Michele

I had a lot of trouble with this tutorial. It's taken me a couple of days to get these done. In fact, I tried so many different things that I'm not sure I know what I did. By the time I got a result I liked, I had no idea how I got there. For someone who usually keeps great notes, this is very frustrating. lol

Quick question, @Cassel. When applying the fine leather texture, why use the blur at all?

Absolutely incredible!

These are my Day 3 date stamps. The first one was simply following the tutorial step by step including the "aging." In the second one, I actually used one of Cassel's preset gem shapes and kept it "new."

Love clusters!

A little late, but here's my Day 2. My trip was in February 2002 and people were still very rattled so soon after 9/11 (as you can well imagine). Some of them told me not to go, but I said, "If I don't, they win."

Years ago when I went out to get into my car to go to work, there was a preying mantis on my side view mirror. I drove all the way to work (some of the time on a highway) and it was still there! Talk about stick-to-itiveness.

Thanks, @Jenifer Lyn. Though I don't have any Irish in my ancestry, I'm in love with the music and culture. I had an opportunity to go for only two or three days with a group, but I would have gone if it was only for one day! If you ever get a chance to go, you should. It's a gorgeous country and the people are lovely.

@Gerry Landreth, I'm going to be using that phrase from now on. I suffer from it quite often. ?

Thank you, @Cassel. Any praise from you is so appreciated. I got the watercolor paper so many years ago that I don't know the source. (I was so bad at keeping identifying info back then.) The name is Green Valley 1, but that's all I can tell you; I even tried an image search and couldn't find it. I recolored it for the blue piece.

Thanks so much, @Suzy. It's a pearl texture I got from Design Bundles. It's a sister site of Font Bundles.

I love this entire page, @Mary Solaas. The little surfboards are a great touch! I've been going through the Creative Scrap tuts and next on my list are the labs.

I love papers as I can also use them when making ribbons, bows, etc. as well as combining them in a project. I also use them to flood-fill elements I already have or shapes I create. Blog trains are a favorite source for me so I look forward to seeing your creations. I don't know if you'll be offering layered templates, but I often use them as is or for inspiration. I wish you luck and send congratulations.

Here's my Day 1. I had absolutely no inspiration so it's pretty boring. LOL