Michele

I thought I would try the split page technique using text today. I'm not thrilled with how the text came out, but it was my first try. The main font is Jean Jingga and the journaling text is Jezebel Pro. The background is from Peakpx.

I had to merge all the layers before reducing the size to 600. Otherwise, the journaling text disappeared. I think others have mentioned that it happens when the text is in a selection.

W = Water

I know, I know. But that's the first thing that popped into my head. 🤪

I'm trying to make myself do something every day. Here's today's try. Can you guess what year I graduated?

Is anyone else old enough to remember Patti Playpal? She was about three feet tall and was the perfect companion for a little girl.

I used Cass's photo corners script that I won; I love it! The journaling font is Billy Signature and the title font is Lovely Honey. I made the background paper.

4 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Along a street I always pass on my way to do the grocery shopping, our local authority has decided to sow a wildflower mixture instead of the normal grass seeds. This was done so the weekly mowing could be skipped to cut back the costs. This is done on many spots in my village and this year, thanks to the abundant rain the flowers are doing fantastic. It is a wild meadow on a very small scale. This week was no exception qua rain and I had no photos to share at all, so this evening I went on foot and took a lot of photos including this one. It is Birdsfoot trefoil and afterwards I used a setting of studiolight get all the attention on the flowers 

I love wildflowers.

4 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

Now I see it's all in the words (I am not good with words), and why spark didn't spark much creativity in me.  hahaha   might have to give it a second chance.  

I've also used NightCafe; you can get free credits daily. https://creator.nightcafe.studio/
Some of the creations there are amazing. There are many style choices that, for me, are very confusing. Some of the creators share their prompts which is very helpful. 

J = Jellyfish 

3 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Now I know where some of the Creative Fabrica designers get their stuff.  

CF has its own AI generator. I think it's called Spark.

2 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Ya, turns out hubby had one, since we upgraded to Win 10.  and now I'll soon have to upgrade to Win 11.  Not thrilled about the constant screenshots it will be taking (especially when I'm doing online banking or putting in passwords!).  I've read you can disable it but wont have use of windows snipping tool.  Hubby watches a lot of tech shows and said the computer techys in the industry are up in arms about it.  I didn't pay much attention because I'm just person they will be able to steal whatever data they want and I wont even know it.  Kind of like that doorbell cam company that told all it's customers their doorbell snapshots were on a local HD (the customers) and would never be uploaded to the cloud (aka: there is no cloud; only your files on someone else's computer/server), then customers started getting text messages of the screenshots they had long deleted from their  doorbell cam system.  Turns out the company was  also sending it to the cloud even though  they stated on their website that they never store on the cloud.  No apologies from the company thus far as they are heading to court I believe. The regulators in the US arent too happy about it, hence the court case.  

I've been using Lightshot for screenshots for years. 
https://app.prntscr.com/en/index.html

This took me hours to do (with lots of breaks and blank stares). I tried a bunch of things including masks, but I just didn't have it in me. Being sick has given me brain fog in addition to exhaustion, and the oppressive heat isn't helping. The little girl and the sunflower are from CF. The fonts are akaDylan Plain and Alegreya SC Black. 

It's weird how the orange rectangles look uneven when sized down to 600.

Neil Diamond wrote the song, Sunflower. Glen Campbell released it in 1977, but Neil didn't release it until 2018. 

1 hour ago, Anja Pelzer said:

I created this Gnome for @Michele with Bing Copilot Designer

 

I can't thank you enough, Anja. It was so thoughtful of you and I love him! ❤️

25 minutes ago, Anja Pelzer said:

I found this song from Jonny Cash - you are my Sunshine

I created the background in Bing with the prompt from the song, it comes out great,

lyrics found in internet, fonts are Hellena Script and Handwriting

Love this! I sang this song to my daughter and granddaughter when they were babies. ❤️🎵❤️

C = Clam Shell

1 hour ago, Susan Ewart said:

Thank you so much Michele.  How are you feeling?

