Michele

1 hour ago, Emerald Jay said:

Please, give me one of those!!

No way you'll only have one. I recently ordered some stuff from Nuts.com and had to stop myself from ordering these. But you can get them pretty much anywhere. Have a dozen for me!

J = Jelly Rings ~ Raspberry jelly/jam covered in dark chocolate. It's a favorite treat during Passover since it doesn't contain any ingredients that are "forbidden" like leavened flour. I don't dare bring them into the house or I would eat them all in one sitting!

14 hours ago, Sue Thomas said:

I made the  Simnel cake a month back, for Mother's Day on the 10th March.  The date differs every year, as do Easter.  Traditionally they are  not as rich as Xmas fruit cakes. It has a layer of  home made almond paste  through the centre of the cake and on top. Not being relgious my mother  and I carried the tradition on by  having the cake  for Mothering Sunday.  As it does have significance  for that day.    The eleven balls is suposed to  represent the 11 apostles. I decorated it  purely for an Easter photo, them removed the  eggs.   Finally downloaded the  psp template, to correctly participate in this challenge.  The colours I took from the photo. Pinned element, scallops,  ring is  my own, the tag is one I made back in 2021.  Carole's corner and page punches. 

How to make it your own! Great use of Carole's punches. I don't think I've ever used multiple different punches in a project. 

I was going for the look of a poster/ad and took inspiration for this from several different pics I saw on Google. The silhouette is from Pngtree and I made use of some gold foil images I had in my stash. The font is NinjaLine, free from DaFont. I wasn't completely satisfied with the background (an old gradient I made), but as usual, I ran out of time.

E = Eskimo Pie (renamed Edy's Pie) 

1 hour ago, Doska St. said:

Hi Michele,

this reminds me of the famous photo of Man Ray. Well done, only now a man is lending his back as a cello 😉

https://image.kurier.at/images/cfs_932w/6918777/46-186805116.jpg

Thanks for sharing. It just might have been the artist's inspiration.

Chamber Orchestra of New York was a very boring theme until I found this amazing oil painting by artist Daria Sadkova. I removed the black background and used it on several layers with varying opacities and adjustments. Cass's Word Frame script gave it just the right touch without drawing attention away from the subject. The font is Cellos Script free from DaFont.

W = White Chocolate anything! 

I made several iterations of this silly theme. I liked the idea of the bright rainbow hairstyles and wanted to keep the rest of the l/o simple. I tried adding a rainbow border to each of them and adding shadows, but I wasn't happy with that. I finally decided to do a frame over all of them and used a cutout effect under each "hole." The biggest issue I had (I really annoy myself sometimes) was picking the gradient for the frame. I lost count of how many different gradients and blend modes I tried. I left them overnight and when I opened them today, I was instantly attracted to this one. Sometimes putting the project away and looking at it later helps if you have the time. The font is Will&Grace free from DaFont. 

Speaking of having a personal style, I think the purpose of the page plays a big part in it. What I did here is very different than say a birthday card I would make.

T = Tortoni ~ an Italian ice cream or custard with cherries, almonds, and Ameretti (almond flavored) cookies. I lived in a predominantly Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn when I was little so this dessert is very nostalgic for me.

7 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

How great that we can spend a lifetime continually learning something we love.  

I have a curious mind and want to keep learning...anything...until the end.

Thanks, ladies! ❤️ I need to pay more attention. I've really been more scatter-brained than usual.

8 minutes ago, Anja Pelzer said:

Michele in the Download is a pspimage with all layers - on her storeblog

 

 

I only got two jpg's and a pdf with her tou.

I've also lost my mental abilities. How did you guys do it with a jpg template?

1 hour ago, Emerald Jay said:

Orange Sherbet

Orange sherbert with vanilla ice cream! My favorite as a kid, Creamsicle from Good Humor.

8 hours ago, Sue Thomas said:

I decided to do a follow up page to the one I did for the mating hares. Once again I have used Carole's punches, simillar colours too.  Now that the snow, and snow banks are slowly disappearing as the sun warms up,  it's lovely to see one of my resident hares out feeding during daylight hours.  Rather than use borders I used the selection tool,  select selection borders, delete Instead of round I went with  oval for thw photos. Although I use  square  layouts, I much prefer to use rectangles. 

We now live in a digital world, a far cry from when I was a child, when we didn't even have calculators. It doesn't matter whether you area a pro, amateur, use  a pro camera or a phone.  For me photography is far more than  pressing a button, but in the ability to weave a narrative through pixels. Immortalizing the fleeting beauty of a moment no matter what it may be.   Using the powerful impact of PSP to tell the photos story, by  showcaseing them. 

 

Not only a gorgeous page, but very poetic words. ❤️ 

N = New York Cheesecake 

As I've mentioned (ad nauseam, I'm sure) the game I do these pics for has been repeating themes from a long time ago so I've just been tweaking the originals. Today I took the time to create a new one. The upside-down leprechaun stuck in his pot of gold is a freebie from DitzBlitz. I used several papers for the BG at different opacities including a couple from Janet Kemp's the-lucky-one bundle (PS/DS). The posers are my avatar from the game and the font is Celtic Knots, free from Fontspace.

I = Italian ices

10 hours ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

F = flan

I LOVE flan.

1 hour ago, Doska St. said:

Good Morning all,

we have been against it since the daylight saving time change began. You can see where people are headed when they disregard God's orders (including natural laws) and want to change them for economic reasons. Nothing has changed in our well-being, but the “experts” believe that it has made little or no difference in terms of energy consumption. But if you have several animals, you will notice the change in their biorhythm.

 But which politicians want to admit they were wrong and change it again? Here in Germany the change is on March 30th/31st.
This is where the clocks are changed in Germany:
https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/info/atomic_clock.htm

Just saying:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time#:~:text=DST was first implemented in the US with the Standard,again during World War II.

46 minutes ago, Ann Seeber said:

Michele, This post just came in as an email attached to the topic: March Freebie thread.?? When I clicked on it, your post was not there, because, of course, it was HERE. 😜. 

Yeah, one of the dangers of having more than one tab open on the Campus.🙃

We still follow Daylight Saving Time here in NY. I wish the world would just stop or, at least, do it on the same day. Now that I'm retired, it doesn't affect me, but I always hated it. I remember when my daughter was little, she couldn't understand why she had to go to bed when it was still light out. 🙃
 

Z = Zeppole

16 hours ago, Sue Thomas said:

Rice pudding, one of my favourite puddings, served either hot or cold. I make a rice pudding once a week. Traditionally  made with all milk, and pearle rice, in other words pudding rice. I love the skin, which is flavoured with nutmeg. 

One of my very favorite desserts!