Gerry Landreth

It has been a pleasure looking through everyone's posts - a beautiful wedding, stunning landscapes, delightful grandchildren, and, of course, furry friends.

 

Thanks to Carole for another fun and interesting challenge.

It's fun to see so many animal lovers in the group.

Originally, I had two pictures of footprints in the snow set aside for Day 5. However, the little butterfly in the layout turned my thoughts elsewhere. The pictures are from Pixabay.

Four generations.

My great-niece, Maggie, and her baby sister, Amelia.

In June, my niece made reservations for an end-of-summer beach getaway in early August. She didn't anticipate Hurricane Ida which churned up beaches a couple of hundred miles away.

 

This is the face you make when you have to tell the three excited kids that the beach is closed.

This is my newest great-niece Amelia at her first birthday party in September. She took her first steps a couple of days before. She quickly learned to run and darted from guest to guest during the gathering. Most of the pictures of her from that day are blurs.

Daphne - I get most of my fonts from CreativeFabrica.com. They have free fonts and $1 specials.

 

There is also a helpful Resource section on the Campus - https://scrapbookcampus.com/resources/

I am finally wrapping things up. Here are a few pages that are representative of the whole calendar. My intention is to have it printed as a wall calendar.

 

The focus is visual to help my mom quickly recognize upcoming birthdays/holidays. The pictures give her an easy way to remember whose birthday "month" it is.

This calendar is for my mom. The pictures are of the person(s) who have a birthday that month, in this case, my middle niece Heather.

 

The open space on the left will list the birthdays and anniversaries of family, cousins, friends, etc., as well as the holidays. I will put icons on the calendar and next to the listings. The challenge will be October when there are 8 birthdays plus a holiday and Halloween!

 

The font for the month is Beauty Florist from Creative Fabrica.

I have the same problem as Susan. Most of my photos are either in portrait mode.

 

In this case, I used the new Background Removal feature in PSP 2022. This extraction is clean which is not always the case. I still resort to HTTPS://remove.bg for detailed photos.

 

After sizing the extraction, I added a similar background to the original.

Here is the last of my companions/friends.

 

I have enjoyed everyone's posts. I feel like I've been on two, maybe three, vacations, learned to be an expert carver, and make a mean carrot cake - all in seven days.

 

Carole - Thanks for another fun and interesting challenge.

Lynda was mother to River and Rudy.

Spyder's Story.

 

Carole - Thanks for the note. It was such an obvious omission.

Spyder always greeted guests with an enthusiastic rendition of the theme song of The Andy Griffith Show. He was quite the charmer as he hopped from shoulder to shoulder playing with dangling earrings or long hair. Sometimes, he would spot a pendant on a necklace, which resulted in startled shrieks as he dove for it.

 

Unfortunately, the few 40-year old pictures I have of him needed too much work to restore to be ready for this project.

 

Carole - Rudy's mask was done with PSP. This is the picture I used.

Day 4 is devoted to my blue-eyed buddy, Rudy. He and River came to me as rescues around the same time. Their "mother" was my dog, Lynda, who may show up later.

 

Rudy has helped out in the past promoting mask wearing. He was very cooperative as long as it was done digitally.

Although the overlapping text wasn't going to work with this layout, I made notes on using it in the future. It should come in very handy.

 

I did, however, put text on a busy background. To help make it more readable, I experimented with using a drop shadow. It didn't take much, but it made a noticeable difference.

 

The idea of ads is great, adding to the authenticity of the magazine style.

Day 2 is devoted to River, my precocious cat. She loves the fireplace. Ours is gas and has a thermostat. Whenever it turns one, River runs from wherever she is. When it turns off, she starts to fuss.

Corie's use of the 8.5 X 11 layout inspired me to revisit my original cover.

It is always a pleasure to see everyone's work. The participants are a diverse bunch with interesting perspectives and ideas.

 

This week is devoted to my furry and feathered friends. All have unique and often quirky personalities.

 

The picture is from Pixabay and the font is Odin Rounded from DaFont.com.

 

 

Carol. YES! I started a scanning project of my mother's 70-year collection of photos using PSP. Adding tags has helped, but other ideas, techniques, and/or tools would be most welcomed.

I'm looking forward to a new challenge. Every time I register for one of these, I chastise myself for not having my photos better organized - "better" being a generous characterization.

It has been lots of fun to see the projects and reading the posts. The trips have been interesting, entertaining, and adventurous.

 

I am extremely behind. I'm a caregiver for my Mom. Now that COVID restrictions are being lifted, we are making the rounds to see doctors that she didn't get to see for the last year. Even though I can only work a few minutes at a time right now, working on these projects is a welcomed distraction.

 

This layout is a glimpse of the town where I live. Huntsville Space Center is to the east of us. Located on Redstone Arsenal, it is the center of major space science research. When I say that my neighbors are rocket scientists, it's a literal description.

 

To the west is farmland. In fact, any empty plot of land, no matter how small, is transformed into corn, wheat, or soybean fields during planting season. Oh, and cotton. LOTS of cotton.

 

After being away for 40 years, I enjoy exploring things I never knew were right next door.

After the kids and grandkids were grown, Mom and Dad decided to spend a summer vacation attending baseball games in different cities. It didn't matter who was playing, they loved the game. In 1986, they managed to take in four games in four cities over two weeks while visiting relatives in between.

 

The pictures are from Pixabay. Their camera gave up the ghost early in the trip.

 

Fonts are from Creative Fabrica and the stamp was created using one of Carole's scripts.

Dad would spend weeks before the 2-week family vacation plotting a route to our destination. He wanted to maximize the scenic route without sacrificing "The Schedule."

 

We drove through the Blue Ridge Parkway in stages through the years. Once I got over the initial fear of "One gust of wind and we are gonna die!", I could enjoy the spectacular views.

 

The mountain range is divided into six regions, from the Great Smokey Mountains to the Shenandoah Valley.