I'm getting a little better every day, but I'm exhausted and the heat is kicking my butt. Thank you for asking, sweet Susan. ❤️

19 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

Week 27

I'm not real happy with this one.  Except that I actually had a cup like this for this week which Canada Day fell into.  (I had to look up Weeks of the Year in Canada 2024 to find that out).  Sorry, it's blurry, not sure why some are like that and some aren't.  the 600 version view in PSP or in Windows viewer are all sharp.  Go figure. It will eventually be on FB when I slowly catch up with posting there.  and I should have been more dynamic with the maple leaf cutouts on the "Week Twenty Seven" and angled them a bit for more interest.  

I love what you did.

18 hours ago, Julie Magerka said:

I've only ever had goldfish in my life, and those when I was a kid. It broke my heart then to flush them away when they were found floating on the top. I preferred cats; they seemed to last longer.

Seahorses, now, are absolutely fascinating to me. Sometimes I forget they're real and think of them like I do unicorns. Sadly, they are also endangered. (What isn't anymore?)

Just a simple layout to showcase a photo (Daniel Clode) from Unsplash. Most elements from Katie Pertiet Designs.

Seahorse reproduction fascinates me. The females deposit their eggs into a pouch on the males' stomachs. The eggs are then fertilized in the pouch. A few weeks later the males give birth. 

18 hours ago, Julie Magerka said:

I just realized I spelled the state wrong! Good grief!

And that is why we always save our projects in pspimage format. I can't tell you how many times I don't see my errors until I've actually posted the project.

I revised an old pic I had made for Fab Divas for today's U.S. holiday. I'm still not up to starting anything from scratch. (I was in the hospital with double pneumonia. I'm home now, but it's going to take a while to regain my stamina.) The gnomes are from Design Bundles; I think you all know about my love of gnomes. The font is Patriot from Fontspace. I have no idea where I got the background.

T = Tank 

On 6/23/2024 at 11:35 AM, Cassel said:

I got my proof copy!!!

Anyone plans to get it?

 

I'm so proud of you. I can't wait to get my copy. ❤️

I've been sick the last few days so I haven't been able to participate. Hopefully, I'll do the workshop when I recover. Darn, I hate being sick.

D = Durian ~ I've read that if you can get past the weird smell, it's delicious.

On 6/17/2024 at 2:35 AM, AprilDawn said:

i have been making  a couple of thinking of you cards... this one i have used a rose created from a purchased script from joannes digital design, not sure if her site is still active... used 2 brushes from a free abr brush by olesia brushes which i found at my photoshop brushes site. one  brush i added small flowers with a psp tube the other  i added coloured tips and both were beveld. the parchment lace and leaves are from purchased kits that i got when i was using craft artist long before i got psp...also cass chain beads.

Best wishes to everyone.... Dawn.

I found the brushes on Deviant Art and downloaded them. You've always had wonderful brushes. And I love the lace, too.

R = Raisin (This might be a stretch since raisins are dried grapes.)

22 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said:

My physiotherapist is moving to the the interior of British Columbia (Kelowna, also part of the what we call the Okanagan area - home of the Ogopogo).  I have lived in that area twice in my life enjoying mountains, lakes and lots of fruit (cherries, peaches, apples, grapes) and lots of wineries...even though I don't drink wine.  This seems to be my go to e-card style of the moment.  they are quick and easy to do...well, I say "quick", deciding on the font is the hardest part and takes forever playing around with it.  You will notice the kerning on the word "Bye" is weird.  I wanted the swash of B to blend in to part of the swash on the "e".  I made masks for each, the upper and lower portions thinking I'd be using two different pictures (Lake shown is Lake Okanagan).  I like the original photo, that I found on the internet so I put a copy into each mask but I wanted it to seem like it was two different elements.  For the top portion I added two textures and some noise and used brightness/contrast to darken it a bit.  That is also the area I added my sentiment on the copy I sent to her.  

Absolutely stunning! That font is incredible and you did an amazing job on it.