Julie Magerka

Great photo! Nice work on the elements too. Whenever a hawk enters the airspace here, every other critter disappears!

Didn't know there was such a thing! Likely only in USA? Would sure like to try them.

I was fortunate to receive a recent photo of my great-nephew who is about to start his Aviation School training (his long-term dream) at Sault College in Northern Ontario. As always, more challenging to make a "male" layout, but I can live with this version. He has worked so hard and done so much preparation for this venture.

I've asked about this problem previously. I download a PNG, use Open as New Layer, and it comes in with a white (or dark) background. Today, I tried using OPEN, and it came in as a proper transparent background! Go figure! But that makes me happy!

I have to agree with your daughter Ann. Garlic at b'fast just doesn't do it for me. (Wimp)

That's OK Susan. We can't be good at everything, and there are many things you're good at. At least that's what I tell myself when I flub something.😉

R = Raisins

G = Gummy Bears

Only you could make a brown bird look so magical and arresting!

E = edamame

I have only sporadically worked with PSP over the last couple of weeks. And I was not satisfied with anything I attempted to do. Watching yesterday's Master Class made me feel more connected again. Then, in one of those moments that sometimes happens, I came across some info and pix of the "Galapagos Island" of the Indian Ocean with its rare botanical specimens found no where else. Of course, as is the case everywhere, this unique place is under threat due to many factors, including its location in a geopolitical hotspot. I had never heard of this island before. There must be some fortunate and intrepid travellers in the world who have gone there. I won't be going, but it's dazzling to see the many images available. The trees alone are worth looking at. Dragon's Blood and Desert Rose to name just two unusual ones (pictured in layout). And I know my shadow on the tag is a bit wonky. But I did what I could to make it appear a little lifted.

This is pure scraplift from a layout I saw on Katie Pertiet. That one included a long shot of sailing in a mask, and I happened to have a pic of a friend with his dog doing the same. Just fun with brushes.

I wear hats, but not fashionable ones. Always cover my head/face in the summer and even in winter

Dapper Dan, that works great!

N = night hiking

I agree, the 2nd one looks very lifted.

Lessons 3 & 4 The Warp Brush is not my favourite tool for this effect (lifted), but I just kept undoing and redoing. Thank goodness for a Script and the other method using the Perspective Tool. Since I won't be entering any contests for Best Use of Shadows on a Layout, I will have to accept my limitations. (See photo 2)

Not that interested at that price.

F = Fencing (en-garde!)

Just curious, boss male or female?

At someone's house yesterday, I noticed a cute cat on a postcard stuck to the fridge. His name is 'Dewey Readmore Books', and then the story of his life came out. It's a wonderful, heartwarming story of a rescue kitten in a small town in Iowa who gained far-flung fame. I looked him up to get some pix. Dewey is gone now 😢 but the librarian who saved him has another she calls Page. The background is mine with brushwork. The rest of it is straightforward with photos from online.

Hey Missy, you've got me curious now about the Change to Target Brush....? Is that in a Lab? Beautiful and different colour choices. Making cards for friends/relatives is so much fun. But I doubt if anyone ever prints them.

B = boxing (seems rather adventurous to me)

And Lesson 2. T.he arrangement of papers and ribbons made me think of a celebration, so I used an image to fill in that white space. I changed the background to a darker colour to see how the 0-0 offset (negative shadow) would look. It did make a tiny bit of difference I think.

Just getting around to Lesson 1. I purposely did not look at any others before I did the shadowing on the practice layout. I more or less just followed the guidelines in the video, but did not add to the doodles since they looked like chalk or thick pencil.