives me grief and leaves me frustrated. This time, I can live with the results. Background image of "colonade" from Unsplash.

The framed celebration layout for QP-2 worked fine for a pic of my grand-nephew before the prom recently. I added a bubble to put some text in (Prom Night) to distinguish it from another type of celebration. I had tried previously to do something with this photo over and over and was never satisfied with the results. This was quick and easy, for a change.

Since I don't scrapbook, I chose the FB cover layout. It takes me SO long to find an image, so what should've been 5 minutes of work turned into something longer. I'm not organized enough, and I don't have a sufficient number of my own pix to choose from. But hey, it's about the fun, right? (BTW, flip-flops not my thing. Too tricky to walk in outside of the house.)

You're really cooking in the kitchen with all these great lab results and projects. Way to go!

Ready to go! Need to focus and practise.

You were correct. The "wrong" result works fine in your hands.

Only a very creative type like you would see that possibility! Great idea.

But you do point out most of them, so that's good. It's up to me to check more closely to see what settings are there for that tool at that time.

What a lovely thing that is for you.

So many little boxes and settings to pay attention to and adjust. It's an endless process of learning and watching the smallest details. More work than I want sometimes.

Great mask!

Yup, that was it! Good grief, such a tiny thing but such a big impact on results! Duh.

That was the precise problem! When I saw Carole's comment about it, I finally tried and it works fine. Just one little tick-box overlooked and it throws everything out. Thanks for your kind help.

I did another layout for Father's Day, this time using a more up-to-date photo of my Dad (Rudy with his kitty in his favourite worn out chair). I started with Merisa Lerin's Yesteryear paper for the background, then threw in some splatters and splashes (b/c I like to). I added a Starburst overlay that I created from the Tutorial that Carole recently highlighted. I made the rustic wood frame from Lab 13-6 (which took me a bit of time to get shadows sorted, and looking at it, not sure I got 'em right), and I made the punched out paper strips from the same Lab module. I used the flower to cover a glass ashtray by the chair rather than cropping. It took an unconscionably long time to do, but it's done.

The instructions as they are don't work for me. But, when I make the first punched out hole smaller than 150 and use a smaller canvas to begin with (150x150 px & flood filled with black), then it works, and I can leave the pattern settings at angle 45 and scale 100 with no strange results. Bloody mystery to me. Thanks for helping, folks.

It's after I create the punched hole on a canvas 200x200px and resize it down to 50x50 that I get the problem. When I flood fill on a new image, it shows only the small punched out shape with lots of spaces between. Looks so simple and yet I'm so bewildered by the results I get.

S = strength, not just physically but in all ways

I am embarrassed to say how many times I tried to create the paper as shown in Lab 13, Mod 6. I get the weirdest configuration when I flood fill with the image I have. I have checked and re-checked over and over the directions in the video and this is still what I get. I know it's me, but I can't figure out what precisely it is. s!

P = Patience, my dad had lots of that!

OK, it's a deal! It will be crowded in the car with three dogs and you and me! ?

This is like a fiesta! So colourful and pretty.

Thanks Susan. I found the father's day postings area and moved my project there.

This is my take on remembering my father on Father's Day. I have pictures of Rudy as I knew him (when older), but I have such a soft spot for this photo of him (from his passport) when he looks so young and vulnerable. He was beset with many trials when he was young (in Europe), but he became a gentle and kind man despite the challenges. My dad....? I used several backgrounds of paint splashes and splatters b/c I love using them. The background paper is from Digital Scrapbooking (M. Lerin, yesteryear) and lots of recoloring and blending. None of the materials used are mine, except the bevelled frame. I like ripped and torn pieces and asymmetrical designs.