Michele

DeLoris, what a beautiful way to honor your grandparents. It's absolutely gorgeous.

Patricia, I don't know where to look first!

~ Michele

Royanne, that is hysterical! I totally agree with Cassel that you should add the story.

~ Michele

I haven't had a chance to do any of these wonderful layouts, but I must say, O M G! Your pages are just SPECTACULAR, scrappers. I'm so happy the Campus is back up and running so I was able to look at all of them.

I just got PSP 2019 and I'm working on getting it set up the way I like it. It's so much easier to do because the new version will migrate all of the content from your previous versions. Now I'm trying to get my desktop the way I like it.

~ Michele

Having fun with clipart, shadows, highlights, etc. I did not do the backgrounds for the dance floors; I would never have the time to do that and still meet my deadline for the day. The font is a new one I got as a freebie from 1001Fonts, called Popular Cafe. It's a nice fat font with some style. I was able to select the stroke color so I could apply an inner bevel to match the outlines around each pic. The little figures in the corners are from the game. Hope you enjoy.

~Michele

P.S. It's GREAT to have the campus open again.

Thanks so much, Dawn. She loved it. Would love to see more of your cards here when you feel up to it. Be well, my friend.

~ Michele

Here's a birthday card I made for one of my group members last night. I was inspired by a portion of Cassel's No Scrap Kit class. However, I used a different method. I created a rectangle above the background. Then I created a layer of text. Using the magic wand, I selected the text, hid the text layer, activated the rectangle layer and hit delete so the background would show through. On new layers I added white cutout effects to lighten up the "text" edges. Finally, I selected and copied the blue flower from the background and moved it to the top. After a couple of hours of trying different methods to achieve what I wanted, I was pretty happy with the results.

I always end up making their cards on the day of so I have no time to plan. After reviewing their FB pages, I pick something I think they will like and try to get inspired. Wish I had more time, but every now and then I make one I'm particularly proud of. The original background really made the project pop.

~ Michele

Lovely page, Cristina. Using the rope as frames fit the nautical theme perfectly. I also like how you mirrored the buttons from the top on the photos.

~ Michele

DeLoris, I love how you have your text. It goes perfectly with the subtle background. Overall, it's a very pretty page.

Cristina, a lot of work and love that went into your page. I'm glad you're finally happy with it.

~ Michele

From Lab 6 Module 1 with the template that was provided. I've been working on it for several days now a few hours at a time. You all know I'm not a scrapbooker, but I think you may be turning me into one. :)

I made the middle paper using the Cathedral Window pattern in this module. The other two papers are from Eyeinspire as are the flowers and the button. The ribbon is one of Marisa Lerin's from PixelScrapper; I just had to change the color. A watercolor brush let me add a splash of pink underneath the other elements. I made the wooden frames as taught in this mod, too.

Thanks for any helpful hints, ladies.

~Michele

What a lovely memory, DeLoris, and an equally lovely way to memorialize that day.

~ Michele

That's fabulous, Sheila. You put a lot of work into it. I love how you made the page curl transparent. What's your secret?

~ Michele

Those are wonderful pages, Jackie. So glad you started posting.

~ Michele

Great job, Annie. I just finished watching it. It was a great class. I'm going to have to watch it again and follow along before I have anything to show.

~ Michele

It's great to see you back on the campus, Dawn. It's a really gorgeous card and that's a quote I've always loved. You knocked it out of the park, my friend.

~ Michele