Michele

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

Thank you so much, @Sue Thomas. I try to challenge myself as I am not intuitively creative. I get so much inspiration from everyone here.

Back to my gaming group now. I've had the illustration for years so I don't remember where it came from; I used a mask to frame it. In order to balance it out, one of Cassel's corner punches came in handy. The font is 11S01 Black Tuesday Offset; I got it free from somewhere about ten years ago. I didn't have a system for saving information about the fonts, etc. back then. I'm doing a better job now. lol

Here's a card I made for an old friend. I used a mini kit from Gina Jones at PS. The musical element is a nod to how we met years ago...Concerts at Jones Beach Theatre. The font is Blaster and it's in my system fonts.

Most of the elements are from a template by AnnieC included in the March 2021 ALFLT Blog Train. There was a lot of improvising to fit it into FB's new pic size. I had the opportunity to add a paper fold I made in the Creative Scrap tutorials; it helped balance the l/o. The font is About Loving from CF. Hope my cousins liked the card.

@Suzy You're probably being too hard on yourself. I understand that as I agonize over almost every detail of my projects. I've had a tough time with the border punches, but the more I use them, the easier it gets. When you have time, just play with them. That will give you more confidence as you'll be learning while you play.

Thanks, Sue. I keep most things I create in pspimage format so I don't have to start from scratch either. It makes our creative life much easier. ?

I've been doing a lot of the Creative Scrap tutorials lately. For the vast majority, I've been following the Detailed Handout so I can listen to music while I'm doing them. For this one, I had to watch the video. As great as the handouts are, sometimes I just need Carole's voice to get the technique into my head. ?

I was wondering where you've been, @Sue Thomas. I should have figured it out after knowing you all these years. Looking forward to seeing the results of your summer photography.

I have 2023, but I never installed it due to all the bugs people were experiencing. I downloaded the updates, but I'm curious as to why one of them is called Update 2. Where is Update 1?

They are absolutely adorable!

Sometimes it's fun just to use picture tubes, clip art, and a gradient. The background sky gradient is mine; the grass, trees, rocks, and cloud are from various picture tubes; the flowers are from GoF Designs; the ladies in white are from CF. Oh, and the blanket is a paper that I changed with the Perspective Mode of the Pick Tool. The font is Amastery Script.

Thanks so much, @Sue Thomas. It was Linda Bloodgood, but she's not in the maniacs group anymore. I don't now why.

The original illustration is from Freepik by Sketchpedia. For the background I decided to follow a "Swirls and Twirls" tutorial. It was shared by someone in another group and I hadn't used it in a few years. The background is made using the original pic and there are a whole bunch of layers. The tools used were mainly the Radial Blur and the Twirl Effects. If I didn't have my daily deadline, I might still be playing with them. The font is Hesthia Austine from Creative Fabrica.